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Nike qualified again as the most valuable brand of apparel,...
Nike qualified again as the most valuable brand of apparel, footwear or sports equipment in Interbrand's rankings of the best global brands, just ahead of Louis Vuitton and H&M. Coming short of its annual turnover or market capitalization, its assessed brand value of $25.0 billion went up by 9 percent ...
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Four Marketing, an international premium fashion agency that holds the...
Four Marketing, an international premium fashion agency that holds the rights to represent over 30 brands through their flagship and online stores, has announced the acquisition of two brands of outerwear, Penfield and Cape Heights, from their chief executive and creative director, James Barshall. Founded in Hudson, Massachusetts in 1975, ...
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One of Germany's wealthiest men, Carsten Mashmeyer, has agreed to...
One of Germany's wealthiest men, Carsten Mashmeyer, has agreed to invest more than €750,000 to acquire a 20 percent stake in Glorify, the Austrian brand of supposedly unbreakable sports and sun glasses. He responded to an appeal for funding made on a popular TV show by the president of Glorify, ...
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“This ain't no travel blog,” warns Columbia Sportswear while inviting...
“This ain't no travel blog,” warns Columbia Sportswear while inviting world travelers, glacier climbers, cave explorers and anyone else around the world to apply for two new positions of “director of toughness” at the company. They will have to test gear “in the most unforgiving conditions” and be at the ...
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Air Liquide says it has entered exclusive negotiations for the...
Air Liquide says it has entered exclusive negotiations for the sale of Aqua Lung, its scuba diving equipment subsidiary, to Montagu Private Equity, the European investment fund previously known as HSBC Private Equity. The latest reported data show that Aqua Lung's revenues fell by 5 percent to €103 million in ...
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Alpina Sports, the German supplier of sports glasses and helmets,...
Alpina Sports, the German supplier of sports glasses and helmets, has appointed Julia Bauer as its new marketing director, replacing Gunda Häussler, who has been on maternity leave since the end of August. Ludwig Bestler, a journalist for a German biking magazine for the last six years, is supporting Bauer, ...
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Åre Skidfabrik, an alpine ski factory located in Åre, Sweden,...
Åre Skidfabrik, an alpine ski factory located in Åre, Sweden, has fully or partially taken over the production of skis for three Norwegian ski brands: SGN Skis, Stereo Skis and Moonlight Mountain Gear. According to Sportfack's news service, the three ski brands made the decision to move production from lower-cost ...
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Andrea Dorigo, a veteran of the Luxottica Group who had...
Andrea Dorigo, a veteran of the Luxottica Group who had been acting as president of Oakley from May 2015 to last July, has become president and chief executive of Pirch. Based at Oakley's head office in California, Dorigo had been responsible for the sports channel. His position has been eliminated ...
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Intersport Switzerland has announced that it will sell products on...
Intersport Switzerland has announced that it will sell products on the web starting in spring 2017 thanks to a new strategic partnership with Brack.ch, the online store of the Competec group. Shoppers will be able to buy online and collect their items at about 200 Intersport stores in the country, ...
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The Norwegian Consumer Ombudsman has ordered Anton Sport, the Norwegian...
The Norwegian Consumer Ombudsman has ordered Anton Sport, the Norwegian high-end sporting goods retailer, to pay a fine of 800,000 Norwegian krone (€88,482.8-$97,763.4) for breach of marketing laws. According to a local newspaper, Dagens Næringsliv (DN), the reason for the penalty was that the chain announced a 20 percent discount ...
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Kari Traa, the Norwegian brand of women's sports apparel, has...
Kari Traa, the Norwegian brand of women's sports apparel, has entered into a partnership with Norway's largest fitness chain, SATS/Elixia. Kari Traa will supply clothing to all employees and sell Kari Traa products in the fitness centers' stores in Norway, Sweden and Finland, starting in the spring of 2017. The ...
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Lotto Sport Italia has appointed a new “head of communication...
Lotto Sport Italia has appointed a new “head of communication and digital sales,” following the departure of Alberto Fraticelli, the former brand manager of Ferrari, after eight years with the company. His name is Stefano Taboga. He comes from the Luxottica Group, where he acted as global digital and omnichannel ...
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Johnson Outdoors has appointed Ed Stevens, former chief executive of...
Johnson Outdoors has appointed Ed Stevens, former chief executive of Shopatron, to its board of directors. Stevens will join Johnson's board from the start of November and he will stand for re-election at the group's annual shareholders' meeting in 2017. Shopatron is a provider of cloud-based, online order management services. ...
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Moving from Vans to Reef, Fabio Marangoni has been appointed...
Moving from Vans to Reef, Fabio Marangoni has been appointed by VF Corp. as general manager for Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA), leading the brand's product, sales and marketing strategy in the region. He reports directly to Jeff Moore, president of Reef. Marangoni served most recently as area ...
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Columbia Sportswear has appointed David Lawner as interim senior vice...
Columbia Sportswear has appointed David Lawner as interim senior vice president of retailing in North America and Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA), while the company has started a search to replace Shawn Cox. From 2011 until March 2016, Lawner was president in charge of U.S. retailing and ecommerce ...
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Martin Fourcade, the ten-time biathlon world champion, has been appointed...
Martin Fourcade, the ten-time biathlon world champion, has been appointed as ambassador for the urban apparel range developed by Rossignol, the French ski company, whose skis and footwear he has been wearing for many years
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Billabong International says the Federal Court of Australia has approved...
Billabong International says the Federal Court of Australia has approved the settlement of a previously announced shareholder's class action suit relating to market disclosures made in 2011. The settlement was already reported on July 11. Billabong is not disclosing the terms of the settlement but says they will have no ...
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The Norwegian police has chosen Arc'teryx as a new supplier...
The Norwegian police has chosen Arc'teryx as a new supplier of uniform jackets. The garments come from Arc'teryx LEAF, a division of the company that is specialized in clothing for police and military. Garments from nine different vendors were tested for three years by the Norwegian police before the choice ...
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Himaraya, the big Japanese sports retailer, turned around to a...
Himaraya, the big Japanese sports retailer, turned around to a net loss of 811 million yen (€7.08m-$7.80m) for the financial year ended in March from a profit of ¥1,323 million in the previous year. The Kumamoto earthquakes and 19 percent drop in sales of winter sports equipment were held responsible ...
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Asics Corp. has opened the first directly managed Asics Tiger...
Asics Corp. has opened the first directly managed Asics Tiger store in the Shinsalbashi district of Osaka. The store sports a new logo for this brand, which the Japanese sports shoe company launched at the beginning of 2015 for a new collection of retro-athletic, sports-inspired lifestyle shoes that are not ...
