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British Knights has made a special arrangement with Grupo 1,...
British Knights has made a special arrangement with Grupo 1, a small Spanish buying group for sporting goods operating in Andalusia and Galicia. All the employees of the stores will wear BK clothing, provided at least 50 of the stores will carry the brand’s merchandise. A Spanish company, Style Extreme ...
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Cannondale Bicycles is recalling about 1,300 Six 5, Six 6,...
Cannondale Bicycles is recalling about 1,300 Six 5, Six 6, Six Carbon 5 and Six Carbon 6 bikes sold in the U.S. between October 2008 and February 2009. The bikes, made in Taiwan, do not have spoke protector discs to prevent the bicycle chain from interfering or suddenly stopping the ...
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A goodwill impairment set back Cybex by $11.2 million, resulting...
A goodwill impairment set back Cybex by $11.2 million, resulting in a net loss of $10.9 million for the quarter ended Dec. 31. The charge came as a result of the drop in value of the company’s stock. Net income in the fourth quarter of the previous year had been ...
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The March 2009 session of Sport-Achat, the low-cost sporting goods...
The March 2009 session of Sport-Achat, the low-cost sporting goods fair held twice a year in Lyon, reports a 17 percent increase in the number of daily visitors to 3,244 people, compared with a year ago. This was due in part to a good winter season and an increase in ...
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Adidas has launched www.adidas.tv, a new website whose home page...
Adidas has launched www.adidas.tv, a new website whose home page allows the visitors to view videos of commercial spots and interviews with various sponsored athletes. From the home page, the viewer can navigate through the different countries covered by the brand and through its product offerings.
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Intersport Nederland has slightly adjusted its organization after the appointment...
Intersport Nederland has slightly adjusted its organization after the appointment of Bart Muurling as interim general manager earlier this year. André Wierper, who had been in charge of the Coach banner, has become marketing and communications manager for Intersport. Jos van der Wolk, who had been focusing on the Intersport ...
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Tourisport, a leading French sports travel agency, was taken over...
Tourisport, a leading French sports travel agency, was taken over earlier this year by Chlorophylle, an investment fund set up by Michel Leclercq, founder of Décathlon, the retail group now known as Oxylane. Chlorophylle bought 80 percent of Tourisport from three managers in January. The remaining 20 percent is in ...
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Reebok has retained DDB to be its lead creative agency...
Reebok has retained DDB to be its lead creative agency on a worldwide basis, led by Amir Kassaei as its account executive. Reebok spends about $60 million a year on ads, according to Adweek. Last year spending in the U.S. fell by 33 percent to $12 million. Reebok formerly had ...
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Under Armour has signed an exclusive sponsorship deal with USA...
Under Armour has signed an exclusive sponsorship deal with USA Football that includes outfitting the 2009 Junior National Team, a team of high-schoolers that will participate in the first Junior World Championship of the International Federation of American Football. Opponents will come from Canada, France, Germany, Japan, Mexico, New Zealand ...
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EuroSIMA, the European boardsports industry manufacturers association has re-elected Frederic...
EuroSIMA, the European boardsports industry manufacturers association has re-elected Frederic Basse president of the board for two more years. Two new members joined the board: Jochen Botte, general manager of O’Neill France and Belgium, and Juan Gonzalez Vega, general manager of Quiksilver’s technical division.
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Calzados Berneda, the Spanish firm that produces the Munich brand...
Calzados Berneda, the Spanish firm that produces the Munich brand of sports and leisure shoes, reports a 40 percent sales increase to €20 million for 2008. Sales grew in Spain by nearly 50 percent to €9 million, and in the rest of the European Union by 33 percent to €10.3 ...
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Thule, the big supplier of ski and bicycle racks for...
Thule, the big supplier of ski and bicycle racks for cars, reached sales of 6.2 billion Swedish kronor (€569m-$771m) in 2008 compared with SEK 6.7 billion in the previous year. Earnings before interest, taxes and depreciation (Ebitda) fell from SEK 765 million to SEK 561 million (€51.5m-$69.7m). Meanwhile, Thule has ...
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Naxo, the Swiss manufacturer of touring ski bindings, has filed...
Naxo, the Swiss manufacturer of touring ski bindings, has filed for insolvency. The company is a 100 percent subsidiary of Rottefella, the big Norwegian manufacturer of bindings for cross-country and telemark skiing. According to Rotefella, Naxo did not reach the necessary volume in the production of units to become profitable. ...
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FINA, the international governing body for swimming competitions, put out...
FINA, the international governing body for swimming competitions, put out new guidelines for swimwear used at these events at a meeting held in Dubai earlier this month. Among other things, the material used in them will have a maximum thickness of 1 millimeter. The swimsuit will not have a buoyancy ...
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China Dongxiang, the Chinese company that bought the Phenix brand...
China Dongxiang, the Chinese company that bought the Phenix brand of skiwear in Japan last autumn, has signed an agreement with the Norwegian Olympic Committee to be the official sportswear partner for the Norwegian national team from 2009 to 2012. China Dongxiang also owns the Kappa brand in China. It ...
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Hilly was the main sponsor of the British Orienteering Championships...
Hilly was the main sponsor of the British Orienteering Championships held at the New Forest, Hants, U.K., on Feb. 1 and March 1. The event drew more than 2,000 competitors. It has also signed a long-term deal to outfit Graham Gristwood, the world orienteering relay champion.
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Intersport France is budgeting a major increase in the number...
Intersport France is budgeting a major increase in the number of affiliated stores this year, resulting in nearly 37,000 additional square meters of selling space throughout the network. This should be accomplished with the opening of 11 new stores, the purchase of 13 others and the expansion of five existing ...
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Dorel Industries, the Montreal parent of Pacific Cycle and Cannondale,...
Dorel Industries, the Montreal parent of Pacific Cycle and Cannondale, intends to repurchase and subsequently cancel up to 5 percent of its Class B subordinate voting shares, or some 1,458,624 shares, over the next 12 months. The Class B shares have a 52-week price range of $15 to $36.50 per ...
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Hermes Chang has replaced Louis Chan as president at Ideal...
Hermes Chang has replaced Louis Chan as president at Ideal Bike Corp., the No. 3 Taiwanese bike producer after Giant and Merida. Ideal operates a plant in Poland that mainly supplies the markets in the Netherlands, Germany and Denmark, according to Katarzyna Matsuziak of the Polish factory, called Ideal Europe ...
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CORRECTION: Emmanuel Crochard is responsible for the development of the...
CORRECTION: Emmanuel Crochard is responsible for the development of the new Koodza concept of Oxylane Group.
