News Briefs – Page 282
-
News briefs
Nike launches a new sub-label with Drake
Nike and Drake are launching a collaborative label, called Nocta. The name is a nod to the nocturnal creative process of the 34-year-old Canadian rapper, explained the brand. The collection will comprise a branded puffer jacket in yellow and black colorways, matching sweatpants, as well as logo socks and hoodies. ...
-
News briefs
Drones as waiters at Michael Jordan’s ultra-exclusive golf club
Michael Jordan’s luxury golf club in Hobe Sound, Florida, the Grove XXIII, which has just under 100 invite-only members, caught some social media attention earlier this month when a video surfaced showing drones that were serving drinks and food to players on the course. The Grove XXIII, inaugurated in autumn ...
-
News briefs
Slinger Bag pursues its international expansion
Slinger Bag, is widening further the international reach of its portable tennis ball launcher through an exclusive five-year distribution agreement with Color Sports, which will be covering the Gulf States of Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and United Arab Emirates (UAE), as well as the markets of Egypt, Tunisia, ...
-
News briefs
A collective e-commerce platform for Spanish buying groups
Many Spanish independent sports retailers do their purchasing through a variety of buying groups. Diffusion Sport reports that Spain’s National Association of Buying Groups and Organized Commerce (Anceco) has brought to fruition a two-decade-old idea to gather SMEs with similar profiles into a collaborative scheme to enable them to compete ...
-
News briefs
New dual sponsorship for a German football club
Puma and 11teamsports, the German online retailer, will together sponsor the FC St. Pauli football team, supplying the footwear and the apparel, respectively. Taking the place of Under Armour, they will dress up the team for at least two years, starting with the 2021/22 season. UA has been sponsoring the ...
-
News briefs
Therabody has been chosen by Real Madrid as an official sponsor
Therabody has announced that the Real Madrid football club has chosen the American percussive massage brand as its official tech wellness partner. The relationship will see the Theragun Pro Wave Roller, Theragun Mini and newly acquired Recovery Pump integrated into the club’s training sessions. The new partnership aims to improve ...
-
News briefs
Jordan Wings lands in France
The Jordan brand, which is part of Nike, has announced the launch of its Jordan Wings programs in France through multi-year collaborations in Paris with three local educational partners: Prométhée Education, Le Bal and Casa93. Wings, which Nikes describes as the cornerstone of the Jordan brand’s community impact platforms, focuses ...
-
News briefs
Moncler opens its largest store, but another one is sacked
A band of a dozen individuals entered a Moncler boutique on boulevard Saint-Germain, in the elegant and trendy 6th district of Paris, in the afternoon of Friday, Dec. 11 and stole as many jackets of the brand as they could in a matter of seconds. The hooded individuals required the ...
-
News briefs
Ashley and ABG vie for Debenhams and Arcadia
Mike Ashley, the acquisitive boss of Frasers Group who is bidding for Debenhams, the biggest and oldest British department store chain, is reportedly interested now also in some of the assets of Arcadia, the bankrupt fashion retailing group that holds the largest number of concessions in Debenhams stores. His interests ...
-
News briefs
Erreà will dress up the weaker Uefa teams
Erreà Sport has been chosen as an official supplier of the Uefa Kit Assistance Scheme for Europe’s national associations. The partnership will run from 2022 to 2026. Uefa’s Kit Assistance Scheme, which has been in operation since 2007, is part of the European football federation’s support of national teams. Its ...
-
News briefs
Adidas confirms options for Reebok
Confirming previous media reports, the Adidas Group says that it has started considering various options for its Reebok brand, including a possible sale. “As part of the development of its new five-year strategy, adidas has begun to assess strategic alternatives for Reebok. These strategic alternatives include both a potential sale ...
-
News briefs
Keen remains one of the most admired companies in the state of Oregon
Keen Footwear has been named one of the most admired companies in the U.S. state of Oregon in 2020 by the Portland Business Journal for the third year in a row. According to the 400 respondents to an annual survey, Keen is regarded as one of the most caring businesses, ...
-
News briefsArc’teryx aims for Fair Trade certification
With a goal of having 80 percent of its products certified by Fair Trade by 2025, Arc’teryx has announced plans to get three production facilities in Vietnam converted in order to obtain the label in the coming year. The move comes as part of the company’s response to the global ...
-
News briefs
The online sporting goods market skyrocketed in Russia in 2020
In 2020, online sales of sporting goods in Russia jumped by a factor of 10 as compared to the previous year, according to a research company, OFD. Dumbbells, yoga and fitness mats, resistance bands, and treadmills were particularly popular among Russian customers. Coronavirus-related lockdowns drove a sharp growth in e-commerce ...
-
News briefs
Wildberries has begun to sell sporting goods in Israel
Russia’s biggest online retailer, Wildberries, has stepped up its international expansion by entering the Israeli market, the company said in a statement. The company will be offering buyers in Israel up to 5 million items from 39,000 brands, including sports products, clothing, toys and household appliances. Purchased items are to ...
-
News briefs
VF signs the UN Global Compact, commits to women’s empowerment
VF Corp. is a new signatory of the United Nations Global Compact (UNGC). The company has also endorsed the UN’s Women’s Empowerment Principles. The UNGC’s ten principles boil down to the upholding of “internationally proclaimed human rights,” freedom of association and collective bargaining for labor, the rejection of forced, compulsory ...
-
News briefs
Denmark extends Covid-related restrictions for retail and sports, but sports retailers are happy
Danish sporting goods retailers indicate that their sales have been higher overall this year than in 2019 - in spite or because of the pandemic. Public authorities have encouraged people to practice sports, especially outdoors. As they have been saving money on anything except e-commerce, they are also said to ...
-
News briefs
Puma releases Neymar boots and clothing
Puma has unveiled the Future Z 1.1, a special teaser edition of its Future Z range that has been designed exclusively for PSG star Neymar Jr., the player of the Paris Saint Germain team who is now sponsored by the brand The football boot features an adaptive Fusionfit+ midfoot compression ...
-
News briefs
The Paris 2024 Olympics will be gender-equal, featuring more action sports
The executive board of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has ratified the program for the Paris 2024 Olympics, confirming among others that they will include break-dancing as a sport for the first time ever. Surfing, climbing, and skateboarding, which were proposed as additional sports by the Paris 2024 organizing committee ...
-
News briefs
Apple is releasing its Fitness+ app
Apple has announced that its Fitness+ app is set for release on Dec. 14 in a limited number of countries around the world, including the U.K. and Ireland in Europe. The new app incorporates metrics from the Apple Watch (from monitoring the user’s heart rate, to personalize workouts), and brings ...
