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Adding to his role of director of Schöffel's sales division,...
Adding to his role of director of Schöffel's sales division, the 45-year-old Christophe Weissenberger has taken on the position of brand manager. In this position, he will take care of marketing, product management and design. In recognition of his increasing importance to the company, its managing partner, Peter Schöffel, has ...
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The Adidas Group has relaunched its corporate website with several...
The Adidas Group has relaunched its corporate website with several new features. For example, the home page aggregates contents from the across the site on topics like football or global sales, and it provides links to social network. The website has a new section with feature stories about the group ...
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Luke Barrett-Smith, who joined Puma's subsidiary in South Africa as...
Luke Barrett-Smith, who joined Puma's subsidiary in South Africa as national sales manager when it opened 12 years ago, has become its new managing director. He takes over from Ronald Rink, who is retiring.
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Just one day after Nike's presentation of its new FuelBand...
Just one day after Nike's presentation of its new FuelBand SE in New York City, Adidas chose the GigaOm's Mobilize conference in San Francisco to present its Android-based MiCoach Smart Run. This rather bulky, yet multi-functional wrist-top device is said to be the most advanced intuitive running watch in the ...
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Poc Sweden has appointed CJ Agencies as its authorized distributor...
Poc Sweden has appointed CJ Agencies as its authorized distributor in the Benelux countries. The agency's portfolio includes brands such as Black Diamond, which took over Poc a few months ago.
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Easton-Bell Sports has agreed to take on a license for...
Easton-Bell Sports has agreed to take on a license for the Kevlar trademark that it uses in the packaging of some of the tires, locks and other bicycle products marketed under the Bell and Blackburn brands to settle a trademark infringement lawsuit brought by DuPont de Nemours & Co. in the ...
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Nicola Szekely is taking the place of Albert Schwarzmeier as...
Nicola Szekely is taking the place of Albert Schwarzmeier as chief operating officer of Mysportsgroup, the German company that runs the Mysportsworld and Mysportsbrand online shops. He will work together with the group's founder and chief executive, Erik Pfannmöller. Szekely previously ran Baumax. Schwarzmeier, who participated in the establishment of ...
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A new Golf World Alliance has been created to launch...
A new Golf World Alliance has been created to launch a global membership program. The founders are golf course owners and operators from seven countries. Members from any of the participating golf courses will be invited to upgrade to the Golf World Member program and will have access to the ...
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Bluesign Technologies has appointed a dedicated staff for North America....
Bluesign Technologies has appointed a dedicated staff for North America. It will be headed by Kevin Myette who has been named director of customer relationship management for the U.S. and Canada, servicing North American companies that are affiliated with Bluesign. Myette has worked for 26 years at REI, the U.S. ...
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Bauer Performance Sports has announced that Kohlberg & Co., the...
Bauer Performance Sports has announced that Kohlberg & Co., the company's largest shareholder, has agreed to hold a secondary offering of 3.2 million shares of Bauer stock at 12.15 Canadian dollars (€8.67m-$11.74m) each. In addition, a syndicate of the underwriters that has entered into an agreement with the Kohlberg funds, ...
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Athletic Propulsion Lab of Los Angeles has released a special...
Athletic Propulsion Lab of Los Angeles has released a special edition of its APL Concept 3 men's basketball shoe in pink and white to support Breast Cancer Awareness Month. The custom insoles carry the words “Hope” in the left shoe and “Cure” in the right shoe. Ten percent of the ...
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Undergoing yet another mutation, Killer Loop, one of the brands...
Undergoing yet another mutation, Killer Loop, one of the brands of Italy's Benetton Group, has shifted its focus to the technical outdoor segment. Starting with the current autumn/winter collection, its offer now includes highly technical garments developed for extreme weather conditions. They are being sold in selected specialty stores and ...
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Anta Sports has signed an endorsement contract with Rajon Rondo,...
Anta Sports has signed an endorsement contract with Rajon Rondo, four-time NBA All-Star and Boston Celtics guard. The basketball player will represent the Chinese sportswear brand for the next eight years. The deal includes Rondo's own signature shoe and sports apparel line, which will come out with the RRI label. ...
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Puma has launched a new running application for the iPhone...
Puma has launched a new running application for the iPhone that analyzes the effect of external conditions on the user's running performance, for example the fact that the time of day affects the results. Called Pumatrac, the new app doesn't require input of much data as it mainly uses its ...
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A new information application for Blizzard and Tecnica is now...
A new information application for Blizzard and Tecnica is now free to download for dealers and retail customers. The app has been made available to retailers since January 2013 but is now also available for consumers as well. iPad users can load it directly on their device through the App ...
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Cisalfa Sport, which controls Intersport Italia, has appointed a new...
Cisalfa Sport, which controls Intersport Italia, has appointed a new managing director for the buying group, Bruno Antonioli. On Oct. 3, he replaced Flavio Mazzocchi, who has left the group, citing differences of views with Cisalfa's new management. Antonioli spent six years in senior positions with Carrefour in Italy until ...
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Sergi González has been appointed general manager of Intersport SCCL,...
Sergi González has been appointed general manager of Intersport SCCL, the purchasing arm of Intersport España. His responsibilities were previously handled by Ignasi Puig, who remains chief executive of the company and general manager of Intersport Expansión, in charge of retail expansion. González previously worked for Now and Inditex. As ...
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Perry Laukens has been appointed marketing manager of Keen Footwear...
Perry Laukens has been appointed marketing manager of Keen Footwear for Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA). He takes the place of Nol Gerritse, who has moved to the company's head office in Portland, Oregon to serve in the new role of global product marketing director. Laukens, 38, spent ...
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Footbalance, the Finland-based maker of custom insoles, has appointed Tassos...
Footbalance, the Finland-based maker of custom insoles, has appointed Tassos Karamouzis as sales director for new markets. Karamouzis joined the company in 2010 as Scandinavian market area manager. He will use this experience to lead the company's expansion into strategically important new markets. Before joining Footbalance, Karamouzis had a long ...
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Under Armour has promoted two of its executives, Kip Fulks...
Under Armour has promoted two of its executives, Kip Fulks and Henry Stafford, and hired two others, Susie McCabe and Jason LaRose. McCabe and LaRose will be acting as senior vice presidents in charge of global retail and global e-commerce, respectively. McCabe has spent more than 16 years with Ralph ...
