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Mitre Sports will again be selling apparel after a 7-year...
Mitre Sports will again be selling apparel after a 7-year hiatus. The company recently announced 4-year partnerships with Ipswich Town FC and Huddersfield Town FC, through which the British sports brand will provide home and away uniforms, as well as training apparel, until May 2011. The agreements follow Mitre’s investment ...
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Active Sportswear, a very dynamic Danish company well-known for the...
Active Sportswear, a very dynamic Danish company well-known for the Color Kids line of children’s activewear and other product lines, has appointed a new chairman, Thøger Thøgersen, who previously ran Buksesnedkeren, the parent company of H²0 and Signal. He now runs Bruuns Bazaar of Copenhagen, a fast-growing Danish fashion brand. ...
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The sale of Sportmaster, the Danish buying group affiliated with...
The sale of Sportmaster, the Danish buying group affiliated with Sport 2000 International, has been approved by 80 percent of its members, who operate 103 stores that generated sales of 1.1 billion Danish kroner (€148.6m-$197.8m) last year. Several offers are on the table, but a sale will probably be finalized ...
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Lafuma has signed a co-branding deal with Agatha Ruiz de...
Lafuma has signed a co-branding deal with Agatha Ruiz de la Prada for a line of polar fleece, similar to another contract signed with a French designer, Thierry Mugler. The French outdoor group improved its operating profit by 19.5 percent to €4.2 million in the 1st half ended last March ...
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Under Armour has signed a distribution agreement with Unlimited Sports...
Under Armour has signed a distribution agreement with Unlimited Sports Group (USG) for the Benelux countries. USG owns and operates the Perry Sport and Atkiesport retail chains and is a licensee for Le Coq Sportif, Maui and Sons, Pantofola d’Oro and Cars Jeans.
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A sponsoring agreement has been struck between Manchester City Football...
A sponsoring agreement has been struck between Manchester City Football Club and Focus Group, which represents several important foreign brands in the UK. Starting next season, Manchester City players will be wearing travel wear from Sergio Tacchini and sportswear from Marc Ecko. The deal also covers the team’s kit, and ...
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The North Face has named Andrew Barker as the new...
The North Face has named Andrew Barker as the new country manager for the UK and the Republic of Ireland. He replaces Kevin Charles. Barker’s previous position as sales manager for the brand in these countries has been filled by Jason Robinson.
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Andrew Peters has joined Berkeley Search, a British executive recruitment...
Andrew Peters has joined Berkeley Search, a British executive recruitment agency, to develop its specialist sports division. Formerly managing director of Puma UK and a member of Dunlop Slazenger’s main board, Peters was supposed to act as the new managing director of ISM, another UK-based recruitment agency, replacing its owner, ...
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New Wave Group, the Swedish company whose assets include the...
New Wave Group, the Swedish company whose assets include the Craft, Kosta Boda and Seger brands, has completed its acquisition of Cutter & Buck for $14.38 a share in cash, valuing the company at $156.5 million. Following shareholder approval, Cutter & Buck now becomes a wholly-owned subsidiary of New Wave. ...
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The English Football Association (FA) has partnered with Tesco, the...
The English Football Association (FA) has partnered with Tesco, the large English supermarket chain. Tesco is to be “The FA’s Official Women’s and Girls’ Football Partner” until 2010, and will be the title sponsor of the FA Women’s Premier League and the FA Women’s Premier League Cup.
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Yeti, a high-end specialist in down sleeping bags and the...
Yeti, a high-end specialist in down sleeping bags and the only major sports brand based in East Germany, has decided to bring back its production from the Far East to Saxony. Before, the company purchased high-quality down filling in Eastern Europe, mainly in Poland, and shipped it to China where ...
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Daiwa Seriko, the big Japanese fishing equipment and sporting goods...
Daiwa Seriko, the big Japanese fishing equipment and sporting goods maker, has reported net income of ¥2.32 million ($19. 1m) for the 12 months ended March 31. Annual sales were up by 12 percent tot ¥59.24 billion ($487. 1m). For the current financial year, Daiwa Seiko is budgeting a 47 ...
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Steve Makin is replacing Peter McGuigan as chief executive of...
Steve Makin is replacing Peter McGuigan as chief executive of Umbro International, effective immediately. Makin joined Umbro last July as chief financial officer, after serving at Wal-Mart and ASDA since 1991. McGuigan, a 57-year-old industry veteran who has run Umbro for the last eight years, had already indicated his intention ...
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Katalysator, the Norwegian company that controls Rottefella and Hamax, has...
Katalysator, the Norwegian company that controls Rottefella and Hamax, has taken up a 49 percent stake in Bj Sport, a joint venture with Bjørn Dæhlie that is taking over the clothing license for the Norwegian cross-country ski champion from Odlo after it expires with the Winter 2007/08 season. Trond Ristvedt ...
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Daniel Marthan, who ran Quiksilver in France until the year...
Daniel Marthan, who ran Quiksilver in France until the year 2000, has taken over Cinex, the French company that markets a line of sneakers called Cool Shoe. The company is also the European licensee of Redsand. Under its previous owner, Max Graneareau, Cool Shoe has reached annual sales of about ...
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Scan Trade, one of the major suppliers of sporting goods...
Scan Trade, one of the major suppliers of sporting goods in Norway and Denmark, has become the biggest factor on the Norwegian market at the wholesale level through the acquisition of Ramo AS, the exclusive importer of Atomic, Nordica, Rollerblade and Scott in the country. The takeover will lift its ...
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Wintersteiger, world market leader for ski service machines, has indicated...
Wintersteiger, world market leader for ski service machines, has indicated that it wants to move into new sectors, most probably through acquisitions, to make up for the growing risk of poor snowfalls. The Austrian company increased its worldwide sales in 2006 to €83.8 million from €80.6 million in the previous ...
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Luxottica’s share price jumps by 5.2% on a rumor, reportedly...
Luxottica’s share price jumps by 5.2% on a rumor, reportedly spread by Goldman Sachs, that it may by working on the acquisition of Oakley.
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A total of Sport 2000 stores in France have ordered...
A total of Sport 2000 stores in France have ordered York, one of the private labels of clothing of Sport 2000 in Germany.
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Alistair Cameron, the 46-year-old executive who recently resigned as general...
Alistair Cameron, the 46-year-old executive who recently resigned as general manager of New Balance for Europe, the Middle East and Africa, has joined Clarks as director of its new women’s division (more in Shoe Intelligence.
