News Briefs – Page 306
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Macron signs six-season kit deal with Sampdoria
Macron will replace Joma as the new kit supplier of Sampdoria, the Italian football club that competes in Serie A. The new six-year contract will debut in the 2020/21 season. The Italian sportswear company, based near Bologna, will supply all the technical products for the team and staff as well ...
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News briefsJohnson Outdoors’ Diving segment got the hardest hit
Strong Fishing, Watercraft Recreation and Camping sales after the corona-related lockdowns in May and June were not enough to counter the effect of store closures in April. However, the management said that demand has now picked up and the challenge is keeping pace with it, with a focus on ending ...
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New Era to make headwear for England Rugby
New Era has signed a four-year deal to produce headwear for England Rugby (RFU). The first line of caps – making its debut on both websites of the brand and the team on Aug. 7 – will display RFU’s red rose emblem and come in the 9FORTY adjustable and 9FIFTY ...
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Frasers to open multi-brand store
Frasers Group is reportedly setting up a multi-brand store at Fosse Park in the British city of Leicester. The store will measure 90,000 square feet, with 50,000 devoted mostly to the Flannels banner and the rest mostly to Sports Direct, each having a separate entrance. The store will also sell ...
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Hurley family acquires Simple
Through Simple Shoes – a new entity operating within its Kandui Holdings – the Hurley family has acquired the outstanding assets and intellectual property of the Simple skate shoe brand from KTSimple. The Simple brand was founded in the 1990s by Eric Meyer but went dormant in 2011. Denis Ryan, ...
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Nike to lay off 500 at its headquarters
Nike will be laying off 500 or more employees – some executives included – from its headquarters. Among them will be executives and the 192 employees of several company-run nurseries. To this end the company has filed a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act notice with the state of Oregon. ...
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Rorsted to head Adidas for another five years
The supervisory board of Adidas has extended Kasper Rorsted’s term as chief executive officer by five years – through July 31, 2026. Rorsted joined the company’s executive board in August 2016 and became CEO two months later. Meanwhile, Thomas Rabe will be moving up from deputy chairman to chairman of ...
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Bogner’s design director resigns
The German trade magazine Textilwirtschaft reports that the German sports fashion label Bogner is once again seeing some movement in its management. Design director Frauke Schelkes will be leaving the company on Oct. 31. According to Bogner, she is leaving at her own request. Schelkes joined the company three years ...
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Nike has a new diversity director
Kellie Leonard, Nike’s director of diversity and inclusion since the creation of this position in 2018, is stepping down, leaving the company. She will be replaced by Felicia Mayo, who assumes the newly coined title of chief talent, diversity and culture officer, leading a newly formed team. Mayo joined Nike ...
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New National Snow Show to take place in Birmingham this October
Raccoon Events, the organizers of the National Running Show and newly launched National Outdoor Expo, has launched the UK’s only National Snow Show. Set to take place at the NEC in Birmingham Oct. 23-24, 2021, the two-day event is aiming at all winter sports enthusiasts and providing a comprehensive retail ...
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POC extends online retail team
Source: POC Ines Radacher POC, the Swedish manufacturer of helmets, goggles, body protection, clothing and accessories, is expanding its internal online retail (e-tailing) division due to the increasing digitalization of the retail sector. Therefore, Ines Radacher was appointed to the new position of “online account manager, DACH” ...
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ANWR Group to offer online seminars to help retailers
The ANWR Group, the international cooperative of independent retailers based in Mainhausen, Germany, that controls Sport 2000 and other franchised chains in various countries, estimates that orders for the next season will be around 30 percent below the average volume of the past years. For this reason, ANWR recommends its ...
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Anta launches Olympic collection
Anta Sports has launched a collection of licensed sportswear for the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics and Paralympics. The collection was presented in Shanghai on July 27. The Chinese sportswear firm was appointed the official sports apparel partner of Beijing 2022 in 2017, and also has an agreement with the International ...
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Nike releases “You Can’t Stop Us” spot
Nike has just released “You Can’t Stop Us,” the third film in the brand’s campaign of the same name. The spot celebrates sport as a source of inspiration despite closed gyms and empty stadiums. Narrated by American soccer star Megan Rapinoe, the film features a group of everyday and elite ...
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Maxi Sport and Cisalfa honored for e-commerce sites
Maxisport.com has been recognized as the best Italian e-commerce site for 2020/2021 in the category “Sport&Outdoor” by L´Istituto Tedesco Qualità e Finanza (ITQF). Founded in 1989 in Merate, in Lombardy, Maxi Sport has four stores in the region. The retailer launched its e-commerce site in 2002. Cisalfa, running 147 brick-and-mortar ...
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Nike pledges tens of millions for social justice
On behalf of its Nike, Jordan and Converse brands, Nike has pledged to invest $40 million over the next four years in organizations working in social justice, education and economic empowerment. The company announced on June 5, for starters, that it would be conferring three grants of $1 million to ...
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Asics develops face mask for runners
At its Institute of Sport Science (ISS) in Kobe, Japan, Asics has developed a face mask to enable runners to run hard and still breathe well. The Asics Runners Face Cover keeps the air flowing with vents, a curved structure, and a fabric that dries quickly and can withstand washing. ...
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BasicNet buys back Kappa Japan from China’s DongXiang
BasicNet has signed a deal to reacquire the Kappa brand in Japan from the Chinese group DongXiang for $13 million. The company said the deal is limited to intellectual property assets and does not include any related business unit and should take place “in the coming months.” “Japan is a ...
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WFSGI proposes task force for digitalization of product labels
In a letter to its members, the World Federation of the Sporting Goods Industry (WFSGI) has announced the creation of a “Digitization of Product Information” task force, co-chaired by Decathlon and VF Corporation and aiming to promote digital labelling and best practices within the sporting goods industry. On the basis ...
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Smith names new executives
Smith, a Safilo Group brand, has appointed Francesco Rinaldi Ceroni as general manager. He joins the company after more than 13 years in both wholesale and retail eyewear, serving most recently as vice president of international strategy and business development at Costa Del Mar. In his new role, he will ...
