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ArticleSportmaster reportedly emerges in Uzbekistan
The leading Russian sporting goods retailer is to open three stores in Uzbekistan, starting in March, in three of its shopping malls in Uzebistan’s capital city of Tashkent, said a local real estate operator, The Tower MMG. The new stores will occupy 1,100 to 1,270 square meters each.
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ArticleAnother new chief executive for XXL
After issuing yet another profit warning for the fourth quarter of 2019, the board of directors of XXL ASA announced earlier this week that it has appointed Pål Wibe as the new chief executive of the company, which is the largest sporting goods retailer in the Nordic countries.
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ArticleDecathlon Germany will open a third logistics center and its largest store
After 16 new store openings in 2019, Decathlon Germany ended a very successful year with a total of 80 doors, compared with only 26 at the end of 2015. More or less until 2010, the French retailer had a tough time in the market, due in part to its disruptive ...
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ArticleAdidas launches a skiwear line
Confirming a report in Süddeutsche Zeitung, Adidas says it is planning to enter the snow sports market with a line of winter sports apparel for cross-country and alpine skiing, ski touring and snowboarding for the autumn/winter 2020/21 season. It will be launched under its growing sub-brand for outdoor products, Adidas ...
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Thule acquires a fishing rod carrier
The Thule Group has acquired Denver Outfitters, an American producer of vehicle-mounted fishing-rod carriers.
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ArticleNike and Adidas trigger distinct emotions
In an interesting exercise, CMDsport has pitted the top two sports brands against each other in a survey of 5,491 Spaniards who read its publications. At stake were the “emotions” that these brands inspire. The Spanish trade paper developed a list of 34 such emotions or perceptions and asked participants ...
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Adidas has announced the start of the third tranche of...
Adidas has announced the start of the third tranche of its multi-year share buyback program, which calls for the purchase of up to €3.0 billion worth of its own shares between March 2018 and May 2021. It is planning to purchase own shares worth up to €1.0 billion in 2020. ...
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Adidas has reached a negotiated settlement with Rick Pitino, the...
Adidas has reached a negotiated settlement with Rick Pitino, the former coach of Louisville University’s basketball team who was fired in 2017 over a bribery scandal, ESPN has reported. Pitino claimed to have no knowledge of a deal under which James Gatto, a former sports marketing executive of Adidas, and ...
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Polartec has introduced a lighter version of its two-year-old Power...
Polartec has introduced a lighter version of its two-year-old Power Air fabric. Houdini of Sweden is the first and only company to have adopted it so far for its autumn/winter 2020/21 collection. The polyester fabric is made from a single yarn. It is fully recyclable and has a higher recycled ...
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Asics has unveiled the prototype of its first smart shoe,...
Asics has unveiled the prototype of its first smart shoe, developed in close partnership with New Fold Studio (nnf). The announcement was made at CES 2020, the Las Vegas tradeshow on consumer technologies, whose latest edition ran on Jan. 7-10. Nnf is a Japanese start-up pioneering the use of sensor ...
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Adidas has launched new laceless footwear for tennis players. The...
Adidas has launched new laceless footwear for tennis players. The new Stycon shoe, whose silhouette does not look like the typical tennis sneaker, is said to offer optimized comfort for wearers thanks to improved fit and control. The shoe has no shoelaces and a knit collar, designed to naturally expand ...
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Adidas has launched a range in collaboration with Pokémon Company...
Adidas has launched a range in collaboration with Pokémon Company for the new year, according to Hypebeast. The range comprises tracksuits, T-shirts, shorts and footwear for youth and adults, marked with graphics inspired by the visuals of the early Pokémon video games. Patterns of pixels are used to create colors, ...
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Wilson Golf is launching the D7 Forged irons, as part...
Wilson Golf is launching the D7 Forged irons, as part of its range of D7 products. The D7 Forged irons feature a urethane-filled Power Chamber and centered power holes, alongside a new clubhead design and a thinner topline. The clubface is forged from soft 8620 carbon steel. The thicker sole ...
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Boris Becker, the famous former German tennis champion, is reportedly...
Boris Becker, the famous former German tennis champion, is reportedly preparing to launch a line of casual sportswear under his own name in collaboration with a German apparel company, Fashion Concept
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HUUB, a leading British supplier of swim goggles, has launched...
HUUB, a leading British supplier of swim goggles, has launched a prescription version of its Altair model for short-sighted people
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Nike will be the new official kit supplier of the...
Nike will be the new official kit supplier of the important Liverpool Football Club (FC), starting with the 2020/2021 season. Under the new contract with the European champion and the leading footwear team in the English Premier League, Nike will be paying an annual guaranteed fee of just £30 million ...
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Puma will reportedly replace Umbro in July as the kit...
Puma will reportedly replace Umbro in July as the kit sponsor of PSV Eindhoven, the Dutch football club. According to a local newspaper, the Eindhovens Dagblad, Puma has inked a five-year agreement with PSV worth between €40 million and €50 million, roughly three times what the club is receiving from ...
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On July 1, Puma will become the new sponsor and...
On July 1, Puma will become the new sponsor and exclusive supplier of the German Handball Federation (DHB), outfitting all coaches, supervisors and referees for both indoor and beach handball. The current sponsorship deal, with Kempa, will be expiring. The new DHB collection of apparel, footwear, accessories, underwear, merchandise and ...
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Asics has signed sponsorship deals with the tennis pros Borna...
Asics has signed sponsorship deals with the tennis pros Borna Coric of Croatia, Caroline Garcia of France and Iga Swiatek of Poland. Coric's best rank so far has been number 12 in the world. He is currently 28th. He has won two ATP titles and a U.S. Open Junior title ...
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Dunlop has extended its sponsorship of the Real Club de...
Dunlop has extended its sponsorship of the Real Club de Tenis Barcelona 1899 through to the year 2022. The British producer of goods for racquet sports is also the exclusive sponsor of the club's pádel section, equipping both the coaching staff and the school and providing a new official ball, ...
