All Short stops articles – Page 14
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DISTRIBUTION
+++ Glacier Imports has agreed with Groove Armada Distribution that it will take over its distribution in the U.K. and Ireland of Capita snowboards, Union snowboard bindings, Coal headwear, DeeLuxe snowboard boots and Crab Grab snowboard gloves and accessories from the autumn/winter 2021/22 season +++ Aclima, the Norwegian merino wool ...
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LEGAL & INSTITUTIONAL
+++ The 2021 Alpine Skiing World Championships in Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy, which is scheduled to take place on Feb. 8-28, will be held without spectators due to coronavirus restrictions +++
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EXECUTIVE CHANGES
+++ E.Leclerc, the French cooperative society and hypermarket chain, has promoted Quentin Lecasble to head of its sports purchasing department to replace Jean-Michel Martin, as reported by sport-guide.com +++ John Culver, who has been leading Starbucks’ international expansion, has joined the board of directors of Columbia Sportswear +++
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CORPORATE
+++ Anta has reportedly invested the equivalent of around $92 million in a production base in Anyue county, in the Sichuan province, which is expected to be completed by October 2022 and to eventually employ between 3,000 and 5,000 people, according to Chinese media +++ +++ Dentsu has consolidated its ...
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PRODUCT
+++ Decathlon says it is working on a face mask that can be used while practicing sports +++
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MARKETING
+++ J.Lindeberg has announced a multi-year clothing deal with Nelly Korda, the American professional golfer on the Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) Tour, who will wear the apparel of the Scandinavian clothing brand on tour +++ Ping has extended its equipment contract with Tyrrell Hatton, the English professional golfer who ...
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CSR & SUSTAINABILITY
+++ Macron has joined forces with Asteras Tripolis , the Greek football club of which Macron is the kit supplier, to donate 5,000 masks of increased protection type FFP2 to the Panarcadian General Hospital of Tripolis, as a contribution to the fight against the coronavirus pandemic +++
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PRODUCT
+++ Nike will be releasing in early 2021 an eco-friendly “Mean Green” iteration of its Challenger OG sneaker that is made using at least 20 percent recycled waste +++
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MARKETING
+++ The Jordan brand has welcomed five new athletes from the Women’s National Basketball Association ( WNBA ) – Jordin Canada of the Seattle Storm, Te’a Cooper of the Los Angeles Sparks, Crystal Dangerfield of the Minnesota Lynx, Dearica Hamby of the Las Vegas Aces ...
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DISTRIBUTION
+++ Kästle will be distributed in Italy by Panorama Diffusion, the company led by Günther Acherer, who was recently elected as chairman of the Italian Outdoor Group +++ Slinger Bag has signed a five-year agreement with the Fais Group for the distribution of its portable ball launchers in Greece +++ ...
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LEGAL & INSTITUTIONAL
+++ Italy and China have agreed to support each other in the hosting of the two upcoming Winter Olympic Games of Beijing 2022 and Milan-Cortina 2026 as part of a broader commitment to boost collaboration also in other fields, such as space and trade, on the occasion ...
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EXECUTIVE CHANGES
+++ Orvis has hired Reenie Benzinger , former vice president of global apparel at Nike , to a new position as chief product officer +++
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LEGAL & INSTITUTIONAL
+++ The Olympic Council of Asia has announced that the 2030 Asian Games will be hosted in the Qatari capital of Doha while the 2034 Asian Games will be held in the Saudi capital of Riyadh +++ The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has ...
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TRADE SHOWS & OTHER EVENTS
+++ Uefa has cancelled the 2021 men’s and women’s Under-17 Championships , which were scheduled to be held in May in Cyprus and the Faroe Islands, respectively, due to the implications of the COVID-19 +++ The World Athletics Indoor Championship , which was scheduled to take place in Nanjing, ...
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CSR & SUSTAINABILITY
+++ The International Surfing Association (ISA) has joined the United Nations Sports for Climate Action Framework, the program co-created by UN Climate Change and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in December 2018 to help sports lessen their impact on the environment +++ Inov-8 has donated £9,600 (€10,500-$12,900) to the Cumbria ...
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EXECUTIVE CHANGES
+++ Polar has named Eric Chouhmat as its new general manager for Germany, Austria and Switzerland +++ Foot Locker has appointed a new senior vice president and chief information officer, Himanshu Parikh +++ Selema Masekela, a journalist and producer whose father was a jazz legend and activist in South Africa, ...
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RETAIL
+++ Go Sport has unveiled a new more digital store concept at its 1,800-square-meter location on Place de la République in Central Paris +++ Intersport has opened two new modern franchised stores with optimized visual merchandising in Switzerland, located in Sierre and Grindelwald +++ Sporthaus Saemann, a German sports retailer ...
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DISTRIBUTION
+++ Zerofit base layers will be distributed in the U.K. and Ireland by ProQuip Golf, which has acquired exclusive distribution rights for these territories +++
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MARKETING
+++ American Golf, Europe’s largest golf retailer, has become an official partner and the official retail partner of the Legends Tour +++ Umbro has agreed a new four-year kit partnership with the Federation of Uganda Football Association (FUFA), which will see the brand supply Uganda men and women national teams ...
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LEGAL & INSTITUTIONAL
+++ The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has announced that Thomas Bach , IOC’s current president, is the sole candidate for election at a second and final term as IOC president in 2021, when his first mandate will expire +++
