News Briefs – Page 168
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News briefsPuma launches mini-games for Roblox's avatar apparel services
Source: ROBLOX Puma has just announced the launch of a sports-based experience on Roblox, created in partnership with the Wonder Works studio. Roblox is a global online platform connecting millions of people through shared experiences. The offering called “Puma and the Land of Games” features Roblox newest ...
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Pádel Nuestro wins Spain’s Internet Prize
Grupo Pádel Nuestro won one of Spain’s Internet Prizes (Premios de Internet) on May 17, also known in the country as Internet Day. Established in 1996 by Spain’s Association of Internet Users (Asociación de Usuaros de Internet), the award recognizes initiatives, persons or organizations that make good use of the ...
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News briefsKlarna to lay off 10% of workforce due to changing business climate
Germany’s Manager Magazin reports that Swedish fintech Klarna will lay off about ten percent of its roughly 7,000 employees. The startup, led by co-founder and CEO Sebastian Siemiatkowski, reportedly said that rising inflation and the war in Ukraine had impacted the business climate, making the move necessary. At its last ...
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News briefsShiffrin and Atomic extend contract
Source: WhatsApp Shiffrin and her new service team: Lukas Rottinger (left) and Robert Bürgler By signing a contract with Atomic until 2024, the successful U.S. ski racer Mikaela Shiffrin will continue to compete with the Austrian brand’s skis, boots, bindings and helmets for the next two ...
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News briefsBase Detall Sport to enter Portugal
Base Detall Sport is entering Portugal, according to CMDsport. The Spanish sporting goods purchasing group, founded in Barcelona in 1985 and a former member of Sport 2000 International, has signed a deal with Brands Leaders to clap its banner or that of Wanna Sneakers onto many of the latter’s Portuguese ...
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News briefsElan sets 2030 sustainability goals
Ski company Elan has üublished its efforts in the area of sustainability. As the company still manufactures all its skis at its headquarters in Begunje, Slovenia, with all production phases conducted vertically, the company claims to be able to control and tweak wherever necessary. Since earlier this year, the energy ...
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News briefsFrance has a new Minister of Sport
Following last month’s national elections, which saw Emmanuel Macron re-elected for a second term as French president, France now has a new sports minister. Amélie Oudéa-Castéra was appointed Minister of Sport and the Olympic and Paralympic Games. She succeeds Roxana Maracineanu. Unlike her predecessor, however, Oudéa-Castéra is a full cabinet ...
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NSAA reports record visits for the 2021/22 ski season in the U.S.
The U.S. National Ski Areas Association (NSAA) has released the 2021-22 season attendance figures in U.S. ski areas, with visits up 3.5 percent from the previous season (61 million total). The statistics cover 473 ski resorts in 37 U.S. states, compared to 462 last season. The NSAA has been tracking ...
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News briefsLacoste opens largest flagship store on Champs-Elysées
Lacoste opened a 1,600-square-meter store at 50 Champs-Elysées in Paris, at the corner of rue du Colisée, on May 20. The new retail space – dubbed Lacoste Arena – is the brand’s largest flagship store globally. Tennis takes center stage in the new store, alongside the brand’s collections for golf ...
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Asics adds mental health support funding to its athlete’s contracts
Asics EMEA has made mental health support part of all new and existing athlete contracts. In recognition of the growing pressures facing elite athletes, the brand has introduced new resources to better protect and support athletes’ mental health through professional guidance. The company will fund mental health support for all ...
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News briefsBorn Living Yoga plans to launch in America
Born Living Yoga, the Madrid-based company specializing in yoga apparel, plans to launch in Mexico this coming autumn through a partnership with Liverpool, Modaes.es has reported. This is supposed to be the first step toward the brand’s expansion across the American continent at large. Born Living Yoga will initially open ...
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News briefsTurkish footwear retailer apparently plans to take over 100 Reebok stores in Russia
According to Reuters, Turkish footwear retailer Flo Magazacilik is reportedly in the midst of negotiations to acquire more than 100 stores that Reebok owns and operates in Russia. The retailer is currently a wholesaler in Russia but does not operate its own stores there in the country. Authentic Brands, owner ...
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News briefsBlue Tomato opens its 70th store
The Austrian board sports and lifestyle retail chain Blue Tomato has just opened its 70th shop. Currently, the company is running physical stores in Germany, Austria, Finland, Switzerland, the Netherlands and – since the end of 2021 – Norway. The newly opened 230 sqm Blue Tomato store is next to ...
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News briefsDecathlon private label to supply official ball for France’s Ligue 1, 2
Kipsta, Decathlon’s house brand of football boots and balls, will be supplying the official ball for France’s Ligue 1 and Ligue 2 for the next five seasons, from 2022 to 2027. The ball will be making its debut at the Trophée des Champions match, on July 31, in which Paris ...
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News briefsAdidas partners with Balenciaga for new joint collection
Adidas and the French label Balenciaga, part of the Kering group, have confirmed a collection of men’s and women’s apparel, accessories and footwear that merges the sports brand’s heritage looks from the late 90ies and early 2000s with the haute couture label’s distinctive aesthetics. Balenciaga is known for its disruptive ...
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News briefsWoolrich posts 22% sales increase
Woolrich achieved a 22 percent sales increase in 2021 compared to the previous year. The sales growth was primarily attributed to its new business mix, based on a renewed focus on directly operated retail via both the brick-and-mortar and online channels. Stefano Saccone, who joined Woolrich as CEO in 2019 ...
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News briefsMammut has found a new CEO
Source: Mammut Heiko Schäfer Mammut Sports Group AG has appointed Heiko Schäfer as its new CEO, effective Sept. 1, 2022. For Schäfer, who previously served as chief operating officer of Hugo Boss AG, Mammut represents a return to the world of sporting goods as he worked in ...
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News briefsBjörn Borg with best Q1 sales in history
Total net sales from the Swedish Björn Borg Group increased 22.7 percent to 226.6 million Swedish kronor compared to SEK 184.7 in the corresponding quarter last year. Operating profit was SEK 29.3 million (€2.79m), up 30.8 percent from last year’s SEK 22.4 million. Gross profit margin decreased slightly to 50.0 ...
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Arena partners with Carvico on swimwear made from recycled plastic bottles
Arena is introducing a new iteration of its Arena One swimsuit developed with Sydney Eco, a polyester fabric made with 100 percent recycled yarn from post-consumer plastic bottles. The Sydney Eco has been developed by Carvico, a textile manufacturer with headquarters near Bergamo, Italy, specializing in performance fabrics for the ...
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News briefsContainer xChange: Peak shipping season could be worse than last year
More than half (51 percent) of 200 forwarders, traders and shippers surveyed recently by Container xChange, a Hamburg, Germany-based technology infrastructure provider for container logistics companies, are predicting a “worse” third quarter shipping season than in 2021 when cargo surges resulted in record container shipping freight rates, delivery delays, port ...
