News Briefs – Page 143
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News briefsMunich sees sales jump 40%
Spanish sneaker brand Munich has registered a 40 percent sales increase for 2022, La Vanguardia has reported. Revenues for the full year 2022 reached €74.3 million, primarily driven by padel (+52 percent), domestic sales (+35 percent) and strong international sales. Munich was founded in 1939 by Luís Berneda in Sant ...
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News briefsSpanish eco-friendly fashion company launches sports brand
Ecoalf, a Spanish eco-friendly fashion company, is entering the sportswear market with Ecoalf Sports, its new brand of sustainable sportswear for running, cycling, surfing, yoga and pilates. Like its other collections, the new Ecoalf sportswear uses natural and recycled fibers. Founded in 2009 by Javier Goyeneche, Ecoalf posted revenues of ...
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News briefsAdidas and Prada launch first joint football boot collection
Adidas and Prada have unveiled their first joint collection of football boots. The Adidas Football for Prada collection for men and women combines Prada’s sophisticated codes and materials with Adidas’ performance football technologies. The collection reimagines three Adidas products – the Predator Accuracy, Copa Pure and X Crazyfast. The boots ...
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News briefsHummel launches re.hummel recycling program
Danish sportswear brand Hummel has launched a new recycling program to help customers handle their old sportswear while promoting a circular economy. Named re.hummel, the program is part of the brand’s new loyalty program. Customers can return used Hummel items in exchange for loyalty points, regardless of the item’s condition ...
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News briefsRiminiWellness expects 100,000 visitors
RiminiWellness, the international event for the wellness community in the Italian seaside town of Rimini, is targeting 100,000 visitors this year to match the pre-pandemic figure in 2019. Organized by the Italian Exhibition Group, the show claims to be “the world’s biggest gathering devoted to fitness, well-being, business, sport, physical ...
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News briefsAdidas launches Move For The Planet initiative in June
Source: Adidas Adidas has introduced Move For The Planet, a new global initiative to encourage people to turn their activities into actions. The company is committed to donating €1 to Common Goal for every 10 minutes of activity recorded on the Adidas Running App across 34 sports ...
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News briefsMeta receives record fine and must stop exporting Facebook’s EU user data
Meta (formerly Facebook) has been hit with a formal suspension order requiring it to stop exporting user data from the European Union to the U.S. for processing. The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) announced on May 22 that Meta Platforms Ireland Limited has been fined €1.2 billion by the Irish ...
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News briefsSão Paulo FC goes virtual
The latest sports team to expand into a metaverse is São Paulo FC. According to the metaverse’s custodians, Crypto Blockchain Industries (CBI), the “audiovisual content” will cover the professional men’s team, the women’s team, youth teams and club news. Fans will be able to talk to one another and gain ...
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News briefsAnta Sports receives several awards in Asia
Anta Sports Products Ltd, the parent company of Anta, Fila, Descente, Kolon Sport and the Amer Sports group, announced that it has received several prestigious awards in the areas of corporate governance, investor relations and sustainability. Most notably, Anta Sports was named “Best Managed Companies in Hong Kong - Consumer ...
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News briefsWilson breaks ground on new ball factory in Ohio
Wilson has broken ground on an expansion of its Ada, Ohio, plant, which is scheduled to open next summer and will measure nearly 7,500 sqm, more than double the size of the current facility. At present, the factory produces between 500,000 and 600,000 handmade NFL footballs annually. The goal for ...
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News briefsWolverine looking for new Saucony brand president
Anne Cavassa, who joined Saucony as the brand’s first woman president in May 2018 after more than 20 years working for the likes of Brooks Running, Timberland, Nike, and Reebok Intl., recently left Wolverine Worldwide (WWW). Senior company executives disclosed her departure during last week’s earnings conference call. Chris Hufnagel, ...
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News briefsOn and SportScheck launch 24-hour world record attempt
On May 24 and 25, Swiss brand On and German sports retailer SportScheck will jointly launch a world record attempt: The longest distance run in a relay on a treadmill in 24 hours. The “SportScheck Record Run 23” is an official world record attempt and will take place at the ...
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News briefsSpeedo's Swim United initiative to fight decline in children's ability to swim
Speedo’s Swim United with Active Black Country and swim stars Adam Peaty, Ellie Simmonds and Michael Gunning have started a new program in the U.K. to tackle the decline in children learning to swim. The program, launched on April 26, follows news that an estimated 2 million children in the ...
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News briefsVietnam’s textiles exports fell double digit in first four months of 2023
Vietnam’s textile and apparel exports fell 18.1 percent to $9.72 billion in the January-April 2023 period, according to preliminary data from the customs IT and statistics department of the Department of Customs under the country’s Ministry of Finance. Yarn exports during the first four months of 2023 dropped 32.9 percent ...
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News briefsControlling shareholders seek larger stake in Alpargatas
MS Alpa Participacões Ltda., an entity owned by Cambuhy Alpa Holding Ltda., and Alpa Fundo de Investimento em Acões, who are part of Alpargatas’ controlling shareholders group, have offered to purchase an additional 32 million shares in the Brazilian footwear company on the open market for 10.50 Brazilian reais each ...
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News briefsMizuno and Volleyball World ink partnership extension
Japanese sporting goods brand Mizuno and Volleyball World have inked a two-year partnership extension through Dec. 31, 2024. Mizuno has been a part of Volleyball World’s portfolio of global partners since 2022. This new agreement is meant to further strengthen Mizuno’s ties with volleyball fans around the world. The agreement ...
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News briefsFewer retail stores in the Netherlands in 2023
On Jan. 1, 2023, there were 82,100 physical stores in the Netherlands, according to the Dutch Retail Association of Sporting Goods Suppliers (FGHS). That’s 1,600 fewer stores than a year earlier. This is the steepest decline since the outbreak of the Covid 19 pandemic, according to preliminary figures from the ...
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News briefsYKK launches 3D configurator
YKK, the global fastening manufacturer, along with Vntana, a 3D Infrastructure Platform, has announced the launch of a 3D trim configurator to make it easier for brands to visualize trim options, design trims, and generate item codes instantly. The new platform, YKK Trim Creator, aims to bring standardization and efficiency ...
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News briefsAdidas begins selling Yeezy stock, plans to donate proceeds
Adidas announced on May 19 that it will begin selling some Adidas Yeezy products from its inventory. An initial sale is expected to take place at the end of May 2023. Several existing designs will be available exclusively through adidas.com/yeezy and the Adidas Confirmed app. As previously reported, the company ...
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News briefsNike partners with Strava
Nike is partnering with Strava, the subscription platform for connected fitness, in a pilot program to extend fitness services to more people. Starting in June, the users of the Nike Run Club and Nike Training Club apps will be able to seamlessly upload their activity into Strava to share with ...
