All Running articles – Page 19
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Sport 2000 launches the Running Experts Europe initiative
Sport 2000 has launched a new initiative, called Running Experts Europe, to federate the operators of specialist running shops all over Europe, starting with representatives from the Netherlands, Belgium, Switzerland and Germany. In these countries, the ANWR Group has bundled the activities of Sport 2000 through a joint company, Sport ...
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Golf and running lift Mizuno
Strong sales of golf and running products, especially in the Americas and EMEA, helped Mizuno to boost its total revenues for the second quarter and the first half ended Sept. 30, despite a drop in its home market of Japan during the latest few months. The company’s revenues went up ...
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ArticleOn to make running shoes from carbon waste
On, the Swiss brand of running shoes that recently went publicin New York, has announced a shift away from petroleum-based resources with the development of a new foam material called CleanCloud™. It is made from carbon emissions as a raw material. On is the first company in the footwear industry ...
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Short stops
Oct. 12/13 Short Stops: Adidas – Allbirds - Black Crows – GoPro - Havaianas – IMG – Intersport Austria - Lacoste – Maje/Varley – Odlo - On Running – Santini/Le Coq
Management: +++ Odlo has promoted two executives – Thomas Krichel and Angelika Wratschko - as sales managers for the markets of Germany and Austria, and Pia Knapik to the position of key account manager for e-commerce +++ Shaz Kahng, a former Nike executive and CEO of Lucy Acitvewear, ...
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On Running gets involved in tennis
On Running, which counts Roger Federer among its investors, has signed on to become an official footwear sponsor for the Laver Cup, a tennis tournament due to be played out in Boston on Sept. 24-26. The Swiss company has designed a limited-edition, comfortable and stylish Roger Advantage Laver Cup shoe ...
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ArticleStrong start for On Running on the NYSE
Source: On Running On runs to NYSE. Investors apparently rushed to buy the new Class A shares offered by On Holding and some of its shareholders as they reportedly started trading on the New York Stock Exchange today at around $35 per share, well above a price ...
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ArticleExpanded: On Running to be valued at over $5 bn
Providing further details about its planned public offering, On Holding said it plans to raise net proceeds of around $448.6 million by offering a total of 31.1 million shares on the New York Stock Exchange at a unit price of between $18.00 and $20.00. Out of the total package being ...
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Craft sponsors the Rock ‘n’ Rolla Running Series
Craft Sportswear has signed up as the official footwear partner of the Rock ‘n’ Roll Running Series, an international series of mid-distance running events owned by the Ironman Group. To launch the partnership, Craft has organized three virtual challenges with three distances in collaboration with the Humana Rock ‘n’ Roll ...
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News briefsSuperfeet introduces new softer insoles for running
Superfeet has unveiled its Adapt Run collection of insoles, an evolution of Superfeet technology as the new product is more soft and flexible, as opposed to the known firm feel of the brand’s insoles. The new cushioned outsoles, designed for runners who want a comfortable stride and insoles that adapt ...
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Businessman jailed in the U.K. for running an “industrial scale” counterfeit clothing factory
Inderjit Sangu was sentenced to four years imprisonment by the Birmingham Crown Court on Aug. 23 after pleading guilty for manufacturing and selling fake designer clothes. The 67-year-old businessman ran an “industrial scale” operation in Hockley, a central inner-city district in the city of Birmingham, England, which supplied market stall ...
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On Running’s new shoe promises to extend running distance
With its new shoe, On Running is pledging to double the distance that runners can run. The Cloudstratus sneaker has a double outsole, called CloudTec, and a midsole with Helion superfoam. Three-quarters of the mesh upper is made of recycled polyester, and the shoe has a widened forefoot and narrower ...
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2022 Skyrunning World Championships to be held in Italy
The seventh edition of the biennial Skyrunning World Championships will be held in Italy on Sept. 9-11, 2022. The host venue will be Ossola, in Italy’s Piedmont, a region situated to the north of Lago Maggiore, close to the Swiss border. The area, set in an amphitheater surrounded by snow-covered ...
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News briefsCanadian industry veterans launch Norda, a new sustainable brand of running shoes
norda™, a young and innovative Canadian brand of running shoes, introduced the first seamless trail running shoe made from bio-based Dyneema® fiber. There are no plans for this new brand to move into road running in the near future. Norda is the brainchild of Willamina and Nick Martire from the ...
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Joma is forming a European running team
Joma is looking to put together a team of three to wear a special edition of its Storm Viper running sneaker through some 182,585 km of footraces in various European countries. For the selected runners, the Spanish sportswear brand will be covering the costs of all running bibs and travel ...
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Allyson Felix launches her own brand of running shoes
Allyson Felix has launched Saysh, a new lifestyle brand for women. The news, which first broke on Time.com on June 23, comes two years after the American track and field sprinter’s publicized break-up with Nike over the treatment of pregnant athletes. In late 2018, Felix, who is today 35 years ...
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News briefsSaucony unveils a European campaign to support local running retailers
Saucony is launching a new initiative, Run It Local, to support specialty running retailers across the EMEA region. The €335,000 campaign will run from July to September with various activities. Beginning with a drive to access runner-reach, a geo-targeted social media burst and digital ads will highlight the benefits of ...
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News briefsUSWE relies on Polygiene technology for new running vests
USWE, a Swedish sports and outdoor brand that is in the process of going public, is launching a partnership with Polygiene, the Swedish ingredient brand, to offer running vests that fight odor and last longer. USWE specializes in bounce-free backpacks and hydration packs for mountain biking, running, skiing and motorsports. ...
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Andreas Sievers is now running Victor Europe
Andreas Sievers started as the new managing director of Victor Europe, the subsidiary of Victor Rackets based in Germany, on June 1. He succeeds Rolf Aurin, who held this position jointly with Jan Beutler from 1997 and alone from 2019. The two executives had bought the rights to the Taiwanese ...
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Infographics & DataRunning motivations: new pandemic vs pre-pandemic runners
Source: RunRepeat The report is available online.
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Running legend Ron Hill has passed away
Ron Hill, the legendary British runner who founded the Ronhill brand of performance sports clothing and one of the greatest marathon runners of all time, died in his hometown of Hyde, Cheshire, England, on May 23. He was 82 years old. In May 2018, he had announced that he had ...
