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Re/Icons: Moncler builds a wardrobe from its archive
Cher, Grace Jones and Jennie front a Re/Icons season that adds skirts, T-shirts and sunglasses to four old Moncler jackets.
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Puma names Arne Arens Chief Commercial Officer
Former Unspun CEO Arne Arens joins the Puma Management Board on Nov. 15 to lead global sales and market strategy.
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FESI welcomes Parliament vote on Erasmus+ sport budget
The sporting goods federation backs the plenary decision to raise sport’s Erasmus+ share from 1.9% to 4.1% for 2028 to 2034.
Puma names Arne Arens Chief Commercial Officer
Former Unspun CEO Arne Arens joins the Puma Management Board on Nov. 15 to lead global sales and market strategy.
EuropeActive welcomes 4.1% Erasmus+ share for sport
Fitness group EuropeActive campaigned with FESI and coalition partners for a bigger sport share. Member States have the final say
FESI welcomes Parliament vote on Erasmus+ sport budget
The sporting goods federation backs the plenary decision to raise sport’s Erasmus+ share from 1.9% to 4.1% for 2028 to 2034.
Re/Icons: Moncler builds a wardrobe from its archive
Cher, Grace Jones and Jennie front a Re/Icons season that adds skirts, T-shirts and sunglasses to four old Moncler jackets.
Wictory AI recruits Olympic athletes as investors
The Vienna AI coaching startup adds a second Austrian sports champion to its backers as it expands into the US.
FP Movement names ex-Nike Kylee Clarke marketing head
The activewear label creates a global marketing role as revenue rises 26% and it plans to grow in Europe.
A new B2B website for Sport 2000 International Group
For the first time, every format the group runs sits on one platform, from Absolute Run and Absolute Teamsport to Sport 2000.
Moncler Group Q3: revenue flat, EMEA sales fall 8%
Nine-month sales rose 6 percent at constant currency to €1.9 billion, but the Moncler brand fell 1 percent in Q3.
Castore joins China’s Western brand shopping list
Co-founder Tom Beahon told the FT that US footwear brands are also in talks over a majority, minority or partnership deal.
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ROICA V550 stretch fabrics on show in Munich
Italian sportswear knitters lead the booth, from cycling grip fabrics to Merino base layers.
Textile recycling: The next challenge is scaling up
In recent years, the textile recycling industry has focused primarily on technological development.
Circular sportswear: matching construction to recovery
Designing sportswear for a circular economy includes deciding who prepares garments for recycling. LaMunt asks owners to remove zips and trims; Arc’teryx assigns disassembly to ReBIRD.
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Closing the distance: inside LTP’s clubhouse in Saigon
LTP Group has opened a dedicated development space in Ho Chi Minh City that compresses performance apparel sampling from months to fourteen days.
SportsShoes.com launches AI gait analysis with Ochy
The free tool rates running technique from a short phone clip, covering hips, knees and symmetry as well as footstrike.
Atleet adds Runnea AI shoe recommender to web store
A running review site’s tester data now guides online shoppers across a network of independently run stores.
Salomon courts women through color
The new capsule with FP Movement is a small release aimed at a big shift: women are reshaping who buys Salomon’s sneakers.
Altra’s Legacy Team promotes lifelong running
Four veterans aged 75 to 85, with a combined age of 321, front the footwear brand’s case for running as a lifelong habit.
Premier Padel to sell data, streams to betting industry
Premier Padel has appointed iGame Media as its exclusive distributor of official betting data and live streams, covering more than 2,400 matches a year from the 2027 season – a deal the tour says will generate new revenue to reinvest in the professional game.
Head relaunches iPrestige and Prestige MP Limited
Both racquets launched globally Oct. 1: they draw on 2001, upgraded for both the nostalgic and the new players.
JOOLA POWER FX: player demand meets foam construction
The American-owned brand says foam reached market only once the material could deliver feel as well as power.
Joma named official shoe of Spanish Padel Federation
The Spanish sportswear brand is now the federation’s official shoe. Neither party has disclosed how long the deal runs.
The insole market leader steps onto the court
The estimated market leader adds court sports to its range while its home-scan personalization earns TIME recognition.
Solestar launches carbon-core football insole
Priced at €99, the insole fits boots from several makers. RB Leipzig captain David Raum is Solestar’s first football ambassador.
German DFB: Nike locks out Marc O’Polo too, not only adidas
Nike’s DFB kit deal, worth over €100m a year through 2034, also ends Marc O’Polo’s off-field clothing role from 2027.
Apollo Sports Capital wants in to the NFL
Two senior Apollo Sports Capital executives have publicly declared the firm’s interest in the NFL, although the league’s list of approved private-equity firms has ever only shrunk.
Market Analysis: Fitness grows where athletes return
Sales to gyms, coaching software and subscription services, race formats now decide which hardware brands grow, more than the device itself.
Garmin takes its fitness model to the MARQ line
The third-generation MARQ adds an ECG app and training metrics, and ties its inReach and golf features to paid subscriptions.
Oura launches ‘Wear Your Best Life’ campaign
Profitable results give Oura room to wait for better markets, and it is using the time to run more campaigns.
Ilia Topuria takes Montirex from the gym to the office
A household name in Spain, the MMA champion fronts a capsule for work and training. Behind it sits a £129.3 million UK brand.
EuropeActive welcomes 4.1% Erasmus+ share for sport
Fitness group EuropeActive campaigned with FESI and coalition partners for a bigger sport share. Member States have the final say
FESI welcomes Parliament vote on Erasmus+ sport budget
The sporting goods federation backs the plenary decision to raise sport’s Erasmus+ share from 1.9% to 4.1% for 2028 to 2034.
FESI sets out recommendations on EU sport tourism
Brands can act on products and business practices, FESI says, but sport tourism also needs broad investment in infrastructure.
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South Korea’s Hyosung makes bio materials a group priority
Hyun-Joon Cho calls bio-based materials a pillar of the group’s next century. A Vietnamese plant now supplies the first link in that chain.
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