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Puma has signed a two-year global licensing deal with Sesame...
Puma has signed a two-year global licensing deal with Sesame Workshop, formerly known as the Children's Television Workshop, an American non-profit educational organization behind the production of several educational children's programs, including its best-known Sesame Street. Under the terms of the agreement, Puma will launch co-branded apparel, footwear and accessories ...
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The European Outdoor Group has opened online registration for delegates...
The European Outdoor Group has opened online registration for delegates to the next European Outdoor Summit, due to take place in Sheffield, England, on Oct. 13-15. Speeches will be given by Lord Sebastian Coe, the famous British athlete who led London's successful bid for the 2012 Olympic Games, and by ...
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Sports Direct International (SDI), the leading U.K. sports retailer, has...
Sports Direct International (SDI), the leading U.K. sports retailer, has come under scrutiny in a documentary by Channel 4 Dispatches. “The Secrets of Sports Direct” alleged that some of the discounts carried by the retailer may be misleading, because the company was inflating the original price of the products on ...
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Shock Doctor Sports and McDavid have finalized their merger, without...
Shock Doctor Sports and McDavid have finalized their merger, without releasing the financial details of the transaction. Tony Armand, president and chief executive of Shock Doctor, will act as CEO of the new entity. Bob McDavid, president and CEO of the eponymous firm, will act as chairman. The two companies ...
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Kelme will open its first European mono-brand store in Valencia...
Kelme will open its first European mono-brand store in Valencia through a retail partner, using it as a pilot for other stores in Spain. There are already a dozen Kelme stores in Delhi, the capital of India. According to CMD, Kelme raised it sales last year by 30 percent to ...
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The North Face has unveiled “Five to Nine,” a three-minute...
The North Face has unveiled “Five to Nine,” a three-minute film featuring Fearghal O'Nuallain, a London-based geography teacher, as well as a like-minded community of after-hours explorers who do not let their daily urban routine interfere with their passion for the outdoors. Fearghal and his peers hold nine-to-five jobs and ...
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Nike has teamed up with the Nigerian Football Federation (NFF),...
Nike has teamed up with the Nigerian Football Federation (NFF), to supply performance and training kit for the nine men's and women's national teams at all levels from the start of April 2015 until 2018. The Nike outfits for NFF will be debuted by the men's under-20 team at a ...
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Stadium has opened its first outlet store on Finnish soil,...
Stadium has opened its first outlet store on Finnish soil, outside of Helsinki. The outlet store is located in the large Tammisto shopping center in Vantaa. It is also the location of one of Stadium's 26 regular stores in the country. The company has already had a successful roll-out of ...
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Millet has opened its first store in Germany as a...
Millet has opened its first store in Germany as a temporary shop-in-shop in Globetrotter's store in Frankfurt. The French brand will occupy 165 square meters in the store until Feb. 16, 2016. It will organize a slackline challenge and start a testing center in October. Meanwhile, Columbia opened a shop-in-shop ...
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Thule Group reported vastly improved results for the first quarter...
Thule Group reported vastly improved results for the first quarter of 2015. Sales increased by 27.1 percent to 1.37 billion Swedish kronor (€145.6m-$163.1m), although they went up by only 11.5 percent in local currencies, with lower growth in North America than in Europe and the rest of the world. The ...
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Head is the latest supplier of tennis gear to offer...
Head is the latest supplier of tennis gear to offer racquets that are compatible with Sony's Smart Tennis Sensor, in the Graphene XT Speed and Graphene XT Instinct ranges. To be attached to the butt-end of the racquet, the sensor allows players to garner stats on their own game, to ...
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Team Sportia, the recently reorganized Swedish retailer, has opened a...
Team Sportia, the recently reorganized Swedish retailer, has opened a new concept store with a strong focus on bicycles and triathlon in the warmer months and cross-country skiing in the colder months, following the renovation of a former fairly anonymous shop. It is located in Barkarby's Ikea shopping center, next ...
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Wendy Yang will join Deckers Brands on May 1 in…
Wendy Yang will join Deckers Brands on May 1 in the role of president of the Teva brand, reporting to the new president of the group, Dave Powers. Yang has been with New Balance since 2009, working as general manager for wellness, and subsequently for women’s training, lifestyle and walking. ...
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Giant Manufacturing's revenues grew by 11 percent to 60.22 billion...
Giant Manufacturing's revenues grew by 11 percent to 60.22 billion Taiwanese dollars (€1,807m-$1,928m) last year. Unit shipments reached 6.6 million bicycles. The company is forecasting a sales increase of between 5 and 10 percent for this year.
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Harrison Greenberg, 19-year-old son of Michael Greenberg, president of Skechers...
Harrison Greenberg, 19-year-old son of Michael Greenberg, president of Skechers USA, died unexpectedly on April 6 while on a vacation in Thailand. His death was attributed by the company to a tragic and sudden choking accident. Introduced since the age of 15 to the family's business, he had been working ...
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Cristiano Silei, an Italian manager with almost 20 years of...
Cristiano Silei, an Italian manager with almost 20 years of experience in the motorcycle industry, has been appointed as chief executive of Dainese and a member of its board of directors, effective immediately. He takes the place of Federico Minoli, who introduced Silei to the company's new majority shareholder, Investcorp. ...
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Asics engaged its own team of 30 women in last...
Asics engaged its own team of 30 women in last Sunday's Schneider Electric Marathon of Paris, after coaching them for four months. Meanwhile, the Japanese brand is recruiting 15 amateur runners from all over the world to participate in its annual “Beat the Sun” relay running race around the Mont ...
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Sweaty Betty, the British brand of activewear, has opened its...
Sweaty Betty, the British brand of activewear, has opened its first U.S. concession at the Bloomingdale's flagship store in Manhattan. The British brand moved into the U.S. market in 2012 when it opened stores in the Soho district of New York City and in Greenwich, Connecticut. A third standalone store ...
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Adidas has sued Marc Jacobs in an Oregon court for...
Adidas has sued Marc Jacobs in an Oregon court for the designer's use of four parallel stripes along the sleeves of some knitted garments. Adidas claims that they are confusingly similar to the three stripes used in two garments designed in cooperation with Yohji Yamamoto for its own Y-3 line.
