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A labor dispute outside a Cambodian factory that supplies Puma...
A labor dispute outside a Cambodian factory that supplies Puma turned violent last week, with three demonstrators being shot. The factory, Kaoway Sports, closed down for a few days but reopened on Friday. More than 6,000 people were protesting outside the factory, demanding better working conditions, including a $19-per-month salary ...
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The British Olympic Association (BOA) strongly played down British press...
The British Olympic Association (BOA) strongly played down British press reports that some British athletes were considering receiving their potential medals at the London Olympics barefoot. The Daily Telegraph indicated that some of the British athletes sponsored by Nike might take off their shoes before they walked to the podium ...
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Adidas has denied claims that it owes workers in Indonesia...
Adidas has denied claims that it owes workers in Indonesia severance pay, releasing a statement that said that the owner of the factory, PT Kizone, closed it down illegally, not Adidas, and that it wasn't even using the factory as a contractor by the time it closed. Adidas claims it ...
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The ongoing legal action again Cybex International is finally over...
The ongoing legal action again Cybex International is finally over with a settlement. The maker of fitness equipment has settled the lawsuit, Barnhard vs. Cybex, in which a woman claimed she was injured by one of the company's machines. Cybex will pay about $19.5 million to the plaintiff, with $18.5 ...
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FPS, the French sporting goods retailers' federation, has modified its...
FPS, the French sporting goods retailers' federation, has modified its statutes to welcome vendors as well, with the same rights to its multiple services. Pierre Gogin, executive chairman of FPS, has been advocating for many years a merger with Fifas, the French sporting goods industry federation, but the latter has ...
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At the request of the EU, the World Trade Organization...
At the request of the EU, the World Trade Organization will lift duties on 75 products exported from Pakistan for a period of two years, through Dec. 31, 2013. Most of the products are textiles, apparel and footwear. The EU requested the special action in November 2010, after floods that ...
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The Future Group, the Indian retail behemoth, has reportedly filed...
The Future Group, the Indian retail behemoth, has reportedly filed a lawsuit against Amer Sports in New Delhi after the Finnish-based sports group sought to abruptly terminate its distribution deal with a specialist entity of the Future Group. Wilson has been distributed in India for several years by Pantaloon Retail ...
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Last year the number of counterfeit golf products seized by...
Last year the number of counterfeit golf products seized by the U.S. Golf Manufacturers Anti-Counterfeiting Working Group nearly quadrupled from the 2010 figure, reaching more than 95,000 items. The group cooperated with law enforcement authorities worldwide on various raids and seizures, and also launched a website in July to inform ...
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Brunotti Sportswear says it is considering legal action against Maier...
Brunotti Sportswear says it is considering legal action against Maier Sports, which it is accusing of copying the Jaap, a women's snow jacket from its own winter 2010-11 collection. The Dutch company says Maier introduced its own version of the jacked in its winter 2011-12 line, but adds that the ...
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An analysis of the 2010 results of 869 sporting goods...
An analysis of the 2010 results of 869 sporting goods stores in Norway, conducted by Hartmark Consulting, showed that one out of three of them was losing money. The report is surprising, considering the strong sales that the Norwegian sporting goods market has enjoyed in the last five years. ...
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Nike has persuaded a subcontractor in Indonesia, PT Nikomas, to...
Nike has persuaded a subcontractor in Indonesia, PT Nikomas, to give an extra $1 million to the workers at its factory as part of a settlement with their union over extra payments for overtime. More precisely, workers will get a total of $1,002,830 in the next two months for 593,468 ...
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The Indian government has decided to allow foreign brands to...
The Indian government has decided to allow foreign brands to own up to 100 percent of any of their mono-brand stores operating in the country, instead of working with a local partner. The only condition is that they will have to source at least 30 percent of the value of ...
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Angler's Zone, based in Vilnius, is the first Lithuanian company...
Angler's Zone, based in Vilnius, is the first Lithuanian company to join EFTTA, the European Fishing Tackle Trade Association. Angler's Zone is a wholesaler of the Pontoon21 brand of lures, tackle, rods and accessories, as well as a representative for several Japanese manufacturers. Besides Pontoon21, it also works with Lamiglas ...
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Amer Sports' winter & outdoor sports division had received a...
Amer Sports' winter & outdoor sports division had received a complaint from Bern, a company in Kingston, Masachussets, that sells helmets for cycling, skating and snow sports. Bern filed a lawsuit in a Boston court late last month charging that Salomon's Ghost and Brigado Audio helmets infringe on a federal ...
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Michel Zany, president and chief executive of Cornilleau, has been...
Michel Zany, president and chief executive of Cornilleau, has been elected as the new president of Fifas, the French sporting goods industry federation. He takes the place of Claudine Reynes, former country manager of Fila in France, after many years at the helm of the organization. Zany will oversee six ...
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The World Federation of the Sporting Goods Industry had hired...
The World Federation of the Sporting Goods Industry had hired Florian Dammer to be its new bicycle manager and Simone Ramsauer to manage public relations. Dammer was a road racer as a youth, in the German Bundesliga, and competed in World Cups. He has worked in marketing for KTM Fahrrad ...
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Erik Cherdak, an American who got a patent in 1995...
Erik Cherdak, an American who got a patent in 1995 for an “athletic shoe with training device,” has launched a federal lawsuit in Alexandria, Virginia, against Nike and Apple, claiming that their Nike+ technology infringes his patent as well as U.S. antitrust regulations. The infringing products named in the complaint ...
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Brooks Sports found more than 700 pairs of counterfeit shoes...
Brooks Sports found more than 700 pairs of counterfeit shoes at an Australian warehouse of the retailer Paul's. Earlier this year, Brooks suspected the retailer of actively seeking out counterfeit products to sell, so requested action by the government to make an unannounced raid on the warehouse to seize all ...
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Golf ‘us is considering possible legal action to obtain payment...
Golf ‘us is considering possible legal action to obtain payment for some €200,000 worth of products delivered to the pro shops of Aymerich Management in Spain on a consignment basis. Two years ago, the Italian-based golf retail chain obtained a supply contract, due to expire at the end of this ...
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Hanyang, a company in California run by Denny Barge, owner...
Hanyang, a company in California run by Denny Barge, owner of a Chinese sourcing agency, has emerged as a bidder for the assets of Power Balance, the U.S. company whose bracelets purport to optimize the body's natural energy, which filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Nov. 11. Barge is ...
