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According to a report from the Asian Development Bank (ADB),...
According to a report from the Asian Development Bank (ADB), Asia will face a significant slowdown in its economic growth over the current year and the following one. Its new study suggests that the region's overall gross domestic product will go up by only 6.1 percent this year and by 6.7 percent ...
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Mikkel Christensen, former general manager of the Adidas Group in...
Mikkel Christensen, former general manager of the Adidas Group in Denmark, has been appointed at the helm of H²O, the Danish sports apparel brand that changed ownership in August. Christensen left Adidas at the end of last month, to be replaced by Thomas Schwartz, former field sales manager for Denmark. ...
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Pinarello's factory, near Treviso, was again targeted by thieves in...
Pinarello's factory, near Treviso, was again targeted by thieves in the night between Sept. 29 and Sept. 30, but this time the local law enforcement officers, the “carabinieri,” managed to arrest one of the culprits. The 19-year-old previous offender was caught while he was hiding two bikes and had already ...
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Quiksilver aims at regaining control of its brand in China...
Quiksilver aims at regaining control of its brand in China but is locked in a 10-month legal dispute with its Chinese joint venture partner Glorious Sun Licensing (QGS). QGS is refusing a $12.5 million buyout offer from Quiksilver for 50 percent of the joint venture and terms that would provide ...
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Reydon Sports has been appointed European distributor for the Albion...
Reydon Sports has been appointed European distributor for the Albion cricket brand. Based in Melbourne and Sydney, Albion is a global supplier of cricket helmets, hats, caps and bags, targeting cricketers from the world's elite through to the grassroots of the game. The partnership between the British sports wholesaler and ...
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Arena provided all the participants in the Garmin Barcelona Triathlon...
Arena provided all the participants in the Garmin Barcelona Triathlon with 7,000 swim caps. Prior to the race, which took place on Oct. 7 in the Catalan capital, the swimwear brand presented its new triathlon collection. Arena was partnering with the event for the second consecutive year.
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Italy's Tecnica Group had already announced a big cut in...
Italy's Tecnica Group had already announced a big cut in its staff, eliminating 118 of the 353 jobs at the company's headquarters at Giavera del Montello, but in the end, technically, it will not lay off any of them. Following four months of negotiations with the unions, 72 employees will ...
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Helly Hansen has restructured its North American management structure...
Helly Hansen has restructured its North American management structure by promoting Gary Davis to vice president of Canadian operations and appointing Filio Francke to the new position of vice president of U.S. operations. Davis had been acting as general manager of Helly Hansen North America. Francke served most recently ...
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Danielle De Bie returns to Bread & Butter, five years...
Danielle De Bie returns to Bread & Butter, five years after leaving the Berlin trade show. She takes over the lead of the communication department. Between September 2007, when she left, and today, she worked mainly as a freelance marketing & communication consultant for renowned companies including G-Star Raw, Ispo ...
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The first Paris Ski & Snowboard Show is due to...
The first Paris Ski & Snowboard Show is due to take place in the French capital next Nov. 2-4, addressing consumers and featuring only a few brands along with the offers of ski resorts and hotels. The new fair is an initiative by Marc Assus, the French entrepreneur who organized ...
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Nicolas Berggruen, owner of Karstadt, and Andrew Jennings, who has...
Nicolas Berggruen, owner of Karstadt, and Andrew Jennings, who has been running the company for the past 20 months, have declared to the media over the past few weeks that they have no intention to divest its Karstadt Sports operation. They have plans to use more technology in the stores ...
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Tecnica Group has announced a new management structure in the...
Tecnica Group has announced a new management structure in the U.S. Chris Licata, currently president of the Tecnica and Blizzard brands in the U.S., will be the new chief brand officer for winter sports in the country, a newly-created position. Sam Cook returns as president of Tecnica and Blizzard in ...
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Twinner in France, formerly called Technicien du Sport, has announced...
Twinner in France, formerly called Technicien du Sport, has announced that Patrice Hournon will be in charge of the company's interests in the STMI partnership. Twinner had joined the STMI purchasing group, which also includes Go Sport and Hervis Sport, last June. Hournon was previously purchasing manager at Sport 2000 ...
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Li-Ning has announced the signing of a multi-year sponsorship deal...
Li-Ning has announced the signing of a multi-year sponsorship deal with the NBA star Dwyane Wade, for an undisclosed amount. The deal between China's leading sportswear company and the Miami Heat guard, who was two times NBA champion, calls for a signature line of adult athletic footwear and apparel, called ...
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Manchester City has announced that Hugo Boss will become the...
Manchester City has announced that Hugo Boss will become the exclusive fashion and clothing partner of its first team, for an undisclosed amount. The German brand will design the player's club suits, worn during official Manchester City engagements and cup finals. The deal is limited to off-pitch apparel only, as ...
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Molten has announced that it is to renew its sponsorship...
Molten has announced that it is to renew its sponsorship deal with the British Basketball League (BBL) for a third term. Molten's distinctive BGG7 basketball will be the exclusive and official ball of the BBL for use in league, club and championship matches, in addition to junior development and community ...
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Festibike, the annual Spanish bicycle exhibition, will move to the...
Festibike, the annual Spanish bicycle exhibition, will move to the Crystal Pavilion of Casa de Campo, in the center of Madrid, as from 2013. About 48,000 people attended the 2012 edition under tents near Madrid last Sept. 14-16. The Crystal Pavilion is a multipurpose and multifunctional facility that can accommodate ...
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Kästle has moved its head office from Wels to another...
Kästle has moved its head office from Wels to another location north of Salzburg, closer to its Austrian clients. It has taken up a space of 400 square meters in a former glass factory where other important brands such as Quiksilver, Diesel and Ugg have their offices and showrooms.
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The new Milan Anti-Counterfeiting Committee (“Consiglio Milanese Anticontraffazione” - CMA)...
The new Milan Anti-Counterfeiting Committee (“Consiglio Milanese Anticontraffazione” - CMA) was presented to the press on Sept. 24. The project aims at monitoring the phenomenon of counterfeiting in the municipality of Milan by collecting data with law enforcement agencies and establishing a direct cooperation with the public prosecutor's office, as ...
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Applications for next year's BrandNew contest may be submitted to...
Applications for next year's BrandNew contest may be submitted to Messe München until Nov. 1, 2012. It is expected that no less than 300 companies from 25 countries will compete to win a free booth at the next Ispo Munich, which will take place on Feb. 3-6, 2013. Ispo created BrandNew ...
