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Joining the newest flagship stores of Adidas, Nike and Asics...
Joining the newest flagship stores of Adidas, Nike and Asics in the same area of New York City, Puma will be opening a 24,000-square-foot flagship store in Manhattan toward the middle of next year. Spanning over three levels, it will be located on the corner of Fifth Avenue and 49th ...
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Adidas is the brand that is pictured most on Twitter...
Adidas is the brand that is pictured most on Twitter and Instagram, according to an analysibs by Brandwatch. In April, Adidas' logo appeared in 6,664,170 unique images, which means in 154 new images every minute, or three new images every second, Brandwatch explains. Adidas is followed by Nike, whose logo ...
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Starting next month, Adidas will replace Puma after five years...
Starting next month, Adidas will replace Puma after five years as sponsor of the Leicester City football club, which plays in England's Premier League. The duration of the new contract has not been specified. This comes after Leicester City finished ninth in the Premier League, ending the season with a ...
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At the company's annual shareholders' meeting a few days ago,...
At the company's annual shareholders' meeting a few days ago, Kasper Rorsted, chief executive at the Adidas Group, reiterated that the company anticipates a “normalization” of its growth this year, after two years of strong double-digit sales expansion. As reported earlier, the group's sales growth slowed down in Western Europe ...
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Macron has announced two more technical sponsorship agreements. In one...
Macron has announced two more technical sponsorship agreements. In one of them, the fast-growing Italian company, whose sales grew by 18 percent last year to €83 million, will replace Umbro as the sponsor of a French football club in the national second league, the Racing Club de Lens, for the ...
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Nike has announced the appointment of Rosemary St. Clair as...
Nike has announced the appointment of Rosemary St. Clair as vice president and general manager of its global women's business and Cesar Garcia as vice president and general manager of global running. They will report to Amy Montagne, who was recently appointed to the post of vice president and general ...
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The Textile Institute has announced the appointment of Katie Greenyer...
The Textile Institute has announced the appointment of Katie Greenyer as its world president, effective May 17. Greenyer is creative talent and network director at Pentland Brands, and will maintain this full-time role throughout her tenure at the Institute. She joined Pentland Brands more than 20 years ago, when the ...
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Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh have announced the development...
Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh have announced the development of a new modeling approach that is said to predict the traction performance of shoe treads. The model was developed at the university's human movement and balance laboratory, which works on solutions to prevent falling accidents. The lab uses computer ...
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Sergio Tacchini has announced a new partnership with Francesca Schiavone,...
Sergio Tacchini has announced a new partnership with Francesca Schiavone, the first Italian woman to win a singles Grand Slam event, with her victory at the French Open in 2010. The collaboration made its debut at the ongoing Internazionali BNL d'Italia in Rome, where Schiavone will be wearing items from ...
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Life Fitness has appointed Judith Toland as vice president and...
Life Fitness has appointed Judith Toland as vice president and chief marketing officer, and Alla K. Woodson as vice president of global customer experience and service. The company has also hired Royal Simmons to lead the planned spin-off of Brunswick Corporation's fitness division.
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Patrick Schmollinger was appointed to the newly created position of...
Patrick Schmollinger was appointed to the newly created position of country manager for the German market at Schöffel. Previously, the 44-year-old worked as sales manager for Schöffel. He will continue as sales manager, but will also be responsible for trade marketing, stationary and digital services as well as communication with ...
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Columbia Sportswear has appointed Michael Richardson, a former executive at...
Columbia Sportswear has appointed Michael Richardson, a former executive at Gap, as its new vice-president for global merchandising. The appointment is effective immediately. Richardson has 30 years of retail experience. Most recently, he was Gap's vice-president of franchise product. At Gap, he spent around 20 years. His background also includes ...
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Tim Bauer has been assigned to the newly created position...
Tim Bauer has been assigned to the newly created position of retail manager at Intersport Germany. The position was created in order to focus on the restructuring of Intersport into a more retail-oriented retail organization. The 41-year-old will be responsible for the further development of Intersport's Future Stores in Berlin ...
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New Balance has launched a special shoe collection combining its...
New Balance has launched a special shoe collection combining its lifestyle and sports product lines. The red-white shoe collection, called Otruska, is inspired by the host country of the football World Cup that takes place this summer in Russia. With the Tekela and the Furun 4.0 shoe models, New Balance ...
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The mandatory daily minimum wage in Myanmar has been raised...
The mandatory daily minimum wage in Myanmar has been raised by 33 percent to the equivalent of US$3.53, following a government decree issued in March that struck a compromise between the positions of employers and labor groups. The last increase in the country's minimum wage took place two and half ...
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UYN, the new brand of Treré Innovation whose name stands...
UYN, the new brand of Treré Innovation whose name stands for Unleash Your Nature, has signed up as baselayer sponsor of the German alpine ski team, which was previously sponsored by Falke. UYN is also sponsoring the Italian and Austria ski teams, replacing X-Bionic, which is concentrating on its sponsorship ...
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Newell Brands plans to divest Pure Fishing, a division of...
Newell Brands plans to divest Pure Fishing, a division of the former Jarden Corporation that groups numerous brands including Berkley, Abu Garcia, Penn and Shakespeare, joining Rawlings on the selling block. It will also seek a buyer for Jostens. This means that it is likely to retain Coleman, Marmot and ...
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Nike, H&M, Burberry and Gap signed up to an initiative...
Nike, H&M, Burberry and Gap signed up to an initiative that aims to improve the industry's record of sustainability after a study found that less than one percent of the clothing is recycled. The four brands joined the Make Fashion Circular program to reduce global waste from fashion by recycling ...
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Snipes, the retail chain forb sneakers and streetwear products owned...
Snipes, the retail chain forb sneakers and streetwear products owned by Deichmann, will open its first store in France in July. It will be located in the suburban Créteil Soleil shopping center near Paris and will be followed by another store in the Carré Sénart mall of Lieusaint at a ...
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Champion has opened its first store in the Netherlands. The...
Champion has opened its first store in the Netherlands. The 180-square-meter shop will be located in Amsterdam's city center, at Reestraat 9, in a shopping district filled with retailers, restaurants and bars. The store space is divided over a ground floor, a mezzanine and the basement. Up until now, the ...
