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Nike will be among the exhibitors at the relatively new...
Nike will be among the exhibitors at the relatively new Mess Around shoe show in Paris next Feb. 1-3.
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The magazine BusinessWeek has named Jarden Corporation to its annual...
The magazine BusinessWeek has named Jarden Corporation to its annual list of the World’s Most Influential Companies. It called it a “master” in the consumer goods industry. BusinessWeek worked with a panel of 14 scholars, consultants and industry leaders from around the world to formulate the list of 10, which ...
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POC has signed another snowboarder and surfer, Flo Orley, to...
POC has signed another snowboarder and surfer, Flo Orley, to its team.
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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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K-Swiss has appointed John Nielsen as its new country manager...
K-Swiss has appointed John Nielsen as its new country manager for Germany and Austria.
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Ashworth is not the only golf company facing a smaller...
Ashworth is not the only golf company facing a smaller headcount (see story above). Acushnet, the Fortune Brands company that comprises Titleist, FootJoy and Cobra, has announced that it will be offering voluntary separation packages to about 4 percent of its staff in the USA, or 125 employees, followed by ...
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Chinese Commerce Minister Chen Deming has assured the public that...
Chinese Commerce Minister Chen Deming has assured the public that China will not rely on depreciating the yuan to boost exports. On the other hand, for the fifth time in four months, China’s central bank cut its interest rates in December to help avoid a deeper international recession. The reduction ...
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NexCen Brands, the troubled parent company of The Athlete’s Foot,...
NexCen Brands, the troubled parent company of The Athlete’s Foot, has completed the sale of its Bill Blass licensing business. Peacock International Holdings bought the business for about $10 million in cash. NexCen said it would use the money to pay down its Bill Blass-related debt.
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Atomic is recalling some of its ski bindings at the...
Atomic is recalling some of its ski bindings at the behest of the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission after it was found that the heel housing can crack, causing the binding to release unexpectedly. Four injuries have been reported from the defect. About a million of the bindings were sold ...
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Christian Hecht, formerly with Atomic, is the new sales manager...
Christian Hecht, formerly with Atomic, is the new sales manager for Germany, and he also acts as sales rep in Bavaria. Christian Gritsch is handling sales in Austria.
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The Bread & Butter show in Barcelona later this month...
The Bread & Butter show in Barcelona later this month will feature for the first time a “flea market” where eight streetwear stores from Europe and the USA will sell collection pieces and special collaboration items by numerous brands including Adidas, ASICS, Carhartt, Lacoste, New Balance, Nike, Polo Ralph Lauren, ...
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Governance for Owners, an eight-year-old equity investment partnership based in...
Governance for Owners, an eight-year-old equity investment partnership based in London, has surpassed the 1/20th mark of stock ownership of Amer Sports. As of Dec. 18, Governance for Owners owned 3,672,458 share of Amer Sports stock, equaling 5.03 percent of the company’s share capital and voting rights. In addition, Danske ...
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David Beckham is returning to European pitches on “official loan”...
David Beckham is returning to European pitches on “official loan” to AC Milan, the Italian team sponsored by Adidas. He will play 10 Serie A matches and two rounds of the UEFA Cup before he heads back to Los Angeles for the start of the season for Major League Soccer. ...
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Riccardo Calderoni has been named as Italian country manager of...
Riccardo Calderoni has been named as Italian country manager of Rip Curl after three years as retail manager of the company for the northern part of the country. He replaces Luca Cortinovis, who leaves the company after six years in the job.
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Russ Curran and Dan Norton have been promoted at Etonic...
Russ Curran and Dan Norton have been promoted at Etonic Worldwide. Curran, who joined the company last May, is the new general manager of Etonic Running, where he will work to strengthen the division’s sales organization and customer base. Norton will oversee product development and marketing activity for the running ...
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Sales of ski helmets and other protective equipment have been...
Sales of ski helmets and other protective equipment have been heavily promoted by German TV and other media since New Year’s Eve in the wake of a sad accident at an Austrian ski resort on Jan. 1. One of the skiers involved was Dieter Althaus, the prime minister of Thuringia, ...
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Bob Meers, the former president of the Reebok brand who...
Bob Meers, the former president of the Reebok brand who led Lululemon Athletica for many years, has become chief executive of Taryn Rose, a shoe company in Los Angeles, with a financial stake (more in Shoe Intelligence).
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Musto has opened a new concept store in Brighton, featuring...
Musto has opened a new concept store in Brighton, featuring a special look that should be replicated through a number of new openings over the next 18 months.
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FIFA has endorsed the formation of a Great Britain football...
FIFA has endorsed the formation of a Great Britain football team to play in the 2012 Olympics in London, much to the chagrin of the Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland Football Associations. They say that a Great Britain team would detract from their ability to play as separate countries in ...
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The construction of Li Ning’s sportswear manufacturing and distribution center...
The construction of Li Ning’s sportswear manufacturing and distribution center will cost 3.2 billion renmimbi (€338.1m-$470.4) and create 20,000 to 30,000 new jobs. The facility will be set up in Jingmen, China, where the average wage of a skilled textile worker is 50 percent lower than in coastal areas. Phase ...
