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    Nike has announced the renewal of its contract with Mauro...

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    Nike has announced the renewal of its contract with Mauro Icardi, the Argentinean professional footballer who plays for Inter Milan as well as Argentina's national team. The contract extension will see the 25-year-old scorer remain with Nike until 2027. Icardi was originally signed by Nike back in 2013, with an ...

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    A consortium of investors led by Anta Sports Products, China's...

    2019-01-11T00:00:00Z

    A consortium of investors led by Anta Sports Products, China's largest sporting goods company, commenced a public cash tender offer for all the shares of Amer Sports on Dec. 20, following the approval of their bid by Amer's board of directors and. unanimously recommending that its shareholders should accept the ...

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    Mammut has joined the Sustainable Apparel Coalition (SAC), the clothing,...

    2019-01-11T00:00:00Z

    Mammut has joined the Sustainable Apparel Coalition (SAC), the clothing, footwear and textile industry alliance for sustainable production. The Swiss outdoor brand will now begin the progressive implementation of the SAC's Higg Index, a set of standardized tools with which industry stakeholders can measure the sustainability performance of suppliers, brands ...

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    Joma Sport has become the official apparel supplier of Mexico's...

    2019-01-11T00:00:00Z

    Joma Sport has become the official apparel supplier of Mexico's Deportivo Cruz Azul football team. To celebrate the team's 91 years, the Spanish teamwear supplier and Cruz Azul are inviting fans to help find the team an anthem. Details are forthcoming on the social-media channels of both Joma and Cruz ...

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    SportScheck, the leading German sporting goods retailer, appointed Axel Puhlmann...

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    SportScheck, the leading German sporting goods retailer, appointed Axel Puhlmann to the position of marketing director on Jan. 7. He succeeds Paul Stahala, who had held the position since September 2016 and joined Karstadt as marketing director in November of last year. Puhlmann began his career as a consultant for ...

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    Schöffel has appointed Peter Sontheimer to lead product development. Before...

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    Schöffel has appointed Peter Sontheimer to lead product development. Before joining Schöffel, Sontheimer worked for Ziener, where he was chief executive and head of product management, design and purchasing. Sontheimer also worked for over two decades at Vaude. At Schöffel, he will both lead the product management, design, technical development ...

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    Sram, the Chicago-based maker of bicycle components, has appointed Ken...

    2019-01-11T00:00:00Z

    Sram, the Chicago-based maker of bicycle components, has appointed Ken Lousberg as chief executive. He is replacing a co-founder of the company, Stan Day, who served for 31 years and is now becoming chairman of the board of directors. Lousberg has been serving as chief operating officer for the past ...

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    Michael Dannhauser has been appointed to the new position of...

    2019-01-11T00:00:00Z

    Michael Dannhauser has been appointed to the new position of chief operating officer for the Uvex Sports Group, joining its chief executive, Christophe Weissenberger, on its executive board. Besides supervising its factories and other operational processes, he will also have responsibility for finance and controlling, following the departure last February ...

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    François Letterade has been appointed by Boardriders to the new...

    2019-01-11T00:00:00Z

    François Letterade has been appointed by Boardriders to the new position of Quiksilver EMEA brand manager. He started at Quiksilver as European product manager for men's and youth products in 2009. Three years later he became global product manager for technical snow products under the Quiksilver, Roxy, DC, Lib Tech ...

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    Manuele Barbon has been appointed as the new export manager...

    2019-01-11T00:00:00Z

    Manuele Barbon has been appointed as the new export manager of MGM, the Italian parent company of Kayland and Trezeta, which is also the licensee for Fila inline skates. While focusing on some key foreign markets, he will also serve as general sales manager of the company's footwear division, helping ...

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    Courir has opened its first store in the United Arab...

    2019-01-11T00:00:00Z

    Courir has opened its first store in the United Arab Emirates, based on its new Wood concept, through its master franchisee for the Middle East, Al Mana. The new store is located close to a Go Sport store in Dubai's Mall of the Emirates. Courir, a French athletic footwear chain ...

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    Under Armour wants to remain committed to its original identity...

    2019-01-11T00:00:00Z

    Under Armour wants to remain committed to its original identity as a performance brand, in the midst of the athleisure trend that has been characterizing the sportswear market over the last few years. In an interview with the Financial Times, Kevin Plank, the company's founder and chief executive, said that ...

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    Reinforcing its association with motor sports, Puma has signed a...

    2019-01-11T00:00:00Z

    Reinforcing its association with motor sports, Puma has signed a long-term deal to supply all Porsche Motorsport drivers, juniors, young professionals and pit crews – all Formula E and GT racing personnel – with shoes, caps, luggage and fireproof racing clothing. The Puma logo will figure on the racecars and ...

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    Stefan Mues has assumed the newly created position of chief...

    2019-01-11T00:00:00Z

    Stefan Mues has assumed the newly created position of chief digital officer and become a member of the executive board at the Calida group, which owns the Calida, Aubade, Millet, Oxbow, Eider and Lafuma brands. The 44-year-old will be responsible for the digitization of the group. He will report directly ...

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    Badger Sport has suspended orders at one of its Chinese...

    2019-01-11T00:00:00Z

    Badger Sport has suspended orders at one of its Chinese suppliers following media reports that garments were being made with forced labor from people detained in Xinjiang's internment camps. Badger, based in Statesville, North Carolina, provides sports apparel to wholesalers and sports teams across the U.S. An investigative report by ...

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    Munich, the sports and lifestyle shoe brand based in Barcelona,...

    2019-01-11T00:00:00Z

    Munich, the sports and lifestyle shoe brand based in Barcelona, has made Xavier Artigas its new export sales manager. Artigas has previously worked, in both retail and wholesale, for the jewelers Majorica and Carrera y Carrera, the shoemaker Castañer and the watchmaker Grupo Cadarso/Ice-Watch, mostly as a director of national ...

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    Erreà is the new technical sponsor of Italy's Lega Basket...

    2019-01-11T00:00:00Z

    Erreà is the new technical sponsor of Italy's Lega Basket Serie A (LBA), the country's professional men's club basketball league and the highest level of the league pyramid. The deal, which will cover the next two seasons, further expands the presence of the sportswear brand in Italian basketball. Erreà is ...

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    Cherokee Global Brands has signed up the Batra Group as...

    2019-01-11T00:00:00Z

    Cherokee Global Brands has signed up the Batra Group as the licensee for its Tony Hawk brand of action sports apparel and accessories for Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Based in London and Mumbai, Batra is already a licensee for Cherokee's Hi-Tec and Magnum brands. The new partnership will ...

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    G. Scott Uzzell is leaving the Coca-Cola Company to become...

    2019-01-11T00:00:00Z

    G. Scott Uzzell is leaving the Coca-Cola Company to become the new president and chief executive of Converse from Jan. 22, replacing the retiring David Grasso. The Nike group, which owns Converse, said that his nomination is expected to help the brand to move into new spaces by reconnecting to ...

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    Chi Lo-Jen is being promoted to be the new chief...

    2019-01-11T00:00:00Z

    Chi Lo-Jen is being promoted to be the new chief executive of Stella International on Jan. 1, taking the place of Lawrence Chen, who will continue as an executive director and a member of the executive committee of the Chinese shoe company. Chi has 23 years of experience in the ...