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Nike has announced that Heidi O'Neill, president of Nike Direct,...
Nike has announced that Heidi O'Neill, president of Nike Direct, will expand her current role as leader of Nike's physical retail stores and Nike.com to include also all Nike digital products, services and member experiences. The change has immediate effect. She will report to Elliott Hill, president of consumer and ...
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La Sportiva is taking the place of another Italian company,...
La Sportiva is taking the place of another Italian company, Montura, as the technical sponsor of the French mountain skiing federation (FFME) for the next three years, starting with the 2018/19 season. It will also give it financial support for its operations. While it specializes in climbing, La Sportiva has ...
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Montane, the British maker of mountaineering apparel and gear, has...
Montane, the British maker of mountaineering apparel and gear, has signed a sponsorship deal with the British Ice Climbing Team for the 2018/19 season. The company will begin providing kits as of Jan. 24-26 of next year, for a climb in Switzerland.
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Glenmuir, the Scottish golf apparel company, has become a Principal...
Glenmuir, the Scottish golf apparel company, has become a Principal Partner to the PGA. The company has had a 30-year relationship with the PGA. With the new deal, in effect through 2020, the company will supply staff uniforms to PGA coaches at the Open Championship Swingzone and to the Great ...
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VF Corporation has appointed Stefano Saccone to run Vans' European...
VF Corporation has appointed Stefano Saccone to run Vans' European business in the position of vice president and general manager of the brand for Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA), starting next April 1. One of his challenges will be to help the group to raise Vans' annual sales ...
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Thule has appointed Nis Gjendal as vice-president of global purchasing,...
Thule has appointed Nis Gjendal as vice-president of global purchasing, effective Jan. 7, 2019. Gjendal has more than ten years of experience in various management positions in the area of global purchasing, including the position of global vice-president of procurement and sourcing at Nilfisk. He also has experience in complex ...
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Sole Technology has appointed Hans Dijs as its new EMEA...
Sole Technology has appointed Hans Dijs as its new EMEA sales manager for Etnies, Emerica and éS. He replaces Ban Janssenm, who is taking on the role of EMEA marketing manager for the three brands. Dijs is an industry veteran with specific expertise in skate and streetwear, retail and wholesale. ...
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Nike has appointed Tamika Curry Smith as vice president of...
Nike has appointed Tamika Curry Smith as vice president of diversity and inclusion, according to a report in Black Enterprise. She previously held similar roles at Mercedez-Benz USQA and at Target. The new executive is supposed to be taking the place of Antoine Andrews, who left the group in April.
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Peter Ruppe, who recently left as Under Armour's senior vice...
Peter Ruppe, who recently left as Under Armour's senior vice president of footwear, is joining Columbia Sportswear to help double sales of Columbia branded shoes within three years, according to the Oregonian. Mark Nenow will continue to be in charge of Sorel, another brand of the group. Ruppe joined UA ...
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Knud Hansen, chairman of the supervisory board at Intersport Deutschland, has closed his...
Knud Hansen, chairman of the supervisory board at Intersport Deutschland, has closed his Intersport store in Kiel. The decision was taken two or three months ago, as the frequency at the store was continuing to decline. Other stores in the center of Kiel have also closed in the course of this year. Intersport ...
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The Bründl group, an Austrian retailing group that works with...
The Bründl group, an Austrian retailing group that works with Intersport, will be going its own way on Sept. 1, 2019. Both companies are closely linked, and they have influenced the Austrian sports goods retail industry for the past five years together. The Bründl group currently manages 26 stores and 550 ...
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Special help is being made available to a larger number...
Special help is being made available to a larger number of sports retailers from several countries wishing to go to Ispo Munich, the international trade show scheduled to take place on Feb. 3–6, 2019. The program, called “Altogether to Munich,” is intended to support sports retailers from Austria, Italy, Poland, ...
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Vincent Kompany, the center back and captain for both the...
Vincent Kompany, the center back and captain for both the Manchester City and the Belgian national soccer teams, has signed an endorsement deal with Puma. Kompany has long been a wearer of leather boots on the field. Since Dec. 14, however, he has been playing in the Puma Future (the ...
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Italy's Macron has become the new technical sponsor of K.K....
Italy's Macron has become the new technical sponsor of K.K. Split, an important Croatian basketball team, for three years starting with the current season. It is taking the place of a Bosnian firm, XBGT, which took over the role from Jako two years ago. Nike, Playlife, Reebok and And 1 ...
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UYN, the new Italian brand of functional underwear, has launched...
UYN, the new Italian brand of functional underwear, has launched its web store, addressing customers in 47 countries, with others due to follow soon. The brand, which stands for Unleash Your Nature, was launched last year by Trerè Innovation, a big Italian knitwear manufacturer that works also for Armani and ...
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Footasylum, the British lifestyle footwear retailer, says it has increased...
Footasylum, the British lifestyle footwear retailer, says it has increased its revenue from e-mail marketing by 28 percent by harvesting its existing customer data. According to the company, a recent test showed that its cost per click had been cut by 75 percent. Looking for ways to direct customers to ...
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Fila will launch a premium line called Fila Fjord under...
Fila will launch a premium line called Fila Fjord under the creative direction of Astrid Andersen, the young Danish fashion designer who has previously collaborated with Fendi. The new collection, which has the slogan “The measure of perfection,” is inspired by the relationship between northern architecture and the natural environment, and ...
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Sandro Parisotto, president of Calzaturificio Scarpa, his sister Cristina and...
Sandro Parisotto, president of Calzaturificio Scarpa, his sister Cristina and a cousin, Davide Parisotto, have taken over the shares of two other members of the Parisotto family in the Italian maker of ski mountaineering and outdoor shoes. The sellers are two cousins of Sandro, Andrea and Piero Parisotto. The terms ...
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Canada Goose suspended the planned opening of a flagship store...
Canada Goose suspended the planned opening of a flagship store in Beijing, originally planned for Dec. 15, justifying the move with delays in construction. No new date was given. Observers felt that the suspension was linked to the arrest on Dec. 1 of Meng Wanzhou, the financial director of Huawei, ...
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SportScheck will be honoring certain sports personalities with the newly...
SportScheck will be honoring certain sports personalities with the newly created “Made for More Award” on Feb. 2, 2019. The award ceremony will be broadcast via the free-TV channel of the Sport1 online platform. The live show will be recorded at the ziegelei101 in Munich. SportScheck has invited more than ...
