Corporate:
+++ A general meeting of JD Sports Fashion shareholders that was scheduled to be held on Oct. 28 to vote on a stock split, has been postponed to a still undetermined date, possibly toward the end of November
Management:
+++ After spending more than six years with PrimaLoft as vice president of business development for Europe, Michael Jakob has been appointed by Deuter as head of international sales, with responsibilities for English-speaking countries, France and China
Legal & Institutional:
+++ Nike has reportedly lost a suit launched by Lontex in 2019, alleging that the Swoosh had infringed on its trademark for Cool Compression apparel, registered in 2006
Marketing:
+++ New Balance has signed a multi-year sponsorship contract with Tim Weah, a 21-year-old footballer born in Brooklyn, New York who plays in the U.S. Men’s National Team as well as in the French first-division LOSC Lille club, and who is the son of George Weah, president of Liberia since 2018
+++ Italy’s Macron has signed a technical sponsorship deal with the American Football Bund Österreich, the Austrian American football federation
