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Herbert Hainer, chief executive and chairman of Adidas, is secure...
Herbert Hainer, chief executive and chairman of Adidas, is secure in his job for a while longer. His mandate, due to expire next year, was extended at the annual general meeting on May 7. He started with Adidas in 1987, and has headed up the board since March 2001. The ...
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Adidas will supply the matchball for the first and second-division...
Adidas will supply the matchball for the first and second-division championships of the German Bundesliga, starting in 2010-11. The brand will also outfit the newest franchise of Major League Soccer in the U.S., the Philadelphia Union. The team will begin playing next year, and Adidas will unveil the official jersey ...
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ndy Knittle, the president of Nordica USA, is retiring after...
ndy Knittle, the president of Nordica USA, is retiring after a 30-year career with the company, the last 10 years spent in executive management. Peter Weaver, the chief executive of Tecnica Group, will add the title and the responsibilities for Nordica, and Willy Booker will be general manager. Nordica is ...
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Puma has filed a trademark infringement lawsuit against K-Swiss, saying...
Puma has filed a trademark infringement lawsuit against K-Swiss, saying its Dolton shoe featured a stripe very similar to Puma’s trademarked “Formstrip.” K-Swiss has countersued, calling Puma’s action retaliatory in nature and in bad faith. Furthermore, K-Swiss says its design does not infringe on the trademark, is functional and would ...
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Through aggressive cost-cutting, Johnson Outdoors boosted its net income by...
Through aggressive cost-cutting, Johnson Outdoors boosted its net income by 434 percent to $2.5 million for the quarter ended April 2. Total sales fell by 12 percent to $106.6 million. All four business segments had lower sales. Marine electronics was the only unit to post a higher operating profit in ...
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Katharina Meyer zu Altenschildesche, the longtime editor-in-chief of Markt Intern,...
Katharina Meyer zu Altenschildesche, the longtime editor-in-chief of Markt Intern, the German trade publication, has resigned. She now works for an IT newsletter of the same publisher. Unconfirmed rumors say that Meyer got in trouble after tough reporting on Intersport Germany, which separated from a major controller last year. SGI ...
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BasicNet Group has granted a license to Total Apparel Group...
BasicNet Group has granted a license to Total Apparel Group for its Kappa and Robe di Kappa brands in the U.S. and Canada. The deal is for men’s, women’s and children’s footwear, apparel, accessories and related sports equipment. Total Apparel Group will be repositioning Kappa in the U.S. and introducing ...
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DKB Consulting, the Italian technical sports apparel company founded by...
DKB Consulting, the Italian technical sports apparel company founded by Daniele Kazem Bek in 2003, has acquired a global license for the manufacture and distribution of a line of swimwear and beachwear under the name of Port Cros for the next three years, starting with the spring/summer 2010 collections. Port ...
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Bunker Mentality, the youth-oriented British golf apparel company, has upgraded...
Bunker Mentality, the youth-oriented British golf apparel company, has upgraded its website, which also serves an e-commerce platform. It has signed a sponsorship deal with Paum Waring, a 24-year-old English golf professional who won the 2005 English Amateur Championship. The company has moved to a new head office in the ...
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Columbia Sportswear has appointed Francesca Busetto to be the company’s...
Columbia Sportswear has appointed Francesca Busetto to be the company’s new Italian country manager, replacing Luciano Baroncini. The 39-year-old executive has spent the last 15 years in the sporting goods industry in Italy, working for Diadora, The North Face, Salomon and Vuarnet, among other brands. She is joining at a ...
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Salomon has appointed new managers for its Central European operations:...
Salomon has appointed new managers for its Central European operations: After eight years in office, Kai Butenberg, in charge of the product management of Conform’able, the insole and boot fitting brand, has left the company. He has been replaced by Simon Stöhr. Salomon’s new man in charge of trade marketing ...
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W.L. Gore & Associates, maker of Gore-Tex fabric, has installed...
W.L. Gore & Associates, maker of Gore-Tex fabric, has installed a new supply chain system from Precision Software, the international trade logistics solutions provider, in anticipation of new customs laws in Germany. New legislation in Germany will require all paper export declarations (SAD) to be replaced by an electronic system ...
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Several world ski champions and other athletes sponsored by the...
Several world ski champions and other athletes sponsored by the Rossignol Group have agreed in principle to see the fixed part of their contractual fees reduced by 50 percent (see last issue of SGI Europe), according to a company spokesman. Rossignol’s management continued the debate last Tuesday at a meeting ...
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Without naming precise figures, Intersport Austria says it managed to...
Without naming precise figures, Intersport Austria says it managed to increase its sales by 9 percent in the first half of the fiscal year 2008-09 from Sept. 1 through April 12. This figure is for the Austrian market alone,, where the group’s market share is expected to be at 36.7 ...
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Forum Sport, the Basque sporting goods retailer, has redesigned its...
Forum Sport, the Basque sporting goods retailer, has redesigned its virtual store. The Spanish chain claims the leadership in the national sporting goods retail market over the internet, with 2.3 million single users and 15 million hits per year. A survey conducted by the company shows that 75 percent of ...
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Derby Cycle Werke of Germany has set up Focus Bicycles...
Derby Cycle Werke of Germany has set up Focus Bicycles USA to establish the Focus brand’s presence in the U.S.. Scott Rittschof is the president of the new subsidiary, located on the West Coast. He was previously the vice president for international operations at PowerBar in Munich.
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Prowinter, the Bolzano show for ski resorts and ski rental...
Prowinter, the Bolzano show for ski resorts and ski rental services that took place in South Tyrol from April 15 through 17, increased the number of visitors by 17.5 percent to almost 5,500. It drew 236 exhibitors from 18 nations.
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Intersport PSC Holding, the Swiss entity of the buying organization,...
Intersport PSC Holding, the Swiss entity of the buying organization, improved significantly during the first half of its fiscal year, which ended March 31. Its net revenues increased by 12.2 percent to almost 172.8 million Swiss francs (€114.7m-$156.5m). Earnings before interest and taxes was up by 58.7 percent and reached ...
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Décathlon is introducing a range of products called Y Golf,...
Décathlon is introducing a range of products called Y Golf, consisting of a cheap set of two clubs, soft balls and a target to play golf anywhere and at any time. The set retails for about €35 and was launched in stores across continental Europe. The target is round and ...
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Crocs is shutting down its distribution center in Colorado in...
Crocs is shutting down its distribution center in Colorado in July and will move all those functions to a larger, contracted facility in Los Angeles. Thirty-seven employees in distribution will lose their jobs. Crocs is trying to reduce its warehouse space by 50 percent to save money, and will do ...
