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Short Stops Week 28, 2023
EXECUTIVE CHANGES +++ Zumiez appointed Guy M. Harkless, most recently serving in operational and strategic roles for Foot Locker Inc. from 2015 through 2023, as a Class II independent director until the company’s annual meeting of stockholders in 2025, to serve on the company’s board of directors and as a ...
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Short Stops Week 27, 2023
CSR & SUSTAINABILITY +++ Californian surf brand O’Neill has teamed up with the international non-profit organization Save The Waves Coalition to combine their efforts to protect surf ecosystems around the world +++ PRODUCT & MARKETING +++ Adidas signed a long-term partnership with AS Roma to become the Italian ...
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Short Stops Week 26, 2023
LEGAL & INSTITUTIONAL +++ The Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Special Olympics, the world’s largest sports organization for people with intellectual disabilities, to expand cooperation and communications between the two entities +++ The R&A, England Golf and the Golf Foundation have announced The Road ...
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Short Stops Week 25, 2023
RETAIL & DISTRIBUTION +++ U.S.-based footwear brand Skechers, which operates a total of around 400 stores in India, opened its latest store in Pune, Maharashtra, at Amanora Mall last week +++ UK-based sustainable footwear brand Vivobarefoot has opened its first North American store in Vancouver’s Kitsilano district +++ Decathlon has ...
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Short Stops Week 24, 2023
CSR & SUSTAINABILITY +++ Deckers’ Sanuk brand has teamed up again with the Surfrider Foundation for a limited-edition coastal footwear collection in honor of (U.S.) National Ocean Month and donated $45,000 in 2023 to help the Surfrider Foundation fight for clean water and healthy beaches for all people +++ The ...
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Short Stops Week 23, 2023
EXECUTIVE CHANGES +++ FIS has announced Susanna Sieff as its new sustainability director +++ USA Pickleball, the national governing body for pickleball, named Mike Nealy as CEO, effective mid-June, replacing Stu Upson +++ Fanatics has appointed Gregg Winiarski as Chief Legal Officer of Fanatics Holdings, Inc., responsible for overseeing all ...
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Short Stops Week 22, 2023
RETAIL & DISTRIBUTION +++ Skechers has expanded its presence in Spain with the opening of a new store in Barcelona in the Westfield Glòries shopping center, its sixth store in the Catalan province +++ Reebok’s exclusive distributor Aditya Birla Fashion and Retail Ltd. (ABFRL) has expanded the brand’s retail presence ...
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Short Stops Week 21, 2023
TRADE & SOURCING +++ U.S. sportswear brand Gant has partnered with Anaplan and Bedford Consulting to improve its supply chain and operations planning, including demand planning, supply planning and S&OP +++ FINANCIAL REPORTING +++ Klarna reported a 21% increase in revenue in its first quarter, from SEK 3,551 ...
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Short Stops Week 20, 2023
CORPORATE AND M&A +++ Chinese fast fashion online retailer Shein has opened an office in Dublin, which will serve as headquarters for its operations in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) +++ Happy Birthday, Body Glove: The Redondo Beach, California-based company is celebrating its 70th year in business +++ ...
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Short Stops Week 19, 2023
EXECUTIVE CHANGES +++ Betterguards has appointed Tony Verutti as the company’s new chief executive +++ Daniela Riccardi has resigned from Kering’s board of directors, although she is reportedly expected to still sit on Kering’s Sustainable Development committee +++ RETAIL & DISTRIBUTION +++ Spanish retailer Futbol Emotion has, according ...
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Short Stops Week 18, 2023
CORPORATE AND M&A +++ Dakine veteran Micah Nickens has launched a new brand, Uncles Movement, in Hawaii, offering lifestyle and technical apparel as well as the “Betterman Challenge,” a 30-day action plan “designed to re-align our daily decisions and habits” +++ PDD Holdings, the owner of the discount e-commerce platforms ...
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Short Stops Week 17, 2023
RETAIL & DISTRIBUTION +++ U.K.-based footwear brand FitFlop has opened its first U.S. stand-alone retail store on Mercer Street in the heart of New York’s SoHo district +++ Puma has opened its largest flagship store in Thailand at CentralWorld in Bangkok, the brand’s seventh physical store in the country +++ ...
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Short Stops Week 16, 2023
CORPORATE AND M&A +++ Reed Hastings, co-founder and CEO of Netflix, has acquired the majority of the Summit Series’ founders’ ownership stake in Powder Mountain, Utah, the largest ski resort in the U.S. by skiable acres +++ Arccos and TaylorMade Golf have announced an extension to their partnership, which allows ...
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Short Stops Week 15, 2023
EXECUTIVE CHANGES +++ JD Sports Fashion has appointed Theresa Casey, previously general counsel of the Open Banking Implementation Entity, as general counsel and company secretary, effective immediately +++ The Canadian Sporting Goods Association (CSGA) hired Bryan Loucks as president and chief executive officer, replacing Jon Irwin, who became CSGA’s president ...
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Short Stops Week 14, 2023
PRODUCT & MARKETING +++ Adidas renewed its kit sponsorship of the New Zealand All Blacks rugby team and junior teams, which began in 1999, in a multi-year deal said to be worth NZ$10 million ( €5.76m) per year +++ Blenders Eyewear, part of Safilo Group, announced an exclusive new product ...
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Short Stops Week 13, 2023
EXECUTIVE CHANGES +++ Troy Brown, the president of North America of Zumiez Inc., will retire on June 30, 2023 +++ According to media reports, Thomas Pacheco notified Acushnet Holdings Corp. of his intention to resign as the company’s executive vice president, chief financial officer and chief accounting officer effective Aug. ...
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Short Stops Week 12, 2023
EXECUTIVE CHANGES +++ Ironman Group has promoted Marieka Barnard, who joined the company in 2011 and most recently served as vice president of event marketing for the EMEA region, to chief marketing officer +++ Moose Knuckles, a Montréal-based luxury apparel and ready-to-wear label, has appointed Carlos Nazario, a fashion editor, ...
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Short Stops Week 11, 2023
RETAIL & DISTRIBUTION +++ On March 18, Pádel Nuestro will be opening both a second Chilean store, in Talca (following the one in the capital of Santiago in January), and a first French store, in Colombiers +++ PRODUCT & MARKETING +++ Nox’s AT.2 Limited Edition 2023 will be ...
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Short Stops Week 10, 2023
CORPORATE & M&A +++ Oerlikon has closed the acquisition of accessories and zipper provider Riri that was agreed upon in December 2022 +++ Hohenstein, which has recently announced the opening of a testing lab in Shanghai, has acquired the QAT Services Limited lab in Hong Kong +++ American tennis player ...
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Short Stops Week 9, 2023
EXECUTIVE CHANGES +++ Superdry has announced the appointment of Lysa Hardy, who serves as chief marketing officer and executive director at Hotel Chocolat, to the Superdry board as an independent non-executive director, effective May 1, 2023 +++ European Professional Club Rugby (EPCR) has announced that Jacques Raynaud, currently CEO of ...
