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The European Outdoor Group has employed an independent research group...
The European Outdoor Group has employed an independent research group to carry out a survey on about 200 European retailers to better understand what retailers expect from the future OutDoor show, in order to decide where to hold it from 2009 on. The contract with Messe Friedrichshafen expires next year, ...
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Sole Technology is reinforcing its marketing team at the European...
Sole Technology is reinforcing its marketing team at the European head office, based in Amsterdam. The parent company of Etnies, éS, Emerica ThirtyTwo and Altamont, has appointed Jan van Leeuwen as sales manager for the European market effective as of Jan. 2, 2008. Van Leeuwen was formerly with O’Neill in ...
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Sports Marketing Surveys has put out a report, the European...
Sports Marketing Surveys has put out a report, the European Player and Fan Study 2007, which analyzes sports participation in 7 countries – Austria, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Switzerland and the UK. Based on interviews with more than 1,000 consumers conducted in each country during the current season, it covers ...
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The first French single-brand store for the off-field rugby fashion...
The first French single-brand store for the off-field rugby fashion collection of Canterbury of New Zealand opened in Castres last month. It is part of the company’s strategy to expand in continental Europe in the lifestyle fashion segment. The town in the South of France is home to the Castres ...
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Sports World, the owner of four large-scale sports stores in...
Sports World, the owner of four large-scale sports stores in the Netherlands, renamed them as Topshelf from the end of the October. The company indicated that the change was unrelated to the discussions that arose two years ago after Sports World International in the UK decided to move into the ...
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Taipei’s International Sporting Goods Show (TaiSPO) is going to be...
Taipei’s International Sporting Goods Show (TaiSPO) is going to be held next March 13-18 in parallel with the International Cycle show (Taipei Cycle) in the newly-built TWTC Nangang Exhibition Hall. The new combined show will host 304 companies on 1,560 booths. It hopes to attract more than 2,000 foreign buyers.
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Kneissl is working hard on reducing its operating losses. They...
Kneissl is working hard on reducing its operating losses. They should decline this year to €1.7 million, which is much less than the deeply red 2006 figure of €5 million. Sales are projected to reach around €3 million in 2007, growing to €9 million by 2009. The Tyrolian ski company ...
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It is now possible to read sports news, rent skis...
It is now possible to read sports news, rent skis and purchase sports products online at www.intersport.fr, the new website of the French Intersport Group. The site presents more than 4,000 SKUs of shoes, apparel and equipment, of which 1,200 can be ordered online. It has a store locator that ...
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GE Energy has opened a 7,000-square-meter manufacturing facility and laboratory...
GE Energy has opened a 7,000-square-meter manufacturing facility and laboratory in Shanghai for its consolidated environmental services business. The building houses office space, production facilities and laboratories. It will produce air filtration products to improve air quality and waterproof breathable membranes used in microfiltration and performance fabrics. It is planned ...
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Michaela Stitz, 37, has been promoted as vice president and...
Michaela Stitz, 37, has been promoted as vice president and general manager of Nike Deutschland, responsible also for Austria, Switzerland and Slovenia, starting in December. She takes over from Hubertus Hoyt who, as reported, is moving to Beaverton to become vice president of football on a global scale. Stitz started ...
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Mizuno reports an 8 percent increase in consolidated revenues for...
Mizuno reports an 8 percent increase in consolidated revenues for the first half ended Sept. 30. They reached 86.91 billion yen (€538.8m-$799.6m) for the period, but they resulted in a 38 percent drop in net earnings to ¥2.07 billion (€12.8m-$19.04m). The Japanese group is projecting net income of ¥4 billion ...
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Sportcraft has acquired an exclusive and permanent license for billiards...
Sportcraft has acquired an exclusive and permanent license for billiards and other game tables from AMF Bowling Worldwide, a leader in the U.S. slate billiard table industry. Sportcraft, which specializes in recreational and fitness products, will now market billiards, American football and soccer tables, Turbo Hockey and other home recreation ...
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Marcolin has decided to concentrate the activities of its Cébé...
Marcolin has decided to concentrate the activities of its Cébé subsidiary in France on general sports eyewear, pulling it out of the winter sports segment and eliminating product lines such as snow goggles and helmets. The move will involve the shutdown of Cébé’s factory in Frasne and of its logistic ...
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Sport Förg, a German retailer affiliated with Intersport operating from...
Sport Förg, a German retailer affiliated with Intersport operating from the Bavarian city of Augsburg, is pulling out of a dual-brand store that was selling the products of Lowa and Schöffel under the same roof in Düsseldorf, 550 kilometers away from its head office. The two outdoor companies have taken ...
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After a successful first edition held in February, the Clericus...
After a successful first edition held in February, the Clericus Cup football competition has just kicked off for its second round this year in Rome, sponsored by Lotto Sport Italia once again. The Italian retail chain will show its “devotion” to football by kitting out the 16 participating teams made ...
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Iconix Brand Group has agreed to purchase the Starter brand...
Iconix Brand Group has agreed to purchase the Starter brand from Nike for $60 million and to use it only on a licensing basis, projecting annual royalties of $18 million from 2008. Iconix will license out the brand to Wal-Mart, continuing a relationship that Nike had established with this mass ...
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Alpina Sports Corp., the North American sales subsidiary of the...
Alpina Sports Corp., the North American sales subsidiary of the Slovenian manufacturer of cross-country skis boots based in Lebanon, New Hampshire, will gradually take over the distribution of Peltonen’s skis and of Exel Sports’ entire range of products in the USA and Canada. Concurrently, ASC is putting an end to ...
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Columbia Sportswear has announced the appointment of Christian Finell, a...
Columbia Sportswear has announced the appointment of Christian Finell, a 17-year veteran of Salomon, as European general manager, starting on Dec. 1. He will move across the French-Swiss border to take the place of Paul Gils, the Dutch executive, who left Columbia a few months ago along with other European ...
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Black Diamond Equipment has announced that it will be launching...
Black Diamond Equipment has announced that it will be launching its free-ride ski boots in the Fall of 2008 with three four-buckle alpine touring models and two telemark collections, one of which will be from its Power series and the other from its Efficient series. The boots are described as ...
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While its apparel sales slowed in Europe, strong sales of...
While its apparel sales slowed in Europe, strong sales of running and sport lifestyle footwear in the region helped push up ASICS’ European business by 19.3 percent to 36.57 billion yen (€226.7m-$336.4m) in the first half of its fiscal year, ended Sept. 30, and these sales generated 20.8 percent higher ...
