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Fila has signed a sponsorship deal with Kiki Bertens, the...
Fila has signed a sponsorship deal with Kiki Bertens, the 27-year-old professional tennis player from the Netherlands. In 2018 alone Bertens won a doubles title in Brisbane and three singles titles in Charleston, Cincinnati and Seoul, raising her career totals to seven WTA singles titles and ten WTA doubles titles. ...
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Joma Sport has become the official apparel supplier of Mexico's...
Joma Sport has become the official apparel supplier of Mexico's Deportivo Cruz Azul football team. To celebrate the team's 91 years, the Spanish teamwear supplier and Cruz Azul are inviting fans to help find the team an anthem. Details are forthcoming on the social-media channels of both Joma and Cruz ...
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Nike will replace Umbro as the sponsor of Canada Soccer...
Nike will replace Umbro as the sponsor of Canada Soccer in 2019 for all its men's and women's team programs
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Macron has extended its sponsorship contracts with the PAOK and...
Macron has extended its sponsorship contracts with the PAOK and Levante football teams in Greece and Spain
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Craft Sportswear will be the official supplier of apparel and...
Craft Sportswear will be the official supplier of apparel and footwear for the Spartan Obstacle Race
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Major sports retailers grow twice as fast as the world market
The 64 largest sporting goods specialty retail chains in the world raised their sales by 10 percent in local currencies as well as in dollars in 2017, according to an annual survey by Sporting Goods Intelligence, in spite of the strong growth of the generalist internet operators in this and ...
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Amer’s board approves Anta’s takeover plan
Amer Sports has issued a statement that its board of directors is unanimously recommending that its shareholders should accept the tender offer proposed by China's largest sporting goods company, Anta Sports Products, and other investors, after analyzing alternative opportunities.The tender offer for all the shares of the Helsinki-based group is ...
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Dakine finds new brand owners
Marquee Brands, a brand management company whose portfolio includes names such as Bruno Magli, Ben Sherman and Body Glove, has acquired the Dakine brand and the related intellectual property. It has also entered into a long-term license agreement with JR286, a product design company based in California that has acquired ...
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Adidas has announced the completion of the first tranche of...
Adidas has announced the completion of the first tranche of a share buyback program, saying that it will give a total return to shareholders of more than €1.5 billion in 2018. The company bought back 5.1 million shares, corresponding to 2.5 percent of its equity, between March 22 and Dec. ...
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Kontoor Brands is the name given by VF Corp. to...
Kontoor Brands is the name given by VF Corp. to the new jeanswear company that it is spinning off
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Intersport International Corporation (IIC) has reported on the creation of...
Intersport International Corporation (IIC) has reported on the creation of a new position of global category director for lifestyle products. It will be filled by Marcus Albrecht, who comes from Zalando. He worked there for the past two years as head of sports, starting in sales and subsequently handling product ...
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Adidas has appointed a new chief information officer, Fumbi Chima,...
Adidas has appointed a new chief information officer, Fumbi Chima, replacing Michael Vögele who has left the company at his own request. Reporting to Harm Ohlmeyer, chief financial officer, she will take responsibility for the IT department from Jan. 1. A native of Nigeria, Fumbi comes from the Fox Network ...
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Nike has announced that Heidi O'Neill, president of Nike Direct,...
Nike has announced that Heidi O'Neill, president of Nike Direct, will expand her current role as leader of Nike's physical retail stores and Nike.com to include also all Nike digital products, services and member experiences. The change has immediate effect. She will report to Elliott Hill, president of consumer and ...
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Nike has appointed Tamika Curry Smith as vice president of...
Nike has appointed Tamika Curry Smith as vice president of diversity and inclusion, according to a report in Black Enterprise. She previously held similar roles at Mercedez-Benz USQA and at Target. The new executive is supposed to be taking the place of Antoine Andrews, who left the group in April.
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According to the Wall Street Journal, Under Armour has fired...
According to the Wall Street Journal, Under Armour has fired Ryan Kuehl, senior vice president of global sports marketing, and Walker Jones, senior director of sports marketing. Both were part of the inner circle of Kevin Plank, the founder of the company. The company has made no comment, citing its ...
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Peter Ruppe, who recently left as Under Armour's senior vice...
Peter Ruppe, who recently left as Under Armour's senior vice president of footwear, is joining Columbia Sportswear to help double sales of Columbia branded shoes within three years, according to the Oregonian. Mark Nenow will continue to be in charge of Sorel, another brand of the group. Ruppe joined UA ...
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Nike has opened a flagship store on the second floor...
Nike has opened a flagship store on the second floor of the Dubai Mall. The 3,500-square-meter store in the capital of the United Arab Emirates has a small basketball court. It features a women's salon, NikePlus enhancements and customization facilities for shoes and apparel. The opening in Dubai follows last ...
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Under Armour suffered an 11 percent drop in its share...
Under Armour suffered an 11 percent drop in its share value after warning investors that its sales are likely to be flat in North America in 2019, growing overall by between 3 and 4 percent against a consensus estimate of 5 percent. On the other hand, the gross margin for ...
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Adidas has taken Rafinha to court in Amsterdam, according to...
Adidas has taken Rafinha to court in Amsterdam, according to The Mirror, demanding that the Barcelona midfielder should pay a penalty of €100,000 for each day that he doesn't wear Adidas shoes in the field and Adidas apparel at all media appearances. The 25-year-old Brazilian football player, whose real name ...
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Adidas is partnering with Foot Locker to launch the new...
Adidas is partnering with Foot Locker to launch the new Adidas Asterisk Collective, a platform empowering creative partners to propose initiatives that aim to positively impact communities all over the world. To celebrate the launch, the two companies tapped three musicians – Kid Cudi, Raury and H.E.R. – as well ...
