News Briefs – Page 593
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Creating a new position, Pentland Brands has appointed Dave Grange...
Creating a new position, Pentland Brands has appointed Dave Grange as president of its operations in North America. He previously ran its licensed Lacoste Footwear operation in North America.
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Electric, which belongs to the Kering group, has announced that...
Electric, which belongs to the Kering group, has announced that Kip Arnette, one of its co-founders, is retiring after 15 years with the American brand of eyewear. Arnette founded Electric in 2000 together with Bruce Beach. The brand specializes in snow goggles and sunglasses, but offers also prescription eyewear. Arnette ...
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Miguel Almeida was appointed executive vice president digital at Lululemon...
Miguel Almeida was appointed executive vice president digital at Lululemon Athletica, starting at the Canadian fitness apparel company from the middle of July. He was most recently group vice president, digital commerce and mobile solutions at Walgreens, as part of a 15-year career focusing on digital strategies. He previously worked ...
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PrimaLoft has announced the opening in June of its first...
PrimaLoft has announced the opening in June of its first wholly-owned subsidiary in Asia, and has hired Boris Lu as operations manager. The new office is located in Xiamen, China, a busy port city where the textile sector is well established, between the key destinations of Hong Kong and Shanghai. ...
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Reporting a 55 percent increase in orders, Sportfack says that...
Reporting a 55 percent increase in orders, Sportfack says that Five Seasons, the Swedish brand of affordable sportswear, has signed an agreement with the big Swiss Manor Group. As we previously reported, Erik Johansson, the young chief executive of the company, has been negotiating supply agreements with several key accounts ...
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Sports Direct International is planning to open a 1,400-square-meter Sports...
Sports Direct International is planning to open a 1,400-square-meter Sports Direct store in a shopping center in Riga. It will be its first one by this name in Latvia, where it already has a presence through Sportland International, the Baltic sports retailer acquired in 2013. Meanwhile, according to the Austrian ...
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Peter Cowgill, executive chairman of JD Sports Fashion, is reported...
Peter Cowgill, executive chairman of JD Sports Fashion, is reported to have said that he would like to see its format rolled out in every major European city. Apparently he made the statement when opening a new 34,500-square-meter flagship store for JD at 201-203, Oxford Street in London. It is ...
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Direct Golf, the U.K. golf retailer that is partly owned...
Direct Golf, the U.K. golf retailer that is partly owned by Sports Direct International (SDI), boasts that it is on target to achieve a record financial year after a tenth consecutive month of turnover growth. Its sales jumped by 27 percent in June compared with the same month last year ...
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Intersport UK has implemented supply chain adjustments that have enabled...
Intersport UK has implemented supply chain adjustments that have enabled it to drastically reduce delivery times, Sports Insight reports. Without access to the inventory, retail members previously had to call for replenishment. To get the changes started, seven points of sale were integrated with the central inventory. The buying group ...
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William Monti, a former president of Sport 2000 France, has...
William Monti, a former president of Sport 2000 France, has quit the voluntary group to become a franchisee of Go Sport, according to Sportéco, and some others are making the same move. The integrated Go Sport chain started only recently to franchise its banner in France, after doing it for ...
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The Go Sport Group, which already has a strong presence...
The Go Sport Group, which already has a strong presence in Poland through its full-line Go Sport stores, has opened the first store in the country for its athletic footwear chain, Courir. The store is located in the Galeria Mokotów in Warsaw. As in France, Courir will be supported by an ...
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Himaraya, the large Japanese sporting goods retail chain, reports a...
Himaraya, the large Japanese sporting goods retail chain, reports a 52 percent increase in net income to 637 million yen (€4.7m-$5.2m) for the third quarter ended May 31 on 7 percent higher revenues of ¥20.23 billion (€150.6m-$166.4m). The gross margin inflated by 1.6 percentage points to 38.0 percent for the ...
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Polartec and Pontetorto have announced an amicable settlement of a...
Polartec and Pontetorto have announced an amicable settlement of a lawsuit that the Italian company had filed in a German court over alleged infringement of certain intellectual property rights. The two companies say they have found more common ground than differences. They have decided to collaborate in order to develop ...
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Puma will come out next year with a new line...
Puma will come out next year with a new line of distinctive and functional sunglasses and other eyewear products that will include specific models for running and golf. They are being developed through a new partnership with Kering Eyewear, a new subsidiary of the eponymous French group that owns the ...
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The flagship store of the Galeries Lafayette department store chain...
The flagship store of the Galeries Lafayette department store chain in Paris presented the new American Hickies lacing system with a dedicated fitting station last month as an eye-catcher for the inauguration of its new sneaker section. The system has also been adopted by the Intersport voluntary group in Germany, ...
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Adidas celebrated its partnership with Parley for the Oceans at...
Adidas celebrated its partnership with Parley for the Oceans at the United Nations headquarters in New York on June 29, at the General Assembly Hall, on the occasion of a high-level event on climate change, convened by the President of the General Assembly. The event was the showcase for the ...
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Columbia is putting its OutDry Extreme membrane technology into apparel...
Columbia is putting its OutDry Extreme membrane technology into apparel for the first time. The new technology, which will be incorporated in Columbia's clothing starting in spring 2016, is said to create an ideal balance of waterproofing and breathability. The material on the outside of the new line of clothing ...
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Joma has signed new sponsorship agreements with Romania's national football...
Joma has signed new sponsorship agreements with Romania's national football team and with two local teams in Spain and Italy, RCD Espanyol and Sampdoria. The deal with the Espanyol club of Barcelona is for the next three seasons. Puma recently took over the sponsorship of Espanyol from Li Ning, but ...
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Reebok received two Silver Lions at the Annual Cannes Lions...
Reebok received two Silver Lions at the Annual Cannes Lions International advertising festival. The company bagged the awards in the Cyber category for the digital part of its Be More Human campaign, which was created in collaboration with Venables Bell & Partners in San Francisco. Reebok won the Silver Lions ...
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Nike is to replace Adidas as the sponsor of the...
Nike is to replace Adidas as the sponsor of the University of Michigan for its sports uniforms. The organization issued a statement saying that Nike was to become the Michigan Wolverines' official athletic footwear, apparel and equipment provider, starting from the beginning of August 2016 and until 2027, but with ...
