All Racquet Sports articles – Page 25

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    Tennis is a category where Adidas is not growing as...

    2013-06-21T00:00:00Z

    Tennis is a category where Adidas is not growing as fast as it is in running or football, but the brand is looking at consolidating its leadership in tennis shoes through a contract as official footwear supplier to Novak Djokovic. The Serbian player, who is Number One in the ATP ...

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    Erima, the German brand of team sports, tennis and other...

    2013-05-31T00:00:00Z

    Erima, the German brand of team sports, tennis and other sports apparel, is now sponsoring Elisabeth Seitz, the 19-year-old gymnast, who is the figurehead of German gymnastics and official ambassador of the German Gymnastics Festival 2013. Seitz won the silver medal at the European Championships held in Berlin in 2011. ...

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    Erima, the German brand of team sports, tennis and other...

    2013-04-16T00:00:00Z

    Erima, the German brand of team sports, tennis and other sports apparel, has signed a sponsorship agreement with ÖLV, the Austrian track & field federation. The contract will run from now through the Olympic Games to be held in Rio de Janeiro in 2016. The Austrian team will show the ...

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    Björn Borg, the licensee of the former Swedish tennis champion by...

    2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

    Björn Borg, the licensee of the former Swedish tennis champion by this name, is to acquire its operations in Finland from the current distributor, Fashion Case Oy, owned by Anne Immonen. After the acquisition, Björn Borg will become the principal owner. Ove Asplund, previously a sales manager for JC and a store ...

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    Dunlop will be sponsoring FAT, the tennis federation of Andalusia...

    2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

    Dunlop will be sponsoring FAT, the tennis federation of Andalusia

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    Running and tennis buoy Asics

    2013-02-13T00:00:00Z

    Asics Europe lifted its sales by 8 percent in constant currencies for the nine months through September of last year, in spite of its decision to pull out of a few significant accounts as part of its selective distribution policy. After a robust third quarter, Asics Europe now expects even ...

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    Tomas Berdych, the Czech tennis player, is to become a...

    2013-01-18T00:00:00Z

    Tomas Berdych, the Czech tennis player, is to become a brand ambassador for H&M, the Swedish fashion chain. Not unlike the partnership sealed last year between Novak Djokovic and Uniqlo, a Japanese fashion retailer, the deal between Berdych and H&M will reportedly include the development of a range inspired by ...

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    Lotto innovates in football, expands in tennis and running

    2013-01-09T00:00:00Z

     Lotto Sport Italia is readying the retail launch in mid-2013 of the Solista, a special new football boot that reflects natural and artificial light, drawing more attention to its logo on the football pitches of the world. It uses a special patented microfiber technology on an exclusive basis. Lotto officials hope ...

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    Major running brands sign up tennis stars

    2013-01-09T00:00:00Z

    New Balance, which abandoned its former anti-sponsorship philosophy a few years ago, has announced its first deal in the tennis sector. The contract is with Milos Raonic, a Canadian tennis champion born in Montenegro 22 years ago, who was previously sponsored by Lacoste.The terms of the contract between New Balance and Raonic ...

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    Head Tennis has already begun to make a big buzz...

    2012-11-29T00:00:00Z

    Head Tennis has already begun to make a big buzz out about Novak Djokovic' new Speed racquet, which will premier at the Australian Open next January. In a James-Bond-like film on Youtube, the Serbian tennis star is shown secretely testing a black prototype of the new product, but it cannot be ...

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    Schildkröt, the old German brand of table tennis equipment, continues...

    2012-10-29T00:00:00Z

    Schildkröt, the old German brand of table tennis equipment, continues its strategy of diversification after it already launched the Schildkröt Funsports category a few years ago. Now, the brand owner, MTS, has announced that it is launching Schildkröt Fitness, a category dedicated to smaller fitness equipment such as expanders, barbells, ...

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    Tennis lifts Head

    2012-08-30T00:00:00Z

    Brisk sales of tennis products have enabled Head to deliver another quarter of robust sales. After a surge of 17.1 percent in the first quarter, the Austrian company's sales jumped by 6.9 percent to €62.5 million in the second quarter. Adding up the two quarters, Head achieved a turnover of ...

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    Joma will sponsor Santiago Giraldo, a Colombian tennis player, until...

    2012-07-30T00:00:00Z

    Joma will sponsor Santiago Giraldo, a Colombian tennis player, until the end of 2014

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    A British producer of squash racquets, Mantis, will be the...

    2012-07-02T00:00:00Z

    A British producer of squash racquets, Mantis, will be the official racquet partner of the 2012 Subway World Squash Masters Championships in Birmingham

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    Novak Djokovic, the Serbian tennis star, is no longer sponsored...

    2012-06-01T00:00:00Z

    Novak Djokovic, the Serbian tennis star, is no longer sponsored by Sergio Tacchini for clothing. The new sponsor is Uniqlo, the big Japanese sportswear brand, under a deal reported to be worth €6 million a year. Tadashi Yanai, chief executive of Fast Retailing, the company that owns Uniqlo, announced the ...

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    Cornilleau, the leading table tennis company from France, is launching...

    2012-06-01T00:00:00Z

    Cornilleau, the leading table tennis company from France, is launching its products in Asia with an introduction in China. On May 15, Cornilleau held an event introducing journalists to two of its product lines that featured Philippe Gatien, the Olympic medalist in table tennis in 1992 and 2000. Gatien is ...

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    Li-Ning has a new U.K. site dedicated to badminton, www.li-ning-badminton.com,...

    2012-06-01T00:00:00Z

    Li-Ning has a new U.K. site dedicated to badminton, www.li-ning-badminton.com, to boost its already impressive growth in the country. The brand's racquets, shuttlecocks, grips, shoes, apparel and accessories are distributed in the U.K. and Ireland by Reydon Sports under the name of Li-Ning Badminton UK.

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    Tennis Warehouse Europe will now be included as part of...

    2012-05-17T00:00:00Z

    Tennis Warehouse Europe will now be included as part of ATPWorldTourStore.com through an expanded retail partnership between Tennis Warehouse and the ATP. The two entities have been working together since 2000. The expanded website means that fans in Europe can get the same service as those in the U.S., while ...

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    Tennis Warehouse, which established a European subsidiary in Germany four...

    2012-03-12T00:00:00Z

    Tennis Warehouse, which established a European subsidiary in Germany four years ago, has announced a three-year extension of its global online retail partnership with the ATP Tour, taking it through 2014. Tennis Warehouse, which claims to be the world's largest e-commerce platform for tennis products, is a division of Sports ...

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    Enebe is launching an electronic scoreboard for table tennis, which...

    2011-12-01T00:00:00Z

    Enebe is launching an electronic scoreboard for table tennis, which can be adapted to any tennis table and is being offered internationally in time for Christmas sales