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    Almost 6,500 pairs of counterfeit Nike and Converse sports shoes...

    2014-10-14T00:00:00Z

    Almost 6,500 pairs of counterfeit Nike and Converse sports shoes were seized at the Puces de Saint-Ouen flea market, in the north of Paris, at the beginning of October. In addition to the 6,270 pairs of fake Nike and 150 pairs of fake Converse the police, accompanied by two employees ...

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    The Federation of the European Sporting Goods Industry (Fesi) is...

    2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

    The Federation of the European Sporting Goods Industry (Fesi) is going to ask the European Union and the member governments to help fund national programs to encourage youth to practice sports along the lines of “Dote in Movimento,”a project that has been successfully led by the Italian sporting goods industry ...

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    Ultrasonic, a Chinese company quoted on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange...

    2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

    Ultrasonic, a Chinese company quoted on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange that makes sandals, slippers and shoe soles for Anta Sports Products and Xtep and runs 110 stores in China, is without its top managers, who have reportedly left the company with a lot of company money. The two managers, Quingyong ...

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    The trial of Chris Ronnie, former chief executive of the...

    2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

    The trial of Chris Ronnie, former chief executive of the new defunct JJB Sports chain, was set to begin this week at Southwark Crown Court in London. He is charged with a £1 million fraud. A former supplier of JJB and a business partner of Ronnie are also charged in ...

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    Crocs has been sued by U.S.A. Dawgs, a family-owned company...

    2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

    Crocs has been sued by U.S.A. Dawgs, a family-owned company in Las Vegas that has been making clogs with EVA soles since 2006. Requesting a jury trial on the issue, the anti-trust complaint alleges that Crocs has been misleading consumers for more than a decade into believing that its “Croslite” ...

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    Skechers has filed a suit against a shoe retail...

    2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

    Skechers has filed a suit against a shoe retail chain based in San Francisco, DB Shoe Company, for alleged infringement of seven design patents utilized in its GOwalk line

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    Icon Health & Fitness has agreed to pay $3 million...

    2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

    Icon Health & Fitness has agreed to pay $3 million to settle charges by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission that it violated a 1997 consent order to stop making claims that three minutes a day of exercising on its Pro-Form Glider would result in “significant” weight loss

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    After 260 years of exclusion, women will be allowed to...

    2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

    After 260 years of exclusion, women will be allowed to join the Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews in Scotland after an overwhelming members' vote on Sept. 18 opened the doors to the famous St Andrews clubhouse. Helen Grant, Britain's Minister for Sport, was among the first to ...

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    The Federation of the European Sporting Goods Industry (Fesi) put...

    2014-09-09T00:00:00Z

    The Federation of the European Sporting Goods Industry (Fesi) put out a statement today welcoming the European Commission's proposal to remove import duties for most products originating from the Philippines, and calling for its swift approval by the European Parliament and the member states of the European Union. The removal ...

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    A top executive of Hummel is playing down a report...

    2014-09-09T00:00:00Z

    A top executive of Hummel is playing down a report about an investigation by the Danish Competition Authority into allegations that it has been hindering free price competition in the Danish market. According to the official, the investigation follows a request made by a salesman of the company to a ...

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    The European Commission has sent out a formal letter to...

    2014-09-09T00:00:00Z

    The European Commission has sent out a formal letter to Slovenia's Ministry of Finance regarding the recovery of €10 million in state aid given to Elan. The letter is apparently requesting an urgent update on the steps that the Slovenian government is taking to obtain the reimbursement of the alleged ...

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    The European Commission has started an investigation into the possible...

    2014-09-09T00:00:00Z

    The European Commission has started an investigation into the possible circumvention of its anti-dumping duties on bicycles originating in Mainland China through transshipments or assembly operations in Cambodia, the Philippines and Pakistan. It reacted to a request made by the European Bicycle Manufacturers Association (EBMA) in behalf of 15 companies ...

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    Puma will not comment on reports that the Chilean football...

    2014-09-09T00:00:00Z

    Puma will not comment on reports that the Chilean football federation (ANFP) has lodged a suit against the German company, asking to rescind its sponsorship contract with the national football team, which normally runs until July 2015. This would prevent Puma from acting as official supplier of the team during ...

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    The board of directors of the European Federation of the...

    2014-09-09T00:00:00Z

    The board of directors of the European Federation of the Sporting Goods Industry (Fesi) has unanimously elected Luca Businaro as its new president until October 2016, taking the place of Bruno Alves who has left Nike to join the European Commission in Brussels. Businaro was recently re-elected as president of ...

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    A Munich court has confirmed a preliminary injunction against Real,...

    2014-08-18T00:00:00Z

    A Munich court has confirmed a preliminary injunction against Real, the food chain owned by Metro AG, which sold shirts and other items displaying an eagle that was apparently too similar to the one used by DFB, the German football federation. The court ruled that the eagle featured on Real's football fan ...

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    Pentland Brands welcomed the British Prime Minister, David Cameron, and...

    2014-08-01T00:00:00Z

    Pentland Brands welcomed the British Prime Minister, David Cameron, and Deputy Prime Minister, Nick Clegg, to its global headquarters in London on July 25. The visit by the Conservative and Liberal Democrat party leaders was part of an exercise to see examples of flourishing British businesses. Pentland is a third-generation ...

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    Luca Bettini, chief executive of Tecnocomponenti, has been elected president...

    2014-08-01T00:00:00Z

    Luca Bettini, chief executive of Tecnocomponenti, has been elected president of Assofitness, the fitness section of Assosport, Italy's sporting goods industry association. He takes the place of the outgoing president, Deolo Falcone, for the next two years. One of its goals is to stimulate the internationalization of the sector, organizing ...

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    Afydad, the Spanish sporting goods industry association, is organizing...

    2014-08-01T00:00:00Z

    Afydad, the Spanish sporting goods industry association, is organizing a trade mission to Morocco from Oct. 26 to 31

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    Lynx Golf has taken action to stop the sale of...

    2014-08-01T00:00:00Z

    Lynx Golf has taken action to stop the sale of counterfeit products by a U.K.-based golf distributor. Fake Lynx products were discovered for sale on eBay and Lynx' legal team tracked down the distributor. The company agreed an out of court settlement after the distributor acted quickly to shut down ...

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    The U.S. Federal Trade Commission approved two final orders settling...

    2014-07-23T00:00:00Z

    The U.S. Federal Trade Commission approved two final orders settling charges that ski equipment manufacturers Marker Völkl (International) GmbH and Tecnica Group S.p.A. for many years illegally agreed not to compete for one another's ski endorsers or employees.