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Vincent Wauters, who has been driving the strong development of...
Vincent Wauters, who has been driving the strong development of Arc'teryx, is leaving the Amer Sports group, where he had been recently appointed president of apparel and member of its executive board. Heikki Takala, president and chief executive of Amer, says he is taking direct responsibility for the development of ...
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Michael Bennett has taken on responsibility for Puma Safe, the...
Michael Bennett has taken on responsibility for Puma Safe, the sustainability and compliance division of Puma, following the departure of Reiner Hengstmann, who had been running the division since 1999. Bennett has been since January 2015 the director of Puma International Trading Services, the sourcing subsidiary of the company in ...
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Globe is unveiling the Globe Speaker Board (GSB), which it...
Globe is unveiling the Globe Speaker Board (GSB), which it claims to be the first skateboard with a built-in speaker, to provide riders with freedom from headphones and the possibility of creating the soundtrack for their ride. The GSB works with any Bluetooth-enabled smart device. Following two years of testing, ...
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Thule has introduced a new, dedicated ski box with an...
Thule has introduced a new, dedicated ski box with an aerodynamic design to carry skis, poles and snowboards on the roof a car. The product, called Thule Flow, allows easy fitting and convenient loading and unloading on either side of the box. It has a slim, distinctive shape and is ...
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Briko Maplus, an Italian brand of high-performance, liquid fluorinated ski...
Briko Maplus, an Italian brand of high-performance, liquid fluorinated ski wax with a high melting point, is consolidating its position in the Nordic and Baltic countries through a long-term distribution contract with Oy Patrol Trading. The Finnish-based distributor, which has an annual turnover of about €35 million with major brands ...
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Pat Loomis, who has built up several European brands in...
Pat Loomis, who has built up several European brands in the U.S. market, announced that he was retiring earlier this month. He was president of Bergans USA, the North American subsidiary of the Norwegian outdoor brand. Loomis will be replaced in this job by Keith Patterson, who was previously vice ...
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Several ski brands are working together under the coordination of...
Several ski brands are working together under the coordination of the Federation of the European Sporting Goods Industry (Fesi) to promote snow sport activities on one of the venues of the 2016 edition of the World Snow Day in Cortina, Italy, on Jan. 17. The World Snow Day is an ...
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eVent has a new material called DVdryLT specifically designed for...
eVent has a new material called DVdryLT specifically designed for waterproof footwear. This fabric is said to be extremely lightweight and breathable while maintaining a high degree of moisture resistance. eVent DVdryLT advances breathability thanks to a new air permeable Direct Venting membrane developed specifically for lightweight shoes. In the ...
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CCM Hockey, the Canadian-based supplier of ice hockey products that...
CCM Hockey, the Canadian-based supplier of ice hockey products that belongs to the Adidas Group, said that sales of its global equipment business advanced by 8 percent last year and by 18 percent over the past two years. The company attributed the rise to its focus on research and development, ...
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Moncler is expanding its children's line with an infant carrier...
Moncler is expanding its children's line with an infant carrier pack for trekking created by Chicco, the Italian specialist of children's products. The infant carrier pack is available in polished red nylon, Moncler's signature material and color, and therefore features an unmistakable “Moncler look.” It is designed to hold infants ...
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Macintosh Retail Group has sold its Scapino chain of shoe...
Macintosh Retail Group has sold its Scapino chain of shoe shops to a Dutch shoe retailer, H. Ziengs, and its Brantano chain of 130 stores in Belgium to Brantnew, a new group formed by three other local retailers. Ziengs will take over only between 140 and 180 out of the ...
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Mark Parker, the Nike group's president and chief executive, has...
Mark Parker, the Nike group's president and chief executive, has been elected as a director by the Walt Disney Company's board of directors. Robert Iger, Disney's chairman and chief executive, pointed to Parker's insights into consumers and his broad experience of international markets. Parker will stand for election along with ...
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CIFF, the international fashion fair in Copenhagen, is featuring for...
CIFF, the international fashion fair in Copenhagen, is featuring for the first time a Performance area at its next session on Feb. 3-7, focusing on outdoor and sports fashion. It will focus on Scandinavian brands such as Bergans of Norway, Casall, Peak Performance and Tretorn.
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Nike has stopped marketing snowboarding clothing under the Nike SB...
Nike has stopped marketing snowboarding clothing under the Nike SB label, but it has signed up Chloe Kim as an ambassador. She won the gold medal in the women's snowboard superpipe at last year's X Games in Aspen.
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More and more companies are telling us that they have...
More and more companies are telling us that they have won an Ispo Gold Award or a simple Ispo Award ahead of the Ispo Munich fair. As there are so many of them, we have decided to focus on some of those that have reported winning more than one prize. ...
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Golf Datatech, the market research company covering the sales of...
Golf Datatech, the market research company covering the sales of golf equipment and apparel, has acquired the Golf Retail Audit Service of U.K.-based Sports Marketing Surveys (SMS). As a result of the acquisition, Golf Datatech said it will now be able to deliver market retail research in one consistent format ...
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HeiQ, the Swiss high-tech company producing high performance sustainable effects...
HeiQ, the Swiss high-tech company producing high performance sustainable effects for textiles, is launching a new umbrella branding strategy, which covers all the technologies under the HeiQ parent brand. All the new technology names include the HeiQ brand so as to allow the end consumer to immediately identify the technology ...
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Didriksons has opened its own sales office for the German...
Didriksons has opened its own sales office for the German and Austrian markets in Euromoda, the permanent showroom center in Neuss, taking over from a distributor, Katimpex, which is now representing Tenson. The operation is led by Jan Henning, who worked for New Balance and New Era before. Herkules IV, ...
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Nike is launching a series of women's runs in different...
Nike is launching a series of women's runs in different countries as part of its NikeWomen Victory Tour and NikeWomen Weeks. The NikeWomen Victory Tour is said to be the largest women's event series in the world. For 2016, the tour kicks off on Mar. 13 in Nagoya, Japan, and ...
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Sustainability, ethics and human rights in sports are the topics...
Sustainability, ethics and human rights in sports are the topics of this year's World Sports Forum, organized by the World Federation of the Sporting Goods Industry on Jan. 22 in Munich. The speakers include Shaun McCarthy, former chair of the Commission for a Sustainable London 2012, and Federico Addiecchi, Fifa's ...
