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Speedo has announced a partnership with Team UK for the...
Speedo has announced a partnership with Team UK for the Invictus Games. As part of the deal, the British swimmers taking part in this year's Games, which will be held in Sydney on Oct. 20-27, will be dressed in Speedo. The Invictus Games are an international adaptive sports event for ...
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Erreà has announced that its sponsorship contract with the French...
Erreà has announced that its sponsorship contract with the French Volleyball Federation (FFVB), which has been in place for nearly ten years, has now been extended for four additional years. Also, the Italian brand will replace Hungaria as the kit supplier of SLUC Nancy Basket in a new deal that ...
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Puma has won an appeal in the General Court of...
Puma has won an appeal in the General Court of the European Union, which has asked the EU Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) to re-examine the company's claims against Doosan Machine Tools. That company had registered in 2012 a figurative mark resembling its own logo for goods and services related to ...
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Lululemon has appointed a new chief product officer, Sun Choe,...
Lululemon has appointed a new chief product officer, Sun Choe, to replace Tara Poseley who left in October 2015. The company's creative director, Lee Holman, had taken on the responsibility on an interim basis until Choe joined the company in 2016 as president of global merchandising. She previously worked for ...
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Louis Garneau, the Canadian cycling specialist, has appointed Martin Trudel...
Louis Garneau, the Canadian cycling specialist, has appointed Martin Trudel as executive leader of global sales and marketing. He will be responsible for the company's Garneau, Sugoi and Sombrio brands, and for overseeing new business development and opportunities. A 20-year veteran of the sporting goods industry, Trudel started to work ...
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Niels de Lange has been appointed as sales manager for...
Niels de Lange has been appointed as sales manager for the bike division of Shimano Europe, based in Eindhoven, replacing René Veenbuizen who has become the managing director of Shimano Benelux. De Lange has been working with Shimano since 2007, most recently as senior OEM sales manager. Shimano Europe has ...
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Puma is strengthening its corporate communications team with the appointment...
Puma is strengthening its corporate communications team with the appointment of Robert Jan Bartunek as senior manager of corporate communications. He will report to Kerstin Neuber, who was recently promoted to the position of senior head of communications following the departure of Ulf Santjer. Bartunek, 36, has worked as journalist ...
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As reported in our previous issue, Knut Are Høgberg has been...
As reported in our previous issue, Knut Are Høgberg has been appointed to take over as new chief executive at Odlo. After his appointment, the Swiss outdoor brand presented a new executive management team consisting of him along with Adrian Schürmann, chief finance officer and Barbara Hösli, chief people officer. The ...
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Hummel, the Danish sports brand, assigned Marcus Leykam to the...
Hummel, the Danish sports brand, assigned Marcus Leykam to the position as sales manager for sports, responsible for the German, Austrian and Swiss markets. The 43-year-old worked in the past 20 years in the team sports segment for various brands, most recently for Jako in Switzerland. At Hummel, he will ...
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Sports retailers are being given preferential rates for attending the...
Sports retailers are being given preferential rates for attending the Ispo Munich show next Feb. 3-6, supplementing various services that are already available to this important target group. Exhibitors are already being given free tickets for their key retail customers. The others will have to pay only €19 for a ...
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Rome Snowboards, an iconic brand based in Vermont, has been...
Rome Snowboards, an iconic brand based in Vermont, has been acquired by in Low Pressure Studio (LPS), a Dutch-based company that owns three other brands of snowboards: Batalcon, Lobster, Switchback. The deal follows the recent acquisition by Nidecker of a majority stake in LPS. The Swiss group led by the ...
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Joma has been chosen as the new kit supplier of...
Joma has been chosen as the new kit supplier of RSC Anderlecht, the Belgian professional football club. The five-year deal between the Spanish brand and the club will take effect from the 2019/2020 season, at the end of the current contract with Adidas. Anderlecht's partnership with Adidas had been in ...
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Jeremy Hale, former vice president for international development at Billabong,...
Jeremy Hale, former vice president for international development at Billabong, has been named president of an American brand of mountain lifestyle clothing, Mountain Khakis, otherwise known as MK. He is taking the place of Ross Saldarini, who founded the company 15 years ago. He has left, reportedly to pursue other ...
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Euro Brand Management has obtained FSC certification in the field...
Euro Brand Management has obtained FSC certification in the field of the supply chain and trade of packaging materials and controlled wood under the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) scheme. The audit report was made by Tüv Nord Cert, an independent FSC certification body. The certificate will be valid until 2021. ...
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Nike's Jordan brand is teaming up with the Paris Saint-Germain...
Nike's Jordan brand is teaming up with the Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) sponsored by Nike for the brand's first collection with a football club. The Jordan Brand x Paris Saint-Germain collection includes two special edition match kits, footwear and apparel. The kits are built on a Vaporknit Match chassis by Nike, ...
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Newell Brands is expected to complete the sale of Pure...
Newell Brands is expected to complete the sale of Pure Fishing within a month, said Angling International a few days ago, without mentioning the final candidate to the acquisition. Meanwhile, Newell announced its intention to retire about $1 billion in debt by using the proceeds of its most recent divestitures, ...
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Spending on digital marketing in the U.S. and Britain grew...
Spending on digital marketing in the U.S. and Britain grew by 44 percent last year to $52 billion, and global spending on digital marketing is estimated to approach $100 billion. These figures, reported by Reuters, have been released in a recent study conducted by Moore Stephens, a U.K.-based accountancy firm. ...
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Recco will be partnering with Red Bull X-Alps on the...
Recco will be partnering with Red Bull X-Alps on the races that will take place in 2019 and 2021. All 32 athletes participating in the 2019 edition of the Red Bull X-Alps will be equipped with Recco reflectors in their backpacks, helmets, and official Salewa outerwear. Athletes are already equipped ...
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Burton Snowboards has opened its first store in Munich, calling...
Burton Snowboards has opened its first store in Munich, calling it a “hub” because it also serves as an office and showroom, hosting the German country manager, Benjamin Schwarz, and his team. It is located near many other sports stores at Frauenstrasse, 10.
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The North Face (TNF) has expanded its Cali Wool...
The North Face (TNF) has expanded its Cali Wool collection. The line is made from so-called Climate Beneficial Wool, which is said to have a negative carbon impact. TNF launched the Cali Wool collection in 2017, at the time with a beanie hat. The collection now comprises also a jacket ...
