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Adidas, Reebok, Ikea and other parties are studying a possible...
Adidas, Reebok, Ikea and other parties are studying a possible challenge to a clause in the Indian government's new regulations for single-brand retail shops, which requires 30 percent of the products to be sourced locally. Meanwhile, the Indian government has indicated that a ministerial meeting will decide by the end ...
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The Japan Fair Trade Commission has issued a cease-and-desist order...
The Japan Fair Trade Commission has issued a cease-and-desist order against Adidas Japan, asking it to stop pressuring Japanese retailers against discounting Reebok EasyTone footwear. According to the government agency, Adidas has threatened to cut them off unless they stop discounting the merchandise. In a statement, Adidas said it is ...
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War on Want, a U.K.-based organization that intends to fight...
War on Want, a U.K.-based organization that intends to fight poverty in developing countries, has issued a 20-page report, titled “Race to the Bottom,” charging that workers at six garment factories working for Adidas, Nike and Puma in Bangladesh are exploiting their workers on the eve of the Olympic Games ...
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The World Trade Organization has endorsed a proposal by the...
The World Trade Organization has endorsed a proposal by the European Commission to grant duty-free status to the imports into the European Union of 75 categories of products coming from Pakistan, including sports shoes, anoraks and many types of garments, because of the damage caused to the country by extensive ...
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Six golf vendors have taken joint legal action against websites...
Six golf vendors have taken joint legal action against websites in the U.S. that mainly target the state of Florida. The brands or companies that appear as plaintiffs in this U.S. federal lawsuit, filed in Miami, are Ping, TaylorMade, Acushnet, SRI Sports, Cleveland and Callaway. The defendants are more than ...
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Cybex International has met all the requirements of the Nasdaq...
Cybex International has met all the requirements of the Nasdaq stock market to continue being listed there. Its recent product liability judgment meant that Cybex has failed to comply with some listing standards, but the judgment has been settled and the failures to comply have been rectified.
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At the end of February, Odlo shut down its factory...
At the end of February, Odlo shut down its factory outlet in the southern German town of Metzingen on schedule, after a five-month trial run. Metzingen is well known as a mecca for smart shoppers in the country, much like Troyes in France. The town is the base of Hugo ...
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Michael Jordan, the American basketball legend, is suing Qiaodan Sports...
Michael Jordan, the American basketball legend, is suing Qiaodan Sports Company of China for using his name. The term “Qiaodan” is the name Jordan has been known by in China since he first became known there, when he played for the U.S. team in the 1984 Olympics. Jordan said in ...
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Backcountry Access (BCA) reached an extremely high level of awareness...
Backcountry Access (BCA) reached an extremely high level of awareness with a film broadcast on YouTube that has been viewed by at least 730,000 people. The film shows an athlete, Meesh Hytner, taking part in a grassroots snowboard freeriding event and getting into trouble with loads of snow. The rider ...
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A labor dispute outside a Cambodian factory that supplies Puma...
A labor dispute outside a Cambodian factory that supplies Puma turned violent last week, with three demonstrators being shot. The factory, Kaoway Sports, closed down for a few days but reopened on Friday. More than 6,000 people were protesting outside the factory, demanding better working conditions, including a $19-per-month salary ...
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The British Olympic Association (BOA) strongly played down British press...
The British Olympic Association (BOA) strongly played down British press reports that some British athletes were considering receiving their potential medals at the London Olympics barefoot. The Daily Telegraph indicated that some of the British athletes sponsored by Nike might take off their shoes before they walked to the podium ...
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Adidas has denied claims that it owes workers in Indonesia...
Adidas has denied claims that it owes workers in Indonesia severance pay, releasing a statement that said that the owner of the factory, PT Kizone, closed it down illegally, not Adidas, and that it wasn't even using the factory as a contractor by the time it closed. Adidas claims it ...
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The ongoing legal action again Cybex International is finally over...
The ongoing legal action again Cybex International is finally over with a settlement. The maker of fitness equipment has settled the lawsuit, Barnhard vs. Cybex, in which a woman claimed she was injured by one of the company's machines. Cybex will pay about $19.5 million to the plaintiff, with $18.5 ...
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FPS, the French sporting goods retailers' federation, has modified its...
FPS, the French sporting goods retailers' federation, has modified its statutes to welcome vendors as well, with the same rights to its multiple services. Pierre Gogin, executive chairman of FPS, has been advocating for many years a merger with Fifas, the French sporting goods industry federation, but the latter has ...
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At the request of the EU, the World Trade Organization...
At the request of the EU, the World Trade Organization will lift duties on 75 products exported from Pakistan for a period of two years, through Dec. 31, 2013. Most of the products are textiles, apparel and footwear. The EU requested the special action in November 2010, after floods that ...
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The Future Group, the Indian retail behemoth, has reportedly filed...
The Future Group, the Indian retail behemoth, has reportedly filed a lawsuit against Amer Sports in New Delhi after the Finnish-based sports group sought to abruptly terminate its distribution deal with a specialist entity of the Future Group. Wilson has been distributed in India for several years by Pantaloon Retail ...
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Last year the number of counterfeit golf products seized by...
Last year the number of counterfeit golf products seized by the U.S. Golf Manufacturers Anti-Counterfeiting Working Group nearly quadrupled from the 2010 figure, reaching more than 95,000 items. The group cooperated with law enforcement authorities worldwide on various raids and seizures, and also launched a website in July to inform ...
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Brunotti Sportswear says it is considering legal action against Maier...
Brunotti Sportswear says it is considering legal action against Maier Sports, which it is accusing of copying the Jaap, a women's snow jacket from its own winter 2010-11 collection. The Dutch company says Maier introduced its own version of the jacked in its winter 2011-12 line, but adds that the ...
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An analysis of the 2010 results of 869 sporting goods...
An analysis of the 2010 results of 869 sporting goods stores in Norway, conducted by Hartmark Consulting, showed that one out of three of them was losing money. The report is surprising, considering the strong sales that the Norwegian sporting goods market has enjoyed in the last five years. ...
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Nike has persuaded a subcontractor in Indonesia, PT Nikomas, to...
Nike has persuaded a subcontractor in Indonesia, PT Nikomas, to give an extra $1 million to the workers at its factory as part of a settlement with their union over extra payments for overtime. More precisely, workers will get a total of $1,002,830 in the next two months for 593,468 ...
