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Short Stops Week 21, 2022
RETAIL & DISTRIBUTION +++ Spanish sporting goods retailer Forum Sport is launching a rental service for sports equipment in partnership with Newe +++ eBay is opening its first sneaker store called “Wear ’Em Out” in Los Angeles on Fairfax Avenue on Memorial Day weekend +++ At the end of June, ...
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Short Stops Week 20, 2022
RETAIL & DISTRIBUTION +++ Lululemon will open its first Spanish stores in Madrid’s Calle Serrano and Barcelona’s Paseo de Gracia +++ Team sports specialist Sport Pasch, a German brick-and-mortar retailer that also owns the e-commerce website deinsportsfreund.de, is Sport 2000 ’s latest Absolute Teamsport partner, the largest partner store to ...
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Short Stops Week 19, 2022
EXECUTIVE CHANGES +++ Fanatics announced the appointment of fintech, e-commerce and marketing executives Lydia Jett and Jonathan Mildenhall to its board of directors +++ Daniel Claesson, who joined Footways as commercial director at the end of November last year, is already leaving the Swedish footwear retailer to join Skistar, where ...
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Short Stops Week 18, 2022
PRODUCT & MARKETING +++ American football icon Tom Brady is launching a golf clothing collection, called “Brady,” and related campaign in collaboration with music director Hype Williams +++ Athleta has launched a collection in collaboration with seven-time Olympic medalist in gymnastics and mental health advocate Simone Biles, consisting of athletic ...
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Short Stops Week 17, 2022
PRODUCT & MARKETING +++ Skechers has signed up pickleball pro players Tyson McGuffin and Catherine Parenteau +++ Golf apparel brand William Murray Golf has launched its first women’s collection, which will add to its men’s offering +++ In celebration of Earth Day, Wilson last week launched of their Earth Day ...
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Short Stops Week 16, 2022
PRODUCT & MARKETING +++ Hawaiian lifestyle brand OluKai, a certified B Corporation, has unveiled its first sports performance line with the introduction of four golf shoe styles for men and women, available through www.OluKai.com +++ OrthoLite has unveiled ESD Shield, the world’s first and only mechanically-bonded electrostatic discharge protection insole ...
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Short Stops Week 15, 2022
PRODUCT & MARKETING +++ Macron is expanding its presence in the African market as the new technical partner of Canon Sportif de Yaoundé, a historical Cameroonian football club based in the capital city of Yaoundé, founded in 1930, starting at the end of April +++ Arena and Swimming Australia have ...
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Short Stops Week 14, 2022
PRODUCT & MARKETING +++ Utah-based Altra, a VF Corp. brand, has introduced a new speed category for the brand with the Vanish Carbon road racing shoe, weighing just 175 grams (W’s size 8.5), available April 12 at altrarunning.com +++ Fabletics has launched The Sun-Daze Collection by Vanessa Hudgens, an activewear ...
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Short Stops Week 13, 2022
PRODUCT & MARKETING +++ Havaianas has teamed up with Vibram on a range of colorful urban sandals that feature Vibram soles +++ Nike and Vanessa Bryant announced that the estate of Kobe Bryant has signed a new long-term contract with the sporting goods company that will continue the production of ...
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Short Stops Week 12, 2022
RETAIL & DISTRIBUTION +++ German fashion retailer Adler – which filed for bankruptcy a year ago and is now back on track with a new owner, Zeitfracht – continues to expand its third-party brand business and has added German sportswear and underwear brand Trigema to its range +++ A ...
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Short Stops Week 11, 2022
PRODUCT & MARKETING +++ The Berlin-based fashion label GmbH has collaborated with Asics for the fourth time and has now unveiled two new sneaker models, both based on Asics’ classic Gel Quantum 360 6 +++ The United States Professional Tennis Association (USPTA) announced a multi-year endorsement with Revo as the ...
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Short Stops Week 10, 2022
DTC & E-COMMERCE +++ According to Retail Detail, struggling online marketplace Wish, which sells mainly low-cost Chinese products, is laying off 15 percent of its staff and leaving 79 countries - possibly including Europe - in preparation for a major turnaround +++ Skechers is launching its first own-brand e-commerce websites ...
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Short Stops Week 9, 2022
FINANCIAL REPORTING +++ At below 20 percent for the first time, Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba reported its slowest quarterly revenue growth since its 2014 IPO, due to a decline in sales in its core business and increased competition +++ PRODUCT & MARKETING +++ +++ Aquasphere has announced that ...
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Short Stops Week 8, 2022
TRADE FAIRS & EVENTS +++ Munich Fabric Start has canceled the Bluezone denim trade show in Munich scheduled for May 3 and 4, 2022; the next event is planned for August +++ EXECUTIVE CHANGES +++ Boardsport Source reports that Josh Nielsen, formerly senior director of brand global marketing ...
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Short Stops Week 7, 2022
CSR & SUSTAINABILITY +++ Oceantee, a sustainable golf brand founded by Ed Sandison, has joined 1% for the Planet, which means that Oceantee has committed to donating the equivalent of 1 percent of its gross sales through a combination of monetary, in-kind and approved promotional support directly to environmental non-profits. ...
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Short Stops Week 6, 2022
EXECUTIVE CHANGES +++ Reebok’s global creative director, Kerby Jean-Raymond, is leaving his post on March 1 as the brand embarks on a new chapter with Authentic Brands Group +++ USA Surfing appointed Brandon Lowery as interim CEO replacing Greg Cruse +++ PRODUCT & MARKETING +++ Meta’s 3D avatars ...
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Short Stops Week 5, 2022
Corporate: +++ Morgan Stanley has raised its target share price for Under Armour from $23 to $24, feeling that it may “outperform peers” thanks to various factors including a lower supply chain risk, stronger performance in China and likely conservative guidance +++ After acquiring Sportamore and other web stores, the ...
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Jan. 28/31 Short Stops: Canterbury – iFIT - Lululemon – Technogym - Wilson
Corporate: +++ Goldwin, which has the rights for Canterbury of New Zealand for Japan, will absorb its operations into the main company from Apr. 1, hoping for synergies in product development, store development and marketing Legal & Institutional: +++ According to The New York Post, ...
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Jan. 26/27 Short Stops: Debenhams - Deporvillage - DPS Skis – Lycra – On - Pon - Toray
Corporate: +++ Pon.Bike is investing in a third European production facility in Lithuania (more in the Outdoor Industry Compass) Management: +++ Daniel Finley, who left as a member of JD Sports Fashion’s board of directors in January, has been appointed as the new CEO of Debenhams, ...
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Jan. 25 Short Stops – Bollé - Escalade – Jack Wolfskin - Kanye West – Nike - Polygiene
Corporate: +++ Polygiene announced that the takeover of the SteriTouch business via Addmaster has been completed +++ Escalade has completed the acquisition of Brunswick Billiards +++ Jack Wolfskin, the German outdoor brand owned by Callaway Golf, has redesigned its logo and reveal a new strategic brand reset (more ...
