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Mitre has signed a new partnership agreement with Lucozade Powerleague,...
Mitre has signed a new partnership agreement with Lucozade Powerleague, the largest five-a-side football center operator in the U.K. The three-year deal will see all five-a-side leagues playing with a Mitre football designed specifically for Lucozade Powerleague as well as a range of joint initiatives including a national tournament leading ...
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Hickies, the two-year-old American company that has launched an innovative...
Hickies, the two-year-old American company that has launched an innovative elastic lacing system for shoes, has raised $4.2 million in funding through the Collaborative Fund and the venture arm of an unnamed global footwear brand. Based in Brooklyn, New York, the company intends to use the proceeds for the development ...
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Intersport Austria has appointed Mathias Boenke to the position of...
Intersport Austria has appointed Mathias Boenke to the position of chief executive. From April, he will be responsible for Intersport's business activities in Austria, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary. Boenke has previously worked as chief executive at Huber Holding, the Austrian company that owns the brands Huber Bodywear, Skiny ...
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Under Armour is launching its products in Brazil, starting with...
Under Armour is launching its products in Brazil, starting with training and running apparel and footwear and some other sports-specific collections. They are being made available to the public through the Netshoes website and more than 70 other physical and online stores including those of Centauro, Paquetà. The Brazilian office, ...
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Asics has unveiled a television commercial through video-on-demand (VOD) channels...
Asics has unveiled a television commercial through video-on-demand (VOD) channels for its “Better Your Best” ad campaign. The commercial features a girl-meets-boy narrative and shows Asics' signature Muscle Support collection. Asics' year-long campaign, produced by the Dutch agency 180 Amsterdam, made its debut on March 1 on TV and digital ...
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Dahon, the folding bike company based in California, is planning...
Dahon, the folding bike company based in California, is planning to go public on the Taiwan Stock Exchange. It has also formed a new subsidiary in Taiwan that wil handle R&D, purchasing and the distribution of its products in Taiwan. Founded by David Hon, a physicist who had been working ...
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Bauer Performance Sports (BPS) has hired Rich Wuerthele to serve...
Bauer Performance Sports (BPS) has hired Rich Wuerthele to serve as executive vice president of hockey, a new position. Wuerthele comes with more than 20 years of experience in sales, marketing and operations, with a proven track record of growing businesses and achieving results, most recently as president of the ...
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Daiwa is making a big push into the Russian market...
Daiwa is making a big push into the Russian market by placing it under the responsibility of Tristan Sigulla, the Eastern European sales manager of the Japanese fishing tackle company. He will work together with a representative in Moscow, Tommy Shimozaki, who will coordinate the company's six distributors in Moscow. ...
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Billabong has launched a new version of its European Billabong...
Billabong has launched a new version of its European Billabong Men's website. Available in five languages, the site now features a completely new and revamped design and structure that have been conceived to make it work fast and fluid on all devices and browsers. The site includes a new integrated ...
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Bogner is planning to open new stores in Oslo and...
Bogner is planning to open new stores in Oslo and Cyprus. In the past year, the German brand opened two new corporate stores in Munich and Innsbruck as well as 17 partner stores operated by franchisees, including foreign locations such as Moskow, St. Petersburg, Baku and Luxemburg. The company's revenues ...
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Pure Fishing, the global provider of fishing tackle brands such...
Pure Fishing, the global provider of fishing tackle brands such as Penn and Berkley, has acquired substantially all of the assets of Cutting Edge Lures, an Australian provider of tropical and freshwater fishing lures marketed under the Rob Gaden brand name. Based in the Australian town of Coffs Harbour, in ...
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Singapore is building up as an important development hub for...
Singapore is building up as an important development hub for sporting goods companies in Asia (see also the article on Oxylane in this issue). Mizuno Corporation has set up an office in Singapore to coordinate its activities in Southeast Asia, India and New Zealand. Kiyoshi Tatani has been appointed president ...
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Nike has taken a minority stake in California-based Reflektion, an...
Nike has taken a minority stake in California-based Reflektion, an e-commerce start-up that uses analytics to predict shopping habits. Reflektion announced this week it has secured an $8 million series B round of venture capital for its technology that helps retailers personalize the online shopping experience for consumers. Intel Capital ...
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Reebok has launched a new and very comfortable casual women's...
Reebok has launched a new and very comfortable casual women's shoe for everyday wear, called Skyscape, whose upper is made of the same materials used in molded foam bras. The sole is designed like a pillow. Developed over the last two years for an active female customer, it is being ...
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Head NV has extended one more time its conditional share...
Head NV has extended one more time its conditional share buyback offer until March 31, stating that this will be a final opportunity for shareholders to tender their shares. The Dutch holding company of the Head group needs acceptances for more than 2.7 million shares for the buyback to go ...
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Sports Connection, the Danish distributor of Skechers, which took over...
Sports Connection, the Danish distributor of Skechers, which took over the distribution of the brand in Sweden from Sportmarket in 2006, has created a Performance Division for the brand in Sweden, with a dedicated sales force for technical running and fitness. An intensive Skechers Performance marketing campaign will be running ...
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O'Neill has revamped its website as a content-driven internet platform...
O'Neill has revamped its website as a content-driven internet platform with social media integration. Each page is split into product buying, discovery and brand engagement, providing an optimized shopping experience. The blog section will be updated daily and will feature new videos. To celebrate the launch of the new website, ...
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The Merkur Shoe Group (MSG), a German cooperative of shoe...
The Merkur Shoe Group (MSG), a German cooperative of shoe retailers, is taking over 23 of the 50-odd stores of Fink Schue + Sport, the insolvent German retailer. Members of MSG will be running them as licensees of Fink. The receivers are looking for investors who would like to acquire ...
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El Corte Inglés, the Spanish department store group that remains...
El Corte Inglés, the Spanish department store group that remains one of the major sporting goods retailers in its domestic market, is gearing up to launch a special web store in the U.K., Ireland and the Netherlands, proposing to become the biggest marketplace for Spanish brands in Europe. Desigual, which ...
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Dominik Solleder has resigned as managing director of Erima's operations...
Dominik Solleder has resigned as managing director of Erima's operations in Germany after six years with the big German supplier of team-sports products, where he held several functions. Wolfram Mannherz, owner and chief executive of the company, will take over the position on an interim basis. Differences of opinions on ...
