All Racquet Sports articles – Page 3
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News briefsBullpadel hits the UK’s e-tail mainstream
The distributor MRH Sport has struck a deal to sell Bullpadel pádel racquets through John Lewis. We learn this from The Padel Paper, according to which John Lewis is the first major department store in the UK to stock pádel racquets for online sale. Some 18 Bullpadel racquets are now ...
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News briefsWomen’s tennis and Saudi investment fund announce multi-year deal
The Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) and Public Investment Fund (PIF) have unveiled a multi-year partnership that is meant to grow women’s professional tennis and inspire more women and girls around the world to take up the sport. As part of the agreement, PIF will become the first-ever naming partner of ...
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News briefsFila Holdings reports flat Q1 net
Fila Holdings’ constant currency net income increased by 0.1 percent to 123,330 million Korean won (€84.1m) against KRW 118,257 million for the period ended March 31. The Q1 operating profit declined by 2.6 percent on a constant currency basis to KRW 163,259 million (€111.3m) compared to KRW 160,379 million. The ...
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ArticleLululemon and Life Time launch co-branded apparel for pickleball's surge
Lululemon has announced a deeper collaboration with Life Time to promote their shared interests in pickleball, highlighting the ongoing expansion of the sport in the U.S. The partnership will see the release of a co-branded apparel line featuring both men’s and women’s gear. Notable items include a women’s asymmetrical tank ...
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ArticleA look at racquet sports in the US
RacquetX and marketing agency LaneTerralever (LT) published a report titled Who’s on the Court: A Profile of Today’s Racquet Sports Player, available online, to lay out the results of a survey they conducted in February of this year. The sample was 506 people in the US who have played “at ...
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News briefsTarget jumps on the pickleball trend
Source: Prince Prince for Target US retail giant Target has announced a limited-time pickleball collection in collaboration with tennis and lifestyle brand Prince. According to the Sports & Fitness Industry Association’s (SFIA) 2023 Topline Participation Report, pickleball is the fastest growing sport in the US, and now ...
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News briefsRafael Nadal invests in Playtomic
Spanish tennis legend Rafael Nadal is investing in Playtomic, the largest racquet sports community in the world. The financial terms were not disclosed. Playtomic is a booking app for padel and tennis courts that is active in more than 50 countries and operates with more than 4,800 clubs worldwide. Founded ...
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News briefsCenterline Athletics debuts line, partners with pro pickleball player
Centerline Athletics, a new player in the performance apparel market, recently launched its line, targeting both men and women. The brand kicked off with a strategic partnership with Thomas Wilson, a Top 10 Pro Pickleball Association (PPA) athlete. Centerline Athletics says it distinguishes itself with its innovative Griptek technology, promising ...
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News briefsSiux expanding abroad fast
Between last year and this first quarter of 2024, the pádel brand Siux has entered 35 countries – 18 of them in Africa and ten in Asia. So explains Alfonso Torrón, Brand Manager, who has spoken with Palco23. The list includes Siux’s first locations in Oceania. The brand entered Japan ...
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News briefsRayox foresees a Spanish pickleball boom
Two years ago, three Spaniards – Samuel Rodríguez, Daniel Rodríguez and Jordi Francés – founded a racquet factory in the US – in Waterbury, Connecticut, to be exact. They called it Rayox Sport. “Samuel told us from the US that pickleball was sweeping the market, and we decided to take ...
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ArticleIs Topgolf Callaway on the market? South Korean sources says so
Speculation is swirling after a South Korean newspaper suggested that golf behemoth Topgolf Callaway might be up for grabs.
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News briefs360 Padel Group hires CEO
360 Padel Group has hired Sascha Beyer as its CEO, as we have learned from CMDsport and confirmed on the blog of one of the group’s divisions, Padel Nuestro. Beyer served as Tennis-Point’s Managing Director from 2016 to 2023 and its CEO for North America from 2021 to 2023, leading ...
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ArticleOn opens first store in Germany
As part of its global retail expansion, the Swiss brand On opened its first German community store in Berlin on March 15, where customers will have access to a full range of On products. To date, the brand operates 32 stores worldwide and plans to open 15 to 20 new ...
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ArticleTennis-Point Spain seeks new CEO
Tennis-Point Spain and its CEO, Miquel Just, agreed on Feb. 29 to sever the contract they signed exactly four years earlier, according to CMDsport. It was Just who urged Tennis-Point’s entry into Spain, with a first store in Mataró. Five more stores followed, in Barcelona, Valencia, Madrid, Alcorcón and Alfafar ...
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News briefsSpanish pádel brand to give factory tours
StarVie is opening its factory to public tours, according to TradeSport. The factory is located in Azuqueca de Henares, Spain, and purported to be the largest of its kind in Europe. Visitors will be able to see the full production line, from design to finished product, and then test racquets ...
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News briefsFamous non-golfers among PGA Tour Enterprises’ investors
As we have been reporting, the PGA Tour struck a deal with the consortium known as Strategic Sports Group (SSG) to found PGA Tour Enterprises in January and disclosed the member of the venture’s board of directors earlier this month. The PGA Tour has now confirmed a piece in the ...
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News briefsPGA Tour Enterprises unveils board of directors, with Tiger Woods as Vice President
PGA Tour Enterprises, the recently established commercial venture under PGA Tour’s control, has unveiled the names in its 13-member board of directors, effective immediately. The new board comprises six current PGA Tour players-directors – Patrick Cantlay, Peter Malnati, Adam Scott, Webb Simpson, Jordan Spieth and Tiger Woods – as well ...
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News briefsBen Sherman launches inaugural golf apparel range
Source: Ben Sherman British heritage menswear brand Ben Sherman is entering the golf apparel market with its first golf-focused collection. The company has also announced the signing of American pro golfer and PGA Tour player Denny McCarthy as its first tour ambassador. The new golf apparel ...
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News briefsOn launches tennis apparel and shoe line with Roger Federer
On, the high-performance sportswear brand unveils two significant additions to its product lineup: a tennis apparel line and “The Roger Clubhouse Pro footwear,” a collaboration with former pro tennis player Roger Federer, who has been a stakeholder in the Swiss company since 2019. The brand officially celebrated its entry into ...
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News briefsThe pickleball league merger is complete
The Carvana PPA Tour and MLP (Major League Pickleball) by Margaritaville have completed their merger into a “unified and definitive professional pickleball holding company,” with the help of $75 million from private-equity firm SC Holdings, D.C. Pickleball Team owner Al Tylis, PPA Tour owners Tom Dundon and the Pardoe family, ...
