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Alibaba Group Holding will promote rugby in China as part...
Alibaba Group Holding will promote rugby in China as part of the development and sponsorship deal it signed with World Rugby on April 10. Alisports, the new group's sports division, said it plans to invest millions of U.S. dollars and make a long-term investment in the development of the sport ...
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Sport Chalet, a big American sporting goods retail chain, is...
Sport Chalet, a big American sporting goods retail chain, is closing all its 47 physical stores and its online shop, but Olivier Leclercq, a member of the family that owns 42 percent of Decathlon, is not going to be affected. Leclercq had made an unspecified personal investment in Sport Chalet ...
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Fitbit announced it has shipped over one million each of...
Fitbit announced it has shipped over one million each of its Blaze and Alta activity trackers less than a month after their debut, leading to a 13 percent surge in the mid-day trading of Fitbit shares on March 31. The Blaze smart fitness watch, retailing at $200, is now the ...
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Garmin has announced that Dame Kelly Holmes is the brand's...
Garmin has announced that Dame Kelly Holmes is the brand's latest ambassador. The retired British middle distance runner won gold medals for both the 800- and 1500-meter distances at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, and still participates in running contests. She is scheduled to take part in the upcoming ...
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Le Coq Sportif, a French sports apparel and footwear brand,...
Le Coq Sportif, a French sports apparel and footwear brand, has launched a limited edition of running shoes labeled “Made in France.” The three models are available in the national colors – blue, white and red. The shoes are made of full-grain or nubuck leather, with ornamental trimmings such as ...
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Timberland has teamed up with Betabrand, a crowdfunded apparel company,...
Timberland has teamed up with Betabrand, a crowdfunded apparel company, on a crowdsourced project to design its latest collection – the Craftletic. The name is said to stand for an intersection of craftsmanship and athletic ease-of-wear. Until March 17, consumers had a chance to vote on one of three unisex ...
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The Faction Collective, the Swiss-based ski and apparel brand, has...
The Faction Collective, the Swiss-based ski and apparel brand, has announced a sponsorship deal with Johnny Collinson, a 25-year-old American freeride skier, mountaineer and adventurer with an impressing track record. At the age of 17, he was the youngest person to ascend the Seven Summits, skiing down three of them ...
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Puma has appointed Matthias Mecking as new general manager for...
Puma has appointed Matthias Mecking as new general manager for its team sports division from the start of April. He is taking over from Filip Trulsson, who will help with the transition and then move on to another as yet unannounced position at Puma. Mecking started in the sports industry ...
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Saucony, a division of Wolverine World Wide, has appointed Thomas...
Saucony, a division of Wolverine World Wide, has appointed Thomas Hartge as senior vice president of global footwear for the Saucony brand, with immediate effect. He succeeds to Patrick O'Malley, who was recently appointed president of Saucony. In his new role, he will report directly to O'Malley. Hartge brings more ...
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The shareholders of Grifone have appointed a new chief executive,...
The shareholders of Grifone have appointed a new chief executive, Emili Sabadell, replacing Eugeni Padrós, who continues to hold shares in the Catalunyan brand of sports apparel. Sabadell was previously the chief operating officer of the FC Barcelona football team. Sandro Rosell, former president of the club, is one of ...
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Investcorp has appointed Federico Minoli as one of its corporate...
Investcorp has appointed Federico Minoli as one of its corporate investment advisory director in Europe, helping to assess potential investment opportunities and provide support to its portfolio companies. Minoli, who formerly ran Ducati, joined Dainese as chief executive in the spring of 2013, and his position was taken over by ...
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Frank Weissmann was recently appointed to the position of European...
Frank Weissmann was recently appointed to the position of European sales and marketing director for Fila tennis and accessories at Premium Sports Trading. Previously, the 45-year-old worked as sales manager for Eastpak and was for many years responsible for the tennis division of K-Swiss. Premium Sports Trading, based in Aalen ...
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Costa Del Mar has appointed Holly Rush as chief executive,...
Costa Del Mar has appointed Holly Rush as chief executive, effective April 25. She will replace Chas MacDonald, who announced his retirement as president and chief executive of the Essilor-owned brand of sunglasses last month. For the past 25 years, Rush had held key leadership roles at companies like Duracell/Gillette, ...
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Trond Langeland has been appointed chief executive of Viking Outdoor...
Trond Langeland has been appointed chief executive of Viking Outdoor Footwear, the Norwegian outdoor footwear brand owned by Bertel O. Steen. Langeland will take over on May 13 after serving in several other sales, marketing and executive functions in consumer goods companies such as Orkla, Jordan and Canon. For the ...
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Aqua Sphere, the French-owned company specializing in swim goggles and...
Aqua Sphere, the French-owned company specializing in swim goggles and other water sports products, has broadened its partnership with Michael Phelps by launching a range of learn-to-swim products. Aqua Sphere teamed up with the serial Olympic medalist last year to launch the MP brand of competitive swim and training equipment. ...
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Rossignol partnered with four famous French chefs - Christophe Aribert,...
Rossignol partnered with four famous French chefs - Christophe Aribert, Edouart Loubet, Emmanuel Renaut and Jean Sulpice - on the occasion of the sixth edition of the Challenges des Chefs, which took take place in France's Val Thorens on April 11-13. The restaurants of the four chefs, who share a ...
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To cope with its strong expansion, Under Armour will move...
To cope with its strong expansion, Under Armour will move its European office from its current 1,600-square-meter space in the former Olympic Stadium in Amsterdam to a 4,800-square-meter space in the iconic Citroën Buildings in the Olympic area of the city, soon after the completion of their pioneering redevelopment in ...
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In a press release regarding its campaign around yesterday's Boston...
In a press release regarding its campaign around yesterday's Boston Marathon, which Adidas is now sponsoring, New Balance said that the group's global sales increased last year by 12.7 percent to $3.72 billion, including the estimated sales of joint venture partners and distributors. Also included are the revenues of ...
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Fusalp is launching a limited-edition T-shirt in association with a...
Fusalp is launching a limited-edition T-shirt in association with a photographer, Nick Meek. All the proceeds will go to an association, A Chacun Son Everest, which aids children affected by leukemia and women who are recovering from breast cancer.
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McDavid and Shock Doctor, the two athletic protection providers that...
McDavid and Shock Doctor, the two athletic protection providers that recently merged, have announced the signing of Harrison Barnes as their first dual-brand athlete ambassador. The 2015 NBA champion, who plays for the Golden State Warriors, will wear McDavid's line of Hex protective arm and leg sleeves on the court, ...
