Skechers Performance™ – a division of SKECHERS USA, Inc. (NYSE:
SKX) – announces its return as the Official Running Shoe sponsor of
the 2017 IRONMAN® European Tour. This partnership continues to
bring the award-winning brand to elite triathletes across Europe as
they compete in some of the most challenging races in the
world.
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Elite athlete Anja Beranek of Germany,
crossing the 2016 IRONMAN 70.3 Kraichgau finish line wearing
Skechers GOmeb Speed 3. Photo by: Ben Hoskins/Getty Images for
IRONMAN.
Skechers Performance will be onsite at 35 events in 15 markets
during the IRONMAN European Tour, selling the award-winning GOmeb
Razor as well as the GOmeb Speed 4, GOrun Forza 2, and GOrun Ride 6
footwear styles. Skechers Performance footwear sales will be
located in the Official IRONMAN Merchandise Tent. Additionally,
Skechers Performance will have a second location for consumer
engagement in the main expo area. Participating countries in the
IRONMAN European Tour include Spain, France, Austria, Switzerland,
Germany, Italy, England, Luxembourg, Denmark, Sweden, Scotland,
Ireland, Wales and the Netherlands.
“We are pleased to be partnering with IRONMAN for the second
year in a row,” said Marvin Bernstein, managing partner of SKECHERS
S.à.r.l. “Our continued partnership with IRONMAN is a testament to
our continued support and commitment to the endurance sports
community, and emphasizes to both serious and casual athletes
across Europe that we continue to be a major player in the running
category.”
New for this year, IRONMAN will have a limited edition,
co-branded Skechers Performance GOrun 5 style, which will be
available exclusively at the IRONMAN merchandise booth. The
lightweight, responsive running shoe will have the IRONMAN “M-Dot™”
logo on the lateral heel of the shoe, as well as on the insole.
“With the Skechers Performance mantra of ‘Go Like Never Before’
and their lightweight and innovative designs, we couldn’t find a
more dynamic running shoe partner for our events in Europe than
Skechers Performance,” says IRONMAN Head of Europe, Global
Partnerships, Kim Smither. “We are thrilled to have them continue
as a valued partner for our European Series.”
The tour includes a variety of race types. Four stops will be
5150 Olympic distance races where athletes will swim 1.5km, bike
40km and then run for 10km; 18 events will be IRONMAN 70.3
triathlons, consisting of a 1.9km swim, 90km bike, and 21k, run;
and 13 stops will be the full-distance ultimate single-day
challenge IRONMAN triathlon, where athletes will swim for 3.8km,
cycle for 180.2km and then run a full marathon.
Skechers Performance was also recently announced as the Official
Running Shoe for the 2017 IRONMAN Canadian Series and has also
signed-on as the Official Footwear and Apparel sponsor for the
IRONMAN South Africa Series.
Skechers Performance continues to be a dominant player in the
elite running space, attracting athletes such as world-class
marathoner Meb, who recently raced in his fourth Olympic Games,
U.S. elite marathoner, Kara Goucher and award-winning triathletes
Lionel Sanders, Anja Beranek and Nils Frommhold.
Stop by the Skechers Performance booth when at the 2017 IRONMAN
European Tour to see the award-winning Skechers Performance
footwear.
For more information on the IRONMAN brand and global event
series, visit www.ironman.com. For more information on Skechers
Performance, visit www.GOskechers.com.
ABOUT SKECHERS USA,
INC.SKECHERS USA, Inc., based in Manhattan Beach,
California, designs, develops and markets a diverse range of
lifestyle footwear for men, women and children, as well as
performance footwear for men and women. SKECHERS footwear is
available in the United States and over 160 countries and
territories worldwide via department and specialty stores, more
than 2,012 SKECHERS Company-owned and third-party-owned retail
stores, and the Company’s e-commerce websites. The Company manages
its international business through a network of global
distributors, joint venture partners in Asia and the Middle East,
and wholly-owned subsidiaries in Canada, Japan, throughout Europe
and Latin America. For more information, please visit skechers.com
and follow us on Facebook (facebook.com/SKECHERS) and Twitter
(twitter.com/SKECHERSUSA).
This announcement contains forward-looking statements that are
made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private
Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking
statements include, without limitation, the Company’s future
domestic and international growth, financial results and operations
including expected net sales and earnings, its development of new
products, future demand for its products, its planned domestic and
international expansion and opening of new stores, and advertising
and marketing initiatives. Forward-looking statements can be
identified by the use of forward-looking language such as
“believe,” “anticipate,” “expect,” “estimate,” “intend,” “plan,”
“project,” “will be,” “will continue,” “will result,” “could,”
“may,” “might,” or any variations of such words with similar
meanings. Any such statements are subject to risks and
uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially
from those projected in forward-looking statements. Factors that
might cause or contribute to such differences include international
economic, political and market conditions including the uncertainty
of sustained recovery in Europe; sustaining, managing and
forecasting costs and proper inventory levels; losing any
significant customers; decreased demand by industry retailers and
cancellation of order commitments due to the lack of popularity of
particular designs and/or categories of products; maintaining brand
image and intense competition among sellers of footwear for
consumers, especially in the highly competitive performance
footwear market; anticipating, identifying, interpreting or
forecasting changes in fashion trends, consumer demand for the
products and the various market factors described above; sales
levels during the spring, back-to-school and holiday selling
seasons; and other factors referenced or incorporated by reference
in the Company’s annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended
December 31, 2016. The risks included here are not exhaustive. The
Company operates in a very competitive and rapidly changing
environment. New risks emerge from time to time and the companies
cannot predict all such risk factors, nor can the companies assess
the impact of all such risk factors on their respective businesses
or the extent to which any factor, or combination of factors, may
cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in
any forward-looking statements. Given these risks and
uncertainties, you should not place undue reliance on
forward-looking statements as a prediction of actual results.
Moreover, reported results should not be considered an indication
of future performance.
About IRONMANA Wanda Sports
Holdings company, IRONMAN operates a global portfolio of events
that includes the IRONMAN® Triathlon Series, the IRONMAN® 70.3®
Triathlon Series, 5150™ Triathlon Series, Iron Girl®, IRONKIDS®,
six of nine International Triathlon Union World Triathlon Series
races, road cycling events including the UCI Velothon Majors
Series, mountain bike races, premier marathons and other multisport
races. IRONMAN’s events, together with all other Wanda Sports
Holdings events, provide more than 680,000 participants annually
the benefits of endurance sports through the company’s vast
offerings. The iconic IRONMAN® Series of events is the largest
participation sports platform in the world. Since the inception of
the IRONMAN® brand in 1978, athletes have proven that ANYTHING IS
POSSIBLE® by crossing finish lines at the world’s most challenging
endurance races. Beginning as a single race, IRONMAN has grown to
become a global sensation with more than 260 events across 44
countries. For more information, visit www.ironman.com.
About Wanda Sports
HoldingWanda Sports Holding is the world’s leading
sports business entity, founded to capture the opportunities in the
global sports industry and to contribute to the prosperous
international sports landscape – in three key areas: 1) Spectator
Sports (media & marketing business), 2) Participation Sports
(active lifestyle business), 3) Services (digital, production and
service business). Wanda Sports Holding incorporates the
international sports marketing company Infront Sports & Media,
the iconic endurance brand IRONMAN, and Wanda Sports China. The
headquarters are in Guangzhou, China.
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Skechers PerformanceJolene Abbott, 1-310-318-3100, Ext.
4839Jolenea@skechers.comorIRONMANStefan Jaeger, +43 699 177 87
107stefan.jaeger@ironman.com
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