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The Adidas Group has signed a joint venture with Vulcabrás...
The Adidas Group has signed a joint venture with Vulcabrás for the distribution of Reebok products in Argentina, in effect from June 2 through 2015. Based in Brazil, Vulcabrás already signed a joint venture deal for the Reebok brand for the Brazilian and Paraguayan markets, which took effect last April ...
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Four years after the European Surf Industry Manufacturers Association (EuroSIMA)...
Four years after the European Surf Industry Manufacturers Association (EuroSIMA) started «La Fête du Surf» on the beaches of France, the event is expanding to all of Europe, renamed Surfing Day. The first Sunday of Summer, June 22, EuroSIMA and the European Surfing Federation are joining with local federations, schools, ...
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As the company has already done in France, Heelys has...
As the company has already done in France, Heelys has opened its own sales office for Germany and Austria in Starnberg. It will be run by Dominik Wieder, who has worked in the past with important sports brands such as Fila, Roces, Trezeta, Nidecker and Hammer. He is going to ...
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As it has done in other countries, Amer Sports is...
As it has done in other countries, Amer Sports is putting Atomic and Salomon in the same hands in Germany and the Netherlands. Otto Steffel, managing director of Amer Sports Deutschland, which oversees Atomic, will retire by the end of the year. He is going to be replaced by Armin ...
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Garmin has bought another European distributor, Formar Electronics, which distributed...
Garmin has bought another European distributor, Formar Electronics, which distributed its outdoor recreation and fitness products among others in Belgium and Luxembourg. It will be renamed Garmin Belux and will retain its staff and stay in its offices in Brussels. No financial details were released.
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Sugoi, the performance apparel company of Dorel Industries, has redesigned...
Sugoi, the performance apparel company of Dorel Industries, has redesigned its website. The new site facilitates sales via the internet with its Shopatron ordering system. Currently only American customers can buy from the Sugoi site, but the company plans to expand first to the U.K. and then, later in 2009, ...
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Eurojersey, a major supplier of fabrics to the sports apparel...
Eurojersey, a major supplier of fabrics to the sports apparel sector under the Sensitive brand name, has inaugurated a new distribution center of 4,000 square meters at Caronno Pertusella, Italy, that should provide faster and more flexible logistics. It has a capacity for 4 million meters of finished fabrics. A ...
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Intersport Switzerland has appointed a new chief executive: Urs Michael...
Intersport Switzerland has appointed a new chief executive: Urs Michael Müller will succeed Stephan Ruggle, who has already left the company to join the leading sports and shoe retail chain in the country, Dosenbach-Ochsner, later this year, as reported. Müller has most recently served as business unit director for do-it-yourself ...
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Dorel Industries has appointed one of its independent directors, Robert...
Dorel Industries has appointed one of its independent directors, Robert P. Baird Jr., to be the new president of its recreational/leisure division, which includes its growing stable of bicycle brands comprising Cannondale, GT and Schwinn. Baird comes from Philips Electronics, where he oversaw the combination of its consumer electronics and ...
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The Ashworth Golf Company rebounded in the second quarter ended...
The Ashworth Golf Company rebounded in the second quarter ended April 30, posting net income of $927,000 compared with a loss of $2.5 million in the same period of the previous year, although the company’s chief executive, Alan Fletcher, says a full turnaround will take more time. Revenues were in ...
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New Balance, a partner of Odysséa, the French association to...
New Balance, a partner of Odysséa, the French association to fight breast cancer, has created the W736 running shoe. The suggested price is €80, of which €2 from each sale will go toward seeking a cure for the disease. New Balance has worked with Odysséa since 2004, and has been ...
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Written by Barbara Smit, a long-time contributor to the European...
Written by Barbara Smit, a long-time contributor to the European edition of SGI and to our market research projects, the story behind Adidas and Puma is now available to readers in the USA as well as in France. The U.S. version was published by Harper Collins in April under the ...
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ECCO is boosting its investments in sports marketing to support...
ECCO is boosting its investments in sports marketing to support its growing sales of golf shoes. It has become the official footwear sponsor of the 2008 Canadian Professional Golf Tour. Furthermore an Indian golf professional, Arjun Atwal, has agreed to display the logo of the Danish company on his shirt ...
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Holmenkol, the German brand of ski wax and other chemical...
Holmenkol, the German brand of ski wax and other chemical products for sporting goods, has shuffled its management. The new marketing director is Stefan Leonhardt, who replaces Alexandra Wiest, who has left the company. Leonhardt served recently for a marketing company in charge of information technology, including clients like Hewlett-Packard. ...
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Comparable sales continued to improve marginally at JD, the British...
Comparable sales continued to improve marginally at JD, the British sports fashion retailer, in the seven weeks to 31 May. The John David Group, which owns JD and several fashion banners, already reported in April that comparable sales had risen by 4 percent in its sports stores and by 4.9 ...
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Burton has created the position of director of retailing for...
Burton has created the position of director of retailing for Europe and appointed Francesco Navach, who had a similar job at The North Face EMEA, to fill it. Navach will operate from Burton’s European headquarters in Innsbruck, Austria, and report to Hermann Kapferer, general manager of Burton Europe, and to ...
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Exel Group has decided to run its floorball business as...
Exel Group has decided to run its floorball business as a stand-alone unit. Exel Sports Oy, with its former sales manager Timo Lepistö acting as managing director, will be responsible just for floorball. As previously reported, Exel Sports has sold its Nordic walking and sports outdoor business to Karhu Sports.
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Callaway Golf and Top-Flite have joined with the New York...
Callaway Golf and Top-Flite have joined with the New York City Parks Foundation to supply equipment and apparel to the CityParks Junior Golf Center. The center will provide free access to the game of golf to city youths aged 6 to 17, of all skill levels. It has a six-hole ...
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Gene Yoon, current chairman and chief executive of Fila Sport,...
Gene Yoon, current chairman and chief executive of Fila Sport, and many other former executives of the Italian company including Jon Epstein were among the 350 people who attended a ceremony in Biella for the presentation of a book on the history of the company written by Enrico Frachey, who ...
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Volcom has named its chief executive, Richard R. Woolcott, to...
Volcom has named its chief executive, Richard R. Woolcott, to succeed René R. Woolcott as chairman of its board of directors. Jason W. Steris, the company’s chief operating officer, is now also the president. And Douglas S. Ingram, on the board since 2005, has been named as the lead independent ...
