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The Adidas Group is resuming its share buyback program today,...
The Adidas Group is resuming its share buyback program today, based on the authorization given at its annual meeting on May 12. After two previous tranches of stock repurchases conducted in the last two years, involving a total of 9,018,769 shares that represented 4.31 percent of its share capital, the ...
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Amer Sports has promoted Bill Kirchner to vice president and...
Amer Sports has promoted Bill Kirchner to vice president and general manager for the Americas. Most recently, he served as vice president of U.S. sales for Wilson Sporting Goods, prior to his added responsibilities at the parent company, Amer Sports. Kirchner has worked at Wilson for 32 years. In his ...
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Polartec has released a new version of its NeoShell waterproof...
Polartec has released a new version of its NeoShell waterproof fabric, specifically designed for Teton Bros, the Japanese apparel brand. The new NeoShell has been tailor-made for Teton Bros' Special Edition Jacket. Teton, which makes apparel for high-exertion activity in mountainous areas, was one of the first brands to use ...
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Burton Snowboards has associated itself with Black Scale, the irreverent...
Burton Snowboards has associated itself with Black Scale, the irreverent brand of casualwear, for a collection of lifestyle clothing that has just hit the market with a selective distribution. As Burton puts it, Black Scale reinterprets logos and graphics inspired by religion, politics, personal identity and death.
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Patagonia will be using Lenzing's Tencel closed-loop fibers in its...
Patagonia will be using Lenzing's Tencel closed-loop fibers in its products starting next spring. The new material that Lenzing has developed turns pre-consumer waste cotton scraps, which would otherwise be discarded, into Tencel fibers. The process consists in taking the fabric scraps from post-industrial waste, removing contaminants such as resins ...
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Adidas confirms that it has sealed a partnership with Kristaps...
Adidas confirms that it has sealed a partnership with Kristaps Porzingis, a fast-rising Latvian player in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The Vertical writes that the agreement was signed for seven years and that it makes Porzingis the highest-paid European sneaker endorser in NBA history. The publication puts the deal ...
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Under Armour is celebrating the launch of Stephen Curry's signature...
Under Armour is celebrating the launch of Stephen Curry's signature footwear collection, the Curry 3, with a new campaign starring the professional basketball player. The spot is set in the San Francisco Bay area and is shot by Harmony Korine, the American film director and screenwriter best known for writing ...
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New Era has announced an expanded global licensing partnership with...
New Era has announced an expanded global licensing partnership with the National Basketball Association (NBA) that makes the brand the official authentic headwear provider of the NBA, the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) and the NBA Development League (NBA D-League). The new multiyear deal comes as New Era and the ...
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Aspom, the European digital platform that advertises employment offers and...
Aspom, the European digital platform that advertises employment offers and internships in the sports and lifestyle sector, is coming out with a new identity to take advantage of the growing digitalization. Aspom says it has successfully connected more than 350 companies with 20,000 quality candidates.
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CCM Hockey will be the new main sponsor of the...
CCM Hockey will be the new main sponsor of the Swedish Ice Hockey Association over the next five years. At the same time, Intersport Sweden has deepened its partnership with the organization and has become an official partner with the exclusive rights to sell Tre Kronor and Swedish Ice Hockey ...
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Ping has announced a multi-year sponsorship deal for equipment and...
Ping has announced a multi-year sponsorship deal for equipment and accessories with Aaron Baddeley, the 35-year-old Australian golf player who has won the PGA Tour four times. Adams Golf was his previous sponsor for equipment, bags and hats.
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Lowa invited 170 sales professionals from the German shoe and...
Lowa invited 170 sales professionals from the German shoe and sporting goods retail sector to some very special events in Nuremberg, Hinterzarten and Rettenberg in Bavaria. Professional actors integrated participants in a crime comedy act that was written exclusively for Lowa. The act combines the crime story with elements of ...
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Decathlon has withdrawn an advertising poster promoting ammunition for hunting...
Decathlon has withdrawn an advertising poster promoting ammunition for hunting migratory game birds in the city of Ajaccio, the capital of the French island of Corsica. It featured a bird accompanied by a large script reading as “special migration” (Migration Special). The message of the poster was diverted by Nordpresse.be, ...
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An Italian company, Karpos, will dress up the Italian cross-country...
An Italian company, Karpos, will dress up the Italian cross-country ski team with a technical line of skiwear called Carbon Look, which uses Gore Windstopper and other technical materials
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Adidas has collaborated with Parley for the Oceans, an organization...
Adidas has collaborated with Parley for the Oceans, an organization dedicated to reducing plastic waste in oceans, on the first mass-produced footwear made of recycled plastic from oceans. Last year, the collaboration had created a 3-D printed prototype, which is now turning into actual pairs of shoes that customers can ...
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Chains outperform global market growth
The 72 largest integrated sporting goods retail chains saw their combined sales grow by 7.5 percent on a currency-weighted basis in 2015, according to our annual study of the global retail market. Translated into U.S. dollars, their sales inched up by 1.2 percent to a net total of almost $93 ...
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Adidas unveils Speedfactory shoe
Adidas unveiled the first shoe made at its fully automated German factory last month. The Futurecraft MFG (Made For Germany) that came out of the Adidas group's Speedfactory in Ansbach is one of the most tangible results of the latest innovation in footwear manufacturing, moving toward increasingly customized production that ...
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Timberland issues an update on its CSR efforts
Timberland recently released an update about its corporate social responsibility (CSR) actions. In the second quarter of this year, 95.5 percent of the leather used by the brand was produced by tanneries with a silver or gold rating. In the same period, 44 percent of the cotton used in its ...
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A large investment fund, Brookfield Asset Management, has taken advantage...
A large investment fund, Brookfield Asset Management, has taken advantage of the distressed price of Performance Sports Group (PSG) shares to accumulate a 13.2 percent stake in the company, which owns Bauer Hockey and other sports brands. The share price jumped by 16 percent to $4.16 on the news, but ...
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Moving from Vans to Reef, Fabio Marangoni has been appointed...
Moving from Vans to Reef, Fabio Marangoni has been appointed by VF Corp. as general manager for Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA), leading the brand's product, sales and marketing strategy in the region. He reports directly to Jeff Moore, president of Reef. Marangoni served most recently as area ...
