News Briefs – Page 404
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Ironman, a subsidiary of Wanda Sports Holdings, has promoted Jennifer...
Ironman, a subsidiary of Wanda Sports Holdings, has promoted Jennifer Mocerino to chief merchandise officer. She will be retaining her seat on Ironman's Executive Committee. Mocerino joined the company in 2010 as vice president of merchandise for North America, where she developed a business unit in Tampa, Florida. She has ...
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Zebco Brands has announced the appointment of Frerk Petersen as...
Zebco Brands has announced the appointment of Frerk Petersen as managing director of Zebco Europe, and that of Simon Morris as commercial manager of Preston Innovations, a subsidiary of Zebco Brands. Petersen has been director of marketing and product development for Europe since early 2011. Morris joins Preston from Shimano ...
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Jon Rucker has been promoted to president of the Winter...
Jon Rucker has been promoted to president of the Winter Sports Division at Head/Tyrolia USA, located in Boulder, Colorado. Rucker has been with Head for more than nine years and has spent the last seven as vice president of Winter Sports. According to Kevin Kempin, chief executive and president of ...
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United Sports Brands (USB) is shifting to a direct distribution...
United Sports Brands (USB) is shifting to a direct distribution mode in Spain, establishing a network of sales agents throughout the country for three of its brands: McDavid, which stands for sports medicine, protective gear and apparel; Shock Doctor, which specializes in mouthguards; and Nathan, which offers running accessories. USB's ...
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As of January 2019, Grofa Action Sports is the distributor...
As of January 2019, Grofa Action Sports is the distributor in Germany and Austria for Level, the Swiss brand of snow gloves. Level was created in 1989 by Scheuing Sport of Samedan, Switzerland. The gloves were principally designed for snowboarders – hence the brand's patented Biomex system for wrist protection – ...
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The L-Fashion Group has set up a subsidiary on the...
The L-Fashion Group has set up a subsidiary on the Iberian Peninsula for the sale of its Icepeak, Lutha and Rukka brands, after terminating a distribution deal. The Finnish company has appointed Jordi Dalmau as its brand director for Spain. He served as head of sales at Rip Curl for ...
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Vibram, inventor of the glove-like FiveFingers shoe, has made Burten...
Vibram, inventor of the glove-like FiveFingers shoe, has made Burten Distribution the exclusive U.S. distributor for its Furoshiki line of footwear. The Furoshiki shoe, also known as the Wrapping Sole, takes inspiration from the Japanese art of furoshiki, in which a given object is wrapped with a single length of ...
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Bründl Sports, one of the major Austrian sports retailers, has...
Bründl Sports, one of the major Austrian sports retailers, has decided to stop working with Intersport Austria, starting next Sept. 1. It has already announced the divorce by removing the Intersport Bründl name from its website, after almost 50 years of collaboration. The reason for the separation is a desire ...
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Nike has re-opened a store, called Blue Ribbon Sports like...
Nike has re-opened a store, called Blue Ribbon Sports like the original name of the company, to serve as a community space for runners in Santa Monica, California. First opened in 1967 by Nike's first employee, the original Blue Ribbon Sports store served as a hang-out for so-called “oddball athletes.” ...
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Trerè Innovation has opened its first store under its new...
Trerè Innovation has opened its first store under its new UYN (Unleash Your Nature) brand in Paris. It replaces a store that the Italian high-end knitter had opened for X-Bionic, with which it had an exclusive manufacturing and distribution deal in Europe. Three more UYN stores and a new shop-in-shop ...
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Li Ning is said to be one of several foreign...
Li Ning is said to be one of several foreign brands that are planning to open their first stores in Russia in 2019. The Chinese brand plans to open between 15 and 20 stores in the country, focusing primarily on Moscow and St. Petersburg, the company had said in a ...
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Led by a strong performance by Sierra and the continued...
Led by a strong performance by Sierra and the continued strength of Black Diamond, especially in apparel, Clarus' sales for its full 2018 financial year jumped by 24 percent to around $212 million. This included a growth of around 10 percent for Black Diamond and of about 15 percent – ...
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Blaming strong competition from online retailers, Himaraya reported a drop...
Blaming strong competition from online retailers, Himaraya reported a drop of 1.4 percent to 34.6 percent in its gross margin for the first quarter of its financial year, ended on Nov. 30. The Japanese retailer's net loss expanded to 195 million yen (€1.56m-$1.78m) from ¥48 million in the year-ago period. ...
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Stella International has reported a 6.4 percent increase in the...
Stella International has reported a 6.4 percent increase in the volume of footwear sold by its manufacturing facilities in 2018. They reached a total of 60.2 million pairs, but the revenues generated by the business rose by only 2.7 percent to more than $1.5 billion.
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Despite widespread, negative reports of construction delays, cost overruns, forced...
Despite widespread, negative reports of construction delays, cost overruns, forced evictions from the favelas (slums), a Zika epidemic and a suspiciously green pool, the 2016 Summer Olympic Games have proved to be of net economic benefit to the city and metropolitan area of Rio de Janeiro, according to a study by ...
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E-bikes imported into the European Union (EU) from China will...
E-bikes imported into the European Union (EU) from China will be subject to tariffs varying between 18.8 and 79.3 percent, according to a filing in the EU's official journal. The measure is meant to curb the imports of cheap e-bikes from China, which may threaten the sales of pricier e-bikes ...
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Oakley, the California-based eyewear maker and subsidiary of Luxottica, has...
Oakley, the California-based eyewear maker and subsidiary of Luxottica, has filed a lawsuit in Illinois District Court against Third Coast Products. Based in Chicago, Third Coast owns the iLumen8 brand of eyewear, flashlights and magnifying glasses. Oakley is alleging that the iLumen8 UV safety glasses infringe on one of its ...
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Nike has launched its first line of yoga apparel, for...
Nike has launched its first line of yoga apparel, for men and women, as part of its Nike Training line. In connection with the launch, it is proposing a series of yoga workouts on the Nike Trainer Club app. It has enlisted the support of a female basketball player, Korahn ...
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Marchon and Nike are partnering for the launch of Kevin...
Marchon and Nike are partnering for the launch of Kevin Durant's new KD Eyewear collection. Durant plays for the Golden State Warriors of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Marchon has a long-standing licensing agreement with Nike for the exclusive design, production and worldwide distribution of Nike optical and sunglass collections. ...
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Puma and Blends, a California-based retailer of sneakers and apparel,...
Puma and Blends, a California-based retailer of sneakers and apparel, have collaborated on a new edition of the Cell Endura, a Puma sneaker originally sold in the 1990s. The upper is made of mesh and polyurethane-coated leather with metallic silver overlays and a color fade. The midsole has Puma's Cell ...
