News Briefs – Page 599
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Converse Rubber Tracks, the sports brand studio program, is going...
Converse Rubber Tracks, the sports brand studio program, is going global after a new partnership was established with London's Abbey Road, the iconic studios most closely associated with the Beatles. Converse's studio program was launched in 2011, with the opening of the first brick-and-mortar Rubber Tracks studio in Brooklyn, to ...
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Skechers continues to sign major sports sponsorship agreements. This time,...
Skechers continues to sign major sports sponsorship agreements. This time, the deal is with Colin Montgomerie, the 52-year-old Scottish golf legend. Montgomerie will act as brand ambassador for Skechers' Go Golf line of shoes.
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Interbike, the U.S. bicycle trade show, is offering a new...
Interbike, the U.S. bicycle trade show, is offering a new turnkey booth section at the fair for European brands seeking to enter the U.S. market. The EU@Interbike section will accommodate up to 20 brands at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las Vegas in September. The organizers said that the ...
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Epsi, the European Platform for Sports Innovation run by Antonello...
Epsi, the European Platform for Sports Innovation run by Antonello Marega, is going to hold its fourth conference in Barcelona on June 8-9 around the theme of “Sports Innovation in the City.” It will join forces for the first time with the Cross Consumer Platform by introducing a broader Consumer ...
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Performance Days, the fair for functional fabrics in Munich, reported...
Performance Days, the fair for functional fabrics in Munich, reported another record for exhibitors and visitors for its latest event on April 28-29. There were 127 exhibiting companies from 21 countries and 941 specialist visitors from 29 countries. The Performance Forum held during the show dealt with the topic: “A ...
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The Adidas Group reiterated this week that it has no...
The Adidas Group reiterated this week that it has no intention of selling Reebok, after the owner of CrossFit told a reporter that he would like the fitness brand to come under fresh ownership. Reebok became a partner for CrossFit under a ten-year agreement started in 2010, and the huge ...
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The Adidas Group's chief executive, Herbert Hainer, said at the...
The Adidas Group's chief executive, Herbert Hainer, said at the company's shareholders meeting on May 7 that it has appointed Perella Weinberg Partners as an adviser. The move comes after reports of interest by activist hedge funds. Southeastern Asset Management (SAM), which owns just over 3 percent of Adidas, has ...
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Amer Sports has invested about €150,000 in its production and...
Amer Sports has invested about €150,000 in its production and logistic operations for winter sports products in Altenmarkt, Austria, according to various German media. The investments concern mainly new ergonomic and partially automated transportation and lifting equipment and are meant to increase productivity and quality control. The Alternmarkt production unit ...
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Reports indicate that Metro Group has started discussing the possible...
Reports indicate that Metro Group has started discussing the possible sale of its Kaufhof and GB Inno department stores in Germany and Belgium, possibly including the Kaufhof Sportarena stores, with the Canadian Hudson's Bay department store group. Signa Retail, the Austrian-based real estate company that bought Karstadt and Karstadt Sports, ...
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Shares in Sports Direct International (SDI), the leading British sports...
Shares in Sports Direct International (SDI), the leading British sports retailer and wholesaler, jumped by nearly 8 percent in the week after the Conservatives' win in the British general election. Ed Milliband, Labour's candidate, has been outspoken about his disapproval of zero-hour contracts used by SDI and some other retailers, ...
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Boardsport Source reports that Snowide, the parent company for Apo,...
Boardsport Source reports that Snowide, the parent company for Apo, a snowboarding and skiing equipment and apparel brand, is in the process of liquidation. Apo's founder, Régis Rolland, apparently left the company a few months ago. Owned by Russian investors, Snowide further comprises the White Doctor brand and several distribution ...
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A Thai investment firm, Triple D Corporation, has acquired Surf...
A Thai investment firm, Triple D Corporation, has acquired Surf Technicians, also known as Surftech, and offered to buy another producer of surf and stand-up paddle boards, Global Surf Industries (GSI). It has already announced a deal for the takeover of NSO, an Australian brand of GSI. Through an affiliate ...
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On, the Swiss running footwear brand, has opened an office...
On, the Swiss running footwear brand, has opened an office in Yokohama to respond to strong Japanese demand and to support expansion in other Asian countries. Marc Maurer, the company's chief operating officer, explained that the Japanese market's size as well as its bias to technology and design made it ...
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Yue Yuen is offering to sell two blocks of shares...
Yue Yuen is offering to sell two blocks of shares in Symphony Holdings for a minimum price of 60 cents of a Hong Kong dollar to reinvest the proceeds in its core manufacturing operations. The two blocks represent 24.87 percent and 2.36 percent of Symphony's shares. Like YY, Symphony operates ...
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APJeT, a U.S.-based textiles specialty coatings company, will collaborate with...
APJeT, a U.S.-based textiles specialty coatings company, will collaborate with VF Corporation on potential uses for its textile finishing technology. The collaboration between the two companies is connected with VF's Global Innovation Center activities. VF operates three centers in the U.S. which work to develop advancements in apparel, footwear and ...
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Black Diamond Inc. has made a number of changes in...
Black Diamond Inc. has made a number of changes in its design and product development departments to spur innovation in its apparel and equipment categories. Doug Heinrich, a former executive of Patagonia and Icon Health & Fitness, has been promoted from vice president of equipment to the position of senior ...
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Alexis Maillet has been appointed as European marketing manager for...
Alexis Maillet has been appointed as European marketing manager for Electric, the brand of eyewear, helmets, goggles and other accessories, from the start of May. Maillet formally heads up marketing in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA), a position that has been vacant for a year. Based at Electric's ...
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In view of the strong development of its golfwear line,...
In view of the strong development of its golfwear line, Kjus has decided to strengthen its sales force by hiring a salesman for the U.K. and Ireland, instead of working with an independent agent. The job has been assigned to Alistair Brown, who has more than ten years of experience ...
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Lululemon Athletica has announced that Delaney Schweitzer, executive vice president...
Lululemon Athletica has announced that Delaney Schweitzer, executive vice president of global retail, has resigned from the company, effective May 29. Schweitzer is one of the company's pioneers. She joined Lululemon in 2002, and helped the yoga-inspired athletic apparel firm grow from one store in Canada to more than 300 ...
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Han-Bo Shim, vice president and managing director for TaylorMade in...
Han-Bo Shim, vice president and managing director for TaylorMade in South Korea, has been appointed to the same position at Columbia Sportswear. The outdoor company said earlier this month that it was under pressure from bloated inventories in the crowded South Korean market, and that it was replacing its local ...
