All about events in the sporting goods industry – Page 36
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Moscow hosted a new bike trade show called Bike-Expo in...
Moscow hosted a new bike trade show called Bike-Expo in September. The event started on Sept. 8 and took place at an exhibition hall in Sokolniki, just outside of the Russian capital city. The area features a large parking lot for cars and a dedicated metro station. It is also ...
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The Zero Discharge of Hazardous Chemicals Foundation (ZDHC) and the...
The Zero Discharge of Hazardous Chemicals Foundation (ZDHC) and the China National Textile and Apparel Council (CNTAC), an industry federation representing textile-related industries in China, will jointly host a conference on better chemical management aimed at suppliers within the textile and footwear value chain. ZDHC oversees the implementation of the ...
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The latest edition of Fibo China, held in Shanghai on...
The latest edition of Fibo China, held in Shanghai on Sept. 8-10, welcomed a total of 16,097 visitors, 75 percent of whom were buyers from the fitness sector, says Reed Exhibitions. That was double the 8,018 visitors of a year ago. The number of exhibitors grew by 30 percent to ...
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A higher level of management was represented at the fourth...
A higher level of management was represented at the fourth annual European Outdoor Summit, which welcomed more than 250 outdoor industry professionals from across Europe and beyond on Sept. 29-30 in Barcelona. It was organized by the European Outdoor Group in cooperation with Afydad, the Spanish sporting goods industry association. ...
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After a year's hiatus, the Swesport trade fair near Stockholm...
After a year's hiatus, the Swesport trade fair near Stockholm will be back on Nov. 27-28, but in a new format that caters primarily to independent retailers. Its role diminished after the purchasing activities of the major Swedish sporting goods chains became more centralized. Therefore, Sweden's trade association in the ...
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ZEG, the biggest cooperative of independent bike dealers in Europe,...
ZEG, the biggest cooperative of independent bike dealers in Europe, has announced that it will pull out of the Eurobike show in Friedrichshafen. It will invest more of its resources in the ZEG Bike Show in its home town of Cologne, opening it up to non-members. Its next show is ...
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Three sports-related conventions are taking place in Spain this month....
Three sports-related conventions are taking place in Spain this month. More than 130 managers attended the new Sport Business Day, a national conference organized by Diffusion Sport in Madrid on Sept. 20. A few days later, on Sept. 28-29, the European Outdoor Summit in Barcelona is set to welcome more ...
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The organizers of the first Sport-Achat fair in Nantes, which...
The organizers of the first Sport-Achat fair in Nantes, which was held a few days after the same fair in Lyon to target buyers from the western half of France, are likely to adjust the timing of the second edition. Although the response was satisfactory, it turned out that quite ...
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Eurobike suffered a 7 percent drop in the total number...
Eurobike suffered a 7 percent drop in the total number of daily visits by professionals, down to 42,720, at its 25th edition held in Friedrichshafen last month. A stronger decline was recorded among German trade visitors. The number of daily visits by consumers grew by 14,000 to 34,400 because of ...
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The International Olympic Committee (IOC) approved on Aug. 3 five...
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) approved on Aug. 3 five new sports for the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. The 2020 Games will include skateboarding, surfing, karate, climbing and baseball/softball. These will not replace any of the 28 sports already on the schedule, and the athlete and event quotas of ...
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EFFTA, the European fishing tackle industry association, confirms that Budapest...
EFFTA, the European fishing tackle industry association, confirms that Budapest will be the venue for its annual EFTTEX show next year, followed by Amsterdam in 2018, and that it is looking at other potential venues for 2019 and 2020. Reportedly, exhibitors prefer Amsterdam, but the organizers indicate that it is ...
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Nine leading sports brands worked together to supply free competition...
Nine leading sports brands worked together to supply free competition gear to hundreds of athletes at the Rio Olympics, under the first NOC Competition Uniform Support Programme. As described earlier this year, the partnership led by the International Olympic Committee (IOC), the World Federation of the Sporting Goods Industry (WFSGI) ...
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The organizers of the Outdoor Retailer Winter Market have started...
The organizers of the Outdoor Retailer Winter Market have started discussing the idea of an agreement with Snowsports Industries of America, which organizes the SIA snow show in Denver. The idea is that Outdoor Retailer would hold a softgoods-only show in Salt Lake City in November, starting in 2017, while ...
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Bike Europe will be holding its first conference on supply...
Bike Europe will be holding its first conference on supply chain flexibility on Aug. 30, the day before the opening of Eurobike 2016, which will run from Aug. 31 to Sept. 4 in Friedrichshafen, Germany. The new conference, which is entitled “Supply Chain – Increased Speed to Market Conference,” will ...
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Ispo Shanghai confirmed itself as multi-segment sporting goods show in...
Ispo Shanghai confirmed itself as multi-segment sporting goods show in the Asian market. The number of brands exhibiting at the second edition of the fair, which took place on July 6-8, increased by 32 percent to 470 companies representing about 500 labels. However, the number of visitors declined from nearly ...
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Ispo has launched a new job portal for the international...
Ispo has launched a new job portal for the international sports business. “Ispo Job Market” is an extension of Ispo's broad service portfolio. The new cross-segment portal is already online at www.ispo.com/jobs. In addition, Ispo will be offering employers a dedicated recruitment service, in partnership with Sportyjob and AG Sport ...
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Ispo Munich will present a totally new concept, called Polygon,...
Ispo Munich will present a totally new concept, called Polygon, for the action sports community next year. Standardized booths will be offered in four sizes. Focusing on skateboarding and snowboarding, they will see their height adjusted to provide a clear and open view of the whole action sports community in ...
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High-tech innovation, digitalization and robotics will be in focus at...
High-tech innovation, digitalization and robotics will be in focus at the Manufacturers Forum organized for the fourth time by the World Federation of the Sporting Goods Industry (WFSGI), to be held on November 15-16 in Taichung, Taiwan. The forum will discuss the fourth industrial revolution, the current trend of automation ...
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Ispo Munich has agreed to be a sponsor of the...
Ispo Munich has agreed to be a sponsor of the Sport Business Day being organized by the magazine Diffusion Sport in Madrid on Sept. 20
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Just before the start of the current Uefa Euro football...
Just before the start of the current Uefa Euro football championships, Intersport Austria launched a smartphone application that allows users to share selfies with football-related phrases, symbols or country banners with other fans. Called Sportycam and targeting mainly teenagers, it is available in all the countries where Intersport Austria operates, ...
