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Skechers has filed a lawsuit against Eliya, the maker of...
Skechers has filed a lawsuit against Eliya, the maker of Bernie Mev footwear, for marketing and distributing footwear that allegedly infringes on its Skech-Air by Skechers product line. The suit, which has been filed in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, states that Eliya is selling ...
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In yet another huge endorsement deal, Under Armour has agreed...
In yet another huge endorsement deal, Under Armour has agreed to fork out $280 million for a 15-year contract with the University of California in Los Angeles (UCLA), which has been described as the largest shoe and apparel deal in the history of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). UCLA ...
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Macron has signed a new technical sponsorship agreement with an...
Macron has signed a new technical sponsorship agreement with an important French football club, OGC Nice, which came fourth in the first division of the French Football League in the season just finished. The deal will run for three years. Burrda was the previous sponsor of the team.
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Patxi Fernández Allende is the new managing director of the...
Patxi Fernández Allende is the new managing director of the Spanish Intersport CCS buying group. He worked previously for various retailers including Lidl and Perfumerias If. He acted as managing director of Forum Sport, the Spanish sporting goods retail chain owned by the Eroski group. Reporting to Ignasi Puig, chief ...
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Schuh & Sport Mücke, the big German shoe and sporting...
Schuh & Sport Mücke, the big German shoe and sporting goods retail chain that was acquired by ANWR in May 2014, will not be converted to a public limited company. ANWR is now proposing to its general assembly, due to be held in Rotterdam on June 20, to keep it ...
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The Skechers Performance Los Angeles Marathon has announced a strategic...
The Skechers Performance Los Angeles Marathon has announced a strategic partnership with Venice Marathon, which is meant to further its global reach and highlight the Sketchers running events on an international scale. Both races boast international fields that draw from more than 60 countries worldwide. The 2016 Venice Marathon is ...
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GoPro and Red Bull have announced a multi-year, global strategic...
GoPro and Red Bull have announced a multi-year, global strategic partnership where Red Bull will receive equity in the U.S. action camera manufacturer and GoPro will become Red Bull's exclusive provider of point-of-view imaging technology for Red Bull's media productions and events. Under the agreement, GoPro will have access to ...
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Canyon Bicycles has announced it will enter the U.S. market...
Canyon Bicycles has announced it will enter the U.S. market in 2017 via a new partnership with TSG Consumer Partners, the private equity firm that acquired Backcountry.com last year. Canyon will remain an independent entity, entirely separate from TSG's other investments, while TSG will hold a significant minority stake. Final ...
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Canada Goose has announced the opening of its first two...
Canada Goose has announced the opening of its first two stand-alone stores this coming autumn. The stores are set to open on New York's Wooster Street, in the heart of SoHo, and in the Yorkdale Shopping Centre in Toronto. Each store, covering a surface of more than 4,000 square feet, ...
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Crocs has announced that a ruling last year in the...
Crocs has announced that a ruling last year in the Shanghai Intermediate People's Court has been selected by China's Supreme People's Court as one of the top 50 leading intellectual property (IP) cases of 2015, and as one of the top 10 leading IP cases of the Shanghai Courts. In ...
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Fiona Laird has been appointed executive vice president and chief...
Fiona Laird has been appointed executive vice president and chief human resources and communications officer at Newell Brands, the new company formed by the recent merger of Jarden Corp. into Newell Rubbermaid. Laird, who started as a lawyer in the U.S., has worked for Unilever in various parts of the ...
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K-Swiss Global Brands has appointed the former Puma head of...
K-Swiss Global Brands has appointed the former Puma head of design, Sean O'Shea, as the new creative director of K-Swiss with immediate effect. In his new role he will oversee all facets of K-Swiss design and development globally, from concept to finished product, reporting directly to Barney Waters, K-Swiss president. ...
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Henry Stafford, who has been with Under Armour for six...
Henry Stafford, who has been with Under Armour for six years, plans to leave the company in July. He has been most recently UA's chief merchandising officer, and Kip Fulks, the global marketing manager, will take on his responsibilities on an interim basis. The chief digital officer of the group, ...
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Mike Ashley, the maverick boss of Sports Direct International, continues...
Mike Ashley, the maverick boss of Sports Direct International, continues his fight with the British Parliament. The institution's Business, Innovation & Skills (BIS) committee has formally summoned him to attend a hearing in Westminster on June 7 regarding SDI's treatment of employees at its Shirebrook warehouse, intimating that he may ...
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Asics is opening a subsidiary in Dubai, to more rapidly...
Asics is opening a subsidiary in Dubai, to more rapidly expand the brand in the region of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC). It will take over from Falaknaz, a distribution company that has represented the Japanese brand in the region since 2003. Asics says the opening is part of its ...
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Marc Nicolai Pfeifer, head of sports marketing for Germany, Austria...
Marc Nicolai Pfeifer, head of sports marketing for Germany, Austria and Switzerland at Hummel, has left the Danish sporting goods brand after five years. Olaf Steen, up to now sports marketing coordinator at Hummel, will replace him. Pfeifer will be manager for finance and marketing at the Stuttgarter Kickers, a ...
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Slackline Industries will back a series of professional slackline competitions...
Slackline Industries will back a series of professional slackline competitions in the U.S. this summer that is expected to draw competitive slackliners from around the world. The high-profile events comprise Dominion Riverrock Festival in Virginia on May 20-22, X Games in Texas on June 3-5 and GoPro Mountain Games in ...
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Sports Direct International (SDI) has reportedly been outbid in its...
Sports Direct International (SDI) has reportedly been outbid in its attempt to secure assets of BHS, a British chain offering clothing and household items that went into administration (a form of receivership) around the end of April. The Financial Times reports that the SDI proposition was lower than bids put ...
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Bogner has set up a new sales structure with three...
Bogner has set up a new sales structure with three sales divisions instead of independent country subsidiaries. Christian Ender, who has worked for Bogner since January, will be the company's international sales director, responsible for sales in the EMEA region, the U.S. and Asia. Christian Wiesender, who worked for 13 ...
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Smith Sports Optics has enlisted David Luiz, the Brazilian football...
Smith Sports Optics has enlisted David Luiz, the Brazilian football player of the Paris Saint Germain (PSG) club as global brand ambassador. Meanwhile, Smith's Drake sunglass model has been named “Best Sports Shades” by the American Men's Health magazine.
