All Racquet Sports articles – Page 24
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Lacoste is launching again a tennis racquet, but company officials...
Lacoste is launching again a tennis racquet, but company officials state that it is not meant to compete with the specialists in the specialty retail segment, but rather to back up its image and its heritage in its own stores
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Building on the brand's growing involvement in tennis shoes and...
Building on the brand's growing involvement in tennis shoes and clothing, Asics is introducing its first tennis racquet in the U.S., but not yet in Europe
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Stiga is improving the sweetspot of its table tennis blades...
Stiga is improving the sweetspot of its table tennis blades by incorporating the Swedish TeXtreme carbon technology in its 2015 line
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Rafael Nadal, the Spanish tennis star, has agreed to act...
Rafael Nadal, the Spanish tennis star, has agreed to act as global ambassador of Tommy Hilfiger's underwear and its tailored clothing lines
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Wilson was the number one brand of tennis racquets for...
Wilson was the number one brand of tennis racquets for the 20th consecutive year at the Wimbledon championships, according to Sports Marketing Surveys' 2014 Wimbledon equipment census. At this year's event, the brand had 11 racquets in play in the last 16 men and ladies' singles, namely 34 percent of ...
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Dorotennis, the French brand of women's activewear, has been placed...
Dorotennis, the French brand of women's activewear, has been placed in liquidation. Founded in 1977, it has gone through several changes of ownership in the last twenty years, each time without any spectacular results. It was bought in 1995 by Fila and then, five years later, by an equity fund, ...
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Tennis Warehouse, which claims to be the world's largest online...
Tennis Warehouse, which claims to be the world's largest online shop for tennis products, has further extended its global reach by forming a joint venture in Australia with a local retailer, Tennis Only. The American company, which is part of Sports Warehouse, expanded to Europe in 2008, creating Tennis Warehouse ...
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Tennis Point, a German major retailer of tennis products, is...
Tennis Point, a German major retailer of tennis products, is taking over Tennis Peters, a 36-year-old mail order retailer, according to SAZ Sport. Tennis Point has eight brick-and-mortar tennis shops and an online store. It had sales of €20.5 million in 2012, 35 percent of which were generated through its ...
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Erima, the German brand of team sports, tennis and other...
Erima, the German brand of team sports, tennis and other sports apparel, recorded an increase in sales of 18 percent in the first quarter of this year, as compared to the first quarter of 2013. In March, total sales grew by 24 percent as compared to the same month last ...
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Head has signed up a 21-year-old Australian tennis player, Bernd...
Head has signed up a 21-year-old Australian tennis player, Bernd Tomic, and extended ist sponsorship agreement with the 26-year-old Maria Sharapova through 2016
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Rafael Nadal, the Spanish tennis star, has signed a contract...
Rafael Nadal, the Spanish tennis star, has signed a contract with 9ine, a sports marketing agency partly owned by Ronaldo Luís Nazário de Lima, the former Brazilian football star commonly known as Ronaldo, for non-exclusive image rights in Brazil
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Dorotennis, the French brand of women's activewear owned by Max...
Dorotennis, the French brand of women's activewear owned by Max Azria, has been placed in receivership by a French court, three years after being placed in bankruptcy proceedings. Reports indicate that its turnover fell to €9.5 million in the financial year ended on Jan. 31, 2013 from €11.7 million in ...
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Karstadt Sports will be selling Fila's tennis product line in...
Karstadt Sports will be selling Fila's tennis product line in all of its stores from February
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Lotto and João Sousa, the best ever ATP-ranked Portuguese tennis...
Lotto and João Sousa, the best ever ATP-ranked Portuguese tennis player, have signed a two-year technical sponsorship agreement for the supply of footwear, clothing and accessories for competitions and leisure time. João Sousa is the first ever Portuguese tennis player to enter the ATP Top 50, getting to the 47th ...
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Babolat has expanded its association with the international tennis championships...
Babolat has expanded its association with the international tennis championships at Wimbledon, becoming the official supplier of tennis racquets, bags and accessories for the tournament from Jan. 1, 2014. The French company already became Wimbledon's official supplier of shoes earlier this year. Babolat is already the official supplier of the ...
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Dunlop Sports Group Americas will distribute Diadora tennis shoes in...
Dunlop Sports Group Americas will distribute Diadora tennis shoes in the U.S., starting next January. They will complement Dunlop's range of tennis equipment and Antigua apparel. Dunlop and Antigua are both controlled by Sports Direct International.
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Babolat has launched a special new synthetic tennis string, called...
Babolat has launched a special new synthetic tennis string, called Babolat Origin, that combines power and comfort. Using an organically sourced polyamide integrated in a monofilament construction, called Pure Combo, it is said to provide an unmatched level of elasticity and flexibility for a monofilament string. It will be available ...
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Stiga has extended its sponsorship of the Sweden's national tennis...
Stiga has extended its sponsorship of the Sweden's national tennis table team
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Goode Sport has become the exclusive distributor of Völkl Tennis...
Goode Sport has become the exclusive distributor of Völkl Tennis in the U.K. and Ireland
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The organizers of the Wimbledon tennis tournament have reported banned...
The organizers of the Wimbledon tennis tournament have reported banned Roger Federer from wearing his tennis shoes with orange soles on the court, but the style has sold out on Nike's website
