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Pure Fishing Europe has announced the retirement of Jacques Prallet,...
Pure Fishing Europe has announced the retirement of Jacques Prallet, its director general for the past six years. He will be replaced by Grant Harris, who will be responsible for Europe alongside his current role as managing director in the U.K. Prallet started his career in the fishing industry in ...
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Re:newcell has announced the development of a new technology which...
Re:newcell has announced the development of a new technology which allows cotton waste to be recycled into new textile pulp. The dissolved pulp is mainly used to make textile materials such as Viscose or Lyocel. Up until this breakthrough, it was not possible to recycle cotton into textile material suitable ...
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Skechers has announced a new multi-year partnership deal with Howie...
Skechers has announced a new multi-year partnership deal with Howie Long. The sportscaster and former NFL defence player, who won the Super Bowl with the Oakland Raiders in 1984, will appear in a campaign to promote Skechers men's footwear collections. The first television commercial is scheduled to launch in time ...
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Executives from Peak Sport Products, the Chinese sports apparel and...
Executives from Peak Sport Products, the Chinese sports apparel and footwear brand, were in Ljubljana earlier this month to present the official outfits to be worn by Slovenian athletes competing at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. Xu Jingnan, the company's chairman, made the trip to the Slovenian ...
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Under Armour is taking the sponsorship of the University of...
Under Armour is taking the sponsorship of the University of California at Berkeley from Nike, starting in July 2017. The 10-year deal is estimated to be worth $85.6 million. It calls for an annual investment of $8.3 million in product and cash in the California Bears compared with $2.15 million ...
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Lion Capital, an investment company based in the U.K., has...
Lion Capital, an investment company based in the U.K., has taken a minority stake of 20 percent in the Authentic Brands Group, the company that owns 23 brands including Airwalk, Muhammad Ali, Spyder Action Sports, Shaquille O'Neil, and Tretorn among other assets. The majority is still held by its founder ...
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Yoshihiro Katsuto, who has been the logistics manager of Goldwin...
Yoshihiro Katsuto, who has been the logistics manager of Goldwin Europe for many years, has been promoted chief executive of the operation, based in Switzerland. He takes over from Ryoji Sekito, whose future role could not be determined.
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Pentland Brands has been named as one of the U.K.'s...
Pentland Brands has been named as one of the U.K.'s Best Workplaces 2016 by the Great Place to Work Institute (GPTW). It is the only sports, outdoor or fashion brand-owner to have made the 2016 list. Pentland, which owns well-known brands such as Berghaus, Ellesse, Speedo and others, ranked 11th ...
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Billabong has inaugurated a new shop concept in a shopping...
Billabong has inaugurated a new shop concept in a shopping center near Toulon in France, called L'Avenue 83. It is the first of a series of store renovations that will be carried out throughout Europe. It has digital features. The atmosphere is bright. It plays on vibrant colors and the ...
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Body Glove, which specializes in wetsuits and swimwear, has teamed...
Body Glove, which specializes in wetsuits and swimwear, has teamed up with Bic Sport to move into the surf equipment and stand-up paddling market. The two parties have sealed a licensing agreement that calls for Bic to design, market and globally distribute surf and SUP boards with Body Glove branding, ...
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The fitness segment of Brunswick Corp., led by Life Fitness,...
The fitness segment of Brunswick Corp., led by Life Fitness, reported an 18 percent increase to $218.3 million for the first quarter ended April 2, but its operating income fell by 22 percent to $20.1 million due to higher marketing expenses and $3.8 million in integration costs for the newly ...
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The so-called Salomon Prolink case will be taken up in...
The so-called Salomon Prolink case will be taken up in the Oslo District Court on June 13. Rottefella has sued Amer Sports for violation of marketing law and intellectual property in conjunction with the launch of Prolink. The cross-country segment was abuzz when Amer Sports launched its new binding system, ...
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The new X-Bionic Sphere in Slovakia will host The Championship,...
The new X-Bionic Sphere in Slovakia will host The Championship, a new half-distance event in the Triathlon World Championship. It will be organized by the Challenge Family and carry a minimum €150,000 professional prize purse.
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Pou Sheng International, the Chinese sports retailing and distribution company,...
Pou Sheng International, the Chinese sports retailing and distribution company, reports that its net consolidated operating revenue increased by 5.2 percent to $207.4 million in March compared with the same month in 2015. This number relates to turnover less sales discount and returns. The group's net consolidated sales for the ...
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The Kering group, parent company of Puma, Gucci and many...
The Kering group, parent company of Puma, Gucci and many other brands has joined the Zero Discharge of Hazardous Chemicals (ZDHC) Foundation, which aims to eliminate such substances from textile and footwear products by 2020. Other current members are Adidas, C&A, Esprit, G-Star Raw, H&M, Inditex, Jack Wolfskin, Levi's, Li-Ning, ...
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Macron, the Italian company specializing in team uniforms, has launched...
Macron, the Italian company specializing in team uniforms, has launched a new, technical Macron Running collection of running clothes for the current spring/summer season. The diversification follows one year of research and development conducted with the technical support of Franca Fiacconi, the legendary Italian woman who won the New York ...
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The Thule Group's net income from continuing operations increased by...
The Thule Group's net income from continuing operations increased by 21.5 percent to 169 million Swedish kronor on 5.5 percent higher revenues of SEK 1,380 million in the first quarter. The underlying operating profit margin (Ebit) improved to 17.0 percent from 15.7 percent in the year-ago period, and it went ...
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The Outdoor Retailer Winter Market has modified its dates for...
The Outdoor Retailer Winter Market has modified its dates for 2017 and reduced the event by one day. Emerald Expositions, the organizers, said the trade show will be pulled into the mid-week and will now last only three days instead of four. The 2017 edition will begin on Tuesday, Jan. ...
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Decathlon opened its largest store in Paris last week, with…
Decathlon opened its largest store in Paris last week, with a selling surface of 4,600 square meters in the northeast of the French capital. Decathlon says the new store in the 19th arrondissement covers 65 sports, it sells all of its private labels and offers services such as “click and ...
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Johnson Health Tech suffered a drop in net income of...
Johnson Health Tech suffered a drop in net income of 90 percent to 272.5 million Taiwan dollars (€7.38m-$8.45m) for the past year on 3 percent higher revenues of NT 16.55 billion (€448.2m-$512.8m). The bottom line was pulled down by the non-recurrence of government subsidies of NT 1.7 billion (€46.0m-$52.7m). The ...
