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Hervis Sport booked a 5.2 percent sales increase to €493...
Hervis Sport booked a 5.2 percent sales increase to €493 million last year, with a 5.2 percent rise in its domestic Austrian market. The retailer, which belongs to Spar Österreich, operates also in Germany, Slovenia, Croatia, Hungary, Romania and the Czech Republic. The growth was partly due to the opening ...
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Roeckl Handschuhe & Accessories filed for insolvency on March 21....
Roeckl Handschuhe & Accessories filed for insolvency on March 21. The company will close seven stores and 45 of its 200 employees will be made redundant. Roeckl Sports, which specializes in sports gloves and is managed and owned by Christian and Stefan Roeckl, is not affected by the insolvency, as ...
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A total of 285 employees participated benefitted from the latest...
A total of 285 employees participated benefitted from the latest share incentive program of Amer Sports, receiving a total 1,313,386 treasury shares in the group, representing 1.11 percent of its equity. Amer listed among the participants various senior managers: Robert Barker, Michael Dowse, Sebastian Lund, Bernard Millaud, Jean-Marc Pambet, Kaisa ...
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A 50 percent increase in sales of e-bikes, especially in...
A 50 percent increase in sales of e-bikes, especially in Europe, could not prevent Giant Manufacturing Co. from posting a drop of 5.57 percent in its global revenues to 53.09 billion Taiwan dollars (€1.64bn-$1.75bn). The major factor was a 20 percent decline in its bike sales in China, which are ...
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Herbert Kenzelmann, aged 58, has been promoted to the position...
Herbert Kenzelmann, aged 58, has been promoted to the position of sales manager at Falke, the German socks specialist, joining its executive board. Coordinating all sales activities in the sports and legwear segments, he has taken the place of Jan van der Hagan, who is going back to Dedon, a ...
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Adidas has launched a counterfeiting suit against Asics America, charging...
Adidas has launched a counterfeiting suit against Asics America, charging that the Japanese brand copied some elements of its fitness app. Filed in a Delaware court, the suit charges that Asics' Fitnesskeeper and Runkeeper apps, which it bought last year, breache ten patents registered by Adidas. Three years ago, Adidas ...
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Adidas has launched its first branded fitness app. All Day,...
Adidas has launched its first branded fitness app. All Day, available for iOS and Android, is meant to help users stay fit and healthy through tutorials covering a wide range of contents, from yoga moves to healthy recipes. The app also allows to track health-related aspects such as movement, nutrition ...
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On the occasion of Nike's Air Max Day campaign, the...
On the occasion of Nike's Air Max Day campaign, the brand has brought in a series of artists asking them to reinterpret the shoe. The “Vision-Airs” collection has brought in Riccardo Tisci, Marc Newson, and Arthur Huang to re-design the sneaker. Tisci designed a synthetic leather and suede black shoe ...
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Amer Sports claims it has reduced the carbon footprint of...
Amer Sports claims it has reduced the carbon footprint of its ski factory in Altenmarkt, in the Austrian state of Salzburg. The facility produces around 400,000 pairs of skis per year for Salomon and Atomic, and employs more than 750 people. According to the company, the factory has reduced its ...
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The founder of Yumas, Andrés Navarro Soler, passed away on...
The founder of Yumas, Andrés Navarro Soler, passed away on March 17 at the age of 77. Soler founded the brand of sports shoes in the 1970s. Yumas is based in Elche, near the Spanish town of Alicante.
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Patagonia has announced that its entire men's and women's swimwear...
Patagonia has announced that its entire men's and women's swimwear line, which released on Mar. 1, is Fair Trade Certified. For every product made at a Fair Trade Certified factory, the brand pays a premium that the workers of this factory can use to improve their living standards. Patagonia's swim ...
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Reebok has announced that Wang Deshun, known as “China's Hottest...
Reebok has announced that Wang Deshun, known as “China's Hottest Grandpa,” is the latest face of its Be More Human campaign. Deshun, who is 81 years old, got his nickname after he walked shirtless on the runway at Beijing Fashion Week in 2015, showing off his chiseled body despite his ...
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Babolat and the French Tennis Federation (FFT) have announced a...
Babolat and the French Tennis Federation (FFT) have announced a partnership contract that makes the sports brand an official partner of FFT for padel, the racquet sport known in the U.S. and Canada as paddle. The four-year contract covers the period from 2017 to 2020.
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Anta Sports Products, the leading Chinese sports apparel and footwear...
Anta Sports Products, the leading Chinese sports apparel and footwear brand, intends to raise 3.79 billion Hong Kong dollars (€449.3m-$487.9m) in a share issue, to fund acquisitions or partnerships with other international sports brands. The Chinese group has made such tie-ups an important part of its growth strategy, which most ...
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XXL ASA has appointed Patrick Verwilligen as managing director for...
XXL ASA has appointed Patrick Verwilligen as managing director for its new Austria chain of sports and outdoor stores, starting on May 1. He will receive 63,467 share options as part of his compensation. Verwilligen is a Dutch citizen who grew up in Austria. He is currently head of leasing ...
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Buff has appointed Kristin Moynihan Greenbaum as director of sales...
Buff has appointed Kristin Moynihan Greenbaum as director of sales for its U.S. subsidiary. Moynihan has previously worked at Eddie Bauer, Starbucks, Unionbay and Coal Headwear. She has also served as vice-president of sales at Pow.
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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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Messe München, together with Ispo, the Käfer Foundation, Münchner Bank...
Messe München, together with Ispo, the Käfer Foundation, Münchner Bank and SOS-Kinderdorf have launched “Sport verbindet Menschen” (Sport Connects People), a project to bring 50 people from disadvantaged households of all ages to games of the FC Bayern Munich women's team, both home and away. The football team won the ...
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Confirming earlier reports, Nike has become the new sponsor of...
Confirming earlier reports, Nike has become the new sponsor of the Tottenham Hotspur, a major football club in England's Premier League, taking the place of Under Armour after the end of the current playing season. The duration of the new contract has not been given. Reportedly, it calls for annual ...
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Joma has become the new supplier of jerseys for the...
Joma has become the new supplier of jerseys for the Ukrainian national football team, joining the national teams of Bulgaria and Romania. The contract started only a few days ago and will run through the European Football Cup in 2020. The Ukrainian deal was previously in the hands of Adidas.
