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Sole Technology is in due diligence proceedings to acquire A4...
Sole Technology is in due diligence proceedings to acquire A4 Distribution, which has been the exclusive importer of its éS, Emerica, ThirtyTwo, etnies and Altamont brands in the UK and Ireland. In connection with the deal, A4 Distribution will stop its distribution of APO Snowboards. It already stopped distributing Nikita ...
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NPD Group continues to expand its business in Europe, adding...
NPD Group continues to expand its business in Europe, adding a new retail survey of the French sports apparel market, based on a sample of 550 sports stores and using input from mail order houses. The initial data show that Adidas, Nike, Sergio Tacchini and Umbro are the leading brands ...
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After three years of negotiations and uncertainty, Nikita, the Icelandic...
After three years of negotiations and uncertainty, Nikita, the Icelandic sports apparel company specializing in the women’s market, says it has secured the trademark rights for its brand name in the UK and in Ireland. Three years ago a British company flagged Nikita that it owned the rights to the ...
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Avance Diffusion of France has completed a distribution agreement with...
Avance Diffusion of France has completed a distribution agreement with Net69SportsCo., a Korean company. The company will distribute Avance Diffusion’s three Degré7 labels - Degré7 Technical, Degré7/Duvillard and Degré7 K and Crossover – in the North American and Korean markets.
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Al Gosling, owner of Extreme Group, has signed a pan-European...
Al Gosling, owner of Extreme Group, has signed a pan-European licensing agreement with Sportax. In line with the 5-year deal, Sportax will distribute a wide range of products called Ex Raw State, beginning in 2007. The range will comprise fashion and technical apparel, rucksacks, travel bags, scarves and headwear. The ...
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Amer Sports has named Tom Berry as president of Salomon...
Amer Sports has named Tom Berry as president of Salomon USA, replacing James Curleigh, who has been appointed as head of strategic development. Matt Kaplan has been promoted to national sales manager for Suunto USA, Mark Taylor has been appointed vice president of finance and operations for the division, and ...
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A president has been found for Russell Athletic. It’s Doug...
A president has been found for Russell Athletic. It’s Doug Kelly, who comes from Imperial Home Décor Group, where he was chief executive, after holding various management roles in the sporting goods industry, such as president and chief executive of Easton Sports from 1986-1994.
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Ian Todd will become president of IMG International on Jan....
Ian Todd will become president of IMG International on Jan. 1, 2007, based in London, filling a new position next to that of Ted Forstmann, chairman and chief executive. Todd was most recently vice president of global marketing for Nike, and has been a board member of the World Federation ...
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Sales of climbing ropes previously sold under the Lanex brand...
Sales of climbing ropes previously sold under the Lanex brand continued to rise last year, indicating that its switch to the Tendon brand name has been well received. The Lanex brand was dropped for the outdoor range because it reminded consumers of wool products and detergents. The Czech company that ...
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Dan Loeb, who started a remarkable career at Nike in...
Dan Loeb, who started a remarkable career at Nike in Asia, and then took over the helm in the UK in February 2005, has been appointed as general manager of the fast-growing Nike Central Europe, Middle East and Africa region (CEMEA), which includes Russia. Loeb himself takes over for Jim ...
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Maxim Ignatiev, who recently sold the distribution of Reebok for...
Maxim Ignatiev, who recently sold the distribution of Reebok for Russia and the CIS countries for Adidas, has a master license with Debenhams for the development of the British banner, in association with other investors. The first Debenhams department store in Russia will open in Moscow next month. While continuing ...
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Alfons Meindl passed away on Sept. 13, shortly after his...
Alfons Meindl passed away on Sept. 13, shortly after his 77th birthday. He started working in the shoemaker’s workshop of his father in 1948 and became head of the company in 1974, after he began to turn it into a sporting goods enterprise. Alfons Meindl was a pioneer in this ...
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Time4 Media, a subsidiary of Time Inc., is selling 18...
Time4 Media, a subsidiary of Time Inc., is selling 18 of its publication titles, including the TransWorld Media group’s Popular Science, Marine Group (Yachting, Motorboating and Satwater Sportsman), Time4 Outdoors (Field & Stream, Outdoor Life), TransWorld Media (TW Skateboarding, TW Snowboarding, TW Surf, TW Motocross, Ride BMX, Quad) and Mountain ...
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As of Sept. 2, Ron Hill, the 69-year-old iron man...
As of Sept. 2, Ron Hill, the 69-year-old iron man behind Hilly Clothing, has reached 50 years worth of training logs in which he clocked in 147,647 miles (237,950 kilometers). This includes competitions in 92 different countries as well as others where he simply trained. Hill’s goal is to have ...
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The IFMA 2007 trade fair for bicycles, based in Cologne,...
The IFMA 2007 trade fair for bicycles, based in Cologne, drew 7.5 percent more trade visitors at its Sept. 14-17 edition, building up to total of 21,500 visits. There was also a rise of 10 percent to about 33,000 in the number of private visitors. The fair covered 100,000 square ...
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Globe International posted a 3.5 percent decline in revenues to...
Globe International posted a 3.5 percent decline in revenues to 197.3 million Australian dollars (€116.9m-$148.3m) for financial year ended June 30. Earnings before taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) decreased by 42.6 percent to A$6.2 million (€3.7m-$4.7m), and net profit plunged by 86.9 percent to A$471,000 (€279,000-$354,000). Turnover was down across ...
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Through a 3-year deal, Molten Sports is sponsoring the British...
Through a 3-year deal, Molten Sports is sponsoring the British Basketball League (BBL), supplying its new Molten G-Series 12-panelled basketball as well as cash to be invested in the development of basketball in the communities of the various BBL clubs. The sponsorship, valued at £150,000 (€224,000-$285,000), begins this month and ...
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Groupe Go Sport has named Matthieu Wallaert, 41, as its...
Groupe Go Sport has named Matthieu Wallaert, 41, as its new marketing manager, in charge also of communication and of sustainable development for the French sporting goods retail company. He replaces Eric Le Mélinaire who is leaving the group. Wallaert, who has worked also in New York, has been active ...
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After striking similar deals in Russia and China, Adidas is...
After striking similar deals in Russia and China, Adidas is taking over the distribution of Reebok in the Czech Republic and Slovakia from the beginning of next year. The brand had been sold there since 1995 by RBK Sport CZ, a Czech company derived from Sports Trading, which previously distributed ...
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Adidas has become an official supplier of footwear to the...
Adidas has become an official supplier of footwear to the U.S. National Football League, joining Reebok, Nike and Under Armour. Reebok remains the exclusive apparel supplier of the NFL. Adidas shoes are already endorsed by a couple of NFL players, but the new deal allow the Big a to place ...
