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After Fjällräven at the end of 2008, it is now...
After Fjällräven at the end of 2008, it is now the turn of Peak Performance to get a make-over. The Swedish outdoor apparel brand is changing its logo to a mountain-shaped P, which will be launched in the spring and visible on its products by the fall. The company has ...
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Orange 21 has launched a $7.6 million rights offering whereby...
Orange 21 has launched a $7.6 million rights offering whereby owners of its common stock, options and warrants are entitled to purchase additional common shares in the company at $0.80 each. A total 9,544,814 rights will be distributed by the company, which owns the Spy brand of eyewear; the offer ...
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At a conference in Frankfurt, Adidas officials said that its...
At a conference in Frankfurt, Adidas officials said that its 2008 results will be in line with what it forecast when it released its third-quarter results in November. They expect a high-single-digit sales increase and growth of at least 15 percent in net income. The operating margin is expected to ...
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Adidas has sued the retailer Aldo Group for infringing on...
Adidas has sued the retailer Aldo Group for infringing on its three-stripe trademark. The two companies had similar disputes in 2004 and 2006, both of which were settled out of court. The suit against the Canadian company was filed in Portland, Oregon, on Jan. 14.
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Cees de Witte is going to spend more time again...
Cees de Witte is going to spend more time again in Europe after adding the title of president of Spyder Europe to his role as executive vice president for global sales at the company. His new position was designed to replace Kirk Graham, the managing director of the Swiss-based European ...
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Summit Sports Agency is the new agent of Bergans in...
Summit Sports Agency is the new agent of Bergans in Italy, replacing an agent who has given up for personal reasons. Located near Bolzano, Summit is already strong in the ski segment as the Italian agent of Phenix and POC. It also covers the golf segment as the agent of ...
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Mariella Burani Fashion Group has signed a five-year license agreement...
Mariella Burani Fashion Group has signed a five-year license agreement with the Italian group Freddy to produce and distribute a ready-to-wear collection for children, starting with the 2010 spring/summer season. MBFG is a large public Italian fashion group, specializing in accessible luxury. The collection will be distributed through Freddy’s network, ...
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SGI Europe has already hinted that Novak Djokovic, third-ranked men’s...
SGI Europe has already hinted that Novak Djokovic, third-ranked men’s tennis player on the ATP Tour, was not only contracted by Head to use the Austrian brand’s tennis racquets, but that the Serb and his family would also be involved in Head’s distribution in the Balkans. Ottmar Barbian, Head’s international ...
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Shimano American Corporation has completed its purchase of Innovative Textiles,...
Shimano American Corporation has completed its purchase of Innovative Textiles, which makes the PowerPro braided fishing line. Shimano plans to expand the business, which is already strong in the U.S., throughout the rest of the world. Innovative Textiles’ manufacturing facility and staff will remain at their location in Colorado, while ...
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Amid a chaotic start of the year for JJB Sports,...
Amid a chaotic start of the year for JJB Sports, the second-largest U.K. sports retailer (see previous issue of SGI Europe), it came as a relief this week that the Office of Fair Trading (OFT), the U.K.’s competition watchdog, didn’t have any issues with Sports Direct’s acquisition of a stake ...
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The former general manager of Wilson’s golf business, Angus Moir,...
The former general manager of Wilson’s golf business, Angus Moir, has been recruited by Nike Golf to become its sales director for the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region from the beginning of February. He replaces Jim Smith, who will take up a new position as head of corporate ...
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It was just recently announced that Thomas Kleinhenz, a former...
It was just recently announced that Thomas Kleinhenz, a former Puma executive, left Joy Sportswear in September of last year. He was in charge of sourcing and of the brand Tao, the German sportswear company’s label for running and other technical clothing. He served alongside Claus-Dieter Grapentin and Bernhard Helfrich, ...
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J. Lindeberg, the Swedish apparel company, is launching a stylish...
J. Lindeberg, the Swedish apparel company, is launching a stylish skiwear range that will hit selected European shelves in August. The range is to be marketed in only about 40 high-end resort stores in Scandinavia, Switzerland and Austria, where J. Lindeberg opened a showroom. Designed by Fredrik Dahl, former design ...
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Marker and Völkl appear to be weathering the economic downturn...
Marker and Völkl appear to be weathering the economic downturn quite well. The two companies, which are controlled by Jarden Corp. via K2, claim that their worldwide market share went from 11 percent to 13 percent, and that Völkl is the No. 3 ski manufacturer worldwide “in financial terms.” Marker ...
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Keen has appointed Troy Ballard to take up a new...
Keen has appointed Troy Ballard to take up a new position as vice president for global business development. The new job basically takes the place of the senior vice president for sales in light of the expanding global market. Ballard has been with Keen since last year; his former employers ...
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Pitti Immagine has released attendance numbers for its Pitti Uomo,...
Pitti Immagine has released attendance numbers for its Pitti Uomo, which ran from Jan. 13 to 16 along with the Pitti W Woman Precollection. The shows brought in a record number of exhibitors, about 1,000, and 35,000 visitors, up from the 34,000 last year. The number of buyers dropped, however, ...
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MAG, a new Austrian company, says it has been preparing...
MAG, a new Austrian company, says it has been preparing the relaunch of the F2 and FTWO brands over the past year, following the insolvency of F2 International and the departure of its former managing director, Reinhard Hofbauer. Run by Gerald Pascher, who had taken over the business from Boards ...
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Zai, an avant-garde Swiss manufacturing studio for exquisite skis, is...
Zai, an avant-garde Swiss manufacturing studio for exquisite skis, is coming up with new ideas. After Simon Jacomet, a ski trainer, artist and designer, set up his company in 2003, he came out first with its skis, whose core was made of a stone called gneiss, wrapped with carbon. At ...
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It has been a record winter season for Swedish ski...
It has been a record winter season for Swedish ski resorts so far. SLAO, the Swedish federation for ski lifts in 25 Swedish ski resorts, reported 22 percent higher turnover in December compared with the year-ago period. Dutch, Danish and Swedish visitors have increased the most.
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Enrico Rossi has been elected president of the new sporting...
Enrico Rossi has been elected president of the new sporting goods committee of Federazione Moda Italia, the association that groups all the Italian retailers of clothing and other fashion products. The new body replaced last year Federadas, the former association of Italian sporting goods retailers. Rossi, who is also a ...
