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News briefsAssosport warns of the impact of soaring energy costs
Assosport, the Italian sporting goods industry association, is raising the alarm about the consequences of soaring energy costs on the sector and consumer habits. Anna Ferrino, the association’s chairwoman, has called for governmental support for the Italian sporting goods industry. With energy prices rising by up to 500 percent, households ...
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News briefsDecathlon Italy joins forces with Leroy Merlin on World Cleanup Day
Decathlon Italy will team up with improvement and gardening retailer Leroy Merlin on the occasion of this year’s World Cleanup Day on Sep. 17. Employees from 130 of their stores will join forces with customers and other citizens on a series of initiatives organized by the two retailers across Italy ...
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Infographics & DataInflation rates in the G20
This exclusive interactive chart shows inflation rates for June and July 2022 for all members of the G20. The chart can be downloaded. This is exclusive data and analysis for Premium Members.
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News briefsAdidas reportedly to replace New Balance as AS Roma technical partner
The contract between New Balance and Italian football club A.S. Roma is due to expire at the end of the 2022/23 Serie A season. According to the Italian newspaper Il Tempo, the deal will not be extended, and Adidas is set to take over as a technical partner in a ...
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ArticleItaly’s sports economy contributes €24.5 billion to national GDP, a 1.9% increase
The contribution of the sports economy to Italy’s gross domestic product (GDP) is around €24.5 billion, namely 1.37 percent of the country’s total GDP, and a workforce of 420,000 people, according to a recent report by Istituto per il Credito Sportivo (ICS). The study titled Il PIL dello sport. La ...
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ArticlePandemic curbed organized sports in Italy, but physical activity is on the rise
The number of registered sports participants in Italy dropped by 1,760,000 units in the 2019/20 period. The number of sports associations declined as well, with 5,166 of them shutting down during the two-year period. These are the key elements that emerge from I Numeri dello Sport 2019-2020 (Tr.: The Figures ...
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News briefsFila makes its comeback in Italian football
Fila is the new technical sponsor of L.R. Vicenza, the Italian football club, based in Vicenza, beginning in 2022/23 and for three seasons. The deal marks Fila’s return to Italian football after a 20-year-long absence. The brand previously partnered with ACF Fiorentina, the professional club based in Florence, at the ...
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News briefsAn update on padel in Italy
The number of padel facilities and courts in Italy continues to grow. According to data from Osservatorio Mr Padel Paddle, 479 new facilities and 1,219 courts have been set up since Jan. 1, bringing the total to 2,323 facilities and 5,908 courts nationwide. The increase has been 26 percent for ...
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News briefsThe 2024 Tour de France may not finish in Paris
According to a report by Italian sports newspaper Gazzetta dello Sport, widely cited in other international media, the 2024 Tour de France may not finish on Paris’ Champs-Elysées. It would be the first finish outside of Paris in the race’s long history. The first edition of the world’s greatest bicycle ...
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News briefsDecathlon Italy appoints new CEO and opens first Decathlon City in Milan
Augusto Felix is the new CEO of Decathlon Italy. He takes over the role of Fulvio Matteoni. Felix, who served as city leader of Decathlon Milano for the past year, has been with the company for more than 25 years. After starting with Decathlon France in Montesson in 1996, he ...
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News briefsSchanner to distribute Bauer’s Prosharp in four European markets
After the Canadian hockey specialist Bauer Hockey acquired the Swedish company Prosharp AB, specializing in fully automatic grinding machines for skate blades, in August 2021, the company now announced that Schanner Eishockeyartikel GmbH + Co. KG will take over the distribution of Prosharp in Germany, Austria, Italy and Slovenia on ...
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News briefsVans opens new store in Milan
Vans has opened a three-story, 300-square-meter shop in Milan’s Via Orefici at the Orefici11 retail space, which also hosts brands like The North Face, Timberland and Napapijri. It is Vans’ 36th store in Italy and its fifth in Milan. Steve Van Doren, the son of Vans’ founder Paul Van Doren ...
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ArticleItaly’s sporting goods industry association says winter season has shown positive signs
Assosport, the Italian sporting goods industry association, has described the past 2021/22 season as a positive one for winter sports after the dark period of the pandemic. Covid-19 forced to cancel virtually all activities from March 2020 until the end of 2021, with severe repercussions on the broader sector. Most ...
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Italy secures pádel tournament
The International Padel Federation (FIP), the Italian Tennis Federation (FIT) and Italy’s government sports agency (Sport e Salute) have signed a multi-year deal to establish Italy’s first majors tournament for pádel. The event is part of the world’s new official circuit, Premier Padel, under the management of FIP, the Professional ...
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News briefsAdidas names VP for Southern Europe
Adidas appointed Arnaud Jeangirard as vice president for Southern European markets (France, Italy and the Iberian Peninsula) earlier last month. Jeangirard has been with Adidas since 2016, first as director of the Adidas Originals, Yeezy and action sports in Dubai and then as the brand’s vice president for emerging markets. ...
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News briefsMove City Sport, a new multi-stakeholder event in Bergamo
The first edition of Move City Sport will take place in Bergamo, Italy on Oct. 18-19, 2022. This new trade show and cultural event is promoted by Associazione Impianti Sportivi (AIS), and is organized by Promoberg – Fiera di Bergamo, Fierecom & Events, Paysage – Landscape for Community, and MG ...
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ArticleThe Italian "sport system" accounts for 3.6% of the country’s GDP, new report says
The sport system in Italy is worth €95.9 billion, namely 3.6 percent of the country’s gross domestic product (GDP), and employs 389,000 people, according to a recent report by Banca Ifis. The study, presented on March 30 at the Italian Olympic Committee (CONI) in Rome, represents the first edition of ...
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Italy focuses on bid to stage UEFA Euro 2032
The Italian Football Federation (FIGC) has announced plans to host the UEFA Euro 2032. Italy, the winner of the 2021 tournament, had considered a bid for Euro 2028, but FIGC’s president Gabriele Gravina said a proposal to host the tournament in 2032 would allow more time to modernize stadiums across ...
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Italy’s growing sporting goods industry is becoming more sustainable
The Italian sporting goods industry raised its aggregate revenues by an estimated 8.4 percent to €12.2 billion in 2021, according to a survey conducted by its trade association, Assosport, among its 120 members, which market some 300 brands and employ 9,300 people, representing almost one third of the industry’s total ...
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ArticleNew threats for winter sports across the Alps
A lot of snow fell on the Alps during the first full week of December, driving many local ski fans to the slopes. However, the French ski resorts are worried about a big drop in reservations by foreign tourists, especially from the U.K., following a ban by the French government ...
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