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Elan Snowboards has introduced its first women’s specific line of...
Elan Snowboards has introduced its first women’s specific line of products, called Elan Chicas. Coinciding with the new range, which was designed and developed with the help of female snowboarders sponsored by Elan, is a new website, www.elanchicas.com, where professional female snowboarders like Lisa Filzmoser, Dominique Vallée and Connie Bleicher ...
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FESI, the European sporting goods industry federation, is expected to...
FESI, the European sporting goods industry federation, is expected to announce at the ISPO fair next February a landmark agreement among the major ski manufacturers on a new standard for the application of RFID (radio frequency identification) techniques to ski rentals. They are Atomic, Blizzard, Elan, Fischer, Head, Nordica, Rossignol, ...
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Keen is going package its shoes in a lighter and...
Keen is going package its shoes in a lighter and recyclable “green box,” starting with the Spring 2007 season. The fast-growing American brand is sponsoring a cycling fund-raiser that will cover more than 900 miles of ground in the Western United States. The event will be accompanied by a film ...
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Murphy & Nye has started to trade in Japan through...
Murphy & Nye has started to trade in Japan through a distribution agreement with Mitsui & Co. that calls among other things for the opening of two single-brand shops in the country over the next three years. Murphy & Nye, which belongs to Italy’s Sixty Group, is expected to raise ...
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K2 has promoted Lars Hanstad as managing director of Madshus,...
K2 has promoted Lars Hanstad as managing director of Madshus, with global operating responsibility for this Norwegian brand of cross-country skis, replacing a triumvirate to which he belonged, handling mainly sales and marketing. He will also oversee the operations of the recently formed K2 Sports Norway, and he will be ...
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Although Umbro’s sales are expected to rise by 20 percent...
Although Umbro’s sales are expected to rise by 20 percent this year in the UK, its home market, the company has warned investors that its full-year earnings will be marginally below the expectations expressed at the end of the 1st half of the year. They are now estimated at £27.0 ...
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Umbro has struck a sponsoring agreement through 2014 with the...
Umbro has struck a sponsoring agreement through 2014 with the Football Association of Ireland worth a minimum of some €16 million for the duration of the deal. Bonus payments €4,650,000 will be made on top of this depending on the Irish team’s success in European Championships and World Cups. The ...
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John Forzani plans to retire on Jan. 29 as executive...
John Forzani plans to retire on Jan. 29 as executive chairman of Forzani Group, the major Canadian sporting goods retailer and franchiser he founded with his two brothers and a friend in 1974, building it up to an annual turnover of some $1.3 billion. He will remain as chairman. Forzani ...
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Timberland has bought Howies, a small UK-based action sports and...
Timberland has bought Howies, a small UK-based action sports and outdoor apparel company that focuses on clothing for skateboarding, BMX and mountain biking. The acquisition goes well with Timberland’s ongoing effort to project the image of an earth-conscious company. The Howies brand uses organically grown cotton in some of its ...
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Nike has signed a new multi-year sponsoring agreement with Tiger...
Nike has signed a new multi-year sponsoring agreement with Tiger Woods, the 2006 PGA Tour Player of the Year. Terms of the deal weren’t disclosed, but Woods’ prior 10-year contract with Nike reportedly paid him $140 million in total. In a separate sponsorship, Nike has entered into an agreement with ...
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Wolverine World Wide is set to endorse the appointment of...
Wolverine World Wide is set to endorse the appointment of Blake W. Krueger as chief executive at its next annual meeting in April, replacing Tim J. O’Donovan who will remain as chairman. Krueger worked as executive vice president of the group for 10 years, filling several functions, before becoming president ...
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The city of Friedrichshafen has approved the start-up of construction...
The city of Friedrichshafen has approved the start-up of construction work in mid-2007 for two new halls, expanding the local fairgrounds by 15,000 square meters to 85,000 sqm. by the Fall of 2008 for €50 million. Meanwhile, the Eurobike fair plans to support its planned U.S. trade show, which may ...
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In an attempt to make itself more productive, Timberland has...
In an attempt to make itself more productive, Timberland has divided itself into four business units: Authentic Youth, CasualGear, Outdoor Group and Industrial. The company has named a president for each of the units, which will have their own resources for merchandising, design, sales planning, category marketing and global sales. ...
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Nike has extended its sonsorship deal with the Barcelona football...
Nike has extended its sonsorship deal with the Barcelona football team until 2013. According to a list made by Global Sponsors, a London-based sponsorship agency, Barcelona is the number one ranking brand in football. Manchester United is second, followed by Real Madrid, Chelsea, AC Milan, Bayern Munich, Arsenal, Liverpool, Inter ...
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Black Diamond will launch a new line of KiloWatt free-ride...
Black Diamond will launch a new line of KiloWatt free-ride alpine skis at the 2007 Winter ISPO. Only 200 pairs of the special edition skis will be available through Black Diamond’s distribution channels in Europe and North America. The skis will retail for about €579.
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The board of directors Groupe Intersport of France and Twinner...
The board of directors Groupe Intersport of France and Twinner have agreed to pool together the purchasing functions of the two French buying groups, but with four conditions. One of them is that the deal will be restricted to France. Furthermore Twinner will stop its joint purchasing deal and other ...
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Burton Snowboards has promoted Clark Gundlach to executive vice president...
Burton Snowboards has promoted Clark Gundlach to executive vice president and general manager from his former position of vice president of North American sales. Other promotions include Greg Dacyshyn to senior vice president and creative director of product and Bryan Johnston to senior vice president of global marketing. Separately, Edward ...
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Nike has reportedly made a “commercially very interesting offer” to...
Nike has reportedly made a “commercially very interesting offer” to the German Football Federation (DFB), said to be worth €50 million a year, to sponsor the German national team from 2011 onwards. The report could not be confirmed but it is regarded by some as a means of putting pressure ...
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The European Commission is considering a new directive under which...
The European Commission is considering a new directive under which consumers in all the member countries would be given the option to clear their warranty claims for defective products directly with the vendors or the manufacturers, rather than with the retailers. The vendor, which may be the importer or brand ...
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Lanctôt, a Montreal-based company that was the original importer of...
Lanctôt, a Montreal-based company that was the original importer of the Rossignol brand in North America in the 1960s, has made a takeover bid of 3,966,134 Canadian dollars (€2.6m-$3.4m) to purchase a Canadian distribution company, Igloo Viski. With the acquisition, Lanctôt would get the distribution of Fischer and Swix ski ...
