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Columbia Sportswear will end amicably its 9-year-old Swedish distribution contract...
Columbia Sportswear will end amicably its 9-year-old Swedish distribution contract with Sportmarket AB, which represents many other brands in the country, after the delivery of the next Fall/Winter collection. The brand’s distributor in Norway, Patric Holmer, is opening an agency for the brand in Sweden, called Portland Sverige, which will ...
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Sports Marketing Surveys has signed a partnership agreement with Tennis...
Sports Marketing Surveys has signed a partnership agreement with Tennis Europe to be its “official research partner.” The market research company already has a similar partnership with the U.S. Tennis Industry Association, and works with the International Tennis Federation, Wimbeldon Championships, equipment manufacturers and several national tennis federations throughout Europe. ...
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Sao Paulo Alpargatas, a large Brazilian footwear and textile producer...
Sao Paulo Alpargatas, a large Brazilian footwear and textile producer also known as Spasa, is acquiring a majority interest in Alparagatas SAIC, an Argentine company that has produced footwear for Nike and other athletic companies in the past. Spasa was actually owned by Alparagatas SAIC until the 1980s, when it ...
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Polartec has promoted Andrew Vecchione as its new president, replacing...
Polartec has promoted Andrew Vecchione as its new president, replacing Michael Spillane, who has left the company to become president of Converse North America. Vecchione was previously chief operating officer. Spillane will retain a seat on Polartec’s board.
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Sugoi, a Canadian company that produces apparel for running, cycling,...
Sugoi, a Canadian company that produces apparel for running, cycling, athletics and fitness, has started shipping merchandise to its 1,000-odd European customers from a European distribution center in Europe,starting with the Spring 2008 line, instead of sending them over directly from its head office in Vancouver. Sugoi will actually be ...
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Göran Härstedt has been promoted from vice president of New...
Göran Härstedt has been promoted from vice president of New Wave to chief executive of the Swedish group, which owns Seger United and Craft of Scandinavia and recently acquired Cutter & Buck. He replaces Torsten Jansson who moves into the chairman’s post where he will concentrate on new projects and ...
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The German outdoor brand VauDe is saying good-bye to the...
The German outdoor brand VauDe is saying good-bye to the Austrian climbing brand Edelweiss, which has been distributed in Germany by VauDe for a stunning 33 years. VauDe took on Edelweiss’ distribution in 1974 when the company was founded by Albrecht von Dewitz. The split is a logical follow-up of ...
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Two large companies with production and distribution in China are...
Two large companies with production and distribution in China are trying to go public soon. Anta, a large Chinese producer and distributor of branded sportswear, is looking to raise $200-300 million of an initial public offering this month. Stella International of Taiwan, which manufactures shoes in China for Timberland, Clarks ...
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Head is organizing an event at a tennis club near...
Head is organizing an event at a tennis club near Paris on May 23, a few days before the Roland-Garros tournament, inviting up to 4,000 children and 1,500 adults from 650 other French clubs to test the company’s new racquets and to play with some of the 12 champions on ...
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Karl Heinz Salzburger, who heads up the International Outdoor Coalition...
Karl Heinz Salzburger, who heads up the International Outdoor Coalition of VF Corp., succeeded in part in his Himalayan challenge last month. He completed the ascent of the 6,182-meter-high Island Peak, but he did not make it to the top of the Ama Dablam because of stormy weather. Due tor ...
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Odlo, the Swiss company for functional outerwear with Norwegian roots,...
Odlo, the Swiss company for functional outerwear with Norwegian roots, will no longer invest in the Bjørn Dæhlie brand of cross-country skiwear, named after the legendary Norwegian athlete. The license agreement with the Nordic ski champion will expire by the end of the year, after the delivery of the 2007/08 ...
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Elan, the Slovenian ski company, has issued a license for...
Elan, the Slovenian ski company, has issued a license for Elan skiwear to be introduced across Europe in 2008. The license was attributed to Europe Asia PowerRags, a Hong-Kong-based joint venture between a Chinese apparel manufacturer, a Swiss design studio, a Thai sourcing operation and Carlo Jägersberger, head of Global ...
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A report in Women’s Wear Daily says that Kohlberg Kravis...
A report in Women’s Wear Daily says that Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. (KKR), the large equity investment firm, was in acquisition talks with both Skechers and Genesco. The report suggested that KKR would combine the operations of the two companies if both deals went through. Last month Genesco rejected ...
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The latest edition of FIBO, the international trade show for...
The latest edition of FIBO, the international trade show for fitness products that took place on April 19-22 in Essen, Germany, registered a total of 45,000 visitors, as compared to 46,000 for the year-ago fair. Organizers of the show consider this a success in view of the unusually warm weather ...
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Eider is working together with Nouvelles Frontières, a French travel...
Eider is working together with Nouvelles Frontières, a French travel agency that is developing its hiking, trekking and adventure packages strongly. Meanwhile another French outdoor brand, Aigle has struck a cooperation deal with a Spanish travel agency, Mundoexplora, providing for joint promotion and giving their respective clients a 5 percent ...
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Nike is opening more stores in France and Germany. Working...
Nike is opening more stores in France and Germany. Working through the company of Bernard Joannin, who already operates 12 Intersport stores north of Paris, Nike will soon open its 5th store in France in the center of Lille, located near Décathlon’s unique Décat fashion sport store and an Adidas ...
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Intersport France is launching an interesting “Run to New York”...
Intersport France is launching an interesting “Run to New York” initiative to make it easier for French runners to participate in the New York Marathon of next Nov. 4, and to prepare for the famous event. Holders of its fidelity card are being offered all kinds of advice and coaching ...
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Two veterans of the French sporting goods industry, Jacques Krauze...
Two veterans of the French sporting goods industry, Jacques Krauze and Marie-Jeanne Massias, have opened the first of a series of sports stores specifically conceived for female buyers. Called Lily Sportive, the first store measures 450 square meters and is located in the Val d’Europe shopping center near Paris, offering ...
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Nike Golf is introducing a Nike Golf Learning System range...
Nike Golf is introducing a Nike Golf Learning System range of products aimed at young consumers globally. In a separate development, Nike Golf has signed a sponsoring deal with Julien Guerrier, a French 21-year-old ranked 3rd in Europe among amateurs in Europe at the end of 2006, who recently turned ...
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One of the suppliers of Sergio Tacchini is said to...
One of the suppliers of Sergio Tacchini is said to be negotiating the acquisition of a certain portion of the company’s assets. The new candidate to the acquisition is reportedly Hembly, a Chinese company quoted on the Hong Kong stock exchange. The new scenario follows the apparent break-up of previous ...
