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Dainese and Alpinestars are involved in a patent dispute revolving...
Dainese and Alpinestars are involved in a patent dispute revolving around the airbag construction of their motorcycling suits. Dainese, which is using its D-air airbag technology also for racing skiwear, obtained two preliminary injunctions from a Munich court in October against a local dealer on suspicion that its sale of ...
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Altra, the footwear brand owned by the Icon Health &...
Altra, the footwear brand owned by the Icon Health & Fitness Group, unveiled a new smart shoe at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas last week. The Altra IQ is powered by iFit, the Icon group's digital platform for fitness tracking and recommendations. A thin multi-sensor system is ...
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Atomic and Salomon, two ski brands owned by the Amer...
Atomic and Salomon, two ski brands owned by the Amer Sports group, have teamed up with We Powder to create Mountain Academy, which provides online snow safety education. The online platform features a series of high-quality videos, pictures, animations and self-tests, which help students to identify various types of avalanches, ...
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Andreas Rauter has left as European sales manager of Burton...
Andreas Rauter has left as European sales manager of Burton (which will not have a stand at the next Ispo Munich show) to replace Miro Geise as country manager of O'Neill for Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Before his three-year station at Burton Europe, Rauter worked as export manager of Oberalp ...
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Wolverine Worldwide announced yesterday yet another change in the top...
Wolverine Worldwide announced yesterday yet another change in the top management with the appointment of Pat O'Malley as president of the Saucony brand. Reporting to Jim Gabel, president of the company's Performance Group, he takes the place of Richie Woodworth, who was recently named president of Wolverine's Lifestyle Group. O'Malley ...
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Billabong International announced the retirement of Ed Leasure, president of...
Billabong International announced the retirement of Ed Leasure, president of the Americas, after 40 years in the action sports industry and nine years with the company. Billabong also announced a new operating structure for the region, redistributing functions. Shannan North, president of the Billabong brand, will run the group's remaining ...
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BSI, the German sporting goods industry federation, announced yesterday the...
BSI, the German sporting goods industry federation, announced yesterday the abrupt departure of its chairperson, Désirée Derin-Holzapfel. She took the responsibility in 2007 from her father Ernst-Albert Holzapfel, who pass away last June. The reason given for her resignation is the insolvency of her company, Friedola Gebr. Holzapfel, where she ...
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The North Face has announced it is introducing an autumn...
The North Face has announced it is introducing an autumn 2016 line with 100 percent ecologically responsible down. The autumn 2016 collection includes more than 500 down-insulated apparel pieces globally made with down that is certified through the Responsible Down Standard (RDS). The company planned to include 100 percent responsible ...
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Polartec has announced the launch of Polartec Delta, its first...
Polartec has announced the launch of Polartec Delta, its first cooling platform, at Outdoor Retailer Winter Market 2016. Delta is a wicking fabric for performance in warmer climates inspired by the design of car radiators. The new fabric is made of an optimal base layer that is said to be ...
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Callaway has announced that Tom Watson and Marc Leishman have...
Callaway has announced that Tom Watson and Marc Leishman have joined its Golf's Tour staff after agreeing multiyear deals with the California-based equipment manufacturer. The financial terms of the deals were not disclosed. Watson, 66, who joins Callaway after spending 15 years with Adams Golf, is widely considered as one ...
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Peak Sport Products, the Chinese sports footwear and apparel brand,...
Peak Sport Products, the Chinese sports footwear and apparel brand, said that orders increased at a low-teens rate at wholesale prices at its sales fair for the third quarter of this year. Basketball and running footwear remained the brand's best-selling products, due to rising demand for performance sports products. Footwear ...
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Christian Ender has been appointed international sales manager at Bogner,...
Christian Ender has been appointed international sales manager at Bogner, taking the place of Klaus Grönefeld who is moving to an unidentified firm. Ender, 39, acted most recently as general manager of Louis Vuitton's office for Central Europe, responsible for five countries. He previously worked for Hugo Boss, helping it ...
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Dan Wille has been appointed general manager and vice president...
Dan Wille has been appointed general manager and vice president of InMovement, the brand that was formally launched in September by Brunswick Corporation to provide equipment for a more active workplace. Wille was previously at Life Fitness, the group's core fitness brand, as vice president supervising the product development, engineering ...
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Arne Strate, who has been responsible for marketing at Volcom...
Arne Strate, who has been responsible for marketing at Volcom in Germany and Austria for ten years, is joining the growing European Outdoor Group (EOG) in the new position of marketing and business development manager. He previously worked for Reef. More in The Outdoor Industry Compass.
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The Outdoor Retailer Winter Market reports stable attendance at its...
The Outdoor Retailer Winter Market reports stable attendance at its latest session in Salt Lake City. The organizers estimate a total of 22,000 attendees. More than 1,060 brands exhibited at the show, and 19 percent of the exhibitors were new to the fair. The business mood was not great, according ...
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New Balance has worked with Grenson, a famous British footwear...
New Balance has worked with Grenson, a famous British footwear producer, to put out a sneaker made at their factories in England. Using calfskin leather, Grenson decorated the upper at its own plant in Northampton, and New Balance assembled the components at its own factory in Flimby. New Balance describes ...
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Woodworm Cricket has become the new sponsor of Ian Bell,...
Woodworm Cricket has become the new sponsor of Ian Bell, the England and Warwickshire batsman, taking the place of Kookaburra. The English champion won the Ashes, the test cricket series played between the England and Australian teams, five times.
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Uhlsport's Kempa brand has become the new official supplier of...
Uhlsport's Kempa brand has become the new official supplier of the Swedish handball team under a three-year contract starting on Jan. 1, 2016. The German company has also announced a new deal for Kempa in the volleyball sector with the state team of Württemberg in Germany.
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Li Ning, the Chinese sports company that has been struggling...
Li Ning, the Chinese sports company that has been struggling to take advantage of the market's clean-up in the last two years, says it will break even in 2015 after three years of losses, based on unaudited numbers for the eleven months until the end of November. The company suffered ...
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Sales have been slowing down lately at Pou Sheng International,...
Sales have been slowing down lately at Pou Sheng International, the retail and distribution subsidiary of Yue Yuen. Based on preliminary figures, the company's operating revenues grew by 16.2 percent to $2.30 billion in 2015, but they were up by only 8.5 percent in November and by 1.7 percent in ...
