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NexCen Brands, which owns The Athlete’s Foot, is struggling to...
NexCen Brands, which owns The Athlete’s Foot, is struggling to pay $30 million toward a loan by October. It has worked out a deal with its lender BTMU Capital Corporation to extend a forbearance period from July 17 to Aug. 8. The company said that the deal also included provisions ...
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New Balance is recruiting a new European sales director following...
New Balance is recruiting a new European sales director following the departure of Barry Mellis after four years in the job, but the company is about to announce the appointment of new country managers for France and Germany. The two positions have been vacant for a while. The company enjoyed ...
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Champion Europe has signed on with the Brazilian Basketball Federation...
Champion Europe has signed on with the Brazilian Basketball Federation (CBB) to be the official and exclusive sponsor of the men’s national team, which is trying to qualify for a spot in next month’s Olympics. Champion is also outfitting the national youth team as well as the women’s team, which ...
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An executive in the sports industry has been a success...
An executive in the sports industry has been a success out from behind his desk, too. Topher Gaylord, the president of VF Outdoor & Action Sports International, won the Nemea-Olympia Ultra-marathon in Greece in May. The historical 180-kilometer race takes place every two years, and runners have 28 hours to ...
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Dave Stalker has been named to the new position of...
Dave Stalker has been named to the new position of operations director for the U.K. Fitness Industry Association,. Stalker, who has been on the association’s board of directors in the past, will be in charge of a new Code of Practice, develop new products and member offers, and manage the ...
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Perhaps buoyed by next month’s Olympic Games in Beijing and...
Perhaps buoyed by next month’s Olympic Games in Beijing and by increased consumer attention to cycling because of rising fuel prices, Giant Manufacturing has reported its best-ever, consolidated first-half revenues, prompting the Taiwanese company to forecast low double-digit sales growth for the whole financial year. For the six months ended ...
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Quiksilver opened earlier this month its biggest store in Italy....
Quiksilver opened earlier this month its biggest store in Italy. Spanning over more than 500 square meters and located at Marina di Pietrasanta, one of the major surf spots along the peninsula, it hosts the collections of Quiksilver, Roxy and DC. As a company-owned multi-brand store, the unit is called ...
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The family of Gérard Mulliez, which controls Décathlon, Boulanger, Kiabi...
The family of Gérard Mulliez, which controls Décathlon, Boulanger, Kiabi and other chains of specialty stores, has become the wealthiest family in France. Its net worth is estimated by Challenges magazine to have reached €21 billion in 2008. It thus overtook the family of Bernard Arnault, which controls LVMH and ...
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Oxbow, the French surfing brand, is moving into the U.S....
Oxbow, the French surfing brand, is moving into the U.S. market with the opening of its own store in Santa Monica, California. At the same time, the company has set up a sales office above the store to start wholesaling Oxbow products, concentrating on California and Florida. The subsidiary is ...
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The chairman of the sportswear brand group China Dongxiang, Chen...
The chairman of the sportswear brand group China Dongxiang, Chen Yihong, has bought 12.5 million shares in the company, bringing his total stake to 51.91 percent. The chief executive, Qin Dazhong, bought 5 million shares for a stake of 4.35 percent. The shares were bought at an average price of ...
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The first Russian Brand Parade will be held in Moscow...
The first Russian Brand Parade will be held in Moscow on Sept. 6. The event, which will include a masked carnival, a concert and various promotional activities, expects to bring 100,000 peoples to the streets of the Russian capital. The show is inspired by a successful format started in New ...
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Pentland Brands has promoted Richard Newcombe as president of Ellesse...
Pentland Brands has promoted Richard Newcombe as president of Ellesse International, replacing Warren Cohen who has moved to another internal facing role within the group. An 8-year veteran of the British group, Newcombe was previously associated with its private label division. Ellesse has signed new licenses in the UK, Ireland, ...
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Caution is still the word at JJB Sports, the U.K....
Caution is still the word at JJB Sports, the U.K. sports retailer, as it faces a tough retail environment in the second half of the year. At its annual general meeting today, JJB announced that its sales slid by 1.2 percent for the 12 weeks to July 20 on a ...
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Jochen Schnell, managing director for finance and operations of the...
Jochen Schnell, managing director for finance and operations of the German sports specialty chain Sport Voswinkel, has left the company. The 42-year-old has joined the team of Christ, a local jewelry chain. With this move Schnell returns to the group he served until 2003: Christ is a subsidiary of the ...
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Perry Sport, the Dutch sports retailer, is launching a new...
Perry Sport, the Dutch sports retailer, is launching a new store format aimed at women. Called Sport + Eve, the concept will be introduced in Nijmegen in September, to be followed by a second store in Haarlem in October. The initiative was launched by Monique Koopman, who took over the ...
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FEDAS, the European federation of sporting goods retailers, had its...
FEDAS, the European federation of sporting goods retailers, had its annual meeting in Dresden recently. Its president, Werner Haizmann, who acts also as president of VDS, the German sporting goods retailers federation, and operates a store in Stuttgart, was re-elected for another three-year term. So were most of the other ...
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Gruppo Marzocchi of Italy is on the verge of selling...
Gruppo Marzocchi of Italy is on the verge of selling its suspension business to Tenneco, a manufacturer of automotive components. Marzocchi supplies suspension technology to makers of mountain bikes and motorcycles. The final deal is subject to several conditions. Tenneco, which is based in Illinois, would purchase the assets by ...
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Nike is setting up "temporary stores" that will be open...
Nike is setting up "temporary stores" that will be open during the Beijing Olympics at key locations in seven European cities that have ostated the Games in the past: London, Paris, Rome, Antwerp, Moscow, Amsterdam, Stockholm, Barcelona and Berlin. They will stay open until the end of September. Various events ...
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A new national B2B fair for sporting goods and sports...
A new national B2B fair for sporting goods and sports facilities, called Sports Unlimited Valencia, is being launched to take place in Spain in 2009, after many years of inactivity on this front. It’s described as mostly a work fair rather than a marketing exhibition, featuring turnkey boots. The first ...
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Despite a 7 percent increase in turnover to 3.6 billion...
Despite a 7 percent increase in turnover to 3.6 billion SEK ((€380.9m-$599.5m) for the year ended last Aug. 30, Stadium’s spending on organic growth left the Swedish chain’s accounts in the red. It recorded a net loss of 45 million SEK (€4.8m-$7.5m) during the period. The company opened 10 new ...
