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Short Stops Week 42, 2024
PRODUCT +++ Decathlon has released in Spain its Kiprun Pacer running app, available in 25 countries and, says the company, downloaded some 500,000 times so far +++ CORPORATE +++ Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund is considering the purchase of a 10 percent minority stake worth about $1 billion ...
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Short Stops Week 41, 2024
MARKETING +++ Castore will replace Kukri Sports as the apparel supplier of Yorkshire Country Cricket Club (CCC) in a new multi-year agreement starting from the 2025 season +++ Solo Stove has become the exclusive jersey patch partner for the hockey team New York Islanders, with its logo featured on jerseys ...
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Short Stops Week 40, 2024
EVENTS +++ The third edition of sports-tourism show Fitur Sports is scheduled for Jan. 22–26, 2025, at Ifema Madrid +++ ISPO Munich 2024 is set for Dec. 3–5 at Messe München, in Germany +++ The first edition of Sports Summit Madrid is scheduled for June 18–19, 2025, although webpage does ...
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Short Stops Week 39, 2024
PEOPLE +++ Amazon India announced that Samir Kumar, who joined Amazon in 1999 and was part of the original team that planned and launched Amazon in 2013, will take over responsibility for managing India as Country Manager following the resignation of Manish Tiwary +++ eBay has appointed Gigi Ganatra Duff ...
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Short Stops Week 38, 2024
PEOPLE +++ Scottish Rugby has announced the appointment of Alex Williamson as the organization’s new Chief Executive Officer, effective early 2025, who will replace Mark Dodson after a 13-year tenure +++ Former Billabong executive Jim Howell has been appointed CEO of Fossil Group, bringing his extensive experience in global retail ...
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Short Stops Week 37, 2024
PEOPLE +++ World Netball has announced the appointment of Fiona Harold , previously at the Ladies European Tour (LET), as the new CEO +++ Escalade has announced that Walter P. Glazer, Jr. will retire as Chief Executive Officer and President at the end of 2024, and that the company’s Board ...
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Short Stops Week 36, 2024
TECHNOLOGY +++ California is waiting to see whether Governor Gavin Newsom will sign into law the Safe and Secure Innovation for Frontier Artificial Intelligence Systems Act, which would require developers to make a “positive safety determination” before training an AI model and is opposed the Chamber of Progress, whose corporate ...
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Short Stops Week 35, 2024
MARKETING +++ Atlético de Madrid has signed a deal with the parcel-delivery company InPost, which will be handling deliveries for the LaLiga club’s e-commerce, according to Palco23 +++ HeyDude, the footwear brand under the Crocs umbrella, has appointed Emmy-nominated actress and producer Sydney Sweeney as its new global spokesperson +++ ...
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Short Stops Week 34, 2024
PEOPLE +++ The Ironman Group has announced the promotion of Keats McGonigal, who has spent 16 years with the group, to Senior Vice President & Managing Director for North America +++ Real Madrid and England football player Jude Bellingham is a new brand ambassador of French luxury fashion house Louis ...
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Short Stops Week 32, 2024
MARKETING +++ Macron has announced a multi-year partnership with the German Motorsport Federation (DMSB), which will see the Italian sportswear brand supply the DMSB with team clothing +++ OBITUARIES +++ Eric Pont, co-founder of French firm Synergie73, the creators of the Skilou ski rental management software, has died ...
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Short Stops Week 31, 2024
SPORTING EVENTS +++ The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has chosen Salt Lake City, Utah, to host the 2034 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games and will likely choose France – if whatever government forms there comes up with the Games Delivery Guarantee on time – to host the preceding 2030 Winter ...
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Short Stops Week 30, 2024
ATHLETES +++ Puma has signed Jamaican high jumper Lamara Distin to an endorsement deal ahead of her Olympic debut in Paris +++ PRODUCT +++ Reebok and NASA have collaborated on a collection inspired by the vintage era of space travel, including the retro BB4000 II sneaker redesigned into ...
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Short Stops Week 29, 2024
CORPORATE +++ Jeff Bezos filed this month with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to sell 25 million shares in Amazon RETAIL +++ Nike opened a 2,000-sqm, three-story store in Mexico City that combines a Nike store and a Jordan World of Flight +++ PRODUCT ...
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Short Stops Week 28, 2024
LEGAL +++ Lithuania-based second-hand online platform Vinted was fined €2.4m for consumer data rules breaches +++ DISTRIBUTION +++ Calgary-based Sportsman Logistics Inc. has secured the exclusive rights to distribute Adidas pickleball and padel rackets, bags and accessories in the province of Alberta in partnership with The District, which ...
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Short Stops Week 27, 2024
ASSOCIATIONS +++ The International Olympic Committee (IOC) reaffirms its commitment to the protection of clean athletes and has allocated a new fund of $10 million to further support the development of the International Testing Agency (ITA) in the next Olympic Games (2025-2028) +++ PEOPLE +++ Carlo Capasa has ...
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Short Stops Week 26, 2024
RETAIL +++ Reebok opened a new shop at the NQS Shopping Centre in Bogota, Colombia, the third door part of the brand’s expansion plan in the country’s capital +++ Japanese fashion brand Onitsuka Tiger, founded by Asics in 1949, has expanded its retail presence in India and opened its eleventh ...
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Short Stops Week 25, 2024
MARKETING +++ After two decades of partnership, the University of Maryland has renewed its partnership with Under Armour, extending its agreement for an additional 12 years through 2036 +++ Puma has announced Rosé, a member of the South Korean musical girl group Blackpink, as a new global brand ambassador ...
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Short Stops Week 24, 2024
ATHLETES +++ On’s European professional track team, On Athletics Club Europe, has added Frenchman Vincent Guyot to its coaching staff as an assistant coach +++ Rip Curl is a new sponsor of the Eddie Aikau Big Wave Invitational, the big wave surfing tournament held at Waimea Bay, Hawaii +++ +++ ...
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Short Stops Week 23, 2024
ESG +++ Casio’s G-Shock has teamed up with the Surfrider Foundation to launch the eco-friendly G5600SRF watch, which is made from recycled urethane, utilizing plastic that would otherwise be thrown away +++ PRODUCT +++ Nikwax, manufacturer of technical cleaners and waterproofing products for outdoor gear and apparel, has ...
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Short Stops Week 22, 2024
ASSOCIATIONS +++ Afydad will be holding its general assembly on June 26 at The Venue Barcelona, a new business complex (located at the city’s Olympic Stadium) to which the association will soon be moving its offices +++ RETAIL +++ Fanatics and Rugby Australia have entered into an exclusive ...
