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VF Corp. has acquired Majestic Athletic and its related companies...
VF Corp. has acquired Majestic Athletic and its related companies though a deal concluded at undisclosed terms. VF did however say that it expects its acquisitions of Eagle Creek and Majestic to add $180 million to turnover in 2007, and since VF bought Eagle Creek for $30 million, this would ...
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Volcom’s revenues from its newly acquired European operations are expected...
Volcom’s revenues from its newly acquired European operations are expected to bring in revenues of $33-35 million and an operating loss of $5 million in 2007. Globally, Volcom is forecasting a 34-36 percent in annual revenues to $275-280 million. In 2006 the company’s sales grew by 28.3 percent to $205.3 ...
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Rodale Press, publisher of Runner’s World, has acquired Running Times...
Rodale Press, publisher of Runner’s World, has acquired Running Times and its related website in the USA.
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Michael Adams, former senior vice president and director of hardgoods...
Michael Adams, former senior vice president and director of hardgoods at Salomon North America, has been appointed as the new general manager of Atomic Ski USA, effective April 1. He will help the company, which is also owned by Amer Sports, in its move to its new headquarters in Utah ...
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The next step in Adidas’ “Impossible is Nothing” campaign was...
The next step in Adidas’ “Impossible is Nothing” campaign was launched internationally last week, using television, the internet, retail and print media. It shows 30 sports stars sponsored by Adidas from around the world telling their own special stories on critical moments in their lives, partly through hand-drawn illustrations and ...
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The Brazilian managers of ASICS, Adidas, Nike, New Balance and...
The Brazilian managers of ASICS, Adidas, Nike, New Balance and Puma are discussing the possible establishment of a new industry association in the country. It would not be the same as ABRIESP, another sporting goods industry association established in the country last year and run by Sergio Schildt. These initiatives ...
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France’s Groupe Intersport launches its first TV advertising campaign....
France’s Groupe Intersport launches its first TV advertising campaign.
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Nearly a year after Oakley filed a civil lawsuit against...
Nearly a year after Oakley filed a civil lawsuit against Orange 21 for allegedly infringing on some of Oakley’s intellectual property rights through its own Spy Optic brand, the two companies have reached a settlement. Through the agreement, Spy is asked to sell all of its remaining stock of e ...
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Trisport AG will put its focus on the distribution of...
Trisport AG will put its focus on the distribution of Kettler and other fitness brands after losing the distributorship of Fila and Lotto to the Swiss market. Lotto will be distributed by Intrade, a company that also distributes Rykä and Etonic, the brand recently acquired by Lotto. Trisport, which formerly ...
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A fresh agreement has been struck between Puma and Red...
A fresh agreement has been struck between Puma and Red Bull, the American energy drink, for Puma to be the official supplier to all four Red Bull Motorsport teams, including Red Bull Racing, Red Bull NASCAR, Scuderia Torro Rosso and Red Bull Air Race. The deal comes after a more ...
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Stiga has signed up Alexei Smirnov, a Russian tennis table...
Stiga has signed up Alexei Smirnov, a Russian tennis table player stationed in Belgium who is currently ranked as #20 on the ITTF tour .
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Alistair Cameron, who left as managing director of New Balance...
Alistair Cameron, who left as managing director of New Balance EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa) a few days ago, is in talks with a couple of private equity firms for the acquisition of an interesting sports brand. Other executives have left the company for different reasons. Cameron, who joined ...
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Wolfgang Mayrhofer, former Austrian country manager of Amer Sports and...
Wolfgang Mayrhofer, former Austrian country manager of Amer Sports and current vice president of global sales and marketing for Atomic, takes over the responsibility for Amer Sports Austria, on top of his current duties, following the departure for personal reasons of the most recent country manager, Christian Zulehner.
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Axcent Sport, the U.S.-based licensee of Descente for athletic apparel...
Axcent Sport, the U.S.-based licensee of Descente for athletic apparel in North America, Europe and Australia, has set up a European subsidiary headquartered in Oldenzaal, in the Netherlands. The operation will be steered by Olivier Tijtgat. He was hired from a Belgian importer/agent, Dina Sport, which markets brands in Belgium ...
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Li Ning, the Chinese sports brand, apparently intends to start...
Li Ning, the Chinese sports brand, apparently intends to start retail operations in the Netherlands, with the opening of a 160-square-meter store in a shopping center in Maastricht in April. No official confirmation could be obtained but Sport Partner, the Dutch sporting goods business newsletter, reports that the plans came ...
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ASICS has taken over the distribution in Brazil from Calçados...
ASICS has taken over the distribution in Brazil from Calçados Azaleia, the large Brazilian footwear company that markets sports shoes under the Olympikus brand name. Based in Sao Paulo, Asics do Brazil reports to Asics America Corp. in the USA. The Brazilian operation is run by Yoshihiro Okada who was ...
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Craft is sponsoring the new Astana cycling team ....
Craft is sponsoring the new Astana cycling team .
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Working through Stockmann, a long-time partner based in Finland, Nike...
Working through Stockmann, a long-time partner based in Finland, Nike has opened two stores in St. Petersburg including the first Russian Nike Woman store, located in the city’s Parnas Mega Mall.
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ISPO will stick to its Sunday-Wednesday calendar for the next...
ISPO will stick to its Sunday-Wednesday calendar for the next Winter show, scheduled for Jan. 27-30, creating a slight overlap with the dates of the SIA Snow Sports trade show in Las Vegas, which will run from Jan. 29 to Feb. 1. Top managers of the two fairs met last ...
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Callaway has signed a special contract with Ernie Els, a...
Callaway has signed a special contract with Ernie Els, a 37-year-old golf star nicknamed as the “Big Easy”.
