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Sports Direct International (SDI), the leading British sports retailer and...
Sports Direct International (SDI), the leading British sports retailer and wholesaler, again rebuffed allegations about the workplace practices at its huge warehouse in Shirebrook, Derbyshire. They were scrutinized in a documentary broadcast by the BBC, which indicated that ambulances had been called to the facility more than 80 times in ...
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Lacoste has obtained the backing of the General Court of...
Lacoste has obtained the backing of the General Court of the European Union (EU) in a trademark dispute against Mocek and Wenta. The judges of EU's second highest court ruled that the caiman logo that the Polish competitor sought to register in the EU was similar enough to Lacoste's iconic ...
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Adidas filed a suit against Skechers USA in Portland's district...
Adidas filed a suit against Skechers USA in Portland's district court on Sept. 14, charging that one of its shoe styles is a knock-offs of its Stan Smith model, and that others use its Supernova trademark and its Three-Stripe mark. The two companies have already squared off and reached settlements ...
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Cougar Sport, a company based in New York, has asked...
Cougar Sport, a company based in New York, has asked the Southern District Court of the state for a declaratory judgment that its two-pipe two-strip design doesn't infringe on Adidas' three-stripe design. Adidas sent Cougar a letter on Sept. 15 threatening to sue the company for trademark infringement in a ...
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Under Armour says it has received preliminary approval from the...
Under Armour says it has received preliminary approval from the Circuit Court for Baltimore City to settle a lawsuit brought by holders of the company's A shares to oppose a plan to create a new class of C shares that will reinforce Kevin Plank's personal grip on the company. This ...
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Marc Pinsard, a 45-year-old Frenchman who acts as deputy senior...
Marc Pinsard, a 45-year-old Frenchman who acts as deputy senior general manager in charge of the global brand marketing division of Asics, is the new chairman of CISO, the Committee on International Sports Organizations of the World Federation of the Sporting Goods Industry (WFSGI). Fluent in French, English and Japanese, ...
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The World Squash Federation (WFS) is seeking a clarification on...
The World Squash Federation (WFS) is seeking a clarification on the recent rejection of the sport for the 2020 Olympics in Japan. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) had recently offered the 2020 Games' hosts the opportunity to increase the number of sports previously agreed by the Buenos Aires session in ...
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Six mass participation cycling events have come together to form...
Six mass participation cycling events have come together to form the World Association of Cycling Events (WACE), with a mission to promote and increase cycling worldwide. The creation of the new body was announced following a meeting in Rome on Oct. 7. WACE cover various aspect of cycling, from urban ...
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Cambodian garment workers are considering strike action after the government...
Cambodian garment workers are considering strike action after the government voted to raise the monthly minimum wage for the footwear and apparel sector by 9.4 percent to $140, starting next January. A majority representing the government, factories and unions supported an increase to $135 a month, and the government then ...
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The U.S. government is considering placing Taobao, the big e-commerce...
The U.S. government is considering placing Taobao, the big e-commerce platform operated by China's Alibaba Group, on its list of “Notorious Markets” for its continued offering of products that are in conflict with intellectual property rights. This comes after the American Apparel and Footwear Association (AAFA) issued a complaint against ...
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Body Glove International and Sport Dimension have been sued by...
Body Glove International and Sport Dimension have been sued by Qbas Co. and QDS Injection Molding in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of Califonia. The complaint alleged infringement of patents by Body Glove's Passage Go Pro goggle and other products.
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England Rugby aims to get 10,000 more women playing the...
England Rugby aims to get 10,000 more women playing the sport by 2017. The Rugby Football Union (RFU), which is the national governing body for grassroots and elite rugby in England, is holding a countrywide series of free rugby sessions called Pitch up and Play, open to women of all ...
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The closure of various polluting viscose fiber plants in China...
The closure of various polluting viscose fiber plants in China helped to raise viscose fiber prices and contributed to lift the demand for Lenzing's wood-based Modal and Tencel fibers in the first half of this year. Combined with positive currency effects and a better product mix, this led the Austrian ...
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Adidas filed a suit against Skechers USA in Portland's district...
Adidas filed a suit against Skechers USA in Portland's district court on Sept. 14, charging that one of its shoe styles is a knock-offs of its Stan Smith model, and that others use its Supernova trademark and its Three-Stripe mark. The two companies have already squared off and reached settlements ...
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The World Federation of the Sporting Goods Industry (WFSGI) has...
The World Federation of the Sporting Goods Industry (WFSGI) has set up a new “Aerodynamics and Weight Limitation Working Group” in order to address the issue of UCI (International Cycling Union) weight limitation for road bikes. The new working group has been installed as part of WFSGI's Bicycle Committee. The ...
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The British government has launched a public consultation in the...
The British government has launched a public consultation in the country to find out what can be done to increase participation in sport. The consultation will run for just under nine weeks, from Aug. 4 until Oct. 2. Figures from Sport England for the 12 months to March 2015 show ...
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Sport England's This Girl Can campaign has teamed up with...
Sport England's This Girl Can campaign has teamed up with therunningbug.co.uk to encourage women to get moving and help raise money for cancer research. The #1milechallenge requires women to move for a mile by walking, running, swimming, cycling, or however they can. When they have finished, they create a 10-second video clip ...
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The government of Myanmar has approved the first minimum wage...
The government of Myanmar has approved the first minimum wage for all the workers in the country, which is becoming a new sourcing hub for clothing and footwear, except for businesses that employ fewer than 15 people. After bitter negotiations, the minimum wage has been set at 3,600 kyat ($2.86) ...
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The government of Brazil has sent a delegation to Indonesia...
The government of Brazil has sent a delegation to Indonesia to determine whether the country has a market economy and to check out any relations that local shoe producers may have with Chinese producers. Opponents of the current anti-dumping duties on Chinese shoes have in fact proposed Indonesia as the ...
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Only three weeks after suing Sears over a similar issue,...
Only three weeks after suing Sears over a similar issue, Adidas has filed suit against Forever 21 and Central Mills in the Portland, Oregon federal court, asking it to prevent the U.S. fast-fashion chain from marketing and selling apparel bearing “either identical or confusingly similar imitations” of its three-stripes trademark. ...
