All Pentland Brands articles

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    UN declaration recognises physical activity as core health intervention

    2025-09-25T05:42:00Z

    UN recognises physical activity as a core health intervention. WFSGI and leading brands call for urgent action to address the global inactivity crisis.

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    Ellesse returning to the US

    2025-07-09T19:21:00Z

    Parent company Pentland has signed a licensing deal with a new entity.

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    Pentland Brands becomes the first ever sponsor of TNT Sports channel

    2025-04-09T16:57:00Z

    Six of the company’s brands will showcase through TV, on-demand and social media across the entire TNT Sports portfolio.

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    Speedo teams up with DMC Fins

    2024-10-10T10:32:00Z

    The two Aussi-born brands have developed a range of co-branded fins.

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    Ellesse is turning senior and celebrates with luxury

    2024-09-25T19:31:00Z

    Italian sports fashion brand Ellesse celebrates 65 years in business with luxury sneakers.

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    Pentland’s Simon Rowe: “We have a responsibility to drive change”

    2024-06-27T11:07:00Z

    Pentland Brands is on a mission to get people moving. Discover how their sports brands like Speedo and Canterbury want to help 100 million people to be more active.

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    Pentland Brands’ Americas business gets new president

    2024-05-02T14:05:00Z

    Pentland Brands, owner of the Speedo, Berghaus, Canterbury of New Zealand, Endura, Ellesse and Mitre brands, announced a key change to its leadership team: Joe Spies will become President, Americas, effective this month, following the retirement of Matt Rock, current President, Americas, after 19 years with the company. Rock’s career ...

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    Mitre and The FA launch new three-year partnership

    2023-10-27T11:36:00Z

    Mitre, a Pentland brand, has entered into a new three-year partnership with The Football Association (FA), the highest-ranking football governing body in England and the Crown Dependencies of Jersey, Guernsey and the Isle of Man, which will see a range of new football designs inspired by football fan culture. The ...

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    Pentland Brands to simplify business structure

    2023-08-07T08:38:00Z

    Changes are underway at Pentland Brands, as the U.K. parent of a portfolio that includes Speedo, Ellesse, and Mitre among others, is reportedly restructuring the organization. Over the next six months, a program of simplification is expected to include: Re-focusing efforts on digital innovation and consumer engagement; moving Speedo’s global ...

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    Pentland Brands looking to establish a youth board

    2023-07-25T16:47:00Z

    Pentland Brands is joining mission-led start-up The People to form a new youth advisory board at the heart of its employee experience. The group, whose brands include Speedo, Ellesse, and Berghaus, is seeking six young people under 30 in its key markets – the UK, USA, India, Vietnam and China ...

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    AI design helps Canterbury create the lightest boot yet

    2023-07-09T12:47:00Z

    Rugby brand Canterbury has launched the lightest and most advanced rugby boot the brand has ever made. The Speed Infinite Elite boot weighs just 217 grams (about the same as an iPhone); a 28 percent reduction in weight compared with the previous generation, achieved using AI-powered design. The Speed Infinite ...

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    Mitre official ball sponsor for TST 7v7 football tournament in North Carolina

    2023-06-01T07:53:00Z

    British brand Mitre, part of Pentland Brands, has been announced as the official match ball supplier for The Soccer Tournament (TST), an international football competition that kicks off in Cary, North Carolina, on June 1, 2023. The tournament, which will award $1 million in prize money to the winner, will ...

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    “Expect four packed halls.” A preview of this year’s OutDoor by ISPO

    2023-04-17T11:18:00Z Sponsored by

    More packed than ever! Exhibition Director Lena Haushofer gives us an exclusive peak into what to expect at 2023’s OutDoor by ISPO.

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    Speedo teams up with Chinese fitness club

    2023-03-24T06:24:00Z

    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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    Authentic Brands Group is reportedly interested in Hunter Boots

    2023-03-06T16:52:00Z

    Authentic Brands Group (ABG), the owner of Reebok, is reportedly among the parties interested in Hunter Boot, according to Sky News. Neither ABG nor Hunter have confirmed the information, adds the report. Hunter, founded in 1856, is one of only ten companies to hold two royal warrants. The company is ...

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    ​Pentland Brands appoints new human resources director

    2022-11-10T13:48:00Z

    Source: Pentland Brands Belinda Deery, new CHRO at Pentland Brands Pentland Brands, the parent company of several sports, outdoor and lifestyle brands including Speedo, Berghaus, Canterbury, Ellesse and Mitre, has appointed Belinda Deery as its new head of human resources. Deery is an experienced CHRO who has ...

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    Canterbury “Fair Game” initiative provides UK schoolchildren with PE kits

    2022-09-02T07:35:00Z

    Canterbury is launching its “Fair Game” initiative, which aims to provide every school child in the U.K. with a free sports kit to support families struggling with the cost of living crisis. To launch the campaign, Canterbury is donating £100,000 (€115,800) worth of sports kits to U.K. schools through charity ...

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    Pentland Brands appoints new creative director

    2022-08-02T10:56:00Z

    Source: Pentland Brands Paisley Wright, new director of creative (Pentland Creative Agency) Pentland Brands, owner of several sports, outdoor and lifestyle brands including Speedo, Berghaus, Ellesse, Canterbury of New Zealand, Mitre and Endura, has appointed Paisley Wright as its new creative director. Wright, who joins the company ...

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    Reusch to distribute Speedo in Austria and Italy

    2022-04-20T12:48:00Z

    Reusch International AG in Bolzano, Italy, will take over the distribution of the Speedo swimwear brand in Austria and Italy from the Oberalp Group, also based in Bolzano, as of Jan. 1, 2023. Reusch also distributes Deuter in Italy. The collaboration is another important milestone for the Italian glove specialist, ...

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    Pentland grants microloans in emerging markets to fight poverty

    2021-03-17T18:13:00Z

    Pentland Brands reports that it is supporting Lendwithcare, an initiative intended to help entrepreneurs in emerging markets to set up or expand their businesses through microloans. When the loans are repaid, the funds are returned and used to support the anti-poverty programs conducted by CARE International in 87 countries. Pentland ...