Sportswear

Asics expands global tennis sponsorships

Jan 10, 2020 / Japan

The Japan-based brand announced the sponsorship of Borna Coric and Caroline Garcia ahead of the start of the 2020 season. Iga Swiatek also joined Asics Tennis

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Pentland acquires the Speedo North America

Jan 9, 2020 / United States

PVH Corp. has announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to sell its Speedo North America business to Pentland Group, parent company of Speedo International Limited

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Liverpool and Nike with multi-year partnership deal

Jan 8, 2020 / United Kingdom

The football team based in the northwest England announced a new multi-year partnerhsip with Nike, which becames its official kit supplier from the 2020-21 season onwards

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AAFA opposes CBP proposal to reclassify fashion footwear

Nov 22, 2019 / United States

The association representing the American footwear and apparel industries wrote to the Customs and Broder Protection warning for the consequences of the decision

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adidas is moving automated factories to China

Nov 13, 2019 / Germany

The Germany-based sportswear brand will close Ansbach and Atlanta Speedfactories. The aim is to deploy the Speedfactory technology at Asian suppliers by end of 2019

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Best quarter ever for Puma

Oct 29, 2019 / Germany

Best set of results posted in a quarter, both in terms of revenue and EBIT, was announced by Germany-based Puma. Footwear with 17% growth

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Mark Parker to step down as Nike's CEO

Oct 23, 2019 / United States

The sportswear giant announced Board Member John Donahoe will succeed Mark Parker as President & CEO in 2020. Parker will become Executive Chairman of Nike

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adidas launches sneaker through Snapchat video game

Oct 21, 2019 / Germany

For the release of its new baseball cleat the Germany-based sportswear giant has created a video game and partnered with Snapchat

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Umbro extends South America license

Oct 15, 2019 / South America

The owner of the brand, Iconix Brands Group, has announced a ten-year extension of Umbro’s licensing agreement with long-time partner Grupo Dass

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Rip Curl sold to Kathmandu

Oct 3, 2019 / New Zealand

The acquisition of Rip Curl by Kathmandu creates an Australasian based surfing and outdoor adventure lifestyle company offering a varied technical based product mix

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Columbia Sportswear consolidates growth

Aug 7, 2019 / United States

The US-based sportswear company announced growth of 9% in the second quarter for net sales. The increase in the first half of the year amounted to 8%

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Under Armour updates 2019 full year outlook

Jul 31, 2019 / United States

The Baltimore-based sportswear brand has announced financial results for its second quarter with a 1% rise in sales to 1.2 billion US dollars. Footwear represents roughly a quarter of total revenue

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