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The World Federation of the Sporting Goods Industry (WFSGI) has...
The World Federation of the Sporting Goods Industry (WFSGI) has become an official member of the Intergovernmental Committee for Physical Education and Sport (Giceps) of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (Unesco). In this role, WFSGI intends to fight for access to sports as a fundamental right for ...
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Columbia Sportswear reports that a court in Milan has granted...
Columbia Sportswear reports that a court in Milan has granted a preliminary injunction against Geox, authorizing the seizure of certain Amphibiox branded shoes in Italy because they are likely to have infringed a patent held by its OutDry Technologies subsidiary for waterproof and breathable footwear. Similar legal action is pending ...
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Vibram USA, the producer of FiveFingers running shoes, has moved...
Vibram USA, the producer of FiveFingers running shoes, has moved to settle a class-action lawsuit alleging that it overstated the shoes' health benefits. The company has offered to pay a total of $3.75 million to people who bought the shoes and said it would stop making claims in its commercials ...
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G-Max, the Norwegian sporting goods chain franchised by Gresvig, has...
G-Max, the Norwegian sporting goods chain franchised by Gresvig, has won in the court case that XXL had filed against its price matching campaign, which we have already written about in recent issues. The verdict stated that G-Max had done nothing illegal when they launched the campaign, but asked the ...
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Xavier Berneda is said to be the only candidate to...
Xavier Berneda is said to be the only candidate to succeed himself as president of Afydad, the Spanish sporting goods industry association
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French court authorities received two bids for the takeover of...
French court authorities received two bids for the takeover of Duarig, the Balbigny-based sports equipment maker founded in 1886. The company went into receivership last October. The first offer was filed by Duarig's senior management, who would like to create a cooperative (Scop). The second offer came from a group ...
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The European Commission will provide €1.7 million in funding for...
The European Commission will provide €1.7 million in funding for a new project called Tex-Med Clusters, whose objective is to enhance the competitiveness of the textile industry in the Mediterranean countries. The project will run for two years. Through the scheme, small and medium-sized companies in the European textile sector ...
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Unofficial sources at Shimano said that the strike at its...
Unofficial sources at Shimano said that the strike at its facility in Kunshan, China was brought to an end on April 10. The strike is expected to have no impact on deliveries, the company said. The Kunshan facility, which produces entry-level bicycle components mainly made for the Chinese market, is ...
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European importers may be able to recover some of the...
European importers may be able to recover some of the anti-dumping duties that they had to pay for shoes sourced in China and Vietnam. Responding to a complaint filed by Puma, the financial court of Munich has formally asked the European Court of Justice to issue a verdict on the ...
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Herbert Hainer, who recently accepted to extend his mandate as...
Herbert Hainer, who recently accepted to extend his mandate as chief executive of the Adidas Group, has agreed to become now also the chairman of the supervisory board of FC Bayern München, the big football club in which Adidas is a minority shareholder. He was already a vice president of ...
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Experts from several companies that are members of the European...
Experts from several companies that are members of the European Federation of the Sporting Goods Industry (Fesi), joined experienced investigators and enforcement officers from across the 28 member countries of the European Union, the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO), the World Customs Organization (WCO) and Brazil's National Council on Combating ...
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Marina Egydio de Carvalho has been appointed executive director of...
Marina Egydio de Carvalho has been appointed executive director of MOVE, the Brazilian sporting goods industry association. She takes the place of Andre Raduan, who left a few months ago, after three years in the post. She became a lawyer in 2006 after her studies in Brazil and the U.K. ...
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A group of companies involved in pádel, the Spanish-Argentinian racquet...
A group of companies involved in pádel, the Spanish-Argentinian racquet sport known also as paddle tennis, has set up an international association of manufacturers of the related products. Its foundation took place in the framework of the first edition of the Pádel Pro Show in Madrid, which coincided with the ...
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Vietnam is extending to footwear its “Better Work Vietnam” initiative...
Vietnam is extending to footwear its “Better Work Vietnam” initiative to improve the country's industrial performance by 2019. The program is intended to better align private sector expectations with the country's legislation and with international labor standards. Started in 2009, the program has already impacted 200 garment factories employing nearly ...
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Following a resolution taken by the United Nations General Assembly...
Following a resolution taken by the United Nations General Assembly last year, the first International Day of Sport for Development and Peace will take place on April 6. A dedicated website, www.april6.org, has been launched in English, Spanish and French to promote initiatives taking place on that day around the ...
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Billabong International faces a potential class action from investors hurt...
Billabong International faces a potential class action from investors hurt by the dramatic decline in the fortunes of the company. An Australian law firm, Slater and Gordon, said it was preparing a lawsuit against the troubled surfwear company on behalf of hundreds of Australian and international investors. The class action ...
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Adidas said it will stop selling two T-shirts tied to...
Adidas said it will stop selling two T-shirts tied to this year's World Cup in Brazil after the country's tourism board said they associate Brazil with sexual tourism. One shirt shows a woman wearing a bikini next to Rio de Janeiro's Sugarloaf mountain with the phrase “Lookin' to Score” above ...
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A Hungarian inventor, Lászlo Orosz, has won a lengthy judicial...
A Hungarian inventor, Lászlo Orosz, has won a lengthy judicial fight in the Hungarian courts against Adidas in which he claimed that the company infringed his patents through the release of its Predator Precision football boot in 2002 and the Predator Mania a little later. Orosz said that he had ...
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Following intense lobbying by the Federation of the European Sporting...
Following intense lobbying by the Federation of the European Sporting Goods Industry (Fesi) and other trade organizations, the European Parliament has voted to let customs authorities in the member countries of the European Union stop imported products to verify whether they are counterfeits even if they are marked as goods ...
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Rolf Schmid is again the president of the European Outdoor...
Rolf Schmid is again the president of the European Outdoor Group, which has decided to expand the membership to retailers. Schmid, the president of the Mammut Sports Group, was one of the founders of the EOG 11 years ago, and he served as its president for the first six years. ...
