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Speedo USA, a division of PVH Corp., has announced that...
Speedo USA, a division of PVH Corp., has announced that Caeleb Dressel has joined Team Speedo USA. The deal marks Dressel's first endorsement since becoming a professional swimmer earlier this year. The American athlete is a two-time Olympic gold medalist and seven-time FINA World Championships gold medalist. According to Speedo's ...
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Asics has announced a sponsorship deal with Zhang Shuai, China's...
Asics has announced a sponsorship deal with Zhang Shuai, China's number one female tennis player. She is currently ranked as the 30th best female player in the world in singles by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA). Zhang made her debut as an Asics-sponsored athlete at the most recent Wimbledon tournament.
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The European Commission has imposed provisional anti-dumping duties on electric...
The European Commission has imposed provisional anti-dumping duties on electric bicycles originating in China. The duties, which came into force on July 19, range from 21.8 percent to 83.6 percent of the net, free-at-Union-frontier price, depending on the manufacturer's identity. They are applicable to all e-bike categories for a period ...
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The ANWR Group is starting a pilot crowdfunding project for...
The ANWR Group is starting a pilot crowdfunding project for CN Mailorder, a web store affiliated with Sport 2000 Germany. It asks for contributions of between €250 and €10,000 by individual investors to collect a total of €500,000. In exchange, the investors will get annual interest payments of 4.6 percent ...
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Christoph Frechen has been appointed as global general manager of...
Christoph Frechen has been appointed as global general manager of marketing at Intersport International Corporation (IIC), after nearly 16 years in the Adidas Group. The function was previously held by Franz Penka. Frechen has held several positions at the Adidas Group, mostly working as brand director and marketing manager, at ...
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Nike has appointed Noel Kinder as vice president and chief...
Nike has appointed Noel Kinder as vice president and chief sustainability officer from Sept. 5. He has already been with the company for the last 19 years, most recently as vice president in charge of sustainable manufacturing and sourcing. Kinder was also general manager at Nike Vietnam, in charge of ...
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Karen Reuther has been assigned to the position of global...
Karen Reuther has been assigned to the position of global creative director at Reebok, responsible also for brand identity and design implementation. Reuther will work together with the product development and marketing teams of Reebok. From 1998 to 2010, Reuther worked for Nike, ending up as its global creative director. ...
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Fedas, the Federation of the European Sporting Goods Retail Associations,...
Fedas, the Federation of the European Sporting Goods Retail Associations, decided at its recent annual meeting in Hamburg to boost its cooperation with Fesi, the European Sporting Goods Industry Federation. Fesi is still in the process of examining the terms of the broader collaboration agreement, which has been unanimously approved ...
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Spofact assumed the distribution of Nautilus' lines of Bowflex fitness...
Spofact assumed the distribution of Nautilus' lines of Bowflex fitness equipment in Germany, starting on July 1, completing the range of Nautilus products in its portfolio. Previously, Nautilus was using a Swiss-based company, Trisport, for the distribution of the Bowflex Max Trainer in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. It will work with ...
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Messe München says that its Ispo Digitize Summit attracted a...
Messe München says that its Ispo Digitize Summit attracted a total of 443 participants, 20 percent from outside Germany, at its first edition outside the Ispo show in Munich last June 28 and 29. We plan to report on some of the highlights in a forthcoming edition of SGI Europe. ...
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The Spanish government has decided to update legislation dating back...
The Spanish government has decided to update legislation dating back to 1990 for the promotion of sports participation. Reporting to José Guirao, Spanish Minister of Culture and Sports, two commissions will work on a draft of the new legislation that is expected to be finalized in October.
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Michael D. Christensen has become the new general manager of...
Michael D. Christensen has become the new general manager of Ecco for Central Europe, taking over from Frank Dissmann who had been responsible for the region since January 2017. He will work with new product manager for Central Europe, Christian Fischer, who comes from the Mammut Sports Group, replacing Annette ...
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Uhlsport's Kempa brand has become the new official supplier of...
Uhlsport's Kempa brand has become the new official supplier of the HC Erlangen handball team, which is currently the only Bavarian team competing in the first division of the German Handball League. Separately, Kempa recently became the official supplier of the German Wrestlers Association.
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Ulf Santjer, who has been in charge of Puma's corporate...
Ulf Santjer, who has been in charge of Puma's corporate communications for more than two decades, is leaving the company as part of the re-organization of its global communications department. Santjer built up this entity as he accompanied Puma's rise, slump and rise again over the years, working under three ...
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Many sporting goods retailers in various European countries have been...
Many sporting goods retailers in various European countries have been opening stores specializing in the sale of sneakers in the past few years. A Swedish sports retailer, Stadium, has already opened two stores under the Sneakers Point banner in the Swedish cities of Norrköping and Malmö, as well as an ...
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Cathleen Benko, vice chairman and managing principal of Deloitte Consulting,...
Cathleen Benko, vice chairman and managing principal of Deloitte Consulting, has joined Nike's board of directors to help the group in its new digital transformation strategy. The 59-year-old expert has spent more than 30 years with the consultancy. She was appointed by Deloitte in 1998 as its first global e-business ...
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The integration between Sport Zone and JD Sprinter in Iberia...
The integration between Sport Zone and JD Sprinter in Iberia is moving ahead, with several of the Portuguese retailer's stores in Spain reportedly having adopted the green color of the Sprinter retail brand. This comes after JD Sprinter and Sport Zone completed an Iberian tie-up earlier this year under a ...
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Clarus Corporation, the parent company of Black Diamond, has raised...
Clarus Corporation, the parent company of Black Diamond, has raised $3,337,896 through a Dutch auction to retire about 1.4 percent of its outstanding shares. The company had offered to pay between $7.20 and $8.00 per share for up to $7.5 million worth of its equity, but then accepted only the ...
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Boa Technology has opened a new global headquarter in the...
Boa Technology has opened a new global headquarter in the Zeppelin Development Flight building in Denver. The space of 85,000 square feet is more than three times bigger than its previous location, and it doubles the capacity of its R&D operations. Founded in 2001, the specialist in technical shoe lacing ...
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Puma and the Borussia Mönchengladbach football team in Germany had...
Puma and the Borussia Mönchengladbach football team in Germany had to abruptly interrupt sales of the Bundesliga team's replica jerseys shortly after their launch earlier this month, due to an issue with the material in some of the products. Puma said it would provide new shirts to restart sales as ...
