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Karhu is a
brand. Karhu, meaning bear in , was first using as a sporting goods brand in 1916 by the Finnish company Ab Sport Artiklar. The brand is currently owned by Karhu Holding B.V., which purchased it in 2008, and is used to market running shoes, sportswear, and skiing and other sports equipment in Finland and abroad.
The Karhu brand was established in Finland in 1916 by the company Ab Sport Artiklar, which used a bear as its logo. In 1920, Ab Sport Artiklar changed its name to Karhu. In addition to the
that were Karhu's main products, the company also produced running shoes and .
The Karhu brand featured prominently at the , where Finnish athletes took all three medals in javelin using Karhu javelins, and the "" took five gold medals on the track wearing Karhu spikes. Four years later, at the
won five gold medals in track events "wearing a conspicuous pair of white Karhu running spikes".
In the 1930s Karhu's production expanded to include
skis. During the
and , from , Karhu produced , tents and skis for the Finnish military.
In 1951, Karhu sold the
trademark it had been using to a then little known German brand called
for the equivalent of 1600 euros and two bottles of whiskey. In the 1960s Karhu began to use the M-logo, which is still in use on Karhu shoes.
In the 1960s and 1970s, Karhu's innovations included the first use of
and air cushioning in running shoes. The 1960s also saw the development of Karhu's line of
(Finnish baseball) equipment. In 1966, the Karhu company changed its name to Oy Urheilu Karhu Sport Ab, and in 1972 to Karhu-Titan.
By the 1980s the brand had started to struggle and sold off its outdoor shoe division to . However, a collaboration of research and design with the
led to the development of "Fulcrum technology".
In 1997, Karhu-Titan's name changed to Karhu Sporting Goods. In 2008, Karhu Sporting Goods sold the Karhu brand to Karhu Holding B.V., a Dutch holding company lead by Huub Valkenburg and Jay Duke.
The Karhu brand is owned by Karhu Holding B.V. and is licensed to several different manufacturers. Karhu Holding B.V. itself produces Karhu branded running shoes. Karhu skis continue to be produced by Karhu Sporting Goods, which in 2010 changed its name to Karhu Ski and in 2012 to Kitee Ski, as the licensing rights for Karhu skis was transferred to Startex. Karhu sportswear, including the official apparel of the Finnish national track and field team, is produced by the , Finland based Appleby Finland Oy. L-Tec Sports, based in , Finland, produces Karhu branded
(a derivative of ) and
equipment. Products branded as Karhu Fitness Equipment are produced by Truebell Finland Oy, located in , Finland.
Karhu's main line of running shoes is based on their " Technology", which has been developed in cooperation with the
since the 1980s. The line includes several models for both men and women, intended to suit different types of
and training, off-road or trail running shoes and racing needs.
In 2009, the Karhu Fulcrum Strong model of running shoe was awarded "Best Debut" by
The Karhu brand has also been used for a line of casual shoes called Karhu Originals. Karhu Originals are a range of retro inspired footwear, which were nominated for "Sneaker of the Year 2005" at the Global Sports Style Awards in Munich in 2005.
Approximately 200,000 pairs of Karhu branded skis are sold in Finland each year. The major export markets for Karhu skis are Sweden, Japan, Estonia and Germany. Production of Karhu skis ended in spring 2013 at Kitee Ski oy (known until 2012 as Karhu Ski oy) in , Finland. The licensing and marketing of Karhu skis were transferred in September 2012 to Startex oy, a Finnish firm known for its ski wax products.
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in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
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这单词sport是运动的意思，不是个品牌。很多打着“sport”的字样只是修饰、并不是牌子。 一般平价运动休闲鞋帽衣服上都有SPO讥抚罐幌忒呵闺童酣阔RTS的字样。正规运动品牌基本都会在鞋舌明显位置放自家品牌，杂牌除外。
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