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The European Commission is reacting to the duties imposed by...
The European Commission is reacting to the duties imposed by the U.S. on imports of steel and aluminum by proposing to impose duties of up to 50 percent from July 1st on a variety of items including some types of textile products and sports shoes. The items carry an annual ...
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X-Technology has unveiled a new X-Bionic Individual concept for full...
X-Technology has unveiled a new X-Bionic Individual concept for full customization of functional clothing for athletes. Instead of customizing the item only for size, colors and patterns, the new program provides an accuracy down to the millimeter in customizing functional zones to the unique physical shape of the athlete. The ...
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Speedo has signed a long-term endorsement contract with Joseph Schooling,...
Speedo has signed a long-term endorsement contract with Joseph Schooling, a 22-year-old Singaporean swimmer. He was the first swimmer from Singapore to win gold in the 2016 Olympic Games, after collecting medals in the previous two years.
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Head has extended its endorsement contracts with Novak Djokovic and...
Head has extended its endorsement contracts with Novak Djokovic and Alexander Zverev. The two tennis champions are currently 31 and 21 years old, respectively. Head has been working with Djokovic since 2001.
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Surf Demo Days, a new three-day event for the surf...
Surf Demo Days, a new three-day event for the surf industry and consumers, will be launched on June 15-17 in Soorts-Hossegor, in France's southwest. The location, only 20km north of Biarritz, is at the heart of the European surf industry. Industry leaders, manufacturers, pro surfers and retailers will be given ...
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Macron has signed its first sponsorship deal with a German...
Macron has signed its first sponsorship deal with a German handball team. The contract is with the DJK Rimpar Wölfe in Würzburg. It will last for five years from the 2018/19 season. A Macron Store in nearby Bamberg will manage the contract in coordination with the Italian company.
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The deputy secretary general of the Federation of the European...
The deputy secretary general of the Federation of the European Sporting Goods Industry (Fesi), Youri Mercier, and other Fesi members took the stage at the EU conference on Intellectual Property Rights Border Measures in Moscow on May 30, to discuss anti-counterfeiting measures ahead of the Fifa World Cup. The tournament ...
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Primaloft has developed its first insulation made entirely from recycled...
Primaloft has developed its first insulation made entirely from recycled PET bottles. The company claims the new insulation fully meets all of its performance standards, such as low weight, high compressibility and water repellency. Around nine PET bottles are needed to create the insulation layer for one jacket (40g of ...
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Nike is taking over the sponsorship of the Sevilla football...
Nike is taking over the sponsorship of the Sevilla football team from New Balance for the next three years. The Swoosh already sponsors three other football club in the Spanish Liga: Barcelona, Atlético Madrid and Malaga
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Footpatrol, the iconic sneaker store owned by the JD Sports...
Footpatrol, the iconic sneaker store owned by the JD Sports Fashion group, is opening a second store in Paris, in the Marais district. Footpatrol has turned into a sneaker destination in Soho in London since it opened its original store in 2002 and then moved to its current location on ...
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Retail sales of sporting goods in Norway reached a record...
Retail sales of sporting goods in Norway reached a record level of more than 3.2 billion kroner (€335.9m-$395.5m) during the first quarter of 2018, up by 11 percent from the same quarter of 2017. According to Sportsbransjen, the Norwegian sporting goods industry association, good snow conditions and cold temperatures were a ...
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The Norman Group, which has replaced Trerè Innovation as the...
The Norman Group, which has replaced Trerè Innovation as the manufacturer of X-Technology's products in Italy, is investing in a new factory in Serbia that will become operational in the spring of 2019, with a capacity of six million pieces per year. The company currently manufactures about 15 million units ...
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The Rossignol Group has promoted Stéphane Mougin to the position...
The Rossignol Group has promoted Stéphane Mougin to the position of alpine racing manager, working with athletes for all the group's ski brands: Rossignol, Dynastar, Lange and Look. Angelo Maina who held the responsibility during the past 13 years, will continue to work part-time, focusing on specific missions. Mougin worked ...
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Zoggs has launched a new line of swimwear made from...
Zoggs has launched a new line of swimwear made from ocean waste, and has announced that 40 percent of its 2019 spring/summer swimwear will be made from waste recovered from the ocean. The Ecolast swimwear will be introduced in Zoggs' autumn/winter 2018 season, and rolled out from January 2019. The ...
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Padel Nuestro, a major Spanish retailer of padel tennis products,...
Padel Nuestro, a major Spanish retailer of padel tennis products, is entering the Portuguese market with the opening of three stores in Guimaraes, Porto and Lisbon. Actually, it already opened a store on the Portuguese island of Madeira in 2016. The chain already has 40 stores in operations, most of ...
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Meridia Private Equity, an investment fund created in 2006 by...
Meridia Private Equity, an investment fund created in 2006 by Javier Faus, a former manager of FC Barcelona, has acquired a significant minority stake in Fútbol Emotion, a Spanish chain of football stores, to help it to expand in Spain and abroad. Founded in 2002, Fútbol Emotion has just opened ...
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Endurance Shop has announced that 32 of its stores, corresponding...
Endurance Shop has announced that 32 of its stores, corresponding to around 60 percent of its franchisees, have joined a partnership project with Go Sport that will see them transformed into “Endurance Shop by Go Sport,” the banner of the new project. The 32 stores have an average turnover of ...
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Adidas and Skechers face a trial on June 4 in...
Adidas and Skechers face a trial on June 4 in the U.S. District Court in Portland over the alleged copying of the German brand's iconic Stan Smith shoe. A few days ago, a U.S. Court of Appeals upheld a preliminary injunction barring Skechers from selling its Onix shoe, but it ...
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BasicNet has reported a 7.5 percent increase in revenues to...
BasicNet has reported a 7.5 percent increase in revenues to €53.7 million for the first quarterb, up by 9.1 percent in constant currencies. Aggregated, wholesale-equivalent sales, including those of its licensees, went up by 4.7 percent to €208 million, with growth of 13.1 percent on a constant-currency basis. Kappa and ...
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Trigema, the German brand of activewear that prides itself on...
Trigema, the German brand of activewear that prides itself on manufacturing all its clothing in Germany, reported that its total sales increased by 2.3 percent to €100.5 million in 2017, as compared to the previous year. Sales in markets that are directly handled by the company accounted for 48.5 percent ...
