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Acushnet Europe has joined the Federation of the European Sporting...
Acushnet Europe has joined the Federation of the European Sporting Goods Industry (FESI) as a regular member.
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Boccieri Golf appoints Golf Brothers, a company affiliated with a...
Boccieri Golf appoints Golf Brothers, a company affiliated with a German distributor of golf products, McEvans Sports, as its sales agent for the Czech Republic and Slovakia.
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Quoting a survey by the Sunday Times of South Africa,...
Quoting a survey by the Sunday Times of South Africa, Billabong says young people in the country have selected it as the best fashion label, ahead of brands such as Lacoste, Puma, Levi’s, Nike and Adidas.
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R.A. Company, a Dutch distribution company that already sells CamelBak,...
R.A. Company, a Dutch distribution company that already sells CamelBak, Trezeta, Buff, Gabel, and OneWay Sport, has been appointed as Benelux agent for Bergans, the big Norwegian outdoor brand.
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As part of a customary debt restructuring, Amer Sports completes...
As part of a customary debt restructuring, Amer Sports completes the placement of two bonds valued at a total €150 million with Finnish institutional investors.
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Andrea Greco, former vice president of the supply chain at...
Andrea Greco, former vice president of the supply chain at Fila USA, returns to the company as chief operating officer of the U.S. subsidiary.
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The Surf Industry Manufacturers Association (SIMA) of the USA names...
The Surf Industry Manufacturers Association (SIMA) of the USA names Volcom as the men’s and women’s “Apparel Brand of the Year.”
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Wolverine World Wide promotes Scott B. Sible, vice president and...
Wolverine World Wide promotes Scott B. Sible, vice president and general manager of Merrell, to the new position of president of the brand, reporting to Jacques Lavertue, president of Wolverine’s Outdoor Group.
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Crocs, the brand of bright-colored clogs, has opened two concept...
Crocs, the brand of bright-colored clogs, has opened two concept stores in the Netherlands, in Maastricht and The Hague, and it should open a third one later this month in Amsterdam.
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Exel Sports has promoted Chris Griffin from vice president to...
Exel Sports has promoted Chris Griffin from vice president to president of Exel Sports North America, which is making strides in the promotion of Nordic Walking in the USA and Canada.
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Skins, a New York-based company whose patented two-part interchangeable footwear...
Skins, a New York-based company whose patented two-part interchangeable footwear will be introduced at retail next month, raises $3 million in a private placement with seven investors.
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Eurolight, a Dutch-based distribution company with a wide portfolio of...
Eurolight, a Dutch-based distribution company with a wide portfolio of tennis and winter sports brands, will distribute Mistral apparel in the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany, on the back of a deal with X-Wear, another Dutch-based company that obtained earlier this year a license for Mistral apparel in most other European ...
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Jill Williams, company secretary and group treasurer of Pittards, will...
Jill Williams, company secretary and group treasurer of Pittards, will add the function of finance director following the resignation of the British leather company’s current group financial director, R M L Blackford.
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VauDe is sponsoring Ji Ji, a famous Tibetan woman mountaineer....
VauDe is sponsoring Ji Ji, a famous Tibetan woman mountaineer.
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Prince’s turnover rose by 12 percent in the 1st quarter,...
Prince’s turnover rose by 12 percent in the 1st quarter, leading the company to believe it can reach $100 million in annual sales for the first time in 10 years. During the period sales in the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region jumped by 52 percent, while turnover in ...
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Snowboarders represented 11 percent of the users of ski lifts...
Snowboarders represented 11 percent of the users of ski lifts in Sweden last year, down from 19 percent five years ago, according to SLAO, the Swedish association of ski lift operators. The number of people using short skis has also declined, from 5 to 3 percent, while the proportion of ...
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The first-ever European Industry Awards were presented on April 28...
The first-ever European Industry Awards were presented on April 28 at the Snow Ball, an event organized by EuroSIMA’s Mountain Division. There were three categories for the award’s inaugural year: SOURCE Breakthrough Brand of the Year, which was won by Bataleon Snowboards; the ISPO Product of the Year, which was ...
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The 29 Karstadt Sport stores in Germany will feature more...
The 29 Karstadt Sport stores in Germany will feature more lifestyle-oriented and less technical products in the areas of sports clothing and shoes, starting with the next Fall season. Their sales grew by 12.1 percent during the month of March, offsetting a difficult start of the year due to the ...
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Belle International Holdings, which runs some 3,700 shoe stores in...
Belle International Holdings, which runs some 3,700 shoe stores in China including more than 1,000 under various sports brands, raised US$1.1 billion on the Hong Kong stock exchange through an initial public offering that valued the company at about US$6.5 billion, or 32-35 times is expected 2007 earnings. Institutional investors ...
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Easton-Bell Sports’ total sales were up by 57 percent to...
Easton-Bell Sports’ total sales were up by 57 percent to $174.6 million in the 1st quarter ended March 31, 2007, thanks to the acquisition of Easton Sports a year ago. The gross margin inched up by 0.03 percentage points to 33.5 percent, and the company reported net earnings of $1,279,000, ...
