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The Finnish company Halti has been named the official clothing...
The Finnish company Halti has been named the official clothing provider for that country’s Olympic athletes through the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. The athletes, coaches and other staff will debut the line at the 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver. Some of the products will be available at retail during ...
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Ispo China, which will be held in Beijing from Feb....
Ispo China, which will be held in Beijing from Feb. 19-21, is shaping up to be huge success, with pre-registrations already twice the number of total visitors who attended last year. The organizers credit last year’s Beijing Olympics as well as the integration of winter and mountain sports technology through ...
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Planet Sports, the big Munich-based mail-order and brick-and-mortar retailer for...
Planet Sports, the big Munich-based mail-order and brick-and-mortar retailer for boardsports, has just launched a new website called clubsale.de. The new internet portal offers price-oriented special offers that cannot be found on the retailer’s main page, planet-sports.com. The offer is reserved for existing customers of Planet Sports and cannot be ...
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Bluetooth SIG is joining with Ispo and the World Federation...
Bluetooth SIG is joining with Ispo and the World Federation of the Sporting Goods Industry to offer the Bluetooth Innovation World Cup, a competition where people are urged to submit ideas for new ways to use Bluetooth’s low-energy technology in sports, fitness and health care. The contest will be launched ...
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Chiemsee, the German board sports company, has improved its European...
Chiemsee, the German board sports company, has improved its European sales structure since the appointment of Bernhard Kumpa as export manager last summer. Jeremy Ainsworth, former salesman at TaylorMade-Adidas Golf in the U.K., was appointed from the middle of December as Chiemsee sales manager for the country, replacing an agent. ...
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A private investor, Brian Thorp, has bought Hopkins and Holloway,...
A private investor, Brian Thorp, has bought Hopkins and Holloway, the British supplier of fishing components. Thorp formed a new company, Hopkins and Holloway UK, and plans to keep the core business while developing Stonefly and Seymo, two of the company’s brands. He is also said to be planning to ...
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David Ekelund, former marketing director at Icebug, the Swedish brand...
David Ekelund, former marketing director at Icebug, the Swedish brand of running footwear for icy conditions, climbed into the company’s chief executive seat at the beginning of this year. It was previously filled by Arne Törnqvist, the husband of Eliza Törnqvist, who is David’s mother as well as the founder ...
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X-Technology is building up its own textile research and development...
X-Technology is building up its own textile research and development laboratory in Asola, Italy, in order to meet the needs of advanced functional apparel. The facility is scheduled to open in this year’s third quarter. X-Technology’s manufacturing partners are already in Asola. The company says that it is putting millions ...
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Burton Snowboards will continue the partnership with the U.S. Snowboarding...
Burton Snowboards will continue the partnership with the U.S. Snowboarding Team that it started at the 2006 Olympics in Turin by outfitting the team for the 2010 Games in Vancouver. The athletes themselves will have input into the design and the characteristics of the clothes. In addition, Burton is joining ...
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Marco Giunta, chief executive of Cisalfa Sport, denies rumors that...
Marco Giunta, chief executive of Cisalfa Sport, denies rumors that he is about to leave and that Investitori Associati, which controls the big Italian sporting goods retailer, is in due diligence to sell the company to British interests. Giunta says that he and IA still want to take the company ...
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Colmar is planning to come out with its first line...
Colmar is planning to come out with its first line of golf apparel. To support the new initiative, it has taken over the sponsorship of Costantino Rocca, the best-known Italian golf pro, from Chervò, which remains the leading Italian pure golf apparel company. Colmar is already partly involved in the ...
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Elan, the Slovenian ski company, has wrapped up its restructuring...
Elan, the Slovenian ski company, has wrapped up its restructuring plan with fewer layoffs than expected. As previously reported, Elan posted an operating loss in 2007, which was worsened by one-time investments in production. Adding the poor market situation in Europe and the high prices of raw materials, Elan suffered ...
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Profeet, a German company that continues to manufacture its textiles...
Profeet, a German company that continues to manufacture its textiles in its home country, is bundling its three brands under one single label. Profeet used to market its socks under that name while the underwear was branded T-Ess and the headwear was called H.A.D. Headwear. All three business activities will ...
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Finally, Messe München has officially confirmed that it is planning...
Finally, Messe München has officially confirmed that it is planning a bicycle show. Its Bike Expo is scheduled for July 23-26. The event will be both an exhibition for consumers and a show for trade professionals. The trade show will be held in the halls of the Munich venue where ...
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Confirming a report in sport-guide.com, Odlo has signed on to...
Confirming a report in sport-guide.com, Odlo has signed on to supply the clothing for the Alinghi sailing team, which will compete in the 33rd America’s Cup after winning in 2007. Not only will the sailors wear Odlo apparel, but the sportswear manufacturer will also create a collection of Alinghi merchandise ...
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Sport Enebe and Sport Creber, the two leading Spanish suppliers...
Sport Enebe and Sport Creber, the two leading Spanish suppliers of tennis table equipment, have decided to form a new joint company, Leisure STTable, that will group their technologies and their operations. Based in Alicante, the new company will be run by Juan Manuel Navarro, chief executive of Sport Enebe. ...
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Crocs has told its distributors that they are welcome to...
Crocs has told its distributors that they are welcome to continue enforcing intellectual property rights of the shoes, but that it will stop doing so in all distributor regions effective Feb. 1. The company is planning to downsize and can no longer afford the expenses associated with enforcement in distributor ...
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Intersport Germany has sealed a deal with DLV, the German...
Intersport Germany has sealed a deal with DLV, the German athletics association, and with Nike, which is DLV’s sponsor for sporting goods. The affiliated members of the buying group are now the exclusive points of sale for DLV’s official Swoosh-branded apparel, including some special products that Nike has prepared for ...
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The Serbian tennis player Novak Djokovic introduced his new signature...
The Serbian tennis player Novak Djokovic introduced his new signature Falcon range of Adidas shoes in Melbourne recently. Falcon is part of the new CC Genius Footwear and Edge apparel lines. The shoes come in separate color schemes for each of the four Grand Slams and the Master Series Cup. ...
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Puma is partnering with Leisurecorp, which with the European Tour...
Puma is partnering with Leisurecorp, which with the European Tour created the Race to Dubai, a golf competition replacing the European Tour Order of Merit. The partnership became official at the South African Championship Tournament last month and will culminate in the final event of the European Tour, the first ...
