News Briefs – Page 447
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Cisalfa has introduced a new e-store, developed in partnership with...
Cisalfa has introduced a new e-store, developed in partnership with Keros Digital. The upgraded e-store is meant to offer its visitors an easier shopping experience. The Italian sporting goods retailer said it chose Keros' K-Oms platform because this is designed to meet diverse order management needs, including multiple order fulfillment ...
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SportScheck has acquired full ownership of Fitfox, an online platform...
SportScheck has acquired full ownership of Fitfox, an online platform that suggests more than 3,000 activities in 70 different sports that people can perform in fitness studios and sports halls in 50 German cities. Founded in Hamburg in 2013, the website gets more than five million visits per month. The ...
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Decathlon Russia has opened its first store that is not...
Decathlon Russia has opened its first store that is not attached to a shopping center, measuring 4,800 square meters of net selling space, after purchasing a land parcel of three hectares in a dormitory district of St. Petersburg. The company said it plans to add four doors in the same ...
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Skechers' management told investors at an investors' conference organized by...
Skechers' management told investors at an investors' conference organized by UBS that it feels well-positioned to raise its operating margin from 10 percent to 12-13 percent after its heavy investments outside the U.S. One of the reasons is that the brand can obtain higher price points abroad, especially in Asia, ...
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Wolverine Worldwide has become the target of at least 90...
Wolverine Worldwide has become the target of at least 90 individual lawsuits alleging that its now closed tannery in Kent County, Michigan, polluted drinking water with toxic chemicals used by 3M to waterproof its leather, starting with its Hush Puppies shoes in 1958. About 20 sites are said to have ...
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BasicNet reports a final net consolidated profit of €10.6 million...
BasicNet reports a final net consolidated profit of €10.6 million for 2017, representing an increase of 3.3 percent from the previous year. As previously reported, the group's aggregated sales rose by 1.1 percent to €747.8 million. Ebitda went up by 7.3 percent to €23 million. Net debt increased to €61.5 ...
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Zumiez is hoping to break even in Europe. It is...
Zumiez is hoping to break even in Europe. It is still losing money in the region, where it ended the past financial year on Feb. 3 with 34 Blue Tomato stores and an internet shop, because of numerous investments in the last couple of years, increased costs, sales shortfalls and ...
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Erima reported that it increased its sales by 3 percent...
Erima reported that it increased its sales by 3 percent to €66 million in 2017, as compared to the previous year. In Germany, sales rose by 5 percent, while sales outside Germany, the company's domestic market, grew by 25 percent. Sales in Belgium went especially well. Erima reported an increase ...
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The consumption of sporting goods products grew in France by...
The consumption of sporting goods products grew in France by 3 percent to €11.3 billion including bicycles in 2017, according to preliminary figures compiled by the country's sporting goods industry federation, Union Sport & Cycle. In particular, sales grew by an estimated 5.7 percent in footwear and by 2.2 percent ...
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The Federation of the European Sporting Goods Industry (Fesi) is...
The Federation of the European Sporting Goods Industry (Fesi) is urging fast ratification, by September at the latest, of the planned Free Trade Agreement between the European Union and Vietnam. It points out that Fesi members are already on the ground to address the remaining concerns about labor conditions in ...
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Crocs cannot protect its namesake clog design in the European...
Crocs cannot protect its namesake clog design in the European Union. This is what the General Court of the European Union stated in a ruling on March 14. The EU court said that other shoemakers had seen the design of Crocs' clogs long before the company filed for registration, specifically ...
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Wolverine Worldwide has become the target of at least 90...
Wolverine Worldwide has become the target of at least 90 individual lawsuits alleging that its now closed tannery in Kent County, Michigan, polluted drinking water with toxic chemicals used by 3M to waterproof its leather, starting with its Hush Puppies shoes in 1958. About 20 sites are said to have ...
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Andrés de la Dehesa has reportedly been elected president of...
Andrés de la Dehesa has reportedly been elected president of the Asociación de Fabricantes y Distribuidores de Artículos Deportivos (Afydad), the Spanish association of sporting goods suppliers and distributors, for the next four years. He is taking over from Xavier Berneda, who has been on the presidential seat for eight ...
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Buff was present at the latest edition of Expo Sports...
Buff was present at the latest edition of Expo Sports in Barcelona, on March 9-10, a trade show with a focus on running, trail and triathlon. The company, best known for its neck accessories for sports, is headquartered in Igualada, around 65 km west of Barcelona. Buff said its presence ...
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Helly Hansen, the global technical sailing brand, and the Royal...
Helly Hansen, the global technical sailing brand, and the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) in the U.K. have announced a five-year strategic partnership that will support the charity's aim of preventing drowning. The partnership will consist with Helly Hansen supporting a variety of life-saving activities including product innovation, delivering drowning ...
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Nike has partnered with Headspace, a meditation app, to integrate...
Nike has partnered with Headspace, a meditation app, to integrate mindfulness elements into its branded digital training platforms. The feature is offered to Nike Plus members who use the Nike Run Club or Nike Training Club apps. Nike already offers guided runs through its Run Club app but the new ...
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Reebok is releasing its first application of the Liquid Factory...
Reebok is releasing its first application of the Liquid Factory technique on the Floatride Run shoe. The brand first introduced the technology in 2016 with the Liquid Speed, a running shoe focusing on energy return. The manufacturing technique is based on 3-D drawing, where a proprietary liquid material – created especially ...
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Asics has launched its new brand marketing platform, I Move...
Asics has launched its new brand marketing platform, I Move Me, across the Europe, Middle East and African (Emea) market. The fully integrated digitally-led campaign aims to encourage people to get active, based on Asics' belief that movement is a key to happier life. The campaign revolves around story-telling. Over ...
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Reebok has announced a partnership with Gal Gadot, the star...
Reebok has announced a partnership with Gal Gadot, the star of Wonder Woman, who has been named the brand's newest face. She joins Reebok's list of female ambassadors representing female strength, including Gigi Hadid, Ariana Grande and Victoria Beckham. Through her screen role as Wonder Woman, Gadot is regarded as ...
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Fila has announced it has again signed up Bjorn Borg,...
Fila has announced it has again signed up Bjorn Borg, one of the legends of tennis, as a brand ambassador. The relationship between the sports brand and the former #1 tennis player dates back to 1975. The athlete was with the brand from 1975 to 1986. During his career, Borg ...
