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Chris Ronnie, the former chief executive of JJB Sports, has...
Chris Ronnie, the former chief executive of JJB Sports, has called for an investigation into his dismissal from the company in March. He reportedly said that he was made a scapegoat for the retailer’s problems, and planned to turn over papers to the U.K.’s Financial Services Authority. He claimed that ...
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Jim Tompkins, the former president and chief operating officer of...
Jim Tompkins, the former president and chief operating officer of New Balance, will join Spira Footwear in an advisory capacity to help with the expansion of this American brand of sports shoes. He spent 25 years at New Balance until he left in June.
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China Dongxiang Group Company, the exclusive licensee of Kappa in...
China Dongxiang Group Company, the exclusive licensee of Kappa in China, Macau and Japan, has signed a deal with Taobao.com to open a Kappa store on its website. As of Sept. 1, customers can shop for Kappa products from their computers. Kappa already has more than 3,000 brick-and-mortar stores in ...
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Columbia Sportswear has filed a complaint in a court in...
Columbia Sportswear has filed a complaint in a court in Oregon stating that Brian O’Boyle, one of its designers, used company time, equipment and information to design for its competitors, including Crocs. O’Boyle started working for Columbia in 2003; Columbia said problems started in 2007 at the latest. He is ...
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Golf Europe will feature an interesting program of conferences at...
Golf Europe will feature an interesting program of conferences at its next session in the MOC permanent showroom center of Munich next Sept. 27-29. One of the highlights will be the presentation of the new study of the European golf apparel and footwear market being completed by EDM Publications, publisher ...
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Starting next year, the Swedish-based Golfstore cooperative of independent golf...
Starting next year, the Swedish-based Golfstore cooperative of independent golf shops will be the exclusive retailer for Ashworth golf products in Sweden, Iceland, Denmark, Norway and Finland. Ashworth, which was bought by the Adidas Group a few months ago, will be distributed by the TaylorMade-Adidas Golf office in Sweden. The ...
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Jim Davey will be the new vice president for global...
Jim Davey will be the new vice president for global marketing at Timberland, coming from stints with Nickelodeon and Viacom Consumer Products. He replaces Carol Yang, who is leaving in October to pursue other interests. Davey will report to Mike Harrison, Timberland’s chief brand officer.
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New Wave Group’s sports and leisure division saw revenues fall...
New Wave Group’s sports and leisure division saw revenues fall by 18 percent to 368 million Swedish kronor (€36.2m-$51.6m) for the second quarter ended June 30. The company said it was hurt by poor U.S. sales of Cutter & Buck, a brand that it recently acquired, and because it had ...
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Employees of Fruit of the Loom at two sites in...
Employees of Fruit of the Loom at two sites in Alabama will be laid off when the company moves 276 apparel jobs to its headquarters in Kentucky. This number comprises 218 employees of Russell Corporation and 58 of Vanity Fair Brands. Employees will be given the option of moving to ...
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Reebok and Foot Locker have taken on the rapper Fabolous...
Reebok and Foot Locker have taken on the rapper Fabolous to perform at their Classic Remix concert series in the U.S., and will sell a Classic Remix footwear collection featuring his name in styles including the SL 7101, Workout Hi, Tejara and Classic Leather. The men’s shoes will retail for ...
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A truck loaded with Wolverine World Wide footwear was stolen...
A truck loaded with Wolverine World Wide footwear was stolen from outside the company’s warehouse in Howard City, Michigan, Monday night; U.S. Customs authorities are working with local police to find the truck. They would not divulge the estimated value.
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Keith Harkess will be the new general manager for product...
Keith Harkess will be the new general manager for product and supply at O’Neill. He comes from Puma, where he was general manager in charge of the global apparel business since 2005, and has also held executive positions with Dockers Europe and Adidas, where he acted as senior vice president ...
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Sun & Sand Sports, the largest sporting goods wholesaler and...
Sun & Sand Sports, the largest sporting goods wholesaler and retailer in the United Arab Emirates, has secured exclusive retail agreements with Under Armour and The North Face, meaning that the products of these brands will be featured only in its own stores within the territories covered by these agreements. ...
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Nike has opened registration for its second Nike+ Human Race,...
Nike has opened registration for its second Nike+ Human Race, a 10K taking place in more than 24 cities worldwide on Oct. 24. Last year almost 780,000 runners participated. Nike offers “Run Where You Are,” where runners can get the Nike+ iPod Sport Kit and run the 10K wherever they ...
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Last week, as part of the opening of the IAAF...
Last week, as part of the opening of the IAAF World Championships in Athletics, 20 runners from 19 countries in Europe ran through the German Historical Museum in Berlin. The so-called Museum Run was organized by Run Free Now, a collaboration among Intersport, Adidas and Asics to promote running as ...
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Puma has released a statement related to its ongoing legal...
Puma has released a statement related to its ongoing legal battle with K-Swiss over Puma’s Formstrip. K-Swiss had filed a petition to delete the trademark Formstrip, saying the application was deficient. K-Swiss said that Puma’s North American subsidiary was a co-owner of the Formstrip when Puma registered the trademark, and ...
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Puma is launching a line of sneakers in tribute to...
Puma is launching a line of sneakers in tribute to an Olympic sprinter, Usain Bolt of Jamaica. They have already started selling them in Japan, where the news service Nikkei reported lines outside a Puma store, in preparation for a global launch. The shoes are modeled after the orange spikes ...
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Mondial Pêche is looking at the possible shutdown of some...
Mondial Pêche is looking at the possible shutdown of some more stores and their transfer to less expensive sites. The French chain of fishing tackle shops had already reduced the number of its stores in 2008 from 41 to 39 and sold the real estate properties of four others, generating ...
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Adidas has obtained a 10-year endorsement deal starting next year...
Adidas has obtained a 10-year endorsement deal starting next year with Olympique Lyonnais (OL), the team that has been performing most convincingly and consistently in French football in the last years – with seven consecutive wins of the top French football league from 2002 until 2008. Adidas already outfitted OL ...
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Reportedly, Li Ning wants to open between 70 and 100...
Reportedly, Li Ning wants to open between 70 and 100 badminton shops in Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia and Brunei before the end of this year. The project follows the recent takeover of Kason Sport for US$24 million, and badminton is said to be very popular in those countries. The category will ...
