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Sarah Courtney is MSR category manager for snowshoes and winter tools
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igh-performance outdoor equipment brand MSR
(Mountain Safety Research) has announced Sarah Courtney as the category manager for the brand’s snowshoe and alpine tool division. Courtney, previously employed by
MSR, has returned to take on a new leadership role. In her position, Courtney will manage global development of snowshoes and winter tool products while working in conjunction with the MSR team on marketing strategy, manufacturing and sales of the line. She will lead cross-functional teams to ensure further growth and continued innovation in the already well-respected category. “We are very excited for Sarah’s return
to MSR,” said Chris Parkhurst, vice president of MSR. “Her years of experience in the engineering, project management and development
Macron to kit out Scotland rugby until 2021
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cottish Rugby has agreed a four-year extension with Italian technical sportswear manufacturer Macron that will see the Scotland national
team wear its shirts until the end of June 2021. The new agreement shows a substantial increase in Macron’s investment in Scottish Rugby and sees the kit supply contract combine with Macron’s existing role as official retail and online partner to form a larger, consolidated deal. Macron will continue to supply a wide variety of high street and online retailers
across the UK, with Scottish Rugby directly benefiting from all sales of official merchandise made through these outlets. Macron CEO Gianluca Pavanello said: “We are truly honoured to be renewing our
departments are invaluable to a category that requires both the knowledge of safety and recreation.” “As a winter sports lover, I’ve always
admired and appreciated the innovation and reliability behind MSR equipment,” Courtney said. “I am very proud to be a part of such a strong company that continues to create some of the best outdoor equipment in the world.”
partnership with Scottish Rugby which will see Macron represented again at a Rugby World Cup, this time in Japan in 2019. We have also been very proud to be associated with the on-field success of Scotland’s professional teams. Scottish Rugby’s chief executive, Mark Dodson said: “It is fantastic news for Scottish Rugby that Macron, one of the fastest growing sports brands in Europe, has decided to extend its partnership. This record-breaking deal is the result of the outstanding relationship that has developed since Macron first started supplying kit to Edinburgh Rugby in 2010.”
SiS supports endurance sports with Human Race partnership
Human Race events, the UK’s largest mass participation event organiser. SiS will provide race-day nutrition to over 75,000 endurance competitors at
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uhlsport earns record revenue in the 2015 financial year
manufacturer since the formation of the company, with more than 64 million euros earned. The management board of is proud of the significant revenue growth for all brands (uhlsport, Kempa & Spalding) and an overall income increase of 10.2%: "The strong absolute growth in our main markets of France and Germany was particularly positive. In addition we also experienced a pleasant jump in revenue in our international sales department with our premium brands, uhlsport, Kempa and Spalding," commented managing director Dominik Solleder.
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015 saw the highest recorded revenue for the sporting goods
The prospects for 2016 are also
promising; the company has reported a pre-order increase of more than 37% relative to 2015 in Germany. Uhlsport predicts that the launch of the three new apparel lines: Liga 2.0 (uhlsport), Peak (Kempa) and Evolution II (Spalding) will be the leaders in its team sport division for 2016. A strong brand presence at large
events also gave uhlsport figures an additional boost this year – for example when the German National Team, which endorses Kempa, won in the European Cup against Poland. In the soccer EM in France, 14 goalies (including Hugo Lloris as captain of the French national side) will be wearing uhlsport goalie gloves.
55 UK-wide events this year, including the renowned Tour De Yorkshire, Windsor Triathlon and Dragon Ride, the UK’s most prestigious sportive. Throughout the season, SiS will be on-course at Human Race events
supporting energy levels with the GO range as well as providing the REGO range, at selected events, to help promote efficient recovery. Ashley Read, marketing director for SiS, said: “Human Race is a strong fit with SiS due to its core emphasis on endurance events and SiS’ commitment to supporting endurance athletes. SiS will be providing competitors with products to find and maintain their edge across a number of prestigious events.” Nick Rusling, CEO, Human Race, added: “At Human Race we focus 100% on
our participants and their experience, so the idea that we will be providing them with a variety of credible and proven products to help get them to the finish line at many of our sportive, triathlon and running events in 2016 is very exciting.”
ndurance sports nutrition provider Science in Sport (SiS) has been announced as the Official Sports Nutrition Partner for the 2016
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