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Tecnica Group has given the distribution of Blizzard skis in...
Tecnica Group has given the distribution of Blizzard skis in France to JCP, the agency of Jean-Claude Petzl that distributes its Dolomite line of boots. JCP previously distributed Elan’s skis in France, but that contract is going to be taken over by Sunset, French distributor of Dalbello. Petzl is also ...
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Elan is reportedly looking to buy a company specializing in...
Elan is reportedly looking to buy a company specializing in ski boots or ski bindings. Meanwhile Alex Klinger, who has worked for Elan’s German subsidiary in Munich, has joined the executive board where he will be responsible for the Slovenian company’s global snowboard business. Elan Snowboards will show several novelties ...
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Three Parisian fashion fairs have decided to shift their dates...
Three Parisian fashion fairs have decided to shift their dates from September to the beginning of July, in line with the general trends in the market. The shows are Who’s Next; which focuses on young fashion; Première Classe, an integrated accessories show; and the French Women’s Ready-to-Wear Fair. Starting in ...
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Lotto Sport Italia has signed an initial two-year deal with...
Lotto Sport Italia has signed an initial two-year deal with an Italian start-up, Yuka, for the development, the production and the sale worldwide of a new range of eyewear under its own brand name. The contract replaces a licensing deal that the company previously had with a well-established Italian eyewear ...
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Once a property of Fila, Dorotennis is sold by the...
Once a property of Fila, Dorotennis is sold by the Argos Sotidic investment fund to BCBG, a U.S.-based fashion group with which this 30-year-old brand of women’s sports apparel hopes to generate useful synergies in France and abroad. Isabelle de Bardies remains as Dorotennis’ chief executive. BCBG owns other brands ...
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France’s No. 1 retailer for fishing equipment has registered yet...
France’s No. 1 retailer for fishing equipment has registered yet another drop in turnover, down by 3.91% to €5,565 million for the third quarter ended Sept. 30, 2007. Mondial Pêche indicated that its sales were now stable on a same-store basis, and that the weather had hurt its profits during ...
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Alain Sevellec has ceded 2ndsky back to its founder, Franck...
Alain Sevellec has ceded 2ndsky back to its founder, Franck Menschel. The French surf brand based on the southwest coast was sold 18 months ago by Menschel to Sevellec, the co-founder of the Glissexpo fair based in Biarritz. Sevellec reportedly intends to return to event management after finding brand management ...
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Dahon is voluntarily recalling all its bicycles manufactured in 2007...
Dahon is voluntarily recalling all its bicycles manufactured in 2007 under the brands Matrix, Jack, Espresso, Cadenza, Tournado and Smooth Hound after steel seat bolts were found to be breakable under strain. The bicycles concerned have seat-post bolts labeled “BioLogic PostPump,” measuring 27.2mm in diameter. All Dahon distributors will be ...
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Martin Wieczorek, 31, has replaced Luc Biermé as sales manager...
Martin Wieczorek, 31, has replaced Luc Biermé as sales manager at Citadium, the sports fashion superstore based in central Paris, after working at Printemps as a buyer for men’s products since 2003. As far as we could find out, Biermé has been appointed sales director at Who’s Next, the twice-annual ...
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Shimano Europe moved to acquire its Polish distributor R&P Pawlak...
Shimano Europe moved to acquire its Polish distributor R&P Pawlak last month as the country noticeably becomes an important location for manufacturing bicycles. The group said that the decision came after a few years of steady growth in the country’s consumption of bicycles and their components. It was also strongly ...
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The French Football Federation is set to announce on Feb....
The French Football Federation is set to announce on Feb. 22 the name of the sports brand that will be allowed to outfit the national team between 2010 and 2018, following an auction process kicked off at the beginning of this month. Nike has already indicated that it would like ...
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ASICS’ new marketing campaign is the first for the brand...
ASICS’ new marketing campaign is the first for the brand to be co-ordinated globally. The company hired Joseph Kahn, a well-known film director, to help develop commercials using the brand’s “sound mind, sound body” slogan as inspiration. The dream-like clips were made in Berlin and will be coming out next ...
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Peter Kaes recently left azs marketing and sales manager of...
Peter Kaes recently left azs marketing and sales manager of ASICS Europe to become direct of sales and licensing at Converse Europe, which is expected to announce other important management changes. While looking for Kaes' successor, ASICS Europe has appointed Fernando Pina, formerly with Nike Europe, as manager of retail ...
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Querol and Caldéron Sport, two family-owned sports retail chains based...
Querol and Caldéron Sport, two family-owned sports retail chains based in Andalusia, will join other retailers in the area in a regional alliance called OB+ to stop competing with each other. As reported in SGI Europe (No. 18/38-39), Oteros Sport and Deportes Blanes, the two most important buying groups in ...
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A Dutch research institute that has been involved in sports-related...
A Dutch research institute that has been involved in sports-related research for two years, TNO, is spearheading the first European Conference on Sports and Innovation in Eindhoven next March 12-14 as part of Innosport, a new project intended to stimulate cooperation among sporting goods companies, technological centers and research institutes ...
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On Saturday before the ISPO show gets going, starting at...
On Saturday before the ISPO show gets going, starting at 4 p.m., there will be a series of presentations organized by the World Federation for the Sporting Goods Industry (WFSGI). Stefan Rasch from the Boston Consulting Group will discuss supply-chain management and vertical integration. He will say about how branded-goods ...
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SuperSport, the fifth-largest generalist retailer of sporting goods behind Décathlon...
SuperSport, the fifth-largest generalist retailer of sporting goods behind Décathlon in France, has big hopes for its new transactional internet site where it is initially offering 700 articles. The company feels that online trade could be developed further, as it currently represents only 5 percent of sales in the country’s ...
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In search of better infrastructure, Lyon Mode City’s organizers have...
In search of better infrastructure, Lyon Mode City’s organizers have decided to move the trade show to the French capital, renaming it Mode City. The first edition will put greater emphasis on swimwear and beachwear and will be held on Sept. 6-8 in Paris, as part of a fashion event ...
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Oxbow has taken on board Carsten Haase from the fashion...
Oxbow has taken on board Carsten Haase from the fashion world as its new artistic manager, formerly with Nike, Puma, Reebok, Lacoste and Lanvin in the design departments. Another important change at the surf brand was the appointment of Vincent Roussel as marketing director. He replaces Romain Millet, who is ...
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Callaway Golf and TaylorMade-Adidas Golf have reached a settlement that...
Callaway Golf and TaylorMade-Adidas Golf have reached a settlement that puts an end to all the pending litigation between the two companies. They have agreed to license each other for the use of their respective patents in certain golf products. The patented technologies involved cover inertia drivers, undercut irons and ...
