News Briefs – Page 340
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Skechers has filed a series of counterclaims challenging the validity...
Skechers has filed a series of counterclaims challenging the validity of a dozen design patents held by Nike in response to two separate lawsuits filed against it last autumn. Nike had accused Skechers of imitating its Air Vapor Max and Air Max 720 sneakers in one suit, and of infringing ...
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Adidas has reached a negotiated settlement with Rick Pitino, the...
Adidas has reached a negotiated settlement with Rick Pitino, the former coach of Louisville University’s basketball team who was fired in 2017 over a bribery scandal, ESPN has reported. Pitino claimed to have no knowledge of a deal under which James Gatto, a former sports marketing executive of Adidas, and ...
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Polartec has introduced a lighter version of its two-year-old Power...
Polartec has introduced a lighter version of its two-year-old Power Air fabric. Houdini of Sweden is the first and only company to have adopted it so far for its autumn/winter 2020/21 collection. The polyester fabric is made from a single yarn. It is fully recyclable and has a higher recycled ...
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Asics has unveiled the prototype of its first smart shoe,...
Asics has unveiled the prototype of its first smart shoe, developed in close partnership with New Fold Studio (nnf). The announcement was made at CES 2020, the Las Vegas tradeshow on consumer technologies, whose latest edition ran on Jan. 7-10. Nnf is a Japanese start-up pioneering the use of sensor ...
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Adidas has launched new laceless footwear for tennis players. The...
Adidas has launched new laceless footwear for tennis players. The new Stycon shoe, whose silhouette does not look like the typical tennis sneaker, is said to offer optimized comfort for wearers thanks to improved fit and control. The shoe has no shoelaces and a knit collar, designed to naturally expand ...
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Adidas has launched a range in collaboration with Pokémon Company...
Adidas has launched a range in collaboration with Pokémon Company for the new year, according to Hypebeast. The range comprises tracksuits, T-shirts, shorts and footwear for youth and adults, marked with graphics inspired by the visuals of the early Pokémon video games. Patterns of pixels are used to create colors, ...
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Wilson Golf is launching the D7 Forged irons, as part...
Wilson Golf is launching the D7 Forged irons, as part of its range of D7 products. The D7 Forged irons feature a urethane-filled Power Chamber and centered power holes, alongside a new clubhead design and a thinner topline. The clubface is forged from soft 8620 carbon steel. The thicker sole ...
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Nike will be the new official kit supplier of the...
Nike will be the new official kit supplier of the important Liverpool Football Club (FC), starting with the 2020/2021 season. Under the new contract with the European champion and the leading footwear team in the English Premier League, Nike will be paying an annual guaranteed fee of just £30 million ...
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Puma will reportedly replace Umbro in July as the kit...
Puma will reportedly replace Umbro in July as the kit sponsor of PSV Eindhoven, the Dutch football club. According to a local newspaper, the Eindhovens Dagblad, Puma has inked a five-year agreement with PSV worth between €40 million and €50 million, roughly three times what the club is receiving from ...
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On July 1, Puma will become the new sponsor and...
On July 1, Puma will become the new sponsor and exclusive supplier of the German Handball Federation (DHB), outfitting all coaches, supervisors and referees for both indoor and beach handball. The current sponsorship deal, with Kempa, will be expiring. The new DHB collection of apparel, footwear, accessories, underwear, merchandise and ...
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Asics has signed sponsorship deals with the tennis pros Borna...
Asics has signed sponsorship deals with the tennis pros Borna Coric of Croatia, Caroline Garcia of France and Iga Swiatek of Poland. Coric's best rank so far has been number 12 in the world. He is currently 28th. He has won two ATP titles and a U.S. Open Junior title ...
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Dunlop has extended its sponsorship of the Real Club de...
Dunlop has extended its sponsorship of the Real Club de Tenis Barcelona 1899 through to the year 2022. The British producer of goods for racquet sports is also the exclusive sponsor of the club's pádel section, equipping both the coaching staff and the school and providing a new official ball, ...
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Canyon has signed on for “Silver Partner” sponsorship of the...
Canyon has signed on for “Silver Partner” sponsorship of the 2020 edition of Sea Otter Europe, the annual bicycle festival in Girona, Spain. One of the festival's features, Demobike, fits in well with Canyon's online distribution, as it enables potential customers to try out the merchandise and question Canyon staff ...
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Dom Barrett and Kyle Sherman of the Professional Bowlers Association...
Dom Barrett and Kyle Sherman of the Professional Bowlers Association (PBA) have joined the Brunswick Pro Staff. Another pro, Mike Wolfe, has been made Brunswick Bowling Products' tour representative for the PBA and PWBA (the women's branch). Wolfe is a five-time winner of the PBA Tour and has pro-shop experience. ...
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Polartec was among the winners at the 2019 edition of...
Polartec was among the winners at the 2019 edition of the R&D 100 Awards, in December. Its winning product – in the Mechanical/Materials category – was Power Air, a fabric designed to reduce fiber shedding by encasing air in a continuous yarn. According to the company, the resulting fabric sheds ...
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The Spanish Association of Independent Sporting Goods Merchants (Asociación de...
The Spanish Association of Independent Sporting Goods Merchants (Asociación de Comerciantes Independientes de Deporte) and sales representatives from northern Spain will be holding new buying days in Bilbao on Feb. 2 and 4 at the Barceló Bilbao Nervión hotel. The event is open to both retailers and members of the ...
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Nike has just released Atsuma, a sneaker in which offcuts...
Nike has just released Atsuma, a sneaker in which offcuts and other scrap materials are rescued to become major components in cut-and-sewn shoes. Both the Swoosh on the medial and the hangtag are cut-outs. The shoe incorporates a recycled sock-liner as well. Nike has said that it is working to ...
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Ziener, Roeckl, Element and Wear Colors will show sustainable partnerships...
Ziener, Roeckl, Element and Wear Colors will show sustainable partnerships with Sympatex Technologies at the Ispo Munich show later this month. Roeckl will be launching brand-new ski gloves which will be 100 percent biodegradable and PFC-free. Ziener will show garments solely made with Sympatex fabric, whereas Element will rely on ...
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W. L. Gore & Associates' textile factory in Putzbrunn, Germany,...
W. L. Gore & Associates' textile factory in Putzbrunn, Germany, has received ISO 14001 certification for quality and environmental management. The company's two other factories – in Elk Mills, Maryland, and Shenzhen, China – are already certified. Gore began setting up the necessary systems in its factories in 2010. These ...
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Wolfgang Schnellbügel, 61, passed away on Jan. 1 after four...
Wolfgang Schnellbügel, 61, passed away on Jan. 1 after four years of fighting against the Lou Gehrig's disease, which is a form of lateral sclerosis. The well-known German executive was the managing director of Sport 2000 International from 2006 to 2015, developing its operations all over Europe and the buying ...
