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Puma has signed up Kylie Jenner to become a brand...
Puma has signed up Kylie Jenner to become a brand ambassador. The reality television personality and model is best known for appearing on the E! reality TV series “Keeping Up with the Kardashians.” Jenner will be featured in Puma's spring/summer women's training campaign, which will launch in April. Kanye West, ...
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Mark D. Schwabero has been promoted president of Brunswick Corp.,...
Mark D. Schwabero has been promoted president of Brunswick Corp., the parent company of Life Fitness, after leading its acquisition of Cybex. He succeeds the retiring Dustan McCoy, effective immediately. After working for ten years in Mercury Marine, the largest subsidiary of the American group, Schwabero became president and chief ...
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Vincent Wauters, the brilliant Belgian-born manager who worked wonders in...
Vincent Wauters, the brilliant Belgian-born manager who worked wonders in the sports sector rece-ntly, has been named as the new chief executive of Hunter, the British brand of boots, indicating that it should be able to keep up with its strong momentum. Wauters will start on March 1, taking the ...
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While opening its ninth Spanish brand store in the center...
While opening its ninth Spanish brand store in the center of Salamanca, Joma says it plans to open ten new corporate stores in the country over the next two years. The next one will be inaugurated shortly in Zaragoza. The Spanish athletic footwear company is also planning to open corners ...
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United Sports Brands has a new director of marketing communications,...
United Sports Brands has a new director of marketing communications, Daniella Gasaway, who worked previously at Oakley. The company, which had a big unified stand at the recent Ispo Munich trade show, is the result of the recent merger of Shock Doctor Sports and McDavid. It recently bought Nathan Sports.
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Vaude is the recipient of this year's German Business Ethics...
Vaude is the recipient of this year's German Business Ethics Network (DNWE) Award for corporate ethics. The company's chief executive, Dr. Antje von Dewitz, received the award during a ceremony at the Hochschule Niederrhein in Mönchengladbach, on Feb. 22. Vaude will receive €10,000 for its initiatives for sustainable business. The ...
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The weak yen caused Globeride to swing to a loss...
The weak yen caused Globeride to swing to a loss of 230 million yen (€1.87m-$2.06m) in the third quarter ended Dec. 31 from a profit of ¥953 million. Sales grew by 11 percent to ¥18.0 billion (€146.3m-$161.2m). The gross margin declined by 0.3 percentage points to 34.4 percent on a ...
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CEP Compression, the maker of performance compression socks and sportswear,...
CEP Compression, the maker of performance compression socks and sportswear, has announced a three-year partnership deal with Ragnar Race Series, a 120 to 200-mile overnight running relay race across the U.S. CEP will make co-branded socks and calf sleeves that will be sold in Ragnar's Merchandising tent at every event location. ...
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Rodney McMullen, chairman and chief executive of The Kroger Company,...
Rodney McMullen, chairman and chief executive of The Kroger Company, will join the board of directors of VF Corp. He will also serve on the board's audit committee and its nominating and governance committee.
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Phil Knight, chairman and co-founder of Nike, has pledged to...
Phil Knight, chairman and co-founder of Nike, has pledged to donate $400 million to Stanford University in California to fund a program for graduate students called the Knight-Hennessy Scholars Program. With this donation, John Hennessy, the outgoing president of the university, has collected a total of $750 million to fund ...
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Sympatex Holding is changing its name this month to Smart...
Sympatex Holding is changing its name this month to Smart Solutions Holding – albeit only at the level of the holding company. Its two subsidiaries, Sympatex and Ploucquet subsidiaries, will continue to operate under those names. The group said in a press release that the change of name was meant ...
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Claude Joseph, a well-known personality in the French sporting goods...
Claude Joseph, a well-known personality in the French sporting goods industry, has passed away at the age of 93. He was for many years the chairman of the French sporting goods industry federation, Fifas, with roles also in the European and world federations, Fesi and WFSGI. Joseph entered the sector ...
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Wolfgang Clement, a former German economics minister, presented Sympatex Technologies...
Wolfgang Clement, a former German economics minister, presented Sympatex Technologies with a “Top Job Seal” earlier this month for the strategic orientation of its policy of attracting skilled personnel in a sustainable way through a healthy workplace, culture and communication, and internal entrepreneurship. The Munich-based company involves employees in strategic ...
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Evasion Running, a well-known Spanish specialty retailer, has reportedly closed...
Evasion Running, a well-known Spanish specialty retailer, has reportedly closed down its biggest store, which it had opened in Barcelona in 2011. It measured 600 square meters, offering the products of 90 different brands. The chain will keep its two corporate stores in Valencia, four other franchised shops in Spain ...
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Stella International Holdings is closing its large factory in Dongguan,...
Stella International Holdings is closing its large factory in Dongguan, which employs some 10,000 workers, at the end of this month, due to rising labor costs. The plant has been making mainly women's shoes for brands like Prada, Rockport and Nike. The Chinese producer will move most of the production ...
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Columbia Sportswear is re-branding Montrail and focusing its footwear line...
Columbia Sportswear is re-branding Montrail and focusing its footwear line on trail running. The products will carry the Columbia Montrail label from spring 2017 onward, somewhat like the recently launched Columbia PFG sub-brand, which stands for Columbia Performance Fishing Gear. Columbia is investing strongly in the growing trail running category, ...
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Technogym confirms through a company executive that it has filed...
Technogym confirms through a company executive that it has filed the documentation to go public on the Milan stock exchange in order to promote its international expansion. According to the Italian media, the Italian company raised its operating profit before amortization (Ebitda) by 40 percent last year to €86.7 million ...
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Poc Sweden and the Swedish Cycling Federation have signed an...
Poc Sweden and the Swedish Cycling Federation have signed an official partnership deal which will see all Swedish cycling federation teams using Poc helmets, apparel, body armor and eyewear until 2018. The Swedish Cycling Federation consists of around 380 associations, which represent 37,000 members across the country. The federation covers ...
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Quiksilver has taken over the distribution of DC Shoes in...
Quiksilver has taken over the distribution of DC Shoes in Denmark, where it already markets the Quiksilver and Roxy brands directly, but it has decided to close down its Italian sales subsidiary. In the next six months, the distribution of Quiksilver and Roxy will be transferred to California Sports, a ...
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The sports and leisure division of the New Wave Group...
The sports and leisure division of the New Wave Group raised its sales by 16 percent to 2,258 million Swedish kronor (€241.4m-$266.5m) last year, with more abundant sales in the U.S. and Europe. The division includes the Craft, Seger, Cutter & Buck and Ahead brands and it distributes Speedo in ...
