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Champion Europe has signed a licensing deal with IMG/CLC, granting...
Champion Europe has signed a licensing deal with IMG/CLC, granting it rights to develop licensed apparel and accessories for several major American colleges and universities for sale in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. The Italian-based company has expanded its apparel offerings and retail operations in recent years in view ...
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Hi-Tec has named Charles Willis to be its new outdoor...
Hi-Tec has named Charles Willis to be its new outdoor creative director, replacing Hy Rosario, who is leaving the company to pursue other interests. Willis comes from Wolverine World Wide, where he was most recently Merrell group vice president and creative director. Separately, Hy Rosario, Hi-Tec’s global outdoor category director, ...
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Quiksilver has a new line of clothing inspired by, and...
Quiksilver has a new line of clothing inspired by, and created with, the surfing legend Mark Richards. The 11-piece vintage-style collection includes board shorts, cotton T-shirts and a trucker hat.
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A criminal fraud trial involving the football club of Paris...
A criminal fraud trial involving the football club of Paris Saint-Germain and Nike France started in a Paris court last week. It is alleged that the team made some player transfers between 2000 and 2005 and structured its sponsorship deal with Nike for the purpose of withholding social charges that ...
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SmartWool Europe has named Richard Codgbrook to be its new...
SmartWool Europe has named Richard Codgbrook to be its new European marketing manager. He comes from Human Race, a company that specializes in major sporting events such as triathlons and off-road races, where he was marketing manager. He had previously held that same title for Merrell footwear and apparel in ...
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Patagonia is launching its collection of wetsuits in Europe for...
Patagonia is launching its collection of wetsuits in Europe for the next fall/winter season. The company says they use the highest quality of neoprene and no PVC. The suit lining blends recycled polyester with Merino wool, using Patagonia’s patented Regulator wool technology. It allows the wearer to do uninhibited surfing ...
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Tiger Woods has confirmed that he is returning to professional...
Tiger Woods has confirmed that he is returning to professional golf. He will compete in the Masters in Augusta, Georgia, on April 8. Early reports suggest that Woods’ return to the game will give a big boost to golf viewership on television and to the sponsors who have stuck by ...
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Now that the missing hockey stick that Sidney Crosby used...
Now that the missing hockey stick that Sidney Crosby used to vault Canada over the U.S. has been found, Reebok has decided to donate $8,700 each to three organizations. The stick was discovered in a shipment heading to the IIHF Hall of Fame, making Reebok’s $10,000 reward offer for information ...
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The Snow Show held for the first time in Denver,...
The Snow Show held for the first time in Denver, Colorado, at the end of January by SnowSports Industries America brought in 18,932 visitors. Almost 850 snow sports brands occupied more than 3,100 booths, and 125 of them were new to the show. There was a 9.6 percent increase in ...
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Karstadt is now expected to be sold by the end...
Karstadt is now expected to be sold by the end of April to a new investor, although creditors will reportedly get only around 3 percent of their claims. There are six candidates now in the running, according to Financial Times Deutschland, and they include institutional investors such as Apollo, Permira ...
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Macron, the Italian sports equipment supplier, is the new technical...
Macron, the Italian sports equipment supplier, is the new technical sponsor for the football club AS Monaco, replacing Puma in the role. The deal runs for four years. Macron also sponsors Serie A clubs in Bologna, Naples and Cagliari, partners with Sporting Braga in Portugal, and will supply the Premier ...
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Spanish interests are launching a new web store for the...
Spanish interests are launching a new web store for the sale of close-out sports merchandise under the domain deportetododeporte.com. Brands such as Joma, FootJoy, Li Ning, TTK and Horizon Fitness have already indicated that they will participate in the beta test of the site from the month of April.
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The major Norwegian sports retail chains enjoyed a 10.3 percent...
The major Norwegian sports retail chains enjoyed a 10.3 percent increase in their combined turnover last year to 9.58 billion Norwegian kroner (€1.19bn-$1.63bn), according to the country’s sports industry association, Sportsbransjen. G-Sports and Intersport, which both belong to Gresvig, led the ranking with sales increases of 1.4 percent and 3.6 ...
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Sales fell by 16 percent to $53.7 million at Nautilus...
Sales fell by 16 percent to $53.7 million at Nautilus for the fourth quarter ended Dec. 31, but the company turned around a loss of $41.2 million from last year to report a net profit of $5.7 million for 2009. The quarterly operating loss improved to $7.7 million from $35.5 ...
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Puma is going to acquire a 20 percent stake in...
Puma is going to acquire a 20 percent stake in a Botswanan ecotourism firm, Wilderness Safaris. The 26-year old company, which operates camps and safaris in seven African countries, has scheduled a public offering in its home market for April 8 with a secondary listing of three million shares on ...
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Elisabeth Oberrauch, 24, has taken on responsibility for the head...
Elisabeth Oberrauch, 24, has taken on responsibility for the head office of Sportler and the logistics center of this major Italian sporting goods retailer, based in Bolzano. She is the oldest daughter of Georg Oberrauch, founder and chief executive of the 20-store chain. She has been working in the family ...
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For the nine months ended Dec. 31, Yonex had a...
For the nine months ended Dec. 31, Yonex had a 1.5 percent drop in sales to ¥27.09 billion (€219.6m-$299.8m), though operating income climbed by 23 percent to ¥747.0 million (€6.1m-$8.3m). Net income for the period was ¥534 million (€4.3m-$5.9m). For the full fiscal year, which ends in March, Yonex expects ...
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Fulvio Matteoni, a 46-year-old Italian manager who has worked for...
Fulvio Matteoni, a 46-year-old Italian manager who has worked for Décathlon in Italy in various positions since its first Italian store opened at Lissone in 1993, is the new Italian country manager for the chain. He takes the place of Philippe Debray, a veteran of the company who has been ...
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Gatorade has joined Accenture and AT&T in terminating its deal...
Gatorade has joined Accenture and AT&T in terminating its deal with Tiger Woods, who has been coping with the fallout of extramarital affairs since a highly publicized fight with his wife in November. Initially Gatorade just discontinued a sports drink named for the golfer, but ended its partnership with him ...
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Acting through his company JJW Hotels & Resorts, majority shareholder...
Acting through his company JJW Hotels & Resorts, majority shareholder at Kneissl, Sheikh Mohammed Bin Issa al Jaber has appointed his eldest daughter, Mashael, as additional managing director of the Austrian ski brand along with Andreas Gebauer. Mashael Al Jaber is already vice president of her father’s investment company. Kneissl ...
