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Skechers USA has been sued by Under Armour. The lawsuit...
Skechers USA has been sued by Under Armour. The lawsuit alleges that a sports circuit training commercial “slavishly copies” a highly successful “Protect This House” campaign released by Under Armour five years ago. Skechers will not comment on pending litigation.
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The supervisory board of Intersport Germany has announced a settlement...
The supervisory board of Intersport Germany has announced a settlement with Klaus Jost, who served as one of the two general managers of the buying group between 2001 and November of last year. He was dismissed following his objections to a change in the structure of the executive board where ...
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Stuart Jones, the 40-year-old son of Sir David Jones, has...
Stuart Jones, the 40-year-old son of Sir David Jones, has been found not guilty of forging a bank statement in relation to the fraudulent payments that his father had allegedly received in 2009 from Dave Whelan, founder of JJB Sports, and Mike Ashley, president of Sports Direct International. Stuart Jones ...
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A U.S. federal court has awarded $3.3 million in damages...
A U.S. federal court has awarded $3.3 million in damages to Columbia Sportswear in its lawsuit against Fibretonics over its Omni-Heat technology, introduced in 2011. In the suit, filed in September 2013, Columbia had requested damages of $9.4 million, charging that Fibertronics' improperly aligned heating components in the wrist cuffs ...
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The Royal St George's golf club, an Open Championship venue...
The Royal St George's golf club, an Open Championship venue in Kent, has voted to allow women members for the first time. The resolution in favor of this change was adopted at an extraordinary general meeting last month, with immediate effect. More than 81 percent of the full members took ...
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Stuart Jones, the son of the former executive chairman of...
Stuart Jones, the son of the former executive chairman of JJB Sports, Sir David Jones, is standing trial for allegedly helping his father forge a bank statement to disguise a £1.5 million (€2.09m-$2.27m) loan from the board of the defunct retailer. The trial started at Leeds Crown Court on March ...
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The founder of Patagonia, Yvon Chouinard, and Nike's brand president,...
The founder of Patagonia, Yvon Chouinard, and Nike's brand president, Trevor Edwards, have been inducted into the 2015 Marketing Hall of Fame, a scheme run by the New York chapter of the American Marketing Association to celebrate brilliance in marketing across all fields and organizations, including corporations, consulting firms, agencies ...
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El Corte Inglés, VF Corp., Li & Fung and PVH...
El Corte Inglés, VF Corp., Li & Fung and PVH have agreed to start sourcing their apparel products from Azim Group in Bangladesh after the company agreed to negotiate with workers' unions at two of its 24 factories in the country. As reported by The New York Times, Azim will ...
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In a stunning twist to the dispute around the sale of...
In a stunning twist to the dispute around the sale of Adidas by Bernard Tapie in 1993, a Paris appeals court has scrapped the decision of an arbitration committee that awarded compensation of about €403 million to the French businessman in 2008 – deeming the procedure fraudulent. This came after questions were ...
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Skechers USA has been sued by Under Armour, a big...
Skechers USA has been sued by Under Armour, a big and growing American sports brand. The lawsuit alleged that a sports circuit training commercial “slavishly copies” a highly successful “Protect This House” campaign released by Under Armour five years ago. Skechers will not comment on pending litigation.
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Lance Armstrong has been ordered by an arbitration panel in...
Lance Armstrong has been ordered by an arbitration panel in Texas to pay a $10 million sanctions award to SCA Promotions, a Dallas-based sports insurance company who paid him big bonuses for winning multiple Tour de France titles. According to the written ruling, the award punishes the athlete for engaging ...
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The Adidas Group filed a federal lawsuit in a U.S....
The Adidas Group filed a federal lawsuit in a U.S. court in Miami on Feb. 4 against 79 different e-commerce sites, charging that they have been selling and distributing counterfeit products under the Adidas and Reebok brands. Many of the websites are operating outside the U.S. The defendants include chinajoy, ...
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ISO, the International Organization for Standardization, has published a new...
ISO, the International Organization for Standardization, has published a new ISO 4210:2014 standard for bicycles to ensure minimum safety and performance
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Retailers are joining forces with vendors in other segments of...
Retailers are joining forces with vendors in other segments of the sporting goods industry besides outdoor sports. American Golf, one of Europe's largest integrated golf retailers, has become an “associate member” of the British Golf Industry Association (BGIA).
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David Ingemie is retiring as president of Snow Sports Industries...
David Ingemie is retiring as president of Snow Sports Industries of America (SIA) after 34 years in the position. He joined the association 39 years ago as marketing director, working a lot to promote U.S. consumers' participation in snow sports. He had already indicated his intention to step down last ...
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A German court has confirmed the jail sentence of Thomas...
A German court has confirmed the jail sentence of Thomas Middelhoff, former chief executive of Karstadt and its parent company, Arcandor, who has already spent two months behind bars
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The Confederation of the European Bicycle Industry (Conebi) has unanimously...
The Confederation of the European Bicycle Industry (Conebi) has unanimously elected its first board of directors. It includes René Takens of the Accell Group as president, Erhard Buechel of Büchel & Co. as vice president, Massimo Panzeri of Atala, also as vice president, and Sacha Boedijn of RAI Association as ...
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-The European Free Trade Association is going after Norway for...
-The European Free Trade Association is going after Norway for its recent ban on PFOAs in all consumer products, including sporting goods equipment, claiming that it is in breach of agreements between the European Union and Norway
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Alibaba vigorously protested about comments made by an official of...
Alibaba vigorously protested about comments made by an official of China's State Administration for Industry and Commerce (SAIC) last week, claiming that more than 60 percent of the products sold on its Taobao marketplace were fake and that the company was not doing enough to fight counterfeiting. It was even ...
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Belated discussions are taking place about the minimum wage in...
Belated discussions are taking place about the minimum wage in Myanmar, coinciding with the planned visit to the former Burma by prospective European clients for the local textile industry. According to just-style.com, the local minimum wage is currently the second-lowest in South and Southeast Asia after Bangladesh, where it is ...
