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Lionel Messi has joined a very small group of athletes...
Lionel Messi has joined a very small group of athletes who have their own range of Adidas products, including David Beckham and Derrick Rose. The company just launched the Messi range of footwear and apparel, featuring a stylish “M” and a red-and-white color theme. The Argentinian football star will start ...
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New Balance has developed a proprietary process to create hyper-customized...
New Balance has developed a proprietary process to create hyper-customized spike plates for runners based on their individual biomechanical data. The plates are made at the company's U.S. facilities through a 3D printing process that makes use of selective laser sintering to convert powder materials into solid cross-sections, layer by ...
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Mike Ballardie, who has been in charge of Prince's operations...
Mike Ballardie, who has been in charge of Prince's operations in the Eastern Hemisphere for nearly 10 years, was appointed chief executive of Prince Global Sports last week. This is the entity that was formed last year by an affiliate of Waitt Company, an American investment company, to acquire some ...
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Rossignol is teaming up with FC Bayern Munich, Germany's leading football...
Rossignol is teaming up with FC Bayern Munich, Germany's leading football club. Starting with the winter 2013-14 season, the French ski brand will offer a junior ski in the red and white design of the club featuring its logo. The Bayern Munich children's ski will be available through regular sporting goods retailers all ...
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Ecco reckons that it became the world's fourth biggest brand...
Ecco reckons that it became the world's fourth biggest brand of golf shoes in 2012. Its Golf Street line won several awards. The shutdown of Ecco's manufacturing facilities in Thailand, due to the autumn 2011 floods, did not prevent the company from raising its total revenues by 13.7 percent last ...
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Kanabeach has been placed in liquidation. The commercial court of...
Kanabeach has been placed in liquidation. The commercial court of Brest, in the French region of Britanny, found that insufficient guarantees had been proposed by Alexis Bernard and his partner, David Marrec, to leave the French surfwear company in operation with a reduced staff of 24 employees, out of 62, ...
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Sport-Fachhandel, the German trade publication, reports that there have been...
Sport-Fachhandel, the German trade publication, reports that there have been major changes in the management of Sport Eybl & Sports Experts in the aftermath of the big Austrian retailer's announcement that it was going to ax a significant number of employees, as we reported before. Now it has become known ...
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Bernie Doering is returning to Easton-Bell Sports as senior vice...
Bernie Doering is returning to Easton-Bell Sports as senior vice president of global sales, following the recent management shake-up at the company. He will report to Terry Lee, who has taken back the helm as chief executive. Doering, who had spent more than 20 years in various management positions at ...
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Scott Sports is continuing to boost its women's mountain biking...
Scott Sports is continuing to boost its women's mountain biking program with the signing of Lesley Patterson, the two-time Xterra world champion. Starting with an event in the Philippines on March 2, Patterson competes on Scott bikes with Syncros components. The deal comes two months after Scott announced its sponsorship ...
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Outdoor Retailer is introducing a new process for booking hotel...
Outdoor Retailer is introducing a new process for booking hotel rooms during the Summer Market, which is scheduled to run in Salt Lake City from Wednesday, July 31 (open air demo on July 30) through Saturday, Aug. 3. In the coming weeks, qualified retailers, exhibitors, their reps and the working ...
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Iconix Brand Group, which recently purchased Umbro International and other...
Iconix Brand Group, which recently purchased Umbro International and other companies, has announced a proposed private placement of $325 million worth of convertible senior subordinate notes with selected shareholders. The initial purchaser of the notes will also be granted a 30-day option to acquire an additional $50 million worth of ...
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Skins is trying to expand its brand in the U.S....
Skins is trying to expand its brand in the U.S. performance apparel market, and to that end has named Johnny West as its general manager for North America. He will plan and implement strategic brand and marketing initiatives to increase brand awareness at the retail and consumer levels in the ...
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Skechers' Performance Division was named Sports Footwear Brand of the...
Skechers' Performance Division was named Sports Footwear Brand of the Year at the Footwear Industry Awards during the Moda Footwear show in Birmingham last month. Skechers Performance is the official footwear sponsor of both the London and Blenheim triathlons and the headline sponsor of the Milton Keynes Marathon.
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Globeride, the Japanese company formerly called Daiwa Seiko, reported operating...
Globeride, the Japanese company formerly called Daiwa Seiko, reported operating income of 4.6 billion yen (€36.6m-$47.8m) on sales of ¥45.3 billion (€360.4m-$470.9m) for the nine months ended last Dec. 31. For the full financial year, it's still budgeting an operating profit of ¥2.5 billion (€19.9m-$25.9m) and a net profit of ...
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Teva is launching a massive global marketing campaign called “Unfollow”...
Teva is launching a massive global marketing campaign called “Unfollow” to promote its new TevaSphere footwear, outdoor cross-trainers that use a pod-arch system and a spherical heel that is the first of its kind. The campaign, which was launched on March 4, promotes the shoe's uniqueness by encouraging consumers to ...
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Compass Diversified Holdings (CODI) reported double-digit sales increases for last year for...
Compass Diversified Holdings (CODI) reported double-digit sales increases for last year for all its three of outdoor and sporting goods companies: Camelbak, Fox Factory and Liberty Safe. Camelbak, in particular, tripled its revenues, with net sales of $157.6 million in the year ended Dec. 31 against $42.7 million the year before. Camelbak generated operating ...
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PPR, parent company of Puma, Volcom, Gucci and a number...
PPR, parent company of Puma, Volcom, Gucci and a number of other sports and luxury goods brands, is thought to be planning to change its name to Kering, according to the Bloomberg news agency. The new name, which was reportedly registered in the U.S.last November, would be a reference to ...
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A survey conducted by MMI and published by Sport, the...
A survey conducted by MMI and published by Sport, the Norwegian trade magazine, found that Norway remains a haven for cross-country skiing. The researchers estimated that 70 percent of all Norwegian adults had at least one pair of cross-country skis. Yet more encouragingly, about 13 percent said that they had ...
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In cooperation with the fashion designer Diane von Furstenberg, Roxy...
In cooperation with the fashion designer Diane von Furstenberg, Roxy has developed a limited edition of beachwear for girls under the name “DVF loves Roxy” and the motto “follow your heart and dare.” The new line comprises bikinis, monokinis and boardshorts combining the eye-catching prints of Diane von Furstenberg and ...
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Craig Heisner is the new president of Newton Running effective...
Craig Heisner is the new president of Newton Running effective last week. It is hoped that he will lead the company to expand in the specialty running category as he oversees marketing, branding and sales for Newton's product lines. He will report to Jerry Lee, co-founder and chief executive of ...
