News Briefs – Page 428
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Reusch, a brand that is known for its highly technical...
Reusch, a brand that is known for its highly technical ski gloves and goalkeeper gloves, has partnered with four online suppliers of goalkeeper equipment - Keepersport, Pro Direct Soccer, Just Keepers and 11teamsports - to raise funds for breast cancer research. Their “Project Pink” will support the initiatives of the Impact ...
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Patagonia has announced that its whole wetsuit product line is...
Patagonia has announced that its whole wetsuit product line is now Fair Trade Certified. The company helped Sheico, the multinational manufacturer of sportswear products that supplies most of the wetsuits on the market, obtain Fair Trade Certification, thereby making it easier for other brands to join in. This development follows ...
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Skechers has helped 583,000 pets in shelters in the U.S.,...
Skechers has helped 583,000 pets in shelters in the U.S., including saving the lives of around 241,000 animals, through its $3 million donation to Best Friends Animal Society, an American non-profit organization dedicated to ending the killing of dogs and cats in shelters. Best Friends has also used Skechers' contributions ...
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Vista Outdoor's management indicated that it will likely sell its...
Vista Outdoor's management indicated that it will likely sell its Savage brand of firearms before the planned divestiture of its sports protection unit, which includes Giro, Bell and Blackburn. As previously reported, it has already signed an agreement for the sale of Bollé, Cébé and Serengeti to an investment fund, ...
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Nicolas Warchalowski is stepping down from his CEO position at...
Nicolas Warchalowski is stepping down from his CEO position at Peak Performance after four years at the helm of the company. Under his management, the Swedish brand that belonged to the Danish IC Group underwent strategic changes that boosted its revenues and profit margins. As previously reported, Peak Performance was ...
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Clemens Tinzl will become the new chief executive at Kästle,...
Clemens Tinzl will become the new chief executive at Kästle, the Austrian ski company, in mid-September. He succeeds Bernd Knünz, who joined Kästle as CEO four years ago and is now leaving, citing personal reasons. Knünz started to work for Kästle in Salzburg before the company moved back to its ...
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Sinn, a German fashion retailer, has assigned consultants to study...
Sinn, a German fashion retailer, has assigned consultants to study the competitive situation in some German cities in relation with the potential tie-up between Karstadt Warenhaus and Kaufhof, Textilwirtschaft reports. It emerged last month that the owners of the two German department store chains had started talks about such a ...
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With a double-digit sales increase for the second quarter and...
With a double-digit sales increase for the second quarter and the first half ended June 30, Europe outperformed other markets for Giant Manufacturing Co., thanks to the strengthening demand for e-bikes. Sales remained soft in China, although the company was encouraged by an increase in high-end carbon bikes in the ...
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Descente reported a 28 percent increase in attributable net income...
Descente reported a 28 percent increase in attributable net income to 975 million yen (€7.7m-$8.8m) for its fiscal first quarter ended June 30, while total revenues went up by 2 percent to ¥30.8 billion (€244.6m-$279.0m), driven by Le Coq Sportif in Japan and the Descente brand in China. Sales in ...
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Yonex reported a 9 percent drop in revenues to 14.5...
Yonex reported a 9 percent drop in revenues to 14.5 billion yen (€115.1m-$131.3m) for its first fiscal quarter, ended June 30. Sales fell by 9 percent in the Japanese domestic market, down to ¥9.25 billion (€73.4m-$83.7m), with declines in tennis as well as badminton. Sales in China drifted down by ...
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A foreign currency loss of 712 million yen (€5.6m-$6.4m) caused...
A foreign currency loss of 712 million yen (€5.6m-$6.4m) caused Globeride, the owner of the Daiwa brand of fishing products and the distributor of Prince in Japan, to book a net loss of ¥248 million (€1.9m-$2.2m) for its fiscal first quarter ended June 30, compared with net income of ¥497 ...
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Non-performance sneakers, also known as “athleisure” footwear, is now driving...
Non-performance sneakers, also known as “athleisure” footwear, is now driving growth in the sports leisure category in the U.S., according to NPD's Footwear Insights report for the second quarter of the year. Leisure sneakers - which include sport lifestyle and boots — saw sales increase by 7 percent to $2.9 ...
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Women's sports attract more and more people in the U.K....
Women's sports attract more and more people in the U.K. According to new research by Nielsen Sports for the Women's Sport Trust and England Hockey, more than half of the U.K. population (59 percent) declares an interest in women's sports. Data show the growth of women's sport as a sponsor ...
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Reebok has released a technologically advanced sports bra that is...
Reebok has released a technologically advanced sports bra that is said to respond and adapt to the wearer's movement. According to the brand, the PureMove Bra is the first of its kind in offering this characteristic. The new bra, which is the result of a three-year development process, features Reebok's ...
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Nike is making a big statement at the 50th edition...
Nike is making a big statement at the 50th edition of the U.S. Tennis Open with an outfit designed by Virgil Abloh for Serena Williams. Called the “Queen Collection,” it includes a dance-inspired skirt, with materials sourced in Italy, a supportive mesh top and a special version of the NikeCourt ...
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Bata is launching a new limited edition of a legendary...
Bata is launching a new limited edition of a legendary sneaker that it had developed in 1977 for John Wooden, the only person who has ever been inducted into the Hall of Fame for the game of basketball in the U.S. as both a player and a coach. Named after ...
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Converse is set for a global launch of a capsule...
Converse is set for a global launch of a capsule collection of unisex sneakers, apparel and accessories for children and adults featuring the iconic characters of Hello Kitty. The Japanese characters will appear on three vintage shoe styles: the Chuck Taylor All Star, the Church 70 and the One Star. ...
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Adidas its set to take over the sponsorship of the...
Adidas its set to take over the sponsorship of the English Arsenal team from Puma, which has just signed to sponsor Manchester City, the current champion in the Premier League, for £50 million (€56m-$64m) annually after its contract with Nike expires in June 2019. The Big a is said to ...
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Puma announced that Luis Suárez, the 31-year-old Uruguayan striker of...
Puma announced that Luis Suárez, the 31-year-old Uruguayan striker of the FC Barcelona team and the national Uruguayan team, has agreed to endorse its brand. With more than 450 goals signed since 2012, he is regarded as one of the world's best strikers. Adidas has been his sponsor through the ...
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Asics Europe made headway with the Onitsuka Tiger brand, which...
Asics Europe made headway with the Onitsuka Tiger brand, which raised its sales by 41 percent for the six months. Asics organized a partnership with Foot Patrol and an event at the Paris Fashion Week to celebrate the popular Gel Saga shoe, along with projects with Kiko Kostadinov, the fashion ...
