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Bob Meers, who spent many years in the high echelons...
Bob Meers, who spent many years in the high echelons of Reebok, will be retiring next June 30 as chief executive of Lululemon, a very successful American retail company where he will be succeeded by Christine Day, previously at Starbucks. Meers leaves the company after a strong year: Lululemon had ...
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A private equity fund has bought a controlling interest in...
A private equity fund has bought a controlling interest in Optimer Inc. from the family that founded it. The injection of money from Sterling Capital Partners will be used to expand sales of Optimer’s services. Optimer is best known for Dri-release with FreshGuard, marketed by its performance fibers division, a ...
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Crocs saw its stock market capitalization plummet by more than...
Crocs saw its stock market capitalization plummet by more than 40 percent earlier this week after it reduced its projections for first quarter revenues to a range of $195-200 million, down from a previous estimate of $225 million. The company expects a small loss per share for the quarter of ...
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Sponsored by IHF, the international handball federation, Select has come...
Sponsored by IHF, the international handball federation, Select has come up with an intelligent ball for handball, called iBall. Its incorporated mini electronic device can tell whether a ball has entered the goal or not. It will first be used during the men’s European competitions to be held in Croatia ...
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Targeting mainly consumers and featuring mostly golf courses and tour...
Targeting mainly consumers and featuring mostly golf courses and tour operators, the first Portugal Golf Show will be held in Lisbon next May 22-24. A small Portuguese retail chain, Golf Market, will sell products to the general public. The new event is being organized by Portuguese agents of Pink Ribbon ...
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The World Federation of the Sporting Goods Industry is launching...
The World Federation of the Sporting Goods Industry is launching a completely restructured website under www.wfsgi.org. More user-friendly, it gives the general public the possibility to know more about the WFSGI, its missions and activity in the industry. Members will have access to a variety of information reserved for them ...
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The World Federation of the Sporting Goods Industry has released...
The World Federation of the Sporting Goods Industry has released a statement of support for the Olympic Games in China, criticizing the recent violent actions surrounding the relay of the Olympic Torch in France, the USA and other countries. John Larsen, president of WFSGI, says the human rights issues around ...
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Vertical World Sport has opened the first single-brand Salewa shop...
Vertical World Sport has opened the first single-brand Salewa shop designed for children, aged between 2 and 14 years, in the town of Arco, not far from Riva del Garda where the new Outdoor Days are going to be held next month (see separate article on this). The 80-square-meter shop ...
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Salewa is venturing into the Norwegian market, where the Italian...
Salewa is venturing into the Norwegian market, where the Italian outdoor brand has not been present so far. Effective April 1, Salewa signed an agreement with Morten Kalvik, manager of Salewa Norge, who acts as an independent importer. Kalvik served as sales manager of Alco, a local distributor of sportswear ...
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Ramatex, a large Malaysian textile producer that manufactures many items...
Ramatex, a large Malaysian textile producer that manufactures many items for Adidas, Nike and Puma, has reportedly decided to shut down its operations in Namibia, where it still employed some 3,000 workers. The company began to produce in the African country in 2001, quickly building up its local workforce to ...
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Sportler AG, the big Bolzano-based retail chain, opened its 19th...
Sportler AG, the big Bolzano-based retail chain, opened its 19th store in Treviso, Italy in March. The outlet has an impressing surface of 6,000 square meters on two floors, and includes a climbing wall that could be one of the top three of its type in Europe, with an indoor ...
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Three years after coming out of retirement to lead the...
Three years after coming out of retirement to lead the U.S. operations of Prince, Doug Fonte is retiring again in May. Since 2006, Fonte has served as president of Prince Americas with responsibility for the brand’s U.S., Canadian and Latin America businesses. He will remain connected to the tennis company ...
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Alex Antoniacomi, who has worked for Nike, Benetton and Sport...
Alex Antoniacomi, who has worked for Nike, Benetton and Sport Alliance in Italy, has become the Italian sales manager for Carrera and Smith, replacing Maurizio Margelli and reporting to Alfonso De Antoni, head of Safilo’s sport department. In the USA, meanwhile, Level USA, an independent company that markets waterproof sports ...
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Quiksilver Europe announced two more changes within management ranks, as...
Quiksilver Europe announced two more changes within management ranks, as the company continues on its path of building a structure similar to that of its American operations. Since the beginning of the year each of the brands in its portfolio has been given separate general managers. Carla Annuziato, former vice ...
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Messe Friedrichshafen announced this week that one of the two...
Messe Friedrichshafen announced this week that one of the two new halls scheduled for 2009 will be already open for this year’s OutDoor and Eurobike shows on a preliminary basis. The new hall A7 will host the fashion show, the tent exhibition and the Eastern entrance of the venue at ...
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Sports Marketing Surveys of the UK has been appointed by...
Sports Marketing Surveys of the UK has been appointed by organizers to monitor global media coverage of the Volvo Ocean Race and its major participating brands: Puma and Ericsson. The 10th edition of this race will start on Oct. 4 from Alicante, in Spain, and yachts will cover a 37,000 ...
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Look International, the French manufacturer of bicycles, automatic pedals and...
Look International, the French manufacturer of bicycles, automatic pedals and other cycling accessories, has come out as one of the companies that are interested in the possible acquisition of the Rossignol group, which has a line of Look branded ski bindings. It is not sure whether it has already made ...
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Bob Falcone, the former Nike finance manager who has been...
Bob Falcone, the former Nike finance manager who has been running Nautilus, is leaving the company to be replaced as chief executive by Edward Bramson, a managing director of Sherborne Investors LP who is already one of the four directors on the board of the American fitness equipment group. The ...
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Sole Technology, the company behind Etnies, éS, Emerica, Thirty Two...
Sole Technology, the company behind Etnies, éS, Emerica, Thirty Two and Altamont, is formally taking over the distribution in Spain in order to latch on better to a thriving skateboard community there. To that effect, Pepe Espino, a former sales manager for footwear, bags and children’s wear at Diesel Spain, ...
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Simon Roberts has returned to Berghaus to take up a...
Simon Roberts has returned to Berghaus to take up a new position at the company as its international sales director, heading up the company’s dynamic expansion outside the UK. Roberts worked with the brand until 2005 when he moved to Columbia Sportswear to be country manager for the UK and ...
