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New Era has partnered with Repreve, a Unifi brand, on...
New Era has partnered with Repreve, a Unifi brand, on its first-ever team-licensed NBA cap made of recycled plastic bottles. The cap features exclusively the Portland Trail Blazers, commonly known as the blazers, the NBA team based in Portland, Oregon. Each hat is said to be made using four recycled ...
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Promoting two of its managers, Zumiez has named Troy Brown...
Promoting two of its managers, Zumiez has named Troy Brown as president of North America and Adam Ellis as president of international. They will both report to Richard Brooks, president of the U.S. action sports retailing group, which owns Blue Tomato in Europe. Brown has been executive vice president of ...
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Skechers USA has launched a women's sneakers line called “You...
Skechers USA has launched a women's sneakers line called “You by Skechers,” an athleisure collection which combines the technologies from the brand's performance shoes with the lifestyle needs of modern young women. To promote the collection, Skechers has partnered with Koya Webb, a fitness model and vegan advocate; Sophie Jaffe, ...
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Schöffel has a new person in charge of the product...
Schöffel has a new person in charge of the product management division, Stefan Späth, succeeding German Käsmeier who is leaving the company after 12 years by mutual agreement. He will report directly to the chief executive, Peter Schöffel. Späth worked for 11 years in purchasing and sales for Sport Förg, ...
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Sports Direct International (SDI) is reportedly closing down the Eybl...
Sports Direct International (SDI) is reportedly closing down the Eybl store in the Plus City shopping center of Pasching in Austria. It should be shuttered at the end of June and taken over by XXL Sports & Outdoor, the Norwegian sports retailer, for a store opening in the spring of ...
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Schoeller and Textilcolor have collaborated on the development of Ecodye,...
Schoeller and Textilcolor have collaborated on the development of Ecodye, a new eco-friendly technology that is said to accelerate the dyeing process for textiles. The new concept, which is used in particular in polyester dyeing processes, is expected to cut costs while helping to save the environment thanks to a ...
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Emerald Expositions Events, the company formerly known as Nielsen Expositions...
Emerald Expositions Events, the company formerly known as Nielsen Expositions that owns Outdoor Retailer, Surf Expo, Interbike and some 50 other B2B trade shows in the U.S., has filed to go public on the New York Stock Exchange, boasting excellent figures. Its revenues in the sports segment grew to $71 ...
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Ortholite is inviting customers to follow the Ortovox Merino Story...
Ortholite is inviting customers to follow the Ortovox Merino Story on the internet and to win 25 Orovox Merino Cool Shirts. The online video prepared for the contest allows customers to see how the company's merino wool is sourced in Tasmania with high standards of animal welfare and subsequently processed ...
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Dainese got a prize for excellence in innovation and leadership...
Dainese got a prize for excellence in innovation and leadership in this year's Le Fonti Awards in Italy. It also earned three Red Dot Design Awards for its Mugello R D-Air race suit, its AGV Pista GP R helmet and its new-generation Pro-Armor protective products.
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Decathlon is preparing to open a store in Neuchâtel, Switzerland...
Decathlon is preparing to open a store in Neuchâtel, Switzerland in the second half of the summer. This will be the French retailer's first outlet in Switzerland, one of the few European countries where Decathlon does not yet have a presence. The store is set to open in the Marin-Epagnier ...
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Der Spiegel reports that Jack Wolfskin could be taken over...
Der Spiegel reports that Jack Wolfskin could be taken over by hedge funds, as Blackstone is preparing to pull out of the German outdoor company. The U.S. private equity firm acquired Jack Wolfskin in a leveraged buy-out of an estimated €650 million in 2011 but it reportedly had to inject ...
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Despite its exit from the golf equipment market, Nike has...
Despite its exit from the golf equipment market, Nike has agreed another long-term endorsement deal with Rory McIlroy covering apparel, footwear and accessories. McIlroy indicated in a tweet announcing the partnership that it had been set for at least ten years and The Telegraph estimated that it was worth about ...
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Sports Direct International (SDI) has finalized the sale of its...
Sports Direct International (SDI) has finalized the sale of its rights to the Dunlop brand and the related wholesale and licensing business to affiliates of Sumitomo Rubber Industry (SRI), for $137.5 million in cash. The sum is to be adjusted for net debt and working capital on completion. The agreement ...
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The North Face opened its first European lifestyle-oriented store on...
The North Face opened its first European lifestyle-oriented store on London's Carnaby Street on March 31. Placing a focus on its “Urban Exploration” range, it targets urban consumers, and it follows a successful experiment with a pop-up store in Covent Garden last year. It will feature exclusive items and limited ...
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Icebreaker has a new European head of wholesale, Udo Heyder....
Icebreaker has a new European head of wholesale, Udo Heyder. He comes from VF Corp. , where he spent nine years as area manager for Germany and Central Europe and then three years as international sales manager for Smartwool. Based at Icebreaker's European office in Munich, Heyderreplaces Ibrahim Can, who ...
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Textile Exchange and NSF International are working together to turn...
Textile Exchange and NSF International are working together to turn the Global Traceable Down and the Responsible Down standards into one global down standard. More than 80 brands currently have their down supply chain certified to one of these two standards, which share the goal of ensuring best practices standards ...
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Reebok is planning to launch plant-based footwear later this year...
Reebok is planning to launch plant-based footwear later this year through its “Cotton + Corn” initiative. The first release will be a shoe featuring an upper comprised of organic cotton and a base originating from industrially grown corn. The Cotton + Corn initiative has been developed by the Reebok Future ...
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The Mammut Sports Group saw its sales decline by 0.8...
The Mammut Sports Group saw its sales decline by 0.8 percent to 233.4 million Swiss francs (€218.2m-$233.4m) in 2016, which was a decline of 2.9 percent in constant currencies. As reported by the Conzzeta Group, which controls the Swiss outdoor company, Mammut's operating profit was up by CHF 1.1 million ...
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Rubber prices shot up from a low of $1.50 per...
Rubber prices shot up from a low of $1.50 per kilo last September to $2.50 this past January, forcing suppliers of rubber soles to raise their own prices by a minimum of 10 percent. Among other factors, the price hike was due to floods in Thailand late last year, increases ...
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Basicnet has announced a net consolidated profit of €10.3 million...
Basicnet has announced a net consolidated profit of €10.3 million for 2016, down from €16.8 million in the previous year. The company owns brands such as Kappa, Robe di Kappa, K-Way and Superga, and licenses them in many territories outside its domestic Italian market. As previously reported, Basicnet's aggregated sales ...
