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K2 Sports has added a 16th brand to its portfolio...
K2 Sports has added a 16th brand to its portfolio with the acquisition of Backcountry Access, an innovative supplier of snow safety and backcountry ski equipment including avalanche airbags and beacons, shovels, probes, backcountry packs and snow climbing skins. Founded in 1994, the company's staff will remain based in Boulder, Colorado. It will ...
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Russell Brands is laying off 190 workers, or nearly half...
Russell Brands is laying off 190 workers, or nearly half of its staff, at its apparel decoration factory in Alexander City, Alabama. Owned by Fruit of the Loom, which in turn is controlled by Berkshire Hathaway, Russell Brands is the parent of Russell Athletic, Jerzees, Spalding and Bike brands.
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Johanna Rastner has joined the office of K2 Sports Europe...
Johanna Rastner has joined the office of K2 Sports Europe near Munich to act as sales and product manager for the brand's new line of sports clothing, which is due to be relaunched on the market in 2014. She will work closely with the product team in Seattle. Rastner worked ...
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Dare2b, a brand of the Regatta Group that is growing...
Dare2b, a brand of the Regatta Group that is growing strongly in Spain, has signed a sponsorship deal with the Sierra Nevada ski resort. The brand will have excellent visibility at key spots including the Sulayr Snow Park, which hosts Europe's highest halfpipe. Dare2b will also act as official supplier ...
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Jason Steris, the 42-year-old former president of Volcom, has become...
Jason Steris, the 42-year-old former president of Volcom, has become chief executive of the company, which is owned by PPR like Puma. He takes the place of Richard Woolcott, the 47-year-old co-founder of Volcom, who is moving into a newly created role as executive chairman. Woolcott acted as president and ...
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Brunswick Corporation has announced that its DV8 brand of bowling...
Brunswick Corporation has announced that its DV8 brand of bowling balls has signed up Ryan Ciminelli and Bob Learn Jr. to its pro staff. Ciminelli, from Cheektowaga, New York, won his first Professional Bowlers Association (PBA) national title in 2011, when he won the One-a-Day Earl Anthony Memorial in Dublin, California. ...
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Garmin will act as official sponsor of the FIS World...
Garmin will act as official sponsor of the FIS World Championship in Nordic skiing taking place in Val di Fiemme, Italy, from Feb. 20 through March 3. Organizers expect 300,000 spectators to visit the Italian ski resort to watch the world's top athletes in ski jumping, cross-country skiing and Nordic ...
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Andy Köhler, the chief of the Adidas Group's sourcing operations...
Andy Köhler, the chief of the Adidas Group's sourcing operations in Hong Kong, is to join Puma as chief operating officer, according to a report in Germany's Manager magazine at the end of last year. Puma declined to comment but Adidas confirmed that Köhler had left the company. Almost the ...
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Adidas and Reebok have filed a federal lawsuit in the...
Adidas and Reebok have filed a federal lawsuit in the U.S. against 25 websites, allegedly operated by unnamed Chinese parties, which are said to be selling fake merchandise under their brand names. Outletsupplier.com, adidas2runningshoes.com, fans777.com and prosoccerusa.com are among those websites. Charging cybersquatting, fraudulent conduct, trademark counterfeiting and infringement, and ...
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Herbert Hainer, chief executive of the Adidas Group, said in...
Herbert Hainer, chief executive of the Adidas Group, said in an interview with Süddeutsche Zeitung in the last week of 2012 that the company would reach sales of more than €14.5 billion for the year. This would represent an increase of more than 9 percent compared with 2011. The company ...
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Columbia Sportswear has secured a sponsorship agreement with the Russian...
Columbia Sportswear has secured a sponsorship agreement with the Russian national freestyle ski team for its Columbia brand, which is widely distributed in Russia by Sportmaster. The brand has similar deals in place with the national teams of the U.S. and Canada.
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Bread & Butter has reduced the number of brands exhibiting...
Bread & Butter has reduced the number of brands exhibiting at its Jan. 15-17 edition in Berlin by about 100 to around 520. Contrary to a previous report, Tommy Hilfiger will be showing there. Levi's will make a comeback. The Sport & Street section has been renamed Upper Street, hosting ...
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Kalenji, the exclusive sports footwear brand of Décathlon and the Oxylane group, has signed...
Kalenji, the exclusive sports footwear brand of Décathlon and the Oxylane group, has signed a four-year sponsorship deal with a French athlete, Benjamin Malaty, which took effect on Jan. 1. The 26-year-old runner, who will also help in product development, is due to represent Kalenji in the Prom'Classic race in Nice, scheduled for Jan. 6, ...
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Apax Partners is preparing a senior secured financing package for...
Apax Partners is preparing a senior secured financing package for its $570 million acquisition of Cole Haan from Nike. The transaction will reportedly involve a $270 million, seven-year term loan and a $100 million asset-based revolving credit.
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Fila's line of toning resistance apparel is the subject of...
Fila's line of toning resistance apparel is the subject of a lawsuit filed in a U.S. court by Linda Karecki, a former track & field competitor who is now a professional model. She claims infringement of a U.S. patent issued to her in July 2011 for an “exercise kit and ...
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Victorinox has appointed an artistic director for its clothing line....
Victorinox has appointed an artistic director for its clothing line. Christopher Raeburn, 30, has earned the title on a consultancy basis after designing two capsule collections for the Swiss company in the recent past. The London-based designer will continue to work on his own brand.
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Invista has received approval from the Shanghai Environmental Protection Bureau...
Invista has received approval from the Shanghai Environmental Protection Bureau for a new plant to make hexamethylenediamine (HMD), an organic compound used for the production of nylon 6-6 and other polymers. With a capacity to produce 215,000 tonnes of HMD per year, the facility will be located at the Shanghai Chemical ...
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Arnold Sports is the new German distributor of Roxa, the...
Arnold Sports is the new German distributor of Roxa, the low-priced Italian brand of ice skates and ski boots, which will thus make its appearance at the next Ispo Munich show. The company also sells Rottefella's cross-country ski bindings, Movement's skis and 8848 Altitude's clothing.
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Indonesia's Industry Ministry has asked that labor-intensive firms, including shoe...
Indonesia's Industry Ministry has asked that labor-intensive firms, including shoe and garment manufacturers, be exempted from adopting the new minimum wage that is due to come into force in 2013 in an attempt to boost the industries and in view of the country's expected industrial growth. According to the Jakarta ...
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Rapala VMC Corporation has redefined the classification of certain balance...
Rapala VMC Corporation has redefined the classification of certain balance sheet items. The change in presentation leads to changes in the calculation of some key figures. For example, the return on equity for the third quarter of 2012 comes out as 3.7 percent, compared with the previously published ratio of ...
