News Briefs – Page 155
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News briefsCrash helmet sensor specialist Tocsen changes hands
Aleck, a manufacturer of wireless audio and communication systems for outdoor sports, has acquired Tocsen, a German brand of smart crash sensors for bicycle, snow and riding helmets. Tocsen was established in 2019 by Alexander Schumacher, Andreas Botsch and Malte Buttjer. The first Tocsen crash sensor was ...
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News briefsSpeedo teams up with Chinese fitness club
Speedo has teamed up with China’s premium fitness club, Wills, to help inspire its 1.5 million members to take up swimming. The one-year partnership will see 900 of Wills’ swimming trainers teaching exclusively in Speedo x Wills co-branded swimwear products. The customized collection, a redesign of Speedo’s classics, consists of ...
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News briefsResurgent racquet brand, resurgent racquet
Snauwaert saw the light of day in Belgium in 1928 and went under in the early 1990s, only to reemerge in 2020, after nearly 30 years of dormancy, in another land: Italy. The brand released its high-end, eponymous racquet, the “Snauwaert,” in the 1970s and followed it up in the ...
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News briefsTop Spanish pádel shop helps expedite recycling
Pádel Nuestro has signed a deal with Bown Sports & Sustainability, a promoter in Spain of a recycling initiative whose name, er, sounds like “sustainables.” Source: Pádel Nuestro The objective of the SustainaBalls program is to collect used tennis and pádel balls. It does this by setting ...
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News briefsK-Swiss appoints new international brand president
K-Swiss has appointed industry veteran Rob Langstaff as its new international brand president. The company said in a statement that Langstaff offers the company “strong, full-spectrum brand leadership” and contributes knowledge and experience in product design and development, sales, marketing, finance, supply chain and distribution. Before joining K-Swiss, Langstaff worked ...
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News briefsNew general manager at eBay U.K.
Source: eBay Eve Williams eBay has promoted Eve Williams to vice president, general manager of its U.K. business. She joined eBay in December 2020 as chief marketing officer for the U.K., leading campaigns such as eBay’s fashion partnership with Love Island, the revival of the MTV ...
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News briefsWattbike appoints Greg Nieuwenhuys as new chairman
Wattbike, the U.K.-based specialist in indoor bikes, has announced the appointment of Greg Nieuwenhuys as its new chairman, effective immediately. Nieuwenhuys is currently chairman of Mammut Sports Group. He was previously CEO of U.K. retailers Cotswold Outdoors, Snow+Rock and Runners Need. He also led Bever, the largest outdoor retailer in ...
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News briefsEarn university credits in metaverse sports business
A first university course in virtual negotiation and the metaverse as they apply to sport will debut this October. Behind it are the sports-industry consultancy Valgo (the name translates to “I am worth” or “I have value”) and the University of Castille-La Mancha (UCLM), with its group for research in ...
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News briefsSingapore could host the world’s first “Home of Table Tennis”
The International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) and Sport Singapore (SportSG) have signed a memorandum of understanding to kickstart discussions for the world’s first “Home of Table Tennis.” The signing ceremony took place on the final evening of the Singapore Smash 2023 tournament earlier this month. The ITTF plans to establish ...
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News briefsAllbirds to launch net zero carbon shoe
Source: https://www.allbirds.com Allbirds has announced the launch of the M0.0NSHOT, which it claims is the “world’s first net zero carbon shoe.” The name refers to the company “shooting for the moon with a net zero carbon shoe,” Allbirds said. The midsole of the M0.0NSHOT consists of a ...
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News briefsPeak Ski Company integrates tracking device directly into ski
Peak Ski Company, the U.S. ski brand founded in 2022 by Bode Miller and Andy Wirth, and its strategic partner Pebblebee have unveiled Peak Lôc8, a tracking device that will be integrated into some models of Peak’s 2023/24 ski line. Peak Lôc8 allows users to locate their Peak skis (not ...
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News briefsSpanish e-tail giant to start a brand of its own
Tradeinn has plans to develop a brand of its own. The Spanish e-tailer – which operates a single physical store (in Celrà) and more than a dozen separate websites (divvied up by sport) – was in Barcelona for Eshow, the trade fair for e-commerce and digital marketing. There, according to ...
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News briefsPrimaLoft has a new CFO
Source: PrimaLoft Jason Kerley Materials technology company PrimaLoft, Inc., a subsidiary of Compass Diversified (CoDi), has announced the promotion of Jason Kerley to chief financial officer. Kerley, who currently serves as vice president - controller, will assume the position following the departure of Tom Seaver, who joined ...
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News briefsFashion for Good announces 12 new members of its 2023 Innovation Program
Fashion for Good has welcomed twelve new start-ups to its global platform. The selected innovators will participate in the nine-month 2023 Innovation Program, with bespoke support based on the development stage and ambitions of each participant, to validate their technologies, match with relevant industry partners and drive implementation and investing ...
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News briefsVolleyball emerges as the digital champion for 2022
The International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) has emerged as the leader among sports authorities in the 7th edition of the #SportOnSocial League Table, a social media performance benchmarking tool established every year by research, digital and creative agency Redtorch. FIVB ranked second last year when the top spot was occupied by ...
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News briefsThe key topics at Supply Chain Forum Amsterdam 2023
The Supply Chain Forum, part of the PI Apparel conference series, will return to Amsterdam on May 30-31. The key topics at the event, held at the Postillion Convention Centre Amsterdam, will include: The greening of the fashion supply chain, with special attention to the EU Green Deal; the impact ...
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News briefsSweaty Betty’s CEO and COO to step down
Sweaty Betty’s chief executive Julia Straus and chief operating officer Mark Smith are both set to leave the company. The pair will step down from the business in the summer of 2023. Replacements have not yet been announced. An official statement from Sweaty Betty, first quoted in Drapers, confirmed: ”After ...
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News briefsSabrina Ionescu and Nike team up for signature basketball collection
Source: Nike Sabrina Ionescu’s Unicorn sock with Dri-FIT ADV Nike has unveiled Sabrina Ionescu as its newest signature athlete, continuing to follow through on its self-imposed commitment to develop the next generation of basketball players and advance the game both on and off the court. Ionescu is ...
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News briefsAdidas to discontinue Runtastic App
Adidas is discontinuing its training app Runtastic, according to German online magazine Business Insider. Adidas acquired the Austrian startup, which launched in 2009, in 2015. Scott Dunlap, CEO at Runtastic & VP mobile at Adidas, who was appointed to succeed co-founder and CEO Florian Gschwandtner at Runtastic in 2019, has ...
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News briefsFrench court will examine options for Go Sport on April 18
The Grenoble Commercial Court has decided to study the continuation plan that Hermione People & Brands (HPB), Go Sport’s owner, the owner of Go Sport, intends to implement, as well as the takeover bids available on April 18. Intersport and Frasers (formerly Sports Direct) are among the potential buyers. French ...
