All News briefs articles – Page 585
-
News briefs
Reusch, which claims to have been the most successful brand...
Reusch, which claims to have been the most successful brand of snow gloves in the 2015/16 World Ski Cup, has announced its sponsorship of the Norwegian Ski Federation, starting with the 2016/17 season. The company said at the same time that it is looking for the right distribution partner in ...
-
News briefs
A long-standing legal dispute between Crocs and USA Dawgs is...
A long-standing legal dispute between Crocs and USA Dawgs is taking a new turn with an anti-trust lawsuit launched by the latter company against 18 founders, former and current directors of Crocs. It accuses them of conspiring to fraudulently obtain Crocs' clog patents, using them afterwards to attack competitors. It ...
-
News briefs
To cope with its strong growth, Erima has bought an...
To cope with its strong growth, Erima has bought an additional 12,000-square-meter parcel of land at Kirchentellinsfurt to accommodate a new logistic center that should be opened toward the middle of 2017. It will be added to the adjoining surface of 12,000 m² where its new headquarters will be built ...
-
News briefs
K- Swiss Global Brands is planning to relocate its global...
K- Swiss Global Brands is planning to relocate its global headquarters from Westlake Village, California to the Pac Mutual Building in downtown Los Angeles by Jan. 1, 2017. The new facility will house global operations for K-Swiss and the sister brands Supra, Palladium and Otz Shoes, as well as operations ...
-
News briefs
Nine leading sports brands worked together to supply free competition...
Nine leading sports brands worked together to supply free competition gear to hundreds of athletes at the Rio Olympics, under the first NOC Competition Uniform Support Programme. As described earlier this year, the partnership led by the International Olympic Committee (IOC), the World Federation of the Sporting Goods Industry (WFSGI) ...
-
News briefs
Massimiliano Brunazzo is to take over at the start of...
Massimiliano Brunazzo is to take over at the start of October as the general manager for the business unit covering the training category at the Adidas Group. He takes over from Brian Grevy, who obtained the job two years ago and has left the group, apparently to become chief marketing ...
-
News briefs
Nike has released “Unlimited Together,” a new film celebrating the...
Nike has released “Unlimited Together,” a new film celebrating the strength of the U.S. men's and women's basketball teams in pursuit of the shared goal of the Olympic gold medal. The film is directed by Hiro Murai and is part of Nike\'s “Unlimited” campaign, which celebrates athletes around the world, ...
-
News briefs
Ulf Kinneson has resigned as chief executive of Intersport Sweden...
Ulf Kinneson has resigned as chief executive of Intersport Sweden after 3.5 years in the post, where he played a crucial role in transforming the buying group into an integrated retailer through a change of ownership. He will continue as a director of Intersport Sweden, and he will also join ...
-
News briefs
Columbia Sportswear has won a summary judgement in Portland federal...
Columbia Sportswear has won a summary judgement in Portland federal court regarding one of the patents covering its Omni-Heat reflective insulation technology. The Oregon judge found that the “overall visual effect” of the dot pattern used by Columbia was “nearly identical” to that of Seirus Innovative Products' range of Heatwave ...
-
News briefs
The German Olympic Sports Confederation (DOSB), which was formed from...
The German Olympic Sports Confederation (DOSB), which was formed from the tie-up between the German Sports Confederation and the National Olympic Committee for Germany ten years ago, has extended its partnership with Adidas. The company's latest deal as official sponsor and outfitter covers four winter and summer Olympic Games until ...
-
News briefs
JD Sports will have a second store on London's Oxford...
JD Sports will have a second store on London's Oxford Street, located within the West One shopping center above the Bond Street tube station. The retailer already has a store at the east end of Oxford Street.
-
News briefs
The organizers of the Outdoor Retailer Winter Market have started...
The organizers of the Outdoor Retailer Winter Market have started discussing the idea of an agreement with Snowsports Industries of America, which organizes the SIA snow show in Denver. The idea is that Outdoor Retailer would hold a softgoods-only show in Salt Lake City in November, starting in 2017, while ...
-
News briefs
Uhlsport reports an 11 percent sales increase for the first...
Uhlsport reports an 11 percent sales increase for the first half of this year, driven by a 46 percent jump for its handball brand, Kempa. In Germany, where Uhlsport has been delivering a large selection of items and colors within 24 hours, sales grew by 18.5 percent, followed by lower ...
-
News briefs
Thule Group reported net income of 308 million Swedish kronor...
Thule Group reported net income of 308 million Swedish kronor (€32.2m-$35.7m) in the second quarter ended June 30, up from SEK 238 million in the previous year. Sales increased by 6.3 percent to SEK 1,795 million (€187.7m-$207.8m) and the operating margin improved by 1.3 percentage points to 23.2 percent. In ...
-
News briefs
Deckers Brands posted a better-than-expected net loss of $58.9 million...
Deckers Brands posted a better-than-expected net loss of $58.9 million in the seasonally weak first quarter of its financial year, ended June 30, although it was higher than the $47.3 million loss recorded in the year-ago period. The gross margin declined to 43.7 percent from 40.5 percent in the same ...
-
News briefs
Confirming an article in Boardsports Source, Adidas says it is...
Confirming an article in Boardsports Source, Adidas says it is building up a dedicated action sports team for Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) under the Adidas Originals umbrella, servicing primarily the skate and snowboard community. The Western Europe unit has been run since last year by Bjorn Wiersma, ...
-
News briefs
Adidas has filed a new intellectual property lawsuit in the...
Adidas has filed a new intellectual property lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the state of Oregon against Skechers, claiming that the design of the latter's “Mega Flex” shoe infringes on its “Springblade” concept. Last February, Adidas won a preliminary injunction against Skechers in another Oregon court case over ...
-
News briefs
Adidas has announced that Benjamin Proud and Andrew Willis have...
Adidas has announced that Benjamin Proud and Andrew Willis have joined its team of swimmers, only a few weeks ahead of the Rio Olympics. The two British swimmers will wear the recently launched adizero XVI swimsuit. Proud, aged 19, won two gold and a bronze medal at the 2014 Commonwealth ...
-
News briefs
Ahead of the release of its first-half results on Sept....
Ahead of the release of its first-half results on Sept. 13, JD Sports Fashion said its strong performance continued after its positive trading statement of June 17. If the situation continues, the company should deliver headline pre-tax profits for the year ending next Jan. 28 in the upper half of ...
-
News briefs
Confirming reports that have already appeared in several countries, Michelin...
Confirming reports that have already appeared in several countries, Michelin Technical Soles says that it has won over a new partner, Mizuno. The Japanese brand is coming out with three models of trail running shoes for medium and long distances, equipped with two different soles developed in cooperation with the ...
