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Charles Tyrwhitt, a British clothing retailer, has poached Michael Stanier...
Charles Tyrwhitt, a British clothing retailer, has poached Michael Stanier away from Adidas as its new chief executive. Stanier was placed in charge of consumer-direct operations as “head of concept to consumer” at Adidas in 2013. He had joined Adidas in 2009 as chief retail officer. Before that, he worked ...
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Converse opened a hotel-inspired pop-up in a five-floor building in...
Converse opened a hotel-inspired pop-up in a five-floor building in London, in the heart of Shoreditch, on Feb. 16-17. The project, hosted at 155 New North Rd, Hoxton, celebrated in particular the brand's One Star trainers. The two-day “Converse One Star Hotel” featured exclusive One Star products from the spring ...
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Roxy has launched a new global campaign entitled “Make Waves....
Roxy has launched a new global campaign entitled “Make Waves. Move Mountains,” which is meant to celebrate the empowerment of women in action sports and beyond. To help promote the message, the brand has tapped into well-known snow and surf athletes, including Stephanie Gilmore, Dara Howell, Torah Bright, and Lisa ...
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Puma has unveiled new collaborations and capsule collections with Shantell...
Puma has unveiled new collaborations and capsule collections with Shantell Martin and Hello Kitty. The sportswear brand has partnered with Shantell Martin, the British visual artist best known for her stream-of-consciousness drawings, on a capsule collection of sneakers and apparel. The pieces of this collection, entirely black and white, all ...
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Champion presented a capsule collection developed in collaboration with Urban...
Champion presented a capsule collection developed in collaboration with Urban Outfitters at the inauguration of a new store in Paris. It recently introduced a collaboration with an American fashion label, Kith, sporting a new version of the Champion logo. It also launched a new unisex line in black, white and ...
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The SportScheck City Runs will have a name change as...
The SportScheck City Runs will have a name change as part of a format revamp. Now known as SportScheck Run 2018, the running series has also found a new partner in the shape of Under Armour, who will be the official outfitter for the events. Under the motto of “Runner's ...
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December retail figures in Sweden show that Christmas sales were...
December retail figures in Sweden show that Christmas sales were record-setting for the second year in a row throughout the retail sector. However, the good news does not extend to the sale of sporting goods. According to Hui Research, sporting goods sales increased by a moderate 0.9 percent compared to ...
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Halti launched a new underwear collection for the international market...
Halti launched a new underwear collection for the international market at the recent Ispo show in Munich. The collection is mainly made in Europe with production partners in Lithuania and Latvia. Halti also showed its complete active lifestyle collection for the first time at Ispo, as well as a new ...
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In contrast with Puma's strong results (see the details in...
In contrast with Puma's strong results (see the details in separate articles in this issue), Volcom and the rest of Kering's Sport & Lifestyle division continued to suffer. The division's Other Brands segment recorded a 4.7 percent decline in revenues to €230.2 million, including a drop of 3.2 percent on ...
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VF Corporation has decided to look for a new owner...
VF Corporation has decided to look for a new owner for Nautica, which was reclassified as a “discontinued operation” in its results for the fourth quarter of 2017, says Bloomberg. With its bright colors, big logos and oversized garments, the brand became popular in the 1990s, but it has since ...
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There will be a new U.S. edition of Fibo, the...
There will be a new U.S. edition of Fibo, the trade show. The first Fibo USA will be held on Dec. 6-8, 2018 at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Florida. The U.S. is the largest fitness market in the world, with 57.2 million members in 36,540 gyms and ...
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Oakley enjoyed a rebound in the fourth quarter of last...
Oakley enjoyed a rebound in the fourth quarter of last year, after its sales were under pressure from hurricanes and stricter pricing policies in the U.S. Its parent company, Luxottica, saw its sales decline by 2 percent to €2,093 million in the quarter, while improving by 4 percent in local ...
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Puma is the new official supplier of the Senegalese Football...
Puma is the new official supplier of the Senegalese Football Association, replacing Romai through a long-term partnership. It will start to outfit the Senegal national team, also known as the “Lions of Teranga,” next month, in connection with this year's Fifa World Cup in Russia. It will be the second ...
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Golf rounds played in the U.K. were lower in the...
Golf rounds played in the U.K. were lower in the fourth quarter of 2017 as compared to the same period in 2016. According to the figures exclusively released by Sports Marketing Surveys (SMS), all regions experienced a decline, leading to an average drop of 11.4 percent. These figures were to ...
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Mizuno is moving into the lifestyle segment with a sneaker...
Mizuno is moving into the lifestyle segment with a sneaker version of its Wave Rider running shoe, first launched in 1998. Called Wave Rider 1, the new sneaker will be the first product in a new Sports Style category for the Japanese brand. It is being introduced selectively at retail ...
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More than 30,000 visitors attended the Ispo Beijing show, which...
More than 30,000 visitors attended the Ispo Beijing show, which took place just before Ispo Munich on Jan. 24 to 27. The show featured 463 exhibitors presenting 745 brands, and more than half of them came from outside China. One of the highlights was the Start-Up Village. Fueled by the ...
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Xendera has announced a capital increase of €1.2 million from...
Xendera has announced a capital increase of €1.2 million from professional investors including Pyrénées Gascogne Développement, Herrikoa, Financière Royer and Toki Eder Conseil. This new round follows an initial fundraising of €435,000 from private investors in June 2016. The company intends to use the new funds to strengthen its market ...
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Kästle will be selling customized skis from the autumn/winter 2018/19...
Kästle will be selling customized skis from the autumn/winter 2018/19 season. They will only be available at selected retailers. The skis, which will be priced at €2,400 at retail, will be delivered to European customers in five days from the company's own production site in Austria. In the first year, ...
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Sport 2000 International has terminated its licensing contract for the...
Sport 2000 International has terminated its licensing contract for the Sport 2000 banner with its single biggest retail member, Sports Direct International, which still holds a small minority share in the organization, but this will probably not last much longer. Sport 2000 Germany has taken over its license for the ...
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In time for the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, Halti...
In time for the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, Halti signed a distribution agreement with the PVS Company for sales in South Korea from the autumn/winter 2018/19 season. PVS is also selling the products of Poc Sweden and Völkl in the South Korean market. Halti was previously working with another ...
