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Erich Stamminger, Adidas’ brand manager and chief marketing officer of...
Erich Stamminger, Adidas’ brand manager and chief marketing officer of the German company, and Steve Sharp, executive director of marketing at Marks & Spencer, have both been named as “chief marketing officer of the year” along with David Magliano, who led the advertising blitz that helped London to win the ...
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The new parent company of The Athlete’s Foot, Aether Holdings,...
The new parent company of The Athlete’s Foot, Aether Holdings, has issued a secondary share offer that could potentially raise almost $18.7 million. About 2.5 million of the 3,065,000 new shares are being sold by selling shareholders, spearheaded by Robert W. D’Loren and D’Loren Realty. The 565,000 remaining shares are ...
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Michel Burckbuchler, one of the biggest sports retailers affiliated with...
Michel Burckbuchler, one of the biggest sports retailers affiliated with Intersport in France, is going to leave the group at the end of this year, following a decision to overhaul his retail strategy. He and his two children, Anne and Sébastien, want to close all their 11 Sport-Leader stores and ...
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The Professional Golfers Association (PGA) of America and the PGA...
The Professional Golfers Association (PGA) of America and the PGA Golf Exhibition have convinced large players in the golf industry like Callaway, TaylorMade, Tehama/Izod and Gear for Sport to return to their revamped golf exhibition, taking place Jan. 25-27 in Orlando. Changes include a revised schedule that adds one hour ...
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Despite the European anti-dumping duties on Chinese bicycles, Pegasus’ revenues,...
Despite the European anti-dumping duties on Chinese bicycles, Pegasus’ revenues, which rose by 4 percent to $73.7 million, were driven by a nearly 300 percent rise in sales to Europe to $21.7 million, offsetting a 20 percent drop in North America to $37.8 million. The American group has started to ...
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Two new online golf retail operations have sprung up, based...
Two new online golf retail operations have sprung up, based in the USA. Pinehurtstgolfstore.com, founded by Tim Maroney, offers high-tech gear for golf, while Birdie Bob’s Discount Golf Clubs is being launched by All Kids Golf Clubs at www.allkidsgolfclubs.com, an American company founded to provide reasonably priced golf products for ...
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In the latest chapter of the ongoing dispute between two...
In the latest chapter of the ongoing dispute between two rival fitness companies, Icon Health & Fitness has sued Nautilus for patent infringement. The patents in question are one that was issued in 1998 for a re-orientating treadmill with lift assistance, and another related to home exercise devices.
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Invista, the big fiber producer that has replaced Du Pont,...
Invista, the big fiber producer that has replaced Du Pont, is expanding its global production of nylon 6,6 and other polymers. The company has begun brainstorming plans for a world-scale production facility in Asia that would produce enough adiponitrile (ADN) and hexamethylene diamine (HMD), two compounds used to make nylons ...
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Nike has reached a settlement with the London borough of...
Nike has reached a settlement with the London borough of Hackney, which sued the Swoosh for infringing on the city’s logo, represented by a circular “H.” Nike put a similar symbol on certain apparel products being introduced in connection with last summer’s World Cup. Hackney is known as having one ...
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Two brand managers will be in charge of developing the...
Two brand managers will be in charge of developing the two main businesses of Coleman Europe, reporting to Bruno Cercley, the president based in Lyon. Paul Stratta will act as brand manager of Coleman, while Olivier De Silanes will be the brand manager of CampingGaz. De Silanes, who was previously ...
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Nike has filed a breach of contract and confidentiality lawsuit...
Nike has filed a breach of contract and confidentiality lawsuit against a former designer, Ann Margaret Cerciello, who was fired by the company last June because of “unsatisfactory performance.” The complaint alleges that Cerciello threatened to take confidential information about Nike to her potential employer, Under Armour. Nike’s evidence of ...
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An investment fund managed by OKO Venture Capital has taken...
An investment fund managed by OKO Venture Capital has taken over control of Top-Sport, one of the leading sporting goods retail chains in Finland, accompanying a management buyout of the company, founded in 1975. The acquisition is partly intended to help Top-Sport to raise the number of outlets. The previous ...
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Lafuma has recruited Henri Dupraz, who took care of key...
Lafuma has recruited Henri Dupraz, who took care of key accounts at Nike EMEA most recently, to be in charge of Lafuma’s outdoor country division, which handles the Lafuma and Le Chameau brands and the Ober line of jeanswear. Dupraz, who previously worked at Dynastar and Salomon, will also supervise ...
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Citadium, the sports superstore in downtown Paris, is getting out...
Citadium, the sports superstore in downtown Paris, is getting out of sports equipment and other technical product offerings to concentrate on sports fashion, targeting young people between the ages of 15 and 25. Citadium and Made in Sport, a French chain of fan sports stores, were recently sold by PPR ...
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Columbia Sportswear says it wants to stay out of the...
Columbia Sportswear says it wants to stay out of the retail business, aside from working with franchise parters. It continues to keep its eyes open for new acquisitions, expressing interest in companies with weak balance sheets and humble logistics but strong products and good retail relationships, like Montrail or Mountain ...
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CORRECTION: It was Tecnica – not Dolomite – that launched...
CORRECTION: It was Tecnica – not Dolomite – that launched the Moon Boot in 1970. A total of 22 million pairs of this mythical item have been sold since then.
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The former environmental manager at Fruit of the Loom, Kalen...
The former environmental manager at Fruit of the Loom, Kalen W. Watkins, has been accused by a U.S. federal grand jury of conspiracy to commit mail fraud, money laundering and obstruction of justice. Watkins allegedly awarded contracts to several companies between May 1998 and September 2003, approving fake invoices sent ...
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As part of its Sports Tracking Europe market research program,...
As part of its Sports Tracking Europe market research program, carried out in conjunction with GkK, The NPD Group has launched an electronic point of sale service to track down athletic footwear sales in Great Britain, similar to those it has in place in France, Germany and other countries. The ...
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Ken Schofield is set to receive this year’s Golf Legend...
Ken Schofield is set to receive this year’s Golf Legend Award, offered by Golf Europe at the show starting in Munich next Friday. The well-known Scotsman has been a driving force in the European golf industry, leading and developing the PGA European Tour for 30 years until his retirement at ...
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Sepp Stenger has left Mammut Sports Group where he served...
Sepp Stenger has left Mammut Sports Group where he served as export manager. On Nov. 1 he will join a Canadian backcountry ski brand, G3 Genuine Guide Gear, as European sales and marketing manager. Stenger, who worked for Mammut for one year, knows the ski industry well as he previously ...
