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Citing its code of conduct, Puma has stopped sponsoring the...
Citing its code of conduct, Puma has stopped sponsoring the South African Football Association (SAFA) and Bafana Bafana, the country's soccer team, because of numerous allegations of match fixing over the past couple of years. The alleged manipulation actually goes back before Puma signed the sponsorship contract in June 2011, ...
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Patagonia has promoted John Collins to the new role of...
Patagonia has promoted John Collins to the new role of vice president of global sales, reporting directly to Casey Sheahan, chief executive of the company. Collins served at the company for the last three years as vice president for the Americas and Asia-Pacific. He previously acted as vice president of ...
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Columbia Sportswear denies a report that it has prevailed in...
Columbia Sportswear denies a report that it has prevailed in a dispute against Fibretronic, a company in Hong Kong that it sued last Sept. 16 for damages of $9.4 million in the U.S. Distict Court of Oregon. The case is still pending. The company told the court in its complaint ...
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Netrada Europe, a German company that has supplied e-commerce services...
Netrada Europe, a German company that has supplied e-commerce services to more than 80 brands, has filed for insolvency, apparently due to a cash squeeze caused by its rapid development. Sources indicate that it has the backing of the banks and that it plans to continue to operate normally, going ...
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Golf Datatech, the Florida-based market research company, and Yano Research...
Golf Datatech, the Florida-based market research company, and Yano Research Institute of Japan have announced a strategic alliance aimed at aggregating consistent data on the golf industry worldwide. The alliance will release a “US/Japan Golf Market Report” in January 2014, which will compare the relative size and scope of the ...
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Swix Sport is conducting a three-year research project in an...
Swix Sport is conducting a three-year research project in an effort to make its wax products even more environmentally friendly, without compromising their functionality. The Norwegian company has acknowledged that the fluorine used in some of its products degrades slowly in nature, and though the limits are acceptable, it wants ...
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Conrado González Fernández has retired as purchasing director of El...
Conrado González Fernández has retired as purchasing director of El Corte Inglés' sports division. A passionate golf player, he has been a charismatic figure in the Spanish sports retail sector. Mariano Ortega Reja is taking over his position.
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VF Corporation, the parent of Timberland, The North Face, Vans,...
VF Corporation, the parent of Timberland, The North Face, Vans, Wrangler and others brands, has joined BICEP (Business for Innovative Climate & Energy Policy), the coalition that advocates innovative climate and clean energy policies. BICEP was launched in 2008 to propose initiatives in the domains of renewable energy, greener transportation ...
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Crocs has used its partnership with a legendary golf instructor,...
Crocs has used its partnership with a legendary golf instructor, Hank Haney, for a special promotion on Facebook and Twitter. Last Oct. 17, the brand released his scorecard from a recent round of golf, offering a 10 percent discount on a selection of the co-branded golf shoes that it first ...
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The number of visitors to the Salon du Cycle in...
The number of visitors to the Salon du Cycle in Paris last Sept. 13-16 dropped to 41,000 from 69,000 that attended the previous edition of the French bike show in 2011. The organizers attributed the big decline to poor weather conditions and the simultaneous staging of an important consumer fair.
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Performance Days, the specialty show of fibers and fabrics held...
Performance Days, the specialty show of fibers and fabrics held in Munich twice a year, is preparing for its 11th edition on Nov. 19-21. At 104, the number of exhibitors has grown by 14 percent compared to last year and the organizers have opened a fifth hall at Munich's MTC ...
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Sport Partner from the Netherlands has reported the death of...
Sport Partner from the Netherlands has reported the death of Albertus Cornelis Johannes at the age of 78. Commonly known as “Ab” van Bergen, he ran his eponymous distribution company, specializing in camping and winter sports. He worked as a buyer for the former Golden Team cooperative of retailers, and ...
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Lacoste has signed a license for men's underwear with Delta...
Lacoste has signed a license for men's underwear with Delta Galil, an Israeli producer that took over Schiesser in 2012. The license will run for five years, with the first products planned to come out in the summer of 2015.
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PrimaLoft has hired Eric Ritter as product development engineer and...
PrimaLoft has hired Eric Ritter as product development engineer and Jared Cieslewicz as a territory sales manager, in advance of several product announcements. Ritter will be in charge of new product development for the insulation segment of the business. He has over 25 years of textile engineering expertise and most ...
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Volcom has just launched its own e-commerce operation in the...
Volcom has just launched its own e-commerce operation in the U.S. and Canada, where it was working online through a third-party e-tailer. It is going to launch it in Europe before the end of this year, with pages in English, French, German and Spanish.
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Germany's Planet Sports has opened its eighth store in the...
Germany's Planet Sports has opened its eighth store in the country in Karlsruhe. The company plans to open eight to ten more stores next year. Including its online stores, which sell to customers in 15 European countries, the boardsports retailer has reached an annual turnover of about €100 million.
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Sports Marketing Surveys USA (SMS USA) has entered into a...
Sports Marketing Surveys USA (SMS USA) has entered into a partnership agreement with AA Data Company, the California-based provider of retail information to the surf and skateboard industry. AA Data has developed proprietary data collection and translation software systems to produce the ActionWatch market intelligence program. The two companies will ...
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Geza Maklary of Euroglobal Trading has succeeded in putting together...
Geza Maklary of Euroglobal Trading has succeeded in putting together a group of important exhibitors for the first edition of Sports Gear Sourcing, including Sympatex, Cordura, Outlast, Polygiene and Thermore. They will show their products in Annecy, France on Dec. 17-18 at the new event that takes the place of ...
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The number of visitors to the latest Golf Europe fair,...
The number of visitors to the latest Golf Europe fair, which ended on Oct. 1, increased to a total of 2,144 as compared to 1,968 a year ago. They came to Augsburg in Germany from 29 countries to meet with 122 exhibitors. The exhibitors were eight more than last year ...
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Patagonia is extending its Worn Wear recycling scheme to a...
Patagonia is extending its Worn Wear recycling scheme to a number of stores following the success of a pilot launched in its Portland, Oregon store in October 2012. Worn Wear is part of the company's Common Threads Partnership with its customers to take mutual responsibility for the items it makes ...
