All about events in the sporting goods industry – Page 45
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Reed Exhibitions reports an increase of almost 15 percent in...
Reed Exhibitions reports an increase of almost 15 percent in the number of visitors to the most recent edition earlier this month of Fibo, the international fitness show that moved from Essen to Cologne last year. They reached a total of 116,000. Almost 100,000 tickets – 58,000 of them for ...
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Speedo was named the “Fan Brand of the Year” at...
Speedo was named the “Fan Brand of the Year” at the 2014 edition of the Sports Technology Awards. The ceremony was held on April 4 at the Brewery in London. Speedo was voted first by sports fans all over the world, beating competition from over 30 other global sportswear brands ...
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Messe München plans to disclose the dates and the location...
Messe München plans to disclose the dates and the location of its new summer show in China after the Ispo Academy in Shanghai next June. Meanwhile, Fan Jun, secretary general of the China Commerce Association for General Merchandise, has expressed his support for the new summer show. The World Federation ...
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Pitti Uomo, a menswear fair in Florence that acts as...
Pitti Uomo, a menswear fair in Florence that acts as an exhibition platform for several sporting goods brands, will be held a little later than before next year, running from Jan. 13 to 16. The decision follows a move to a later date for the men's fashion shows in Paris.
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Sport-Achat, the French trade show in Grenoble, boosted the number...
Sport-Achat, the French trade show in Grenoble, boosted the number of visitors by 7.5% to 3,966 earlier this month
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Reed Exhibitions is launching a Chinese version of Fibo, its...
Reed Exhibitions is launching a Chinese version of Fibo, its successful fitness show in Cologne. The new Fibo China fair will take place in Shanghai next Sept. 10-12, with the goal of acting as a platform for the whole Asian continent. The third day of the show will be open ...
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After the success of the first WFSGI Manufacturers Forum in...
After the success of the first WFSGI Manufacturers Forum in Taipei last December (see SGI Europe no. 24-38+39 of Dec. 9), the World Federation of the Sporting Goods Industry has decided to organize a new one on Nov. 12-14 in Leipzig, Germany. It has already started soliciting bookings for the ...
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The organizers of Bread & Butter have decided to cancel...
The organizers of Bread & Butter have decided to cancel a proposal to add a day for the general public because of opposition by the majority of its exhibitors. Separately, B&B reports that Joey Elgersma has left the company and that his duties will be taken over by its board ...
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The second edition of SportsGear will be held in Annecy,...
The second edition of SportsGear will be held in Annecy, France, next Dec. 2-3, two weeks earlier than last time
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Ispo Beijing continues to grow fast. Industry professionals spent a...
Ispo Beijing continues to grow fast. Industry professionals spent a total of nearly 30,000 days at the fair, 8 percent more than a year ago. Focusing on outdoor, action sports, ski and sports fashion, 637 brands exhibited at the show, up from 567 in 2013. The newcomers included big players ...
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Last month's Outdoor Retailer Winter Market in Salt Lake City...
Last month's Outdoor Retailer Winter Market in Salt Lake City received about 7 percent more visitors than a year ago, according to preliminary figures, including 4 percent more buyers. They represented nearly 11 percent more stores than in January 2012. Attendance from the outside the U.S. grew by 14 percent. ...
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Efttex, the European fishing tackle show, will return to Warsaw...
Efttex, the European fishing tackle show, will return to Warsaw for its 2015 edition, scheduled for June 11 to 13
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The OutDoor show in Friedrichshafen will shift from Thursday-Sunday to...
The OutDoor show in Friedrichshafen will shift from Thursday-Sunday to a Wednesday-Saturday schedule, starting in 2015, reflecting the growing professionalism of the industry and in tune with similar changes at other trade shows. While it will still start on Thursday, July 10, this year, it will start on Wednesday, July ...
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The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences in the...
The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences in the U.S. awarded GoPro with the Emmy 2013 award in the category of small and inexpensive HD-camcorders on Jan. 9 in Las Vegas.
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Messe München indicates that attendance at the recent Ispo Munich...
Messe München indicates that attendance at the recent Ispo Munich show was relatively stable as compared to last year with a total of more than 80,000 daily visits. Visitors came from 110 different countries, and like last year, 66 percent were from outside Germany. Strong increases were recorded from the ...
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Two rival Spanish bike fairs, Festibike and Expobike, have decided...
Two rival Spanish bike fairs, Festibike and Expobike, have decided to join forces through a new exhibition, Unibike, that will be organized by Ifema and held at Madrid's fairgrounds next Sept. 19-21. The agreement was facilitated by Ambe, the Spanish bicycle manufacturers' association.
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Specialized has decided to pull out of the Eurobike show...
Specialized has decided to pull out of the Eurobike show and to invest more in a sales meeting for its European dealers in an attractive setting where they can also test its new products. On the other hand, ZEG, the big German cooperative of bike dealers, has decided to show ...
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Like a year ago, buyers from nearly 300 stores paid...
Like a year ago, buyers from nearly 300 stores paid a visit to Annecy Showroom Avant-Première, the early trade show organized by Sportair in Annecy for the autumn/winter 2014/15 season last Jan. 13 and 14. A total of 60 brands showed their collections, and ten of them were new exhibitors: ...
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The Adidas Group, which is targeting an annual turnover of...
The Adidas Group, which is targeting an annual turnover of €500 million in the outdoor sector, was ranked as the 8th most sustainable company in the world in an authoritative chart made public on Wednesday, Jan. 22, at the World Economic Forum in Davos. Compiled every year by Corporate Knights, ...
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The British Golf Industry Association (BGIA) has announced its largest...
The British Golf Industry Association (BGIA) has announced its largest presence ever at the PGA Merchandise Show 2014, the trade show running in Orlando, Florida at the start of the year. For the 2014 edition of the event, on Jan. 22-24, the BGIA worked again closely with UK Trade & ...
