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    Beating analysts' estimates, Li & Fung raised its net profit...

    2017-09-04T00:00:00Z

    Beating analysts' estimates, Li & Fung raised its net profit to $91 million for the first half of 2017 from $86 million in the same period last year. Revenues fell by 9 percent to $7.2 billion, however. The Chinese sourcing giant had to leave the Hang Seng benchmark index last ...

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    Footjoy has announced that Russell Lawes has been appointed sales...

    2017-09-04T00:00:00Z

    Footjoy has announced that Russell Lawes has been appointed sales and marketing director for the U.K. region with immediate effect. For the past ten years, he has served as Footjoy's marketing manager. Lawes will be responsible for the overall sales and marketing operations in the U.K., Ireland and South Africa ...

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    Brunswick Bowling Products has announced three promotions within the company,...

    2017-09-04T00:00:00Z

    Brunswick Bowling Products has announced three promotions within the company, which come after the appointment of Corey Dykstra as the new chief executive in July of this year. Brian Graham has been named vice-president of consumer and aftermarket products. Graham previously led sales and marketing. Billy Orlikowski has been promoted ...

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    Skechers has announced a partnership with Camila Cabello on a...

    2017-09-04T00:00:00Z

    Skechers has announced a partnership with Camila Cabello on a new global marketing campaign. The Cuban-born American singer and songwriter will be the face of Skechers' women's footwear category. The campaign, which will appear in Spanish and English, is scheduled for launch later this month. Cabello, who is 20, started ...

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    Fjällräven's apparel collection is featuring for the first time Recco's...

    2017-09-04T00:00:00Z

    Fjällräven's apparel collection is featuring for the first time Recco's rescue system in its autumn/winter 2017/18 collection. The Swedish brand has also started a collaboration with the Swedish Mountain Guides Organization, SBO, by equipping its members and supporting education programs.

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    Schöffel has appointed Karoline Rettig as head of marketing. The...

    2017-09-04T00:00:00Z

    Schöffel has appointed Karoline Rettig as head of marketing. The 46-year-old replaces Wolfgang Helmberger. Rettig has been with Amer Sports since 2006. At Amer, she was initially in charge of marketing for the cycling division in Austria, Germany and Switzerland. Afterwards she was promoted to GTM (Go to Market) trade ...

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    Claudia Lange has been appointed head of media relations at...

    2017-09-04T00:00:00Z

    Claudia Lange has been appointed head of media relations at the Adidas Group. Lange assumed the newly created position, based at the headquarters in Herzogenaurach in Germany, at the beginning of August. She is responsible for the global media relations team and for the management and coordination of the media ...

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    Japan's Dunlop group turned around to a net profit of...

    2017-09-04T00:00:00Z

    Japan's Dunlop group turned around to a net profit of 1,727 million yen (€13.2m-$15.7m) in the first half ended June 30 from a loss of ¥1,186 million, despite a one percent drop in total revenues to ¥36.16 billion (€276.5m-$327.9m). Excluding foreign exchange gains, net income rose to ¥1,288 million (€9.8m-$11.7m) from ...

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    Mike Ashley has made a nice capital gain from his...

    2017-09-04T00:00:00Z

    Mike Ashley has made a nice capital gain from his recent investment in Game Digital as the value of the British video game company's shares rose by more than 50 percent to 37 pence following better-than-expected results and a statement by the management that it will invest in the growing ...

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    A new association of sporting goods sales reps has launched...

    2017-09-04T00:00:00Z

    A new association of sporting goods sales reps has launched a new sporting goods fair for the Spanish region of Galicia. With 14 brands – including CMP, Dare2b, Lizard, Mizuno, Regatta and Speedo - and 45 local retailers participating in the new event, the first edition of the event, held ...

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    Australia's Super Retail Group will unify its two sporting goods...

    2017-09-04T00:00:00Z

    Australia's Super Retail Group will unify its two sporting goods retail chains in the country, Amart and Rebel Sport, by rebranding all its Amart stores as Rebel by Oct. 31. The move is expected to result in synergies of 15 million Australian dollars (€10.1m-$12.0m) over the next two years. Together, ...

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    Heiner Oberrauch, president of the Oberalp Group, has been awarded...

    2017-09-04T00:00:00Z

    Heiner Oberrauch, president of the Oberalp Group, has been awarded one of the highest honors by the Austrian government. Wolfgang Spadinger, consul general of Austria in Bolzano, pinned the Great Order of Merit to Oberrauch's jacket at the end of August in a ceremony held in the city, where the ...

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    Urban Styles, a distributor based in Cologne that belongs to...

    2017-09-04T00:00:00Z

    Urban Styles, a distributor based in Cologne that belongs to Snipes, a subsidiary of the Deichmann Group, took over the distribution of the new premium and fashion-oriented Kappa Authentic product range in Germany in May, signing a selective distribution partnership with Kappa Germany. The range will only be sold to ...

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    Italy's Radici Group, a fiber manufacturer based in Bergamo, has...

    2017-09-04T00:00:00Z

    Italy's Radici Group, a fiber manufacturer based in Bergamo, has become a sponsor of the local football club, Bergamo. Noting that the company is the second-largest European manufacturer of nylon, a fiber that is heavily used in sports clothing, Radici says the sponsorship should help it to get more visibility ...

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    Uhlsport will become the official supplier of the FC Cologne...

    2017-09-04T00:00:00Z

    Uhlsport will become the official supplier of the FC Cologne football team in the German Bundesliga, replacing Erima from 2018 for four years. FC Cologne was the winner of the first ever Bundesliga championship in 1963 and one of the most successful in the early years of the competition, but ...

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    Creating a new position, Walter Wansauer has been named by...

    2017-09-04T00:00:00Z

    Creating a new position, Walter Wansauer has been named by Fischer as head of sales for both Germany and Austria. The executive, who has been with the company for nearly 20 years, had been appointed a year ago as country manager for Germany, taking the place of Siegfried Passreiter after ...

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    Skechers Performance has been named the official footwear partner for...

    2017-09-04T00:00:00Z

    Skechers Performance has been named the official footwear partner for the 2017 Solheim Cup, the women's team golf competition between Europe and the U.S. The event will take place in the U.S., at the Des Moines Golf and Country Club in Iowa, on Aug. 18-20. Selected players will wear a limited-edition ...

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    Customers can sample a local craft beer while shopping at...

    2017-09-04T00:00:00Z

    Customers can sample a local craft beer while shopping at the new Timberland specialty concept store. Called The Timberland Tree Lab, the store recently opened in the King of Prussia Mall in Pennsylvania, the second-largest shopping mall in the U.S. The experimental store features carefully curated collections and brand stories ...

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    Bergans is strengthening its international sales force. The new international...

    2017-09-04T00:00:00Z

    Bergans is strengthening its international sales force. The new international focus includes the appointment of John-Olav Evans as international strategic account manager. In this new position, he will be responsible for serving and developing relations with Bergans' distributors and key strategic clients in the international market. Another new recruit is ...

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    Following up on the partnership between Louis Vuitton and Supreme,...

    2017-09-04T00:00:00Z

    Following up on the partnership between Louis Vuitton and Supreme, Hermès is launching a line of expensive skateboards and longboards. Made of maple wood, they feature special sublimation prints that can be matched with some of Hermès silk scarves.