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Umbro owner Iconix loses appeal in trademark case against Dream Pairs

Iconix, the parent company of sportswear brand Umbro, has lost an appeal in a legal dispute over trademarks against footwear manufacturer Dream Pairs. The UK Supreme Court has allowed the appeal filed by Dream Pairs, which had challenged an initial ruling over logo design. The case comes in regards to two registered trademarks held by Iconix for...

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Umbro reuniting with designer Aitor Throup

Sportswear brand Umbro, which has been at the heart of football culture since 1924, is reuniting with Argentinian-British designer and artist Aitor Throup fourteen years after their last partnership. The move is described by Umbro as a “cutting-edge collaboration” and will see Throup teaming up with Umbro for the third time in 2026. In a short...

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Umbro celebrates 100 years of sportswear with new exhibition

The Westminster Menswear Archive, part of University of Westminster in London, has opened a new exhibition exploring 100 years of the Manchester-founded brand Umbro, and its influence on British sportswear. The free ‘Umbro 100: Sportswear x Fashion’ exhibition is open until April 28 and features more than 120 archive Umbro styles drawn from the...

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Castore to market Umbro in the UK and parts of Europe

British sportswear brand Castore has signed an exclusive deal with Umbro licensee GL Dameck for the Umbro Professional Team Sports sub-license, allowing Castore to market the Umbro brand in the UK, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Belgium, Netherlands and Denmark. In a statement, Castore said the deal will continue its strategy to build its...

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Umbro launches debut collection with MTV

British sports brand Umbro has launched a new partnership with music video channel MTV with a debut collection celebrating the rise of Acid House in the late 1980s and early 1990s. The Umbro x MTV collection for spring/summer 2023 is a nod to club culture, Acid House and the oversized and androgynous aesthetic of the era, lovely referred to as ‘...

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Umbro launches charity football shirt with Joe Strummer Foundation

Umbro is partnering with the Joe Strummer Foundation on a charity football shirt to raise funds to bring underprivileged people together through music. The partnership celebrates and supports the former Clash frontman's passion for football and features an archive-inspired JSF FC ‘Strummer United’ football shirt in red. Each shirt features an...

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Umbro announces ProWeave Boots

Sports brand Umbro has announced the integration of Texon’s newest jacquard weaving technology in its autumn/winter 2022 ranges. Texon, a manufacturer of performance fabric and structural components for the footwear industry has created the ProWeave fabric, which it claims creates “different elasticity, tenacity and abrasion zones within the...

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Iconix Brand Group Q4 revenue drops 22 percent

For the fourth quarter of 2020, total revenue at Iconix Brand Group was 33.9 million dollars, a 22 percent decline compared to the fourth quarter of 2019. For the twelve months ended December 31, 2020, total revenue was 108.6 million dollars, a 27 percent decline compared to 2019 driven by decreases in woman’s, men’s and international segments....

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Iconix Brand Group gains profit in Q3, revenues drop 31 percent

Iconix Brand Group, Inc. total revenue for the third quarter was 24.5 million dollars, a 31 percent decline, compared to the same quarter of 2019. The company said, revenue across all segments was primarily negatively impacted by the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic on the global economy. GAAP net income attributable to Iconix reflected income...

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Iconix reports Q2 loss, revenues decline by 35 percent

Iconix Brand Group, Inc., for its second quarter reported total revenue of 22.3 million dollars, a 35 percent decline, compared to the second quarter of 2019. The company said in a statement that revenue across all segments was negatively impacted by the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic on the global economy, while the 46 percent decrease in...

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Soviet trends in the global fashion industry

Nostalgic trends, originally created by designers in the USSR, are becoming increasingly popular in the global fashion industry. These soviet-style looks, while popular in the mass-market, are not always well received. A political scandal arose in Ukraine and Lithuania, for example, after Adidas released a collection of sportswear featuring USSR...