News Briefs – Page 136
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News briefseBay and Inter Milan partner on new e-commerce deal
Italy’s Serie A team Inter Milan has announced a partnership deal with eBay for the 2022/23 season. The agreement will see Inter open a dedicated club shop on the e-commerce platform. eBay recently agreed to a three-year deal with the Italian Football Federation (FIGC) to become a premium partner of ...
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News briefsNew staff at Sidas and Therm-ic Germany and Austria
Source: Sidas / STC Christoph Dainhammer STC Distribution GmbH, responsible for the distribution of the Sidas and Therm-ic brands in Germany and Austria, has recruited several new team members. Source: Sidas / STC Jessica May Christoph Dainhammer, who joined STC in mid-October, gained two ...
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News briefsAdidas opens second flagship in Mexico City
Adidas has opened its second brand store in Mexico City on one of the busiest and most prestigious streets in the city, Presidente Marasyk Avenue. In a press release, Adidas said that the new store focuses mainly on running, a rapidly growing sport in the country, as well as Adidas ...
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News briefsOMA / AMO create new retail identity for Stone Island
OMA and AMO (the Office for Metropolitan Architecture and its research and design studio) are collaborating with Stone Island to design a new identity for the Italian luxury brand’s stores. The new store concept envisions altar-like spaces, with niches for archival pieces and prototypes, “concrete slabs” of pressed shredded paper ...
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News briefsBrightpearl releases lists of fastest-growing U.K. online retailers and U.S. DTC brands
Brightpearl, a Bristol (U.K.) and Austin, Texas-based retail operating system owned by U.K. enterprise software giant Sage, has released its lists of the fastest-growing online retailers in the U.K. and the fastest-growing D2C brands in the U.S (”‘Lightning 50”). While a beer brewing brand (Pinter) tops the U.K. list with ...
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News briefsStockX appoints head of brand protection
Source: StockX Paul Foley Sneaker marketplace StockX has appointed Paul Foley as head of brand protection, reporting directly to chief supply chain officer Sean McCartney. Foley will lead the company’s product verification efforts. He brings more than three decades of experience in brand protection, global operations and ...
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News briefsNew chairman for Everysport Group
Stockholm-based Everysport Group AB announced that it has appointed Michael Hansen as its new chairman of the board. The previous chairman, Paul Fischbein, left the position and the company earlier this month due to his new position at the Swedish DTC outdoor brand Revolution Race, which was incompatible with ...
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News briefsStella is seeing a slowdown in sales
In the third quarter of 2022, Stella International, a Southeast Asia shoe manufacturer that is also a retailer, increased overall revenues by 4.8 percent year-over-year to $460.5 million, with manufacturing revenues rising to $453.6 million from $431.6 million. In the first nine months of the year, revenues increased by 13.5 ...
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News briefsBolle Brands splits prescription and sport sales team in Germany, Austria
To support the growth of its brands, Bollé Brands is restructuring its sales divisions in Germany/Austria. Previously also overseen by Thilo Schmidt-Arras, who has been promoted to head of sales sport, the newly created position of head of sales optical for both countries has been assigned to Sören Schrader. He ...
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News briefsDeporvillage launches its third own-brand
Deporvillage has developed a brand of technical men’s and women’s apparel and accessories for the outdoor market, according to DiffusionSport. The new Reld brand offers T-shirts, pants, fleeces jackets, vests, windbreakers, gloves and socks, manufactured with proprietary materials such as Reld Warm Keeper, Reld Dry Keeper, Reld Water Shelter and ...
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News briefsQuiksilver releases “Surf the Mountain” range of snow gear
Quiksilver has introduced a full range of snow gear for snowboarders and skiers, dubbed “Surf the Mountain,” with pieces designed and tested by the brand’s athletes. The collection comprises jackets, bibs, pants and fleece and is complete with performance outerwear created and worn by riders like Travis Rice, Sammy Carlson, ...
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News briefsAndrea Abodi is the minister of sports of Italy’s new government
Andrea Abodi has been named the minister of sports and youth affairs in Giorgia Meloni’s new government. Meloni, who has succeeded Mario Draghi as Italy’s prime minister, and her cabinet took the oath before Italy’s president, Sergio Mattarella, on Oct. 22. Abodi’s appointment marks the return of a ministry of ...
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News briefsErgatta enters Europe
Following its launch in the U.K. and Ireland, the Ergatta Rower will be available in Europe from Oct. 21, first in the DACH region at Waterrower|Nohrd and its brand stores for EUR 2,995.00. New York-based game-based fitness company Ergatta was founded in 2020. To use Ergatta’s software and thus gain ...
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News briefs
McFit founder presumed dead in plane crash
Responders searching for a missing private plane carrying five German passengers off the coast of Costa Rica found two dead bodies in the sea, the Süddeutsche Zeitung reported on Oct. 23, citing the Ministry of Public Security. Earlier, about 28 kilometers from the Limón airport, parts of the fuselage, seats ...
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News briefsCenter for Environmental Health finds critical BPA levels in sports bras and athletic shirts
The Oakland-based Center for Environmental Health (CEH) has conducted new research on the content of bisphenol A (BPA) in sports apparel. The institute has checked sports bras from different brands, including Athleta, Pink, Asics, The North Face, Brooks, All in Motion, Nike and Fila, as well as athletic shirts from ...
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News briefsSmith announces zero plastic waste in winter packaging and beyond
Smith Optics announced it will eliminate plastic waste in new packaging for winter sports and eyewear products beginning in Fall 2022. This includes the removal of plastic windows on goggle boxes, poly bags and internal plastic protectors in all new packaging. In addition, all new retail boxes will now be ...
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News briefsLi Ning with high single-digit growth in Q3
Chinese sportswear giant Li Ning Company Ltd. reported that sales across its entire platform, excluding Li-Ning Young stores, grew in the high single digits year-on-year in the third quarter. Broken down by sales channel, directly operated retail stores posted a mid-single-digit increase, while franchised distributor sales posted a high-single-digit increase. ...
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News briefsAnna Gasser wins Austria’s “Sportswoman of the Year” award
Source: Red Bull Content Pool Anna Gasser Snowboarder Anna Gasser was named Austria’s “Sportswoman of the Year” at the Lotterien Sporthilfe Gala in Vienna. This is the third time Gasser has received the coveted trophy. In the “Sportsman of the Year” category, soccer star David Alaba, who ...
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News briefsSwiss Sport 2000 winter campaign 22/23 banks on gamification
Sport 2000 Switzerland is running its winter campaign this year in collaboration with 28 winter sports brands. To increase the visibility of retailers and their offers online, the campaign relies primarily on advertising on Instagram and Facebook. The product and store campaign will be played out in ...
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News briefs“Double Trouble / My new life with twins” - a short film with snowboarder Aline Bock
German professional snowboarder and former FWT champion Aline Bock has spent her career traveling the world, competing in contests and making snowboard films, but in the summer of 2021 her life changed completely when she became a mother to twins. In the new 7-minute short film “Double Trouble / My ...
