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Deportes Sevilla, an important regional sporting goods retail chain, has...
Deportes Sevilla, an important regional sporting goods retail chain, has joined Base Detall Sport, the Spanish buying group that recently joined Sport 2000 International. As CMD Sport reports, the deal bolsters Base's presence in Andalusia and establishes it for the first time in the autonomous community's capital, Seville. Founded in ...
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Chris Pawlus is the new vice president of product design...
Chris Pawlus is the new vice president of product design and innovation at Keen, the Portland-based maker of outdoor shoes. He will oversee the Outdoor, Lifestyle and Kids departments. Pawlus joins Keen from Timberland, where he spent 21 years, most recently as creative director and vice president of global product ...
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Nike has inaugurated its flagship store in New York City,...
Nike has inaugurated its flagship store in New York City, dubbed as “House of Innovation 000.” The six-level space, including a below-street-level floor, covers around 68,000 square feet on the corner of Fifth Avenue and 52nd Street. The store has been designed to offer services that are highly customizable and effortlessly ...
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While golf club memberships have stabilized in Europe, full-course golfing...
While golf club memberships have stabilized in Europe, full-course golfing has declined by 30 percent over the past decade. According to John Bushell, managing director of Sports Marketing Surveys SMS, the drop does not signal a decline in golfing overall. Instead, it signals a broadening of the ways in which ...
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Troy Sicotte will be Columbia Sportswear's vice president of North...
Troy Sicotte will be Columbia Sportswear's vice president of North American sales for the Mountain Hardware brand as of Oct. 22, 2018. He will report to Joe Vernachio, the brand's president. Sicotte has spent well over a decade in the footwear and outdoor industries, first at Birkenstock USA and then ...
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Wintex Italia, the company that took over the global management...
Wintex Italia, the company that took over the global management of the Sergio Tacchini brand in 2013, has signed a new licensing deal with Ubc-United Brands Company, which will now be in charge of the production of Sergio Tacchini apparel as well as its distribution in Germany, Switzerland and Austria. ...
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Myant, a start-up company from Toronto, has launched on Kickstarter...
Myant, a start-up company from Toronto, has launched on Kickstarter a crowdfunding campaign to bring to market a product called Skiincore, a new smart, self-heating and wire-free base layer concept comprising separate top and leggings. Skiincore features a conductive yarn that holds 18 watts of heating power from a battery, ...
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Converse has signed an endorsement deal with Kelly Oubre Jr.,...
Converse has signed an endorsement deal with Kelly Oubre Jr., a basketball forward for the Washington Wizards. This is Oubre's second such endorsement. He is to wear Nike sneakers on-court and Converse sneakers and apparel off-court. Nike acquired Converse out of its bankruptcy in 2003, the same year when Converse ...
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Michael Jordan, the former NBA player and current owner of...
Michael Jordan, the former NBA player and current owner of the Charlotte Hornets, has joined other investors to raise $26 million in funding for Team Liquid. Founded in 2000, Team Liquid has a roster of more than 60 e-athletes who compete in professional tournaments worldwide in videogames like League of ...
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Patagonia has launched new fleece jackets for the current season...
Patagonia has launched new fleece jackets for the current season which use “woolyester,” a material which blends micro-polyester with recycled wool from the Prato region of Italy, in partnership with Calamai. Thanks in large part to the recycling process, the production of woolyester fleece is said to use 23 percent ...
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Kjus has launched the first ski jacket featuring an electronic,...
Kjus has launched the first ski jacket featuring an electronic, user-controlled textile membrane, which is said to move sweat away ten times faster than a conventional membrane. The garment is a jacket from the brand's 7Sphere skiwear collection. The jacket integrates a technology called Hydro Bot, developed by Osmotex, which ...
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Nike and the English Premier League have announced a six-year extension...
Nike and the English Premier League have announced a six-year extension to their existing partnership to the end of the 2024/25 season. The partnership, which started back in 2000, includes the official Premier League ball, of which the current ball is the 15th iteration. Under the deal, Nike will also continue ...
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Stephen Lopes, a shareholder of Fitbit, has filed suit in...
Stephen Lopes, a shareholder of Fitbit, has filed suit in North California District Court against the company, alleging that it made materially false and misleading statements and failed to disclose material adverse facts to investors from Aug. 2, 2016, to Jan. 30, 2017. Lopes alleges in particular that Fitbit overstated ...
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Virat Kohli has released his first sneaker, which is a...
Virat Kohli has released his first sneaker, which is a collaboration between his brand one8 and Puma. The unisex sneaker is called the Puma Basket Classic one8, and is a new interpretation of the Puma Basket Classic. The Indian international cricketer worked closely with Puma through the entire creative process. ...
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Hyperice Inc. has teamed up with the video-gamer and NFL...
Hyperice Inc. has teamed up with the video-gamer and NFL wide receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster to deliver its sports-recovery gear to elite e-sports athletes. The company's “Move” initiative, developed in partnership with Foundry IV, aims to alleviate the physical strains of video-gaming for more than 50 hours a week, which has ...
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A federal court in California has rejected the $750,000 settlement...
A federal court in California has rejected the $750,000 settlement proposed by New Balance to end a class action lawsuit filed against the company early this year, while leaving the door open for an appeal. The suit questions the veracity of the “Made in the USA” labeling in the Boston-based ...
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Skechers has donated 15,000 pairs of new shoes to children...
Skechers has donated 15,000 pairs of new shoes to children affected by Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico as part of the company's Bobs from Skechers philanthropic shoe program. Hurricane Maria hit the island in the second half of September and early October 2017, but many people in Puerto Rico are ...
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As previously reported, Performance Days, the 10-year-old trade show for...
As previously reported, Performance Days, the 10-year-old trade show for functional fabrics, will be moving from the MOC to the main fairgrounds of Messe München for its next session, scheduled for Nov. 28-29. Taking advantage of the larger floorspace in Hall C1, it will host a total of 296 exhibitors ...
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Marker has issued a product recall for its Kingpin 10...
Marker has issued a product recall for its Kingpin 10 and Kingpin 13 alpine touring ski bindings. There is a risk of breakage in the steel pins of the toe unit. Made in the Czech Republic, the bindings were sold in stores and online from March 2017 to April 2018. ...
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100%, a brand of motorcross eyewear based in California that...
100%, a brand of motorcross eyewear based in California that is branching out into cycling, has hired Mike Wilson as marketing manager, a newly-created position. Wilson has more than 20 years of experience in go-to-market strategies and brand management. Most recently, he served as a marketing and public relations agent ...
