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Sneakersnstuff is in a large international expansion phase. After opening...
Sneakersnstuff is in a large international expansion phase. After opening stores in London, Paris and Berlin in recent years, Sneakersnstuff is looking at the U.S. market. The Swedish company is planning to open a store in New York in the autumn. If this works, it may decide to continue its ...
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The Girona football club and Umbro have agreed that the...
The Girona football club and Umbro have agreed that the British brand will outfit the Catalan team for at least two years starting with the 2017/18 season, the club announced last week. This could turn into an opportunity for Umbro to appear in La Liga, since Girona FC is currently ...
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Puma has announced a future cooperation with Right To Play...
Puma has announced a future cooperation with Right To Play Germany to help implement sports and play activities for disadvantaged children and young people. The program targets both Right To Play's initiatives internationally and stakeholders in Germany, such as refugees. Meanwhile, Puma's staff is being encouraged to get involved in ...
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Newton Running is apparently going through a major restructuring process,...
Newton Running is apparently going through a major restructuring process, concentrating on independent running specialists and online sales. Runners World and the Boulder Daily Camera have reported that Danny Abshire, one of the two founders of the American company, has left it, and that the other co-founder, Jerry Lee, is ...
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Sequential Brands has appointed Karen Murray as its new chief...
Sequential Brands has appointed Karen Murray as its new chief executive officer. Most recently, Murray served as president of VF Sportswear, a wholly-owned subsidiary of VF Corp. She replaces Yehuda Shmidman, who is stepping down from his position and as a member of the board of directors. Murray joined VF ...
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The German football league has astonished football specialists by teaming...
The German football league has astonished football specialists by teaming up with Derbystar as the official ball supplier for the Bundesliga and the Bundesliga 2 from the 2018/19 season and for four years, replacing Adidas. Derbystar is an established German brand that has been owned since 1991 by Select, a ...
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Callaway Golf is looking for a permanent replacement for Robert...
Callaway Golf is looking for a permanent replacement for Robert K. Julian. The manager has left the company after two years as its senior vice president and chief financial officer. He is being replaced on an interim basis by the company's general counsel, Brian P. Lynch, who has been with ...
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Centerstone Technologies has found a new client, Odlo, for its...
Centerstone Technologies has found a new client, Odlo, for its iVendix sales tool and its visual merchandising platform, iVGuide. Besides its ability to handle reorders quickly online, the new set of tools will help Odlo's salesforce in the sell-in process with the development of personalized assortments, suggested buys, digital catalogs ...
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The OutDoor show in Friedrichshafen will feature a dedicated running...
The OutDoor show in Friedrichshafen will feature a dedicated running section at its next session, which will take place earlier than usual on June 18-21, considering that many brands of running footwear have now shoes for trail running as well as road running. Even Salomon, the leading brand of trail ...
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Led by its ski maintenance and ski-boot fitting equipment, Wintersteiger's...
Led by its ski maintenance and ski-boot fitting equipment, Wintersteiger's revenues in the sports sector grew by 5 percent to more than €60 million last year, in spite of a stagnating snow sports market in the Alps and North America, leading to higher profits in the segment. The development of ...
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Sport-Achat, the French sporting goods fair in Lyon, will have...
Sport-Achat, the French sporting goods fair in Lyon, will have a dedicated section for water sports at its new session in Nantes next Sept. 18 and 19. Its regular Sept. 11-12 edition in Lyon will focus more on the outdoor segment, complemented by a simultaneous Bikexpo fair.
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A Norwegian sporting goods retailer, Torshov Sport, recently opened the...
A Norwegian sporting goods retailer, Torshov Sport, recently opened the world's largest and most important football store, according to its general manager, Terje Laurendz. The store, located in Oslo, is in the same premises as the company's previous football-specific store, but has been expanded by more than 400 square meters ...
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In a preliminary statement, Zalando said its sales grew by...
In a preliminary statement, Zalando said its sales grew by between 22 and 24 percent in the first quarter of 2017, generating an operating margin of between one and three percent – lower than analysts had estimated. It confirmed projections for this year of growth between 20 and 25 percent ...
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Lou-Ann Merrell, 62, and Jackson Stanfeder, 14, respectively the wife...
Lou-Ann Merrell, 62, and Jackson Stanfeder, 14, respectively the wife and stepson of Randy Merrell, one of the co-founders of Merrell Boot Co., fell into a river in a remote area of the Grand Canyon over the Easter weekend. Rescuers have been searching for them ever since, but the search ...
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Puma filed a lawsuit against Forever 21 at the end...
Puma filed a lawsuit against Forever 21 at the end of March for allegedly copying three shoe designs, the Creeper, the Bow Slide and the Fur Slide. The suit against the fast fashion retailer was filed with the United States District Court for the Central District of California and reportedly ...
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Xpose360, a German online marketing agency, evaluated six sporting goods...
Xpose360, a German online marketing agency, evaluated six sporting goods online stores in terms of search engine optimization. With a rating of 23.92, the online visibility of SportScheck.com took first place in the ranking, followed by Decathlon.de (14.75), 11teamsports.de (5.0), Intersport.de (4.38), Cortexpower.de (0.93) and Sportbedarf.de (0.52). Xpose used the ...
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The Adidas Group has teamed up with Carbon, a U.S....
The Adidas Group has teamed up with Carbon, a U.S. start-up company, to make running shoes featuring midsoles produced with light and oxygen, which may be manufactured on a large scale. The first batch of 5,000 shoes to be made as part of the Futurecraft 4D project should hit the ...
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Adidas has announced a multi-year agreement with USA Rugby, the...
Adidas has announced a multi-year agreement with USA Rugby, the governing body for the sport in the U.S., which makes the brand the official kit supplier to all U.S. national teams. The global sportswear company will provide competition wear and training apparel for all age-group and representative squads. Headquartered in ...
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Adidas has unveiled details of the launch of the Parley...
Adidas has unveiled details of the launch of the Parley editions of its UltraBoost, UltraBoost X and UltraBoost Uncaged. The three running shoes, made from up-cycled marine plastic, are the result of the firm's partnership with Parley for the Oceans, the environmental organization that addresses major threats to the oceans ...
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Ecco has adopted Boa Technology's lacing system for two models...
Ecco has adopted Boa Technology's lacing system for two models of its Ecco Cage range of golf shoes. The system has already been used since 2006 by Footjoy and since 2011 by Adidas Golf.
