All Running articles – Page 14
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ArticleNPD: The European market fell by 10% in 2020, with running down 3%
We apologize for a mistake made in an article yesterday about the running market in Germany and the four other major European countries. We run the article here again with a different first paragraph: According to NPD, the total European market for athletic footwear and apparel suffered an overall decline ...
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News briefsOn Running and Vaha get top honors at ISPO
The international jury that selected the winners of ISPO Gold Awards chose On Running’s Cyclon shoe and Vaha’s Eton Motion Analysis mirror as “Products of the Year” in the running and fitness segments, respectively. We have already reported about Germany’s Vaha and its recent funding round, where Porsche Ventures stepped ...
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Olympic winner promotes NURVV Run’s new shoe-based running tracker
NURVV Run, a British start-up that has just released its first wearable biometric tracking device for running, has established an endorsement deal with Dame Kelly Holmes, the first British woman to win two gold medals at the same Olympic Games in more than 80 years. In addition to attending promotional ...
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ArticleTecnica’s former CEO is now running Pinarello
Antonio Dus, the seasoned manager who has led Tecnica Group for the past five years, has become the new global CEO of Cicli Pinarello, with a financial stake in the iconic Italian brand of high-end bicycles, which came three years ago under the control of L Catterton, the private equity ...
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Decathlon France will sell Brooks running products in its stores
Decathlon will be selling Brooks running products in its French stores starting mid-February. According to reports in sport-guide.com, they will be initially available in 25 Decathlon stores, mostly in the Paris/Ile de France region. Brooks products will not be available via Decathlon’s e-commerce site, though. The vertical French-based sports retailer ...
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Lafora is running Polar in both Italy and Iberia
The managing director of Polar Elektro Iberica, Manu Lafora, expanded his duties on Jan. 1 by taking charge of the brand’s new South Europe business region through the subsidiary at its core, Polar Italia. Lafora has been with the company, and in charge of Polar Iberica, since 2008. He was ...
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News briefsOn Running opens a highly digital global flagship in New York
On Running has opened its first global flagship store. Located in New York City’s NoHo (short for north of Houston Street), the store is designed to become, in time, a “seasonal hub” for runners and athletes. For now it is serving digitalized personalization. “Hidden gait-cycle analysis” via a “custom-built invisible ...
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Anta launches a running shoe with a higher midsole resilience
Anta Sports Products has collaborated with Teknor Apex on the development of a midsole incorporating a new TPE (thermoplastic elastomer), which the partner companies have called Monprene. The research and development phase focused on the creation of a material that could offer not just cushioning properties but also optimal rebound ...
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Reebok to release a plant-based running shoe
In October, Reebok will be releasing the Forever Floatride Grow, a running shoe with uppers derived from eucalyptus trees, midsoles from sustainably cultivated castor beans, sock liners from bloom-algae foam and outsoles from plant rubber. According to Footwear News, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has conferred some sort of ...
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Intersport Germany builds up a running community
In partnership with Adidas, Intersport Germany has launched the Run Club, a new area within the Intersport smartphone app intended to form a community of runners who can organize themselves locally to get together. The app also provides information on events, training and nutrition. In connection with the launch, the ...
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6th Outdoor & Running Business Days in Riva a success
he sixth edition of the Outdoor & Running Business Days in Riva del Garda demonstrated the vitality of these markets in Itay despite the coronavirus pandemic, with over 80 exhibiting brands and more than 200 retailers participating in the event on Sept. 6 and 7. For the brands. The trade ...
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On partners with consumer electronics company on running kit
On Running and the Danish consumer electronics company Bang & Olufsen have jointly released a running kit, combining the Swiss sporting goods company’s Cloudboom shoe with a limited edition of Bang & Olufsen’s first wireless earphones, the Beoplay E8 Sport On Edition. The Beoplay earphones are made of rubber, textured ...
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On Running launches documentary on the Athlete Refugee team
On Running, the Swiss brand of running shoes, launched a documentary to accompany the Athlete Refugee Team for the postponed 2020 Olympic Games on Saturday June 20, on the occasion of this year’s World Refugee Day. In the film, Tegla Loroupe, the well-known Kenyan runner who won the latest ...
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Sport 2000 organizes virtual order show for its running segment
Due to the current market situation and uncertainty about future legal restrictions associated with the coronavirus epidemic, the German retail organization of Sport 2000 has replaced its Order Show 4 / Running Special (June 14-16) with a virtual event. It is still uncertain whether the Outdoor Professionals Show (July 5-7), ...
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Brooks to organize virtual Global Running Day
After setting up an online training platform with training materials, product information and videos, on April 8, Brooks Sports will now organize a virtual global running day. Runners are invited to participate in a “Brooks Global Running Day 5k” between June 3 and 7. Every runner will complete a virtual ...
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SportScheck cancels its first running event
SportScheck cancelled the start of its Run Challenge series of running events in Germany, which is sponsored by Under Armour. There will be no race in Bremen due to the coronavirus. The Run Challenges in Hamburg, Cologne and Berlin will take place in the second half of this year. The ...
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Allbirds introduces its first running shoe
Going in the same direction as Veja, the French brand of sustainable footwear that launched its first running shoes at the Ispo show in Munich earlier this year, Allbirds, the brand that focuses on environment-friendly footwear, has now released its first running shoe. The Tree Dasher is made from sugarcane, ...
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Jochen Zeitz is running Harley-Davidson
Jochen Zeitz, the former chief executive of Puma, will temporarily take over the position of CEO and president of Harley-Davidson, the famous American brand of motorcycles. The German executive, who has been of a member of its board of directors since 2007, will hold the position until an official successor ...
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Outdoor & Running Business Days announces additional winter edition
(OIC) Outdoor & Running Business Days, the Italian B2B fair for the outdoor and running industry, has announced an additional winter edition for 2021. More details will be unveiled in the coming months. Meanwhile, this year’s edition of the trade show in Riva Del Garda, in the northern Italian province ...
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On Running is said to be planning to open its...
On Running is said to be planning to open its first store worldwide in New York sometime next year. Servicing more than 6,000 points of sale in over 50 countries, the fast-growing, nine-year-old Swiss brand of running shoes already has subsidiaries in the U.S., Japan, Australia and Brazil.
