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Benetton has named Gerolamo Caccia Dominioni as its new chief...
Benetton has named Gerolamo Caccia Dominioni as its new chief executive, effective June 1, replacing Silvano Cassano who abruptly left in November. Caccia Dominioni is now vice chairman and chief operating officer of Warner Music International, where he adapted its business model to the characteristics of each single market, at ...
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Nordica is shifting its production of skis to Blizzard’s production...
Nordica is shifting its production of skis to Blizzard’s production facility in Mittersill, Austria. The move was expected by some after Nordica, which is owned by the Italian Tecnica Group, bought 66.6 percent of the Austrian ski company last October. The Tecnica Group has appointed Reto Rindlisbacher to help develop ...
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Christophe Roszak and Daniel Labails have both left Go Sport,...
Christophe Roszak and Daniel Labails have both left Go Sport, two years after joining the French sporting goods retailer in February 2005. Their departure follows the publication of a net loss for the third year in a row. Roszak, who was the manager of the Go Sport store network, has ...
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Roswell Brayton Jr., president and majority shareholder of Woolrich, has...
Roswell Brayton Jr., president and majority shareholder of Woolrich, has died of a sudden heart attack, but he had already set up a succession plan. James Griggs, a 20-year veteran of the American company who acted most recently as vice president of finance, has been named as president. Charles Aides, ...
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Bushnell Europe has named Petra Eckhardt as general manager of...
Bushnell Europe has named Petra Eckhardt as general manager of its German sales subsidiary, responsible also for Austria. She replaces Eugen Wisniewski who has left the company but will continue working in the optical industry on a free-lance basis. Eckardt is a German executive who has been running lately the ...
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Nike is in talks with Lega Calcio, the Italian football...
Nike is in talks with Lega Calcio, the Italian football league, to be the official supplier of the match ball for a series of domestic competitions, including first and second division matches and the Italian Cup. Nike reportedly entered direct talks with the league after the latter failed to sell ...
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Pony International has named Kevin Wulff as chief executive, replacing...
Pony International has named Kevin Wulff as chief executive, replacing Jim Stroesser. Wulff was most recently the chief executive of American Sporting Goods (ASG). To fill the gap left by Wulff, ASG has appointed Tom O’Riordan as chief executive. He was most recently chief operating officer at Fila USA.
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Etonic Worldwide has named Tom Elwell as its chief executive,...
Etonic Worldwide has named Tom Elwell as its chief executive, replacing Tom Seeman, who will move to the board of directors. Elwell was previously vice president and general manager of the athletic division of Mizuno USA. Seeman was part of a group that purchased Etonic from Spalding in 2003 and ...
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CORRECTION: Columbia Sportswear’s new flagship store in Galeries Lafayette is...
CORRECTION: Columbia Sportswear’s new flagship store in Galeries Lafayette is 30 square meters in size, not 300 square meters as reported in issue 18-10+11. Separately, we pledge to no longer misspell the name of one of its subsidiaries: It’s Mountain Hardwear, not Mountain Hardware.
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VF Corp. will take over the distribution of The North...
VF Corp. will take over the distribution of The North Face in China from Youngone, effective April 1. VF will also gain control of TNF’s stores in the country. Youngone is credited as having built up the label from nothing in China. Today sales of the brand are reportedly increasing ...
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Rip Curl Europe is taking over the invoicing and customer...
Rip Curl Europe is taking over the invoicing and customer service from its subsidiary in Italy, as it has done already in other countries where it has its own sales subsidiaries. Rip Curl Italy, which is based in Viareggio, is looking at setting up a showroom in Milan to sustain ...
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Two managers will be leaving Salewa by the end of...
Two managers will be leaving Salewa by the end of May: Jürgen Nairz, director of retail, and Herwig Reus, marketing director. Apparently these executives could not find a common ground for future collaboration with the management of Salewa. Both managers had joined the Bolzano-based company at the end of 2005. ...
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Helly Hansen, which recently fell under new ownership, is merging...
Helly Hansen, which recently fell under new ownership, is merging its U.S. and Canadian sales subsidiaries into a single company based in Delta, British Columbia, and placed under the management of its Canadian general manager, Gary Davis. On the other hand, the marketing, sales and finance operations will be centralized ...
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Sportmaster Finance, a subsidiary of the Russian Sportmaster Group, wants...
Sportmaster Finance, a subsidiary of the Russian Sportmaster Group, wants to float a series of 3-year bonds worth a total of 3 billion roubles (€87.3m-$114.5m), according to the Russian new agency Tass. The group had been previously rumored to be contemplating a public offering of shares. Sportmaster is one of ...
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Prince Sports has re-signed John White, the former #1 squash...
Prince Sports has re-signed John White, the former #1 squash player in the world.
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Snow Factory, the new Spanish distributor of K2 skis and...
Snow Factory, the new Spanish distributor of K2 skis and snowboards, is replacing Now as the representative of Eider in Spain.
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After a buoyant year in 2006, sales in Dutch sports...
After a buoyant year in 2006, sales in Dutch sports retail outlets went off to a slow start with an average decline of 2.6% from the beginning of the year until Jan. 28, chiefly due to reduced sales of sports leisure products.
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Retail sales of sporting goods grew by 4.3% in Sweden...
Retail sales of sporting goods grew by 4.3% in Sweden during the month of January, in spite of the mild weather.
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Globe’s revenues were flat at A$97.8 million (€58.7m-$77.5m) for first...
Globe’s revenues were flat at A$97.8 million (€58.7m-$77.5m) for first half ended Dec. 31, but one-time restructuring costs brought the group to a net loss of A$3.1 million (€1.9m-$2.5m), up from a loss of A$740,000 in the year-ago period. The restructuring included a A$1.6 million writedown of European goodwill, but ...
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According to SGMA, the total wholesale value of sporting goods...
According to SGMA, the total wholesale value of sporting goods sold in the USA rose by 5.8 percent to $66.4 billion in 2006. Sales of sports apparel grew by 8 percent to$28.8 billion, sports shoes were up by 3 percent to $12.3 billion and equipment went up by 9.2 percent ...
