Kappa

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Diadora

Diadora is an Italian sportswear brand founded in 1948 in Caerano di San Marco, Italy, selling shoes, clothing and accessories through its official site. Its group is made up of the parent company Diadora S.p.A. and subsidiaries including Diadora Retail S.r.l. and Diadora US Inc. Diadora S.p.A. is wholly owned by LIR S.r.l., the holding company of the Moretti Polegato family, which is also the major shareholder in Geox; Enrico Moretti Polegato is its president.

Sports apparel and footwear

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Erreà

Erreà is an Italian sportswear company focused on teamwear, technical sportswear and official merchandise, with custom team uniforms at the center of its range. Its stated vision is to be the first choice for athletes and sports clubs around the world and a reference point in teamwear, and its mission is to make sports clothing that improves the performance of those who wear it, building on sport, technical innovation and style.

Sports apparel and footwear

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Lotto

Lotto Sport Italia makes sports shoes and sportswear. It was born in 1973 in the footwear district of Montebelluna, in the province of Treviso, Italy. It started with tennis shoes, then added basketball, volleyball, track and field and finally football. From the beginning the company has used its logo of a tennis court and a football pitch superimposed.

Sports apparel and footwear

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Macron

Macron makes technical sportswear, team kits and athleisure for clubs, federations and fans. It was founded in Bologna in 1971 as a local sports goods store and in the 1980s became a small manufacturer producing apparel for leading brands of the time, such as Champion. In the 1990s it launched its own brand while continuing third-party production, and its turning point came in 2001 with its first technical sponsorship of a professional football club, Bologna FC 1909.

Teamwear and technical sports apparel

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Alpinestars

Alpinestars was founded in 1963 by leather craftsman Sante Mazzarolo in Asolo, northern Italy, and made its name with protective boots for the new sport of motocross. Today it makes racing gear and helmets such as the Supertech R10, Tech-Air airbag protection systems, technical footwear, riding gear sets and a sportswear collection, with headquarters in Maser, Italy.

Sports apparel and footwear

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La Sportiva

La Sportiva is an Italian mountain sports brand that makes climbing, mountaineering, hiking and trail running shoes and clothing. It was born in 1928, when Narciso Delladio hand-crafted wood and leather boots for lumberjacks and farmers in the Fassa and Fiemme valleys of the Dolomites. After the war, demand led him to hire more workers and the name "Calzoleria Sportiva" spread beyond the valleys. The company is based in Ziano di Fiemme and still produces its boots and shoes in the Fiemme Valley.

Climbing and mountain footwear

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Northwave

Italian brand spanning cycling shoes and winter kit, with carbon-soled race models and deep roots in snowboard footwear. Its catalogue joins road and mountain-bike footwear with cycling apparel and a separate snow range rooted in winter board sports.

Cycling shoes and snow apparel

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Acerbis

Acerbis is an Italian company in the motorbike world since 1973, when founder Franco Acerbis began distributing Preston Petty off-road plastics in Europe before launching his own brand. It makes plastic kits, fuel tanks, skid plates, handguards, frame protectors and chain guides for brands such as Honda, KTM, Yamaha and Suzuki, plus helmets, goggles, riding jackets and MX jerseys, and also produces sports clothing.

Specialist sports equipment