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Brekka has signed a license agreement with Spivo for the...
Brekka has signed a license agreement with Spivo for the North American market. Spivo, which is also the manufacturer of the Canadian Bula brand, will manage the Italian brand of headwear and other winter accessories in the U.S. and Canada through its offices in the two countries. Its distribution in ...
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Asics has renewed its sponsorship agreement with Johanna Konta, the...
Asics has renewed its sponsorship agreement with Johanna Konta, the rising star of British tennis. Konta has been with Asics for the last two years and her career has considerably risen. She has climbed more than 100 places in the WTA ranking over the last 12 months, and has reached the top ...
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Grifone is marching ahead with an ambitious retailing program. The...
Grifone is marching ahead with an ambitious retailing program. The Spanish outdoor and ski brand has opened a second store in Barcelona. The first one, which began operations last spring, is located across from Vèrtic, the well-known outdoor retailer. Prior to that, Grifone opened two other stores last year: a ...
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Macron has signed a new technical partnership with Albania's national...
Macron has signed a new technical partnership with Albania's national football team (FSHF) for the next six years. Macron has also agreed a four-year extension of its contract with the national Scotland rugby team, making it last until June 2021. This is on top of its sponsorship of the local ...
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Allied Feather & Down has received Nike's award for its...
Allied Feather & Down has received Nike's award for its outstanding achievement in the Nike Material Sustainability Index (MSI) Premium Supplier Program. According to the award's guidelines, Allied's Nike MSI score showed “a best in class commitment to sustainability for the Fall and Holiday 2017 season.” The Nike MSI calculates ...
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Allied Feather & Down has pledged to completely eliminate perfluorocarbons...
Allied Feather & Down has pledged to completely eliminate perfluorocarbons (PFCs) from its water-resistant down treatment by 2017, and to use a wax-based technology instead. The Californian company said it had been working toward this elimination since it started testing PFC-free treatments five years ago. The first PFC-free waterproof down ...
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The U.S. Patent & Trademark Office has invalidated for the...
The U.S. Patent & Trademark Office has invalidated for the second time a design patent that Crocs has been using for its iconic clog, this time supporting a challenge made by U.S.A. Dawgs, a shoe company based in Las Vegas, which was importing similar strapped clogs from competitors. Often referred ...
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Andy Rubin, chairman of Pentland Brands, has joined the board...
Andy Rubin, chairman of Pentland Brands, has joined the board of JD Sports Fashion as a non-executive director to support the British retailer's international expansion, thanks especially to his experience in brand development outside Europe. The Pentland Group, which is controlled by the Rubin family, owns 57.47 percent of the ...
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XXL Asa has announced a series of changes in its...
XXL Asa has announced a series of changes in its executive management structure. Marcus Wibergh, its managing director for Sweden, will leave in April after eight years with the company to search new opportunities elsewhere. Janicke Blomsnes will take up the position as acting managing director for Sweden, and will ...
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Converse, a subsidiary of Nike, has announced the departure of...
Converse, a subsidiary of Nike, has announced the departure of Geoff Cottrill, the brand's chief marketing officer. Cottrill joined Converse in 2007 in the same role. Prior to Converse, he worked at Starbucks as vice president of global entertainment, leading marketing, category development and international divisions. Before joining Starbucks, he ...
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Pinarello has announced it is pulling out of the Eurobike...
Pinarello has announced it is pulling out of the Eurobike trade show, saying during the last few years it has been shifting toward direct involvement with its customers. The Italian bicycle company will continue to present its new products via a collaborative presentation with Team Sky at the Giro D'Italia, ...
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Toray has announced the development of a water repellent finish...
Toray has announced the development of a water repellent finish technology that does not require fluorinated compounds while enabling, according to the company, the same performance and durability of conventional treatments. Fluorine-based water repellents are typically used in the textile industry to add functionalities such as soil and oil repellency, ...
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Erima announced last month that it experienced a double-digit increase...
Erima announced last month that it experienced a double-digit increase in 2015 for the second year in a row. After rising by 15 percent in 2014, the German team sport specialist's sales grew last year by 10 percent to €58 million, with increases of between 3 and 18 percent by ...
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Bergans of Norway has raised its environmental goals by announcing...
Bergans of Norway has raised its environmental goals by announcing that in 2016 all down products will be manufactured in accordance with the Textile Exchange's Responsible Down Standard. The milestone is part of an environmental and social responsibility plan called Expedition 2020. Last year, the company held several meetings with ...
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Rip Curl has apologized on Facebook for selling ski jackets...
Rip Curl has apologized on Facebook for selling ski jackets made in North Korean factories where employees reportedly worked under “slave-like” conditions. The apology was issued after an investigation by Fairfax Media unveiled images of workers at the Taedonggang Clothing Factory, near Pyongyang, contracted to make some of the brand's ...
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Kubus Sports has been appointed as distributor for Skins in...
Kubus Sports has been appointed as distributor for Skins in the Netherlands and Belgium from the start of February. The Australian and Swiss-based compression apparel brand was previously sold in these countries by R.A. Company. Kubus is strongly established in the Benelux countries as a distributor of performance sports products, ...
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Columbia Sportswear has appointed John Walbrecht as brand president for...
Columbia Sportswear has appointed John Walbrecht as brand president for Mountain Hardwear, starting from March 7. Walbrecht has accompanied the rise of the Fjällräven brand in the U.S. market as the chief executive of Fenix Outdoors North America since 2012. He is to take charge of all aspects of the ...
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Elena Jasper will take over in April as exhibition director...
Elena Jasper will take over in April as exhibition director for Ispo Beijing and Ispo Shanghai at the main office of Messe München, taking the place of Paul März who left in December. The 33-year-old worked most recently as senior manager at Siemens in Munich, where she was responsible for ...
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Nike has opened its largest Asian Jordan store in Hong...
Nike has opened its largest Asian Jordan store in Hong Kong, emulating the design of the Jordan store in Chicago. The brand is also getting ready to open an 850-square-meter Nike flagship in the center of Paris, located in the renovated and expanded Forum des Halles. Contrary to some press ...
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Asics Corp. has joined the industry-wide connected fitness movement by...
Asics Corp. has joined the industry-wide connected fitness movement by acquiring FitnessKeeper, a company in Boston that owns Runkeeper, a popular GPS-based running app. The takeover should allow the brand to obtain data that will help to guide its marketing activities. FitnessKeeper was founded in 2008 and its app is ...
