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The Advansa Thermo Cool Dynafit Dachstein Triple, which was scheduled...
The Advansa Thermo Cool Dynafit Dachstein Triple, which was scheduled for June 8, 2013, has been postponed to July 6, 2013 because of severe weather conditions. Organizers said that there was up to four meters of snow on the Dachstein glacier in Austria at the beginning of June, or more than during the whole ...
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Kjus has reached an amicable settlement with Tom Tailor, a...
Kjus has reached an amicable settlement with Tom Tailor, a German fashion company, which it accused of imitating the colors and the functional features of one of its down jackets, called Backflip. Tom Tailor has agreed to stop distributing the infringing jacket and to destroy the items sold through its ...
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shows in the U.S., among others. will continue to be...
shows in the U.S., among others. will continue to be headquartered in San Juan Capistrano, California.
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Uvu, the brand of high-end apparel for running and outdoor,...
Uvu, the brand of high-end apparel for running and outdoor, has appointed Sebastian Haag product manager and coordinator of the brand's Racing Laboratory which is the name used for the team of Uvu's sponsored athletes. Haag, actually a veterinarian, acted before as freelance product developer for Dynafit, the specialty brand ...
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PrimaLoft has appointed David Newey as global manager of partnership...
PrimaLoft has appointed David Newey as global manager of partnership marketing, responsible for developing marketing programs with North American and Asia brand partners. He previously worked for Valspar Corporation, a manufacturer of coatings, and for Polarmax.
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Steve Wilson has been appointed to the new position of...
Steve Wilson has been appointed to the new position of president of O'Neill Clothing USA. He acted as vice president of merchandising and design at O'Neill before joining Quiksilver in the role of general manager and senior vice president in charge of the Americas. In another interesting management change, Danny ...
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Pon Holdings has appointed Rob Oudshoorn as senior vice president...
Pon Holdings has appointed Rob Oudshoorn as senior vice president of its bicycle division to replace Xeno Grimmelt, who is leaving the Dutch company after 18 years. Oudshoorn joined Pon at the beginning of this year and is already the board member at the holding company in charge of the ...
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Asics is launching its first European online store in the...
Asics is launching its first European online store in the U.K. in September 2013. It already launched its virtual store in the U.S. at the end of April, followed by one in Japan. The U.K. was chosen for the European launch because of its high internet penetration in retailing and ...
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The Oeko-Tex Association has presented its first sustainability awards to...
The Oeko-Tex Association has presented its first sustainability awards to companies in the textile industry. They were granted to five companies in five different categories. In particular, YKK got the award for quality management and Lenzing got it for product innovation. Other recipients were Sun Hing Industries Holding of Hong ...
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Lululemon Athletica, the fast-growing Canadian company specializing in yoga and...
Lululemon Athletica, the fast-growing Canadian company specializing in yoga and women's activewear, has served notice that it will delist from the Toronto Stock Exchange, but it will continue to be listed on Nasdaq in the U.S. The announcement coincided with the news that the company's chief executive, Christine Day, will ...
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Sara Chandler has become one of the directors of STAG,...
Sara Chandler has become one of the directors of STAG, the British buying group led by her husband Ricky Chandler, whom she married in September 2011, and by Ward Robertson. The former Sara Coyle joined STAG in March 2010 as marketing manager. Reporting to Ricky and Ward, she will be ...
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Skechers has signed a multi-year contract to become the official...
Skechers has signed a multi-year contract to become the official footwear and apparel sponsor of the Chevron Houston Marathon, giving visibility to the GoRun line of products of its two-year old performance division. The company will have signage at the race and it will outfit the volunteers and the finishers. ...
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The business has been renamed Emerald Expositions. It will continue...
The business has been renamed Emerald Expositions. It will continue to organize the Outdoor Retail and Interbike
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Patrick Pons-de-Vier, who has been running the rather successful footwear...
Patrick Pons-de-Vier, who has been running the rather successful footwear segment of Amer Sports for the past nine years, catapulting Salomon to the second spot on our rugged outdoor footwear chart, has been promoted vice president of the Salomon brand. His former duties have been taken overby Jean-Marc Djian, formerly ...
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Classic heel-striking has been found to be a more efficient...
Classic heel-striking has been found to be a more efficient form of running than the barefoot style. Researchers at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst recruited 37 experienced runners, 19 of whom were habitual heel-strikers and 18 of whom landed first near the front of the foot. Volunteers were asked ...
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Herman van Beveren, the general manager of Décathlon in Belgium,...
Herman van Beveren, the general manager of Décathlon in Belgium, told reporters earlier this month that the French retailer intends to double its number of Belgian stores to 30 in the next five years. As reported by Sport Partner, there are currently 15 Décathlon stores in Belgium but two more ...
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B'Twin, the private brand of bicycles developed and marketed by...
B'Twin, the private brand of bicycles developed and marketed by Décathlon, is now providing customers with a lifetime guarantee. The French retailer says that this is possible because it controls all the stages of the supply chain.
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Bob Meistrell, who co-founded Body Glove together with his twin...
Bob Meistrell, who co-founded Body Glove together with his twin brother Bill in 1953, died last June 16 of an apparent heart attack in his yacht Diappearance, near Catalina Island in California, following a paddleboard race. He was 84 years old. He and Bill, who died in 2006, moved to ...
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Bollé has extended its partnership deal with Tony Parker for...
Bollé has extended its partnership deal with Tony Parker for three more years. Bushnell's sunglass brand had used the French NBA star as an ambassador since 2003. Born 31 years ago, Parker has been playing for the San Antonio Spurs since 2011.
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Lolë, the wellness brand of Coalision, has opened a flagship...
Lolë, the wellness brand of Coalision, has opened a flagship store in Biarritz on the Basque coast of France, almost simultaneously with the inauguration of its 7th European store not far away at Saint-Jean-de-Luz. According to Fashionmag.fr, the brand is planning to open shop in the French ski resort of ...
