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Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) has signed up a fashion collaboration with...
Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) has signed up a fashion collaboration with the Rolling Stones, the legendary music group also known for its famous tongue-and-lips logo. This symbol, which has been used on a number of LP covers and merchandise creations of the rock band, is now featured in the designs of ...
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Sports Marketing Surveys (SMS) has signed an exclusive contract with...
Sports Marketing Surveys (SMS) has signed an exclusive contract with MMRI for their new intelligence platform, Klood Radar. The partnership will result in a new platform called Sports Radar. Klood Radar, MMRI's proprietary digital search technology, has the ability to automatically collect data on a particular topic, product or brand ...
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Richard Leedham has decided to step down as president of...
Richard Leedham has decided to step down as president of Berghaus, the outdoor brand owned by the Pentland Group, after 22 years with the company, and to leave the business in early 2018. He has agreed to assist in the next few months in the recruitment of a new brand ...
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Vibram and Masaya Hashimoto, the designer of its Furoshiki Wrapping...
Vibram and Masaya Hashimoto, the designer of its Furoshiki Wrapping Sole, won the ADI Design Index 2017 prize for innovation in finished products. Launched last year and inspired by a Japanese technique, the shoe is the first one that envelops the foot, guaranteeing a personalized fit and comfort through its ...
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Ivo van Ireland, a sales director who previously worked for...
Ivo van Ireland, a sales director who previously worked for K-Swiss and Palladium, has been appointed as Havaianas' general manager for Central Europe, covering mainly Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Sales in the region, which are growing rapidly, were previously steered by Vanessa Sosa, who was also responsible for Spain and ...
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Moncler has enlarged its flagship store in Milan, which now...
Moncler has enlarged its flagship store in Milan, which now covers 800 square meters on two floors, one for women's wear and the other for men's wear, making it the brand's largest mono-brand store in the world. It had been first opened in 2013 at a prestigious location: 1, via ...
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There is new evidence that the pace of growth is...
There is new evidence that the pace of growth is accelerating in China. The country's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) grew by 6.8 percent in the third quarter and was up by 6.9 percent for the first nine months of this year. That's well above the 6.5 percent growth target set ...
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Rossignol inaugurated a new flagship store in Oslo on Sept....
Rossignol inaugurated a new flagship store in Oslo on Sept. 29. Located at Holmens Gate 2, in Norway's capital city, the new store of the French manufacturer of alpine, snowboard and Nordic equipment has a surface of 270 square meters on two floors. The ground floor is dedicated to apparel, ...
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Sport-Guide.com reports that a Patagonia store in Grenoble is to...
Sport-Guide.com reports that a Patagonia store in Grenoble is to shut down around the end of October. The store has been open for several years but the owner apparently struggled to reach a sustainable level of sales, which he blamed on the lack of international tourists in Grenoble. The closure ...
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Pharrel Williams, the international pop star, has put his name...
Pharrel Williams, the international pop star, has put his name on an exclusive version of Adidas' Hu NMD sneaker for Chanel. The model in black features the words Pharrell and Chanel. Williams, a longtime Adidas ambassador, also became a Chanel model at the Chanel Métiers d'Art show last December and ...
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Kempa has unveiled an ultralight, robust sport shoe made in...
Kempa has unveiled an ultralight, robust sport shoe made in part with Kevlar fibers. The Attack Pro Contender is the flagship product in Kempa's new special Caution collection. The shoe uses a patented matrix material made from Kevlar and designed to withstand enormous loads. The shoe is an advance on ...
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The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has rejected a request...
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has rejected a request by Adidas to declare Nike's Flyknit patents unprotectable. The Big a argued that a person of ordinary skill in knitting would have been able to combined prior patents with generally known textbook writing on knitting to develop the Flyknit. While ...
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Alibaba has announced it plans to invest RMB 100 billion,...
Alibaba has announced it plans to invest RMB 100 billion, the equivalent of around $15 billion, over the next three years in a new global research and development program called Alibaba DAMO Academy. The acronym stands for “Discovery, Adventure, Momentum and Outlook.” The academy will start by launching research labs in ...
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Regatta posted an 18.5 percent increase in sales to £139.8...
Regatta posted an 18.5 percent increase in sales to £139.8 million (€155.9m-$184.7m) for the year ended Jan. 31. According to filed accounts, 5.6 percent of the increase was attributable to the depreciation of the pound sterling. The company, which is based in Manchester, trades under two brand names - Regatta ...
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Himaraya swung to a net profit of 535 million yen...
Himaraya swung to a net profit of 535 million yen (€4.0m-$4.8m) in the fiscal year ended last Aug. 31 from a net loss of 811 million, despite a contraction of one percentage point to 35.1 percent in the gross margin due to inventory closeouts. The Japanese retailer's total sales rose ...
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Accell North America's chief executive, Chris Speyer, is leaving the...
Accell North America's chief executive, Chris Speyer, is leaving the company to join Recreational Equipment (REI) as vice president of private brands. He will take on his new role at REI on Oct. 30. Speyer has spent 11 and a half years in leadership positions within Accell North America, which ...
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According to numerous press reports that Adidas declined to confirm,...
According to numerous press reports that Adidas declined to confirm, the Big a will stop sponsoring AC Milan in 2018 or 2019, after the expiration of a 20-year-old contract that pays the strong Italian Series A football club €19.7 million per year. Under Armour and New Balance are said to ...
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The national voluntary groups affiliated with Intersport International Corp. achieved...
The national voluntary groups affiliated with Intersport International Corp. achieved a currency-neutral increase of 2.2 percent in their retail sales during the first half of 2017, excluding The Athlete's Foot. After a tough first quarter, when their sales inched up by about one percent, the second quarter brought an encouraging ...
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An investor group led by Victor Capital Partners has acquired...
An investor group led by Victor Capital Partners has acquired Primaloft from the Prudential Capital Group. Victor Capital teamed up with the Allstate private equity group and the management team of Primaloft for the buyout. Madison Capital, Antares and Intermediate Capital Group provided financing. Primaloft said the acquisition will provide ...
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Mercator, the activist minority shareholder in Deckers Brands, has laid...
Mercator, the activist minority shareholder in Deckers Brands, has laid out its proposals for a detailed restructuring plan that calls for the sale of all its assets except for Ugg, arguing that it would quadruple the company's earnings per share by 2021. It would also raise the return on invested ...
