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Anzi Besson, the Turin-based skiwear company, has appointed Eduard Kaiser...
Anzi Besson, the Turin-based skiwear company, has appointed Eduard Kaiser as its international sales manager. Kaiser has switched from Firetrap, a jeanswear firm. Before, Kaiser had served for Lee Jeans, Salomon and North Sails. The appointment of Kaiser completes the management team of the brand after it was acquired by ...
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Burberry, the luxury fashion company whose golf apparel is sold...
Burberry, the luxury fashion company whose golf apparel is sold in many European countries, is planning on cutting up to 540 jobs in the U.K. and Spain as part of a restructuring in response to the economic climate. A plant in South Yorkshire, England, will close, eliminating 170 jobs, directly, ...
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Penfield, the down apparel brand that moved from the U.S....
Penfield, the down apparel brand that moved from the U.S. to the U.K, announces substantial changes in its distribution for Canada and various European countries. In Canada, the new distributor is Montréal-based Tiger Distribution; the Canadian market was handled through Penfield’s U.S. operations before. In France and Norway, the former ...
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In cooperation with Apple, The North Face has developed special...
In cooperation with Apple, The North Face has developed special software for snow enthusiasts for their iPhones. The freeware, called “The North Face Snow Report,” supplies the iPhone user with weather forecasts, maps, and information on snow and wind conditions. The snow report is applicable for all major ski resorts ...
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Bart Muurling has been appointed interim general manager of Intersport...
Bart Muurling has been appointed interim general manager of Intersport Nederland after the departure of Nico van Offeren last year. The retailer has been under temporary leadership for several months, since Van Offeren left to take charge of Masai Trading Benelux, selling MBT shoes. Muurling has been at Intersport Nederland ...
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Lafuma has appointed Thibaut Cornet, a veteran of Salomon, assistant...
Lafuma has appointed Thibaut Cornet, a veteran of Salomon, assistant general manager of Eider, the upscale outdoor apparel brand that it took over last year. Cornet, 44, worked for TaylorMade before occupying several posts at Salomon from 1994 onward. He was in charge of sales in France and then of ...
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Silhouette, the Austrian eyewear company, has appointed August Stangl to...
Silhouette, the Austrian eyewear company, has appointed August Stangl to succeed Franz Koll as brand director for Adidas Eyewear. Stangl previously worked for Therm-ic, the Austrian specialty brand for heating solutions in the sports sector.
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The World Federation of the Sporting Goods Industry has appointed...
The World Federation of the Sporting Goods Industry has appointed Yutaka Sasai to its Committee on International Sports Organization. Sasai is the marketing manager of ASICS, where he started working in 1973. The WFSGI will be looking to his experience in relations with international sports federations.
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Telemark Sport, the Norwegian distributor of Beerenberg and Fit to...
Telemark Sport, the Norwegian distributor of Beerenberg and Fit to Move ski apparel and equipment brands, was renamed Active Brands at the start of 2009. The company, which aims to grow the Beerenberg brand in Norway, has appointed John Inge Gulikstad, founder of Elite Sport, as head of marketing. The ...
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Berghaus has inked a new distribution deal for the Netherlands,...
Berghaus has inked a new distribution deal for the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg, effective from the beginning of this year. The former distributor, LV Equipment, headed by Leen Vroegrop, now puts its focus on distributing to the military. The Pentland brand will continue to work with LV in terms of ...
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Globetrotter, the big German outdoor retail chain and mail-order retailer,...
Globetrotter, the big German outdoor retail chain and mail-order retailer, has acquired a 25 percent stake in its Swiss counterpart, Transa Backpacking, the leader in Switzerland’s specialty outdoor retailing. Transa had sales of CHF 45 million (€30.3m-$40.3m) in 2008. The two retailers, which are already members of the Euro Family ...
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Puma bought the Swedish corporate merchandising firm Brandon Company on...
Puma bought the Swedish corporate merchandising firm Brandon Company on Jan. 1. Brandon’s expertise in merchandising and marketing will help strengthen Puma’s core business, and the new company will be able to exploit new synergies. They teamed up last year in a distribution deal for the Volvo Ocean Race collection. ...
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Implus Footcare has bought Little Hotties Warmers, which makes hand,...
Implus Footcare has bought Little Hotties Warmers, which makes hand, body and toe warmers. Little Hotties was founded in Washington State in 2004 and has grown significantly, available at several large chains in the U.S. This is Implus’ fourth expansion in the last two years, following acquisitions of Yaktrax and ...
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The Chinese sports brand Erke reports that it opened more...
The Chinese sports brand Erke reports that it opened more than 800 mono-brand stores last year, for a total of 4,300 in China. In the first nine months of 2008, the company had an increase in sales of 46 percent, and a profit increase of 30 percent. In the last ...
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NexCen Brands was suspended from trading on Nasdaq on Jan....
NexCen Brands was suspended from trading on Nasdaq on Jan. 13. The parent company of The Athlete’s Foot plans to ask the exchange to reconsider but expects to be eligible to trade on the over-the-counter market.
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A Brazilian newspaper has reported that the footwear manufacturer Vulcabras...
A Brazilian newspaper has reported that the footwear manufacturer Vulcabras wants to almost double production at its Argentinian factory. It now employs about 3,000 people, and Vulcabras’ president, Milton Cardoso, reportedly wants to increase that to 5,000. This comes in the wake of a commitment by the Argentinian government to ...
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Callaway Golf Company finalized its purchase of uPlay on Dec....
Callaway Golf Company finalized its purchase of uPlay on Dec. 31. UPlay, based in Carlsbad, Calif., develops and markets consumer electronics. Last year it launched the uPro, a distance-measuring device that combines aerial and satellite photography with GPS technology to accurately locate golf course hazards, distance, and the layout of ...
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Joma has developed and patented a technology, called Hybrid System,...
Joma has developed and patented a technology, called Hybrid System, in which titanium particles are incorporated in the fibers of its higher-end tennis shirts. The Spanish company claims that the titanium ions thus irradiated through the skin lead to a better oxygenation of the blood by creating extra water particles.
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Ginkoia, a French company that specializes in management software for...
Ginkoia, a French company that specializes in management software for sports retailers, was taken over earlier this month by DL Software, another French company that already offered such products for medical laboratories, campsites and firms selling construction materials. Established in 1989, Ginkoia is based in Passy, near Chamonix. With 23 ...
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Nike has a new sales director for its region comprising...
Nike has a new sales director for its region comprising Austria, Germany, Switzerland and Slovenia. Marco Dippe replaces Bahri Kurter, who has left both the company and the sporting goods industry. Dippe has been with the Swoosh company for 11 years now and was most recently in charge of sales ...
