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Sensoria unveiled a new pressure sensing running shoe at the...
Sensoria unveiled a new pressure sensing running shoe at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, the annual trade show on new products and technologies in the consumer electronics industry, which took place this year on Jan. 9-12. The shoe, which has been developed for Vivobarefoot, features a new ...
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Inov-8 is targeting sales of about £20 million (€22.5m-$27.0m) for this...
Inov-8 is targeting sales of about £20 million (€22.5m-$27.0m) for this year.
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DW Sports has opened a 15,000-square-foot flagship store in the...
DW Sports has opened a 15,000-square-foot flagship store in the Intu Metrocentre of Gateshead. The chain has more than 90 stores all over the U.K. It's part of the DW Fitness First Group, which also operates 120 gyms.
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Clim8, an ingredient brand offering a self-regulating thermal function, reached...
Clim8, an ingredient brand offering a self-regulating thermal function, reached consumers for the first time in November in a range launched by K2, the South Korean outdoor brand. Clim8 is the ingredient brand that was launched last year by partners including Florian Miguet, formerly in charge of the Salewa and ...
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The Hickies shoe lacing system is acquiring a new dimension...
The Hickies shoe lacing system is acquiring a new dimension with the launch of a new series of elastic straps decorated with Swarovski crystals. Intended to fit and adorn any kind of sneakers, they are being made available worldwide in three base colors. Each set of 14 elastic bands, which ...
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O'Neill, the action sports brand, has signed a sponsorship deal...
O'Neill, the action sports brand, has signed a sponsorship deal with the Bavarian snowboard team for the winter 2017/18 season. All the members of the team - 19 children and young adults aged between 10 and 15 - will be supplied with O'Neill apparel. The team participates in various freestyle, ...
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Amplifi Coalition, a partner of Active Brands from Norway, has...
Amplifi Coalition, a partner of Active Brands from Norway, has assumed the distribution of the Bula brand in Germany and Austria from the autumn/winter 2018/19 order season. As previously reported, Active Brands bought in 2016 the rights for the Bula brand all over Europe, including Russia. Amplifi Coalition is a ...
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The Adidas brand took advantage of virtual reality technology to...
The Adidas brand took advantage of virtual reality technology to enable customers to try on boots in a virtual Champions League game between Bayern Munich and Real Madrid. For three days earlier this month, at the renovated Adidas flagship store in Paris, customers wearing VR goggles and sensors on their ...
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Adidas has reportedly reached an out-of-court settlement with M Design...
Adidas has reportedly reached an out-of-court settlement with M Design & Manufacturing, one of Forever 21's suppliers, in a trademark case claiming that Forever 21, a Los-Angeles based fast-fashion retailer, had violated trademark law by using Adidas' three-stripe mark. The terms of the settlement were not immediately disclosed. The lawsuit, ...
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SportScheck is apparently growing again. It has told TextilWirthschaft that...
SportScheck is apparently growing again. It has told TextilWirthschaft that it is in line to book a sales increase of 2 percent for the financial year ending next Feb. 28, after suffering a drop of 8.8 percent to €291 million in the previous year. The engine of the growth has ...
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The catalog of exhibitors at Ispo Munich is already available...
The catalog of exhibitors at Ispo Munich is already available on its website, and so is the list of conferences, workshops and other programs, some of which will be directed at consumers. For the first time, sport-minded consumers will be invited to participate in workshops and presentations organized inside the ...
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Garmont International announced that Wayne Edy, who distributes its Tactical...
Garmont International announced that Wayne Edy, who distributes its Tactical line in North America, has acquired 25 percent of the Italian company's shares from Veneto Sviluppo, the regional investment fund that joined Prisma 2 in its takeover in 2014. Headed up by Pierangelo Bressan, Prisma 2 is still Garmont's controlling ...
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Asics has announced that it will open a new logistics...
Asics has announced that it will open a new logistics center for Southern Europe at the end of 2019. The new facility will be located in Montpellier, in the South of France, not far from the Montpellier Méditerranée airport and Asics France's headquarters in Lattes. The new 38,000-square-meter center will ...
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The European Fishing Tackle Trade Association (EFTTA) has announced that...
The European Fishing Tackle Trade Association (EFTTA) has announced that Jean-Claude Bel is stepping back from his role as chief executive of the association but is not retiring. He has asked EFTTA's board to allow him step back into a part-time job. Bel, who has been at the helm of ...
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Columbia Sportswear has announced the appointment of Christian Buss as...
Columbia Sportswear has announced the appointment of Christian Buss as director of investor relations, reporting to Jim Swanson, senior vice president and chief financial officer of the group. Buss, who has been involved in equity analysis since 2005, comes from Credit Suisse, where he was director of global apparel research. ...
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Sympatex has announced new partnerships in the fields of ski,...
Sympatex has announced new partnerships in the fields of ski, snowboard and freestyle. The new partners for autumn-winter 2018/19 in the use of its 100 percent recyclable and climate-neutral membrane include Chiemsee, Billabong, DC Shoes, Rossignol, Pyrenex, Tierra and Woods. Sympatex said the new partnerships were formed through its “Sympathy ...
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Pony has announced a collaboration with Michael Michalsky, a well-known...
Pony has announced a collaboration with Michael Michalsky, a well-known German fashion designers who served many years ago as creative director of Adidas. The fruits of the collaboration will be shown at the Seek trade show during next month's Berlin Fashion Week. The presentation will coincide with the establishment of ...
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Roxy has announced that Tess Ledeux has joined the brand's...
Roxy has announced that Tess Ledeux has joined the brand's roster of testimonials. In 2017, at the age of 14, the athlete won a gold medal in slopestyle at the Freestyle Ski and Snowboarding World Championships in Sierra Nevada, Spain, where she competed for France. Also in 2017, she won ...
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J. Lindberg, the Swedish apparel company, whose sports clothing focuses on...
J. Lindberg, the Swedish apparel company, whose sports clothing focuses on ski and golf, has appointed Jens Werner to the newly created position of creative director. Werner joined J. Lindberg as design director of sports in October 2016. In May 2017, he assumed the position of design director also for the company's ...
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Lee Young, the long-time project leader of the Asia Outdoor...
Lee Young, the long-time project leader of the Asia Outdoor fair in Nanjing, is taking responsibility also for the Asia Bike, which will take place simultaneously from June 28 to July 1, 2018 in the Chinese city. More in The Outdoor Industry Compass.
