News Briefs – Page 439
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Nike has announced the appointment of Rosemary St. Clair as...
Nike has announced the appointment of Rosemary St. Clair as vice president and general manager of its global women's business and Cesar Garcia as vice president and general manager of global running. They will report to Amy Montagne, who was recently appointed to the post of vice president and general ...
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Columbia Sportswear has appointed Michael Richardson, a former executive at...
Columbia Sportswear has appointed Michael Richardson, a former executive at Gap, as its new vice-president for global merchandising. The appointment is effective immediately. Richardson has 30 years of retail experience. Most recently, he was Gap's vice-president of franchise product. At Gap, he spent around 20 years. His background also includes ...
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Christoph Engl will be the new chief executive of the...
Christoph Engl will be the new chief executive of the Oberalp Group from Sept. 1, taking the place of Massimo Baratto who has become the European manager of Under Armour, as we have already reported. Engl comes from a marketing agency that has been promoting the brand of South Tyrol, ...
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DPS Skis has named an industry veteran, Sergio Kiehl, to...
DPS Skis has named an industry veteran, Sergio Kiehl, to serve as vice president of global sales. He spent more than two decades with brands such as Uvex, Reebok, Nike and Puma. The American company has also appointed Steve Kroft as sales director for North America. He previously worked for ...
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Life Fitness has appointed Judith Toland as vice president and...
Life Fitness has appointed Judith Toland as vice president and chief marketing officer, and Alla K. Woodson as vice president of global customer experience and service. The company has also hired Royal Simmons to lead the planned spin-off of Brunswick Corporation's fitness division.
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Patrick Schmollinger was appointed to the newly created position of...
Patrick Schmollinger was appointed to the newly created position of country manager for the German market at Schöffel. Previously, the 44-year-old worked as sales manager for Schöffel. He will continue as sales manager, but will also be responsible for trade marketing, stationary and digital services as well as communication with ...
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The Textile Institute has announced the appointment of Katie Greenyer...
The Textile Institute has announced the appointment of Katie Greenyer as its world president, effective May 17. Greenyer is creative talent and network director at Pentland Brands, and will maintain this full-time role throughout her tenure at the Institute. She joined Pentland Brands more than 20 years ago, when the ...
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Fanatics has opened a German office in Hamburg. It is...
Fanatics has opened a German office in Hamburg. It is headed up by Joachim Hilke, former general manager of HSV and Sportfive.
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JD Sports Fashion has launched a dedicated online store for...
JD Sports Fashion has launched a dedicated online store for Supply & Demand, one of its labels for apparel, in a move that is apparently meant to widen its customer base. Supply & Demand is positioned as an urban brand targeting younger consumers. The JD online store describes the brand ...
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Endurance Shop has announced that 32 of its stores, corresponding...
Endurance Shop has announced that 32 of its stores, corresponding to around 60 percent of its franchisees, have joined a partnership project with Go Sport that will see them transformed into “Endurance Shop by Go Sport,” the banner of the new project. The 32 stores have an average turnover of ...
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Joining the newest flagship stores of Adidas, Nike and Asics...
Joining the newest flagship stores of Adidas, Nike and Asics in the same area of New York City, Puma will be opening a 24,000-square-foot flagship store in Manhattan toward the middle of next year. Spanning over three levels, it will be located on the corner of Fifth Avenue and 49th ...
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Champion has opened its first store in the Netherlands. The...
Champion has opened its first store in the Netherlands. The 180-square-meter shop will be located in Amsterdam's city center, at Reestraat 9, in a shopping district filled with retailers, restaurants and bars. The store space is divided over a ground floor, a mezzanine and the basement. Up until now, the ...
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Salming Sports is closing its concept store on Stockholm's main...
Salming Sports is closing its concept store on Stockholm's main shopping street, Kungsgatan, as one of several changes that the Swedish company plans to implement in the near future. The store first opened in 2015, but since then much has changed in the consumers' buying behavior. Today, Salming has its ...
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Snipes, the retail chain forb sneakers and streetwear products owned...
Snipes, the retail chain forb sneakers and streetwear products owned by Deichmann, will open its first store in France in July. It will be located in the suburban Créteil Soleil shopping center near Paris and will be followed by another store in the Carré Sénart mall of Lieusaint at a ...
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BasicNet has reported a 7.5 percent increase in revenues to...
BasicNet has reported a 7.5 percent increase in revenues to €53.7 million for the first quarterb, up by 9.1 percent in constant currencies. Aggregated, wholesale-equivalent sales, including those of its licensees, went up by 4.7 percent to €208 million, with growth of 13.1 percent on a constant-currency basis. Kappa and ...
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Trigema, the German brand of activewear that prides itself on...
Trigema, the German brand of activewear that prides itself on manufacturing all its clothing in Germany, reported that its total sales increased by 2.3 percent to €100.5 million in 2017, as compared to the previous year. Sales in markets that are directly handled by the company accounted for 48.5 percent ...
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Adidas is the brand that is pictured most on Twitter...
Adidas is the brand that is pictured most on Twitter and Instagram, according to an analysibs by Brandwatch. In April, Adidas' logo appeared in 6,664,170 unique images, which means in 154 new images every minute, or three new images every second, Brandwatch explains. Adidas is followed by Nike, whose logo ...
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Nike continues to play hardball over perceived infringements on its...
Nike continues to play hardball over perceived infringements on its footwear patents. In early May, the Swoosh sued Puma for copying its patented Flyknit, Air and cleat technical assembly methods. Nike alleges that Puma was “forgoing independent innovation” and using Nike technology without permission. Nike owns over 300 utility patents ...
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Adidas and Skechers face a trial on June 4 in...
Adidas and Skechers face a trial on June 4 in the U.S. District Court in Portland over the alleged copying of the German brand's iconic Stan Smith shoe. A few days ago, a U.S. Court of Appeals upheld a preliminary injunction barring Skechers from selling its Onix shoe, but it ...
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The mandatory daily minimum wage in Myanmar has been raised...
The mandatory daily minimum wage in Myanmar has been raised by 33 percent to the equivalent of US$3.53, following a government decree issued in March that struck a compromise between the positions of employers and labor groups. The last increase in the country's minimum wage took place two and half ...
