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David Beckham and Simon Fuller, the TV producer best known...
David Beckham and Simon Fuller, the TV producer best known for being the creator of American Idol and the “Idol” franchise, have signed a 50-50 joint venture with Hong Kong-based Global Brands Group (GBG) to develop David Beckham-branded consumer products globally. As reported by The Financial Times, they also plan ...
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Ryan Gellert has been named chief executive of Patagonia Europe,...
Ryan Gellert has been named chief executive of Patagonia Europe, responsible also for the Middle East. He spent the last 15 years with Black Diamond in various roles including that of brand manager, vice president for supply chain management and managing director for Black Diamond Asia. Described as a dynamic ...
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Bernard Liatti, the former top executive of Rossignol, has been...
Bernard Liatti, the former top executive of Rossignol, has been made managing director of Cybergun, the leading specialist in licensed replica airguns with offices in France and the U.S. The company has been taken over by a fund, Restated Investment, which is proceeding to a new €15 million round of ...
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Two Spanish managers, David García and Beni Moret, are reportedly...
Two Spanish managers, David García and Beni Moret, are reportedly taking on the license for Umbro in Spain and Portugal, starting with the autumn/winter 2015/16 season. García is the commercial director of Gescom Sport. Moret is a manager of Anzamar.
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VeronaFiere is starting a new Italian bike show called CosmoBike,...
VeronaFiere is starting a new Italian bike show called CosmoBike, which is set to take place in Verona on Sept. 11-14, 2015. The international event, created by Paolo Coin, who previously ran ExpoBici, will focus on the ongoing evolution of the bicycle, including new materials and production technologies, and will ...
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Felix Geiger will join the executive board of Schöffel in...
Felix Geiger will join the executive board of Schöffel in January in the position of managing director in charge of finance, general organization and IT. He will also run the German company's Professional Wear division. The 42-year-old comes from Escada, where he acted lately as executive vice president for finance. ...
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The X-Bionic brand of X-Technology joined Victorinox and Honeywell in...
The X-Bionic brand of X-Technology joined Victorinox and Honeywell in the Hall of Fame of the prestigious Swiss Innovation Award as it celebrated its 25th anniversary in Zurich. Meanwhile, X-Technology, Schoeller, Sympatex Technologies and Polartec took Best Innovation prizes at the recent inaugural Future Materials Awards organized by the World ...
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A small Swiss company called Faction Collective will design, manufacture...
A small Swiss company called Faction Collective will design, manufacture and market a new range of Roxy branded freeride and freestyle skis for the autumn/winter 2015/16 season. Formed in 2006, Faction Collective makes its own branded skis at an undisclosed location in Europe and sells them in 30 countries. The ...
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Décathlon has inaugurated a new campus for its three “mountain...
Décathlon has inaugurated a new campus for its three “mountain brands”: Quechua (outdoor), Wed'ze (snow sports) and Simond (climbing). The site regroups nearly 300 people who were previously dispersed over six sites, not including the workers at Simond's factory at Les Ouches. The new campus is located at Passy, near ...
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Sports Direct has unveiled plans for a gym chain in...
Sports Direct has unveiled plans for a gym chain in the U.K. that it said will revolutionize the market. The retailer plans to open 200 fitness clubs offering membership at the very affordable and unprecedented price of £5 (€6.3-$7.9) per month. Members will also have to pay a £10 (€12.6-$15.7) joining fee. ...
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Lidl, the discount supermarket chain, has had a request to...
Lidl, the discount supermarket chain, has had a request to cancel a trademark held by Crocs thrown out by the Community Trade Mark Office of the European Union. The claim related to the 3D shape of the recognizable plastic shoes across the EU. In a document filed to the Cancellation ...
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CNPC (Ecole Supérieure de Commerce du Sport), the French training...
CNPC (Ecole Supérieure de Commerce du Sport), the French training institution for personnel of sporting goods stores, joined forces with Club Méditerranée in Japan to train skiing specialists for the Club there. The eight-day session, which brought together 12 young trainees, started on Nov. 26 with the aim to have ...
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Starting next year, Columbia Sportswear will be the new partner...
Starting next year, Columbia Sportswear will be the new partner of the Ultra Trail du Mont Blanc (UTMB) through three of its brands: Columbia, Mountain Hardwear and Montrail. Taking the place of The North Face after many years, it will outfit all the participants in the races with shoes and ...
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Golfino has launched its first omni-channel concept in Denmark, with...
Golfino has launched its first omni-channel concept in Denmark, with the idea of rolling it out to other parts of Europe after an initial trial phase. The launch coincides with the start-up of a golfino.dk online store and the opening of the German brand's first flagship store in Denmark, measuring ...
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Messe München confirms that the European Outdoor Group will exclusively...
Messe München confirms that the European Outdoor Group will exclusively support the new multi-sport Ispo Shanghai fair, scheduled for next July 2-4. The show will focus on outdoor as well as action sports, water sports, performance sports and fitness. Numerous outdoor brands have already confirmed their participation including Black Diamond, ...
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A German district court has ordered the dismissal of Thomas...
A German district court has ordered the dismissal of Thomas Mayer as managing director of Mitteldeutsche Fahrradwerke (Mifa), the insolvent German bicycle manufacturer. The court has decided that its court-appointed administrator, Lucas Flöther, will be the only decision-maker at the company. The supervisory board has named a new chief executive, ...
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The European Cycling Federation (ECF) has discovered that more than...
The European Cycling Federation (ECF) has discovered that more than €2 billion can be unlocked for cycling from European Union subsidies until 2020. This amount is three times bigger than the amount available during the former financial period. The ECF reported the figure in its recent Cycling for Growth plan, ...
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Performance Days, the trade fair for functional fabrics for sports...
Performance Days, the trade fair for functional fabrics for sports and work clothing, which took place in Munich on Nov. 4-5, registered a record number of visitors and exhibitors. The event welcomed 1,097 visitors, as compared to 1,020 last year, from 27 countries. The largest contingents from outside the EU ...
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Reebok has signed a six-year partnership deal with UFC (Ultimate...
Reebok has signed a six-year partnership deal with UFC (Ultimate Fighting Championship), the world's largest organization for the promotion of mixed martial arts. Under the terms of the agreement, for an unspecified amount of money, Reebok will be the exclusive supplier of uniforms and commercial outfitter of UFC worldwide. UFC ...
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Décathlon is set to open its first downtown store in...
Décathlon is set to open its first downtown store in Berlin next spring, covering 6,000 square meters in the Rathaus-Passagen on the central Alexanderplatz. It will be its fourth downtown store in Germany, where it has run into many problems with urban planning authorities.
