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The Outdoor Adventure Show that was due to be held...
The Outdoor Adventure Show that was due to be held in Dublin next February has been cancelled. Its organizer, Victor Dunne, says the industry in Ireland and the UK was not giving the required support for the expensive event. He is interested in bids for a bouldering wall, a climbing ...
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After establishing its first foreign subsidiary in Sweden one year...
After establishing its first foreign subsidiary in Sweden one year ago, Halti, the Finnish outdoor brand, is setting up another one for the important German and Austrian markets, based in Salzburg, Austria. It will be run by an industry veteran, Frank Säger, who has been in charge lately of the ...
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ASICS has extended its sponsorship agreements with the important marathons...
ASICS has extended its sponsorship agreements with the important marathons of New York and Frankfurt. The Japanese brand, which has been involved with the 25-year-old Frankfurt Marathon for 19 years, will remain its main sponsor and its official supplier through 2008. ASICS’ deal with the New York Road Runners Club, ...
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The first Arc’teryx stores have opened in Montreal and in...
The first Arc’teryx stores have opened in Montreal and in Stockholm, and others are expected in the near future in Europe and elsewhere. As the brand is Canadian, it was natural to open the brand’s first flagship store in a Canadian location. The 4,500-square-foot unit is housed in Montreal’s Sainte-Catherine ...
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Messe Friedrichshafen is asking local authorities to help it finance...
Messe Friedrichshafen is asking local authorities to help it finance a 16,500-square-meter expansion of its new 4-year-old fairgrounds, adding two new halls to help accommodate a growing number of companies that want to exhibit at its Eurobike, Fakuma and OutDoor fairs. Meanwhile Messe Friedrichshafen is proposing to hold a new ...
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EuroSIMA, the European Boardsports Industry Manufacturers Association, has launched the...
EuroSIMA, the European Boardsports Industry Manufacturers Association, has launched the first Snowboard D-Day, to be held simultaneously on Sunday, Dec. 17, at numerous locations throughout Europe. In each place, professionals and volunteers from the snowboard scene will organize free snowboard lessons, tests, demos and contests as well as concerts and ...
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Patagonia, which has received many awards for the design and...
Patagonia, which has received many awards for the design and merchandising of its transactional website in the USA, has brought its e-commerce platform for the first time to Europe, starting with two versions in British English and in French launched on Nov. 3. Retail prices are being offered on the ...
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A veteran of the Swoosh, Joaquin Hidalgo, has been designated...
A veteran of the Swoosh, Joaquin Hidalgo, has been designated by Nike to lead an aggressive strategy to become the top brand in football (soccer) by the time of the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa. Nike has said that its soccer business generated $1.5 billion in sales during ...
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Rossignol has opened a pilot shop-in-shop with a brand-new fashion-forward...
Rossignol has opened a pilot shop-in-shop with a brand-new fashion-forward decor in the Globus department store in Zurich. The 125-square-meter corner features the technical and fashionable ranges developed by Rossignol. They include the special styles co-branded with Emilio Pucci and Jean-Charles de Castelbajac.
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Columbia Sportswear’s revenues were up by 11 percent to $454,140,000...
Columbia Sportswear’s revenues were up by 11 percent to $454,140,000 in the 3rd quarter ended Sept. 30, but ITS net income fell by 9 percent to $60,311,000. The gross margin shrunk by 230 basis points to 43.7 percent. Sales in Europe increased by 7 percent to $66.4 million, while in ...
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Effective Jan. 1, Greg Petrich becomes president and chief executive...
Effective Jan. 1, Greg Petrich becomes president and chief executive of Dolomite USA, a new independent company within the Nordica Group. He was previously vice president of sales for Nordica USA, which will share its customer service, warehousing and other services with the new organization. Dolomite is intended to complement ...
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For the first time in 10 years no hurricane hit...
For the first time in 10 years no hurricane hit the USA during the 3rd quarter, and while this is a good thing for residents of the Gulf and Atlantic coasts, it was bad news for Coleman, the outdoor segment of Jarden Corp. In the 3-month period ended Sept. 30, ...
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Through a 5-year contract said to be worth about €150...
Through a 5-year contract said to be worth about €150 million plus bonuses and royalties, Nike has lengthened its agreement with Futbol Club Barcelona through 2013, with the option of a five-year renewal through 2018. The team’s jerseys – sold by Nike in about 50 countries – are said to ...
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Stephan Geiger, marketing director of Völkl in Germany since 2001,...
Stephan Geiger, marketing director of Völkl in Germany since 2001, will assume by February 2007 the position of head of the cycling division of Kettler, the German fitness equipment company. At Vökl, the 38-year-old executive will be replaced by Jörn Homburg, who has served at Ortovox for nearly a decade.
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Bill Perez will once again arrive at a tightly-knit company...
Bill Perez will once again arrive at a tightly-knit company from the outside with his appointment as chief executive of Wm. Wrigley Jr. Co. Last January, Perez was replaced as Nike’s chief executive by Mark Parker. Similar to his stint at Nike, which lasted 10 months, Perez will be the ...
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Sport Eybl of Austria opened a few days ago the...
Sport Eybl of Austria opened a few days ago the largest Intersport store in the world. Located in Graz, it measures about 8,000 square meters. That’s much more than the 3,000-sqm. store opened a few days earlier at Lomme by a French Intersport retail member, Bernard Joannin, which was described ...
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To head up its global running business, Nike has appointed...
To head up its global running business, Nike has appointed Leslie Lane, who was formerly responsible for the company’s global footwear strategy, finance and costing activities. Lane will report to Trevor Edwards, vice president of global brand and category management. In a separate appointment, Nike’s integrated global e-commerce strategy, which ...
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Peter Weil has been named as Ashworth’s new chief executive,...
Peter Weil has been named as Ashworth’s new chief executive, replacing Randall Herrel who has resigned. Weil was most recently vice president at PricewaterhouseCoopers. In other personnel news, the company’s chief financial officer, Winston E. Hickman, will be leaving the company in a few weeks. Ashworth is currently looking for ...
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Montana, the Swiss competitor of Austria’s Wintersteiger and Germany’s Reichmann...
Montana, the Swiss competitor of Austria’s Wintersteiger and Germany’s Reichmann in ski service machines, has acquired the sports division of an Austrian company, Wälzholz-Huber, known for an adjustment device for ski bindings called “Jetbond.” Montana has already been the distributor of Wälzholz-Huber in Austria, South Tyrol and the USA. In ...
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Revenues for the golf division of Fortune Brands grew by...
Revenues for the golf division of Fortune Brands grew by 7 percent to $297.8 million in the 3rd quarter, ended Sept. 30, led by gains for the Titleist and Cobra brands. The division’s operating income was up by 6 percent to $30.3 million. Fortune Brands’ total sales increased by 23 ...
