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Li Ning, China’s largest brand of sports shoes and apparel,...
Li Ning, China’s largest brand of sports shoes and apparel, has agreed to suspend its deal to outfit announcers on Chinese Central TV from now until after the Beijing Olympics. Adidas is the official sponsor of the Games to the tune of $100 million and Nike is sponsoring several Chinese ...
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The National Basketball Association, which is opening its second global...
The National Basketball Association, which is opening its second global flagship store next month in Beijing before the start of the Olympics, is forming a joint venture with JuneYao Group to increase its presence in the market. The private Chinese firm, which has interests in aviation and retailing and reportedly ...
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Tim Bartels will be the new vice president for global...
Tim Bartels will be the new vice president for global footwear sales at Columbia Sportswear Company after the company hired him away from Keen, where he was vice president for global sales. He has also worked at Nike and DC Shoes. He will be responsible for global sales of Columbia, ...
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Sports-inspired lifestyle fashion is becoming an important component at the...
Sports-inspired lifestyle fashion is becoming an important component at the fairs in Florence as well as Barcelona, but the competition remains fair. The Bread & Butter show in Barcelona has agreed with the organizers of Pitti Uomo to take place one week later that the Florence fair next year, while ...
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Seven is boosting the management of Invicta, the brand of...
Seven is boosting the management of Invicta, the brand of daypacks acquired from Diadora a couple of years ago. Davide Rossetti, who has spent 15 years with companies such as Safilo, 55DSL, Gas and Coin, has been appointed as business unit manager of Invicta in charge of strategy, business development ...
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Danner has started a program to make customized boots constructed...
Danner has started a program to make customized boots constructed with specifications directly given by the customer. Called «MyDanner,» the program allows consumers to go to www.mydanner.com and choose the leather, fabric, laces and hardware and special materials such as Thinsulate or Gore-Tex to make one of Danner’s more popular ...
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Vaude, the German outdoor brand, will have its first single-brand...
Vaude, the German outdoor brand, will have its first single-brand store in its home market aqs of July 1. The 260-square-meter surface will be operated by Sport Reischmann in Ravensburg, a town close to Lake Constance. Reischmann is Intersport’s local hero in the region. Vaude intends to have 25 stores ...
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In the wake of Britain’s new law forbidding stores to...
In the wake of Britain’s new law forbidding stores to claim they are closing down, Sports Direct has agreed to drop its advertisements saying just that. The chain could have been one of the first to see fines and possibly jail time for directors and managers since the law took ...
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The Oxylane Group, parent company of the Décathlon chain, intends...
The Oxylane Group, parent company of the Décathlon chain, intends to improve its supply chain and the development of private label apparel products by adopting the FlexPLM system of PTC, a U.S. company based in Needham, Massachusetts. The software is already used by Liz Claiborne and JC Penney in the ...
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While confirming Giancarlo Zanatta of Tecnica Group as chairman of...
While confirming Giancarlo Zanatta of Tecnica Group as chairman of Assosport until 2010, the general assembly of the Italian sporting goods industry association has elected three new vice presidents: Enrico Mambelli of Diadora, Giulio Colombo of Colmar and Roberto Benetello, country manager of Life Fitness. A total of 160 companies ...
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Columbia Sportswear has signed a deal to sponsor a well-known...
Columbia Sportswear has signed a deal to sponsor a well-known international cycling team based in California, Team High Road, through 2010, starting with the Tour de France next month. Columbia has developed new uniforms for the team, which will compete as Team Columbia. They will be unveiled in Brest, France ...
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The Norwegian company Mustad, the world’s largest manufacturer of fish...
The Norwegian company Mustad, the world’s largest manufacturer of fish hooks, has named Lars Lemhas, 55, as its new chief executive. He had previously held top positions at Tetra Pak Group, the food processing and packing company, in sales, marketing and general management. Lemhas replaced Hans H. Mustad, who stepped ...
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The European Union has decided to exclude Vietnam from its...
The European Union has decided to exclude Vietnam from its generalized tariff preference scheme (GSP), starting next year. The Federation of the European Sporting Goods Industry (FESI) tried to oppose the move, arguing that it would have harmed both the Vietnamese and European footwear industries. However, the European Commission decided ...
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Samonite has hired Thibault Richard as European marketing manager for...
Samonite has hired Thibault Richard as European marketing manager for its outdoor division OutLab. The 29-year-old worked in California recently. Before, he was in charge of trade marketing at Camelbak Europe.
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The OutDoor show which will take place in Friedrichshafen from...
The OutDoor show which will take place in Friedrichshafen from July 17 to 20, expects some new exhibitors that have really strong and well-respected names in the sporting goods industry at large including New Balance, Craft of Scandinavia, Bushnell, Chiemsee, Killtec, L-Fashion (Luhta), Peak Performance, and Spyder. Chiemsee and New ...
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In a widespread realignment, Tecnica Group USA has merged its...
In a widespread realignment, Tecnica Group USA has merged its operations with those of Blizzard into a single strategic business unit (SBU), and will move Rollerblade from Hamilton, New Jersey, to Tecnica’s base in West Lebanon, New Hampshire. The group, which distributes six brands in the USA, says the single ...
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Reebok is sponsoring a new page specifically intended for women...
Reebok is sponsoring a new page specifically intended for women on the French sports website of Sporever, a group that claims to be the largest provider of sports information through the new media. Called Women365.fr by Reebok, the new internet site features interviews with leading female sports champions and provides ...
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Oakley’s LIVESTRONG eyewear donation program has hit $1 million in...
Oakley’s LIVESTRONG eyewear donation program has hit $1 million in contributions. For every pair of LIVESTRONG sunglasses sold, the company gives $20 to the Lance Armstrong Foundation, which helps people with cancer. It has been involved in the program for eight months. A new sunglass for the LIVESTRONG series, a ...
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Silvio Abela’s Adventure Camping Shop has become the distributor of...
Silvio Abela’s Adventure Camping Shop has become the distributor of Petzl in Malta, where the practice of rock climbing is developing rapidly. It has also improved terms of trade with The North Face. The shop is the only real professional outdoor retailer in Malta, where the market is relatively small. ...
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John Burke, president of Trek Bicycle, has notified Accell Group...
John Burke, president of Trek Bicycle, has notified Accell Group that his family wants to sell its stake in the publicly traded Dutch bicycle and fitness company. The shareholding had been purchased by his late father, Richard (Dick) Burke, who died in March from complications during heart surgery. He quietly ...
