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The IOC releases the first Tokyo 2020 “playbook” for safe Games
The International Olympic Committee (IOC), the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) and the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee (Tokyo 2020) have published the first of a series of ”Playbooks” for the Olympic Games, a resource that outlines the responsibilities of key stakeholders in ensuring safe and successful events this summer. This first ...
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News briefsDenmark walks together
A new initiative was launched on Jan. 25 to get the Danish people to walk more for a month. Working with Danmarks Radio, the national TV station, the Danish Sports Company Association (Dansk Firmaidrætsforbund) has asked participants to record how many steps they take daily on a website, and challenge ...
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Sport England names first director of equality, diversity and inclusion
Sport England has announced the appointment of Viveen Taylor as director of equality, diversity and inclusion, a newly created position. Since joining the English government sports agency in August 2018, Taylor has spearheaded tts work to promote an active lifestyle among lower socio-economic groups. The appointment comes on the heels ...
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Sport England unveils 10-year grassroots strategy to tackle inequalities
Sport England has unveiled “Uniting the Movement,” a new ten-year strategy by the government agency to transform lives and communities in England through sports and physical activity. The new vision primarily seeks to tackle inequalities in sport and physical activity, which coronavirus-related disruption in 2020 has further highlighted, according to ...
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Dorel is asked to pay back taxes in Europe
Dorel Industries said it plans to appeal a decision that would force one of the company’s subsidiaries to pay €46.8 million in taxes plus interest in connection with the transfer of certain assets made in the context of an international corporate reorganization made in 2015. The decision was notified to ...
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Mastercard hikes fees on U.K. e-commerce purchases from EU
In yet another indication of the inflationary effects of Brexit, Mastercard is preparing to at least quadruple the fees it charges to merchants located in the European Union and the rest of the European Economic Area when British cardholders buy their goods online. It warned that the move could lead ...
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Jochen Schaefer launches his own website
Jochen Schaefer, the legal advisor of the World Federation of the Sporting Goods Industry (WFSGI) and the European Federation of the Sporting Goods Industry (FESI), has launched his own website under the www.sjlegalonline.de domain in English and German. Besides providing information on his background and expertise, it has a special ...
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WFSGI launches a revamped website, invites to McKinsey webinar
The World Federation of the Sporting Goods Industry (WFSGI) has launched a newly designed website, www.wfsgi.org. It is more user-friendly and easier to navigate through than the former one. It also offers more features and customized solutions. Besides guiding visitors through its “working areas” to find out about its committee ...
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French and Italian ski resorts to remain closed
The French government is expected to announce tomorrow that cable cars and other ski facilities will not open until Feb. 1 at the earliest, or even throughout the month of February,because of the continued high level of coronavirus contaminations. They have been shut down for the general public since Dec. ...
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Rossignol’s CEO speaks of an “industrial disaster” for France’s ski industry
In a recent interview with the French newspaper Ouest France, Rossignol’s chief executive, Bruno Cercley, warned about the dramatic situation that the French ski industry is facing because of the pandemic and related restrictions. Ski facilities are currently closed in France, whereas they are open in some other countries, including ...
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EU updates supplier/wholesaler/retailer regulations
The European Commission is sounding out companies involved in the sale and distribution of consumer goods and their trade associations to provide input for the reform of a set of guidelines governing dealings between suppliers, wholesalers and retailers. First issued in 2010 and called the Vertical Block Exemption Regulation – ...
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U.S. customs is withholding cotton and tomato products from Xinjiang
The U.S. government is increasing its pressure on Chinese interests and authorities to stop engaging in labor practices that violate basic human rights. The U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agency has issued a third Withhold Release Order (WRO) for cotton products and tomato products produced in Xinjiang, China. ...
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Nike and Converse file lawsuit against nearly 600 websites
Nike and its Converse subsidiary have filed the biggest lawsuit of the kind, accusing the 186 operators of 589 websites as well as 676 social media accounts for allegedly infringing on various trademarks and attempting to sell “falsely labeled” counterfeit products under their own brand names and that of Nike’s ...
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Graffiti artist sues TNF over Futurelight logo
Artnet News reports that the U.S. street artist Futura is suing The North Face (TNF) for allegedly copying the stylized swirled atom design that has for years appeared throughout his artwork in its 2019 Futurelight collection of apparel, subsequently expanded to various accessories. According to Artnet, the artist’s filing, which ...
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U.K., Canada to restrict business with Xinjiang, China
The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office in the U.K. is seeking to separate British organizations from the extra-judicial detentions and forced labor that Uyghur Muslims and other minorities are undergoing at the hands of the ruling Chinese Communist Party in the province of Xinjiang. Citing “proof from the Chinese authorities’ ...
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New Accademia Creativi Montebelluna in Italy’s Sportsystem district
The new Accademia Creativi Montebelluna (Montebelluna Creative Academy) brings together designers and professionals from the footwear and sporting goods sector of the so-called Montebelluna Sportsystem industrial cluster, in Italy’s northeast. Its general aim is to safeguard and transmit the cluster’s technical know-how to the new generations. The chairman of the ...
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Another legal victory for Michael Jordan in China
Michael Jordan has won another victory in its legal battle with Qiaodan Sports, a Chinese sports apparel brand based in Fujian, obtaining an award of 300,000 renminbi (€38,000-$46,300) for “emotional” damages and RMB 50,000 for associated legal expenses. Early last year, China’s Supreme People’s Court had issued a final decision ...
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Italian and French ski lifts will reopen later than planned
French Prime Minister Jean Castex announced on Feb. 7 that the country’s ski facilities will not be allowed to re-open on Feb. 8, as previously planned, but failed to specify a new opening date, while indicating that the government will take the traditional February school holidays into account. Meanwhile, the ...
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HanesBrands wins trademark infringement case in China
HanesBrands, the parent company of Champion and other brands, has announced that it has received a favorable judgment from the Nanjing Intermediate People’s Court in a trademark infringement lawsuit involving its Champion brand in China. The six Chinese defendants were Hurricane, Chengda, Rainbow Wing, Fuxun, Yunma and Wu Zhanghao. The ...
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Golf facilities shut down in England during new lockdown
All indoor and outdoor golf clubs and facilities in England, including driving ranges, have been required to shut down with immediate effect during the third national lockdown, which the U.K. government has just imposed and reinforced in connection with the worsening of the coronavirus pandemic. Golf retailers will be able ...
