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Sumitomo Rubber is taking over all the shares it doesn't...
Sumitomo Rubber is taking over all the shares it doesn't own in Dunlop Sport, the Japanese owner of the Dunlop, Srixon, Cleveland Golf and XXIO brands, pulling it from the Tokyo Stock Exchange and forming a new sports division. The product line will be expanded. Sumitomo, which is also a ...
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Björn Borg presented its new “Signature Collection,” along with the...
Björn Borg presented its new “Signature Collection,” along with the main autumn/winter 2017 collection, at The Royal Tennis Hall in Stockholm on Aug. 31, in a fashion show entitled Versus Borg. The Signature Collection is inspired by Björn Borg himself and the sportswear style of the 1970s. This limited edition ...
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W.L. Gore & Associates has been imposed a fine of...
W.L. Gore & Associates has been imposed a fine of 3.67 billion South Korean Won (€2.7m-$3.2m) by the Korea Fair Trade Commission for engaging in unfair trade practices in the country, in violation of Article 23 of the Monopoly Regulation and Fair Trade Act. According to the trade regulator, between March ...
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Macron has announced a technical sponsorship contract with a football...
Macron has announced a technical sponsorship contract with a football team, FC DAC 1904 Dunajská, which plays in Slovakia's Superliga. The team was previously sponsored by Adidas. Its partnership with the Italian company has already started with the current season and is set to go on for the next five ...
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Reebok has announced a one-year sponsorship contract with Ariana Grande,...
Reebok has announced a one-year sponsorship contract with Ariana Grande, the 24-year-old American singer and actress. She will act as the brand's ambassador, especially on social media, as she counts 113 million followers on Instagram.
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Faction Skis has announced the release of “This Is Home,”...
Faction Skis has announced the release of “This Is Home,” a 50-minute film about the freeskiing culture. The film, which features Faction athletes in their home mountains, tells the personal stories of the athletes in their environment in order to show what helped shape them as skiers. The featured athletes ...
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Sky News reports that Endura, a leading British cycling apparel...
Sky News reports that Endura, a leading British cycling apparel supplier, is studying a potential sale after it was approached by several parties that previously attempted to take over the Rapha brand. Rapha was sold last month in a deal that valued the brand at an estimated £200 million (€227m-$269m), ...
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Graham Stapleton, who comes from Dixons, has been appointed as...
Graham Stapleton, who comes from Dixons, has been appointed as the new chief executive of the Halfords Group, the British bike and automotive accessories retailer, replacing Jill McDonald. Benefiting from a “staycation” summer in Britain, Halfords reported in a preliminary statement a 4.8 percent increase in total revenues for the ...
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Tor Jenssen has been appointed as chief marketing officer at...
Tor Jenssen has been appointed as chief marketing officer at Helly Hansen following the departure of Erik Burbank, who held the job for less than two years but previously covered much the same functions as Helly Hansen's senior vice president of brand and marketing. Jenssen has been with the Norwegian ...
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Moritz Maier has been appointed as head of marketing at...
Moritz Maier has been appointed as head of marketing at Alpina Sports, the specialist in winter sports helmets and eyewear. Maier was previously at Head Sportswear, where he spent three years as international marketing manager, after six years in multimedia management and key account marketing at Mammut Sports Group. Maier ...
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Primaloft has appointed Clark Jin as sales and marketing manager...
Primaloft has appointed Clark Jin as sales and marketing manager for the Asia-Pacific region, a newly-created role, effective Sept. 11. Jin has more than 18 years of experience in sales, marketing and merchandising positions at companies including Kufner Textile, W.L.Gore, Itochu and Smart Garment. He is an expert in functional ...
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Wolverine Worldwide has appointed Stewart Whitney as vice president and...
Wolverine Worldwide has appointed Stewart Whitney as vice president and managing director of its Asia-Pacific division. He comes from Timberland, where he led its Asia-Pacific business for six years before becoming president of the brand in 2014. He left Timberland in July of last year, when he was replaced by ...
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Archroma, a global company specializing in color and specialty chemicals,...
Archroma, a global company specializing in color and specialty chemicals, has announced the acquisition of an additional 26 percent stake in M. Dohmen, an international group specializing in the production of textile dyes and chemicals. The two companies will now operate as partners in serving the textile market, making the ...
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Under Armour is preparing to open a flagship store later...
Under Armour is preparing to open a flagship store later this year in Amsterdam, the first for the U.S. brand in Europe. It already has more than 20 shops in Europe, a mixture of own stores and partner stores, but the flagship will display a broader range of products across ...
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Under Armour has launched a new #Wewill campaign, an evolution...
Under Armour has launched a new #Wewill campaign, an evolution of the brand's signature I Will. The theme of the campaign revolves around the inspiring and unifying power of sport. The video of the campaign features an array of Under Armour athletes including the late Muhammad Ali, Michael Phelps, Stephen ...
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Artemis, the Pinault family's holding company that controls Kering, launched...
Artemis, the Pinault family's holding company that controls Kering, launched a convertible bond offer for €375 million on Sept. 22. Priced at a 35 percent premium over Kering's reference share price, the bonds will bear no interest. They will be redeemed for cash on March 31, 2023, giving the bondholders ...
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Carsten Unbehaun, managing director for Central Europe at Asics, has...
Carsten Unbehaun, managing director for Central Europe at Asics, has been appointed as the new chief executive at Haglöfs, the Swedish outdoor brand owned by the Japanese company, from the start of next year. He takes over from Peter Fabrin, who decided to return to Denmark for family reasons after ...
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Asics is reinforcing its marketing team in Europe, the Middle...
Asics is reinforcing its marketing team in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) with two recruits, as part of the business transformation plan announced a few weeks ago. Robin Karakash joins Asics Europe as director of integrated marketing communication EMEA, a newly-created function, to deliver consistent brand messaging across ...
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Asics has collaborated with Liberty Fabrics, a specialist in print...
Asics has collaborated with Liberty Fabrics, a specialist in print design and textile innovation, on the launch of a new collection of fitness apparel. The line consists of leggings, shorts, a woven hooded jacket, a short sleeve top and a headband, as well as the Gel-Fit Sana 3SE footwear style, ...
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Reuters reports that a bank meeting was held at the...
Reuters reports that a bank meeting was held at the head office of Sports Direct International (SDI) earlier this month for lenders, to launch syndication for a loan worth more than £700 million (€796m-$945m). The revolving credit facility will replace an unsecured revolving working capital capacity due to mature in ...
