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MacGregor Golf is said to be undergoing changes in top...
MacGregor Golf is said to be undergoing changes in top management. F. Duffield Meyercord, a partner in a venture capitalist firm, Carl Mark Advisory Group LLC, and past president of the Baltusrol Golf Club, will take over responsibility for MacGregor’s day-to-day operations from the company’s chairman and chief executive, Barry ...
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Cross Sportswear of Sweden is opening its fourth concept store...
Cross Sportswear of Sweden is opening its fourth concept store as a shop-in-shop in the older department store of Steen & Ström in Oslo, which has been redesigned. The brand, which was taken over by Peter Blom four years ago, has also signed a contract with Jon Olsson, the leading ...
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Jarden Corp.’s Outdoor Solutions segment will have to wait until...
Jarden Corp.’s Outdoor Solutions segment will have to wait until later this month before consolidating K2 and its various brands, yet it managed to post a 26 percent sales increase in the second quarter ended June 30 to $417.1 million, thanks to the acquisition of Pure Fishing and the introduction ...
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The doping scandals that erupted at the latest Tour de...
The doping scandals that erupted at the latest Tour de France have prompted several sponsors to question their involvement in the event. Among the sporting goods suppliers, Adidas spends about €500,000 per year on sponsorship of professional cycling and it was endorsed by the T-Mobile team at the Tour de ...
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Martin Lehner has quit his responsabilities as Elan’s vice president...
Martin Lehner has quit his responsabilities as Elan’s vice president for sales and marketing. The 38-year-old joined the Slovenian brand in 1997 and became a member of its executive board in 2000. He will be replaced ad interim by Elan’s marketing director, Leon Korosec.
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Gary Wakley joins Fila Sport at its head office in...
Gary Wakley joins Fila Sport at its head office in New York as vice president of footwear. He spent the last three years as senior director of footwear and apparel at Prince Sports after working at Endicott Johnson, Bata Shoe Company, Romika, Lotto and Adidas.
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The German sportswear group Maier Sports has granted the worldwide...
The German sportswear group Maier Sports has granted the worldwide license for the streetwear and sportswear label US40 to On Demand, another German company specializing in the distribution of bicycles, sports equipment and accessories. On Demand is to offer its first US40 collection for the Winter 2008/09 season. Maier Sports ...
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Sport Product Service (SPS), a German importer and licensee of...
Sport Product Service (SPS), a German importer and licensee of sporting goods that filed for bankruptcy last spring after a poor winter, has a good chance to get out of its financial crisis. SPS’ owner and founder, Peter Drössler, is setting up a new company called Everest with the support ...
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Comparable sales for JJB Sports dropped by 4.1 percent in...
Comparable sales for JJB Sports dropped by 4.1 percent in the British retailer’s first half, ended July 15, due to a tough comparison with a year-ago period that saw heightened sales of football products around the FIFA World Cup. Total revenues, comprising the group’s retail stores and its health clubs, ...
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Lafuma reports a 5.8 percent sales increase to €173.1 million...
Lafuma reports a 5.8 percent sales increase to €173.1 million for the 3rd quarter ended June 30. The Lafuma and Millet brands went up by 4.5 and 4.8 percent, respectively. Oxbow did 7.2 percent better and Le Chameau jumped by 10.9 percent. There was a gain of 14.4 percent to ...
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Bread & Butter has reported a 10 percent increase in...
Bread & Butter has reported a 10 percent increase in attendance to 91,000 passages through its turnstiles for the four days of the fair held in Barcelona at the beginning of this month. The rate increase reached 69 percent when compared with one year ago, when there still was a ...
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Nautilus was going to report a net loss of $9.5...
Nautilus was going to report a net loss of $9.5 million for the 2nd quarter ended June 30, but it ended up with a profit thanks to a settlement with Icon Health & Fitness, whose details have not been disclosed. Net income slipped to $1,110,000 from $1,671,000 in the year-ago ...
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Abacus has a new agency for the German and Austrian...
Abacus has a new agency for the German and Austrian markets. The Swedish brand of golfwear is going to be sold through K-Way Deutschland, the long-time German distributor of K-Way owned by Mathias Cramer. For this new project, the German industry veteran will work through his wife Ute b. Cramer, ...
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Nautilus has exercised a purchase option to acquire the assets...
Nautilus has exercised a purchase option to acquire the assets of China-based Land America Health and Fitness, its largest contract manufacturer, for $72 million following eight weeks of due diligence. The acquisition, which is expected to close in January 2008, is expected to increase the group’s gross margin by 1.5-2.0 ...
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STAG, the growing British buying group, has decided to add...
STAG, the growing British buying group, has decided to add a summer buying show at the request of several leading suppliers in the British sporting goods market. It will be held on July 13-14 next year in Cotswold’s brand-new Water Park Four Pillars Hotel. STAG’s buying days continue to be ...
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Major French sporting goods brands and retailers have agreed to...
Major French sporting goods brands and retailers have agreed to set up a new association, ECR Sport, to develop their cooperation in logistics and other aspects of the supply chain, such as packaging and RFID chips. ECR stands for Efficient Consumer Response. Sponsored by the French sporting goods manufactuers’ and ...
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Andreas Allmann has been named as product manager of Blizzard,...
Andreas Allmann has been named as product manager of Blizzard, allowing Tom Rakuscha to concentrate on global marketing, instead of wearing two hats. Between 1996 and 2001, before running his own sports shoe in St. Gallen, Switzerland, the 40-year-old Allmann acted as product manager at Völkl. Blizzard, which became a ...
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Nike and Lance Armstrong, the American cycling champion and cancer...
Nike and Lance Armstrong, the American cycling champion and cancer survivor, will continue their partnership with the Livestrong name, releasing a collection of apparel, footwear and accessories for men, women and children on Oct. 2. The range will first be available on niketown.org and livestrong.org, before being endorsed by Armstrong ...
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Johnson Outdoors has announced the end of its long-standing intellectual...
Johnson Outdoors has announced the end of its long-standing intellectual property dispute with Confluence Holdings, a company based in South Carolina that owns several water sports brands. Details of the agreement were not released, but Johnson Outdoors has stated that it will pay a one-time sum of $4.4 million, which ...
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Easton-Bell Sports has named Anthony D’Onofrio as chief operating officer,...
Easton-Bell Sports has named Anthony D’Onofrio as chief operating officer, a newly created position for the parent company of the Bell, Easton, Giro and Riddell businesses. D’Onofrio was previously chief supply chain officer for Linens ‘n Things, a U.S. retail chain specializing in home decorations.
