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PrettyLittleThing collaborates with Kappa

Online retailer PrettyLittleThing has released an exclusive apparel collection with Italian sportswear brand Kappa fronted by US rapper GloRilla. The 31-piece collection embraces the nostalgic cool girl era of the 90s and vintage sportswear with utility cargo pants, classic branded tracksuits, varsity dresses and monogrammed mesh pieces, with...

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Kappa releases first US ski and snowboard collection

Italian sportswear brand Kappa has unveiled the first winter collection for the US Ski and Snowboard team after it signed a multi-year sponsorship deal with the country in May to kit out the team for the next 10 years. Produced by Kappa’s research and development centre, the first ski and snowboard collection available in-store offers an...

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Kappa will be the first single brand official sponsor of US Ski & Snowboard

The Italian sportswear brand Kappa has signed a multi-year sponsorship deal to outfit the US Ski, Snowboard, and Freeski teams for all Federation of International Skiing events, beginning with the 2022-23 season, and the Olympics, including the 2026 Winter Games that will be hosted by Italy. This will mark the first time that a single technical...

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Kappa collaborates with Palace

Italian sportswear label Kappa has unveiled a new collaboration with British skateboarding brand Palace, which celebrates timeless Italian street style, 1990s British football culture and skateboarding culture. The Kappa Palace collection launches on December 3 with a series of jerseys, tracksuits, caps and accessories, inspired by the Italian...

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Kappa unveils first collection drop with Karol G

Italian sportswear brand Kappa has unveiled the first collection drop with Karol G, the largest female Latin artist incorporating some of the brand’s most iconic styles with the singers “signature flare”. The debut collection, inspired by Karol G’s latest single entitled, Bichota is part of a long-term partnership between the heritage brand and...

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Kappa records mid-teens sales growth in Q2

The leading international sportswear brand enterprise in the PRC, China Dongxiang Group Co., Ltd. in a financial statement for the second quarter and six months, said that the second quarter retail performance of Kappa stores (excluding Kappa kids’ apparel business and Japan business) registered a mid-teens growth, of which the off-line business...

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BasicItalia acquires 61 percent stake in Kappa licensee

The BasicNet Group has announced that BasicItalia, the group’s brand licensee for Italy, has acquired 61 percent in Sport Finance S.A.S., the holding company of Kappa brand licensee companies in France, UK, Switzerland, Spain and Portugal. The company said, BasicItalia executed this deal partly through the acquisition of shares and partly...

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Heineken launches capsule collection with Union

Heineken is releasing one more collaborative fashion collection, following its partnership with Italian sportswear label Kappa earlier this year. This time, the brewer has teamed up with American retailer Union to develop “elevated workwear for the global creative”. Named “Green Collar”, the collection includes six pieces in 16 colorways. “...

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Heineken launches sportswear with Kappa

International brewer Heineken has teamed up with Italian sportswear brand Kappa to launch a limited-edition, six-piece capsule sportswear collection as part of its #Heineken100 programme to commemorate and continue the conversation following the World Cup. The collection, all co-branded with the Kappa ‘Omini’ logo and the limited-edition...