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The lawyer of Laure Manaudou, the French swimming champion, has...
The lawyer of Laure Manaudou, the French swimming champion, has made a public announcement stating that the sponsorship contract signed between Manaudou and Arena on July 27 was justly made and involved both parties. The company had been accused by Manaudou’s father of using pressure to influence his daughter to ...
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A Shanghai court has fined two Chinese shoe manufacturers and...
A Shanghai court has fined two Chinese shoe manufacturers and Auchan to pay a total of 350,000 renmimbi (€33,900-$46,178) in damages to Nike for copyright infringement. The shoe companies were manufacturing models bearing a logo of Michael Jordan slam-dunking. Auchan was assessed a fine of 160,000 renmimbi for selling the ...
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Glenmuir is set to launch a new collection for golfing...
Glenmuir is set to launch a new collection for golfing kids in 2008. The British golf apparel company has recently taken several other initiatives to support the new generation of golfers. For the current golfing season, Glenmuir provided the clothing for PGA professionals who gave over 1,000 free golf lessons ...
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Operating income for Easton-Bell Sports, the parent company of the...
Operating income for Easton-Bell Sports, the parent company of the Easton, Bell, Riddell, Blackburn and Giro brands, jumped by 92 percent to $29,689,000 for the 2nd quarter ended June 30. The gross margin expanded by 680 basis points to 37.0 percent while net income increased to $12,061,000 from $4,220,000. The ...
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Exel Sports and Swany Europe have decided to establish a...
Exel Sports and Swany Europe have decided to establish a strategic cooperation, starting with the markets of Germany, Finland and Sweden where Exel has its own sales operations, recently restructured. The cooperation will begin with orders for the 2008/09 season. Known for its ski gloves, Swany continues to run a ...
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Gregg Hammann has stepped down from his position as president...
Gregg Hammann has stepped down from his position as president and chief executive of Nautilus, and he has also resigned his seat on the board of directors. Robert S. Falcone, the company’s current lead independent director, will serve as chairman, president and chief executive officer on an interim basis until ...
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Nike has promoted two of its executives to head up...
Nike has promoted two of its executives to head up its largest apparel markets. Mary Kate Buckley has been appointed vice present of apparel for Nike’s Europe, Middle East and Africa region, where it sold $1.76 billion worth of clothing in the last financial year. Jill Stanton has been named ...
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Karstadt Sport is using some of the fixtures of its...
Karstadt Sport is using some of the fixtures of its former outdoor shop in Munich, which was shut down several months ago, for the largest sports department in its network of 29 stores in Germany. Measuring 1,500 square meters, it’s now in the basement of its large Kartstadt Sporthaus in ...
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Samsung is reportedly teaming up with Adidas to brand a...
Samsung is reportedly teaming up with Adidas to brand a new sports phone, the SGH-F110. The phone will be equipped with personal trainer applications such as a pedometer, a heart-beat monitor, a calories-counter and a voice coach. Other features include a camera, an MP3 player, an FM radio and USB ...
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Regatta has agreed to cooperate with Sony BMG for the...
Regatta has agreed to cooperate with Sony BMG for the launch next October of a new release of Bob Dylan songs, working through over 600 retailers all over Europe to direct customers to its own website. The customers will be able to participate in a contest for a trip to ...
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Giro is moving into the eyewear business. The American helmet...
Giro is moving into the eyewear business. The American helmet company will present a first collection of four styles at the Friedrichshafen Eurobike show. This year’s Tour de France champion, Alberto Contador of Spain, used one of the new Giro products on his victorious way to Paris’ Arc de Triomphe.
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In Beijing, police confiscated on a recent Saturday over a...
In Beijing, police confiscated on a recent Saturday over a thousand pirated Nike and Adidas goods after inspecting booths inside the famous Silk Street market, where city authorities recently banned the sale of counterfeit products named after The North Face and certain luxury brands. The Chaoyang branch of the Beijing ...
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Silk is making a return in the outdoor business with...
Silk is making a return in the outdoor business with Silkbody, a New Zealand brand of silk-based garments that is attempting to get into the European market. The company was set up five years ago by David Cooper, a former psychotherapist who came across silk sacks in Vietnam, and his ...
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Hi-Tec Sports has opened its first store in China through...
Hi-Tec Sports has opened its first store in China through its new licensee for the country, Fuijan Taitya Shoes. Located in the Grandview Mall of Guangzhou, it is the first of a series of 20 stores planned across the country for 2007. Their number is set to grow to 400 ...
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Specialized has created the position of a director global marketing....
Specialized has created the position of a director global marketing. The job will be executed by Herwig Reus, who served until May as head of international marketing for Salewa. Reus will report to Sean Sullivan, director of sales and marketing who will now put his focus on sales. While the ...
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The North Face has hired Giulio Piccin, former product manager...
The North Face has hired Giulio Piccin, former product manager at Lotto, as European footwear manager after the company decided to develop its own footwear. Since 1996 The North Face footwear had been outsourced to One Step Ahead in Oregon, but the brand has just introduced its first in-house range, ...
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Macpac has rejigged some of its international management positions to...
Macpac has rejigged some of its international management positions to tighten its European business, but all its managers will continue to be based at New Zealand headquarters of this outdoor brand, which continues to be sold in Europe through agents in Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands and Switzerland. Frank Spiewack, who ...
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ASICS reports a 10.0 percent increase in global revenues to...
ASICS reports a 10.0 percent increase in global revenues to ¥56.84 billion (€348.9m-$480.5m) for the first quarter ended June 30, but while operating income declined to 13.2 percent to ¥7.94 billion (€48.7m-$67.1m), mainly due to increased advertising, currency exchange benefits helped to lift the net profit by 10.0 percent to ...
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Intersport PSC Holding of Switzerland reports net profit of 2,896,000...
Intersport PSC Holding of Switzerland reports net profit of 2,896,000 CHF (€1.8m-$2.4m) for the financial year ended last Apr. 30, up 9.1 percent from 2,655,000 CHF in the previous year. Operating income (EBIT) jumped by 24.8 percent to 3,396,000 CHF (€2.1m-$2.8m). Ending the year with 207 franchisees and 65 buying ...
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By Sept. 1, Jürgen Schütte will assume the position of...
By Sept. 1, Jürgen Schütte will assume the position of general manager of Cannondale for Germany and Austria. He will report to the European headquarters led by Jeff McGuane in Switzerland. Schütte worked for a long time at K2 Europe before moving on to Mammut Sports Group where he has ...
