News Briefs – Page 491
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Julbo is partnering with local sporting goods stores across France...
Julbo is partnering with local sporting goods stores across France for Women's Vision, a tour which will offer around 30 women the possibility to run with a coach while testing the brand's eyewear. The participants will be accompanied by Nolwenn Faivre, a running coach who was born in France's Jura ...
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Amazon is acting as a sponsor of Tough Mudder as...
Amazon is acting as a sponsor of Tough Mudder as the “official online retailer” for this year's North American events. Besides its presence on the sites of the contests, it will have a dedicated website with new videos and contents on training, post-training, nutrition and recovery.
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Spy has launched a revamped version of its website for...
Spy has launched a revamped version of its website for its sunglasses, eyeglasses and goggles. It is particularly designed to provide users of smartphones and tablets to gather all the technical information about the products before visiting a store. The website was developed by John Gilson, the American company's recently ...
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Ispo is organizing for the first time a six-hour seminar...
Ispo is organizing for the first time a six-hour seminar in Munich on May 31 on the constraints and opportunities of the Chinese market, with presentations by Martin Kössler, initiator of Ispo's Market Introduction Program for China, and executives of Lowa, Point 65 Kayak Sweden and Fenix Outdoor. The seminar ...
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The latest edition of Performance Days went well, with rising...
The latest edition of Performance Days went well, with rising numbers for both exhibitors and visitors. A total of 1,520 visitors from 49 countries attended the two-day fabrics show in Munich last month, up from 1,340 visitors from 44 countries in April 2016. The number of exhibitors increased to 177 ...
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Afydad, the Spanish sporting goods industry association, will present a...
Afydad, the Spanish sporting goods industry association, will present a study of the Spanish sporting goods market, conducted by Sport Panel, in Barcelona on May 23. Sport Panel, which conducted similar studies in the past, will also present a study of the bike market in Madrid on May 30. On ...
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Diffusion Sport, the Spanish news service, is organizing a “Sport...
Diffusion Sport, the Spanish news service, is organizing a “Sport Solutions Day” in a Madrid hotel next Oct. 24. The initiative is similar to the relatively successful Sport Business Day that it staged in Madrid last September, and this time it will be supported by Afydad, the Spanish sporting goods ...
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Organized by the Management Forum Starnberg, the first European Ingredient...
Organized by the Management Forum Starnberg, the first European Ingredient Branding Summit will be held in Munich on Nov. 8 to 9, 2017. The speakers will include Christian Langer from W.L. Gore & Associates and Manuel Dürmoser from Recco.
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International brands and retailers have teamed up with Forum for...
International brands and retailers have teamed up with Forum for the Future, with support from the C&A Foundation, to form Cotton 2040, a new initiative aimed at overcoming barriers to sustainable cotton and turn it into a mainstream commodity. More specifically, Cotton 2040 will promote the use of sustainable cotton ...
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VF Corp. has announced the release of its first-ever Animal...
VF Corp. has announced the release of its first-ever Animal Derived Materials Policy, which includes the commitment to progressively ban the use of fur, angora or exotic leather in its brands' products. The policy has been developed in partnership with The Humane Society of the United States and Humane Society ...
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Pentland Brands has revealed the names and locations of the...
Pentland Brands has revealed the names and locations of the direct factories (Tier 1) that manufacture garments for its Berghaus brand. The list includes factories in Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, New Zealand, Pakistan, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, U.K. and ...
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Sônia Bogner, wife of Willy Bogner, passed away on May...
Sônia Bogner, wife of Willy Bogner, passed away on May 3 at the age of 66, after a long illness. Willy Bogner was married to Sônia for 44 years. Sônia, who was born in Rio de Janeiro, started to work for Bogner as a model in 1972, and she married ...
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Hervé Maneint, senior product manager at the Scott Sports Group...
Hervé Maneint, senior product manager at the Scott Sports Group for skis and ski boots, died a few days ago at the age of 56 in the area of Chamonix, hit by a falling rock while on a ski tour in the company of three other people, including two mountain ...
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21Sportsgroup, the German omni-channel retailer specializing in sports products, is...
21Sportsgroup, the German omni-channel retailer specializing in sports products, is getting a large-scale logistical platform built in Ketsch, near Heidelberg, to support its growth in European markets. The company behind 21run, Vaola and Planet Sports is reportedly investing €25 million in the distribution center, which should cover more than 30,000 ...
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Newton Running is apparently going through a major restructuring process,...
Newton Running is apparently going through a major restructuring process, concentrating on independent running specialists and online sales. Runners World and the Boulder Daily Camera have reported that Danny Abshire, one of the two founders of the American company, has left it, and that the other co-founder, Jerry Lee, is ...
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Sequential Brands has appointed Karen Murray as its new chief...
Sequential Brands has appointed Karen Murray as its new chief executive officer. Most recently, Murray served as president of VF Sportswear, a wholly-owned subsidiary of VF Corp. She replaces Yehuda Shmidman, who is stepping down from his position and as a member of the board of directors. Murray joined VF ...
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Callaway Golf is looking for a permanent replacement for Robert...
Callaway Golf is looking for a permanent replacement for Robert K. Julian. The manager has left the company after two years as its senior vice president and chief financial officer. He is being replaced on an interim basis by the company's general counsel, Brian P. Lynch, who has been with ...
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Active Brands, the Norwegian group that is changing hands (see...
Active Brands, the Norwegian group that is changing hands (see our latest issue), has established its own subsidiary in Finland and has taken full control of four of its brands in this market: Dæhlie, Johaug, Kari Traa and Sweet Protection. The new office is located near Helsinki's airport and run ...
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XXL plans to open a large new store of 3,500...
XXL plans to open a large new store of 3,500 square meters in Oslo in the autumn of 2018, just a stone's throw from an existing G-Max and G-Sport store owned by the retailer's main competitor in Norway, Gresvig. In addition, there will be new store openings in Jessheim and ...
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Sneakersnstuff is in a large international expansion phase. After opening...
Sneakersnstuff is in a large international expansion phase. After opening stores in London, Paris and Berlin in recent years, Sneakersnstuff is looking at the U.S. market. The Swedish company is planning to open a store in New York in the autumn. If this works, it may decide to continue its ...
