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Deckers Brands has promoted Dave Powers to the role of...
Deckers Brands has promoted Dave Powers to the role of president of the company. In his new role, he will lead the omni-channel, as well as each of the brand teams. Deckers' portfolio of brands includes Ugg, Teva, Ahnu, Sanuk, and Hoka One One. Powers joined Deckers in 2012 as ...
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Deckers Brands has launched a multi-brand e-commerce platform in Singapore...
Deckers Brands has launched a multi-brand e-commerce platform in Singapore and Australia, to be followed by openings in Hong Kong at the end of this month, and Malaysia and South Korea before the end of June. The company plans to launch it in New Zealand and Taiwan in 2016 and ...
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Patagonia has promoted Bruce Old to the position of vice...
Patagonia has promoted Bruce Old to the position of vice president of global wholesale. His mission will be to elevate the company's presence in all specialty retail channels, continuing to build up a global customer service team. Old has spent more than 20 years with Patagonia, working in retail, wholesale ...
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Cocona has filed a request for a declaratory U.S....
Cocona has filed a request for a declaratory U.S. court judgment that its patented 37.5 technology does not infringe on two U.S. patents held by a producer of bed sheets and sleepwear, Sheex. The latter had filed two lawsuits in a federal U.S. court against Cocona last Nov. 12, ...
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Vista Outdoor, the sporting goods and outdoor company recently spun...
Vista Outdoor, the sporting goods and outdoor company recently spun off from Alliant Techsystems (ATK), has appointed a vice president of marketing, Brett Merrell, and a vice president of investor relations, Michael Pici. They report to Mark DeYoung, chairman and chief executive of Vista Outdoor. Merrell has been placed in ...
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Patagonia wants to give its contribution to the completion of...
Patagonia wants to give its contribution to the completion of the Patagonia National Park, located in the Patagonian region, shared by Argentina and Chile. The outdoor brand has presented Mile for Mile, a 15-minute film celebrating the Patagonian landscape through the sport of trail running, in an effort to attract ...
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Décathlon has opened a new store concept at the train...
Décathlon has opened a new store concept at the train station of Lille Flandres, near the retail giant's head office in northern France. Décathlon Mobility focuses on urban transport, selling mostly bicycles, scooters, luggage, footwear, accessories and a range of seasonal products. The store also provides a click and collect ...
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The sporting goods segment of the Conzzeta group, represented essentially...
The sporting goods segment of the Conzzeta group, represented essentially by the Mammut Sports Group, had stable results in 2014 in terms of Swiss francs. It generated an operating margin of 8.3 percent, down from 8.5 percent in 2013, while revenues rose to CHF 249.9 million (€239.1m-$260.0m) from CHF 247.0 ...
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Primaloft has promoted Victoria Lee to manager of creative services,...
Primaloft has promoted Victoria Lee to manager of creative services, with immediate effect. Lee joined the company in 2006 and most recently served as brand and promotions associate. In her expanded role, she will assume a wider range of responsibilities in global creative and branding. She will also serve as ...
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New data filed by Fila Korea show that its operating...
New data filed by Fila Korea show that its operating margin has been declining since a ratio of 16.5 percent of revenues in 2010. It fell last year to 11.7 percent from 13.3 percent in 2013. As previously reported, the company's annual revenues rose by 8 percent in 2014 to ...
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Décathlon has reopened its first Spanish store, which it had...
Décathlon has reopened its first Spanish store, which it had launched 23 years ago at Montigalá, near Badalona. The surface has been expanded slightly to 3,675 square meters. It features new spaces for fitness, cycling and mountain sports.
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Décathlon has released the first results of its test phase...
Décathlon has released the first results of its test phase with Packcity, an automated in-store locker that allows customers to collect the items they have previously bought on-line. Nine stores were equipped with the automated locker solution before Christmas, to test the solution during a particularly busy time of year. ...
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Stefan Dvonoczky is going to take the place of Peter...
Stefan Dvonoczky is going to take the place of Peter Untersperger as chief executive of Lenzing, starting on June 1. The Austrian-based supplier of Tencel and other fibers reported a net loss of €14.2 million for the past year, compared with net income of over €30 million the previous year, ...
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Vans has promoted Lance Eddy to the position of sales...
Vans has promoted Lance Eddy to the position of sales director. In his new role, he will be leading product strategy and core marketing in the U.S., and will be coordinating the distribution of the brand in Europe, Africa and the Middle East. Eddy joined Vans in 1997 as a ...
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The North Face has launched “Power In Me,” its...
The North Face has launched “Power In Me,” its multi-channel campaign for spring/summer 2015, all over Europe. The campaign is based on three short films - “Untouched Ground,” “Always Moving,” and “From Five To Nine” - featuring the alpinist David Goettler, the ultra trail runner Lizzy Hawker, and the ...
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Lowa and Schöffel have opened their first joint store...
Lowa and Schöffel have opened their first joint store in Austria. It is located in Innsbruck and managed by Schöffel's Austrian subsidiary, which is based in the city. With this opening, the two brands have now a total of 23 common stores in Germany, Austria and Italy.
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Galeries Lafayette will transform the Salon Opéra, on the seventh...
Galeries Lafayette will transform the Salon Opéra, on the seventh floor of its Parisian flagship department store into a temporary gym on April 13-18. To celebrate the recent opening of its new 4,300-square-foot “Fashion Sport” space, in mid-March, devoted to women's sports, the store will organize yoga and sports sessions ...
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Netshoes, the world's largest internet retailer for sporting goods, has...
Netshoes, the world's largest internet retailer for sporting goods, has secured $45 million in new funding from Riverwood Capital and the International Finance Corporation, which belongs to the World Bank, to further expand its presence in Argentina and Mexico. It should also help the Brazilian company to develop its own ...
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Greenpeace has labeled Nike and Li Ning as “greenwashers” for...
Greenpeace has labeled Nike and Li Ning as “greenwashers” for not fully keeping their promises regarding the ecological sustainability of their supply chains. Greenpeace's Detox campaign, launched in 2011, calls on companies to commit to an individual “Detox solution” to eliminate the use and release of all hazardous chemicals from ...
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As part of their long-standing partnerships, Reebok and Les Mills...
As part of their long-standing partnerships, Reebok and Les Mills International have started staging a series of one-day fitness festivals in major cities where anybody is invited to participate, working out in unison. The venues will include the Grand Palais in Paris and the Ziggo Dome in Amsterdam. The Reebok ...
