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Black Diamond has expanded its engineering team from six to...
Black Diamond has expanded its engineering team from six to ten persons, and it has added two outdoor industry specialists to its apparel development team. The four extra engineering staff are Greg Woolston, previously in product design at Skullcandy, who joined the lighting team. Tom Santoro is to focus on ...
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Dickies and Prana have joined HeiQ's list of brand partners...
Dickies and Prana have joined HeiQ's list of brand partners that use its technical textile finishing products. Dickies presented its new Cooling Tees empowered with HeiQ Smart Temp to retailers at this year's Outdoor Retailer (OR) Summer Market trade show, which took place in Salt Lake City on July 26-29. ...
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The global revenues from branded outdoor shoes by major vendors...
The global revenues from branded outdoor shoes by major vendors grew by 2.9 percent to $4.71 billion in 2016, according to an annual survey by The Outdoor Industry Compass, with increases of 2.4 percent in the U.S. and 3.5 percent in the rest of the world. The branded rugged outdoor ...
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Deichmann has brought a new look to its range by...
Deichmann has brought a new look to its range by launching nine styles of sneakers from Adidas, Fila, Nike and Puma. They became available online and in selected stores at the end of July. The low-cost German shoe retailer is promoting the collection under the title #Athlashion by Deichmann, with ...
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Spyder Europe has enrolled Felix Burmann as a sales manager...
Spyder Europe has enrolled Felix Burmann as a sales manager for key German accounts and European distributors. Burmann, aged 39, started in July and comes with a strong background in key account management. Recently he worked for one-and-a-half years with The North Face as a key account manager and then ...
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Strong growth by Champion Europe, especially online, contributed to a...
Strong growth by Champion Europe, especially online, contributed to a 7 percent organic increase in Champion's global sales for Hanesbrands during the second quarter. The brand is also enjoying very strong growth in Asia and other markets due to new omnichannel investments. This and other factors, including the acquisition last ...
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A district court judge in Oregon has let a lawsuit...
A district court judge in Oregon has let a lawsuit by Adidas against Skechers over its Stan Smith shoe go to trial, denying a request by Skechers to overrule the claims. He has accepted most of the claims, though not all of them. In the case, Adidas sued Skechers in ...
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Visitors to Performance Days, the fabrics show for the sports...
Visitors to Performance Days, the fabrics show for the sports and outdoor industry scheduled to be held in Munich on Nov. 8-9, can log on its website to get a free ticket and make requests for appointments online. Brands like 3M, Pertec, Polartec, Pontetorto, Primaloft Schoeller, Sympatex and Toray will ...
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Decathlon has launched a small range of Nordic walking shoes...
Decathlon has launched a small range of Nordic walking shoes under its Newfeel label, which focuses on walking. The French retailer explains that the Nordic Walking shoes were designed to be flexible, with a special Flex-H concept for the outsole, while providing traction and cushioning. The company has added an ...
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Erima has struck out in a new team sports direction...
Erima has struck out in a new team sports direction by closing its first co-operation agreement with a futsal team, SSV Jahn 1889 from Regensburg in Germany. Futsal is a variation of soccer played with five players per team and on a smaller pitch, typically indoors. Erima will equip both ...
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Steve Woodside has stepped down as senior vice president of...
Steve Woodside has stepped down as senior vice president of Columbia Sportswear in charge of global sourcing and manufacturing, after three years in this function. The company has initiated a search for his successor.
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Sixtus Werke Schliersee is now fully owned by Philipp Lahm,...
Sixtus Werke Schliersee is now fully owned by Philipp Lahm, the former captain of FC Bayern München. Lahm previously had a 50 percent share of the sports care, balm and hygiene product manufacturer, which is based in Hausham, in Germany's Upper Bavaria. Lahm was also already a brand ambassador for ...
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The number of golf rounds played in the U.K. in...
The number of golf rounds played in the U.K. in the second quarter of 2017 increased by 4 percent as compared to the same period of 2016, according to a study by Sports Marketing Surveys (SMS). The second quarter of the year was characterized by warm and dry weather, especially ...
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As predicted, Zalando's growth softened in the second quarter, rising...
As predicted, Zalando's growth softened in the second quarter, rising by 20.1 percent to €1.1 billion, but the company is hoping to hit the upper range of the forecast of 20 to 25 percent for the full financial year. The operating margin (Ebit) declined by 1.4 percentage points to 7.4 ...
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Odlo has struck a partnership with Myclimate, under which the...
Odlo has struck a partnership with Myclimate, under which the Swiss outdoor and sports apparel company will donate 1 percent of the turnover generated with its products using the Ceramicool technology in the autumn/winter 2017 season to the Swiss-based non-profit organization. Odlo's contribution will support a community-based reforestation project in ...
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Patagonia is making a donation of $150,000 to Punta de...
Patagonia is making a donation of $150,000 to Punta de Lobos Por Siempre for an environmental project in Chile following the sale of the patented technology of the PSI (Personal Surf Inflation) vest. Punta de Lobos Por Siempre is an initiative led by Save the Waves and Ramón Navarro, a ...
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Erima recorded a plus of 1.5 percent in sales to...
Erima recorded a plus of 1.5 percent in sales to nearly €30 million for the first half of 2017. The company has grown strongly over the last three years, particularly in its home market of Germany. After a dip in the early part of the year, sales rebounded in the ...
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Billabong International has decided to write off 11.7 million Australian...
Billabong International has decided to write off 11.7 million Australian dollars (€7.9m-$9.3m) from its accounts for the financial year ended this past June 30 in connection with the termination of its agreement with an omni-channel solution provider. In announcing its results for the first six months, the company had already ...
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The Thule Group reported a 13.3 percent increase in sales...
The Thule Group reported a 13.3 percent increase in sales to 1,955 million Swedish kronor (€205.0m-$241.0m) for the second quarter ended June 30, up by 8.6 percent in local currencies. The operating margin reached 24.3 percent, improving by 1.2 percentage point on a currency-neutral basis. Net income went up to ...
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TomTom has written down the entire goodwill of €169 million...
TomTom has written down the entire goodwill of €169 million of its Consumer segment as it reviews strategic options for its sports business, including its possible disposal. The segment's turnover fell by 20 percent to €126.3 million in the second quarter of this year.
