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Swedish sporting goods retailers experienced particularly strong growth of 14.6...
Swedish sporting goods retailers experienced particularly strong growth of 14.6 percent in November as compared to the same month earlier, according to the HUI market research institute. The growth was impressive as it came on top of an 8.5 percent increase during the same month in 2015. The big increase ...
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The 2016/17 edition of the Vendée Globe, a round-the-world solo...
The 2016/17 edition of the Vendée Globe, a round-the-world solo sailing race, non-stop and without assistance, has been won by Armel Le Cléac'h. The Breton navigator, who wore Race 2.0 a performance eyewear model by Julbo, also achieved the new record time for the race of 74 days, three hours ...
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Lululemon Athletica has opened its biggest European store at 187-191...
Lululemon Athletica has opened its biggest European store at 187-191 Regent Street, measuring 590 square meters on two floors. It has a yoga area and a quiet coffee shop. For its opening, Lululemon is offering a capsule collection developed in cooperation with students at the Central Saint Martins School of ...
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Drapers reports that JD Sports & Fashion has acquired 2Squared...
Drapers reports that JD Sports & Fashion has acquired 2Squared Agency, a sales and distribution company from Manchester. The agency is selling brands such as Havaianas, Mercer, Swims and Diadora in the U.K. The agency was established in 2009 by Martyn Harrison and Neil Corrie, who spent several years with ...
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Sport 2000 Germany has concluded an agreement that will allow...
Sport 2000 Germany has concluded an agreement that will allow its 100-plus running stores affiliated with its Lauf-Profis concept to offer Karhu shoes exclusively from next July. The distribution of the line will be gradually extended in 2018 to other retailers affiliated with Sport 2000. The deal was negotiated with ...
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Technogym has announced the 2017 edition of “Let's Move for...
Technogym has announced the 2017 edition of “Let's Move for a Better World,” a global campaign against obesity and sedentary lifestyles. The 2016 edition saw 513 fitness clubs and 122,000 participants across 21 countries taking part in the campaign and completing more than 400 million MOVEs, the company's unit for ...
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361° reported a high single-digit increase in orders collected at...
361° reported a high single-digit increase in orders collected at its in-house trade fair in mid-December for deliveries in the third quarter of 2017. It was the 12th consecutive quarterly improvement for the Chinese brand since the first quarter of 2014. The increase was driven by higher volumes and average ...
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Deportes Blanes, a Spanish sports retail chain that has 40...
Deportes Blanes, a Spanish sports retail chain that has 40 directly managed stores and 33 franchises, is changing their banners to Blanes Sport and Shoes. Its four outlet stores are going to be called Blanes Factory Sport & Fashion Outlet. The new banners have adopted a younger and more modern ...
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Callaway Golf is taking over Ogio International for $75.5 million...
Callaway Golf is taking over Ogio International for $75.5 million in cash, equal to about 7.6 times projected incremental Ebitda after integration costs. Major synergies are expected in the supply chain and go-to-market strategies with Ogio, a specialist supplier of golf bags and apparel that also sells travel luggage, outdoor ...
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Observers are wondering about Amazon's intentions in the sporting goods...
Observers are wondering about Amazon's intentions in the sporting goods sector. The American e-commerce giant is advertising its search for talent “to build authentic activewear private label brands that have compelling and unique DNA and deliver amazing consumer valued innovation.” A year ago, Amazon quietly came out with some 2,000 ...
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The Active Collective Trade Show, an event focusing on athleisure,...
The Active Collective Trade Show, an event focusing on athleisure, made its debut in New York City, at the Metropolitan Pavilion, on Jan. 16-27. The event will also feature a west-coast version at Huntington Beach, California later this year. The Active Collective trade show started out as a subsection of ...
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Gildan Activewear, the big Canadian-based licensed sportswear company, won the...
Gildan Activewear, the big Canadian-based licensed sportswear company, won the auction for the brand and other assets of American Apparel for $88 million against other bidders. Amazon was considering making a bid, according to the Wall Street Journal, but did not. Gildan is not buying American Apparel's network of 110 ...
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Adidas has unveiled a new multi-season partnership between its football...
Adidas has unveiled a new multi-season partnership between its football division and Gosha Rubchinskiy, the fashion maker from Moscow. The Adidas Football x Gosha Rubchinskiy collection debuted on the runway of the former Königsberg Stock Exchange in Kaliningrad, Russia on Jan. 12, at Rubchinskiy's fashion show for autumn-winter 2017/18. Adidas ...
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The Adidas Group has teamed up with two popular young...
The Adidas Group has teamed up with two popular young Chinese athletes to launch One in a Billion, an advertising campaign made for the Chinese market. The two athletes are Ning Zetao, a freestyle swimmer, and Hui Ruoqi, a volleyball champion. The campaign fits with Creating the New, the five-year ...
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Mammut Sports has appointed Adrian Margelist as its new chief...
Mammut Sports has appointed Adrian Margelist as its new chief creative officer, and Matthias Hanny as head of B2C. Margelist and Hanny will both join Mammut's executive management team. They replace Michael Gyssler and Joachim Wallishauser, who are leaving the company. Margelist, whose appointment is effective Apr. 1, has extensive ...
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Callaway Golf has signed a staff-pro agreement with Daniel Berger,...
Callaway Golf has signed a staff-pro agreement with Daniel Berger, a 23-year-old Florida native who turned pro at the age of 20 and moved inside the top 35 PGA Tour players last year. Callaway already has seven other players in their 20s under contract.
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Rossignol has signed two new license agreements with Disney to...
Rossignol has signed two new license agreements with Disney to offer Star Wars and Frozen products – for boys and girls, respectively - for the 2017/18 season. The French brand is offering Minion products during the current season.
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Joma has signed up another Spanish tennis player, Albert Ramos,...
Joma has signed up another Spanish tennis player, Albert Ramos, as well as Thiago Monteiro, 22, who is described as a promising Brazilian tennis player. The Spanish company already sponsors five other tennis players: Alex Dolgopolov, Pablo Carreño, Nicolás Almagro, Marcel Granollers and Iñigo Cervantes.
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VF Corp. has announced the appointment of Joe Alkire as...
VF Corp. has announced the appointment of Joe Alkire as vice president of investor relations and financial planning & analysis, with immediate effect. In this role, he will report to Scott Roe, VF's chief financial officer. He replaces Lance Allega, the former vice president of investor relations & strategic accounts, ...
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Lance Allega will be the new vice president of investor...
Lance Allega will be the new vice president of investor relations for Under Armour. He was vice president of investor relations and strategic accounts at VF Corp. for the past five years. A former manager at Andersen Consulting, he has been handling investor relations, marketing and other operations at other ...
