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Alchemy Equipment, the New Zealand brand of contemporary urban apparel...
Alchemy Equipment, the New Zealand brand of contemporary urban apparel with performance functions, has appointed Big Bear as its distributor for the U.K. and Ireland. The brand is already available from a few British stores, such as two Snow & Rock stores, which have been covered directly from New Zealand ...
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Callaway Golf has introduced the Allsport watch, which the company...
Callaway Golf has introduced the Allsport watch, which the company describes as the first multi-sport watch designed specifically for golfers. The Allsport incorporates popular features of fitness tracking devices into a conventional GPS watch, including a calorie tracker, a step counter and multi-sport training features suitable for other sports, including ...
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Interbike, the largest annual bike show in North America, has...
Interbike, the largest annual bike show in North America, has unveiled a number of new initiatives and changes for its 2017 edition. The Incubator, a new crowd-funding area, will feature the latest innovations for the bicycle industry on crowdfunding platforms such as Kickstarter. The purpose of the Incubator, which will ...
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Puma has reached an out-of-court settlement with Urwyler & Hostettler,...
Puma has reached an out-of-court settlement with Urwyler & Hostettler, a supplier of furniture and wooden household items in Switzerland that adopted a logo with a leaping animal. The company, which sells the Made in Ermatingen brand, filed an application to register the logo for sports footwear, sports apparel and ...
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Bread & Butter, the three-day consumer-oriented style and culture festival...
Bread & Butter, the three-day consumer-oriented style and culture festival held in Berlin, Germany, will expand this year to feature more than 40 brands, up from 25 at its first new-style session last year. Adidas, Converse, Fila, Nike, Puma, Reebok and Vans will be among the brands displaying their products ...
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Rossignol will be teaming up with Andrea Pompilio for its...
Rossignol will be teaming up with Andrea Pompilio for its autumn-winter 2018/19 apparel line. The new Studio collection will be presented at Pitti Uomo in January 2018. The capsule collection, for men and women, will comprise 30 models combining a sporting style with urban trends. Rossignol previously teamed up with ...
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Garmin International has announced that it has won its patent...
Garmin International has announced that it has won its patent dispute with Navico as the previous rulings in the dispute have been reversed by a Federal Court in the U.S. In December 2015, the International Trade Commission (ITC) found that Garmin had infringed patents related to Navico's sonars. The U.S. ...
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Lenzing has announced the launch of EcoVero, an eco-friendly viscose...
Lenzing has announced the launch of EcoVero, an eco-friendly viscose fiber which the Austrian company describes as a new benchmark for the industry. The new fiber is said to be based on sustainable wood resources, an ecological production process and a fully transparent supply chain. Lenzing claims its wood is ...
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Brunswick Bowling Products has announced the retirement of its chief...
Brunswick Bowling Products has announced the retirement of its chief executive, Brent Perrier, after nearly 37 years of service to the company and the bowling industry. Perrier will stay on as executive adviser to the board and chief executive officer over the next two months. He will then be succeeded ...
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Decathlon has announced the launch of Olaian, its new exclusive...
Decathlon has announced the launch of Olaian, its new exclusive surfing brand. The products are developed in Hendaye, in France's Basque region. Olaian will include several product categories ranging from surf boards to swimsuits, wetsuits and accessories. The products will make their debut in 2018. The French retail group is ...
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Kukri Sports has announced a partnership with Thomas Cook Sport,...
Kukri Sports has announced a partnership with Thomas Cook Sport, the British travel company that offers sports fans a range of services to allow them to follow their favourite teams and athletes around the world. Upon the terms of the new three-year agreement, Kukri becomes the official uniform provider to ...
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Yet another Spanish voluntary group, Anzamar, is launching its own...
Yet another Spanish voluntary group, Anzamar, is launching its own chain of sneaker shops, called Black Laces. The first one will open next month at Los Barrios, near Algeciras, to be followed by another one at Jaén in August or September.
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Bunker Mentality, one of the most original golf apparel brands...
Bunker Mentality, one of the most original golf apparel brands in the U.K., is moving into the U.S. market through The Duran Group. Its products will be adapted to the U.S. market, where the group works with more than 6,500 pro golf shops. The group also owns the National Golf ...
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Vulpine, a British brand of urban cycling apparel, went into...
Vulpine, a British brand of urban cycling apparel, went into bankruptcy proceedings when it ran out of cash last month, but then it announced about three weeks later that it has been saved by Mango Bikes. The new investor is a bicycle maker from Gloucestershire. The apparel brand was established ...
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Volcom is launching an apparel collection developed with Georgia May...
Volcom is launching an apparel collection developed with Georgia May Jagger, as part of an effort to expand the brand's image among young women, following the promotion of an English designer, Kelly Summer, as head of design for Volcom's women's collections. The line will be exclusively available from the month ...
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Musto has appointed Walker Logistics to fulfil orders for its...
Musto has appointed Walker Logistics to fulfil orders for its range of shoes and luggage as part of a broader review of the company's supply chain. Musto had previously directly managed its entire logistics process from two warehouse facilities in Essex. Orders for clients across the U.K. and other countries ...
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Pure Fishing has appointed Neil Eibeler as its chief executive,...
Pure Fishing has appointed Neil Eibeler as its chief executive, replacing John Doerr as part of a reorganization of the big American fishing tackle company, whose portfolio of brands includes Abu Garcia, Berkley, Penn, Shakespeare and Stren. Pure Fishing has also announced that it is considering closing its offices in ...
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Odlo has appointed Esther Woollett as international sales development manager...
Odlo has appointed Esther Woollett as international sales development manager with a focus on Scandinavia, the Middle East, Asia-Pacific and Latin America. She is one of several managers who have left the Mammut Sports Group recently. She served as head of retail at the Swiss company for the last five ...
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Puma has appointed Raliza Koleva as chief compliance officer, starting...
Puma has appointed Raliza Koleva as chief compliance officer, starting from June 7 and reporting directly to Bjørn Gulden, the group's chief executive. Koleva is a trained lawyer who joined Puma's legal department in 2014. As head of governance, she will keep her function as adviser to Puma's managing directors ...
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Tobias Zingel has been appointed country manager for New Balance...
Tobias Zingel has been appointed country manager for New Balance in Germany, where the brand is said to be growing fast. He replaces Jürgen Konrad, who left the company after six years in order to take on new challenges. Apart from one year as sales manager at Jack Wolfskin, the ...
