News Briefs – Page 125
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News briefsTravisMathew announces appointments for its European office
Californian sportswear brand TravisMathew, part of Topgolf Callaway Brands, has appointed Matt Freeland as general manager for the EMEA region and Matt Cox as strategic key account manager EMEA. Freeland joined TravisMathew in October. Most recently, he served as commercial director of the sportswear brand Champion. He also previously worked ...
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News briefsBunkered Live golf show to return in 2023
The Bunkered Live consumer golf show, which debuted this year, will return in 2023. The exhibition will return to the NEC in Birmingham on Feb. 24-26, followed by a second event at the Royal Highland Centre in Edinburgh on March 24-26. Bunkered Live is an evolution from the Scottish Golf ...
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News briefsFINA rebrands as World Aquatics
The International Swimming Federation (FINA) has become World Aquatics following a vote in Melbourne on Dec. 12 at an extraordinary congress on the eve of the World Swimming Championships (25m) 2022. Founded in 1908, FINA controls the development of aquatic events in swimming, water polo, diving, artistic swimming, high diving ...
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News briefsHead of XXL Norway to step down next May
Source: via Norsk Sportsbransjeforening Stine Trygg-Hauger Stine Trygg-Hauger will step down as managing director of XXL Sport & Villmark in May 2023. At the same time, the new XXL group CEO Freddy Sobin will take over from Pål Wibe, who stepped down earlier this year. Trygg-Hauger has ...
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News briefsIntersport Austria forecasts good winter business with renewed interest in all winter sports
In the first two weekends of Advent, Intersport Austria registered a boom in all winter sports equipment: According to the buying group, there was request for skis, touring skis, snowshoes, as well as sleds. The booking situation on the company’s rental platform is also developing well. As last year, the ...
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News briefsHigh energy costs massively change Germans’ buying habits
The German Retail Association (HDE) reports that the high price increases for energy in Germany have significantly changed the shopping behavior of consumers. For example, the latest HDE “Consumer Monitor Prices” for 2022/23 shows that eight out of ten consumers are affected by rising energy costs, and ...
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News briefsDecathlon Germany becomes Payback partner
From Jan. 2, 2023, Decathlon in Germany will partner with the Payback loyalty program. The French sporting goods manufacturer and retailer operates more than 80 stores and an online store in Germany, and customers can choose from more than 100 types of sports in its product range. Payback was founded ...
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News briefsJordan Wings scholarship program expands into the Philippines
Source: Nike The six scholars in the Jordan Brand Wings Scholars Program, Class of 2026: [From Left to Right]: Jurgen San Agustin, Coleen Reyes, Harriet De Leon, Czarina Leviste, Lean Villar, Adrian De Guzman Nike’s Jordan Brand has announced the expansion of The Jordan Brand Wings Scholars ...
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News briefsVolare announces new international sales executive and expansion
Australian brand Volare Sports has appointed Andrew Pirie as European sales and international business development manager. Pirie will be based in the U.K. Alongside this appointment, the company has announced international expansion into the U.K., EU and Asia. Volare designs triathlon wetsuits, swim skins, clothing and accessories for performance athletes ...
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News briefsLacoste becomes official partner of the Madrid Open
Lacoste has agreed on a three-year deal with the Madrid Open as the tournament’s official footwear and apparel sponsor. The tennis tournament, currently sponsored by Mutua Madrileña and also known as Mutua Madrid Open, is one of nine ATP Masters 1000 and four WTA 1000 mandatory events. The tournament is ...
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News briefsMove City Sport to continue as a biennial event
The organizers of Move City Sport have announced a second edition of the event, which is set to take place on Oct. 23-24, 2024, in Bergamo, Italy. The announcement comes on the heels of the success of the inaugural show, which was held earlier this year, also in Bergamo, on ...
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News briefsSport 2000 runs employer branding campaign to support retail recruitment efforts
Enhancing the attractivity of jobs in sports retail is the goal of the current cross-country employer branding efforts of Sport 2000, run in Germany, Austria and the Netherlands. With advertisements, a social media campaign and selected tools and assets like the locally held ”Junior Sales Champion” competition offered to its ...
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Arena launches limited edition for FINA world championships, donates to Barrier Reef reforestation
With the launch of its new limited edition of race swimsuits for the 16th FINA world swimming championships (25 m) in Melbourne (from Dec. 13 to 18, 2022), Arena puts a spotlight on the endangered Great Barrier Reef. The Calypso Bay collection is inspired by the colors and fauna of ...
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News briefsVans and Timberland launch capsule together
VF brands Vans and Timberland have teamed up to design a capsule together for the first time. Celebrating the 30th anniversary of Vans’ iconic Half Cab, the two brands offer a brand new style based on Vans’ iconic model first released in 1992 and Timberland’s Euro Hiker boot, created in ...
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News briefsPuma gets CDP’s top marks for transparency on climate change
Puma has improved its “Climate Change” score from the CDP, the self-described “not-for-profit charity that runs the global disclosure system for investors, companies, cities, states and regions to manage their environmental impacts.” The CDP’s scores follow the scale used in American public schools, which runs from best to worst, from ...
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News briefsKettler pilots new fitness equipment rental service in German cities
In partnership with the Munich-based service provider Mietfit, Kettler started a new rental program for training machines such as the Tour 300 cycle ergometer or the Optima 800 cross-trainer, which can be selected on the Kettler website. The offer is aimed at customers who only train at home in winter, ...
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News briefsSimon Whitmarsh-Knight hired as Hyosung global marketing director, textile
Source: Hyosung Simon Whitmarsh-Knight Seoul, South Korea-based fiber manufacturer Hyosung has hired Simon Whitmarsh-Knight as its new global marketing director for textiles. In his most recent roles as managing director at HD® Wool Active Insulation, EMEA marketing director for Hyosung, and marketing director and later director EMEA ...
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News briefsIndigo and St. Moritz enter new partnership
Source: Indigo Indigo x St. Moritz Munich-based premium ski label Indigo, owned by Head since late 2020, and ski destination St. Moritz are entering into a new partnership, for which Indigo has specially developed a collection of select licensed products, discreetly co-branded “Indigo x St. Moritz.” Sales ...
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News briefsCovision Media introduces new 3D scanner, wins ISPO Brandnew Award
Covision Media, founded in 2020 in Italy, won the ISPO Brandnew Awards in the Sports, Technology and Platforms category at ISPO Munich a few weeks ago with D-Twin, a fully automated 3D scanner that creates top-quality 3D models in a very short time. With one click, D-Twin can convert any ...
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News briefsPeloton executives accused of insider trading by shareholders
A lawsuit filed in Delaware Chancery Court by Krikor Arslanian on behalf of Peloton shareholders accuses 12 current and former Peloton executives, including co-founders John Foley and Hisao Kushi, of insider trading. The executives sold $500 million worth of stock last year despite allegedly knowing about the safety problems with ...
