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Garmin partners with Surfline to provide watch-controlled surf video
Garmin has paired the release of two smartwatches – the Fenix 6 Solar and the Surf Edition of the Instinct Solar – with the inauguration of a partnership with Surfline Sessions of Huntington Beach, California. Garmin’s wearable devices measure wave count, top speed, distance surfed and total water time. The ...
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Apple’s European tax victory may favor Nike’s case
Observers feel that the European Commission’s legal stance against Nike Europe over an alleged under-payment of taxes in the Netherlands has been weakened by a ruling by the General Court of European Court Justice that annulled its previous decision against Apple Corp. and the Irish government. The Commission had charged ...
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Google asked to make concessions to acquire Fitbit
Google has been told by the anti-trust authorities of the European Commission that they might endorse its proposed $2.1 billion acquisition of Fitbit, according to an exclusive Reuters report, as long as it pledges not to use the latter’s health and wellness data for its online advertising and search engine ...
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Lululemon opens corner in a Munich department store
Lululemon has opened a shop-in-shop of 90 square meters in the urban sports section of Oberpollinger, the high-end department store in downtown Munich. It’s the first of the kind in Germany for Lululemon, which already has a store in Munich and eight others in the rest of the country.
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Emil Iversen to race with One Way Sport
Fischer Sports has announced that Emil Iversen, the Norwegian cross-country ski champion who won two gold medals at last year’s World Cup in Seefeld, has adopted the new Premio SLG 20 ski racing poles of its One Way Sport subsidiary. The pole features a lighter carbon shaft than before.
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Venum will replace Reebok as UFC apparel provider
Venum, a French manufacturer of clothing and accessories for combat sports, will replace Reebok as the new outfitting and apparel partner of the Ultimate Fighting Championship’s (UFC) mixed martial arts promotion starting in April 2021. The contract has been brokered by IMG. The financial terms of the deal have not ...
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Macron signs new kit deals with FC Nantes and Reggina, and extends deal with Real Sociedad
Macron has announced a new technical sponsorship agreement with FC Nantes, a French football club that competes in Ligue 1, starting with the 2020/21 season. The Italian sportswear brand is also the new technical sponsor of Reggina 1914, an Italian football club commonly referred to as Reggina, based in Reggio ...
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News briefsGarmin introduces new solar watches, making cable charging nearly unnecessary
Garmin is expanding its portfolio of solar-powered products and now offers even more watches with an integrated, transparent solar charging lens that uses solar energy. In addition to a significantly extended battery life, some models also come with new features. The popular fēnix 6 series is now available as a ...
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News briefsGoPro‘s Hero8 Black now works as an HD webcam
GoPro announced that its flagship Hero8 Black camera now functions as a 1080p high-definition, wide-angle webcam. Users can update their Hero8 Black with a beta release of the new firmware and install the new GoPro Webcam desktop utility to use their camera as a webcam. The utility is now available ...
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Nike introduces a new, reactive store concept
On July 9 Nike introduced a new, reactive store concept at its flagship in the Chinese city of Guangzhou. Called Nike Rise, the system tailors the shopping experience to individual “members” – that is, customers registered with one of its apps – and connects them to a community in the ...
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Ellesse will sponsor Paul Jubb
Ellesse has signed up Paul Jubb, the British tennis player and reigning NCAA (National Collegiate Athletic Association) singles champion. Jubb, who is 20 years old, was the first British male to win the men’s single title at the 2019 NCAA Division 1 Men’s Championship, as a member of the South ...
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Covid-19 cases at a JD Sports warehouse
A local track-and-trace system has identified a few Covid-19 infections among the employees at JD Sports Fashion’s main warehouse at the Kingsway Business Park in Rochdale, near Manchester. These employees are now self-quarantined at home. Working with the U.K.’s National Health Service (NHS), the company has set up a mobile ...
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Nike and 11teamsports partner with TSV 1860 München
Nike and 11teamsports will be supplying the TSV 1860 München, the third-tier Munich football club known also as ”die Löwen” (the Lions), from this summer until June 2025. Erima of Germany was previously the team’s sponsor and supplier since 2008. 11teamsports, the German multi-channel retailer, will take care of the ...
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Puma to launch the Unity Collection
Puma is releasing the Unity Collection of unisex apparel, footwear and accessories, accompanying the launch with a pledge of $200,000 to the U.N. Covid-19 Solidarity Response Fund, which supports the World Health Organization (WHO). The pack is to celebrate Puma’s sports heritage and the unifying force of sport. The items ...
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Under Armour reportedly puts up a fitness app for sale
Under Armour is reportedly looking for an investor to take over MyFitnessPal (MFP), a food consumption and exercising app and website that it bought for $475 million in 2015, at around the same time as Adidas’ $220 million acquisition of Runtastic and Asics’ $85 million buy of Runkeeper. MFP offers ...
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FC Barcelona seeks damages from Nike for defective jerseys
The Financial Times reports that FC Barcelona will be seeking monetary compensation from Nike, its sponsor since 2018. Apparently, the colors of the jersey in the Swoosh’s kit bleed when they get wet. Both Nike and the football club hope to resolve the problem by August, when Europe’s Champions League ...
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Five years of Adidas with Parley for the Oceans
Adidas presented a new limited-edition sneaker for the fifth anniversary of its collaboration with Parley for the Oceans. The company said it would donate €30 to the NGO for each pair of the model sold in the first three days of the promotion. The partnership between Adidas and Parley for ...
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Puma appoints Paul Spencer as regional sales director Europe
Puma has announced that Paul Spencer is taking over the position of regional sales director for Europe with immediate effect. He succeeds Marek Drvota, who has left the company. The briton has been with Puma since 2007, where he started as a lifestyle sales manager. He became general manager for ...
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Focusing on core brands, Pentland invests on sustainability and digitalization
Having completed a “strategic review,” Pentland Brands will be refocusing on its core brands: Speedo, Berghaus, Endura, Canterbury, Mitre, Ellesse, Kickers and SeaVees. To this end, it will “hibernate” the Boxfresh brand of men’s shoes and lay off about 350 employees from its headquarters in the U.K. According to Pentland ...
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Titleist and Footjoy extend PGA partnership
Acushnet, the parent company of the Titleist and Footjoy golf brands, has extended its partnership with The Professional Golfers’ Association (PGA) for a further three-years until 2023. Both Titleist and FootJoy are principal partners of the PGA, and will continue to support the organization in several areas, including its Continuing ...
