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Dorel Industries has announced that it will close its assembly...
Dorel Industries has announced that it will close its assembly and testing facility in Bedford, Pennsylvania towards the end of the year, and lay off 100 employees as part of a global restructuring of its Recreational/Leisure segment. The segment owns the Cannondale, Schwinn, GT, Mongoose and Sugoi bike brands. Operations ...
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The British Golf Industry Association (BGIA) has announced its largest...
The British Golf Industry Association (BGIA) has announced its largest presence ever at the PGA Merchandise Show 2014, the trade show running in Orlando, Florida at the start of the year. For the 2014 edition of the event, on Jan. 22-24, the BGIA worked again closely with UK Trade & ...
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L'Uomo Libero (=The Free Man), a new Italian-based association for...
L'Uomo Libero (=The Free Man), a new Italian-based association for international solidarity and cooperation, is planning to organize a special new trekking expedition along the Italian Alps that is expected to last about 70 days between next July and September to commemorate the 100th anniversary of World War One. Called ...
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Lotto and João Sousa, the best ever ATP-ranked Portuguese tennis...
Lotto and João Sousa, the best ever ATP-ranked Portuguese tennis player, have signed a two-year technical sponsorship agreement for the supply of footwear, clothing and accessories for competitions and leisure time. João Sousa is the first ever Portuguese tennis player to enter the ATP Top 50, getting to the 47th ...
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Michael B. Hancock, the mayor of Denver, will kick off...
Michael B. Hancock, the mayor of Denver, will kick off the 2014 SIA Snow Show. The opening ceremony will take place on Jan. 30 in the Colorado Convention Center at 8.30 am. The ceremony will also celebrate the upcoming Olympic Winter Games in Sochi, just eight days before the Games, ...
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Despite a good relationship with its former Swedish distributor, Backcountry...
Despite a good relationship with its former Swedish distributor, Backcountry Equipment, Rottefella has taken over the distribution of its own products in Sweden, starting with orders for the next autumn/winter season. The Norwegian producer of cross-country ski bindings has been successful at working directly with the large sporting goods chains ...
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New Balance has launched New Balance Golf, a golf footwear...
New Balance has launched New Balance Golf, a golf footwear collection by a new licensee, Klonelab. New Balance Golf debuted in the U.S. at the beginning of January. The new shoes feature waterproof leathers and lightweight, breathable air-mesh fabrics. The line comprises of six styles for men and women in ...
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Bauer Performance Sports' revenues for the second quarter ended last...
Bauer Performance Sports' revenues for the second quarter ended last Nov. 30 grew by 7 percent to $117.1 million, with a 9 percent increase in local currencies. Sales of ice hockey equipment were up by 0.8 percent on a comparable basis. In contrast, sales of apparel grew by 59.6 percent ...
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Nike has become the official supplier of the Eintracht Frankfurt...
Nike has become the official supplier of the Eintracht Frankfurt football team, starting next summer. The German first-division team has been sponsored by a local brand, Jako, for the past 11 years. According to an unconfirmed report in Germany's Bild Zeitung, Nike is paying around €3 million a year to ...
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Houdini Sportswear's new Bedrock pants for women have received Ispo's...
Houdini Sportswear's new Bedrock pants for women have received Ispo's Eco Achievement Award because it is cradle-to-cradle recyclable. The company's new three-shell Bedrock collection uses a hydrophilic membrane, Atmos, made of pure polyester. The pants are fully seam-sealed and DWR-treated. They are made of engineered stretch panels. They feature a ...
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Hero Cycles, the Indian bicycle manufacturer, is building a new...
Hero Cycles, the Indian bicycle manufacturer, is building a new plant in the state of Bihar, in India's northeast. The investment is worth nearly INR370 million (€4.3m-$5.9m) and is supposed to allow for the production of one million bicycles per year, expandable by 50 percent after two or three years. ...
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Leader Sport Trading has opened the biggest multi-brand and multi-sport...
Leader Sport Trading has opened the biggest multi-brand and multi-sport stores in Abu Dhabi and Qatar, based on a new store concept that it wants to roll out across the Gulf states, competing with the likes of Intersport, Go Sport and Sports Direct. Spanning over 3,000 square meters and hosting ...
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Munich, the Spanish brand of sneakers, has opened its first...
Munich, the Spanish brand of sneakers, has opened its first two stores in China through a distributor as part of a new phase of development in Asia. They are located in Shanghai and Nanjing. The brand has also opened a shop-in-shop in the Lotte department store in Seoul and found ...
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On, the Swiss sporting goods brand of running shoes, has...
On, the Swiss sporting goods brand of running shoes, has stopped working with TeamTBB, a group of 38 professional athletes, various country teams and a global network of certified coaches. After the departure of one of the coaches, Brett Sutton, and of top-athletes like Mary-Beth Ellis, Caroline Steffen, David Dellow ...
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Eco-leather Corp., a company that makes breathable leather made from...
Eco-leather Corp., a company that makes breathable leather made from chicken feathers, is working with Nike and Puma to develop an athletic shoe made out of non-toxic materials, Fast Company reports. Eco-leather is the brainchild of Richard Wool, a chemist at the University of Delaware who uses techniques developed in ...
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A British equity fund is the controlling shareholder in a...
A British equity fund is the controlling shareholder in a new company based in London, Maxel Sport, that intends to revive the Maxel brand of skis. First launched in 1967, the Italian brand had become famous in the seventies because of the victories of many Italian ski champions. It was ...
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Snipes, the German chain of sneaker shops, has taken over...
Snipes, the German chain of sneaker shops, has taken over SportsLab, a similar chain of ten stores in Switzerland that will change their names to Snipes next summer. The acquisition was made easier by the fact that Deichmann acquired a stake in Snipes in 2011. Deichmann, the largest shoe retailer ...
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Electric Europe is undergoing major structural changes, following Electric's recent...
Electric Europe is undergoing major structural changes, following Electric's recent brand reset. Along with the consolidation of its back office, the Hossegor-based company has put in place a new sales team for Europe. In France, Jérémie Grynblat, formerly skate team manager, will be in charge of developing sales in the ...
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Columbia will be the official outfitter of a special expedition...
Columbia will be the official outfitter of a special expedition organized to publicize the comfort of Sweet Bed Ibis, a new generation of beds used in Accor's Ibis chain of budget hotels. An adventurer, Aaron Chervenak, will be shown taking “the ultimate sleep” on one of these beds at the ...
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New Era will be launching its first heritage series, starting...
New Era will be launching its first heritage series, starting with a first step on Feb. 28 this year. The heritage series, looking back to key moments in the brand's history, begins with a re-launch of the 1934 collection, which was the first time New Era developed a baseball cap. ...
