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England Rugby aims to get 10,000 more women playing the...
England Rugby aims to get 10,000 more women playing the sport by 2017. The Rugby Football Union (RFU), which is the national governing body for grassroots and elite rugby in England, is holding a countrywide series of free rugby sessions called Pitch up and Play, open to women of all ...
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Go Sport has collected nearly €40,000 to support the tennis...
Go Sport has collected nearly €40,000 to support the tennis section of the French Handisport Federation (FFH), which promotes tennis for disabled people in France. The sporting goods retailer had recently proposed its clients donate €1 in cash for this cause. In 2014, when the initiative was first launched, Go ...
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Gordon Stanley Merchant, founder of Billabong, has purchased 104,131 shares...
Gordon Stanley Merchant, founder of Billabong, has purchased 104,131 shares in the Australian company at a price of 67,570.61 Australian dollars (€42,476.92-$47,495.48). He thus owns 109,036,051 shares in Billabong, giving him a stake of a little over 11 percent. Oaktree Capital Management and Centerbridge Partners are still the largest shareholders, ...
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Goldwin has agreed to buy a 12 percent stake in...
Goldwin has agreed to buy a 12 percent stake in Spiber worth ¥3 billion (€22.2m-$25.0m) to commercialize its synthetic spider-web-like material, which derives from biomass and is therefore eco-friendly. The value of the company is nearly ¥25 billion (€185.4m-$208.7m). Qmonos, the name of the synthetic spider-web-like fiber, derives from the ...
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361° reports a 15 percent increase in orders taken at...
361° reports a 15 percent increase in orders taken at its recent summer in-house fair at its industrial complex in Jinjiang City. The growth was driven by an increase of 9 percent in volume and 14 percent in average selling prices for the company's footwear products, especially in the running ...
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Sports Direct International has bought a stake of 18.9 percent...
Sports Direct International has bought a stake of 18.9 percent in Findel, a British multi-channel retailer that owns an online sports retailer, Kitbag, specializing in the sale of replica kits for major football teams. Reportedly, Findel previously refused an offer by Mike Ashley to buy Kitbag alone. It turns out ...
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IC Group raised its equity on Sept. 18 by 485,900...
IC Group raised its equity on Sept. 18 by 485,900 Danish kroner to DKK170,562,470 (€22,861,806-$25,562,392) through an exercise of warrants. The new capital consists of 17,056,247 shares and voting rights. IC Group, which is the parent company of Peak Performance, has also signed a market maker agreement with Danske Bank ...
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Marti Batalla, who founded Grifone in 1984, is leaving the...
Marti Batalla, who founded Grifone in 1984, is leaving the Spanish outerwear company after more than 20 years at its helm. His departure is related to the acquisition of a controlling stake in the company by Ramón Cierco, who began to invest in Grifone in 2011. Other shareholders are Sandro ...
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The organizing committee for the 2020 Summer Olympic Games in...
The organizing committee for the 2020 Summer Olympic Games in Tokyo has recommended the addition of four new sports to its programs: baseball/softball, surfing, skateboarding, karate and sports climbing. Applications made by the representatives of three other sports - bowling, squash and wushu - were not accepted. Baseball and softball, ...
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Seth Wescott, a 39-year-old American pro snowboard rider who has...
Seth Wescott, a 39-year-old American pro snowboard rider who has collected many medals, has made an unspecified investment in Winterstick Snowboards as the American company plans to set up its first workshop to make customized snowboards. The company will transform an old barn on the western side of Sugarloaf Mountain, ...
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Gianni Crespi, 56, is reportedly going to act as the...
Gianni Crespi, 56, is reportedly going to act as the new chief executive and vice chairman of Basicnet from next May, when the company's chairman and founder, Marco Boglione, will turn 60. Basicnet, which is the parent company of Kappa, Robe di Kappa, K-Way and Superga, is not confirming or ...
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Authentic Brands Group (ABG) and the Global Brands Group (GBG)...
Authentic Brands Group (ABG) and the Global Brands Group (GBG) are expanding the Spyder brand in the South Korean market, with the planned opening of about 25 stores by the end of the year. A wide and colorful range of Spyder products is being launched through shop-in-shops at prominent department ...
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Harbinger, a U.S. supplier of performance strength and fitness accessories,...
Harbinger, a U.S. supplier of performance strength and fitness accessories, has been acquired by Implus, a multi-brand company specializing in athletic, fitness and outdoor products. Established in 1988, Harbinger supplies a wide range of products such as gloves, belts, straps, strength training aids and functional fitness items. Implus, which has ...
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Acushnet, which is the parent company of Titleist and Footjoy,...
Acushnet, which is the parent company of Titleist and Footjoy, is holding discussions with various investment banks in preparation for a possible return to the stock market, according to Bloomberg. The company, which has been performing better than TaylorMade-Adidas Golf and other golf majors in a difficult market, was sold ...
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Adidas France is to transfer its French head office to...
Adidas France is to transfer its French head office to Strasbourg toward the end of 2017, in the new business area of Wacken. It will thus leave the village of Landersheim near Saverne, where it was established in 1973. Despite repeated renovations, the office complex was apparently no longer suitable. ...
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Mammut will adopt the Responsible Down Standard, initiated by The...
Mammut will adopt the Responsible Down Standard, initiated by The North Face and promoted by Textile Exchange, for 100 percent of its spring/summer 2016 collection. About 70 percent of the down used by the Swiss brand in its winter 2015/16 collection is already RDS-certified.
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After divesting several non-core operations, IC Group has shrunk its...
After divesting several non-core operations, IC Group has shrunk its executive board from eight to six members. The former chief financial officer, Rud Trabjerg Pedersen, and the former chief executive of By Malene Birger, Charlotte Egelund, have resigned from their positions. Alexander Martensen-Larsen, 40, will be the group's new CFO, adding ...
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Claes Broqvist, who has resigned after six years as sales...
Claes Broqvist, who has resigned after six years as sales director of Odlo Sportswear, is moving from Switzerland to Italy next January to fill a new position at Oberalp, parent company of Salewa, Dynafit and other brands, as regional general manager in charge of North America, Asia, the U.K. and ...
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Nike wants to source all of its electricity from renewable...
Nike wants to source all of its electricity from renewable energy by 2025, it was announced by the The Climate Group last week. Eric Sprunk, Nike's chief operating officer, is quoted as saying in a press release that the group is proud to join RE100 – an ambitious global campaign ...
