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New Callaway manager for softgoods
Callaway Golf Company has made Joe B. Flannery executive vice president for apparel and other soft goods. This will include the supervision of the Jack Wolfskin brand, which was acquired by the American golf company one year ago, as well as other properties such as TravisMathews. Flannery has been with ...
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ArticleCrocs returned to profits in Q4
Crocs continued to reap the benefits of its efforts to restructure, ending the year with a profit against a loss for the same quarter a year ago. In the fourth quarter ended Dec. 31, it delivered strong direct-to-consumer (DTC) growth and sell-through at the wholesale level, leading revenues to reach ...
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Strong momentum for Acushnet and Kjus
The management of Acushnet believes that each of its businesses is has a strong momentum in the new year. In particular, the American golf company controlled by Fila Korea expects that the Kjus brand will continue its rapid progress within golf, benefiting from the launch of a new Gemini rainwear ...
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O’Neill launches marketing campaign
(OIC) O’Neill has launched a new marketing campaign with the title “First Name in the Water.” The campaign consists of cinematographic shots of different corners of the world, featuring O’Neill’s top athletes. Riley Blakeway, a renowned filmmaker, and Deke Angel, O’Neill’s art director, used classic imagery and video from the ...
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Mammut enters partnership with Powdr
(OIC) Mammut is entering a long-term partnership with Powdr, an American ski resort operator. The partnership makes the Swiss sports brand the official uniform and clothing supplier for more than 8,000 mountain professionals working at 10 of the Powdr mountain resorts in the U.S. The partnership starts with the 2020/21 ...
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Snow+Rock partners with GB Snowsport
(OIC) Snow+Rock, the U.K. outdoor retailer, has announced a partnership with GB Snowsport, the national governing body for ski and snowboard disciplines in the U.K. Snow+Rock will be the official retail partner of GB Snowsport up to and during the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games. GB Snowsport athletes will help ...
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Smartwool launches online store in Germany
(OIC) Smartwool, the maker of woolen sports apparel and a division of VF Outdoor, launched its first online store in Germany this month. The store offers the entire range of Smartwool products, including base layers, shirts, underwear, and socks. The website also provides information about the brand, the materials used ...
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Millet launches video
(OIC) Millet has launched a new video revolving around the Rise Up concept, an invitation for sports enthusiasts and people in general to pursue their objectives without giving up. The two-minute video, produced by Almo Film, was shot in the French Alps as well as Nice and Paris between January ...
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Vibram unveils Grip All Terrain
(OIC) Vibram has unveiled the Vibram Arctic Grip All Terrain, a new version of the Vibram Arctic Grip. The Vibram Arctic Grip technology was designed to enable enhanced grip on ice, especially wet ice. The new version combines this technology with a new compound, the Vibram XS Trek Evo, developed ...
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Columbia appoints chairman
(OIC) At its meeting of Jan. 24, the board of directors of Columbia Sportswear appointed as its chairman the company’s long-standing president and chief executive, Tim Boyle, who is now 70 years old. He takes the place on the board that was previously occupied by his “tough mother,” Gert Boyle, ...
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Thule appoints CFO
(OIC) Thule has announced that Marianne Bonrud Hagelqvist, the current group accounting director, has taken over as acting chief financial officer of Thule Group, effective Feb. 14. She is replacing Lennart Mauritzson, who has resigned as CFO, until Jonas Lindqvist, currently chief financial officer at Arjo, a global supplier of ...
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VF closes industry’s first “green bond”
(OIC) VF Corp. announced on Feb. 27 the closing of the first “green bond” in the apparel and footwear industry. The net proceeds from the €500 million bond offering will be used for investment in programs within the company’s “Made for Change Sustainability & Responsibility Strategy,” and to drive progress ...
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Skechers signs up Redknapp
Jamie Redknapp – a former midfielder for the Bournemoth, Southampton, Liverpool and Tottenham Hotspur football clubs – has signed a deal with Skechers to promote its lifestyle men’s collections in Europe as of this spring. Redknapp helped Liverpool win the 1995 Football League Cup final. He retired from professional play ...
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Patagonia sues over apparent “Petrogonia” parody
Patagonia has filed suit in Los Angeles federal court against OC Media for trademark infringement, unfair competition and other violations of the Lanham Act. Open Caucasus Media, as it is formally called, is a Russian-language news website covering the North and South Caucasus. Its funders include the European Endowment for ...
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Lotto works with Starvie
Lotto Sport Italia has signed a three-year deal to become the technical sponsor and official supplier of StarVie, the Spanish producer of pádel equipment. Lotto will be outfitting StarVie’s 80 or so professional pádel players for the World Pádel Tour. StarVie has been active in the sport of pádel for ...
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ArticleCoronavirus depresses Adidas’ and others’ sales in China
COVID-19 or the novel cronavirus, as the virus is now named, has already infected more than 79,000 people in 30 countries around the world, according to the World Health Organization, but it remains largely concentrated in China. While it has been expanding at a slower rate recently in the country, ...
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A new executive team at Nike
John Donahue, the new chief executive of Nike, has installed a new leadership team to replace the one that accompanied the outgoing CEO, Mark Parker, from April 1 onward. Two former Parker lieutenants, Eric Sprunk and Elliott Hill, will retire from the company later this year. Like Trevor Edwards, who ...
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ArticleBasicNet exceeds €1 billion in aggregate revenues for the first time
BasicNet, the owner of Kappa, K-Way and other brands, posted aggregate sales of €1,025 million, representing a 17.1 percent increase as compared to 2018, based on preliminary figures. The figure includes €742.9 million from commercial licenses and €282.4 from production licenses. The operating result before amortization and depreciation (Ebitda) of ...
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Shimano buys Pioneer Sports Cycle assets
Shimano is planning to develop new products, web services and applications using certain assets of Pioneer Sports Cycle that it has acquired from Pioneer Corporation, the U.S. company that developed the first pedaling monitor and cycling computers in 2013.
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Big loss at Fitbit pending Google’s bid
Google’s proposal to acquire Fitbit for $2.1 billion was approved by the latter’s shareholders on Jan. 3, but it is still undergoing regulatory scrutiny in the U.S. and Europe. In both areas, regulatory authorities have expressed concern that the health and other data being collected by Fitbit will be used ...
