All Sporting Goods Intelligence articles in Volume 29, Issue 33-34 – Page 2
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In a surprise move, MCM has named the German designer...
In a surprise move, MCM has named the German designer Dirk Schönberger to be its new global creative director. Schönberger is leaving Adidas, where he has served as creative director since 2010. Denis Dekovic will be assuming a modified version of his former post at Adidas. Schönberger is well known ...
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Deckers raises guidance as earnings rocket
Thanks to continued profitability gains by Ugg and top-line growth by Hoka One One, Deckers Brands raised its guidance for the full year through next March, budgeting higher earnings on sales that should reach a range of $1,935 million to $1,960 million.The group's net earnings for its second fiscal quarter ...
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Puma has signed David Silva, the Spanish football midfielder known...
Puma has signed David Silva, the Spanish football midfielder known as “El Mago” (the magician), as a brand ambassador. Silva, who currently plays for Manchester City, was previously tied to Adidas. As part of the deal, he will wear Puma One boots. He joins other star players of the sport ...
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A district court in Massachusetts has denied Puma's motion to...
A district court in Massachusetts has denied Puma's motion to dismiss a patent-infringement lawsuit launched by Nike to protect seven patents behind its trademarked Flyknit weave for shoe uppers. Puma had argued that two of Nike's patents were invalid because they pertained to visual patterns and not to any technical ...
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Go Sport sells Courir
Many full-line sporting goods retailers are opening lifestyle sneaker shops to cater to the growing athleisure trend in the market, but the French Rallye group is gearing up to sell Courir, its profitable and fast-growing chain of lifestyle-oriented sports stores, to a British equity investment fund, Equistone Partners Europe.The Courir ...
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VF Corp. denies speculation that tax reasons may have led...
VF Corp. denies speculation that tax reasons may have led it to relocate some customer service functions from Stabio in Switzerland to Nottingham in the U.K. last year. Citing business optimization reasons, VF points out that it also decided last year to move Timberland's apparel design center from London to ...
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Le Coq Sportif has signed up as the sponsor of...
Le Coq Sportif has signed up as the sponsor of the Spanish Movistar cycling team
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WFSGI helps cope with labeling problems
After a pilot phase, the World Federation of the Sporting Goods Industry (WFSGI) has launched a digital tool, called the Compliance Labeling Requirements (CLR) Database, to help companies to navigate in the global maze of labeling guidelines. This is because one of the most basic and daunting constraints in doing ...
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Nike has extended its one-year-old contract with the Tottenham Hotspur...
Nike has extended its one-year-old contract with the Tottenham Hotspur football team in England for 15 more years, such that it will expire in 2033
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VF Corp. has completed the sale of Reef to the...
VF Corp. has completed the sale of Reef to the Rockport Group, which was recently taken over by Charlesbank Capital Partners. The disposal of the action sports brand will reduce VF's annual revenues by about $150 million. According to ShopEatSurf, Roger Spatz will stop running Reef after a short transition, ...
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Woolrich, a company in which Goldwin retains a minority stake,...
Woolrich, a company in which Goldwin retains a minority stake, has opened its second Japanese store in Aoyama, after a recent opening in Sapporo
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Robust quarter for Columbia
Columbia Sportswear has upgraded its guidance for the full year, after broad-based increases in sales and profits for the third quarter.The group's turnover moved up by 6 percent to $795.8 million for the three months, up by 7 percent in constant currencies, with equivalent increases for the apparel and footwear ...
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Colmar has worked together with Van Orton Design for the...
Colmar has worked together with Van Orton Design for the development of a limited edition of original ski suits, inspired by the strong colors of the ‘eighties, that are being worn during the current season by the alpine ski and cross-country ski athletes of the French ski team. They made ...
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Lacoste has launched a new collection of garments, shoes and...
Lacoste has launched a new collection of garments, shoes and bags featuring the Disney characters Mickey and Minnie Mouse that use embroidery as well as 3D-printing and appliqué techniques
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Expanding its collaboration with Disney, Speedo will launch a unique...
Expanding its collaboration with Disney, Speedo will launch a unique collection of children's swimsuits and fins featuring Mickey Mouse to celebrate the character's 90th birthday, which is also Speedo's 90th anniversary
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Dainese, the Italian specialist in protective gear and clothing for...
Dainese, the Italian specialist in protective gear and clothing for motorcycling, mountain biking, winter sports and horse-riding, has joined the Altagamma Foundation, the association that brings together Italian high-end cultural and creative companies that are globally recognized as ambassadors of the Italian style. The Altagamma Foundation, created in 1992, operates ...
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Primaloft has introduced what it claims is the first synthetic...
Primaloft has introduced what it claims is the first synthetic insulation made from 100 percent recycled, biodegradable fibers. Thanks to a proprietary technology, Primaloft Bio fibers have reached near complete biodegradation in 394 days, a highly accelerated rate compared with the negligible degradation observed in standard polyester under the same ...
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Puma unveils a platform to help drive social change
Puma has launched #Reform, a new platform for activists from sports, music and entertainment to champion causes and encourage conversations around civil rights issues. The sports brand said that the idea of the platform was inspired by Tommie Smith's famous “Silent Gesture” at the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City, with ...
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Phil Knight, the co-founder and chairman emeritus of Nike, has...
Phil Knight, the co-founder and chairman emeritus of Nike, has donated 12 million shares of Nike stock worth $990 million to an unnamed charity, according to a financial document that Nike has recently filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The regulatory filing notes that Phil Knight and his wife, ...
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Go Sport, the French chain of general sporting goods stores,...
Go Sport, the French chain of general sporting goods stores, has launched the 3rd edition of the “Go Innov Trophy,” a competition that rewards the best innovative solution helping people with disabilities play sports. In order to participate, companies, associations or individual participants are invited to fill out an online ...
