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Quiksilver has promoted Txerra Diaz to the new post of...
Quiksilver has promoted Txerra Diaz to the new post of European brand director for Roxy. Peter Skelton, who handled sales of the group’s action sports brands in France and the UK, will have a similar European-wide responsibility for the Quiksilver brand, including its newly launched women’s apparel line. Diaz has ...
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Claus Thomsen, 42, is returning to Denmark to become in...
Claus Thomsen, 42, is returning to Denmark to become in October managing director of Sanita, a Danish company that celebrated its 100th anniversary last May. He will gradually replace Knud Jeppesen, owner of the company, who has turned 65 years old. A former police officer, Thomsen worked for Viking Footwear ...
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53 Degrees North, a leading Irish outdoor retailer, has opened...
53 Degrees North, a leading Irish outdoor retailer, has opened its second retail store in the new Blanchardstown shopping center in Dublin. Considerable capital has been invested in the store’s visual merchandising, including a sculptured wave, surfing mannequins, a sculpted mountain and a wall made from reclaimed logs. The store ...
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Spyder Active Sports appointed Kirk Graham as general manager of...
Spyder Active Sports appointed Kirk Graham as general manager of its European subsidiary in Switzerland, which was headed up by Cees De Witte prior to his recent move to the head office in the USA. Graham has spent two decades within Nike’s European operations. He has also served as European ...
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Callaway Golf has filed two lawsuits against TaylorMade at federal...
Callaway Golf has filed two lawsuits against TaylorMade at federal U.S. courts in California and West Texas, accusing its rival of violating its patents on a “golf club head with audible vibration attenuation” and on the materials covering two multi-layer golf balls. Callaway is seeking monetary damages, a declaratory judgment ...
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Wilson Racquet Sports is shifting toward “greener” alternatives to develop...
Wilson Racquet Sports is shifting toward “greener” alternatives to develop and manufacture environmentally-friendly products. The company’s Green Initiative program will be implemented in the production of selected products such as tennis balls and footwear, starting in 2008. The Evolution Footwear line will integrate recyclable footwear inserts that will become a ...
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USA Pro, the American women’s sports clothing company, is opening...
USA Pro, the American women’s sports clothing company, is opening its first UK retail store in London’s Soho district next month and is planning to add 40 other doors in the country over the next five ears. The group has been operating in the UK lately through 150 wholesale accounts. ...
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Berkshire Hathaway, the big American holding company of Warren Buffett,...
Berkshire Hathaway, the big American holding company of Warren Buffett, doubled its existing stake in Nike to eight million shares during the quarter ended June 30. While it is worth about $422 million, it only accounts for 1.6 percent of Nike’s $502.11 million shares outstanding.
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Stiga has announced the introduction of a “revolutionary” glue that...
Stiga has announced the introduction of a “revolutionary” glue that enhances speed and spin when applied to the rubber or the sponge of a table tennis racquet. The company will be the official equipment supplier for the European Table Tennis Championships, to take place in Saint Petersburg on Oct. 3-12, ...
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Heelys has appointed Gary L. Martin as its new non-executive...
Heelys has appointed Gary L. Martin as its new non-executive chairman, while expanding the board of directors to eight members. Martin is president and chief executive of Capital Southwest Corp., which is Heelys’ largest shareholder. Heelys’ former chairman, Patrick F. Hamner, will remain on the board and act as the ...
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Tim Cronin has been appointed as president of Cutter &...
Tim Cronin has been appointed as president of Cutter & Buck, the American golf apparel company recently acquired by New Wave. Cronin is a 25 year-old veteran of the sporting goods industry who held high-level positions during his 14-year tenure at K2 and previously worked at Wilson Sporting Goods and ...
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ECCO, the Danish producer of comfort footwear, has appointed Ed...
ECCO, the Danish producer of comfort footwear, has appointed Ed DiStefano as technical field representative for its golf shoes in the USA. DiStefano, a PGA professional, will work closely with ECCO’s corporate and sales teams to increase brand awareness and sales through grassroots promotions and product training programs. He has ...
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Essar Gabriel has been appointed to run the new Youth...
Essar Gabriel has been appointed to run the new Youth Olympic Games, reserved for athletes aged between 14 and 18 years. The first summer contest will take place in 2010 and the host city will be chosen by the International Olympic Committee through a postal ballot in February 2008. A ...
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EFFTA, the European Fishing Tackle Association, will donate up to...
EFFTA, the European Fishing Tackle Association, will donate up to €40,000 in matching funds to promote fishing among young people throughout Europe. Now in its fourth year, its Youth Grant Scheme will see EFFTA provide up to €2,000 for each prize if a similar amount is allocated by a sponsor ...
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Peter Weaver, former chief executive of Marker International, will become...
Peter Weaver, former chief executive of Marker International, will become chief executive of Tecnica USA on Oct. 1. He will replace John Stahler who is retiring after 22 years with the Italian company. Weaver, who has also been president of Easton in the past, is currently running his own Pharmaceutical ...
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Dahon, the folding bicycle manufacturer, has reported an increase in...
Dahon, the folding bicycle manufacturer, has reported an increase in revenues of 36 percent to for the first half ended June 30, while volume deliveries went up by 27 percent to 180,000 units. The company attributes the increase to the consumer response to higher gasoline prices, greater environmental concerns and ...
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Global brand sales for the Bjorn Borg Group jumped by...
Global brand sales for the Bjorn Borg Group jumped by 89 percent to 414 million Swedish kronor ((€44.1m-$60.3m) in the 2nd quarter ended June 30, 2007. Net sales for the quarter rose by 82 percent to SEK $87.8 million (€9.3m-$12.8m). The gross margin declined from 56.8 percent to 55.6 percent, ...
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The sale of windsurfers, surfboards and other types of boardsports...
The sale of windsurfers, surfboards and other types of boardsports products for the water has taken a steady increase in France over the past two years, without reaching the peak of the end of the 1990s. The market grew in volume by 5.4 percent last year to 15,120 units, according ...
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Iconix Brand Group, which bought Ocean Pacific a few months...
Iconix Brand Group, which bought Ocean Pacific a few months ago, has announced an exclusive deal with Wal-Mart for direct supply of a broad exclusive range of apparel and accessories that the world’s biggest retailer will be able to offer in its U.S. stores next Spring under the Ocean Pacific ...
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Cádiz Club de Fútbol has launched its own brand of...
Cádiz Club de Fútbol has launched its own brand of performance-enhancing clothing, instead of going through an established company. The Spanish football club has named this product line as 1910 after the year in which the club was formed. It will incorporate performance textiles into the kit that the players ...
