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Adidas has renewed its global licensing deal with Double D,...
Adidas has renewed its global licensing deal with Double D, for martial arts and boxing equipment. The two companies have worked together since 2005. Double D will also take over distribution of Adidas’ tae kwon do equipment starting in 2011.
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The Saudi company Fawaz Alhokair is working with Global Brands...
The Saudi company Fawaz Alhokair is working with Global Brands Group to expand Fifa stores throughout the Middle East and in Egypt. Fourteen stores are expected to open this year, along with shop-in-shops during the Fifa World Cup this summer. The shops, to be located in Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Lebanon, ...
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Asics used a team of all women to come up...
Asics used a team of all women to come up with a new line of women’s shoes. The shoes, the Plaisance and Chatelet models, are sporty ballerinas modeled after original Asics gymnastics shoes. They are available from this month in Japan and Taiwan, retailing for ¥6,615 (€53.60-$73.20) and ¥6,090 (€49.40-$67.40).
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A new study published by Global Industry Analysts of California...
A new study published by Global Industry Analysts of California has looked into the market for swimwear and beachwear. It found that Europe and the U.S. dominate the worldwide market, which is expected to be more than $17.6 billion by 2015. Women’s desire to look good poolside is increasing demand ...
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El Corte Inglés has opened another Sportown store in Vitoria,...
El Corte Inglés has opened another Sportown store in Vitoria, replacing a former unit from its Sfera chain of fashion stores. Occupying 1,000 square meters on two floors, it is the third own of the kind by the Spanish retailer after openings in Madrid and Santiago de Compostela. Targeting young ...
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On another front, the EU is launching free-trade talks with...
On another front, the EU is launching free-trade talks with Vietnam, working toward an eventual Free Trade Agreement like the one recently signed with South Korea. The prime minister of Vietnam, Nguyen Tan Dung, has asked the EU to recognize his country’s market status and to resolve issues ...
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The NPD Group estimates that sales of French sports apparel...
The NPD Group estimates that sales of French sports apparel and footwear slid by 2 percent in 2009, which is in line with other groups of technical or cultural consumer goods. The research company placed the size of France’s sports and related lifestyle apparel market at about €3.7 billion at ...
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Look Cycle, the pioneering developer and leading supplier of automatic...
Look Cycle, the pioneering developer and leading supplier of automatic road bicycle pedals, has announced the acquisition of Freejump, another French company that launched the first automatic equestrian stirrups in 2004. It also launched the first real equestrian sports shoe. Look Cycle has been growing steadily over the years to ...
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CV Bali Balance (CVBB), the former Indonesian licensee of Billabong...
CV Bali Balance (CVBB), the former Indonesian licensee of Billabong International, is suing its former partner. It claims that the 2005 termination of its license, three years before it was set to expire, was invalid. CVBB wants $53 million for losses as well as $100 million for unspecified damages. Billabong ...
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Several Polish bicycle companies have banded together to form the...
Several Polish bicycle companies have banded together to form the Polish Cycle Association. The group, which will not include dealers or importers, will be centered in Lodz and will lobby for measure benefiting Polish cycling and the bike market there, as well as a better biking infrastructure and road safety ...
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Bob Maggiore has been named vice president for brand and...
Bob Maggiore has been named vice president for brand and product marketing for TaylorMade at TaylorMade-Adidas Golf. He has been with the company for 12 years, most recently in charge of marketing, a position he filled in 2007. In addition, the company appointed Harry Arnett in the same position for ...
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GTX Corporation, which makes two-way GPS equipment, has been granted...
GTX Corporation, which makes two-way GPS equipment, has been granted several patents in the U.S. that it will use to put GPS location devices in shoes. The patents include 21 independent claims, which the company says means anyone else who wants to make GPS-enabled footwear would need a license from ...
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Speedo has tailored its new Shapeline range to different body...
Speedo has tailored its new Shapeline range to different body shapes using data from 5,400 women whose bodies were scanned in the U.K. The company’s global R&D team came up with three variations, the Natasha, a bust shaper (for “top hourglass” figures); the Madeline, a waist shaper (for “hourglass” body ...
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Hi-Tec, the British outdoor brand, has teamed up with the...
Hi-Tec, the British outdoor brand, has teamed up with the National Trust to come up with a small range of walking boots with an environmentally friendly slant. The company admits that it still has a long way to go to make greener products, but the range, which is emblazoned with ...
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Bread & Butter plans to screen matches of the Fifa...
Bread & Butter plans to screen matches of the Fifa World Cup during the trade show on July 7-9, in an effort to keep visitors from leaving the exhibition to watch the matches. The organizers are planning an 8,000-seat stadium at the site of the show to air the evening ...
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Britain’s first online service for renting golf equipment is up...
Britain’s first online service for renting golf equipment is up and running. Rentaclub.co.uk will let golfers try products from such market leaders as Callaway, TaylorMade-Adidas Golf, Nike, Cleveland, Srixon and Mizuno. The golfer logs on to the site and with the help of a virtual assistant, chooses the clubs best ...
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Like JJB Sports and other British retail chains, the receivers...
Like JJB Sports and other British retail chains, the receivers of Karstadt have obtained a cut in the lease rates of its remaining 26 sports stores and 86 department stores. A reduction of €150 million was agreed to by the Highstreet Consortium controlled by Goldman Sachs, Deutsche Bank, Pirelli, Generali ...
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Foremost, the buying group for British golf pro shops, which...
Foremost, the buying group for British golf pro shops, which became Europe’s largest last year, has rallied to the trade fair initiated by its British rival, TGI Golf, with the Professional Golfers’ Association (PGA) last November. At the time, TGI Golf and the PGA raised eyebrows by announcing that they ...
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Easton Sports has brought Chris Zimmerman, the former president and...
Easton Sports has brought Chris Zimmerman, the former president and chief executive of the National Hockey League’s Vancouver Canucks and Canucks Sports & Entertainment, aboard as president. He will report to Paul Harrington, president of Easton-Bell Sports, heading up the Easton brand. He spent many years at Nike, leaving there ...
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Patrick Buffeteau, former French country manager of Le Coq Sportif,...
Patrick Buffeteau, former French country manager of Le Coq Sportif, is now running the sports fashion division of The Lifestyle Company, which distributes several important brands in France including Fred Perry, K-Way, Ben Sherman and Ipanema. He previously worked for Adidas and Wolverine World Wide.
