News Briefs – Page 261
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News briefsUYN opens its first Experience Store
UYN - Unleash Your Nature has opened its first mono-brand store in Asola, an Italian town in the province of Mantua, Lombardy, not far from the head office of its parent company, Treré Innovation. The store is described by UYN as an ”Experience Store,” i.e. “an experiential space to ...
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Joma replaces Penalty as sponsor for Brazilian futsal
Replacing a local firm, Penalty, after 59 years, Joma Sport has become the official technical sponsor of the Brazilian Futsal Confederation (CBFS). For the next few years the Spanish brand will be supplying apparel for Brazil’s national men’s and women’s teams and for their officials. It will also supply the ...
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Sportbiz.ch launches Sportsdays.ch
Sportbiz.ch, the online arm of the Swiss sporting goods retailers’ association, ASMAS, plans to hold a new national trade show for the sporting goods sector in a virtual format, called Sportsdays.ch, on June 21-22, showcasing products for the spring/summer 2022 season. The initiative follows the organization of two successful runs ...
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On Running fashions a Federer line of tennis sneakers
The Swiss brand On Running has tailored a high-performance tennis sneaker to the needs of Roger Federer, who tried it out at the 2021 Qatar Open (Federer was upset in the quarterfinals). THE ROGER Pro, as it is called, has a “stable midsole of high-performing foam,” a “midfoot cage for ...
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Saucony takes charge of its Iberian distribution
Saucony is taking charge of its own distribution on the Iberian Peninsula through a new subsidiary. For the past couple of decades the Wolverine-owned brand has relied on a company called Deerfoot Sport for its business in Spain, Portugal and Andorra. The new subsidiary will be headed up by Gerónimo ...
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News briefsA new GM for La Sportiva
La Sportiva has announced the appointment of a new general manager, Marcello Favagrossa. Working alongside Lorenzo Delladio, CEO and president of the Italian family-owned mountain sports company, he will be taking the place of Lanfranco Brugnoli, who is retiring after more than 19 years in the position. Favagrossa, most recently ...
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Active Brands has a new CEO
Active Brands has hired Christophe Merkel to be its chairman and CEO. He is taking over from Espen Krogstad, who is retiring after eight years at the helm, having overseen an expansion of its business from Norway into other parts of Europe and North America. The company now generates just ...
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Röhnisch releases a line for the changing female body
To mark International Women’s Day, March 8, Röhnisch launched the Infinite Flex sports collection for “changing female bodies.” The changes in question occur from hour to hour. According to the Swedish brand, up to 90 percent of women of child-bearing age undergo physical or mental changes during their monthly hormonal ...
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Quiksilver launches a “sustainability hub”
Quiksilver has launched a sustainable “Made Better” apparel collection made from recycled materials along with a “sustainability hub” that went live on its American website on March 10. The line includes boardshorts made with recycled plastic bottles and other items such as fleeces made with recycled polyester, and the surf ...
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Polygiene's new Iberian distributor
This month Polygiene will begin dealing with the distributor Ravago Chemicals in Spain and Portugal. Ravago Chemicals delivers chemical materials and specialty additives to about 15,000 customers.
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Sporthaus Saemann in Germany closes down for good
Hopes for a reorganization of the insolvent German retailer Sporthaus Saemann in Heilbronn have finally been dashed, leading to the closure of its large Intersport Profimarkt, three golf stores and an innovative Saemann Sportkultur store in the city center. In a statement, the insolvency administrator, Lutz Lohmann, stated that “the ...
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Tokyo 2020 will likely go ahead without foreign spectators
The Japanese government has reportedly decided to prevent overseas spectators from attending the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics this summer over concerns for the spread of coronavirus and its variants. A formal decision on this matter will be made by the end of this month, and the number of spectators to ...
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Updated: Rating agencies back Crocs’ new debt offering
Crocs has increased the size of a planned private placement from $300 million to $350 million, giving an indicative March 12 date for its closing. The placement consists of senior notes with a coupon rate of 4.250 percent due in 2029. Crocs said that it would set aside $180 million ...
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Canada Goose to open fifth European brand store in Frankfurt
Following on the opening of its first German brand store in Berlin last year, Canada Goose is readying to open its second one in Frankfurt in the coming weeks, corona regulations permitting. The store will span two floors at Frankfurt’s downtown Rathenauplatz and will be the fifth Canada Goose store ...
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Nike reshuffles responsibilities after Hebert’s departure
Nike moved quickly to fill the role left by the resignation of Ann Hebert over the methods used by her son Joe in his sneaker resale business. Sarah Mensah, currently vice president and general manager for Asia Pacific and Latin America, will take her place as VP & GM for ...
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Vans teams up with Penn on tennis-inspired capsule collection
Vans has struck an unusual collaboration with Penn, the tennis ball brand, on a capsule collection of footwear and apparel inspired by tennis club aesthetics. The Penn x Vans capsule comprises three Vans shoe models, including the Authentic, Slip On and Lowland CC. A bold yellow and orange colorway, which ...
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Adidas launches third artist-designed women’s collection
Adidas has launched a third artist-designed line of sportswear for its Women in Power Collection. The two previous artists were Nini Sum of Shanghai and Jordan Moss of New York City. This time around it’s Egle Zvirblyte of London, who has drawn inspiration for her colors from high-intensity training. The ...
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Hobie Cat has been sold to executives from Maynards Industries
Hobie Cat Co., the U.S. company operating in the surf, paddlesports and stand-up paddle markets, has reportedly been sold to a private equity group consisting of executives from Maynards Industries, an industrial auction house. According to a report in SGB Executive, Hobie Cat “was discretely sold” to a team of ...
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Ruffini sells 3.2% stake in Moncler
Ruffini Partecipazioni, the investment holding company of Moncler’s CEO, Remo Ruffini, has placed shares equal to a stake of around 3.2 percent in Moncler at a price of €48.80 per share via an accelerated bookbuilding process. Bank of America and Morgan Stanley have acted as joint bookrunners for the placement. ...
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Prowinter 2021 goes digital
After a virtual-only edition in 2020 because of the coronavirus, Prowinter, the Italian B2B event for mountain resort operators, is going digital once again this year for the same reason. Prowinter Digital 2021, organized by Fiera Bolzano/Messe Bozen, will be held on April 12. Registration for the virtual trade show ...
