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  Teijin Frontier and Save the Duck jointly establish Save the Duck Japan

  2024-06-27T07:39:00+01:00

  The Italian Trade Agency (ITA) has reported that the Japanese company Teijin Frontier Co., Ltd. founded the joint venture Save the Duck Japan Ltd. based in Tokyo together with the Milan-based clothing company Save the Duck, a brand of animal-free outerwear. Kenichi Haruta of Teijin Frontier was appointed president.

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  Allbirds has found its distributors for Scandinavia, Benelux and Japan

  2024-06-21T08:58:00+01:00By Mattias Björklund

  Allbirds has announced agreements with distributors in the markets of Scandinavia and Benelux. With the completion of these agreements, Allbirds has now penned deals with eight international distributors, following Canada and South Korea in 2023, and Japan, Australasia, Gulf Countries and Southeast Asia earlier this year.

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  R-Gol acquires Unisport to forge global football merch empire

  2024-06-07T14:20:00+01:00By Jesper Johansson

  R-Gol, backed by Innova Capital, has acquired Unisport from Nordic Capital. The merger combines R-Gol’s strong presence in Central and Eastern Europe with Unisport’s influence in Northern and Western Europe, aiming to shape a leading force in the football retail sector. With a projected combined revenue exceeding €200 million in ...

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  Authentic and Beaumanoir announce partnership for Boardriders brands in Western Europe

  2024-06-06T09:18:00+01:00By Wolfgang Greiner

  Authentic Brands Group announced a long-term partnership with Beaumanoir Group, which will take over the former Boardriders business in France and license the Quiksilver, Roxy, Billabong, DC Shoes, Element, RVCA and VonZipper brands in key Western European regions, including France, Germany and the UK. Through the partnership, Beaumanoir, headquartered in ...

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  Bullpadel hits the UK’s e-tail mainstream

  2024-05-25T07:05:00+01:00

  The distributor MRH Sport has struck a deal to sell Bullpadel pádel racquets through John Lewis. We learn this from The Padel Paper, according to which John Lewis is the first major department store in the UK to stock pádel racquets for online sale.

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  Fanatics secures retail and merchandising partnership with golf’s R&A

  2024-05-23T12:31:00+01:00By Jesper Johansson

  Fanatics has secured an extensive omnichannel retail and merchandising partnership with the R&A, the governing body for golf outside of the USA and Mexico. This long-term agreement encompasses e-commerce, event and physical retail, memorabilia, and licensing rights for The Open and AIG Women’s Open.

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  Wolverine Worldwide expands global reach with new licensing deals

  2024-05-02T14:14:00+01:00By Jesper Johansson

  Wolverine Worldwide has inked two new global licensing deals as part of its strategic evolution into a brand-focused growth entity. Vida Shoes International will take on the role of global licensee for Merrell and Saucony kids footwear under the first agreement. This partnership grants Vida rights to these products across ...

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  Sprandi poised for comeback in Russia

  2024-04-24T09:32:00+01:00By Vlad Vorotnikov

  Sprandi, a once iconic brand in the Russian market, can reportedly resume sales in the country after almost two decades of absence. At the end of 2023, a local wholesale supplier, A Sport, obtained several certificates of conformity from a Russian technical regulator, allowing it to sell sporting shoes under ...

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  Agilitas Sports obtains licence for Lotto in India, Australia and South Africa

  2024-04-20T13:12:00+01:00By Wolfgang Greiner

  New York-based brand management firm WHP Global announced a new long-term license for Lotto with Indian sportswear and athleisure solutions platform Agilitas Sports. The license gives Agilitas exclusive rights to design, manufacture, promote and distribute the Lotto brand in India, Australia and soon in South Africa.

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  On hires AI/robotics firm for inventory management

  2024-06-17T13:32:00+01:00

  The sportswear brand On has hired a fellow Zuricher company, Verity, to refine its third-party warehousing. The method: a fleet of autonomous drones that fly around scanning and rescanning the inventory.

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