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Fiera Bolzano/Messe Bozen will host the ninth edition of the...
Fiera Bolzano/Messe Bozen will host the ninth edition of the Prowinter trade show from April 15 through 17. The event is dedicated to ski rental, service and maintenance as well as investment goods for the snow sports tourism industry. The capital of the Italian province of South Tyrol expects some ...
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Sätila of Sweden, a brand of ski hats founded in...
Sätila of Sweden, a brand of ski hats founded in 1896, joined the Scandinavian Outdoor Group recently in order to gain visibility and grow its business in markets outside Scandinavia. At Ispo it sealed an agreement with a new French distributor who will develop the brand’s sales possibilities in France’s ...
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Ellesse is calling for entries into its competition to create...
Ellesse is calling for entries into its competition to create a design inspired by tennis and Ellesse’s values “la dolce vita.” Si Scott, the illustrator and typographer, will help judge the entries along with designers and directors from Ellesse and its parent company, Pentland Group. The competition is in honor ...
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Ispo’s “Career Day,” a program to familiarize students and young...
Ispo’s “Career Day,” a program to familiarize students and young professionals with the sporting goods business, has been a success. The event was organized by Sport Invest Search, a French headhunting and business development company, and supported by major players from within the business such as VF, Intersport, SportScheck, Horizon, ...
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The chief executive of Heelys, Donald K. Carroll, stepped down...
The chief executive of Heelys, Donald K. Carroll, stepped down effective Feb. 10. Michael W. Hessong will fill in as interim president and CEO until the company finds a permanent replacement. Hessong was the chief financial officer of Heelys until he left in May 2008.
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The number of retail doors carrying Nikita, the Icelandic women’s...
The number of retail doors carrying Nikita, the Icelandic women’s snowboarding brand, has increased considerably over the past year, notably in the fashion segment, as the company has been making its streetwear collection more feminine to appeal to a wider variety of retailers. The size of its purely fashion collection ...
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Robert Siegel is the new chief executive of Devanlay U.S.,...
Robert Siegel is the new chief executive of Devanlay U.S., the licensee for Lacoste apparel in the United States. He replaces Robert Skinner Jr., who left the position after five weeks because of clashes with the board. Siegel was the CEO of the company from 2002 until he retired last ...
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Halti, the market leader in Finland for outdoor clothing, is...
Halti, the market leader in Finland for outdoor clothing, is reporting an operating profit of €1.6 million for 2008, a huge improvement over the loss of €800,000 in 2007. Sales for 2008 were €29.2 million. Revitalization measures by the company during the year, such as discontinuing unprofitable product groups and ...
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Coleman EMEA, the French-based distribution company for Europe, the Middle...
Coleman EMEA, the French-based distribution company for Europe, the Middle East and Africa for Coleman, Camping Gaz and Sevylor, has appointed Thomas Seifert new president. Seifert served for Braun, Gillette’s subsidiary for household electric goods. Coleman continues the integration of the recently acquired Sevylor brand, a manufacturer of rubber boats: ...
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The Consumer Product Safety Commission in the U.S. issued a...
The Consumer Product Safety Commission in the U.S. issued a guideline last week that exempts sporting goods from a federal ban on phthalates that took effect on Feb. 10. The only sporting goods products that will be subject to the ban are toy versions of sporting goods, i.e. a product ...
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Nike is taking the next step of its corporate restructuring...
Nike is taking the next step of its corporate restructuring program and will undertake a review of its entire supply chain, touching all Nike-owned brands, including Converse and Hurley. In an effort to drive innovation more quickly to the market and to enhance the focus on consumers, the reorganization is ...
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Cortina joined the large group of Crocs imitators at the...
Cortina joined the large group of Crocs imitators at the Expo Riva Schuh show last month by launching a line of plastic clogs under the name Quiva by Sprox. Quiva is a brand of clogs for the mass market that was launched in 2007 by a Belgian entrepreneur, Rémy Quilliot, ...
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Garlando points out that it has renewed its Italian distribution...
Garlando points out that it has renewed its Italian distribution contract with Stiga for all of 2009, and that its new contract with Kettler for table tennis and fitness equipment has not been finalized.
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Esprit Holdings had its first drop in profit in a...
Esprit Holdings had its first drop in profit in a decade for the first half of its fiscal year. Sales grew by 2.9 percent to 19.1 billion Hong Kong dollars (€1,929.5m-$2,463.5m) and the gross profit margin was stable at 53.2 percent, but income fell by 13 percent to HK$2.85 billion ...
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With seven sports vying for two open slots during the...
With seven sports vying for two open slots during the 2016 London Olympics, the golf industry is rallying in support of its game. The decision on the 2016 sports roster will be made in October among baseball, golf, softball, karate, rugby sevens, squash and roller sports. During the recent PGA ...
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Katharina LeThierry, has left Puma effective immediately. LeThierry, a former...
Katharina LeThierry, has left Puma effective immediately. LeThierry, a former executive of Ebel, the luxury watch brand, was hired as managing director of Puma’s German operations in May 2006. She has been replaced by Matthias Bäumer on an interim basis, while he continues his job as Puma Germany’s sales director. ...
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Erima, the German outfitter of team sport, running and tennis...
Erima, the German outfitter of team sport, running and tennis enthusiasts, recorded sales of more than €48 million, up by 2 percent in 2008. The former Adidas brand made roughly 52 percent of its sales in its home market, where it increased by 6 percent. The company, owned by Wolfram ...
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Intersport Sweden has signed on as the new sponsor of...
Intersport Sweden has signed on as the new sponsor of the Malmö women’s football club, LdB FC, and will kit the team out with an exclusive new line under its house brand, Pro Touch. It plans to roll out women’s football kits at the general retail level in the near ...
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Schmidt Sport, the long-time licensee of Kappa, has signed a...
Schmidt Sport, the long-time licensee of Kappa, has signed a three-year sponsorship deal with the Borussia Dortmund football team, which has been endorsing Nike for quite some time. The contract starts next July. A company originally involved in the textile trade, Schmidt Sport also owns the Thomster USA brand and ...
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Starting with the fall/winter season 2010-11, a new Tecnica-Blizzard company...
Starting with the fall/winter season 2010-11, a new Tecnica-Blizzard company will distribute the two Tecnica brands in Germany under the leadership of Markus Weinmann, the current sales and marketing director of Lowa, another Tecnica brand.
