All Sporting Goods Intelligence articles in Volume 28, Issue 28-29 – Page 4
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Macron has announced a technical sponsorship contract with a football...
Macron has announced a technical sponsorship contract with a football team, FC DAC 1904 Dunajská, which plays in Slovakia's Superliga. The team was previously sponsored by Adidas. Its partnership with the Italian company has already started with the current season and is set to go on for the next five ...
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Reebok has announced a one-year sponsorship contract with Ariana Grande,...
Reebok has announced a one-year sponsorship contract with Ariana Grande, the 24-year-old American singer and actress. She will act as the brand's ambassador, especially on social media, as she counts 113 million followers on Instagram.
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Faction Skis has announced the release of “This Is Home,”...
Faction Skis has announced the release of “This Is Home,” a 50-minute film about the freeskiing culture. The film, which features Faction athletes in their home mountains, tells the personal stories of the athletes in their environment in order to show what helped shape them as skiers. The featured athletes ...
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W.L. Gore & Associates has been imposed a fine of...
W.L. Gore & Associates has been imposed a fine of 3.67 billion South Korean Won (€2.7m-$3.2m) by the Korea Fair Trade Commission for engaging in unfair trade practices in the country, in violation of Article 23 of the Monopoly Regulation and Fair Trade Act. According to the trade regulator, between March ...
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Björn Borg presented its new “Signature Collection,” along with the...
Björn Borg presented its new “Signature Collection,” along with the main autumn/winter 2017 collection, at The Royal Tennis Hall in Stockholm on Aug. 31, in a fashion show entitled Versus Borg. The Signature Collection is inspired by Björn Borg himself and the sportswear style of the 1970s. This limited edition ...
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Sumitomo Rubber is taking over all the shares it doesn't...
Sumitomo Rubber is taking over all the shares it doesn't own in Dunlop Sport, the Japanese owner of the Dunlop, Srixon, Cleveland Golf and XXIO brands, pulling it from the Tokyo Stock Exchange and forming a new sports division. The product line will be expanded. Sumitomo, which is also a ...
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JD’s deal with Sport Zone moves ahead
An agreement has been reached to form a combination between the JD, Sprinter and Sport Zone stores in Spain and Portugal, forming an Iberian retailer with sales of about €450 million and 311 stores owned at a small majority by the JD Sports Fashion Group.The conditional agreement integrates Sport Zone ...
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JD Sports Fashion sprints ahead
The JD Sports Fashion Group has sharply raised its sales and profits yet again for the half-year to July 29, due to openings across European and other international markets as well as higher comparable store sales.The expansion is continuing apace, as the British sports and outdoor retailer anticipates nearly one ...
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Snow + Rock is on the expansion trail again with...
Snow + Rock is on the expansion trail again with the reported opening of a store covering about 1,200 square meters at the Bluewater shopping center in Kent in November. The outlet was described by the company as a “statement store,” which will be one of its largest in the ...
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Oberalp is restructuring Salewa's sales and marketing teams after promoting...
Oberalp is restructuring Salewa's sales and marketing teams after promoting one staff member and attracting an external hire. Mark Landenberger is now responsible for Salewa's sales and marketing for the entire Austrian, German and Swiss region. Martin Stolzenberger has also joined as a key account manager. Landenberger has been in ...
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After sounding out other potential partners, Rossignol has signed a...
After sounding out other potential partners, Rossignol has signed a co-branding agreement for eyewear with Italia Independent as an accessory to its line of lifestyle apparel. The first collection will be presented at Mido, the big eyewear show in Milan, at the end of February. Italia Independent signed a license ...
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Nike adjusts to retail disruption
Expansion in international markets and in own retailing made up for the sluggishness in the Nike group's sales to retail partners in North America, leading to flat sales and a dip in net profit for the quarter to the end of August.The group's turnover of $9,070 million was flat both ...
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Adidas rejigs European management
The Adidas Group is replacing its managing directors in France, Iberia and Italy, as part of a management reshuffle that saw these three executives assume more international functions while the group's European structure has been streamlined.Under the latest structure, which has just become effective, the Adidas Group's business has been ...
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Adidas and Puma deploy stores in India
Growing Indian demand for training and athleisure products is fueling increased sales in the country for some of the leading international brands, which are starting to deploy their own stores in the country.The Adidas Group reportedly achieved the strongest gains as its sales reached 1,513 crore rupees (€195.8m-$231.8m) for the ...
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Adidas has passed the Jordan brand as the second-largest sports...
Adidas has passed the Jordan brand as the second-largest sports footwear brand in the U.S. market, based on the athletic footwear report from the NPD Group for the year to date until August. The estimate marks a remarkable rise in the Adidas brand's footwear market share to 11.3 percent, compared ...
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Adidas says it has placed one of its employees on...
Adidas says it has placed one of its employees on administrative leave and engaged outside counsel to conduct a thorough investigation into a case of bribery in which he has allegedly been involved. Jim Gatto, who is Adidas' director of global sports marketing for basketball, was mentioned among ten people ...
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As predicted, Adidas has signed a new contract with the...
As predicted, Adidas has signed a new contract with the University of Kansas, extending a six-year-old partnership through 2031 and stengthening its position in the performance segment of the American sports market to complement its renewed strength in the lifestyle segment. It will be the richest deal between the brand ...
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The German sporting goods industry association (BSI), the Adidas Group,...
The German sporting goods industry association (BSI), the Adidas Group, Polartec and Vaude are taking part in a three-year research project, funded by the German federal ministry of education and research, to try and reduce micro-particles shed when textiles made with synthetic fibers are washed. Along with micro-particles from many ...
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Adidas France has established a running club affiliated with the...
Adidas France has established a running club affiliated with the French athletics federation, providing professional support for its members to take part in competitions. The company says the move is “reinventing the concept of sports marketing,” as it set out to create its own team. Adidas has already been involved ...
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Puma has teamed up with the singer, actress and producer...
Puma has teamed up with the singer, actress and producer Selena Gomez to design products and create marketing campaigns. She will first appear in Puma's latest campaign for the Phenom, a coming women's footwear range. The brand has already formed partnerships with several other women in the entertainment business in ...
