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Product piracy faced a heavy blow when German customs authorities...
Product piracy faced a heavy blow when German customs authorities seized and destroyed an estimated €380 million worth of counterfeit merchandise in the harbor of Hamburg. More than 100 containers were found with fake sports shoes, including about one million pairs bearing the Swoosh. The fakes are said to come ...
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Béal, the French supplier of climbing ropes, is going into...
Béal, the French supplier of climbing ropes, is going into the apparel business by acquiring a French brand for technical outdoor clothing, Vertical. That company was for sale after the man behind the company, Patrice Dheu, tragically found his death in the mountains a few weeks ago. Béal plans to ...
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There has been chatter that Timberland may put itself up...
There has been chatter that Timberland may put itself up for sale. According to The Wall Street Journal, the company, which is worth about $2 billion on the stock exchange, has brought in Goldman Sachs to help it with the possible transaction. The Swartz family controls 70 percent of Timberland’s ...
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SportItaly, the new Italian trade show being organized in Bolzano...
SportItaly, the new Italian trade show being organized in Bolzano next Feb. 18-20, is apparently making good progress. In addition to Tecnica and the other companies that belong to Assosport, the recently revived Italian trade association, companies such as Amer Group, Campagnolo, Columbia Sportswear, Bailo, Brugi, Chiemsee, Fischer, Helly Hansen, ...
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ISPO will break new records at its next Winter session...
ISPO will break new records at its next Winter session on Feb. 4-7 with an exhibition area of 180,000 square meters occupaied by about 1,850 exhibitors, some of whom applied for up to 40 percent bigger stands. The fair will now be accessible from the North Entrance as well as ...
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In reshuffling corporate functions, CamelBak Products has named Massimo Fregonese...
In reshuffling corporate functions, CamelBak Products has named Massimo Fregonese to the newly created position of director of European sales. Fabrice Faurie, who was promoted as European sales manager last summer, will report to Fregonese. On the other hand, CamelBak will take over responsibility for the Asia-Pacific market directly from ...
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Financial problems have reportedly caused three Indonesian manufacturing companies that...
Financial problems have reportedly caused three Indonesian manufacturing companies that supply footwear to Adidas to lay off about 18,000 employees. Two of the factories, Pt Dong Joe Indonesia and its sister company PT Spotec, closed down last month because of financial difficulties and the abrupt departure of the companies’ owner ...
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Jean-Jacques Cherry, who has worked for Reebok for several years,...
Jean-Jacques Cherry, who has worked for Reebok for several years, has been appointed as general manager of Loisirs Distribution, particularly in charge of marketing and sales. In this new position he will aid the partners of the French company, Philippe Veran and Bruno Thevenet. The company markets three brands of ...
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Mizuno is opening its first golf equipment store in China,...
Mizuno is opening its first golf equipment store in China, located in Beijing. The Japanese company plans to open an additional door in the city by 2008 before doing the same thing in Shanghai and Guangzhou. Mizuno estimates that this year its golf business in China will grow by 45 ...
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Reebok will collaborate with the U.S. National Hockey League (NHL)...
Reebok will collaborate with the U.S. National Hockey League (NHL) for a 6,700-square-foot outlet in Manhattan, on the corner of 47th Street and Avenue of the Americas, to showcase its own NHL brand of licensed products. In a separate deal, the NHL has teamed with You Tube, a popular internet ...
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Heelys’ initial public offering will value the U.S. company at...
Heelys’ initial public offering will value the U.S. company at $459 million. It comprise 6.25 million shares sold at an asking price of $16-18 per share, including 3,125,000 newly issued shares that should yield proceeds of about $47.4 million. The other shares will be sold by Heelys’ founder, Roger Adams, ...
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Jim Van Dine, the former manager of Keen, has ended...
Jim Van Dine, the former manager of Keen, has ended its consulting practice, where he worked for Deckers Corp., to become full-time manager of a new outdoor footwear brand that he and his partners in the consultancy have developed, called Ahnu. The name was inspired by Anu, the Celtic goddess ...
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Speedo’s distributor in Switzerland, Torau Sport, has opened the first...
Speedo’s distributor in Switzerland, Torau Sport, has opened the first Speedo concept shop in the country, located in the Hallenbad City of Zurich
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Jack Wolfskin is opening its first single-brand store specializing in...
Jack Wolfskin is opening its first single-brand store specializing in footwear. The 75-square-meter outlet is located in the Centro shopping mall in Oberhausen (Northrhine-Westphalia). It will be operated directly by the German outdoor brand. Out of the 124 Jack Wolfskin stores in Europe, only two others are run by the ...
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Hi-Tec Sports unveiled a full range of soccer shoes at...
Hi-Tec Sports unveiled a full range of soccer shoes at STAG’s buying days near a golf course in Oxfordshire a few days ago. Meanwhile, the British company announced that Moonstar, a Japanese footwear company, will distribute its golf shoes in Japan, starting in 2007, in deal that is said to ...
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Intersport Italia is moving into a higher pitch with its...
Intersport Italia is moving into a higher pitch with its “INTERSPORT for UNICEF” campaign in favor of disadvantaged children in the Third World, after a successful start a year ago, where its entire Italian store network took part in the collection of the funds through the sale of special calendars ...
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Uhlsport has opened its own sales subsidiary for the UK...
Uhlsport has opened its own sales subsidiary for the UK market in Didsbury. The operation is headed up by a UK sales manager, Colin Hay, who has worked in the past with Umbro, Ellesse and Russell Athletic. Uhlsport, which recently opened a new state-of-the-art global head office and warehouse at ...
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Billabong has bought the 19-store Amazon chain, New Zealand’s largest...
Billabong has bought the 19-store Amazon chain, New Zealand’s largest surf retailer. Amazon has carried Billabong in its stores for years, but the Australian brand says the purchase will allow it to introduce more of its own various labels into the chain while keeping it as a multi-brand operation steered ...
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About 200 of the 266 unionized workers at JJB Sports’...
About 200 of the 266 unionized workers at JJB Sports’ central distribution center at Wigan have started to stage a series of one-day strikes. According to press reports quoting union officials, the workers, who belong to Britain’s General Union, began the walkout after David Whelan, chairman and main shareholder of ...
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Adi Dassler jr., son of the late Horst Dassler, has...
Adi Dassler jr., son of the late Horst Dassler, has died of cancer after a long illness. He was 42 years old. He spent the last years on the U.S. West Coast. Among other initiatives he attempted to launch his own footwear brand, called Adi One, but it did not ...
