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A new outdoor event called the Nissan Outdoor Games by...
A new outdoor event called the Nissan Outdoor Games by Columbia is to be held in the French Alps, in Chamonix, on Feb. 14-17. It will be co-sponsored by Julbo, the French specialist in eyewear for extreme sports. The event is a competition between seven teams, grouping photographers and cameramen ...
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ISPO will present a new market study on the consumption...
ISPO will present a new market study on the consumption of sporting goods by older people in Germany, organizing a presentation on this issue on Jan. 29. The first data show that 30 percent of these so-called “best agers,” or 4 million people, buy sports equipment in retail stores. The ...
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Lacoste has had its exclusive trademark rights to its crocodile...
Lacoste has had its exclusive trademark rights to its crocodile logo confirmed in Beijing. The superior court in the Chinese capital has ruled that the crocodile device used by Crocodile International is similar to Lacoste’s. This means that Lacoste has exclusive rights on its crocodile symbol and represents a key ...
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Dispelling a rumor, the organizers of the Sportitaly fair in...
Dispelling a rumor, the organizers of the Sportitaly fair in Bolzano confirm that it is going to be held, as planned, on Feb. 10-12. In addition to Intersport Italia, Arcteryx, Garmont, Goldwin, Patagonia, Salomon and Timberland are among the brands that have recently confirmed their participation, and others are expected ...
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The second Salon du Golf, a French trade show originally...
The second Salon du Golf, a French trade show originally launched for consumers, will this time feature a trade-only event on the first day. It will be held on March 14-17 this year at the Porte de Versailles exhibition halls. The organizers, Expodience, expect to welcome 185 exhibitors in a ...
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The European Union’s Office for Harmonization of the Internal Market...
The European Union’s Office for Harmonization of the Internal Market held that Crocs’ design patent on its top-selling Beach model is invalid because it lacks “individual character” as compared to other previous designs. Crocs’ clogs were protected in the European Union by a so-called “Registered Community Design,” but the registration ...
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As more of Exel Sport’s production is now outsourced to...
As more of Exel Sport’s production is now outsourced to the Far East, Exel’s industry division has to start cutting costs at the company’s Mäntyharju factory based in South-East Finland. Negotiations have started to make12 permanent layoffs and 12 temporary ones among the non-salaried employees at the factory, and 5 ...
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Extreme Group will launch a new range of outdoor sports...
Extreme Group will launch a new range of outdoor sports products and equipment at the ISPO show later this month. Called EX Equipment, it will cater to sports such as surfing, skating, snowboarding, kite-boarding and skiing. The range has been developed by Debut Sport, also based in the UK, under ...
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Vans has failed for the second time to protect the...
Vans has failed for the second time to protect the distinctive checkerboard design of its shoes against Skechers, which it has sued for trademark infringement in the U.S. courts. A San Francisco court of appeals judge denied Vans’ request for an injunction request against the company last Dec. 20, following ...
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The French winter sports market is the second-largest in the...
The French winter sports market is the second-largest in the world after the USA, according to the NPD Group, with consumers’ expenditures of €757 million in 2006, including €302 million spent on apparel and €454 million on equipment and ski-related services. In Europe, Germany was second after France at €744 ...
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Olivier Ciaravino, a 35-year-old former general manager of Amer Sports...
Olivier Ciaravino, a 35-year-old former general manager of Amer Sports and Giant for France, has been appointed as general manager for Europe at Bushnell Outdoor Products. He has replaced Arnaud Van Robais, who sold all his shares in the group last August, in connection with the entry of a new ...
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New Balance has acquired the Vital Apparel Group for an...
New Balance has acquired the Vital Apparel Group for an undisclosed amount, in order to expand its small apparel business, which still represents only about 10 percent of sales. Based in New York and owned and managed by Chris Rosen and Kerry Kligerman, Vital comprises various operations including InSport, a ...
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Separately, Adidas has announced further moves to reinforce the autonomy...
Separately, Adidas has announced further moves to reinforce the autonomy of its Adidas Benelux subsidiary. Four years ago the unit was placed under the regional structure of Area North, steered from the UK, but apparently this set-up did not allow for a sufficiently reactive management at Adidas Benelux. Thus the ...
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Just a few days after it bought a large minority...
Just a few days after it bought a large minority stake in the Focus Group, with an option to buy the rest (see previous issue), the John David Group confirmed a report that it had acquired the entire share capital of Bank Store Holdings, which operates a chain of 49 ...
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Oteros Sport, a Spanish chain of outlets based in Andalucia,...
Oteros Sport, a Spanish chain of outlets based in Andalucia, signed an unexpected deal with Karhu International at the end of last month in Finland to take over the ownership of the brand throughout the Iberian Peninsula. The Spanish company already bought the distribution rights to Karhu last year for ...
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Following up on its recent decision to bring the Atomic...
Following up on its recent decision to bring the Atomic and Salomon components under common management, Amer Sports has decided to change the structure of its segment reporting accordingly. Instead of running separate figures for Salomon and its satellite brands, it will provide a single set of results for a ...
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The Austrian chain Sports Experts has closed its store in...
The Austrian chain Sports Experts has closed its store in Munich’s Olympic shopping mall, apparently because it was not doing well. This mega-store was the second one of its type that the Austrian retailer had opened in Germany. Sports Experts, which belongs to Sports Eybl & Sports Experts, launched its ...
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Following in the wake of Nike, which began to sell...
Following in the wake of Nike, which began to sell directly to consumers over the web earlier this year, Adidas is preparing the launch of its first full-fledged e-commerce operation in Europe, to be tried out in the Netherlands from the middle of 2008. Adidas Benelux announced the move in ...
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As VF Corporation’s new president and chief executive, Eric Wiseman,...
As VF Corporation’s new president and chief executive, Eric Wiseman, assumes these responsibilities on Jan. 1, 2008, several other changes to the management structure will be taking place. This follows on from the retirement of 54-year-old George Derhofer, senior vice-president of global operations, after 13 years with the American group. ...
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Kelme’s design team has come up with the world’s most...
Kelme’s design team has come up with the world’s most expensive football boot, made from shark skin. A limited run of 501 pairs will be sold for €500 each and will be entirely produced in Spain, using up to 90 percent shark skin. Kelme has a specific design team to ...
