Nanyang technological unibersity, which has steadily been expanding since its 2011 founding, is establishing an international consortium to develop materials and processes for sporting goods products. Founding members of the NTU's ...
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TAF's U.S. franchisees have agreed to switch to a more vertical business model with a clearer single positioning and drive product strategy in a single direction, similar to the strategy utilized by the major U.S. integrated athletic ...
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For years, Yokohama Tire Corp. has utilized football, basketball and baseball as the backbone of its sports marketing program. In 2014, it added golf, specifically women's golf. Yokohama is the title sponsor of this week's Ladies ...
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Former Asics America senoir executive Jim Monahan is president of 361º USA, based in Irive, CA, that will distribute the Chinese brand in the US and Canda. Select retailers will begin selling a variety of athletic and lifestyle ...
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Chinese Sporting Goods Market could accelerate with a professional approach, according to a report released last week by the Social Sciences Academic Press and Beijing Sports College. During the first nine months of 2013, it said ...
Peak Sports Products Q2 comps rose low-single digits. With the increase in same store sales for the period ended June 30, the Chinese company said its distributors and retailers recorded improved results due to better sell-thrus and fewer ...
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The total wholesale value of the branded athletic footwear market reached $46,515 million in 2013 compared to $44,462 million the prior year, considerably aided by the big boost in Nike’s U.S. basketball business. That helped overcome ...
Eastern Mountain Sports will celebrate the grand opening of its relocated store in Stamford, CT next week. The 8,144-square-foot store at the Ridgeway Shopping Center will carry kid's products and rent paddle sports gear for the first time. ...
Tags: Sporting Goods, Recreation, Sports Wear
Mercedes-Benz has announced that it will invest more than €3bn to strengthen four of its plants in Germany. The company is planning to invest €1bn in Sindelfingen plant where it plans to develop future products, another ...
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Mercedes introduced 2016 Mercedes-AMG GT, the second bespoke car developed by AMG in Germany. It is available in two trim levels the GT and GT S, powered by 4.0-litre V8 Biturbo engine the GT variant can provide 462 hp and GT S variant ...
A 27% plunge in American continent sales, led NYSE-listed marketer of outdoor sports apparel - Quiksilver, Inc., to report a steep 19% year-on-year drop in global revenues for the third fiscal quarter ending July 31, 2014. Net revenues in ...
Tags: Sports Apparel, outdoor apparel
Sports Direct International plc , the UK's leading sports retailer, reported Group sales for the 13 weeks ended July 27 were up 12.2 percent to ?11.2 million ($1.21 bn) compared with ?34.0 millon a year earlier. Gross profit increased 11.8 ...
Tags: Sporting Goods, Recreation
An agreement has been reached to create the world’s third largest quick service restaurant company, merging North American-based beverages and baked goods restaurant Tim Hortons Inc. (Tim Hortons) with global burger restaurant Burger ...
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Led by a surge in net income, diluted EPS skyrocketed 62.5% year-on-year at Zumiez Inc, a retailer of action sports related apparel, footwear and accessories for the second fiscal quarter ended August 2, 2014. Net income in the second ...
Tags: Apparel, Accessories
Lexus, the luxury vehicle division of Japanese automaker Toyota Motor, has revealed its Lexus RC 350 with performance and designing enhancement. RC 350 is powered by 3.5-liter V6 engine capable of producing 306 horsepower and pumping ...
Tags: Lexus, RC 350, luxury vehicle