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Body Glove has announced the signing of a licensing agreement...
Body Glove has announced the signing of a licensing agreement with Push Creations to create a new line of Body Glove watches. The watches, designed both for the surfer and the fashion focused swimsuit consumer, are wate- resistant up to a depth of 300 feet and feature innovative styling and ...
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FootBalance has signed an agreement to become an official partner...
FootBalance has signed an agreement to become an official partner of the Finnish National Basketball Team, which was very successful in last year's European Basketball Championships, supplying custom-made footbeds for its members. To celebrate this partnership, FootBalance has released special footbeds from its Susijengi collection that are going to be ...
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Airesis reports a small improvement in the results of Le...
Airesis reports a small improvement in the results of Le Coq Sportif for the first half of 2014. Its sales increased by 4 percent to €52.9 million, with double-digit progress in apparel. The turnover with Russian and Argentinian distributors has been under pressure due to the economic situation in those ...
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Kering has revealed a program to take all its existing...
Kering has revealed a program to take all its existing eyewear licenses in-house with the help of Roberto Vedovotto, who recently left as chief executive of Safilo. Its biggest eyewear license is for Gucci with Safilo, which will get $90 million in compensation for termination of the deal two years ...
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Amer Sports will inaugurate a new Amer Sports Brand Store...
Amer Sports will inaugurate a new Amer Sports Brand Store at the group's headquarters in Helsinki, at Aleksis Kiven katu 17 A, on Aug. 29. The 280-square-meter store will offer a comprehensive selection of products representing the various brands of the group. The store offering will include sports and lifestyle ...
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Peter Weaver, the longtime American executive of Tecnica Group, stopped...
Peter Weaver, the longtime American executive of Tecnica Group, stopped his two-year commitment as its chief executive on Aug. 31. He will continue as chief executive of Tecnica Group USA and remain on the board of director of the Italian company. Alberto Zanatta, general manager of the group, has been ...
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Lyle & Scott has bought Front Up Rugby, the British...
Lyle & Scott has bought Front Up Rugby, the British rugby-inspired clothing brand, for an undisclosed price. Front Up Rugby sells T-shirts, rugby shirts, polo shirts and hoodies through its own website and also has accounts with U.K. retailers including House of Fraser and Debenhams. Lyle & Scott, whose move ...
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Bruckmann, Rosser, Sherrill & Co. (BRS), a New York-based private...
Bruckmann, Rosser, Sherrill & Co. (BRS), a New York-based private equity firm, has acquired New Archery Products (NAP) and Quikfletch from NAP's founder, Andy Simo, and other Quikfletch stockholders. NAP and Quikfletch, based in Forest Park, Illinois, are designers and manufacturers of fixed and mechanical broadheads, vanes and fletching and ...
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Sequential Brands Group has announced a secondary offering of shares...
Sequential Brands Group has announced a secondary offering of shares to raise an estimated $184.2 million, with warrants for additional shares worth more than $40 million. It did so after the completion of its takeover of Galaxy Brand Holdings for US$100 million, adding brands such as And1, Avia and Nevados ...
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Puma has announced plans to buy a stake of up...
Puma has announced plans to buy a stake of up to 5 percent in Borussia Dortmund, a leading German football team that it sponsors, as part of a capital increase that the club unveiled on Aug. 21. Borussia Dortmund is Germany's only listed football club. Dortmund plans to issue up ...
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Jeff Straeder, chief operating officer of Billabong International, has announced...
Jeff Straeder, chief operating officer of Billabong International, has announced the appointment of two new members of his sourcing team, Randy Mikko Royce and Kitty Ho, based in Hong Kong. Royce is joining the company as vice president in charge of the global supply chain, including sourcing, product development and ...
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Cédric Morisset has been appointed vice president of sales at...
Cédric Morisset has been appointed vice president of sales at Orage, the Canadian brand of skiwear. He previously served as vice president of operations at a retail franchisee of the Sports Experts chain and as Canadian country manager for Peak Performance. At Orage, he takes over the sales role from ...
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Crocs has appointed Michelle Poole as its senior vice president...
Crocs has appointed Michelle Poole as its senior vice president of global merchandising, a newly-created position in the company. Poole, who started her new role on Aug. 25, is based at the company's product creation and global shared-services center in Niwot, Colorado. She will report directly to Andrew Rees, president ...
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BRG Sports, formerly called Easton-Bell Sports, has promoted Dan Arment...
BRG Sports, formerly called Easton-Bell Sports, has promoted Dan Arment to executive vice president of the group and president of Bell Cycling Products. He will continue as president of Riddell Sports, a position that he has held since 2008. Arment started at the group nearly 14 years ago as sales ...
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Under Armour is in line to raise the number of...
Under Armour is in line to raise the number of single-brand stores outside the U.S. from 20 to 80 in the course of this year, including 50 in China. About 12 of the existing stores are directly owned by the American company, which is determined to have a stronger presence ...
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Asics is the new title sponsor of two Neon Run...
Asics is the new title sponsor of two Neon Run U.K. events set to take place in October in Leeds and Sunderland, respectively on Oct. 18 and Oct. 25. As part of the deal, besides being the naming rights sponsor, Asics will be the exclusive footwear and technical apparel category ...
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SR Suntour will start assembling rear shocks in France. The...
SR Suntour will start assembling rear shocks in France. The company announced at the recent Eurobike trade show that it will start with rear shocks, but this could be expanded to other bike components such as suspension forks. In the next few months, the Vélovertigo facility in Chambéry, France will ...
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Mario Grahe assumed the newly created position of chief executive...
Mario Grahe assumed the newly created position of chief executive officer at Sportalm Kitzbühel from Sept. 1. Before joining Sportalm, the 47-year old worked as head of sales in the women's outerwear segment at Bogner, as head of sales at Joop and as chief executive at Peek & Cloppenburg. From ...
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Löffler is the first Austrian company to have been awarded...
Löffler is the first Austrian company to have been awarded the STeP certifcate of Oeko-Tex for its sustainable textile production. The company, which belongs to the Fischer group, produces more than 1.3 million pieces each year, exporting about two-thirds to Germany, Switzerland, Italy and other countries. Around 70 percent of ...
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Working through Austrian-based Blue Tomato, Zumiez plans to raise the...
Working through Austrian-based Blue Tomato, Zumiez plans to raise the number of its European stores from 12 to 18 in the course of this year. The American action sports retailer performed better than expected in the second quarter ended Aug. 2, as its net profit jumped by 57.3 percent to ...
