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The Tecnica Group's Moon Boot, which is growing strongly right...
The Tecnica Group's Moon Boot, which is growing strongly right now, is one of 111 garments and accessories that have been selected for an exhibition running from last Oct. 1 through Jan. 28 at New York's Museum of Modern Art, covering its entire floor. Called “Items: Is Fashion Modern,” the ...
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Dainese has strengthened its multisport business unit with a number...
Dainese has strengthened its multisport business unit with a number of new appointments. The Italian firm has hired Stefano Finazzi as export area manager for Southern Europe - Italy, France, Spain and Portugal. Tommaso Balasso has joined Dainese as marketing manager multisport, a newly-created position. In addition, Dainese has hired ...
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NSF International has expanded its certification portfolio and is now...
NSF International has expanded its certification portfolio and is now an approved certification body for three additional Textile Exchange standards. NSF's full textile certification portfolio now includes: the Textile Exchange Recycled Claim Standard (RCS), the Global Recycled Standard (GRS), the Textile Exchange Organic Content Standard (OCS), the Textile Exchange Responsible ...
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Sports Direct International (SDI) is closing down four out of...
Sports Direct International (SDI) is closing down four out of its nine concessions in Debenhams department stores, Bloomberg reported last week, but the company said this was due to overlaps with current or future flagship stores, rather than any underlying issues with the concessions. SDI owns a stake of 21.01 ...
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Columbia Sportswear has emerged largely victorious from a patent infringement...
Columbia Sportswear has emerged largely victorious from a patent infringement lawsuit over one of its Omni-Heat reflective technology designs. In late September, a jury in the U.S. District Court of San Diego awarded $3,018,000 in damages against another US-based snow apparel company Seirus Innovative Accessories, headquartered in San Diego. The ...
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Skiset, the French-based ski rental company, has developed an online...
Skiset, the French-based ski rental company, has developed an online foot scanning tool, Scanfeet, which should make it easier for customers to book ski boots precisely adjusted to the size and shape of their feet. Scanfeet uses 3D images of the customer's feet to analyze five key points about the ...
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Peak Performance has a new country manager for Germany, Martin...
Peak Performance has a new country manager for Germany, Martin Gaffal. The 34-year-old comes from Schöffel, where he has been in charge of key accounts. He takes the place of Andreas Schiebe, who has left the company.
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Ski Market in Madrid is warning its customers that they...
Ski Market in Madrid is warning its customers that they will now be charged if they take advantage of testing and advice services in-store without buying the product, as these services do have a cost for the retailer. The practice of examining merchandise in a traditional brick-and-mortar retail store and ...
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Dainese, D-Air Lab and Enel (Ente Nazionale per l'Energia Elettrica)...
Dainese, D-Air Lab and Enel (Ente Nazionale per l'Energia Elettrica) have collaborated on the development of the Safety Jacket, an innovative jacket which is meant to protect workers from the consequences of an impact or fall while working at a height. D-Air Lab is a start-up linked to Dainese. The ...
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De Skihut op Scheveningen, a famous retailer of winter sports...
De Skihut op Scheveningen, a famous retailer of winter sports products located in the eponymous Dutch sea resort, was declared bankrupt but was then quickly rescued by Retail Investments Beilen, reports Quote, a Dutch business magazine. The publication worked out that nearly all of the shares in Retail Investments Beilen ...
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Decathlon is planning to open new stores in the downtown...
Decathlon is planning to open new stores in the downtown areas of Brussels, Dresden and Munich. They will use to some extent the new urban Decathlon City format, concentrating on only a few product categories and complementing them with online purchases from its website. Focusing on cycling, running and fitness, ...
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Decathlon is going to launch a new private label for...
Decathlon is going to launch a new private label for Nordic walking, called Inovik, during the autumn/winter 2018/19 season. It recently introduced other new private brands: Itwit for paddle sports, and Olaian for surfing. Sport-guide indicates that it is also working on a brand for rugby.
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Faradei, a Russian supplier of sports equipment and footwear, has...
Faradei, a Russian supplier of sports equipment and footwear, has expanded its product range by adding an Arctic line, consisting of footwear that can withstand extremely cold temperatures, down to -60 degrees centigrade. For Faradei, which generates about 60 percent of its revenues from contracts with the Russian Army, the ...
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Ukraine has obtained new trade preferences from the European Union...
Ukraine has obtained new trade preferences from the European Union that increase the quantity of products the country can export to the EU free of duties, including footwear. The trade measure, which came into force on Oct. 1, will offer several Ukrainian agricultural and industrial goods better access to the ...
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The European Outdoor Summit organized by the European Outdoor Group...
The European Outdoor Summit organized by the European Outdoor Group in Treviso earlier this month welcomed about 270 delegates. The next one will be held in Malmö, Sweden, in the autumn of 2018. More in The Outdoor Industry Compass, including coverage of many of the conferences.
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The organizers of Fibo the international trade show for fitness,...
The organizers of Fibo the international trade show for fitness, wellness and health – have announced a new concept for the 2018 edition of the show. The event, which is scheduled to take place at the Exhibition Centre in Cologne from April 12-15, will offer an expanded trade visitor program ...
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For the first time, the Pentland Group has won the...
For the first time, the Pentland Group has won the Best UK Family Business of Excellence award from Ernst & Young as part of its 2017 Entrepreneur of the Year Awards. Founded in 1932, Pentland is a third-generation family-owned company that employs 28,000 people across 20 countries. It has received ...
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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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Christoph Görner joined Sport 2000 Germany on Sept. 1 to...
Christoph Görner joined Sport 2000 Germany on Sept. 1 to work on Laufprofis, the specialty running retail format of the voluntary group, which currently involves 120 retailers. Together with his colleague Marc Schreiner, he reports to the manager of Laufprofis, Jörg Seifert. Görner worked for 18 years at Runners Point, ...
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Beating its previous guidance, Manchester United reported a 12.8 percent...
Beating its previous guidance, Manchester United reported a 12.8 percent increase in revenues to £581.2 million (€664.2m-$780.1m) for the financial year ended June 30, placing it ahead of Real Madrid as the world's N° 1 football club in terms of turnover. Ebitda grew by more than 17 percent to £199.8 ...
