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Sun & Sand Sports, a leading sports distributor and retailer...
Sun & Sand Sports, a leading sports distributor and retailer in the Middle East, will be the headline sponsor of the second edition of the Dubai Fitness Fest, which is scheduled to take place on Nov. 4-5 this year at SkyDive Dubai in the Dubai Marina. The Sun & Sand ...
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Kering has announced the appointment of Béatrice Lazat as its...
Kering has announced the appointment of Béatrice Lazat as its new human resources director, effective March 3. She replaces Belen Essioux-Trujillo, who has left to pursue other opportunities, the company said. Most recently, Lazat was based in Shanghai and worked at L'Oréal as human resources director for the Asia-Pacific region. ...
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Zyloware Eyewear has announced a multi-year license for the launch...
Zyloware Eyewear has announced a multi-year license for the launch of Shaquille O'Neal Eyewear, a new optical eyewear collection, which will be available in April. The sports-inspired collection has been designed for men aged 18 to 50 who seek fashionable, high-quality frames at an attainable price, the company said. The ...
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Macron continues to make strides in rugby with the announcement...
Macron continues to make strides in rugby with the announcement of a major 10-year deal as the new official technical kit supplier of the Northampton Saints, taking the place of Burrda, from the next season. The English rugby club, which plays in the Aviva Premiership, is one of the biggest ...
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Jean-Philippe Bailly has been appointed chief operating officer for the...
Jean-Philippe Bailly has been appointed chief operating officer for the Kering group, starting on April 1, with responsibility for the supply chain, logistics and industrial activities. Replacing Karlheinz Hofer, he will report to Jean-François Palus, deputy managing director of the group, which owns Puma and Volcom along a cohort of ...
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Linda Balfour has been appointed global director of marketing for...
Linda Balfour has been appointed global director of marketing for Superfeet on the eve of its biggest product launch to date – outdoor sandals with inbuilt insole support. Prior to this, Balfour spent 10 years in the marketing department of Keen Footwear with responsibilities ranging from overseeing field services, retail ...
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Implus has appointed Mary Hannah Statham as marketing manager. She...
Implus has appointed Mary Hannah Statham as marketing manager. She will be responsible for all marketing efforts for the Implus family of footwear accessory brands which includes Sof Sole, Sof Comfort, Sneaker Balls, Penguin, ForceField, Apara and Airplus. Statham worked as the director of marketing and communications for Springs Creative ...
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Expo Sports, the running fair held around the Barcelona marathon,...
Expo Sports, the running fair held around the Barcelona marathon, attracted a record number of more than 62,000 visitors this year, making it the largest running fair in Spain. This is partly because runners had to get to the fair in order to pick up their bibs. The exhibition area ...
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The Federation of Sports and Play Associations (FSPA) has published...
The Federation of Sports and Play Associations (FSPA) has published a position paper regarding geo-blocking and other geographically-based restrictions when shopping and accessing information in the E.U. The U.K. trade body acknowledges that there are substantial barriers to the digital single market due to diverging legislation and different VAT rates. ...
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Johnathan Nielsen has been confirmed as chief executive of Backcountry.com,...
Johnathan Nielsen has been confirmed as chief executive of Backcountry.com, starting on March 11. He had been named interim chief executive last December after the former CEO chief executive, Jill Layfield, left in the wake of Liberty Interactive's sale of the American e-commerce company to TSG Consumer Partners last July. ...
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VF Corp. has named Scott H. Baxter as president of...
VF Corp. has named Scott H. Baxter as president of its outdoor and action sports group in the Americas, which includes Eagle Creek, Eastpak, JanSport, Kipling, Lucy, Napapijri, Reef, SmartWool, The North Face, Timberland and Vans. Baxter previously held the same role at VF's Jeanswear Americas. The new role is ...
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Exports of complete bicycles from Taiwan increased by just over...
Exports of complete bicycles from Taiwan increased by just over 10 percent to $1.9 billion in 2015, according to the Taiwan Bicycle Association (TBA). The export volume for complete bicycles was up by 6.55 percent to 4 million units, and the unit price moved up by 3.27 percent to $474.02. ...
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Garneau will sponsor Trevor and Heather Wurtele, a Canadian professional...
Garneau will sponsor Trevor and Heather Wurtele, a Canadian professional triathlete couple who holds multiple Ironman Triathlon titles between them, for the 2016 season. The Canadian sports apparel and accessories maker will sponsor helmets, cycling shoes, cycling and triathlon apparel.
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The VTT Technical Research Centre, a research and technology company...
The VTT Technical Research Centre, a research and technology company based in Finland, has developed a new technology that is said to control the thermal, moisture and flow-technical behavior of smart clothing. The technology can calculate whether the wearer needs to be warmed or cooled based on data measured from ...
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Mårten Nydahl, CEO of Cycleurope Sverige, told the Hallands Nyheter...
Mårten Nydahl, CEO of Cycleurope Sverige, told the Hallands Nyheter newspaper in Sweden that the Cycleurope group achieved a turnover of nearly €500 million in 2014 and its profit increased €23.7 million, up from €18.6 million in 2014. As reported in Bike Europe, Nydahl added that Cycleurope moved some of ...
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CEP Compression, the specialist in performance compression socks and sportswear,...
CEP Compression, the specialist in performance compression socks and sportswear, has announced that it will be outfitting the Cannondale Pro Cycling Team. The Boulder, Colorado-based team is among the top-ranked teams of the UCI World Tour road circuit. CEP will provide the team with Recovery+ socks and Recovery+Pro tights. The ...
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Vibram, in collaboration with InStep NanoPower, Instituto Italiano di Tecnologia...
Vibram, in collaboration with InStep NanoPower, Instituto Italiano di Tecnologia and the University of Wisconsin, has developed an inexpensive prototype that is capable of converting kinetic energy into electrical energy, which can in turn be used to power smartphones or other electrical devices. Termed the Hero (for “Harvesting of Energy ...
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Kettler, the German fitness equipment company that went into self-administered...
Kettler, the German fitness equipment company that went into self-administered receivership in June, said it would exit the proceedings and resume business without restrictions from the start of April. Kettler already moved closer to the end of the proceedings in February when its insolvency plan was approved by creditors. The ...
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Conzzeta Group, the Swiss holding company that controls the Mammut...
Conzzeta Group, the Swiss holding company that controls the Mammut Sports Group, reports that the outdoor company's operating result and operational cash flow will be adversely affected in the coming years by the costs of a five-year strategic program, after a drop in sales and operating result last year. Conzzeta ...
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Quiksilver has completed an exchange offer for the debt of...
Quiksilver has completed an exchange offer for the debt of its European Boardriders subsidiary. It has managed to exchange 91.1 percent of Boardriders' outstanding €200 million worth of 8.875 percent senior notes, due in 2017, with a combination of cash and new 9.5 percent senior notes, due in 2020. Boardriders ...
