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The trade show CPH Vision has expanded its location in...
The trade show CPH Vision has expanded its location in Copenhagen, now dividing its exhibitors into two groups. Designerwear will be shown in what organizers have dubbed Terminal 1 in Øksnehallen on 5,000 square meters. Sports fashion and streetwear will be in a nearby train maintenance building, called Terminal 2 ...
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Décathlon wants to react to the difficult situation of the...
Décathlon wants to react to the difficult situation of the Spanish sporting goods market by introducing its Toboggan concept of factory outlets, which is already in operation in France at half a dozen locations. The retailer will also open soon its second-largest Spanish store on 8,000 m² at Alcalà de ...
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Nike has revamped its www.nikestore.com to include videos featuring Nike...
Nike has revamped its www.nikestore.com to include videos featuring Nike athletes and designers discussing product and technology features. Customers should find improved check-out and easier zoom views of the 12,000 styles available, and are now about to post their own product reviews. The new site is available in the U.K., ...
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The World Federation of the Sporting Goods Industry has named...
The World Federation of the Sporting Goods Industry has named a new member to its trade committee. He is Leonid Strakhov, the vice president of the Russian Association of Sports Industry Enterprises, which he helped create, and also the chief executive of the Sportmaster Group, the largest sporting goods retailer ...
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Peak Performance is opening seven new general stores in Northern...
Peak Performance is opening seven new general stores in Northern Europe in time for the Christmas shopping period. Its 14th Swedish store opened in Västerås recently, east of Stockholm, measuring 172 square meters. Two stores were to open in Norway at the end of October, one based in Bergen – ...
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In a move to widen its offer on the sporting...
In a move to widen its offer on the sporting goods market, AG Trading has taken over distribution of Stöckli’s skis and Hotronic’s footwarmers in Sweden from Åre Agentur, a Swedish distributor that went bankrupt this summer. AG Trading began its business by distributing Conformable shoe soles and took on ...
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Thierry Bouché, who spent 11 years with Oakley Europe, has...
Thierry Bouché, who spent 11 years with Oakley Europe, has joined the growing team of Sport Invest Search, the international executive recruitment agency set up in 2006 by Andy Gugenheimer, to run its Paris office. The agency, which has offices also in Biarritz and Munich, conducted 85 recruitments in 2007 ...
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The board of Orange 21 has named A. Stone Douglass...
The board of Orange 21 has named A. Stone Douglass to replace Mark Simo as chief executive. Simo resigned effective Sept. 29. Douglass will review the company’s business and is expected to streamline operations and adjust the executive compensation scheme. Douglass joined Orange 21’s board on Aug. 7 and was ...
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Norm Wesley, who been with Fortune Brands for 21 years,...
Norm Wesley, who been with Fortune Brands for 21 years, has retired as chairman, though he will remain on the board. He has been in that position for almost nine years. Bruce Carbonari, the company’s president and chief executive officer, has been named chairman and CEO to replace him. Since ...
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Adidas is adding 465 square meters, including 350 m² of...
Adidas is adding 465 square meters, including 350 m² of net retail space, to its 2-year-old mega-store on Paris’ prestigious Champs-Elysées. New are a space to customize Adidas Originals shoes and an area for art exhibitions and other events. Like the one it recently opened in Beijing, the store is ...
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The Chinese athletic brand Anta saw sales increase by 50...
The Chinese athletic brand Anta saw sales increase by 50 percent in the first half of this year to about $320 million, but experts have said that if it wants to realize its goal of being China’s top sportwear brand, it needs to increase its ad spending and emphasize its ...
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Morgan Stanley and Annex Capital have completed the acquisition of...
Morgan Stanley and Annex Capital have completed the acquisition of Sympatex Technologies as well as Ploucquet Textiles Zittau. The two institutional investors now own 100 percent of the two companies on a 50-50 basis. They had moved into the Ploucquet Group in 2006 by acquiring a majority stake and now ...
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Adidas has announced a new partnership with Foot Locker in...
Adidas has announced a new partnership with Foot Locker in Italy. An entire floor of two Foot Locker stores in Milan will be dedicated exclusively to the display and sale of Adidas Originals items. Both stores are strategically located in shopping areas frequented by the young. The two brands agreed ...
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After several years of legal squabbling, The North Face has...
After several years of legal squabbling, The North Face has settled a trademark dispute in Turkey to introduce the brand in this hugely promising market early next year. It will be distributed in the country through the Turkish subsidiary of the VF Corporation, the parent company of TNF, based in ...
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Head has signed some new sponsorship deals in the alpine...
Head has signed some new sponsorship deals in the alpine ski sector in anticipation of the World Ski Cup scheduled for Oct. 25-26 in Sölden. It now has a two-year contract with Anja Pärson, the 27-year-old Swedish champion who is the only female to have won world races in all ...
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Kris Aman is the new vice president of general manager...
Kris Aman is the new vice president of general manager for Nike’s men’s athletic training division. He will focus on the footwear, apparel and equipment in the unit as well as in football and baseball segments. He was been with Nike for 12 years, most recently as the global general ...
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A district court in Helsinki has cleared Amer Sports of...
A district court in Helsinki has cleared Amer Sports of all the claims for damages made by three private persons in the spring of 2005 in relation to the group’s divestiture of its former tobacco business in March 2004. The plaintiffs will have to sustain all the legal costs involved ...
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Kevin Keaney, who was placed at the helm of Animal...
Kevin Keaney, who was placed at the helm of Animal as interim chief executive last June after the departure of John Stockton, now has the job on a permanent basis. After several years as an executive with retail companies from Sainsbury’s to Somerfield and Marks & Spencer, Keaney joined Animal ...
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Vans has more than doubled its turnover from an annual...
Vans has more than doubled its turnover from an annual level of $350 million since the brand was taken over by VF Corporation in 2004. Its business outside the USA has grown faster than its domestic operations, with Europe now accounting for 25 percent of total sales. Footwear represents 76 ...
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EuroSIMA is organizing its fifth annual Snowforum in Garmisch-Partenkirchen for...
EuroSIMA is organizing its fifth annual Snowforum in Garmisch-Partenkirchen for next Apr. 24-25. The program of the conference, the first one to be held on German soil, will include market surveys on the snowboard and free-ski markets and on internet retailing. At its annual Waterman’s Ball last month in Hossegor, ...
