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Puma has announced the conclusion of a joint venture agreement...
Puma has announced the conclusion of a joint venture agreement in North America for children's wear with United Legwear & Apparel (ULC) of New York. However, the Wild Cat is facing a legal challenge from its previous U.S. licensee for children's products, a company called Parigi, which has reportedly sued ...
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SportScheck has concluded an agreement with InterCityHotels, a chain of...
SportScheck has concluded an agreement with InterCityHotels, a chain of hotels belonging to the Steigenberger Hotel Group. The 100,000-odd participants in the urban running races organized by the German retailer and BMW in 20 cities will be given special treatment. The chain will also grant special prices to the ...
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Mammut is asking owners of a Mammut/Snowpulse avalanche airbag as...
Mammut is asking owners of a Mammut/Snowpulse avalanche airbag as a precaution to re-equip the release units of the backpacks with a special plastic clip. The point of possible concern is the connection between the release mechanism and the Venturi valve in avalanche airbags produced for the winter seasons from ...
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A veteran of the international sporting goods industry, Alistair Thorburn,...
A veteran of the international sporting goods industry, Alistair Thorburn, has been appointed managing director of international operations for Confluence Outdoor. He acted most recently as international president of Pure Fishing, the fishing tackle subsidiary of Jarden Corp., where he coordinated 19 different subsidiaries. His career includes leading positions at ...
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Fjällräven has made a “Down Promise” that all its new...
Fjällräven has made a “Down Promise” that all its new products will only use ethically produced down feathers of the highest quality. After several years of work on this increasingly sensitive issue, the Swedish company says it is now working with one supplier who shares its views on animal welfare, ...
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Vista Outdoor, the sporting goods spin-off from Alliant Techsystems that...
Vista Outdoor, the sporting goods spin-off from Alliant Techsystems that owns Bushnell, Bollé and a raft of other brands, mostly in the firearms segment, is evaluating several merger and acquisition opportunities to diversify its product portfolio in areas such as camping, cycling, fishing, golf, snow sports, trail sports and water ...
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Romain Bardet is a new ambassador for the Gel Intérim...
Romain Bardet is a new ambassador for the Gel Intérim Rossignol Nordic Team. The professional cyclist, who competes with France-based AG2R team, finished 6th in the 2014 Tour de France and 15th overall in the Tour de France 2013. He joins Marie Laure Brunet, double Olympic medalist in biathlon, who ...
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Safilo has decided to locate its global sports & outdoor...
Safilo has decided to locate its global sports & outdoor division in the new Pacific Coast Design Center in Portland, Oregon. The site will also serve as the head office of Smith Sports Optics for product development, marketing, sales and e-commerce. Chatham Baker and Drew Chilson will serve as creative ...
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The Recreation & Leisure segment of Dorel Industries has changed...
The Recreation & Leisure segment of Dorel Industries has changed its name to Dorel Sports and made another acquisition in Latin America. After the takeover of Caloi in Brazil, the Canadian parent company of Cannondale, GT, Schwinn, Sugoi and other bike brands is taking over the assets of Intercycles, a ...
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Pentland Brands has announced a series of senior leadership appointments....
Pentland Brands has announced a series of senior leadership appointments. Sean Hastings, vice president of product and marketing for Speedo, has been appointed Pentland's global marketing director. Jamie Cornforth, currently Speedo's head of category strategy & planning, product & marketing, becomes Speedo's interim vice president of product and marketing. Carl ...
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Bauer Hockey, a subsidiary of Performance Sports Group, has announced...
Bauer Hockey, a subsidiary of Performance Sports Group, has announced it will open its first Bauer Hockey store, called “Own The Moment,” in the Boston suburb of Burlington, Massachusetts, in late summer. A second location will start up in the Minneapolis area in the autumn. The company currently plans an ...
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Columbia has announced it will be the equipment partner of...
Columbia has announced it will be the equipment partner of The Mud Day in 2015. The Mud Day is an obstacle course organized by Amaury Sport Organisation (A.S.O.), which organises the Tour de France and other competitions. In 2014, its second year, it lasted nine days and covered six French ...
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Isbjörn of Sweden, the ten-year-old specialty brand of functional apparel...
Isbjörn of Sweden, the ten-year-old specialty brand of functional apparel for children, has created the new position of export manager. The job will be done by Martin Eisele. The 41-year-old spent 17 years at Adidas in Scandinavia, most recently as head of sales coordination for the Scandinavian markets. At Isbjörn, ...
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The minimum monthly wage for apparel and footwear workers in...
The minimum monthly wage for apparel and footwear workers in Cambodia was raised on Jan. 1 by 28 percent to US$128, below the $160 level that had been requested by the labor unions. According to the International Labor Organization, the raise may trigger an increase of between 2.4 and 3.0 ...
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Primaloft has joined the Sustainable Apparel Coalition (SAC). It will...
Primaloft has joined the Sustainable Apparel Coalition (SAC). It will contribute data and resources to support the Higg Index. More than 140 companies are already members of SAC, incluing global members and retailers such as Adidas, Nike, VF Corp., C&A, Gap and H&M.
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Lululemon Athletica has appointed Stuart Haselden as its new chief...
Lululemon Athletica has appointed Stuart Haselden as its new chief financial officer, with an expected start date of Feb. 2. He will replace John Currie, the company's long-time finance chief, who announced in June that he was planning to retir. Haselden will report to the company's chief executive officer, Laurent ...
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ExOfficio, part of Jarden Corp.'s Outdoor Solutions segment, has appointed...
ExOfficio, part of Jarden Corp.'s Outdoor Solutions segment, has appointed Julie Snow as vice president of design and product development. Snow has over 20 years of experience in the apparel industry. She was vice president of design and merchandising for eight years at Cutter & Buck and prior to that, ...
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Spalding has appointed Kenyatta Bynoe as senior director of marketing....
Spalding has appointed Kenyatta Bynoe as senior director of marketing. She replaces Wendy Unger-Moore, who has taken a position overseas with Fruit of the Loom, parent company of Russell Brands, the owner of the Spalding brand. In her new position, Bynoe will direct the strategic planning, production and campaign execution ...
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Mathilde Lacoste has become the artistic director of Fusalp, the...
Mathilde Lacoste has become the artistic director of Fusalp, the French skiwear brand acquired by Philippe Lacoste and his sister Sophie one year ago. She is the wife of Philippe Lacoste and has already started to work on the autumn/winter 2015/16 collection, which will be very different from the ...
