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Joop Visser, a manager with a track record of three...
Joop Visser, a manager with a track record of three decades in the Dutch and Belgian sports business, has been appointed as sales manager of Umbro in the Benelux countries from the beginning of this month. The brand was formerly licensed to Team Sport for Benelux, Germany and Austria, but ...
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Marc van Rooij moves up to be president of Shimano...
Marc van Rooij moves up to be president of Shimano Europe Holding Group, replacing Sato Yuasa who has returned to work for Shimano in Japan. Erik Naberman will take over from van Rooij as the top manager of Shimano Benelux. Separately, Shimano has announced that it will act from Jan. ...
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The third-quarter results released by Sports Marketing Surveys show that...
The third-quarter results released by Sports Marketing Surveys show that Wilson Racquet Sports’ products leads the industry, with the No. 1 rank for “hot new racquet” for 2008, the [K] Blade 98. The company has five of the top 10 sellers in the market, and is the leader in sales ...
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Ogio is promoting two veterans to vice president slots: Tom...
Ogio is promoting two veterans to vice president slots: Tom Gocke will be over global golf and Nick Wright will head global ad specialty industry (ASI). Gocke has been with the company for three years as director of global golf. Wright has been the national sales manager leading the ASI ...
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More than 6,000 people visited Sportjam, the Spanish action sports...
More than 6,000 people visited Sportjam, the Spanish action sports fair held for the third time in Irun a few weeks ago. That was about double the previous score, but the vast majority were consumers who were attracted by the local skateboarding events. The number of professional visitors was only ...
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Operating income in the quarter ended Sept. 27 was up...
Operating income in the quarter ended Sept. 27 was up 3.4 percent to $23.4 million for Easton Bell, the parent of the Easton, Bell, Giro and Riddell brands. Net income was off by 7 percent to $6.3 million. Total sales were nearly 8 percent higher at $203.4 million and gross ...
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Deckers Outdoor Corporation reported a phenomenal 52.5 percent increase in...
Deckers Outdoor Corporation reported a phenomenal 52.5 percent increase in its total sales to $197.3 million for the third quarter, largely on the back of its continuously strong brand UGG, which jumped by 57.1 percent to $178.7 million. Simple had more modest growth of 17.3 percent to $5.2 million, while ...
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Fortune Brands is projecting a decline of more than 5...
Fortune Brands is projecting a decline of more than 5 percent for this year in operating income excluding special charges for its golf segment, Acushnet, with brands such as Titleist, FootJoy and Cobra. Its sales of golf balls were slightly down in the third quarter, while club sales fell by ...
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Erik Myhren, the 57-year-old Norwegian industry executive based in Switzerland,...
Erik Myhren, the 57-year-old Norwegian industry executive based in Switzerland, has left as a partner in Mountain Force to launch his own brand of sports apparel. Called CUUN after the concept of cocooning, it is described as a discreet, elegant and trendy line of functional and protective multi-purpose clothing for ...
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New Balance has appointed Scott Saunders to act as merchandising...
New Balance has appointed Scott Saunders to act as merchandising manager for its Europe, Middle East and Africa region. In 24 years he has worked for such companies as Marks & Spencer, El Corte Inglés, Sports Direct, JJB Sports, Reebok, Champion and Kappa. The nomination is related to the previously ...
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Fred Perry is opening several new concept stores. In addition...
Fred Perry is opening several new concept stores. In addition to new locations being opened in Moscow, New York and Singapore, it has inaugurated its first store in Paris. The high-end Fred Perry Laurel store, located on rue Vielle-du-Temps in the Marais, also offers the high-end ranges co-signed by designers ...
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Mitre Sports International has filed a libel lawsuit against the...
Mitre Sports International has filed a libel lawsuit against the cable television company HBO. The suit, filed in New York on Oct. 23, involves a recent 21-minute report on HBO’s “Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel” program, which has aired several times in the last two months. The program features a ...
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Arcandor, parent company of Karstadt, has announced an agreement with...
Arcandor, parent company of Karstadt, has announced an agreement with its employees that calls for annual savings in staff costs of €115 million over the next three years. The details are being negotiated with the unions. Meanwhile Sal. Oppenheim & Cie, which is described as the largest independent private bank ...
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Foot Locker has completed the purchase of CCS, an American...
Foot Locker has completed the purchase of CCS, an American mail-order and internet retailer of skate products whose sales are projected to reach more than $80 million in 2009. Foot Locker bought the company for $103.2 million in cash from Delia’s. It is expected to be accretive to Foot Locker’s ...
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ISPO Winter announces the launch of a study on the...
ISPO Winter announces the launch of a study on the future of skiing and a cooperation with Netzwerk Winter (winter network), a 2-year-old Austrian association run by Franz Schenner, former chief executive of Blizzard. This interdisciplinary platform is seeking to promote snow sports in different ways. Sharing its objectives, ISPO ...
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Arthur Engel, former president of Gant, has been appointed as...
Arthur Engel, former president of Gant, has been appointed as the new president of Björn Borg, the public Swedish sports apparel and underwear company that takes its name from the former tennis star. The 40-year-old executive replaces Nils Vinberg, who becomes vice chairman after 10 years at the helm of ...
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VDS, the German sporting goods retailers’ association, is expecting an...
VDS, the German sporting goods retailers’ association, is expecting an increase of between 2 and 3 percent in the revenues of its affiliated stores this year if the sales trends of the first eight months continues until the end of 2008. Thanks to the Euro 2008 football championships, the big ...
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FIFAS, the association of French sporting goods suppliers, has teamed...
FIFAS, the association of French sporting goods suppliers, has teamed up with the organizers of a new fair to promote sports and leisure activities in France. Called Bougez! ("Get moving!"), the fair will be held in Paris next June 12-14 to promote fun sports and nature-oriented sports activities. Instead of ...
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Before his resounding victory in the U.S. presidential elections, Barack...
Before his resounding victory in the U.S. presidential elections, Barack Obama responded to a questionnaire by the U.S. National Council of Textile Organizations by saying that his administration would initiate a monitoring program on Chinese apparel and textile imports after safeguards are removed on Jan. 1. He also said that ...
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Barry Mellis is the new general manager for Intersport UK,...
Barry Mellis is the new general manager for Intersport UK, a division of Associated Independent Stores (AIS), where he will help develop the international brand throughout the U.K. and Ireland. Members of Intersport UK currently trade from more than 150 shops. Mellis has worked for 19 years with Adidas. He ...
