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Bogner closes 2020/21 financial year “well above plan”
Bogner suffered considerable losses in terms of sales during the financial year ended on March 31, but it made higher profits. Revenues of €122.5 million for the year fell short of the previous year’s level by almost 25 percent, due to the closure of retail stores because of Covid. On ...
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Allbirds launches CO²-labelled activewear, but faces greenwashing claims
Allbirds, the San Francisco-based brand of sustainable footwear, has just released its first athletic apparel range, consisting of five women’s styles and two for men, made from different woven and knitted fabrics that integrate recycled polyester and nylons, Merino wool, eucalyptus tree fiber and Tencel Lyocell. Consisting of tank tops, ...
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RunLab’s new app helps try out the right sports shoes
A specialized Russian sporting goods retailer, RunLab, has launched a new proprietary application that helps customers choose the most suitable sports shoes better than any other similar technology available on the market, according Eugeny Gavrilov, co-owner of RunLab. “Knowledge of the physiology of sports and an understanding of the biomechanics ...
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361 Degrees sees 15.7% H1 sales lift, looks further abroad
361 Degrees International saw first half revenues increase by 15.7 percent to 3,107 million yuan renminbi (€409.3m-$479.3m), and the Chinese sports company’s attributable net profit grew by 32.9 percent to RMB 401.4 million (€52.9m-$61.9m), thanks in part to lower impairment charges and lower interest following the repurchase of its last ...
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Nike to change name of its Alberto Salazar building
According to Fashion News, Nike is changing the name of one of the buildings at its headquarters – in Beaverton, Oregon – from Alberto Salazar to Next%, the name of the distance-running line of sneakers that Eliud Kipchoge wore when he delivered a sub-two-hour time in an unofficial marathon. Back ...
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ArticleRevolutionRace races ahead in first financial report post-listing
Fresh from a June listing on Nasdaq Stockholm, RevolutionRace, the Swedish DTC outdoor company, saw sales in the fourth quarter of its fiscal year surge by 152 percent to 273.7 million Swedish kronor (€26.8m-$31.3m), with double or triple-digit growth in all markets. The average order value (AOV) rose to SEK ...
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ABG may lose its rating if it delays its IPO
Standard & Poor’s indicated that it may downgrade its ratings for the Authentic Brands Group (ABG) if it delays its planned public offering, which would help it to finance its €2.1 billion acquisition of Reebok, or if the IPO would lead the institutional investors that have been sponsoring its expansion ...
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Sports & Leisure unit leads New Wave's Q2 sales higher
Sweden’s New Wave Group, which owns brands like Craft and Cutter & Back, saw total sales in the second quarter ended June 30 rise by 13 percent as compared to the year earlier to 1,487 million Swedish kronor (€145.7m-$171.1m), led by a 70 percent increase in its Sports & Leisure ...
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Fila benefits from improved licensing royalties and Acushnet’s success
Fila Holdings generated group revenues of 1,019,354 million Korean won (€739.4m-$866.2m) in the second quarter ended June 30, up by 63.1 percent on the year earlier, as the Korean-based company’s results continued to benefit from the contribution of its 51-percent owned Acushnet subsidiary and licensing royalties showed a clearly improving ...
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TNF teams up with Spinnova
The North Face (TNF) and Spinnova, the Finnish sustainable materials company, have partnered to develop new high-performance, sustainable textiles for the outdoor apparel category, reducing the impact of the textile industry on the environment. Spinnova fiber is produced with minimal water usage, without harmful chemicals and with minimal CO² emissions. ...
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Reebok introduces the Human Rights Now! Collection
Reebok has officially debuted the Human Rights Now! Collection, a long-term product platform that is meant to communicate the brand’s mission to inspire human rights and human movement. This collection features graphics inspired by the 1988 Human Rights Now! World Tour, a 20-stop concert series organized at the time to ...
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JanSport sues wholesaler for reselling backpacks as “new”
JanSport Apparel Corp., a subsidiary of VF Corp., is suing Los Angeles-based Bravo Wholesale of Los Angeles for allegedly selling inferior JanSport products on Amazon.com and other online stores. According to JanSport, Bravo obtains JanSport products from unauthorized dealers and markets them as “new” while they are often used or ...
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Castore partners with Coral Eyewear “performance-based lifestyle” sunglasses made with Econyl
Castore and Coral Eyewear have formed a new partnership and product collaboration, designed to enable both brands to expand their use of recycled materials. Through the collaboration, the companies have unveiled the Castore x Coral sunglasses, which are created with regenerated ocean waste. The sunglasses are made with Econyl regenerated ...
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On Running’s new shoe promises to extend running distance
With its new shoe, On Running is pledging to double the distance that runners can run. The Cloudstratus sneaker has a double outsole, called CloudTec, and a midsole with Helion superfoam. Three-quarters of the mesh upper is made of recycled polyester, and the shoe has a widened forefoot and narrower ...
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Everlast signs up Muhammad Ali’s grandson
Everlast has announced that Nico Ali Walsh has joined the brand’s roster of elite athletes. Ali Walsh is the grandson of Muhammad Ali, who was one of Everlast’s earliest sponsored athletes. The new partnership between the brand and Ali Walsh coincides with the boxer’s debut fight, which will take place ...
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Wolverine plans to offer $550m in 4.000% notes
Wolverine Worldwide announced the planned issue to institutional investors of $550 million worth of new senior notes due in 2029 bearing annual interest of 4.000%. It will use the proceeds to redeem all its outstanding 6.375% notes due in 2026 and 5.000% notes due in 2026. The group said it ...
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Asics strides forward, especially in Europe
Asics reported higher sales and operating income in several key regions for the second quarter of 2021. The progress was led by Europe, where revenues increased by 56 percent in Japanese yen, followed by increases of 51 percent in North America as well as Greater China as compared to the ...
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Naomi Osaka teams up with an artist on co-designed Yonex tennis products
Naomi Osaka has collaborated with an influential Japanese artist, Takashi Murakami, to co-design a limited-edition Yonex tennis racquet and the accompanying bag. Osaka and Murakami have re-imagined the silhouette of the Ezone racquet, decorating it with the artist’s signature cherry blossom motif atop a white base. The player’s name, “Naomi,” ...
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New Balance partners with The Renewal Workshop for a New Balance Renewed program
New Balance has teamed up with The Renewal Workshop (TRW), a provider of circular solutions for the apparel and textile industry, to create New Balance Renewed. The new collaborative program is designed to give a second life to New Balance’s apparel, helping to keep it out of landfills. New Balance ...
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Reef introduces €130 eco-friendly sandal
Reef is launching the Paipo, a sandal made from wood and full-grain leather, which the brand has called its “most upscale offering ever.” The sandal, which is sold at a price of €130, is indeed “designed and built to be the most luxurious sandal possible,” as the brand describes it ...
