News Briefs – Page 365
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Spektrum Sports, the Swedish brand of sports goggles and accessories,...
Spektrum Sports, the Swedish brand of sports goggles and accessories, has signed an endorsement deal with the Swedish snowboarder Sven Thorgren, who turned professional in 2013, won Air & Style in China in that same year, competed in the 2014 Winter Olympics and has been a medalist at the Dew ...
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Vans has launched Global Custom Culture, a contest for prospective...
Vans has launched Global Custom Culture, a contest for prospective designers among the fans of the skate shoe brand. The contest is open to consumers from the U.S., Canada, Mexico, Germany, the U.K., France, Australia, China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam and Taiwan. ...
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K2 Snowboarding has added Pat Moore to its International Pro...
K2 Snowboarding has added Pat Moore to its International Pro Team, otherwise comprised of Jake Kuzyk, Tim Eddy, Curtis Ciszek, Matt Belzile, Leanne Pelosi, Levi Luggen, Yo Amagai, Jody Wachniak and Mark Wilson. K2 Sports, which was founded in 1962, began making snowboards in 1987.
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Duca del Cosma was official footwear and clothing supplier to...
Duca del Cosma was official footwear and clothing supplier to the Dutch Open, one of the oldest golf tournaments in Continental Europe, on Sept. 12-15. For the second consecutive year, the fashion brand provided footwear and branded apparel to more than 1,500 officials and volunteers at the KLM Open, which ...
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Canterbury is launching the “Be Part Of It” campaign, ahead...
Canterbury is launching the “Be Part Of It” campaign, ahead of the Rugby World Cup, which will be held in Japan from Sept. 20 to Nov. 2, 2019. The campaign, designed to represent the coming together of players on the pitch and fans off the pitch, features more than 40 ...
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Macron is the new technical sponsor of Petrarca Rugby, the...
Macron is the new technical sponsor of Petrarca Rugby, the historic rugby club based in the Italian city of Padua. Petrarca, founded in 1947, boasts 13 Championship titles and two Italian Cups. Le Coq Sportif was the club's previous sponsor.
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Lego Wear, the Danish brand of sporting goods apparel for...
Lego Wear, the Danish brand of sporting goods apparel for children, has been cooperating with the German ski federation, DSV, for its “DSV on-tour” project since August. With this project, DSV aims to motivate children to learn to ski and is paying visits to sports clubs, kindergartens and schools in ...
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Arena has signed Mark Spitz as a global ambassador. The...
Arena has signed Mark Spitz as a global ambassador. The American swimming legend first collaborated with the brand 46 years ago, in a pioneering era for sports sponsorships. Spitz, who has just turned 69, won seven gold medals at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, all in world record times.
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The latest edition of Surf Expo, scheduled for Sept. 5-7,...
The latest edition of Surf Expo, scheduled for Sept. 5-7, and its pre-show outdoor festival Waterfest, scheduled for Sept. 4, were cancelled. Both were to be held at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Florida, which at the time was under threat from Dorian, the hurricane that ravaged the ...
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The 2019 edition of Wheels and Fins, the music and...
The 2019 edition of Wheels and Fins, the music and action sports festival scheduled for Sept. 7-8 in the British county of Kent, was canceled for lack of funds. The event typically combines the music of DJs with skateboarding, yoga, surfing and paddle-boarding. The organizers are currently working with legal ...
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Ispo Brandnew, purportedly the “world's largest and oldest international start-up...
Ispo Brandnew, purportedly the “world's largest and oldest international start-up competition in the sports business,” is celebrating its 20th anniversary by providing a total of €400,000 in start-up funding. This will be divided into 50 “support packages” of €25,000 each. In addition to the funding, these packages will provide booth ...
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Fibo, the leading European trade fair for the fitness sector,...
Fibo, the leading European trade fair for the fitness sector, will continue to be held in the German city of Cologne through the year 2032. Reed Exhibitions Deutschland, the show's organizer, and Koelnmesse Ausstellungen, the venue, have agreed to an early, 10-year extension of their current agreement. The forthcoming edition ...
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Sportswear Pro Event, a new trade show dedicated to sportswear...
Sportswear Pro Event, a new trade show dedicated to sportswear manufacturing, will make its debut on March 24-27, 2020 at Feria de Madrid, Spain. The event is being launched by Fespa, the organizer of the annual Fespa Global Print Expo. Sportswear Pro Event will host exhibitors specializing in various areas ...
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Afydad, the Spanish sporting goods industry association, is organizing an...
Afydad, the Spanish sporting goods industry association, is organizing an event about “Marketplaces 4sport” in Barcelona on Sept. 26, at the facilities of the Barcelona Moda Centre (BMC). The timing will coincide with that of the European Week of Sports (EWoS), the initiative of the European Commission to promote sport ...
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Zalando is launching a four-week pilot project to introduce reusable...
Zalando is launching a four-week pilot project to introduce reusable packaging for its customer deliveries. The Berlin-based online retailer will ship deliveries to 10,000 customers in Finland, Norway, Sweden and Denmark in envelopes that can be used for shipments as well as returns in a bid to reduce packaging waste ...
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Moncler has for the first time entered the Dow Jones...
Moncler has for the first time entered the Dow Jones Sustainability Index as an industry leader in textiles, apparel and luxury goods. Adidas has been included in the index for the 20th time in a row, ranking best in brand management, information security, availability, environmental policy, social reporting, talent attraction ...
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Sympatex has received the “Best For The World Award 2019”...
Sympatex has received the “Best For The World Award 2019” for its wear2wear industrial partnership program for circular fashion, its climate-neutral textile membranes and its role in drafting and signing of the UN Fashion Industry Charter for Climate Action. The German functional textiles specialist was certified last year as a ...
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VF Corp. has announced that it will stop directly sourcing...
VF Corp. has announced that it will stop directly sourcing leather and hides from Brazil, mentioning concerns over the environmental impact made by cattle ranchers clearing land to raise cattle or source timber. This practice is believed to be causing the vast majority of the fires that are currently destroying ...
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The North Face (TNF) is launching an outerwear jacket that...
The North Face (TNF) is launching an outerwear jacket that utilizes microbially-produced protein materials, as opposed to petrochemical resources. The Moon Parka is made with Brewed Protein, the protein fibers manufactured using Spiber's proprietary fermentation (brewing) process. Spiber is a Japanese biotech start-up. The jacket is set for a limited ...
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Puma has partnered with Goonj in India to promote the...
Puma has partnered with Goonj in India to promote the circular economy. Goonj is a non-profit organization specializing in using urban surplus to spark grassroots development work. The German sportswear brand encouraged its Indian customers to drop off used apparel and shoes from Aug. 22 to Sept. 10. Collection boxes ...
