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Markus Rech is the latest of a series of top...
Markus Rech is the latest of a series of top managers to have left Sport Eybl & Sports Experts, where he acted as buying director. Four other purchasing managers have left the the Austrian retail group, which represents some 70 percent of the revenues of Intersport in Austria. Holger Schwarting ...
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An Oakley veteran, Link Newcomb, will shift from the position...
An Oakley veteran, Link Newcomb, will shift from the position of chief operating officer to a newly created role of senior adviser to the chief executive, Scott Olivet. Newcomb will no longer serve on the board of directors. He had been COO since 1999. He first joined the company in ...
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A Chinese court awarded New Balance damages of 600,000 renmimbi...
A Chinese court awarded New Balance damages of 600,000 renmimbi (€59,300-$75,500) in a landmark trademark infringement lawsuit launched almost three years ago against a Chinese footwear company based in Hong Kong, Qiuzhi Footwear. Additionally, Qiuzhi has been ordered to stop producing its “New Barlun” athletic shoes, for which the company ...
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Intersport España is about to open its first factory outlet....
Intersport España is about to open its first factory outlet. Similar to an outlet recently inaugurated by the Swiss Intersport licensee, it is intended to sell surplus inventory supplied by the retail members of the Spanish group. With a surface of 960 square meters, it will be located at Besauri, ...
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After negotiations with the personnel of its sports division in...
After negotiations with the personnel of its sports division in Finland, Exel Oy has warned that 60-70 persons at its production facilities may be laid off for a temporary period of up to 90 days because of the decreased demand for its Nordic walking products in Germany. Meanwhile one of ...
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Nike was relieved when U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents...
Nike was relieved when U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents seized 135,000 pairs of fake Air Jordans, carrying a retail value of $16 million. The 15 cargo containers carrying the shoes reportedly originated in China. Six men from China, Mexico and the USA are being charged with attempting to traffic ...
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Prince Sports Europe has appointed Helge Capell to the new...
Prince Sports Europe has appointed Helge Capell to the new position of sports marketing manager. He was previously in charge of promotion and communication at Van Megen, a Dutch-based distributor of Prince. Based in Bregenz, Austria, Capell will report to Mike Ballardie, vice president and managing director of the European ...
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Nike still has its big NikeTown store in London and...
Nike still has its big NikeTown store in London and 13 factory outlet stores throughout the UK, but it has no other single-brand stores in the country. Last June 22 Planmark closed down its four franchised stores in the country after it decided jointly with Nike to put an end ...
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To capitalize on growth in the UK and to expand...
To capitalize on growth in the UK and to expand the brand outside of its domestic market, Berghaus has made a series of appointments and changes in management. Michael Lockett has been named operations director, joining the British outdoor company from J. Barbour & Sons. Reporting directly to Lockett will ...
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Per Gunnar Haugen, in charge of sales and marketing at...
Per Gunnar Haugen, in charge of sales and marketing at Norrøna, the Norwegian outdoor brand, has taken up the international sales position after Bjorne Solhaug left to go to the USA for family reasons. Over the last years Solhaug had achieved a breakthrough for the brand in several European markets, ...
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Christer Lidgren, current chief executive of Salomon Nordic, will take...
Christer Lidgren, current chief executive of Salomon Nordic, will take over from the beginning of next year as head of a new Swedish subsidiary of Amer Sports that will take charge of Salomon and the other brands belonging to the Finnish Amer group. The change is part of the on-going ...
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Violetta Cwiertniak, a Polish export executive, was hired two months...
Violetta Cwiertniak, a Polish export executive, was hired two months ago as international sales manager at Bergson, the young Polish outdoor brand, to expand its European distribution. The brand has grown swiftly since it was established in 2002 by Grzegorz Tryba. He stood at the cradle of Campus, which became ...
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by 91 percent to $198,275,000. The merger with Easton contributed...
by 91 percent to $198,275,000. The merger with Easton contributed $86.5 million to the top line. The quarter also included an inventory charge of $13.9 million related to the purchase of Easton.
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According to the company’s recently filed 10-K form, in its...
According to the company’s recently filed 10-K form, in its 2006 full year, ended May 31, 2006, Nike’s global footwear production was divided as 35 percent in China, 25 percent in Vietnam, 21 percent in Indonesia and 13 percent in Thailand. The company sells to about 27,000 accounts outside of ...
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Sales rose by 11 percent to $135.5 million for Johnson...
Sales rose by 11 percent to $135.5 million for Johnson Outdoors in the 3rd quarter ended June 30, but net income fell by 3 percent to $6,563,000. The gross margin was up by a mere 20 basis points to 42.4 percent. Much of the profit drop came from the diving ...
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Outdoor Retailer has reported a 12.4% jump to 21,711 in...
Outdoor Retailer has reported a 12.4% jump to 21,711 in the number of visitors at its show in Salt Lake City, which featured 967 exhibitors and 6,095 retailers.
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Maria Sharapova, the pretty 19-year-old Russian tennis star, has extended...
Maria Sharapova, the pretty 19-year-old Russian tennis star, has extended her endorsement contract with Prince to a lifetime deal. Prince will use Sharapova in marketing through advertisements, junior tennis programs and international grassroots efforts. Sharapova has been involved with the company since she was 9 years old, when she participated ...
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For the 2nd quarter ended June 30, Deckers Outdoor Corporation...
For the 2nd quarter ended June 30, Deckers Outdoor Corporation has reported a sales improvement of 3.4 percent to $41.7 million and an expansion of 600 basis point in its consolidated gross margin to 45.6 percent. Net earnings were largely flat at $2.7 million. More than half of Deckers’ turnover ...
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Fredrik Johanson, a 35-year-old executive from the clothing industry, will...
Fredrik Johanson, a 35-year-old executive from the clothing industry, will begin in October as chief executive officer of Intersport Sverige. He takes over from Nils-Ole Ehrstedt, who temporarily assumed the position after the abrupt resignation of Fredrik Malm in March. In an apparently unrelated change, Svante Nilsson was appointed earlier ...
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After holding senior executive roles at Sport Obermeyer for 5...
After holding senior executive roles at Sport Obermeyer for 5 years, Bill Post returns to Nordica as president and chief executive of its apparel division in the USA.
