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Golfino will have next month a new sales and marketing...
Golfino will have next month a new sales and marketing manager, Rolf Reckmann, who has spent a long time at Karstadt. He worked at Karstadt Sport between 1988 and the year 2000 and returned to the former Karstadt-Quelle group to work as general sales manager for Neckermann and Quelle between ...
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Nike has opened a NIKEiD Studio at its Niketown in...
Nike has opened a NIKEiD Studio at its Niketown in New York City. Customers are invited to design footwear, apparel and equipment. Another such store is scheduled to open in London on Nov.1. Similar stores already exist in Paris and in Osaka, Japan.
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David Gatti, 36, has been appointed European manager for Polartec’s...
David Gatti, 36, has been appointed European manager for Polartec’s workwear and military apparel, after holding the position of marketing manager for France, Belgium and the North African region since 2002. Gatti will be replaced in this position by Davide Berrone, 43, who has been working for Polartec for 15 ...
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Forbes’ annual ranking of the 400 richest Americans shows Nike’s...
Forbes’ annual ranking of the 400 richest Americans shows Nike’s 69-year-old chairman, Phil Knight, in 30th place with an estimated net worth of $9.8 billion, or $1 billion more than Rupert Murdoch. New Balance’s Jim Davis and his family are ranked #165, with net worth of $2.5 billion. Further down ...
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66°Norður, an Icelandic sports outerwear brand sold outside its home...
66°Norður, an Icelandic sports outerwear brand sold outside its home island under the 66°North name, is setting up its own sales operations for the U.S. market. The company was represented there by a local distributor but the deal has been discontinued. The new wholly owned subsidiary, called 66°North USA, is ...
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Sun Capital owns 9.9 percent of Kellwood Company, parent company...
Sun Capital owns 9.9 percent of Kellwood Company, parent company of Sierra Designs. It has made an unsolicited $543.4 million bid for the rest of the shares at $21 each, charging that it was worried about inconsistent financial performance. Standard & Poor’s has placed Kellwood on negative watch, suggesting that ...
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After the reshuffle of its European operations over the last...
After the reshuffle of its European operations over the last months, Hi-Tec, the British-based outdoor and court sports brand, is cracking the Indian market and neighboring countries through a licensing and distribution agreement with Chogori India. As master licensee, this company has obtained a 10-year deal covering India, Sri Lanka, ...
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New Sunsport Goods AG, Swiss importer for some well-known sports...
New Sunsport Goods AG, Swiss importer for some well-known sports brands, has filed for bankruptcy. The business has already been closed down. It was founded in 1985 and acted for a while as Swiss importer of Burton. Most recently, the company, owned by Mark Kunz and Herbert Schister, distributed brands ...
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John Slusher, former vice-president of sports marketing for Nike’s Asia-Pacific...
John Slusher, former vice-president of sports marketing for Nike’s Asia-Pacific unit, has been promoted to vice-president of global sports marketing. Slusher, 38, replaces Adam Helfant, who left at the end of September following 12 years with the company. A trained lawyer, Slusher has been with Nike since 1998. During that ...
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ASICS has joined forces with a Düsseldorf retailer specializing in...
ASICS has joined forces with a Düsseldorf retailer specializing in running to open a new ASICS store in the city. It’s going to be the third outlet in the city for the running specialist, Wilfried Bunert. Roughly the half of its 160-square-meter surface is dedicated to the Japanese brand. In ...
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Puma helped raise awareness of Peace One Day at a...
Puma helped raise awareness of Peace One Day at a gala event at London’s Royal Albert Hall as part of International Day of Peace on Sept. 21, and announced its plans for a long-term partnership with the organization. As part of the collaboration, Puma plans to develop a special charity ...
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Giant Manufacturing, Taiwan’s largest bike maker, has decided to open...
Giant Manufacturing, Taiwan’s largest bike maker, has decided to open its third plant in mainland China in Tianjin’s Jinghai County, following on its plants in Kunshan and Chengdu. Construction work on the $12 million factory will commence as soon as approval is granted and operations are expected to start at ...
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Boccieri Golf will first unveil its new Heavy Putter series...
Boccieri Golf will first unveil its new Heavy Putter series at the Golf Europe trade show in Munich on Oct. 7-9, where it has a stand together with McEvans Sports, its distributor in Germany. The new series, with four models, is being premiered by the American golf company in Europe ...
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Intersport France boosts its management by hiring a deputy general...
Intersport France boosts its management by hiring a deputy general manager, Yves Marin, and a data processing manager, François Tincelin. Among other previous stations, Marin has worked for Darty and Tincelin for Bolloré. They will report to Joël Armary, general manager of the French buying group.
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Everlast Worldwide has closed its merger with Brand Holdings, a...
Everlast Worldwide has closed its merger with Brand Holdings, a subsidiary of Mike Ashley’s Sports Direct International, after receiving shareholders’ approval of the $182.3 million transaction. Sports Direct says it hopes to accelerate new product development in boxing and related fitness categories. It also intends to use Everlast as a ...
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Patrick Chevallier, former business director for Salomon in Europe, has...
Patrick Chevallier, former business director for Salomon in Europe, has been appointed from the beginning of October as the Amer Sports group’s commercial director for Eastern Europe and other exports markets in the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region. This position was created to take some weight off the ...
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Warnaco has decided to focus on its Speedo and Calvin...
Warnaco has decided to focus on its Speedo and Calvin Klein labels in swimwear and to outsource all the production of these items. The move is expected to bolster the company’s income from continuing operations by $4.6 million, but will involve extraordinary charges of $30-32 million. While exploring strategic alternatives ...
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Gary Kiedaisch has resigned as president of The Coleman Company...
Gary Kiedaisch has resigned as president of The Coleman Company for personal reasons but is expected to assist Jarden Corp. in the management transition. It is not sure whether his departure is in any way connected with Jarden’s recent takeover of K2. Kiedaisch, a former executive of Head who is ...
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In an unusual move for a golf trade fair, Golf...
In an unusual move for a golf trade fair, Golf Europe 2007 will become a sponsor of the European Golf Business Conference to take place in Amsterdam on Nov. 28-30. The decision was announced following the conference’s acquisition of another sponsor, Albatros, a German-based company which currently supplies software to ...
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Markus Stoeckl, one of Shimano’s official test riders, has set...
Markus Stoeckl, one of Shimano’s official test riders, has set a new world record for serially produced mountain bikes when he reached a speed of 210.4km/hr in Chile’s Alps. He relied completely on components provided to him by Shimano Europe like a Saint crankset and rear derailleur and the new ...
