All Short stops articles – Page 15
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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 +++
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CSR & SUSTAINABILITY
+++ Snowleader has created the Snowleader Corporate Foundation , which will encourage access to the mountains for young people and support educational programs to discover and preserve mountain areas +++ Decathlon France has announced that it will donate 1 percent of the proceeds from its sales (excluding ...
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MARKETING
+++ Intersport is the main sponsor of the Women’s European Handball Championship being played in Denmark through Dec. 20 +++ On has become the official footwear partner of the German Triathlon Union for at least four years +++ An Indian start-up , MPL Sports , has ...
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PRODUCT
+++ Spyder is launching a line of footwear for outdoor pursuits like hiking and trail running as well as after-ski and lifestyle in partnership with Footwear Unlimited +++ Under Armour ’s Sports Mask has earned a “Best of 2020 Award” from Runners World +++ Babolat ...
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EXECUTIVE CHANGES
+++ Ping Europe’s managing director for the past 24 years , John Clark , will be stepping down from this role at the end of the year, when he will be replaced by Lisa Lovatt , the current general manager +++ Cairn , the French brand of snow goggles ...
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DISTRIBUTION
+++ WS4Sports, which already represents Reusch, Maier Sports, Gonso and other brands in Switzerland, has become the general Swiss agent of super.natural, starting with the winter 2021/22 season, although this brand of merino/synthetic clothing is Swiss as well +++ Zag Skis, the 18-year-old French ski brand, has agreed to be ...
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RETAIL
+++ Rossignol is opening its first flagship store in Lyon, located in the elegant Presqu’Ile district of the French city +++ Skechers has opened its first flagship store in Munich on the city’s high-traffic Kaufingerstrasse +++ Nike’s Jordan brand is opening a 4,500-square-foot store in Manila, at Bonifactio Global City, ...
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CORPORATE & M&A
+++ Stadium , Sweden’s largest sports retailer, has invested in a new Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solution – PTC’s FlexPLM – to centralize product data and optimize product development processes across different product categories +++ Lafuma ’s shares were de-listed from the Euronext stock exchange on Dec. 4 following ...
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MARKETING
+++ Puma mourns the death of Diego Maradona, the Argentinian football legend whom it has sponsored from the start +++ Castore will replace Adidas as the kit sponsor of the Wolverhampton Wanderers football team for several years in a deal said to be worth £1 million +++ Intersport France has ...
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TRADE FAIRS & CONFERENCES
+++ The Cycle Show in London , which is now scheduled for June 24-27, 2021, will add a trade day on June 24, strictly reserved for IBDs and other cycle retailers, plus the members of the press +++
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PRODUCT
+++ Britain’s Topshop launches activewear for yoga, winter walking and similar activities ++ Duca del Cosma has launched a range of golf gloves +++
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RETAIL
+++ XXL Sports & Outdoor has commissioned a 7,000-square-meter, robotized warehouse for the Austrian market that will open next year in Enzersdorf, near Vienna’s airport +++ Daka Sport, the Dutch retailer, has completed the transformation of four Sportsworld stores it had acquired last year with its new Daka Megastore in ...
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EXECUTIVE CHANGES
+++ Jessica Lomax is leaving as Nike ’s senior creative director for women’s sportswear apparel to become the global head of design for Calvin Klein +++ Creating a new position, Hydrow has appointed a chief commercial officer, Gretchen Saegh-Fleming , who was previously the chief commercial officer of ...
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CORPORATE
+++ GoPro plans to offer $100 million worth of convertible senior notes due in 2025, unless converted or redeemed earlier, through a private placement with qualified institutional investors, plus an over-allotment option for an additional $15 million +++ Wells Fargo has upgraded Under Armour ’s stock, indicating that ...
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PRODUCT
+++ The winners of this year’s Polartec Apex Design Awards include items by 66 North, Burton, Karpos, K-Way, Prana, Santini, Snow Peak and, well, Supreme (more details in The Outdoor Industry Compass) +++ Specialized uses Polartec Neoshell in a new range of mountain bike clothing for the current season +++ ...
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LEGAL & INSTITUTIONAL
+++ The Rugby League World Cup 2021 will host the first ever Physical Disability Rugby League World Cup as an exhibition event during the main tournament, starting on Nov. 1st, 2021 +++ According to an exclusive report by insidethegames.biz, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has warned sports federations not to ...
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MARKETING
+++ Ping has announced a “lifetime” contract with Bubba Watson, the American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour, who will therefore represent the company also beyond his expected PGA Tour career +++ Bridgestone Golf has signed long-term contract extensions for Tiger Woods and Bryson DeChambeau to continue using ...
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DISTRIBUTION
+++ Duca del Cosma, the Italian brand specializing in golf fashion, will now sell its golf shoes also at the PGA Tour Superstores in the U.S.+++ Avanti will be the Swiss agent for Kabooki’s Lego-Wear collection +++ Emporio will distribute the skateboarding socks of Merge4, a Californian B Corp, in ...
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RETAIL
+++ While expanding into the southern part of Germany, Decathlon is opening its second Austria store at a former Sports Direct location in the Stadlau industrial park north of Vienna, and it will be followed by one in Klagenfurt next year +++ Printemps has announced plans to shut down three ...
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CORPORATE and M&A
+++ The Frasers Group, which owns the Sports Direct chain, has reportedly pulled out of a race for the control of the Debenhams department store, feeling that the auction price of £300 million is too high, but it has double its stake in Mulberry +++ Likely to face a surge ...
