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Ortlieb Sportartikel has appointed Jürgen Siegwarth as its new chief...
Ortlieb Sportartikel has appointed Jürgen Siegwarth as its new chief executive, with immediate effect. Siegwarth will be principally responsible for the marketing and sales divisions. He will be in charge of management alongside Hartmut Ortlieb, the company's founder, who will continue to head the technology and production division. Most recently, Siegwarth ...
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Asics Corp. has recruited a new president and chief operating...
Asics Corp. has recruited a new president and chief operating officer, Yasuhito Hirota, to handle day-to-day management from March 29. He would help Motoi Oyama, a former president of the World Federation of the Sporting Goods Industry who became chief executive of the Japanese group in 2008 and took over ...
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Dakine is welcoming two new athletes – Sammy Carlson and...
Dakine is welcoming two new athletes – Sammy Carlson and Torin Yater-Wallace – to its Ski Accessories Team for winter 2018/19. Carlson, longtime Dakine athlete and a native of Oregon, where Dakine is headquartered, will be wearing his Signature Series Team Fillmore Trigger Mitt and his Signature Series Heli Pro 24L ...
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The German competition authority (BKA) reports that the Bundesgerichtshof, the...
The German competition authority (BKA) reports that the Bundesgerichtshof, the Federal Court of Justice, has ruled Asics could not issue blanket bans preventing its dealers from using price comparison engines. As described by the BKA, the decision issued on Dec. 12 and published on Jan. 19 means that per se ...
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Elias J. Sabo is going to become the new chief...
Elias J. Sabo is going to become the new chief executive of Compass Diversified (Codi) on May 3, replacing Alan B. Offenberg who is retiring after 20 years in the post. Sabo is a founding partner of Codi's management company, Compass Group Management. He was instrumental in the takeover and ...
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Dan Green has been promoted to the new position of...
Dan Green has been promoted to the new position of vice president of design at Arc'teryx Equipment after 17 years with the brand. He started at the Canadian company by designing packs, then gloves and then equipment for law enforcement and the Armed Forces before taking the leadership of the ...
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Kering has been recognized as the world's most sustainable textile,...
Kering has been recognized as the world's most sustainable textile, apparel and luxury goods corporation, according to the Corporate Knights' Global 100 index, which was unveiled at the World Economic Forum in Davos on Jan. 23. It is the third consecutive year that the luxury conglomerate has been included in ...
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Berlin's public transport operator, BVG, launched a highly successful limited...
Berlin's public transport operator, BVG, launched a highly successful limited edition of sneakers designed in partnership with Adidas for its 90th birthday. On Jan. 16 hundreds of people camped out overnight in Berlin, in hopes of buying a pair of the Adidas sneakers, which were a limited edition of 500 ...
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Del Hayes, one of the earliest employees of Blue Ribbon...
Del Hayes, one of the earliest employees of Blue Ribbon Sports and a Nike director for many years, passed away at the age of 82 earlier this month. Phil Knight met Hayes when he worked at Price Waterhouse after studying to become an accountant, and he was apparently in awe ...
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Willy Bogner will switch over to a new licensee for...
Willy Bogner will switch over to a new licensee for its handbags, belts, other accessories and luggage. The current contract with Unlimited Accessories expires in August this year, so from spring 2019, Bogner bags will be made under license by Müller & Meirer Lederwarenfabrik as part of a move by ...
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In a new restructuring move, Newell Brands is exploring strategic...
In a new restructuring move, Newell Brands is exploring strategic options for Rawlings, the American team sports brand inherited from Jarden Corp. in 2016, while merging the European operations of Coleman and Marmot Mountain. The latter move is adding fuel to a rumor that the two outdoor brands will somehow ...
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Macron is supporting Vicenza Calcio, the troubled Italian professional football...
Macron is supporting Vicenza Calcio, the troubled Italian professional football club based in Vicenza, Veneto, which has been placed in administration. The Macron Store in Vicenza has launched a campaign to help the team. Starting on Jan. 20, Macron said the store will donate 20 percent of every sale of ...
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CORRECTION: Skechers' stock market capitalization was higher than what we...
CORRECTION: Skechers' stock market capitalization was higher than what we had published in our annual stock chart on Jan. 15. It reached $6,003 million at the end of 2017, for an increase of 55 percent in the course of last year. This places the company in 15th place on our ...
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Molten has started a management carousel in Europe, with Markus...
Molten has started a management carousel in Europe, with Markus Wedler rising to the position of general manager in Germany and Kijo Matoba becoming the new managing director of Molten Europe, based in Düsseldorf. Matoba is replacing Norihiko Kamiya. Wedler's predecessor, Thorsten Pletz, has been appointed general manager in charge ...
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Mueller Sports Medicine has won a German patent case. A...
Mueller Sports Medicine has won a German patent case. A German court enjoined 100 Mile from selling its Ultimate Performance knee brace, awarding unspecified damages and attorney's fees to the American company. A similar case is still pending in the U.K.
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The Woolmark Company, which promotes merino wool, is teaming up...
The Woolmark Company, which promotes merino wool, is teaming up with Adidas to launch a new competition for innovative product solutions in the performance apparel sector. Participants will work on new ideas for performance clothing that harness “the unique, natural attributes of merino wool.” A joint news conference will be ...
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Leki, the German pole specialist, is cooperating with Boa Technology, the maker...
Leki, the German pole specialist, is cooperating with Boa Technology, the maker of the patented Boa Closure System, for its winter 2018/19 collection of Leki Trigger gloves. The Boa system, which was originally developed for shoes, has for the first time been integrated in another product category.*
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The Federal Supreme Court of Switzerland, which is the supreme...
The Federal Supreme Court of Switzerland, which is the supreme court of the Swiss Confederation, has delivered a judgment stating that schools cannot ask parents more than CHF 16 (€14-$17) per day as a contribution to the costs for compulsory excursions and snow sports camps. The judgement was issued last ...
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Garmin has opened its first dedicated retail space in Europe,...
Garmin has opened its first dedicated retail space in Europe, in the center of Barcelona, to showcase the full range of sports and outdoor products it offers. The store consists of a sizeable shop-in-shop in the department store of El Corte Inglés in Portal de l'Angel, one of the busiest ...
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La Sportiva has invested in the development of its...
La Sportiva has invested in the development of its apparel collection, introducing several innovations for next winter for ski mountaineering, winter running and winter climbing. The novelties include removable inserts that absorb moisture during physical exercise, storage solutions that are compatible with integrated hydration systems, and simple and effective connections ...
