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Burton Snowboards has associated itself with Black Scale, the irreverent...
Burton Snowboards has associated itself with Black Scale, the irreverent brand of casualwear, for a collection of lifestyle clothing that has just hit the market with a selective distribution. As Burton puts it, Black Scale reinterprets logos and graphics inspired by religion, politics, personal identity and death.
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Three major French trade associations – Fifas, FPS and Univélo...
Three major French trade associations – Fifas, FPS and Univélo – are set to merge on Nov. 24 following a decision by the respective boards of directors. While Fifas groups sporting goods vendors, FPS represents sporting goods retailers and Univélo the bike dealers. Fifas had resisted the move for many ...
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Our assumptions were right. Next year's European Outdoor Summit (EOS)...
Our assumptions were right. Next year's European Outdoor Summit (EOS) will be held in Italy. The venue will be the beautiful city of Venice. The 2017 edition of the EOS will be staged in partnership with the Italian Outdoor Group and Assosport, which recently agreed to join forces for this ...
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Navalayo Osembo, one of the founders of the Kenyan athletic...
Navalayo Osembo, one of the founders of the Kenyan athletic footwear brand Enda, presented the Iten - Enda's first shoe - to four investors during the television's inaugural series of the Lions Den. The program is the Kenyan equivalent of the Shark Tank, an international TV series in which hopeful ...
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Nik Baker, sales manager of Sole Technology Europe, will soon...
Nik Baker, sales manager of Sole Technology Europe, will soon take over as general manager of the Dutch-based operation, responsible for the brands Etnies, Emerica, Thirtytwo and Altamont Apparel. He is taking the place of Greg Cleghorn, who is returning to South Africa to develop his distribution business through Intende ...
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Despite Brexit, New Balance said it is committed to keep...
Despite Brexit, New Balance said it is committed to keep manufacturing shoes in England, which employs 240 workers, and will use it to make premium football boots for the first time in almost four decades. Rob DeMartini, chief executive, made the statement while inaugurating its biggest store outside the U.S. ...
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Franck Riboud, chairman of Danone, has become an independent director...
Franck Riboud, chairman of Danone, has become an independent director of Quiksilver, whose board will be expanded from four to five members. Riboud is also a director of Renault, Rolex and Bagley Latinoamerica.
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The first flagship store of Canada Goose has been officially...
The first flagship store of Canada Goose has been officially opened in the brand's hometown of Toronto. It covers 4,500 square feet in the city's Yorkdale Shopping Centre. Among other services, customers can book appointments with some of the brand's “ambassadors.” They can leave items purchased in storage while they ...
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Casall, the Swedish fitness brand, has recruited a new chief...
Casall, the Swedish fitness brand, has recruited a new chief executive, Jon Lööf, to help it to expand into new markets. He is credited with a broad background in international sales and marketing. Lööf has held various leadership positions at Nike's European headquarters in the Netherlands. He comes directly from ...
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Brian Moore, who served as vice president of global footwear...
Brian Moore, who served as vice president of global footwear for The North Face for four years until last May, has joined Tracksmith, an American brand of performance running apparel and accessories, as product manager. We understand that his appointment is intended to strengthen the sourcing capabilities of the company, ...
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CCM Hockey will be the new main sponsor of the...
CCM Hockey will be the new main sponsor of the Swedish Ice Hockey Association over the next five years. At the same time, Intersport Sweden has deepened its partnership with the organization and has become an official partner with the exclusive rights to sell Tre Kronor and Swedish Ice Hockey ...
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Hanesbrands, which took over Champion Europe recently, has reported a...
Hanesbrands, which took over Champion Europe recently, has reported a low single-digit increase for the Champion brand globally for its third quarter ended Oct. 1, with low double-digit growth in the mass market and strong double-digit growth in Japan. Retail bankruptcies in the U.S. caused a loss of $15 million ...
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Cicli Pinarello, the Italian cycling company, is set to be...
Cicli Pinarello, the Italian cycling company, is set to be bought by LVMH, the French conglomerate behind high-end luxury brands such as Louis Vuitton, Dior, and Moet et Chandon. If the transaction is confirmed, it would be LVMH's first move into the sports and wellness markets. There should be no ...
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Patagonia will be using Lenzing's Tencel closed-loop fibers in its...
Patagonia will be using Lenzing's Tencel closed-loop fibers in its products starting next spring. The new material that Lenzing has developed turns pre-consumer waste cotton scraps, which would otherwise be discarded, into Tencel fibers. The process consists in taking the fabric scraps from post-industrial waste, removing contaminants such as resins ...
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Sport Partner reports that Matthijs de Vries, Odlo International's country...
Sport Partner reports that Matthijs de Vries, Odlo International's country manager for the Netherlands and Belgium, is leaving the company at the end of the year to become manager for the business unit in charge of export at the Oberalp Group, covering the Salewa and Dynafit brands. De Vries is ...
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The Cycling Sports Group (CSG), part of Dorel Sports, has...
The Cycling Sports Group (CSG), part of Dorel Sports, has promoted Henning Schroeder to the position of global vice president of product. In addition, David Guzik has been promoted to global vice president of engineering, while Brian Immel has been promoted to global vice president of marketing. CSG owns the ...
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Nike is inviting designers, engineers and innovators to participate in...
Nike is inviting designers, engineers and innovators to participate in the Nike Ease Challenge, a competition for design ideas that will aid athletes of all abilities. The challenge, with $50,000 as its grand prize, is already open and submissions will be accepted until Dec. 15. The designers of the three ...
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The Guardian reports that Sports Direct International (SDI) and some...
The Guardian reports that Sports Direct International (SDI) and some of its shareholders are struggling to agree on a suitable independent party to conduct a review of the British sports retailing and wholesaling group. Under scrutiny over issues relating to working conditions and corporate governance, SDI conducted a preliminary review ...
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Nike's draw for its self-lacing Mag sneakers has so far...
Nike's draw for its self-lacing Mag sneakers has so far raised $6.75 million for The Michael J. Fox Foundation (MJFF), which funds research for the development of a cure for Parkinson's disease. The sports brand and MJFF made the sneakers available to the public through an online draw that ran ...
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The Inretail Sport Monitor indicates that the Dutch sports market...
The Inretail Sport Monitor indicates that the Dutch sports market raised its sales by just 1.2 percent in the first nine months of this year. Inretail reports that the rise was driven by apparel, up by 1.2 percent, while sports footwear sales increased by 0.5 percent and equipment sales were ...
