News Briefs – Page 228
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Fila releases tennis collection designed by Oliver Spencer
Fila is releasing a sportswear collection designed by the British designer Oliver Spencer and inspired by a combination of the brand’s own history in tennis apparel and the Wes Anderson movie The Royal Tenenbaums. For this collection, Spencer has developed a terry-towel corduroy dyed in Fila’s Auckland Navy, Auckland Red ...
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La Passione closes another funding round
A six-year-old Italian DTC cycling apparel brand, La Passione Cycling Couture (La Passione Srl), has raised €7 million in another round of financing. The cash injection comes partially from existing investors – Milano Investment Partner (MIP), Club Italia Investimenti 2, Club Digitale and Cyclo Club – who have been on ...
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Keen opens factory in the Dominican Republic
Keen Footwear announced the opening of a sandal-focused factory in the Dominican Republic with 5,100 square meters of manufacturing space. The plant, located in Santiago, will produce some of the Portland-based company’s footwear, led by the Newport H2 sandal. It will have an initial annual capacity of 500,000 pairs, which ...
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News briefsCanadian industry veterans launch Norda, a new sustainable brand of running shoes
norda™, a young and innovative Canadian brand of running shoes, introduced the first seamless trail running shoe made from bio-based Dyneema® fiber. There are no plans for this new brand to move into road running in the near future. Norda is the brainchild of Willamina and Nick Martire from the ...
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Ochsner pulls out of the German market
Ochsner Sport, the big Swiss sporting goods retail chain owned by the Deichmann group, is withdrawing from the German market, parting with its nine remaining Sport Sperk stores in the country, according to Textilwirtschaft. Six of them, with a total of around 7,500 square meters of sales space, will be ...
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FESI renews its partnership with the European School Sport Day
The Federation of the European Sporting Goods Industry (FESI) has renewed its partnership with the European School Sport Day initiative, which aims to encourage schools to get children on the move. The event is held every year in September, during the European Week of Sport. The European School Sport Day ...
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EU asks for comments on agreements along the supply chain
The European Commission has launched a final public consultation on the anti-trust implications of so-called “vertical agreements” between companies operating at different levels of the supply chain in order to update and improve its Vertical Block Exemption Regulation (VBER) and the related Vertical Guidelines. The EU is asking stakeholders to ...
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Joma is forming a European running team
Joma is looking to put together a team of three to wear a special edition of its Storm Viper running sneaker through some 182,585 km of footraces in various European countries. For the selected runners, the Spanish sportswear brand will be covering the costs of all running bibs and travel ...
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Superdry’s CEO is made Organic Ambassador
Superdry’s co-founder and CEO, Julian Dunkerton, received “Organic Ambassador” status at the 2021 edition of the Best of the Organic Market (BOOM) Awards. Superdry has pledged to switch to organic or organic-in-transition cotton by 2025 in all of its purely cotton garments and to induce 20,000 farmers to switch to ...
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Asics to auction NFTs
Resorting to blockchain technology, Asics is auctioning its first NFT collection of non-fungible tokens, alias NFTs. Called Asics Sunrise Red, the collection comprises 189 NFTs around nine “digital footwear products,” among them the Gel-Lyte III, Gel-Quantum 360 and Metaracer, as well as flip-flops and sandals. The nine models will have ...
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News briefsION strengthens marketing team
Sara Bassano (left) and Rebecca Volz ION, the bike, surfwear and accessories company that belongs to Boards & More, has strengthened its marketing department with two new team members, Rebecca Volz and Sara Bassano. Volz worked for six years as a student assistant at Red Bull ...
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News briefsPolartec announces its transition to DWR finishes without PFASs
Polartec says it will completely eliminate the use of PFAS (including PFC) in its durable water repellent (DWR) finishes, effective immediately. The functional fabrics will not make any sacrifices in terms of durability or water-repellent function despite the elimination of PFAS, Polartec claims. This new development fits seamlessly into the ...
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News briefsReima keeps kids cool with a sugar substitute
For the summer 2021 season, Reima continues to develop its Cooling Comfort collection, which helps kids feel fresh despite the summer heat. One innovative technology introduced by the Finnish sports brand is called Xylitol Cool and is based on edible sweeteners. Originally used in Finland as a sugar substitute in ...
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News briefsAltexa will launch a new bio-based HDry membrane
Altexa, an Italian company involved in the Ppastic resin & synthetic fiber manufacturing industry, announced the launch of a new HDry b5 laminate membrane at the Aug. 10-12 Outdoor Retailer trade show in Denver, in cooperation with its U.S. partner, GHS Holdings. The company’s new HDry b5 membrane is a ...
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Skiset strenghtens its position in ski rentals with Skimium's acquisition
Skiset, the international ski and snowboard rental company based in France, has acquired Ski Break and its Skimium subsidiary, as Sport Guide has first revealed. Skimium is an online ski rental business and a partner of Decathlon. Skimium was founded in 2006 by Eric Laboureix, Dominique Chomarat and Guy Belec, ...
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Report: ABG and Wolverine are no longer bidding for Reebok
The Authentic Brands Group (ABG) and Wolverine Worldwide have reportedly pulled out of the bidding process for Reebok, according to The New York Post. The newspaper mentioned Aug. 2 – three days before the scheduled release of Adidas’ first-half results – as the deadline set for submitting any binding bids. ...
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Oakley releases a promotional video
Oakley has released a minute-long promotional video titled “Be Who You Are,” that is described as a celebration of self-expression, encouraging people to believe in themselves. It features footage on such athletes as Oksana Masters, Patrick Mahomes, Francisco Lindor, Pauline Ferrand-Prevot and Nigel Sylvester. It is narrated by the chef ...
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JD Sports signs up as new sleeve sponsor of Norwich City
JD Sports will be the shirt sleeve sponsor of the Norwich City Football Club for the upcoming Premier League season, starting in August. The logo of the sports retail company will feature on the sleeve of the club’s first team on its home, away and third kits, as well as ...
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Another long-serving director steps down at JD Sports Fashion
Another director is leaving the board of directors of JD Sports Fashion, following a statement made at its recent annual shareholders’ meeting that the composition of the board should “address the tenure of certain Board members who have served on the Board for longer than recommended within the Corporate Governance ...
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Nike partners with the Abu Dhabi Marathon
The organizer of the 2021 Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) Abu Dhabi Marathon, the Abu Dhabi Sports Council (ADSC), and its title sponsor, ADNOC, have announced Nike as the marathon’s official technical sponsor. Under the terms of the new two-year agreement, Nike will supply high-performance sportswear for the upcoming ...
