News Briefs – Page 502
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Adidas and Burberry won a “Gold Class” award in the...
Adidas and Burberry won a “Gold Class” award in the Corporate Sustainability Assessment (CSA) carried out by RobecoSAM among 840 companies that are included in the Dow Jones Sustainability Index. Both companies got a score of 60 points or more. Kering, parent company of Puma, qualified for Silver Class with ...
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The Adidas Group has set up a “Storefactory” at a...
The Adidas Group has set up a “Storefactory” at a pop-up store in Berlin, Knit for You, where customers can design their customized merino wool sweater and have it made for them in the store within a few hours. Knit for You takes advantage of technologies such as body scanning ...
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Adidas AG has completed the third tranche of a share...
Adidas AG has completed the third tranche of a share buyback program initiated on Nov. 7 and terminated on Jan. 31 as scheduled. The company bought 2,128,200 shares at an average share price of €140.96, for a total price of €299,999,851, including purchasing costs. These treasury shares represent 1.02 percent ...
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Ben Hogan, the venerable American golf brand, has filed for...
Ben Hogan, the venerable American golf brand, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. The company says it expects to have enough funds available to pay unsecured creditors. The biggest one is Perry Ellis, based on its licensing contract for apparel and accessories. Perry Ellis bought the brand from Callaway Golf ...
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JD Sports Fashion has been prevented from fully moving ahead...
JD Sports Fashion has been prevented from fully moving ahead with the integration of Go Outdoors, the large-scale outdoor retailer it agreed to purchase for £112.3 million (€130.2m-$140.7m) in cash and £16 million in debt last November, due to a review of the acquisition by the U.K.'s competition watchdog, the ...
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Norrøna, the Norwegian outdoor company, has launched an entity focusing...
Norrøna, the Norwegian outdoor company, has launched an entity focusing on innovation, Norrøna Q, to complement its wholesale and retail activities. Norrøna Q primarily consists of a research and development center established at the group's head office in Lysaker, near Oslo. The company explains that the entity is meant to ...
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While reporting the resignation of Mads Ryder as chief executive,...
While reporting the resignation of Mads Ryder as chief executive, IC Group announced today a new structure, which is intended to increase the independence of the group's core brands and to redefine the functions that have been managed centrally up to now. The group's core brands include Peak Performance, Tiger ...
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XXL ASA has appointed Robert Iversen as its new training...
XXL ASA has appointed Robert Iversen as its new training director, responsible for the training of its employees throughout the Nordic countries. He was the co-founder of XXL and served as its first chief executive from 2000 to 2007. He was responsible for training during the subsequent four years. Janicke ...
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The Faction Collective, the Swiss company specializing in freeride skis,...
The Faction Collective, the Swiss company specializing in freeride skis, has reinforced its team with the appointment of Olivier Gouby as global sales director. The appointment was made in May last year and revealed a few days ago as part of another announcement. Gouby was previously European sales manager for ...
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Stefan Hahne has been appointed as sales manager for Brunotti,...
Stefan Hahne has been appointed as sales manager for Brunotti, in charge of field sales in the German-speaking countries, from the start of this year. For the last three years he was sales representative for the Dutch-based action sports brand in North Rhine-Westphalia, Rhineland-Palatinate and Thuringia, which he will continue ...
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VF Corp. has appointed Travis Campbell as brand president of...
VF Corp. has appointed Travis Campbell as brand president of Smartwool, effective Jan. 30. Campbell, who has 16 years of experience in the outdoor industry, most recently served as president and chief executive of Far Bank Enterprises, a maker and distributor of fly fishing products, owner of the Redington, Sage ...
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Ortlieb Sportartikel, the German company specializing in bicycle panniers and...
Ortlieb Sportartikel, the German company specializing in bicycle panniers and backpacks, hired Falco Schott from the start of this year as product manager for backpacks. Previously product manager for equipment at Jack Wolfskin, Schott intends to focus on integrated design, product development and production facilities at Ortlieb's head office in ...
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Wim Neels has been appointed territory sales manager of Primaloft...
Wim Neels has been appointed territory sales manager of Primaloft for the Benelux countries, the U.K. and Denmark. He will be based in Belgium and will report to Stefan Brandt, European sales manager of Primaloft. Neels was previously the sales manager of Gaastra. He has also worked for Peak Performance ...
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A precursor in the market for performance stand-up paddling (SUP)...
A precursor in the market for performance stand-up paddling (SUP) products and the founder of Rogue SUP in 2008, Rock Karr has been appointed as general manager of Boardworks. This surf and SUP brand from Carlsbad belongs to Confluence Outdoor, the U.S. company specializing in water sports equipment. Karr is ...
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After its absence from the OutDoor fair in Friedrichshafen last...
After its absence from the OutDoor fair in Friedrichshafen last year, Klättermusen will stay away from Ispo Munich as well, as the Swedish outdoor company is continuing to adjust its strategy. The Klättermusen brand was updated last year and the company went through some management changes, after the appointment of ...
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Perry Ellis International, the U.S. apparel company and licensing partner...
Perry Ellis International, the U.S. apparel company and licensing partner for Nike Swim, has signed several agreements to distribute Nike-branded swimwear and accessories in Europe. Its partners include Action Sports Sportartikel for the Benelux and the German-speaking countries. The German-based firm is already a distributor for Herschel Supply, Contigo and ...
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Bergans of Norway has sealed an agreement with the GAEA...
Bergans of Norway has sealed an agreement with the GAEA Group in Canada to distribute the Norwegian brand in North America. The deal comes after Bergans decided last year to shut down its sales organizations in the U.K., France, the U.S. and Canada, to focus its product and marketing investments ...
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Courir, the athletic footwear chain of the Go Sport Group, has...
Courir, the athletic footwear chain of the Go Sport Group, has launched a new concept for its stores around sneakers labelled “Wood.” Conceived by the French agency Carré Noir, the stores that use the new Wood concept feature a giant screen, to show the highlights of the period, as well as ...
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A new Reebok store will replace the Pinacothèque de Paris,...
A new Reebok store will replace the Pinacothèque de Paris, a private museum in the French capital city which closed its doors indefinitely last year. According to reports in Le Figaro, the space previously occupied by the museum, at 12 boulevard de la Madeleine, will be split between a Reebok ...
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Asics has reopened its 2,800-square-foot flagship store in Tokyo's Ginza...
Asics has reopened its 2,800-square-foot flagship store in Tokyo's Ginza district after its renovation. It was the brand's first direct outlet when it opened in 2007.
