News Briefs – Page 541
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Australian has developed a new tennis collection using merino wool....
Australian has developed a new tennis collection using merino wool. Paolo Lorenzi, its sponsored player, was the first athlete to wear the new apparel at the Internazionali BNL d'Italia tournament, which began in Rome on May 2. Australian is an official sponsor of the tournament. The Milan-based sportswear brand has ...
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Polygiene, the Swedish odor control technology provider, has announced three...
Polygiene, the Swedish odor control technology provider, has announced three new partners for the spring 2016 season. The new brands it will work with are Dakine, Adidas and Propper. Dakine will collaborate with Polygiene on new mountain bike products, Adidas will feature Polygiene technology in a series of its products, ...
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Osprey Europe is asking customers to check their Poco AG...
Osprey Europe is asking customers to check their Poco AG Child Carrier due to a possible buckle failure hazard, which might result in physical injury. The products concerned are the Poco AG models - Poco AG Premium, Poco AG Plus and Poco AG - purchased from Jan. 29, 2016. All ...
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Sympatex Technologies is introducing new outer and lining materials made...
Sympatex Technologies is introducing new outer and lining materials made of recycled PET bottles for a range of applications in sports, fashion and leisure. The recycled polyester outer material is certified according to the Global Recycle Standard and is 100 percent recyclable and free of PTFE and PFC, says the ...
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Reebok's new partnership with Ragnar Relay was officially launched on...
Reebok's new partnership with Ragnar Relay was officially launched on May 12 at Reebok's global headquarters in Canton, Massachusetts, ahead of Reebok Ragnar Relay Cape Cod, in the presence of the race participants, who had been invited to celebrate the new collaboration. The new multi-year partnership with Ragnar Relay, the ...
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Joma Sport is entering the English Premier League with the...
Joma Sport is entering the English Premier League with the signing of a multi-year contract for footwear and clothing with the Swansea City ACF club, starting with the 2016/17 season. The team is currently outfitted by Adidas.
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Macron is going to replace New Balance as the technical...
Macron is going to replace New Balance as the technical sponsor of the Stoke City FC club for five years. Based at Stoke-on-Trent and often referred to as The Potters, the club is regarded as one of the top ten clubs in the English Premier League.
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Aclima and Bergans won a major Norwegian design award last...
Aclima and Bergans won a major Norwegian design award last month. The Award for Design is given out annually by the Norwegian Center for Design and Architecture (DOGA). The label is a stamp of quality that shows that a product or solution is among the very best in Norwegian design. ...
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Sympatex Technologies, the specialist in functional textiles, is a sponsoring...
Sympatex Technologies, the specialist in functional textiles, is a sponsoring partner of “Couture in Orbit,” the first European space fashion project staged by the European Space Agency (ESA). ESA is joining with five European fashion schools for this new international project, asking young designers to find inspiration in space technologies ...
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Helly Hansen has announced it will reward the best comments...
Helly Hansen has announced it will reward the best comments on its “What's on Your Horizon?” Facebook page. Between April 18 and May 15, online visitors will have a chance to comment on Facebook about their summer plans and how the product they see on the brand's What's on Your ...
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A larger and more centrally located section of the Interbike...
A larger and more centrally located section of the Interbike show in Las Vegas next Sept. 21-23 will allow up to 30 innovative European companies to exhibit in an updated turnkey booth area in order to enter the U.S. market for the first or second time. Last year, a smaller ...
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The Badminton World Federation (BWF) and the World Federation of...
The Badminton World Federation (BWF) and the World Federation of the Sporting Goods Industry (WFSGI) are organizing the first Badminton Sporting Goods Brands Meeting on May 18 at the Jinling Grand Hotel in Kunshan, in Jiangsu province, China. It has been arranged to coincide with the Thomas Cup for men ...
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VF Corp. has been placed on the 2016 Corporate Responsibility...
VF Corp. has been placed on the 2016 Corporate Responsibility (CR) Magazine's Best Corporate Citizens list, the ranking that recognizes U.S. public companies for their corporate responsibility performance. The 100 Best Corporate Citizens List was first published in Business Ethics Magazine in 1999, and has been managed by CR Magazine ...
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Fresh from its agreement to buy Champion Europe for about...
Fresh from its agreement to buy Champion Europe for about €200 million (see our previous issue), Hanesbrands announced the acquisition of Pacific Brands for an enterprise value of $800 million, a regular dividend and a new stock buyback program worth up to $1 billion at today's prices. The purchase price ...
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Confirming a report in Drapers magazine, Fran Allen, who has...
Confirming a report in Drapers magazine, Fran Allen, who has been vice president of New Balance for the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region since February 2015, doesn't exclude the possibility that the company will take over the distribution in some other European countries, as it recently did in ...
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Lion Capital, an investment company based in the U.K., has...
Lion Capital, an investment company based in the U.K., has taken a minority stake of 20 percent in the Authentic Brands Group, the company that owns 23 brands including Airwalk, Muhammad Ali, Spyder Action Sports, Shaquille O'Neil, and Tretorn among other assets. The majority is still held by its founder ...
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Sram has announced a restructuring program involving the layoffs of...
Sram has announced a restructuring program involving the layoffs of around 40 employees globally due to soft sales over the past year. The company said it intends to focus on new business areas in order to be more aligned with the competitive dynamics of the industry. The 40 employees it ...
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Nike is recommending rejection of an unsolicited offer made by...
Nike is recommending rejection of an unsolicited offer made by a Canadian investment firm, TRC Capital Corp., to purchase up to two million shares of Class B common stock, amounting to less than one-sixth of one percent of all outstanding shares. Nike noted that the offer price of $57.00 is ...
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The Kufner Group, a leading global supplier of interlinings and...
The Kufner Group, a leading global supplier of interlinings and technical textiles, will take over Ploucquet and its production site in Zittau, Germany, from Smart Solutions Holding, formerly Sympatex Holding, with effect from April 20. Sympatex Holding, parent company of Sympatex, changed its name to Smart Solutions Holding in February. ...
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Phil Knight has told the American CNBC network that he...
Phil Knight has told the American CNBC network that he plans to step down in June as chairman of Nike, the company that he co-founded will Bill Bowerman in 1964. The successful 77-year-old entrepreneur, who remains one of the richest men in the U.S., will keep a position on the ...
