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VF Corp. denies speculation that tax reasons may have led...
VF Corp. denies speculation that tax reasons may have led it to relocate some customer service functions from Stabio in Switzerland to Nottingham in the U.K. last year. Citing business optimization reasons, VF points out that it also decided last year to move Timberland's apparel design center from London to ...
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A district court in Massachusetts has denied Puma's motion to...
A district court in Massachusetts has denied Puma's motion to dismiss a patent-infringement lawsuit launched by Nike to protect seven patents behind its trademarked Flyknit weave for shoe uppers. Puma had argued that two of Nike's patents were invalid because they pertained to visual patterns and not to any technical ...
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Puma has signed David Silva, the Spanish football midfielder known...
Puma has signed David Silva, the Spanish football midfielder known as “El Mago” (the magician), as a brand ambassador. Silva, who currently plays for Manchester City, was previously tied to Adidas. As part of the deal, he will wear Puma One boots. He joins other star players of the sport ...
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In a surprise move, MCM has named the German designer...
In a surprise move, MCM has named the German designer Dirk Schönberger to be its new global creative director. Schönberger is leaving Adidas, where he has served as creative director since 2010. Denis Dekovic will be assuming a modified version of his former post at Adidas. Schönberger is well known ...
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Oy Sultrade, one of the major distributors of sports products...
Oy Sultrade, one of the major distributors of sports products in Finland and the Baltic countries, has a new chief executive, Sari Rosin, replacing Risto Salo, the former CEO of Halti, who is leaving the company. Rosin, 46, will remain CEO of Oy Transmeri Ab, one of the subsidiaries of ...
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Joma, the Spanish manufacturer of sportswear, has opened an employee...
Joma, the Spanish manufacturer of sportswear, has opened an employee gymnasium at its corporate headquarters in Portillo de Toledo, Spain. Running was a major theme at the inauguration, as Joma announced that it would be converting the number of kilometers run by employees into donations in euros to the Fundación ...
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The World Federation of the Sporting Goods Industry (WFSGI) will...
The World Federation of the Sporting Goods Industry (WFSGI) will be holding its sixth World Manufacturers Forum (WMF) on Dec. 11-12 in Ho Chi Minh City. The theme is “Manufacturing 4.0: Steps towards a Future Vision.” In keeping with this theme, the WMF will be dividing the program into four ...
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Lacoste has selected for the first time a woman, Louise...
Lacoste has selected for the first time a woman, Louise Trotter, as the brand's creative director, replacing Felipe Oliveira Baptista after eight years in the post. Trotter comes from the U.K., where she has been in charge of style for a British fashion brand, Joseph, during the last nine years. ...
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Rossignol has opened a flagship store in Paris, near the...
Rossignol has opened a flagship store in Paris, near the Opéra theater. It features skiwear and urbanwear along with a premium selection of winter products. The new store, which was inaugurated on Oct. 22, is located at 21, boulevard des Capucines, and the French ski brand is planning to open ...
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J. Lindeberg has reopened its flagship store in Stockholm, where...
J. Lindeberg has reopened its flagship store in Stockholm, where the brand was founded in 1996, featuring a new design inspired by the ‘70s. The 200-square-meter store is located at Bibilioteksgatan 6. J. Lindeberg has about 90 mono-brand stores and 35 shop-in-shops around the world. It is also sold in ...
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Palace Skateboards is opening a flagship store in Tokyo, at...
Palace Skateboards is opening a flagship store in Tokyo, at 5-9-20 Jingumae, Shibuya-Ku. The inauguration is scheduled for Nov. 3. It will be the third global location for the London-based brand. Palace currently operates stores in London and New York City. To promote the Tokyo opening, the brand has called ...
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Keller Sports, the German online retailer of selected sporting goods,...
Keller Sports, the German online retailer of selected sporting goods, says it has raised an eight-digit amount of equity financing from Reimann Investors, which was already its lead investor, and from the Co-Investor Group. The new financing round, which is described as the largest one in the company's history, is ...
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Tyr Sport has unveiled the Venzo, its new technical swimsuit....
Tyr Sport has unveiled the Venzo, its new technical swimsuit. The product was presented at an event in Laguna Beach in early October, in the presence of swimming stars such as Katie Ledecky, five-time Olympic champion, and Ryan Lochte, 12-time Olympic medalist. According to the California-based swim and triathlon apparel ...
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Moncler opened two pop-up stores in New York and Tokyo...
Moncler opened two pop-up stores in New York and Tokyo on Oct. 4 to mark the launch of “The House of Genius,” a new concept store for its Genius collections. The two concept stores are interactive spaces, enlivened by special activities and designed to establish close contact with the metropolitan ...
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Urban outdoor, rugged outdoor, training and other sports play a...
Urban outdoor, rugged outdoor, training and other sports play a big role in the revised version of Schuster, the famous sports store in downtown Munich, which reopened its doors a few days ago after two years of redecoration and its enlargement from 4,000 to 5,000 square. Run by Rainer Angstl, ...
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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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K2 Sports has signed up a new agency, Black Peak...
K2 Sports has signed up a new agency, Black Peak Trading, to cover the U.K. and Ireland for the K2, Ride, Line and Full Tilt brands. The respective lines were previously distributed by K2 UK, which was part of Pure Fishing and remained with its new parent company, Newell Brands. ...
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The general assembly of the retail members of Sport 2000...
The general assembly of the retail members of Sport 2000 France held on Sept. 27 reportedly validated the new potential offer issued by the cooperative to take over a share of 52 percent in the buying group . This stake is currently held by Activa Capital, a French-based investment firm. ...
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Ispo started to accept applications for the 2019 Ispo Awards...
Ispo started to accept applications for the 2019 Ispo Awards on Oct. 1, establishing Dec. 7 as the deadline for receiving them. In the previous contest, the deadline had been set much later, on Jan. 10, leaving little time for the jury to make its selections.
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The Willy Bogner group raised its sales by about 5...
The Willy Bogner group raised its sales by about 5 percent to €71.9 million for the first half of the current fiscal year, which will be ending this month, aided by strategic changes launched in 2016 and implemented since last November under the new leadership of Andreas Baumgärtner. This marks ...
