All Sporting Goods Intelligence articles in Volume 31, Issue 11-12 – Page 2
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Vans announces footwear line for autism
Vans has announced a range of shoes specially designed for consumers with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). The shoes feature sensory-sensitive elements, such as a calming color palette and an encouraging message on the back of each heel. One model in the collection, designed for kids and toddlers, features a single ...
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+++ Adidas will replace Puma as the new kit supplier to Bordeaux , the football team competing in the French Ligue 1 , starting in the 2020/21 season +++
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TaylorMade appoints CFO
TaylorMade Golf Company has appointed Rick Paschal as chief financial officer, with oversight of finance, accounting and treasury as well as IT. He will report to the company’s chief executive, David Abeles. Paschal served for years in finance-related executive positions at the food companies Pepsi, Pillsbury, Nestlé and Godiva before ...
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Surfdome and Patagonia partner to recycle poly bags
The European B2B publication Boardsport Source reports that Surfdome and Patagonia have embarked upon an initiative, called “Plastic Cutback,” to rethink the poly bag. According to Surfdome, 80 billion items of clothing are sold per year, almost all packed in poly bags, and 72 percent of all plastic, much of ...
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News briefsMilliken promotes circular economy with National Geographic
Milliken & Company, the textile manufacturer that acquired Polartec last year, has established a partnership with National Geographic to promote the circular economy. This is in keeping with one of the company’s objectives for 2025: to “convene scientists and thought-leaders to advance the goal of solving the plastics’ end-of-life challenge.” ...
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UA introduces auxetic material for football cleats
Under Armour has begun to use auxetic materials, which when placed under tension. thicken at perpendiculars to the direction of the force applied. They have been adopted in the brand’s football cleats including the Clone Blur MC. The material, called Clone Adaptive, purports to improve speed and comfort by ...
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Alltricks goes offline
Alltricks, the French-based e-tailer controlled by the Decathlon group since last September, is planning to open its fourth brick-and-mortar store. According to reports in sport-guide.com, the new Alltricks store will be located in Lyon-Bron, near a Decathlon store. With a surface of 280 square meters, it will be smaller than ...
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Federer regains rights to RF logo
According to Tennis.com, Roger Federer has regained the rights to the RF logo, now that Nike has sold its remaining stock of RF branded apparel. The logo has not featured on Federer’s sponsored apparel since his switch from Nike to Uniqlo about two years ago, in a deal that industry ...
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Ecco launches a hybrid golf shoe
Ecco Golf is launching the new Golf Street 10 hybrid shoe. The launch marks the 10th anniversary of the introduction of the spikeless golf shoe, worn by Fred Couples at the first round of the Masters tournament in April 2010. That was an important moment in the history of golf ...
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Giant Manufacturing changes its brand architecture
According to Bicycle Today Magazine, Giant Manufacturing – ostensibly the world’s largest bicycle manufacturer – has established a new brand architecture. Giant Group hopes to consolidate resources, optimize corporate growth, and develop both OE and consumer brands while placing an emphasis on the brand portfolio. The group is to serve ...
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Article
Global recession expected, hopefully short-lived
While the consumption of non-essential items like sporting goods is declining in Europe, the U.S. and some other parts of the world hit by the coronavirus pandemic, store traffic is picking up in China after having fallen by as much as 80 percent at the peak of the outbreak, according ...
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Alpargatas’ growth softened in Q4
Against the backdrop of a Brazilian economy that grew by just 1.0 percent in 2019, in line with the previous one, Alpargatas’ consolidated revenues grew by 9.8 percent last year to 3,712 million Brazilian reais (€672.4m-$724.4m), driven by an improved of Havaianas in international markets. The adjusted net income went ...
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Vulcabras has restructured its production
Noted for its insistence on local manufacturing of athletic and women’s shoes, the owner of the Olympikus brand and licensee of Under Armour in Brazil completed the second wave of expansion of its two main factories in Brazil at the end of last year. While starting the second phase of ...
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Tecnica activates a Covid-19 insurance policy
The Tecnica Group announced on March 20 that it has activated a “Covid-19 risk insurance policy” for all its collaborators to help them in the current difficult situation, in addition to implementing all the required safety protocols. The policy, which has been subscribed with the Generali insurance company, covers a ...
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Boardriders divests Xcel
Boardriders has sold its brand of wetsuits, Xcel, on undisclosed terms to ZG Collective of Colorado. Boardriders had recently decided to grow its six primary brands – Quiksilver, Billabong, Roxy, DC Shoes, RVCA and Element – over the long term by investing in digital operations, category extensions, new go-to-market models, ...
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Decathlon Ireland exceeds €1bn in revenues
According to the Irish Examiner newspaper, Decathlon generated annual sales of more than €1.1 billion in Ireland in 2018 even though its first physical store on the national territory is set to open no sooner than next month – at Ballymun in north Dublin. The main reasons appears to have ...
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Tokyo Olympics are postponed, other sports events cancelled
(Updated on March 24) It’s now official. The Olympic Games will not be held in Tokyo this summer. A joint statement made by the president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), Thomas Bach, and the Prime Minister of Japan, Abe Shinzo, said that they will have to be rescheduled “to ...
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Mixed picture for Le Coq
In a preliminary statement, Airesis said that the 2019 financial figures of Le Coq Sportif did not meet the Swiss holding company’s expectations, but the management was able to react quickly, putting the necessary adjustments into action.
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Dorel Sports strengthens its cycling operations in Europe
Dorel Sports, a division of Dorel Industries, is scaling up operations for its European Cycling Sports Group (CSG), centralizing them in the Netherlands. The management said the move will support overall growth and maintain the growing momentum of the Cannondale brand.
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Hanesbrands’ CEO will retire
Hanesbrands , the parent company of Champion and other brands, has announced that its chief executive, Gerald W. Evans Jr. , is planning to retire on Jan. 2, 2021, after the end of the current fiscal year. Evans, 60, has been with Hanesbrands for 36 years and has held ...
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