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Lacoste has joined the Save Your Logo campaign, a preservation...
Lacoste has joined the Save Your Logo campaign, a preservation initiative in which companies commit to helping protect the animal that is on their logo. Lacoste will support projects chosen by the Global Environment Facility (GEF) to protect crocodiles, alligators, caiman and species. The campaign was created last October by ...
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Chervò is organizing the world’s largest one-day golf tournament in...
Chervò is organizing the world’s largest one-day golf tournament in the world as far as the number of participants is concerned. It will take place at what is reportedly Europe’s largest golf resort in Bad Griesbach, Bavaria, on April 25. Up to 720 golfers can participate, which would break the ...
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Chris Ronnie has tendered his resignation as chief executive of...
Chris Ronnie has tendered his resignation as chief executive of JJB Sports, the beleaguered British retailer, but Ronnie and the company are at odds over the term of his departure. Ronnie’s law firm, Pannone, issued a statement saying that Ronnie had resigned and that he had reached a settlement with ...
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Huang Tsung Jen, chief executive of Pou Sheng, the retail...
Huang Tsung Jen, chief executive of Pou Sheng, the retail arm of footwear giant Yue Yuen Industrial, is resigning on Feb. 27. Jen will be replaced at Pou Sheng by Liu Wen Xin, the founder of retailer Dalian Dongzhijie Sports Production Development. Pou Sheng, which owns a 30 percent stake ...
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Reebok has teamed up with Cirque du Soleil to launch...
Reebok has teamed up with Cirque du Soleil to launch a playful gym workout called Jukari Fit to Fly, along with two women’s ranges of fitness apparel and footwear, On the Move and Reebok Cirque du Soleil, that are suitable for activities from fitness to yoga and tennis. This is ...
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FootJoy is closing a plant in Massachusetts over the next...
FootJoy is closing a plant in Massachusetts over the next few weeks, partly because of the recession and partly because of reduced demand for the leather-soled golf shoes that are made there. The shoes produced at the factory, the Classics Tour and Classics Dry lines as well as a small ...
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Everlast Worldwide expands its licensing contracts with current partners –...
Everlast Worldwide expands its licensing contracts with current partners – Wilson Imports, Leading Brands and Commercial Sportex – for the brand’s presence in the U.K., Paraguay and Chile, respectively. Wilson adds distribution of Everlast branded athletic undergarments in the U.K.; Leading Brands becomes exclusive licensee for Everlast apparel in Paraguay; ...
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VF Corporation has decided to place Vans’ operations in France...
VF Corporation has decided to place Vans’ operations in France and Spain under one common structure in order to create synergies between the two existing subsidiaries. The move should also optimize the segmentation of the market in both countries. The new common structure will be headed up by Yann Tschumi, ...
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Life Fitness has hired Eckbert Ganns as new country manager...
Life Fitness has hired Eckbert Ganns as new country manager for the German-speaking countries. Ganns served for the last decade for the Henkel group in its cosmetics business, particularly in Latin America and Australia. Alex Schulz, a long-term regional sales representative, has been promoted to sales director for all of ...
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Robert Dixon Hart, who founded Crazy Creek Products with his...
Robert Dixon Hart, who founded Crazy Creek Products with his first wife, Louise, in 1987, died on Feb. 20 in a skiing accident in Montana. The couple started the company with the idea of a lightweight and portable chair that could be used on long treks; their inspiration came from ...
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JO Sport has taken over Swedish sales and distribution for...
JO Sport has taken over Swedish sales and distribution for Bexsport, which covers game sports such as boules, darts and kubb – a particular Swedish form of cricket. Bex Sport is the biggest supplier of games and toys in the country. JO Sport feels it does well to broaden its ...
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Effective immediately, Scott Radcliffe is the vice president for marketing...
Effective immediately, Scott Radcliffe is the vice president for marketing at SIGG Switzerland, working from its office in Stamford, Connecticut. He was formerly with Cohn & Wolfe, where he was in charge of consumer branding and sustainability practices. Early in his career he worked for REI, the outdoor gear brand.
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Wolverine World Wide has hired a former Nike executive, Eric...
Wolverine World Wide has hired a former Nike executive, Eric Goldner, as vice president for procurement and costing in its global operations group. At Nike he was the global costing director, but has been working as a consultant for Wolverine for the last six months. Mike Gavle is the new ...
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Fila will open its first European flagship store in Milan...
Fila will open its first European flagship store in Milan in April. The concept store, on Corso Como, was designed by the Swedish design agency Grow, which also produced Fila’s 2009 advertising campaign. Fila plans more flagship stores in major cities. The Milan store will stock the Fila Vintage and ...
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Starting with the autumn/winter 2009-10 season, Lafuma’s Italian sales subsidiary,...
Starting with the autumn/winter 2009-10 season, Lafuma’s Italian sales subsidiary, L.M.O. Italia, is taking on the distribution of Eider in Italy from a distributor, Viking Nord Pool, which represents Rab and other outdoor brands. As with the other brands of the group, L.M.O. Italia will use a separate sales network ...
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Strong from its 21 percent growth in turnover for 2008,...
Strong from its 21 percent growth in turnover for 2008, Haglöfs is preparing to enter the Slovenian, Polish, Czech and Slovakian markets in a bid for international recognition. The Swedish outdoor brand is especially strong in Germany, and will use its office in the eastern part of the country to ...
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Asics Corporation’s net income fell by 21 percent to ¥9.73...
Asics Corporation’s net income fell by 21 percent to ¥9.73 billion (€83.1m-$106.1m) for the nine months ended Dec. 31. Operating income was off by only 2 percent for the period to ¥18.7 billion (€159.6m-$203.9m). Total nine-month sales for the group were 11 percent higher at ¥184.62 billion (€1,576.2m-$2,013.1m). Asics is ...
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Nordica USA is recalling approximately 4,500 pairs of its XBi...
Nordica USA is recalling approximately 4,500 pairs of its XBi ALU skis due to faulty binding plates that could crack or break. The recall involves the XBi binding component on the following ski models and model years: 2006 Mach3Power; 2007 Dobspit, Mach3Power, Mach3, Mach2, Hellcat, Firefox and DobProSl; and 2008 ...
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Bernard Liatti, the 51-year-old French manager who turned around Dynastar,...
Bernard Liatti, the 51-year-old French manager who turned around Dynastar, Lange and Look, is studying several acquisition proposals in the areas of sporting goods and winter sports facilities with the collaboration of various investment funds, in order to put together a portfolio of complementary brands and activities. In 2007, he ...
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Action Sports, the German distributor of Speedo and Levi’s Footwear,...
Action Sports, the German distributor of Speedo and Levi’s Footwear, has taken on distribution of The Mobile Society, a local brand for functional underwear. The Mobile Society was recently created by Thomas Essers, who became famous as Falke’s inventor of socks designed individually for left and right feet.
