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Peak Performance has added three new people to its design...
Peak Performance has added three new people to its design team to increase its technical competence and add flavor to its casualwear offer. Peter Lindblom, who was formerly a freelance designer for the company, will be in charge of the brand’s casual apparel range. Fredrik Lundberg, from Norrøna, will oversee ...
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Adidas is running a series of viral online ads to...
Adidas is running a series of viral online ads to promote its array of football boots featuring stars including England midfielder Steven Gerrard and German captain Michael Ballack. The first of the 25 short clips will first appear online but may also be used on TV or in stores, as ...
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In other marketing news from Adidas, the company has extended...
In other marketing news from Adidas, the company has extended its sponsorship of the New Zealand international rugby union team, the All Blacks. The deal was set to expire in 2011 but has been renewed until 2019. The price tag for the agreement was not disclosed. Adidas has sponsored the ...
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After five years at Ferrari, where he became head of...
After five years at Ferrari, where he became head of brand management, Alberto Fraticelli joins Lotto Sport Italia as communications and marketing director. The 37-year-old executive worked previously with Armando Testa and Arthur Andersen. At Lotto he takes the place of Alberto Landi, who died prematurely last June.
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Diadora has given the distribution of all its products for...
Diadora has given the distribution of all its products for the Canadian market to an Italian, Toni Incolengo. His company, Logica Sport, has been distributing its cycling products since last June because it specializes in this sector. Located in Montreal, Logica Sport has been selling brands such as Biemme, Eletto ...
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Allsport, the Austrian brand for snow, outdoor and golf wear...
Allsport, the Austrian brand for snow, outdoor and golf wear will open its first flagship store in March 2009. It will have a selling surface of 160 square meters and will be located on Limmatquai street in Zurich. The store will be operated by a local retail player, Och Sport.
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Alvar Alvaro, former general manager of Sport Disseny, was placed...
Alvar Alvaro, former general manager of Sport Disseny, was placed in jail in Barcelona last month on charges that he transferred funds illegally while he ran that Spanish buying group, which doesn’t exist anymore. It was liquidated at the end of 2004 with debts of €4 million. Spanish judicial authorities ...
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Amer Sports is hiring Simon Sjöberg as the Swedish sales...
Amer Sports is hiring Simon Sjöberg as the Swedish sales manager for Salomon hardware at the end of January 2009. He will replace Peter Hulander, who has moved to Kask where he is the brand’s new chief executive officer. Sjöberg has worked with Salomon before, but has spent recent years ...
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Antonio Diaz is promoted as commercial director of Luanvi, the...
Antonio Diaz is promoted as commercial director of Luanvi, the leading Spanish supplier of replica football jerseys. Diaz, who has been with Luanvi for several years, takes on one of the responsibilities of Andrés Fernandez, former sales and marketing manager of the company, who is leaving to pursue other interests ...
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Maier Sports, the German marketer of outdoor and ski apparel,...
Maier Sports, the German marketer of outdoor and ski apparel, filed for receivership last Friday. The receiver is Reinhard Schmid, a lawyer from Stuttgart. Sources say that Maier has been in trouble for a while, partially due to its price-driven but low-profile offer of functional outerwear. Another reason for the ...
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SportScheck, the leading German specialty retailer, has appointed Marcus Leber...
SportScheck, the leading German specialty retailer, has appointed Marcus Leber as executive in charge of expansion. Leber has been with Scheck for five years as sales manager. The chain is looking especially at foreign markets and is about to enter the Russian market, as SGI Europe has already reported. Scheck ...
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Crocs has appointed a global creative director and a vice...
Crocs has appointed a global creative director and a vice president of global e-commerce, both with considerable experience. The newly created position of global creative director has been filled by Charlie Johnson, who has spent more than 20 years in the footwear industry, eight of them with Adidas. Chris Ladd, ...
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Arena signs a partnership with the Swedish Swimming Federation that...
Arena signs a partnership with the Swedish Swimming Federation that will last through the 2012 Olympic Games in London, replacing Speedo. New is also its deal with the Polish federation, starting next January. The Italian brand has similar technical partnerships with ten other national federations: those of Norway, Russia, Belarus, ...
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Skigutane, the owner of the Åsnes ski factory in Norway,...
Skigutane, the owner of the Åsnes ski factory in Norway, can no longer afford to keep up national production and will outsource all manufacturing to China in 2009. It will close the famous site in Straumses, which was opened in 1922 by the Asnes brothers. The factory produced 8,000 skis ...
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A jury coordinated by EMAP has assigned this year’s Drapers...
A jury coordinated by EMAP has assigned this year’s Drapers Award for best new store in the U.K. to the single-brand store recently opened by Fat Face in the Princesshay shopping center in Exeter, Devon. Drapers magazine praises the creative and witty style of the three-story outlet and its dynamic ...
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Freddy has unveiled a new Freddy Royal Ballet Dancers Collection...
Freddy has unveiled a new Freddy Royal Ballet Dancers Collection of clothing and accessories for dance and leisurewear. The line, which will be sold internationally, stems from a new four-year partnership struck with the Royal Ballet Theatre of London, similar to the one that the Italian dance and fitness apparel ...
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Gramicci has named a new design director, Dreanna Bane, who...
Gramicci has named a new design director, Dreanna Bane, who will work in its design lab on its “Never the Norm” clothing. Bane was most recently a freelance designer who launched collections for A Gold E, Caravan Fashion Enterprises and RYS. Before that she was a designer and merchandiser for ...
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Sportler, the large Italian sporting goods retailer based in Bolzano,...
Sportler, the large Italian sporting goods retailer based in Bolzano, has revamped its website, www.sportler.com, adding videos, photos and tips in Italian and German. The operation, based in Bolzano, continues to accept orders from all over the European Union and is negotiating to add Switzerland and the United Kingdom.
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An interesting group of beach-related prototype clothing was presented last...
An interesting group of beach-related prototype clothing was presented last Nov. 26-28 at Mare Moda, the beachwear fair in Cannes, by Gruppo 4T, a network of 15 Italian producers and design studios coordinated by Assosport. The “Active Water Sport Apparel 4T” project presented by them comprised a friction-free and seamless ...
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A raft of new executives has been installed in new...
A raft of new executives has been installed in new positions at Cannondale Sports Group, a division of Dorel Industries. They will oversee all four of the brands in the Cannondale group – Cannondale, Schwinn, GT and Mongoose – which will continue to be led by Bob Baird, acting president. ...
