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Isbjörn of Sweden has established a new company in Norway,...
Isbjörn of Sweden has established a new company in Norway, which is the company's second largest market. The current agent in Norway, Sport Agile, will continue to be responsible for the distribution of the brand's products until March 1, 2017. The brand is owned by Nordic Kids Wear. It offers ...
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Major League Baseball has opened its first stand-alone space in...
Major League Baseball has opened its first stand-alone space in Europe as a pop-up store in the Covent Garden district of London. It will stay open until the end of this year. Reportedly, MLB was going to hold a professional game in London before the end of 2017, but the ...
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The first flagship store of Bergans of Norway recently opened...
The first flagship store of Bergans of Norway recently opened its doors, covering 800 square meters on two floors at a strategically location near Oslo's City Hall. It displays the entire product range of the Norwegian company - both hardware and softgoods. The store is meant to portray Bergans as ...
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Belle International raised the sales of its sportswear and apparel...
Belle International raised the sales of its sportswear and apparel stores in mainland China by 6 percent on a same-store basis in the second quarter of its financial year. These improvements in the three months from June until August were offset by a comparable sales decline of 10.0 percent for ...
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With an industry-wide growth rate of 6.5 percent for the...
With an industry-wide growth rate of 6.5 percent for the first half of the year, sporting goods retailers are expecting a new record in their sales for this year, according to the Norwegian sporting goods industry association, Sportsbransjen. After reaching record sales in 2015 (see the retail chart in this ...
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On paper, July seems to have been a weak month...
On paper, July seems to have been a weak month for sporting goods retailers in Sweden as their sales fell by 0.2 percent as compared to the same month a year ago. It was a show of strength, however, considering that sales had risen by a full 13.4 percent in ...
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Bode Miller has filed a lawsuit against Head in a...
Bode Miller has filed a lawsuit against Head in a federal court in Los Angeles. The skier is currently planning to return to professional ski racing but a termination agreement signed with Head USA in 2015 prevents him from racing competitively on another company's equipment for two years. Miller's new ...
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Rottefella has appealed the Oslo district court's judgment in the...
Rottefella has appealed the Oslo district court's judgment in the matter of claims against Amer Sports Norway. Rottefella claims violations of marketing regulations, product copying and violations of intellectual property rights in connection with Salomon's launch of its Pro Link cross-country ski bindings earlier this year. On July 13, the ...
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Incentives for fitness participation are being introduced in France for...
Incentives for fitness participation are being introduced in France for companies subscribing to a new collective insurance policy for their employees, called Generali Vitality. The contract is a partnership between Generali and Discovery, a South African insurance company that has reportedly made similar deals with Prudential Insurance in the U.K., ...
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Barack Obama is continuing to push for the ratification of...
Barack Obama is continuing to push for the ratification of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) by the U.S. Congress before his departure, although it suffered an unexpected setback in Vietnam. The 12 countries participating in the TPP have signed the agreement in February but it has yet to come into force ...
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GoPro saw its share price move up by 6 percent...
GoPro saw its share price move up by 6 percent as it unveiled on Monday a much-awaited new range of products including its first drone, called Karma, which can fly for 18 minutes and has image stabilization technology. Unlike the drones of DJI and other competitors, GoPro's drone doesn't yet ...
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W.L. Gore & Associates has authorized for the first time...
W.L. Gore & Associates has authorized for the first time an external source, Formosa Taffeta, to manufacture some of its Gore-Tex laminates. The Taiwanese firm will act as the exclusive dual source for these products from the fourth quarter of 2016, expanding their availability for the industry. A new factory ...
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Eduardo Indo, editor of OKDiario, claims that Nike has tabled...
Eduardo Indo, editor of OKDiario, claims that Nike has tabled an offer worth €120 million per year to take over the sponsorship of Real Madrid, according to several media reports. The Spanish club has been outfitted by Adidas since 1998. Neither party has confirmed such an exorbitant offer, but there ...
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Nike has signed up Jason Day, the current top-ranked golfer,...
Nike has signed up Jason Day, the current top-ranked golfer, for shoes and apparel, according to ESPN. The deal is reportedly worth $10 million a year. It was made possible by the fact that Day recently re-signed an equipment contract with TaylorMade and that Nike is exiting the golf equipment ...
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Sport Partner reports that Intersport Nederland has signed an agreement...
Sport Partner reports that Intersport Nederland has signed an agreement with the Dutch football federation to support women's football in the Netherlands, at least until the women's football World Cup in 2019. Although the “Leeuwinnen” (the Lionesses) wear Nike outfits, Intersport is the first partner of the women's team. The ...
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Head has been named an international partner of the Davis...
Head has been named an international partner of the Davis Cup by BNP Paribas. As part of its new three-year agreement with the International Tennis Federation, starting January 2017, Head will produce and sell Davis Cup-branded tennis balls throughout the world. The Davis Cup, which was instituted in 1900, is ...
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Joma has launched a new brand campaign entitled “Exercise your...
Joma has launched a new brand campaign entitled “Exercise your freedom.” The core message of the campaign, which goes beyond sport, focuses on the importance of pursuing freedom in any situation. The campaign first appeared in Spain on Sept. 12, both on national TV and digital channels, and will be ...
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Joma says it will be outfitting more than 30 percent...
Joma says it will be outfitting more than 30 percent of the players competing in the World Futsal Cup, which has already started and is taking place until Oct. 1 in Colombia. It will also be the official supplier of three national teams – from Cuba, Guatemala and Uzbekistan.
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Bauer Hockey has signed up four world-standard female hockey players....
Bauer Hockey has signed up four world-standard female hockey players. The brand will also run ten women-only First Shift events throughout Canada this season. Introduced three years ago, this kind of event is designed to attract new players to the sport.
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The Tecnica-Blizzard freeride team has welcomed Eva Walkner as a...
The Tecnica-Blizzard freeride team has welcomed Eva Walkner as a member. The Austrian skier, 37, has won the female Championship Freeride World Tour for two seasons. Walkner is currently training for the next season, which will start in Chamonix on Jan. 27, 2017. Tecnica said the skier will play an ...
