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Lululemon has launched “This Is Yoga,” its first global brand...
Lululemon has launched “This Is Yoga,” its first global brand campaign. Created in partnership with Virtue Worldwide, Vice's creative agency, the campaign features Kerri Walsh Jennings, the American beach volleyball player, three-time Olympic gold medalist, the pro surfer Maddie Peterson, and Paris Moore-Williams, the British rapper better known by his ...
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Gore has unveiled Fabian Cancellara as a new global brand...
Gore has unveiled Fabian Cancellara as a new global brand ambassador for the Gore Bike Wear brand. The former Swiss ex-cyclist and Olympic champion is one of the most successful cyclists of all times, with victories in cycling classics such as the Tour of Flanders and Paris-Roubaix, along with four ...
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Supra has hired Kara Duffy as the brand's new senior...
Supra has hired Kara Duffy as the brand's new senior global director of product, with immediate effect. She will report directly to Cape Capener, the brand's president. Most recently, Duffy was global director of footwear operations at DC Shoes, part of Quiksilver. In her new role at Supra, she will ...
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International brands and retailers have teamed up with Forum for...
International brands and retailers have teamed up with Forum for the Future, with support from the C&A Foundation, to form Cotton 2040, a new initiative aimed at overcoming barriers to sustainable cotton and turn it into a mainstream commodity. More specifically, Cotton 2040 will promote the use of sustainable cotton ...
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Pentland Brands has revealed the names and locations of the...
Pentland Brands has revealed the names and locations of the direct factories (Tier 1) that manufacture garments for its Berghaus brand. The list includes factories in Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, New Zealand, Pakistan, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, U.K. and ...
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Sequential Brands reported an increase in its net loss to...
Sequential Brands reported an increase in its net loss to $1,180,000 for the first quarter of 2017 in spite of a 16 percent increase in licensing revenues to $39.4 million, led by gains at its Avia and Heelys brands. Heelys, which now has a presence in 185 countries, is developing ...
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Sports Direct has raised its stake in Debenhams, the British...
Sports Direct has raised its stake in Debenhams, the British department store chain, from 16.0 percent to 17.08 percent. The move can be regarded as more than just a financial investment as Sports Direct has concessions in several Debenhams stores in the U.K.
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Bryan Timm is leaving as president and chief operating officer...
Bryan Timm is leaving as president and chief operating officer of Columbia Sportswear, after 20 years with the company. The company says his responsibilities will be handled by other senior managers while it goes through a reassessment of its operating model. Tim Boyle, chief executive of the group, says Timm ...
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Electric California has signed a master franchising deal for Europe,...
Electric California has signed a master franchising deal for Europe, the Middle East and Africa with Pilot Fish, a company in the French city of Biarritz that specializes in the distribution of emerging brands in the action sports sector. The brand of sunglasses was previously distributed in Europe by Volcom, ...
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Puma says it is reinventing lacing with a system, called...
Puma says it is reinventing lacing with a system, called Netfit, that allows for multiple lacing options. It is designed to enhance the fit and support of the shoe with a high-grade engineered net and form-fitting base materials. Several decades ago, the German brand had already reinvented lacing once with ...
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SportScheck has launched a new social media campaign in the...
SportScheck has launched a new social media campaign in the framework of its rebranding. The German sports retailer is using social media channels like Instagram, YouTube and Facebook to motivate people to exercise. It is working with various bloggers and experts to market four segments: outdoor, men's performance, women's sports ...
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Claire Jenkins has resigned as a member of Sports Direct's...
Claire Jenkins has resigned as a member of Sports Direct's board of directors with immediate effect. The former manager of Rexam had been appointed as non-executive director six years ago. She was the only female director on the board. Her departure, for which no formal explanations were given, comes after ...
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Fenix Outdoor International, the company that owns three leading European...
Fenix Outdoor International, the company that owns three leading European outdoor retailers along with Fjällräven and several other outdoor brands, has agreed to take a stake of 75 percent in Alpen International, its distributor in South Korea. Fenix says the takeover will be made through a share issue, which is ...
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Ireland, the U.K. and Sweden are the fittest countries in...
Ireland, the U.K. and Sweden are the fittest countries in the world, according to data collected by Fitbit from more than 20 million users around the world. Spaniards take the greatest number of steps per day. The World Health Organization's recommendations for an average of 150 minutes of aerobic physical ...
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A Spanish court has dismissed a request by JD Sports...
A Spanish court has dismissed a request by JD Sports Fashion for precautionary measures against a local chain, Oteros Sport, which alleged similarities between the logos and the corporate identity of its new Oteros Sneakers For All stores and those of its own stores. The court accepted Oteros' argument that ...
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Wilco Prins, the general manager of Rip Curl Europe who...
Wilco Prins, the general manager of Rip Curl Europe who has been re-elected as president of Eurosima, the European surf industry association, says he will try to develop its actions at the European level. While it has members in nine European countries, 87 percent of them are based in France. ...
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The latest edition of Performance Days went well, with rising...
The latest edition of Performance Days went well, with rising numbers for both exhibitors and visitors. A total of 1,520 visitors from 49 countries attended the two-day fabrics show in Munich last month, up from 1,340 visitors from 44 countries in April 2016. The number of exhibitors increased to 177 ...
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Diffusion Sport, the Spanish news service, is organizing a “Sport...
Diffusion Sport, the Spanish news service, is organizing a “Sport Solutions Day” in a Madrid hotel next Oct. 24. The initiative is similar to the relatively successful Sport Business Day that it staged in Madrid last September, and this time it will be supported by Afydad, the Spanish sporting goods ...
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Sports Direct is opening a six-level megastore in Dublin. The...
Sports Direct is opening a six-level megastore in Dublin. The new 37,000-square-foot store is located in North Earl Street, on the premises that were once occupied by the Boyers department store. The store will offer 250 brands and feature around 50,000 products, for both children and adults, covering 30 sport ...
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Emerald Exposition Events, which owns Outdoor Retailer, Surf Expo, Interbike...
Emerald Exposition Events, which owns Outdoor Retailer, Surf Expo, Interbike and many other trade shows in the U.S., opened with a share price of $21.60 on the New York Stock Exchange today, giving it a market capitalization of $1.6 billion. The company and some of its shareholders started offering 15.5 ...
