News Briefs – Page 193
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Koch is pushing Sting box gloves in Europe
Franz Koch, a German entrepreneur who has spent some 35 years in the sporting goods industry, is taking on the distribution in Europe of Sting, an Australian brand of boxing gloves and other products. He will also help a Taiwanese fitness equipment manufacturer, GooHoo, to grow in the region. Founded ...
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U.S. Congress seeks reassurances from the IOC over Xinjiang
On Jan. 12, the U.S. Congressional Executive Commission on China (CECC) sent a letter to the president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), Thomas Bach, inquiring about contracts for the acquisition of Olympic uniforms, as the suppliers, Anta and Hengyanxiang (HYX), have publicly acknowledged that they use cotton from the ...
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Macron replaces Canterbury as sponsor of World Rugby
Macron has announced a new technical partnership with World Rugby, taking over a contract that had been signed by the global governing body with Canterbury in 2018. The Italian teamwear company, which already sponsors many of the 128 national federations that belong to World Rugby, will provide the technical apparel ...
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Puma hires a new country manager for Benelux
As of March 1, 2022, Gerwin Willemsen will be Puma’s country manager for Benelux, in charge of sales, marketing and operations. He will be taking over from Bas van den Bemt. Willemsen has been with Adidas Benelux for the past 12 years or so, most recently as sales director for ...
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Nike, Columbia to begin firing unvaxxed employees
According to Oregonlive, which covers the sportswear giant’s home state of Oregon, Nike was set on Jan. 15 to begin firing employees who were not, by the current definition, vaccinated against Covid-19 and had not received a religious or medical exemption. According to the same source, Columbia Sportswear, also headquartered ...
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Boardriders appoints new head of retail
Boardriders has promoted Andrew Henry to head of retail in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) for all its brands – Quiksilver, Boardriders, Element, Roxy, RVCA and DC Shoes. Henry is now in charge of 13 Boardriders stores, the 35 European outlets, and several stores and concessions for the ...
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Puma grew by 14% in Q4 and by 32% in 2021
In a preliminary statement, Puma reports a currency-adjusted sales increase of about 14 percent to €1,767 million in the fourth quarter of 2021, leading to an improved operating profit of €65 million for the period, up from €63 million in the corresponding quarter of 2020. The results were achieved in ...
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New president and CEO for Ecco USA
Ecco has appointed Tom Berry as president and CEO of Ecco USA, effective immediately. After more than 20 years with the Danish footwear brand, the former president, Dave Quel, had announced his retirement last summer, and Klaus Flock, the chief financial officer of the subsidiary, serving as interim president since ...
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TheDrop.com hires a chief merchandising officer
TheDrop.com, a Las Vegas-based online lifestyle marketplace that targets Millennials and Gen Z, has hired Scott Keating to fill the new post of chief merchandising officer. He will be managing relations with the 300-odd brands and retail shops that sell through the company, including Nike, Roxy, Supreme and Volcom. .Keating ...
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Moncler says some data were stolen in cyber attack
Moncler said that key data on the credit cards of its customers and other means of payment were not included among the data stolen in a cyber attack suffered a few weeks ago, as the company did not store such data on its systems. It admitted that other data on ...
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News briefsFormer Sport 2000 CEO joins a Dutch insole startup
Markus Hupach, who recently left as joint CEO of Sport 2000 in Germany, is joining the Dutch startup Arion based in Eindhoven as CEO, effective immediately. Arion’s 7-year-old parent, the sports tech company Ato-Gear, claims to be ushering in “a revolution in athletic footwear” with Arion, a digital software/insole solution ...
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News briefsPolygiene acquires another British antimicrobial additive business
Polygiene has entered into an agreement to acquire the SteriTouch business of Radical Materials, a U.K.-based company, founded in 2003, that is also operating with the product ranges Konduct, Scopic and Steritype. Its SteriTouch range consists primarily of antimicrobial additives for plastics, paints, coatings, silicone, rubber and textiles. The largest ...
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News briefsThe freeskier Chris Benchetler takes creative reins at Atomic
Source: Atomic Chris Benchetler Atomic announced the appointment of the long-time athlete, freeskier and artist Chris Benchetler, hailing from Mammoth Mountain, California, as its new creative director for freeride and freeski products, responsible for their visual design, creativity and styling. The announcement comes shortly after the launch ...
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Urban Outfitters launches its own activewear line
According to media reports, the international Urban Outfitters chain is one of the retailers that has been cut off by Nike. The company has reacted with a launch of its own line of activewear styles for women, called Frans Sport. It consists of 40 styles, all made with recycled polyester ...
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Puma starts its own voyage into the metaverse
Joining Nike, Adidas and Under Armour, which recently filed similar trademark applications, the Wild Cat filed its own applications with the U.S. Trademark Office on Jan. 11 to use the Puma mark in virtual content, indicating that it is planning its own journey into the fast-growing metaverse. Specifically, it wants ...
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Stella International grows by 44.9%
A sales increase in consolidated revenues of 44.9 percent to $405.8 million in the fourth quarter of 2021 is expected to lead to an increase of 35.6 percent to around $1.5 billion for the full financial year, said Stella International, thanks to a continued recovery in orders for its shoe ...
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JD to sponsor an e-sports team
JD Sports Fashion is the new sponsor of Excel Esports, whose team competes in tournaments for such video games as FIFA, Fortnite and League of Legends. JD is replacing BT Sport, a provider of pay-to-view sports on TV in the U.K. Terms have not been disclosed. Excel’s e-sports players will ...
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Bogner and James Bond celebrate their partnership
Bogner and James Bond are celebrating their respective anniversaries as well as their long-standing and “bulletproof partnership” with a joint, limited-edition capsule collection of sportswear that will come out in the autumn of 2022. While the James Bond franchise is celebrating its 60th anniversary since the release of the first ...
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Ellesse to sponsor electronic-music festival
Ellesse has signed a three-year contract to sponsor Tomorrowland Winter, a festival of electronic music in the French Alps. This year’s edition – the second one, after the inaugural one in 2019 – is scheduled for March 19-26 at the Alpe D’Huez resort and expects to draw 18,000 people from ...
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Many ski brands show in the Netherlands
Many leading snow sports brands are participating in the “Winter Hardware Days” being organized at the Sports Business Center at Leusden for the Dutch market on Jan. 24 and 25, filling the gap left from the postponement of ISPO Munich to the end of November. Buyers are being asked to ...
