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Rossignol has signed Martin Fourcade as a brand ambassador. The...
Rossignol has signed Martin Fourcade as a brand ambassador. The contract with the French biathlon star will continue for three years after he retires from the sport, Rossignol said. He will be the brand's face for Rossignol skiing, cycling, and urban apparel and footwear collections. Fourcade, who is 30 years ...
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Vibram North America has announced that Michael Gionfriddo will retire...
Vibram North America has announced that Michael Gionfriddo will retire as the company's president and chief executive effective Dec. 31, and that Fabrizio Gamberini has been hired as the new president of the U.S. operation. Also, the company has announced that Richard Riegel, currently a member of U.S. company's board ...
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Cherokee, the American licensing firm whose brands include the eponymous...
Cherokee, the American licensing firm whose brands include the eponymous Cherokee, Tony Hawk and Hi-Tec, has filed a registration statement to offer unspecified units of stock, warrants, debt securities and preferred stock and to sell some 2.8 million shares valued at $1.7 million. Short of cash, the firm hopes to ...
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Andrés Iniesta, the Spanish football star, will be the new...
Andrés Iniesta, the Spanish football star, will be the new brand ambassador for Asics. The contract was signed in Tokyo at the beginning of this October. In May, Iniesta signed a contract with Vissel, the Japanese football club, for which he started to play this summer. Iniesta works together with ...
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Snowleader, the French omni-channel retailer based in Annecy, has partnered...
Snowleader, the French omni-channel retailer based in Annecy, has partnered with a publisher, Nivéales, to produce a magazine on mountaineering. The 52-page magazine will be packed in with all the information of Snowleader's offerings online and be available free of charge at its brick-and-mortar stores. The initiative aims to inspire ...
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Iconix Brand Group has announced that Robert Galvin was appointed...
Iconix Brand Group has announced that Robert Galvin was appointed as chief executive, president and a member of the board of directors of the company, effective Oct. 15. Galvin was most recently chairman of Cherokee. He has previously served as chief operating officer and European president of Sports Brands International, ...
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The U.K. government has announced that the Chancellor of the...
The U.K. government has announced that the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Philip Hammond, will order a £900 million (€1,010.4m-$1,149.0m) tax cut for small high-street retailers in the annual budget. The measure is meant to help physical retailers compete against Amazon and other online rivals. A further £650 million (€729.8m-$829.8m) will be available ...
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The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has announced that the IOC...
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has announced that the IOC Session on Oct. 9 invited Calgary (Canada), Milan/Cortina d'Ampezzo (Italy) and Stockholm (Sweden) to become candidate cities for the Olympic Winter Games 2026. The IOC will appoint an Evaluation Commission, which will visit the cities in March and April 2019. ...
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Ortovox has announced the launch of its own wool standard,...
Ortovox has announced the launch of its own wool standard, called the Ortovox Wool Promise (OWP). The outdoor clothing brand said the OWP is the result of two years of preparation, in which the company held talks with wool farmers, suppliers and producers. The OWP is based on the global ...
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Billabong has announced a new collaborative collection with Elle Ferguson....
Billabong has announced a new collaborative collection with Elle Ferguson. The first collaboration between the brand and the Australian influencer and entrepreneur began six months ago. The most recent collection, which comprises around 20 pieces, will debut at the end of October exclusively on the Billabong e-store. Elle Ferguson boasts ...
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New Balance has announced many new sponsorship deals with young...
New Balance has announced many new sponsorship deals with young and promising athletes. It has signed a multi-year contract with CoCo Gauff, who qualified for the U.S. Open girls final at the age of 13 last year and this year won the French Open girls title. She is currently sixth ...
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Mizuno has announced that it will become the official sportswear...
Mizuno has announced that it will become the official sportswear partner of British Rowing. The deal will run until December 2020. The British Rowing team will use specially made and adapted Mizuno sportswear in training and competition, including a high performance all-in-one, a gym training kit, off-the-water teamwear and a ...
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VF Corp. has announced that Steve Rendle, the company's chairman,...
VF Corp. has announced that Steve Rendle, the company's chairman, president and chief executive, has been recognized by Corporate Responsibility (CR) Magazine as a Responsible CEO of the Year, in the public company category. Rendle was one of six chief executives honored by the magazine at the awards gala that ...
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Decathlon entered yet another new country, Cambodia, with a store...
Decathlon entered yet another new country, Cambodia, with a store in Phnom Penh this past August. It plans to move for the first time into Egypt next January and Chile in April with stores in Cairo and Santiago. The Cairo store will be supplied from Morocco and the Santiago unit ...
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The Swiss anti-trust authority, Comco, has started an investigation into...
The Swiss anti-trust authority, Comco, has started an investigation into an apparent price-fixing scheme by Stöckli Swiss Sports. It has expressed concern about a ban on online sales of its products by its retail clients and on exchanges of products between them.
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Joy Sportswear, the German apparel brand that markets the Joy...
Joy Sportswear, the German apparel brand that markets the Joy and Tao brands, has been wholly acquired by Melchers, a German-based trading company. The Federal Cartel Authority still has to approve the takeover. Joy Sportswear currently employs 50 people, who will be kept on staff by the new owner. Though ...
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Freedom United, an apparel company based in California, is seeking...
Freedom United, an apparel company based in California, is seeking damages and an injunction against Puma in Manhattan's federal court. Freedom United claims trademark protection dating to 2006 for the initials “FU.” Specifically, it cites the use of “F.U.” to stand for “Fenty University” in Puma's Fenty collection for Rihanna. ...
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Defying the apparent slowdown of the Chinese economy, Li-Ning Company...
Defying the apparent slowdown of the Chinese economy, Li-Ning Company put out a very positive preliminary statement for the third quarter ended on Sept. 30. Sales increased by a rate in the low-teens on a comparable basis in its retail operations during the quarter. Most of the growth came from ...
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Billabong has prevailed in an appeal to the European Union...
Billabong has prevailed in an appeal to the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) from Billa, an Austrian supermarket chain operating in Central and Eastern Europe. Billa had sought to register its name as a trademark for metals, jewelry, leathergoods, games and toys. Billabong successfully opposed the registry on the ...
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Pentland Brands has appointed Katrina Nurse as the company's new...
Pentland Brands has appointed Katrina Nurse as the company's new chief finance officer. She is replacing Sam Gilburd, who took a career break in 2017, after ten years with the group, and Mandy Venters, who had been serving as interim CFO since March of last year. Nurse is coming off ...
