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Mundo Mammoth, one of the major physical and online retailers...
Mundo Mammoth, one of the major physical and online retailers for bicycles in Spain, has announced an agreement to integrate its operations into those of Barrabès Esquí y Montaña, the leading Spanish outdoor and ski retailer, which has adopted a hybrid online/offline retail structure since it launched its web store ...
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Schoeller Textil is teaming up with Lubrizol on a warp-knitted...
Schoeller Textil is teaming up with Lubrizol on a warp-knitted material made with a new elastomeric fiber from Lubrizol. The innovative material will be presented at the OutDoor exhibition in Friedrichshafen on June 18-21. According to Schoeller, the fabrics using Labrizol's X4zol-J elastomeric fiber are suited for outdoor activities such ...
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Puma says it has withdrawn its request for a preliminary...
Puma says it has withdrawn its request for a preliminary injunction against the Adidas Group at the regional court of Braunschweig. The case related to the Stan Smith Boost by Adidas. Puma alleged that it infringed on one of its registered European designs, focusing on the midsole. Last week, the ...
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Vibram is introducing a new Vibram Litebase technology which, it...
Vibram is introducing a new Vibram Litebase technology which, it says, reduces by up to 30 percent the weight of the outsole without affecting the properties of Vibram's normal soles. The new technology will be tested on a shoe with Vibram's Megagrip compound by the members of the Trailrunning Team ...
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Norrøna is launching Unstad, a range of wetsuits intended for...
Norrøna is launching Unstad, a range of wetsuits intended for arctic surfing, which will become available after the summer. The Norwegian outdoor and winter sports apparel and footwear company acknowledges that the potential of the latest range is quite small in terms of sales, but it consistently targets the more ...
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Hoka One One has signed up a triathlete, Kirsten Kasper,...
Hoka One One has signed up a triathlete, Kirsten Kasper, and an ultrarunner, Tim Frederiks, for endorsement contracts. Meanwhile, Deckers Brands continues to develop the presence of Hoka One One in the road running segment. The brand, which started off in trail running, will be the official sponsor of the ...
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Rudy Project has opened a sales subsidiary for the German...
Rudy Project has opened a sales subsidiary for the German and Austrian markets, located in Munich and run by Sebastian Siedler. This former cycling professional was previously working with Sport Direkt, the former distributor of the Italian brand of sports eyewear in this territory.
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Jack O'Neill, who popularized wetsuits and gave his name to...
Jack O'Neill, who popularized wetsuits and gave his name to the O'Neill brand, has passed away at the age of 94 at his home in Pleasure Point, Santa Cruz. The surfing legend started his career as a draftsman, taxi driver and fire extinguisher salesman in San Francisco, while famously tinkering ...
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Maier Sports reported at the OutDoor show held in Friedrichshafen...
Maier Sports reported at the OutDoor show held in Friedrichshafen last week that its summer 2018 collection of pants will be totally PFC-free. It comprises 25 different sizes for women and 36 different sizes for men, available in 21 different styles and 12 different colors. About 60 percent of the ...
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Salomon invests in footwear technology and road running
Salomon is launching a new, partially automated production technology, called ME:sh, that enables it to make customized running shoes, as the French outdoor and winter sports brand strives to expand from the outdoor and trail running footwear markets to become established in the road running category as well. A play ...
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Swix expands in outdoor with Helsport
Swix Sport is continuing to build up its multi-brand Scandinavian outdoor group. It is complementing the offering of its Lundhags and Ulvang brands with the acquisition of all the shares in Helsport, a leading Norwegian supplier of outdoor tents, sleeping bags and backpacks, from Stein Hellikesen at an ...
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The European Outdoor Group has opened registrations for the next...
The European Outdoor Group has opened registrations for the next European Outdoor Summit (EOS), which will be held in Treviso, Italy on Oct. 4 and 5. The early bird rate of €500 per delegate will be kept until July 31. It will also cover participation in a Networking Evening on ...
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EU probes Nike's licensing practices
The European Commission said it opened formal antitrust investigations into the licensing and distribution practices of Nike and two unrelated companies to establish whether they illegally restrict sales of licensed merchandise across borders and online in the European Union. The probe is targeting Nike as well as Sanrio, which holds ...
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Umbro has sealed an equipment partnership with Real Murcia FC,...
Umbro has sealed an equipment partnership with Real Murcia FC, a Spanish football club currently in the Segunda División B. The partnership was agreed for three years starting from the 17/18 football season. The club said it was hoping that the partnership with the English football brand would mark its ...
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The latest edition of the European OutDoor show, held in...
The latest edition of the European OutDoor show, held in Friedrichshafen from Sunday June 18 through Wednesday June 21, went relatively well, with only a small dip in the number of visitors in spite of its earlier dates. It will again be held on Lake Constance next June, but it ...
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Volcom has opened a flagship store on rue du Faubourg-Saint-Antoine...
Volcom has opened a flagship store on rue du Faubourg-Saint-Antoine in Paris, near the Bastille and close to several other mono-brand shops including the Jordan store recently opened by Foot Locker. It covers 200 square meters of space on two floors. Volcom now has 18 directly owned or partner-owned stores ...
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Cutbacks and investments pay off at Helly Hansen
Helly Hansen is anticipating increased gains in sales and profits this year, after it restructured its product offering and cleaned up its distribution to target more specialist retailers. Orders for the Norwegian sailing and winter sports brand's autumn/winter range are up at a double-digit rate, led by stronger demand ...
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Tecnica launches its customization technology
We discussed Salomon's new footwear customization system, called Me:sh, in our last issue. Tecnica is now launching its own customization technology for trekking shoes, called Forge. As Tecnica's officials point out, their process is carried out more rapidly and even closer to the final customer – in the ...
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With the sharp rise in e-commerce and customers demanding short...
With the sharp rise in e-commerce and customers demanding short and flexible delivery times, Intersport Sweden has chosen to move its logistics from two locations to a new central warehouse, occupying 24,400 square meters and managed by Catena Fastigheter. It will also switch from its current 3PL solution to a ...
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Damir Doma, a Croatian fashion designer who grew up in...
Damir Doma, a Croatian fashion designer who grew up in Germany, has developed a special collection for Lotto, which it presented at his own spring/summer 2018 fashion show in Paris on June 18
