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Michael Tseng, president and chief executive of Merida Industry, is...
Michael Tseng, president and chief executive of Merida Industry, is taking over from Tony Lo as chairman of the Taiwan Bicycle Association (TBA), after Lo retired from his job as chief executive of Giant Manufacturing last year. Lo had been the TBA's chairman for the last six years but the ...
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Erwin and Krystian Markowski were reportedly sentenced to six years...
Erwin and Krystian Markowski were reportedly sentenced to six years in prison at Nottingham's crown court earlier this week for luring men from Poland to work at Sports Direct International's warehouse in Shirebrook and then stealing part of their earnings. The brothers apparently employed a “spotter” in Poland to identify ...
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The World Trade Organization (WTO) has received a complaint filed...
The World Trade Organization (WTO) has received a complaint filed by China on the European Union's rules on calculating what constitutes dumping. The document says that, since China acceded to the WTO, it had been agreed that specific price-comparison rules would apply for the country for a transitional period of ...
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The World Trade Organization (WTO) has received a complaint filed...
The World Trade Organization (WTO) has received a complaint filed by China on the European Union's rules on calculating what constitutes dumping. The document says that, since China acceded to the WTO, it had been agreed that specific price-comparison rules would apply for the country for a transitional period of ...
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Sport England has announced it will invest £88 million (€104.2m-$108.7m)...
Sport England has announced it will invest £88 million (€104.2m-$108.7m) of funding coming from the National Lottery and the government in grassroots sports across 26 national governing bodies of sport. Cycling is supposed to get more than £17 million (€20.1m-$21.0m), the highest amount. Other recipients include hockey with £9 million ...
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Sports Direct is facing parliamentary demands for an explanation after...
Sports Direct is facing parliamentary demands for an explanation after six members of Parliament (MPs) turned up unannounced at its head office and warehouse in Shirebrook, and an attempt was allegedly made to record their private discussion in one of the group's meeting rooms. The allegation is that a recording ...
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The Adidas Group is opposing a pending trademark registration by...
The Adidas Group is opposing a pending trademark registration by Barcelona football club in the U.S., for a design with seven blue and red stripes. As reported by several Spanish newspapers, the Adidas group has filed an opposition document with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) last month, claiming ...
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Willy Bogner obtained a preliminary injunction against a German animal...
Willy Bogner obtained a preliminary injunction against a German animal protection association, Deutsches Tierschutzbüro. A court in Bonn forbade the association from organizing, soliciting or implementing an anti-fur campaign within a 50-meter radius of the ten Bogner stores operating in Germany. However, the judgment has not yet become final. The ...
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GoPro is facing class action suits from shareholders who feel...
GoPro is facing class action suits from shareholders who feel misled by the action-camera company's claims about the demand and the sales potential for its new Karma drones. Three law firms announced the legal action after GoPro recalled about 2,500 drones on Nov. 8 after discovering that they can lose ...
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Fesi's secretary general, Alberto Bichi, joined the EU-China Intellectual Property...
Fesi's secretary general, Alberto Bichi, joined the EU-China Intellectual Property (IP) Working Group meeting on Nov. 10 to exchange views with an inter-ministerial delegation from China and EU officials on intellectual property rights (IPR) infringements impacting the sporting goods industry, especially through the online sales of counterfeit products. In China, ...
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Three major French trade associations – Fifas, FPS and Univélo...
Three major French trade associations – Fifas, FPS and Univélo – are set to merge on Nov. 24 following a decision by the respective boards of directors. While Fifas groups sporting goods vendors, FPS represents sporting goods retailers and Univélo the bike dealers. Fifas had resisted the move for many ...
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Anne Schott will replace Remi Forsans as executive director of...
Anne Schott will replace Remi Forsans as executive director of Outdoor Sports Valley (OSV), the French trade association based in Annecy, after the end of this year. Schott has accompanied Forsans as the association's general manager for the past six years. Forsans is said to be planning to start a ...
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Britain's Federation of Sport & Play Industries (FSPA) plans to...
Britain's Federation of Sport & Play Industries (FSPA) plans to change its logo and to improve its communication strategy. Working closely with the new British government in relation to Brexit, it will hold a meeting of its members next year to discuss its implications for the industry. The main concerns ...
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The Italian Prime Minister, Matteo Renzi, paid a visit to...
The Italian Prime Minister, Matteo Renzi, paid a visit to the headquarters of the Tecnica Group at Giavera del Montello, near Treviso, on Oct. 5, as part of a series of visits to factories in Italy's Northeast. Tecnica Group's portfolio of brands includes Nordica, Blizzard, Tecnica and Moon Boot. During ...
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The Norwegian Consumer Ombudsman has ordered Anton Sport, the Norwegian...
The Norwegian Consumer Ombudsman has ordered Anton Sport, the Norwegian high-end sporting goods retailer, to pay a fine of 800,000 Norwegian krone (€88,482.8-$97,763.4) for breach of marketing laws. According to a local newspaper, Dagens Næringsliv (DN), the reason for the penalty was that the chain announced a 20 percent discount ...
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Billabong International says the Federal Court of Australia has approved...
Billabong International says the Federal Court of Australia has approved the settlement of a previously announced shareholder's class action suit relating to market disclosures made in 2011. The settlement was already reported on July 11. Billabong is not disclosing the terms of the settlement but says they will have no ...
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A delegation of Fesi, the Federation of the Sporting Goods...
A delegation of Fesi, the Federation of the Sporting Goods Industry, met in Brussels on Sept. 14 with Antonio Campinos, the executive director of the European Union's Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO), as well as Paul Maier, the director in charge of intellectual property rights at the EU Observatory on Infringements, ...
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Snowsports Industries of America (SIA) has announced the addition of...
Snowsports Industries of America (SIA) has announced the addition of four new members to its leadership team. Maria McNulty will take over the role of chief operating officer, overseeing strategy development and the search for new opportunities for the industry. Kyle Kennedy, the new director of member services, will be ...
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Adidas has filed a lawsuit against Bally's U.S. subsidiary in...
Adidas has filed a lawsuit against Bally's U.S. subsidiary in connection with several footwear designs. In its complaint, which was filed in U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon (Portland Division) in late August, the sports giant alleges that Bally is offering for sale and selling footwear featuring two ...
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Bode Miller has filed a lawsuit against Head in a...
Bode Miller has filed a lawsuit against Head in a federal court in Los Angeles. The skier is currently planning to return to professional ski racing but a termination agreement signed with Head USA in 2015 prevents him from racing competitively on another company's equipment for two years. Miller's new ...
