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Dimensione Danza, the Italian dance apparel brand, is expanding its...
Dimensione Danza, the Italian dance apparel brand, is expanding its retail network in Italy. In September it opened two new mono-brand stores. In Turin it opened its first mono-brand shop for the Piedmont region with a retail surface of 55 square meters. A few days later it inaugurated its first ...
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Pete Sanchez, who joined TaylorMade-adidas Golf in late April as...
Pete Sanchez, who joined TaylorMade-adidas Golf in late April as vice president of business development, is appointed as the company’s chief operating officer. In his new role, he will be responsible for engineering, supply chain, sourcing, procurement and all manufacturing operations. Before joining TMaG, the 35-year-old executive was president and ...
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A new assembly line named for the road racer Michael...
A new assembly line named for the road racer Michael Boogerd has been opened at Gazelle, the Dutch bicycle manufacturer. Twenty-eight mechanics assemble bikes in its factory’s U-shaped line, devised with the intent of assembling the right model for the customer rather than mass assembly. The project has been implemented ...
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Jan van Leeuwen has been promoted as the new general...
Jan van Leeuwen has been promoted as the new general manager of Sole Technology Europe, replacing Frank Messmann who has left the company. Van Leeuwen joined the parent company of Etnies and other skate brands (eS, Emerican and Thirty-Two) last January as marketing and sales director at its European office ...
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The founder and former chief executive of Crocs has bought...
The founder and former chief executive of Crocs has bought Crocs Canada with a group of private investors. George Boedecker bought the company, which was originally called Foam Creations, in 2004 when he was running Crocs. He left Crocs in 2005. Located in Québec, its factory used an EVA injection ...
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Hi-Tec, the England-based golf, racquet sports and outdoor brand, has...
Hi-Tec, the England-based golf, racquet sports and outdoor brand, has reorganized its business in Europe over the last years, closing some subsidiaries and recruiting new distributors. Duncan Patmore has returned to the company as a global product and marketing director in April, replacing Tony Linford, but Hi-Tec still requires a ...
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The first Romanian International Marathon took place in Bucharest on...
The first Romanian International Marathon took place in Bucharest on Oct. 12. It was organized by the Bucharest Running Club Association. The event included different disciplines, which attracted a total of over 2,000 participants. More than 150 runners competed in the classic marathon, but there were also an individual half-marathon ...
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Fischer is examining the future of its tennis racquet business....
Fischer is examining the future of its tennis racquet business. The Austrian ski company says it is going to halt its own tennis operations by June 30, 2009, but is in negotiations with third parties to either sell the tennis business or to license it. Fischer Sports reached annual sales ...
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Eastpak has just opened a store on Carnaby Street in...
Eastpak has just opened a store on Carnaby Street in London, its first in the U.K. The 170-square-meter location will carry the brand’s Authentic, Core, Raf Simons and apparel collections. It will also be the site of art exhibitions in partnership with the StolenSpace Gallery, which specializes in non-traditional art ...
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Richard T. Mina, president and chief executive of Foot Locker...
Richard T. Mina, president and chief executive of Foot Locker USA, has been asked to step down by the company, removing a layer of management between the chief executive of the group, Matt Serra, and the managers who run the different banners. He was the seventh best paid executive of ...
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Deha has opened a mono-brand shop in Dalian, China. The...
Deha has opened a mono-brand shop in Dalian, China. The 100-square-meter store in the Parkland Shopping Mall will offer Deha’s dance-inspired apparel and accessories. Dalian is the second-largest city in the Chinese province Liaoning, which has 6 million inhabitants. The Italian brand, which is distributed by Meeting Group, plans another ...
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Creating a new position within the company, POC, the Swedish...
Creating a new position within the company, POC, the Swedish supplier of high-tech helmets, has appointed a head of sales, Louis Boudrias, who is going to be based just outside Chamonix, a city described as the heart of gravity sports in Europe. A Canadian expatriate, he has been living there ...
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Following the fate of Intersport Danmark, its direct competitor in...
Following the fate of Intersport Danmark, its direct competitor in the country, Sport Danmark, has dropped plans to sell its Sport Master business and that of its retail members to institutional investors. Straumur, an Icelandic investment bank that was going to get financially involved in Intersport Danmark as well, dropped ...
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Lonsdale has created a “gym within gym” concept designed for...
Lonsdale has created a “gym within gym” concept designed for health clubs that intend to offer a dedicated facility for boxing inside their premises. The company provides all the equipment and know-how for these boxing areas in addition to a big image poster that promotes the brand. Several fitness centers ...
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Luhta has signed a deal with the Finnish Figure Skating...
Luhta has signed a deal with the Finnish Figure Skating Association as its sponsor for 2009. The association’s A-team and B-team members will wear Luhta apparel before and after international and national competitions including the Finlandia Trophy and the European Figure Skating Championships, which will be held Jan. 20-25 in ...
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Despite the recent financial problems and the partial takeover of...
Despite the recent financial problems and the partial takeover of its holding company by Barclays, Lehman Brothers Merchant Banking has gone through with its planned purchase of a 40 percent share in SRAM. Two Lehman directors will join the board of the American manufacturer of bicycle components. Lance Armstrong made ...
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Puma replaces Kappa as the sponsor of the important Feyenoord...
Puma replaces Kappa as the sponsor of the important Feyenoord football club in Rotterdam and extends its deal with the VfB Stuttgart team, which was the champion in Germany’s premier football league for the 2006/07 season, through 2015. The German sports brand, which is making new efforts to assert its ...
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Lilysportive, a French sporting goods retailer for women, has opened...
Lilysportive, a French sporting goods retailer for women, has opened its second store in Paris, near the Bastille. The 300-square-meter outlet offers free yoga sessions for a small group of women and vouchers to train in the neighboring Club Med Gym.
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Lotto Sport Italia has signed up to sponsor Glen Johnson,...
Lotto Sport Italia has signed up to sponsor Glen Johnson, the footballer for England and the Portsmouth club, for three years. The company will also supply apparel, shoes and accessories for students at Johnson’s football school in Kent, where 2,000 children aged 4-16 attend each month. Johnson won 9 full ...
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Lotto Sport Italia has opened a new location for its...
Lotto Sport Italia has opened a new location for its Hong Kong subsidiary, which handles the production and distribution of Lotto Sport merchandise in the Asia-Pacific region and in the Americas. In 2007, the Asia-Pacific region brought in 16 percent of Lotto Sport’s total sales, growing by 15 percent over ...
