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The German operations of Reusch have taken on the distribution...
The German operations of Reusch have taken on the distribution of Exel, the Finnish maker of poles and floorball equipment, in Germany and Austria. In a first step, the offer of poles is limited to Nordic sports and backcountry, whereas products for summer activities and alpine skiing are planned to ...
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Sportmarket Nordic has become the new distributor of Footbalance custom...
Sportmarket Nordic has become the new distributor of Footbalance custom footbeds in Norway. Sportmarket Nordic and its parent company, Sportmarket AB, have a long history in the sporting goods industry. The group currently distributes many important brands in Sweden including Fischer and Quiksilver. It began to develop a Norwegian distribution ...
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Prestige Golf is the new distributor of Ogio golf bags...
Prestige Golf is the new distributor of Ogio golf bags for Sweden, Denmark, Norway and Iceland. The change is effective immediately and Prestige Sports will take over both inventory and back orders from Sports Scandinavia, says Sportfack. That company was previously responsible for Ogio in Sweden, but was declared bankrupt ...
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Fredrik Andreasson, chief executive of Team Sportia, the third-largest sports...
Fredrik Andreasson, chief executive of Team Sportia, the third-largest sports retail group in Sweden, is leaving the company, it was reported by Sportfack this Friday. Andreasson has spent more than three years at the helm of Team Sportia, a buying group with 127 stores. Team Sportia reinforced its market share ...
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One of the major sporting goods retailers in Brazil, Grupo...
One of the major sporting goods retailers in Brazil, Grupo Paquetá, plans to raise the number of its sporting goods stores, called Paquetá Esportes, from 35 to 50 by the end of 2014. Coinciding with the football World Cup, which will be held in Brazil next year, the program includes ...
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Pony has announced a strategic distribution agreement with Urban Styles Agency...
Pony has announced a strategic distribution agreement with Urban Styles Agency to jointly develop the brand in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Established in 1999 in Cologne by Sven Voth, who also founded Snipes, the agency has been representing several influential street culture brands. Its current portfolio comprises brands such as Hummel, ...
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Sport Schuster, the large Munich-based downtown retailer, is starting the...
Sport Schuster, the large Munich-based downtown retailer, is starting the celebration of its 100th anniversary by closing a shop, a single-brand store of The North Face with a selling surface of 280 square meters. The store, where clearance sales are being held now, will be taken over by the brand's ...
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Planet Sports, the leading multi-brand sports retailer in India, has...
Planet Sports, the leading multi-brand sports retailer in India, has inked a deal to become the exclusive Indian distributor of Pluggers, an Australian brand of thongs. India is the first country where the hip Pluggers brands will be distributed outside Australia. The tie-up was revealed earlier this month at an ...
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Nico van Offeren, former head of Intersport Nederland, has teamed...
Nico van Offeren, former head of Intersport Nederland, has teamed up with another specialist to launch Friends of Retail, a consultancy focusing on sports retailing. His partner is André Wierper, whose career includes stints at Salomon, the Euro Shoe Group and Intersport Nederland. They will offer advice on such issues ...
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Arnold Sports is the new German distributor of Roxa, the...
Arnold Sports is the new German distributor of Roxa, the low-priced Italian brand of ice skates and ski boots, which will thus make its appearance at the next Ispo Munich show. The company also sells Rottefella's cross-country ski bindings, Movement's skis and 8848 Altitude's clothing.
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Sportsnwear, the German distribution company of Lars Kutter, former managing...
Sportsnwear, the German distribution company of Lars Kutter, former managing director of Schmidt Sports, has become the new general agent for Röhnisch' fitness and yoga clothing in Germany and Luxembourg. As previously reported, Green Grass Golf has agreed to distribute the Swedish company's golfwear in the region.
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Völkl's French subsidiary is taking over the distribution of Dalbello...
Völkl's French subsidiary is taking over the distribution of Dalbello ski boots in France from Sunset
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The Indian newspaper Business Standard reports that Décathlon has reacted...
The Indian newspaper Business Standard reports that Décathlon has reacted to the new rules on foreign direct investment (FDI) in Indian retailing by applying for a permit to open full-fledged retail stores in the country, instead of the cash & carry business that Décathlon has been running in India for ...
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Moncler is opening its second German store on Frankfurt's famous...
Moncler is opening its second German store on Frankfurt's famous Goethestrasse, taking the total number of single-brand stores around the world up to 90. The Italian brand of down-filled outerwear opened a store in Bel Harbour, Florida, in December. It is about to open a shop in Istanbul.
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Rip Curl has opened a new urban store in Ubud,...
Rip Curl has opened a new urban store in Ubud, Bali
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Giant has inaugurated its first store in Spain, located in...
Giant has inaugurated its first store in Spain, located in Madrid's Paseo de la Castellana
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Le Coq Sportif has opened its first Spanish store in...
Le Coq Sportif has opened its first Spanish store in Barcelona, measuring 350 square meters on two floors, at 6 Calle Boters
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Mizuno takes over the distribution in Italy.
A new sales subsidiary of the Japanese group for the Italian market, Mizuno Italia, will start up on Jan. 10, allowing the group to use synergies with other sales subsidiaries in Europe. It will be led by Mark Kaiway, a Canadian-born Mizuno veteran who has been running the company's German ...
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Green Fitness, German distributor of Reebok Fitness equipment since 2006,...
Green Fitness, German distributor of Reebok Fitness equipment since 2006, will halt the distribution of the line, licensed to RFE International of the U.K., by April 2013. Simultaneously, it will also stop selling Adidas fitness equipment, but it will continue to be in charge of three-striped table tennis gear in the ...
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Rossignol is partnering with AdVentori, a cross-channel marketing agency in...
Rossignol is partnering with AdVentori, a cross-channel marketing agency in Paris, to raise the number of customers in physical stores through the internet. AdVentori had already launched a pilot store-locator system via mobile phone, which was launched at the end of 2011 for the Rossignol, Dynastar, and Lange brands. Based on ...
