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Marks & Spencer has reportedly teamed up with Norman Walsh...
Marks & Spencer has reportedly teamed up with Norman Walsh Footwear, an upmarket British sports footwear company with production facilities in Britain. The Daily Telegraph reports that M&S is to sell a range of eight models at about £110 per pair under its Best of British label. The tie-up will ...
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Lululemon Athletica has announced that Delaney Schweitzer, executive vice president...
Lululemon Athletica has announced that Delaney Schweitzer, executive vice president of global retail, has resigned from the company, effective May 29. Schweitzer is one of the company's pioneers. She joined Lululemon in 2002, and helped the yoga-inspired athletic apparel firm grow from one store in Canada to more than 300 ...
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Wolverine Worldwide announced that Gene McCarthy, who has been president...
Wolverine Worldwide announced that Gene McCarthy, who has been president of the Merrell brand since August 2013, has left the company. His functions are being taken over on a temporary basis by Jim Gabel, president of the company's Performance Group, which also includes Chaco and Saucony. Gabel came to Wolverine ...
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New Balance has announced plans for a flagship store on...
New Balance has announced plans for a flagship store on London's Oxford Street, which should open around the middle of next year. The store on the ultra-busy shopping street is to cover 1,200 square meters. The displays will highlight the company's innovation as well as that it manufactures in England. ...
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The North Face has announced the expansion of its recycling...
The North Face has announced the expansion of its recycling program, Clothes the Loop, to all of its retail and outlet stores within the U.S. The brand started it as a pilot program at 10 of its retail locations nationwide in February 2013. In parallel, the brand is launching an ...
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APJeT, a U.S.-based textiles specialty coatings company, will collaborate with...
APJeT, a U.S.-based textiles specialty coatings company, will collaborate with VF Corporation on potential uses for its textile finishing technology. The collaboration between the two companies is connected with VF's Global Innovation Center activities. VF operates three centers in the U.S. which work to develop advancements in apparel, footwear and ...
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Boardsport Source reports that Snowide, the parent company for Apo,...
Boardsport Source reports that Snowide, the parent company for Apo, a snowboarding and skiing equipment and apparel brand, is in the process of liquidation. Apo's founder, Régis Rolland, apparently left the company a few months ago. Owned by Russian investors, Snowide further comprises the White Doctor brand and several distribution ...
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Goldwin, the Japanese ski and outdoor apparel company, reported a...
Goldwin, the Japanese ski and outdoor apparel company, reported a sales increase of 4.6 percent to ¥57.4 billion (€426.3m-$475.5m) for the fiscal year until the end of March. Goldwin, which distributes a mass of sports and outdoor brands in Japan, South Korea and other parts of Asia, reaped operating income ...
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Manchester United reports that its retail, merchandising, apparel and product...
Manchester United reports that its retail, merchandising, apparel and product licensing revenues contracted by 9.5 percent to £7.6 million (€10.6m-$11.8m) for the third quarter of its fiscal year, up to the end of March. This was chiefly due to reduced guaranteed revenue from Nike, as the club failed to qualify ...
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Dean Polic has been appointed as country manager for Mammut...
Dean Polic has been appointed as country manager for Mammut in Germany, starting from June. He has been with the company for 14 years and is currently head of marketing for the Swiss outdoor brand in Germany. His predecessor, Ernst Schweble, who has been building up Mammut in Germany since ...
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Lowa is reinforcing its investments in Asia with the appointment...
Lowa is reinforcing its investments in Asia with the appointment of Matthias Preussel in the new position of sales director for Asia-Pacific. He previously worked as head of sales at Mammut, helping to set up a Chinese subsidiary for the Swiss outdoor brand, supervising its operations in South Korea and ...
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Under Armour is stepping up investments in European rugby through...
Under Armour is stepping up investments in European rugby through a kit sponsorship deal with the Wasps. As the English club's official technical apparel partner, Under Armour gets to supply match day and training gear, with new outfits to be presented this summer. It has also obtained commercial rights and ...
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Jörg Aumüller is reportedly taking over as country manager for...
Jörg Aumüller is reportedly taking over as country manager for German and Austria at Helly Hansen in the middle of May. The job was previously handled by Harry Schedlbauer, who has left in January to become global commercial manager at Atomic Austria. Aumüller has been in the outdoor and sports ...
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Hervis continues to expand outside Austria by opening its fifth...
Hervis continues to expand outside Austria by opening its fifth store in Bavaria later this year, most likely in the autumn. The discount-oriented chain has rented a 1,000-square-meter space in a shopping center in Neumarkt.
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Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Babolat are creating a tennis camp for...
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Babolat are creating a tennis camp for young people, the first ever in France led by a professional player still playing competitively. The camp, which will be held at the Tennis Club de Lyon on July 26-30 this year, will be open to 100 young players aged ...
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DyStar, a supplier of dyestuffs based in Singapore, has made...
DyStar, a supplier of dyestuffs based in Singapore, has made a commitment to develop new products that are suitable for the waterless dyeing technology of DyeCoo, collaborating with the Dutch company for their development. The two companies will work together to improve suitable dyes and extend their range for application ...
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The Correctional Court of Bayonne has ordered Volcom's European subsidiary...
The Correctional Court of Bayonne has ordered Volcom's European subsidiary in nearby Anglet to pay fine of €150,000 for evasion of French taxes in 2008 and 2009. A spokesman for Kering, which acquired the American boardsports brand in 2011, said it will pay the fine although the offense occurred prior ...
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Brooks Running has teamed up with Eurosport to become its...
Brooks Running has teamed up with Eurosport to become its broadcast partner for the marathons and IAAF World Championships, as part of a wider multi-media campaign launching this month. Apart from advertising the brand, the pan-European broadcaster will host a branded hub for Brooks Running on its website, with exclusive ...
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Yonex, which is gearing up to begin direct sales in...
Yonex, which is gearing up to begin direct sales in the Chinese market, reported a 48 percent increase in net income to 1,694 million yen (€12.4m-$14.2m) on 10 percent higher revenues of ¥47,619 million (€348.6m-$399.1m) for the financial year ended March 31. Sales grew by 18 percent in Europe to ...
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Herman van Beveren, chief executive of Decathlon in Belgium, told...
Herman van Beveren, chief executive of Decathlon in Belgium, told the Belgian newspaper Le Soir that the French retailer could expand by another 40 stores in the small country. Decathlon has already reformed the Belgian sports retail landscape in the last years by expanding to 23 stores. The latest store, ...
