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Ukraine has obtained new trade preferences from the European Union...
Ukraine has obtained new trade preferences from the European Union that increase the quantity of products the country can export to the EU free of duties, including footwear. The trade measure, which came into force on Oct. 1, will offer several Ukrainian agricultural and industrial goods better access to the ...
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In a letter to the German chancellor, Angela Merkel, Vaude...
In a letter to the German chancellor, Angela Merkel, Vaude said it wants to prevent the deportation of refugees who are working at the company. Nine refugees from Syria, Nigeria, Gambia, Iraq and Afghanistan are currently working at Vaude. Five of them are facing deportation from Germany. In her letter ...
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Garmont has announced a new partnership with France's Ensa (Ecole...
Garmont has announced a new partnership with France's Ensa (Ecole Nationale de Ski et d'Alpinisme). As part of this collaboration, Ensa guides will field-test Garmont products and provide feedback to enable improvements and future product developments. Among the boots that the Ensa mountain professionals will be using are the Dragontail, ...
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Adidas says it has placed one of its employees on...
Adidas says it has placed one of its employees on administrative leave and engaged outside counsel to conduct a thorough investigation into a case of bribery in which he has allegedly been involved. Jim Gatto, who is Adidas' director of global sports marketing for basketball, was mentioned among ten people ...
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CMD Sports reports that the Enebe group filed for bankruptcy...
CMD Sports reports that the Enebe group filed for bankruptcy protection in a court of Alicante on July 22, adding that the Spanish producer of table tennis equipment is now run by a court-appointed receiver, Vicente Puchol. In 2010, the company made a diversification into the world of paddle tennis, ...
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The European Commission has stopped negotiations with the European Parliament...
The European Commission has stopped negotiations with the European Parliament on new guidelines for the imposition of anti-dumping duties, having failed to reach an agreement on them. One of the issues under consideration is a proposal to start considering China as a market economy. The deadlock may affect the planned ...
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W.L. Gore & Associates has been imposed a fine of...
W.L. Gore & Associates has been imposed a fine of 3.67 billion South Korean Won (€2.7m-$3.2m) by the Korea Fair Trade Commission for engaging in unfair trade practices in the country, in violation of Article 23 of the Monopoly Regulation and Fair Trade Act. According to the trade regulator, between March ...
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Sports Direct has launched a legal claim in Iceland against...
Sports Direct has launched a legal claim in Iceland against Ingibjorg Palmadottir and Sigurdur Palmi Sigurbjornsson, the wife and stepson of Jon Asgeir Johannesson, the disgraced former boss of Baugur. The British sportswear retailer led by Mike Ashley is suing Sigurbjornsson and two companies, Guru Invest and Rhapsody Investments, linked ...
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Following other American business leaders, Kevin Plank, founder and chief...
Following other American business leaders, Kevin Plank, founder and chief executive of Under Armour, resigned from Donald Trump's American Manufacturing Council after the U.S. president failed to criticize an outburst of white suprematist violence in Charlottesville, Virginia in mid-August. Plank had been initially an enthusiastic supporter of Trump because of ...
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Ping Europe has been fined £1.45 million (€1.7m-$1.9m) by the...
Ping Europe has been fined £1.45 million (€1.7m-$1.9m) by the U.K.'s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) for preventing two British retailers from selling its golf clubs on their websites. The CMA has required Ping to stop the ban and to avoid any equivalent ban on other retailers. According to the ...
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Active Brands has announced its continued commitment to Johaug, its...
Active Brands has announced its continued commitment to Johaug, its women's sportswear brand, in spite of an 18-month suspension competition decreed for Therese Johaug, the Norwegian cross-country skiing star who the brand is named after. She was recently banned from competition by a judge following a doping charge, but the ...
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Heiner Oberrauch, president of the Oberalp Group, has been awarded...
Heiner Oberrauch, president of the Oberalp Group, has been awarded one of the highest honors by the Austrian government. Wolfgang Spadinger, consul general of Austria in Bolzano, pinned the Great Order of Merit to Oberrauch's jacket at the end of August in a ceremony held in the city, where the ...
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A district court judge in Oregon has let a lawsuit...
A district court judge in Oregon has let a lawsuit by Adidas against Skechers over its Stan Smith shoe go to trial, denying a request by Skechers to overrule the claims. He has accepted most of the claims, though not all of them. In the case, Adidas sued Skechers in ...
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A Chinese court has ruled that Under Armour is owed...
A Chinese court has ruled that Under Armour is owed 2 million yuan renminbi (€0.26m-$0.30m) in damages by the Chinese company that has been selling the Uncle Martian brand with a logo uncannily similar to Under Armour's, according to the U.S. group's lawyers. Uncle Martian was launched last year by ...
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Changing its management structure, Fedas, the European sports retailers' federation,...
Changing its management structure, Fedas, the European sports retailers' federation, now has two presidents. Michael Nendwich, who became managing director of the Austrian sporting goods industry federation (VSSÖ) in 2008, joins Werner Haizmann, who has held the post for 21 years and continues to run the German sports retailers' federation ...
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Lululemon Athletica has reportedly sued Under Armour in a Delaware...
Lululemon Athletica has reportedly sued Under Armour in a Delaware court, alleging that it has infringed on the four-strap design of its best-selling Energy Bra, offering the items for sale at lower prices. It is seeking damages and an injunction on the sale of the allegedly infringing items: the Armour ...
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Puma says it has withdrawn its request for a preliminary...
Puma says it has withdrawn its request for a preliminary injunction against the Adidas Group at the regional court of Braunschweig. The case related to the Stan Smith Boost by Adidas. Puma alleged that it infringed on one of its registered European designs, focusing on the midsole. Last week, the ...
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Puma has reached an out-of-court settlement with Urwyler & Hostettler,...
Puma has reached an out-of-court settlement with Urwyler & Hostettler, a supplier of furniture and wooden household items in Switzerland that adopted a logo with a leaping animal. The company, which sells the Made in Ermatingen brand, filed an application to register the logo for sports footwear, sports apparel and ...
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As previously reported, a district court in California recently rejected...
As previously reported, a district court in California recently rejected a trademark infringement claim by Puma against Forever 21 because of insufficient evidence of irreparable harm. Skechers has now won a round against Adidas in a court in Portland, where the judge similarly felt that the Big a was not ...
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The organizers of Art Basel, an arts exhibition held in...
The organizers of Art Basel, an arts exhibition held in Basel, Miami and Hong Kong, have reportedly filed a lawsuit against the Adidas Group due to its allegedly unauthorized use of the Art Basel name on a limited edition of Adidas EQT shoes on the occasion of Art Basel in ...
