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The Indian government has lifted the restrictions on cotton yarn...
The Indian government has lifted the restrictions on cotton yarn exports that it set in December in an attempt to keep prices from soaring and to meet growing demand on the domestic market. The removal of the limit of 720 million kg means that shipments of cotton overseas no longer ...
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Though China is the largest cotton producer in the world,...
Though China is the largest cotton producer in the world, its huge local textile industry means it is the largest consumer and importer of the product as well. To help encourage domestic production, the country plans to buy extra cotton to make a reserve starting this September through March 2012. ...
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An appeals board of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office...
An appeals board of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has agreed with Acushnet Company that the four patents involved in the long-running dispute with Callaway Golf are invalid. Callaway originally filed its lawsuit in February 2006 saying that Acushnet's Titleist Pro V1 ball infringed those patents. In March 2010, ...
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Power Balance has agreed to resolve a class action lawsuit...
Power Balance has agreed to resolve a class action lawsuit involving advertising that was filed in California in January. The company will refund the cost of the product as well as shipping and handling. To members of the class bringing the suit. Power Balance will also adjust its product claims, ...
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Timberland fell short of its 2006 goal of cutting greenhouse...
Timberland fell short of its 2006 goal of cutting greenhouse gas emissions by 50 percent in five years, but did manage to trim them by 38 percent in that time. It still plans to reach that goal – and beyond – by 2015. The company said that the economic recovery ...
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Earlier this week, the Japan Fair Trade Commission raided Adidas...
Earlier this week, the Japan Fair Trade Commission raided Adidas Group's subsidiary there, saying the company was pressuring retailers to sell its Reebok EasyTone shoes for a fixed price. Japanese news sources have reported that Adidas was discouraging retailers from discounting the shoes, insisting they sell for the equivalent of ...
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Shimano's European entities have donated €150,000 to Red Cross organizations...
Shimano's European entities have donated €150,000 to Red Cross organizations helping tsunami victims in Japan, and the company is encouraging employees to donate separately. The Japanese company's headquarters already gave about €850,000 as well as sizeable apparel donation.
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The third and last suspect has accepted a plea agreement...
The third and last suspect has accepted a plea agreement for his role in the attempt to kidnap and rob Gert Boyle, the chairwoman of Columbia Sportswear. He will get just under 10 years in prison, instead of the 20 that would have come with a guilty verdict. The other ...
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A former Nike executive, Ronald Hartfell, and his wife got...
A former Nike executive, Ronald Hartfell, and his wife got a suspended sentence in Oregon after pleading guilty to charges of federal tax evasion. The suit relates to an undeclared sum of $330,000 that they received in 2007 from a Korean shoe manufacturer working for Nike, Samho. Hartfell was Nike's ...
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Russell Corporation, the maker of Russell Athletic products, lost its...
Russell Corporation, the maker of Russell Athletic products, lost its legal bid to prevent the British actor and comedian Russell Brand from registering his name as a trademark to be used on a product line including apparel, footwear and headgear. Russell Corp. argued that the similar names would be confusing ...
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The International Cycling Union, or UCI, has approved the first...
The International Cycling Union, or UCI, has approved the first models of frames and forks for official racing. The procedure, announced in January, means that there is no question of whether equipment is legal to race. Seventeen manufacturers have thus far requested approval for more than 40 models; so far, ...
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Nike and Patagonia are heading up a 30-member group whose...
Nike and Patagonia are heading up a 30-member group whose goal is to lead the apparel industry in developing improved sustainability strategies and tools to measure and evaluate sustainability performance. Other members of the Sustainable Apparel Coalition include the Gap, H&M, Levi Strauss and Marks & Spencer. The SAC hopes ...
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Schanner Eishockey, distributor of Bauer, Sher-Wood and Vaughn ice hockey...
Schanner Eishockey, distributor of Bauer, Sher-Wood and Vaughn ice hockey and roller skating products in Germany, Austria and Slovenia, had an unexpectedly bad start at the last Ispo in Munich. Between Friday and Saturday, some high-end products were stolen from its booth. When the employees came to their stand at ...
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Starting this spring, Italian authorities are requiring all fishermen to...
Starting this spring, Italian authorities are requiring all fishermen to be registered, a free process that will help track the number of recreational sea fishers and what kind of fishing they do. It will help the country manage sea fisheries and collect data for the EU. This isn't a licensing ...
