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Globetrotter, Germany’s leading outdoor retailer, has set up a joint...
Globetrotter, Germany’s leading outdoor retailer, has set up a joint venture with Moving Adventures GmbH to create 4-Seasons.tv, the first internet-based TV program for outdoor enthusiasts, named after Globetrotter’s customer magazine, 4-seasons. The idea is to set up the country’s first IP-TV programme dedicated to outdoor enthusiasts. Of course, Globetrotter’s ...
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The use of the internet as a marketing platform for...
The use of the internet as a marketing platform for the golf industry is one of the topics that will be handled in a supporting program that will accompany Golf Europe, running in Munich from Oct. 7 to Oct. 9. The organizers expect more than 300 exhibitors from over 20 ...
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Teamsport is preparing to launch legal proceedings with a “very...
Teamsport is preparing to launch legal proceedings with a “very substantial” damages claim against Umbro International, after the British football company abruptly terminated Teamsport’s license for the brand in the Benelux, Germany and Austria. The Dutch-based licensee indicates that the agreement was not meant to expire until the end of ...
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Animal, the British boardsports company, has signed a 10-year licensing...
Animal, the British boardsports company, has signed a 10-year licensing deal for eyewear with Inspecs, a British eyewear company that holds several other licenses such as FCUK and Speedo. Prior to Inspecs, the license was split between Fabris Lane, which handled only sunglasses, and Norville, which sold prescription glasses under ...
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At Spyder Active Sports, Jake Jacobs has been named chief...
At Spyder Active Sports, Jake Jacobs has been named chief executive and president, taking the reigns from his father, David Jacobs, the company’s founder and chairman. Jake Jacobs was previously president and chief operating officer. As a former ski racer, he had an integral role in the company’s founding. Spyder ...
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Wolfgang Bentheimer, general manager of Adidas Korea, took over as...
Wolfgang Bentheimer, general manager of Adidas Korea, took over as head of Adidas Greater China from the beginning of April after the resignation of Sandrine Zerbib, a gutsy Frenchwoman who has supervised the expansion of the Three Stripes in the country for the last decade. Her departure was entirely unexpected, ...
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Diego and Pepe Quiles have reportedly agreed to sell Kelme...
Diego and Pepe Quiles have reportedly agreed to sell Kelme to a Spanish equity fund, with the financial support of local authorities in Valençia that salvaged the 40-year-old Spanish sports company five years ago. The deal is expected to be finalized if Francisco Borja, who runs Reebok in Spain, gives ...
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Sessions, an American snowboard company, has named Daniel Fitzgerald to...
Sessions, an American snowboard company, has named Daniel Fitzgerald to head its European sales office in Zurich. Fitzgerald was previously a sales manager at Alprausch. Sessions has been selling to Europe for 15 years through exclusive distributors in several countries but only recently began selling direct in Switzerland. The appointment ...
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Quiksilver is clearly in a disinvestment mode. Various analysts predict...
Quiksilver is clearly in a disinvestment mode. Various analysts predict that it will at least sell off Cleveland Golf, after buying out a minority stake still held by Laurent Boix Vives, the former owner of the Rossignol Group. Quiksilver is also reportedly planning to stop licensing Gotcha in Europe, now ...
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Intersport Eybl/Sports Experts (EAG) has appointed a new board member...
Intersport Eybl/Sports Experts (EAG) has appointed a new board member in charge of finance, information technology and controlling, completing a reorganization that we have already reported upon. Rolf Frischknecht replaces Maximilian Mitterhauser, who left the chain earlier this year. Frischknecht will form a troika together with the other two executive ...
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Nikita has appointed for the first time a sales director...
Nikita has appointed for the first time a sales director for Europe, taking care of the Icelandic boarder sports apparel company’s sales outside Scandinavia. He is Michel Pescio, who has been sales agent for the brand in France for more than two year, based in Hossegor, France. All other markets ...
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Jean-Marc Niwinski, the French executive credited for building up Columbia...
Jean-Marc Niwinski, the French executive credited for building up Columbia Sportswear in France and Europe in the ‘nineties, has quit as general manager of Kanabeach after doubling its sales to nearly €30 million over the past five years. Frédéric Alegoët, who founded the French surfwear company 20 years ago, is ...
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Runners Point, a leading German chain for sports shoes, functional...
Runners Point, a leading German chain for sports shoes, functional sportswear and accessories that belonged to Karstadt Quelle until 2005, increased its sales in 2006 by 1.1 percent to approximately €96 million (excluding VAT), with an increase of 3.2 percent on a comparative basis. By the end of 2006, Runners ...
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Craghoppers has named Oliver Robens as country manager for Germany,...
Craghoppers has named Oliver Robens as country manager for Germany, a newly created role. The British company has been selling direct to Germany from the UK, and will continue to do so, except that it will now have a team of sales agents led by Robens within the country, based ...
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Urs Konstantin Rouette is new division manger for production and...
Urs Konstantin Rouette is new division manger for production and logistics with Schöffel. He was hired from a German supplier of casual menswear, Heinrich Klatt, marketing the brand Casa Moda. Rouette replaces Manfred Lycking who left the company. Another new Schöffel executive is Axel Neumann. Filling a newly created position, ...
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Umbro has served a termination notice on Teamsport, its licensee...
Umbro has served a termination notice on Teamsport, its licensee for Germany, Austria and the Benelux countries. Costs associated with this move will be treated as exceptional. The announcement came from a trading update released by the company, saying that its financial performance for the full year should be in ...
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Ashworth reports a net loss of $2,533,000 for its 2nd...
Ashworth reports a net loss of $2,533,000 for its 2nd quarter, ended Apr. 30, as compared to a net gain of $4,675,000 in the same period a year ago, on a 9.3 percent drop in revenues to $59.9 million. The gross margin fell by 6.5 percentage points to 38.8 percent, ...
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Yue Yuen’s net sales grew by 10.6 percent to $1.9...
Yue Yuen’s net sales grew by 10.6 percent to $1.9 billion for its first half, ended March 31. The gross margin shrunk by 0.5 percentage points to 22.9 percent, but net income rose to $169,585,000, as compared to $168,251,000. Excluding a $3.7 million loss on convertible bonds, net profit reached ...
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Andreas Soeffker, who has been responsible since 2004 for sales...
Andreas Soeffker, who has been responsible since 2004 for sales and marketing of Falke’s sports collection, has been promoted to the position of managing director for the entire legwear and sports division of the German knitwear company. This former Odlo manager replaces Hans-Georg Menke who retires after nearly 40 years ...
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Two years from now, in 2009, the Outdoor Retailer Summer...
Two years from now, in 2009, the Outdoor Retailer Summer Market in Salt Lake City will move its dates from August to July, in tune with the earlier buying cycles that have become commonplace in the industry. The European Outdoor Group, which sponsors the European OutDoor show in Friedrichshafen, says ...
