News Briefs – Page 562
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Callaway has announced that Tom Watson and Marc Leishman have...
Callaway has announced that Tom Watson and Marc Leishman have joined its Golf's Tour staff after agreeing multiyear deals with the California-based equipment manufacturer. The financial terms of the deals were not disclosed. Watson, 66, who joins Callaway after spending 15 years with Adams Golf, is widely considered as one ...
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Nike has signed up Brooks Koepka and Tony Finau, two...
Nike has signed up Brooks Koepka and Tony Finau, two of the youngest golfers on the PGA Tour, along with 12 other elite golfers. Koepka, 25, is ranked 16th in the Official World Golf Rankings. He turned pro in 2012. Finau, who is ranked 80th, turned pro in 2007, upon ...
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Vans has announced the addition of Daan Van Der Linden...
Vans has announced the addition of Daan Van Der Linden to its global skateboarding team. The promising 19-year-old Dutch amateur skateboarder, who has been raised under the tutelage of Jeroen Sars, is said to have already displayed great mastery of skateboarding.
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For the second consecutive year, Craft is reportedly involved in...
For the second consecutive year, Craft is reportedly involved in the nomination for a sponsorship prize due to be given to a testimonial in Norway. This time it is for a glove campaign with Marit Bjoergen, the cross-country skier. The annual award goes to the person who best took advantage ...
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W.L. Gore has revamped the Gore-Tex websites for France, Germany,...
W.L. Gore has revamped the Gore-Tex websites for France, Germany, Belgium, Italy, Spain, the U.K. and the U.S. The Netherlands, the Czech Republic, Poland and Russia will follow soon. The new websites present all the new products of Gore-Tex' partner brands, using a simpler and more intuitive architecture for easier ...
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The Outdoor Retailer Winter Market reports stable attendance at its...
The Outdoor Retailer Winter Market reports stable attendance at its latest session in Salt Lake City. The organizers estimate a total of 22,000 attendees. More than 1,060 brands exhibited at the show, and 19 percent of the exhibitors were new to the fair. The business mood was not great, according ...
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Ispo is launching a European version of its Market Introduction...
Ispo is launching a European version of its Market Introduction Program concept, already offered successfully in China since 2007, at the upcoming Ispo Munich trade show. Addressing the international sales directors and other officials of sports companies that wish to enter the European market or reconsider their current business model ...
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The North Face has announced it is introducing an autumn...
The North Face has announced it is introducing an autumn 2016 line with 100 percent ecologically responsible down. The autumn 2016 collection includes more than 500 down-insulated apparel pieces globally made with down that is certified through the Responsible Down Standard (RDS). The company planned to include 100 percent responsible ...
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The Adidas Group ended last year with a closetful of...
The Adidas Group ended last year with a closetful of awards for its corporate social responsibility (CSR) efforts in China. As detailed in a company statement, Adidas Greater China was listed by the CSR Research Center of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences as one of the top ten multinational ...
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Atomic and Salomon, two ski brands owned by the Amer...
Atomic and Salomon, two ski brands owned by the Amer Sports group, have teamed up with We Powder to create Mountain Academy, which provides online snow safety education. The online platform features a series of high-quality videos, pictures, animations and self-tests, which help students to identify various types of avalanches, ...
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Robin Stalker, chief financial officer at the Adidas Group, told...
Robin Stalker, chief financial officer at the Adidas Group, told The Financial Times that the company was not facing pressure to divest activities. Speculation has been reported about such pressure after several influential investors built up stakes in Adidas this year: Southern Asset Management (SAM) in the U.S. and investment ...
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Sport Partner reports that Mizuno's French subsidiary will no longer...
Sport Partner reports that Mizuno's French subsidiary will no longer distribute the brand in Belgium and Luxembourg from the beginning of April, and that sales in the two countries will instead be supervised from the Netherlands. The publication indicates that the change fits with wide-ranging investments by Mizuno in European ...
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The Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung reported earlier this month that some...
The Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung reported earlier this month that some creditors of Kettler, the German fitness and leisure equipment company that filed for insolvency under its own administration in June, want to study a potential sale of the company – be it only to establish a market value. With the ...
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Shares in the Iconix Brand Group took a nosedive on...
Shares in the Iconix Brand Group took a nosedive on Monday, after the company announced that it received a formal order of investigation from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Iconix, the parent company of Umbro, Starter, Danskin and a string of other brands, added that it intended to fully ...
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To prepare itself for accelerated growth in Europe, Skechers is...
To prepare itself for accelerated growth in Europe, Skechers is again raising the capacity and efficiency of its European distribution center in Belgium. A new phase of expansion will take the total warehousing surface to more than 100,000 sqm. by next April. The 13-year-old facility, which gets its products through ...
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Bridgestone Golf has announced the closure of its sales operations...
Bridgestone Golf has announced the closure of its sales operations in the U.K. and Ireland from March 2016. The parent company in Japan said the decision was primarily due to the prevailing market conditions, currency fluctuations and the long term outlook for sales. The move will result in the cancellation ...
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Zalando is taking over Nugg, a German company that supplies...
Zalando is taking over Nugg, a German company that supplies targeted digital marketing solutions, from the German Post Office, in order to address specific target groups in different ways. In the U.S., meanwhile, Amazon is reportedly planning to set up its own fleet of cargo airplanes to avoid delayed deliveries ...
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Donna Carpenter is to take over from Mike Rees as...
Donna Carpenter is to take over from Mike Rees as chief executive of Burton Snowboards at the beginning of February. John Lacy, who has long been employed by Burton, will take over her job as the brand's president. Donna Carpenter is a co-owner of Burton Snowboards and the wife of ...
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Fashionmag.com reports that Antoine Tinel has been appointed in charge...
Fashionmag.com reports that Antoine Tinel has been appointed in charge of international sales at Le Coq Sportif, the French sports brand, to supervise all markets other than those covered by subsidiaries, in Italy, Spain and the U.K. The appointment comes after the departure of Géraud Maréchal, who left to lead ...
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Fouad Gross is leaving as country manager of Timberland for...
Fouad Gross is leaving as country manager of Timberland for Germany, Austria and Switzerland after more than ten years in the job. His role will be taken over on a temporary basis by Mariano Alonso, vice president of sales of Timberland for Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA). Timberland ...
