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Rolf Gunther, a German-born designer living in Geneva, has been...
Rolf Gunther, a German-born designer living in Geneva, has been elected as the new president of IDEAS, the international association of independent sports designers that we co-founded inside the ISPO show ten years ago. He replaces Mirella Becucci, an Italian designer who has been working for Arena and other sports ...
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Nautilus blames high gasoline prices in the USA for weary...
Nautilus blames high gasoline prices in the USA for weary consumer spending. The company’s sales in the 2nd quarter, ended June 30, rose by 6 percent to $137.6 million, but its profits fell to $1,671,000, as compared to $3,330,000 one year ago. The quarter is seasonally slow for the fitness ...
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Nike is establishing new strategic business segments (SBUs) focusing on...
Nike is establishing new strategic business segments (SBUs) focusing on running, football (soccer), basketball, men’s training and women’s fitness. Each unit will be run by a vice president, yet to be appointed. They will all report to Trevor Edwards, promoted to the new role of vice president of global brand ...
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Members of Intersport Nederland, the Dutch buying group, have set...
Members of Intersport Nederland, the Dutch buying group, have set up an investment fund that will enable them to finance projects independently from Intres, the larger buying group to which Intersport Nederland belongs. At least 60 members have pledged to contribute to the fund. One of its first projects is ...
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Messe München has decided to cancel the first summer edition...
Messe München has decided to cancel the first summer edition of ISPO China, which was planned to take place in Shanghai on Aug. 20-23, and to postpone the event until the summer of 2007 because it could not persuade some important global brands to commit their budget to the new ...
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Cascade Designs has promoted James Cotter as vice president of...
Cascade Designs has promoted James Cotter as vice president of European operations, based in Ireland, replacing Joe Mc Swiney, recently appointed as president of the U.S. company. Cotter has been the European subsidiary’s operations manager since 2003, championing lean manufacturing methods. He previously held managerial positions in sales, manufacturing and ...
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Jarden Corporation, the parent company of Coleman, is reportedly looking...
Jarden Corporation, the parent company of Coleman, is reportedly looking at acquisition possibilities for its Outdoor Solutions segment, but any potential buy will not be extremely large and will have to fit the criteria of a minimum 15 percent EBITDA margin, a leading market position within its specialty and strong ...
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JJB Sports has confirmed that it has shelved plans to...
JJB Sports has confirmed that it has shelved plans to aggressively target the UK outdoor sector in the near future. The British retail company’s chief executive, Tom Knight, blames a lack of enthusiasm from outdoor brands as one of the main reasons for the plans being put on hold, at ...
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CopenhagenActive, a sports trade fair open to consumers, will premiere...
CopenhagenActive, a sports trade fair open to consumers, will premiere in the Danish capital in May 2007. The fair will display the latest sports products but will also directly involve the visitors in activity zones spread around the Oksnehallen and surrounding facilities. The initiative was launched by Exhibition Professionals, the ...
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A Danish joint venture has developed outdoor fitness training pavilions...
A Danish joint venture has developed outdoor fitness training pavilions which will be fitted in Danish parks from August. The project was inspired from China, where many parks feature training devices to help people exercise outdoors. The concept proved tricky to import into Europe so far due to vandalism and ...
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Dave Gatto, an industry veteran who has ran L.A. Gear...
Dave Gatto, an industry veteran who has ran L.A. Gear for several years, replaces Michael Egeck as U.S. president of VF Corp.’s Outdoor Coalition. Egeck has left the group to become chief executive of 7 For All Mankind, the up and coming American luxury jeans brand. Gatto will report to ...
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Precor has struck a deal with Hilton Hotels that will...
Precor has struck a deal with Hilton Hotels that will put its Fitness by Precor branded equipment in all full-service Hilton, Doubletree and Embassy Suites hotels as well as the famed Waldorf-Astoria in New York City by the end of 2007. The fitness rooms in these luxury hotels will also ...
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Sources at Intersport International deny a report that Mercator, the...
Sources at Intersport International deny a report that Mercator, the large Slovenian retail group that holds the Intersport license for several countries in the region, has taken over control of Alpina International, the large Slovenian supplier of shoes and cross-country ski boots. Alpina has apparently changed hands, but the new ...
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The newly formed Russian Outdoor Group (see previous issue of...
The newly formed Russian Outdoor Group (see previous issue of SGI Europe) has signed an agreement to exhibit collectively at ISPO Russia, starting next month. With this contract the total number of brands represented at the fair will grow beyond 300. To improve transportation to and from the fair, which ...
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A group of 10 Russian outdoor brands and importers led...
A group of 10 Russian outdoor brands and importers led by Vladimir Bogdanov of BASK has formed the Russian Outdoor Group, representing about 90 different brands, mostly foreign. Their main goal is to broaden the appeal of hiking, trekking and other outdoor sports among consumers in Russia, where the technical ...
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Lafuma reports a 27.7 percent sales increase to €163.6 million...
Lafuma reports a 27.7 percent sales increase to €163.6 million for the first nine months of its financial year, ended June 30, with sales outside France up by 18.8 percent to €64.5 million. The growth was mainly due to the acquisition of Oxbow, whose sales increased by 8 percent on ...
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Herbert Hainer, Adidas’ chief executive, warns that the company may...
Herbert Hainer, Adidas’ chief executive, warns that the company may cut its sponsorship of some Olympic sports if it fails to reach a compromise with the International Olympic Committee (IOC) on the use of the Three Stripes during the next Olympics in Beijing. Following complaints by its competitors, Adidas was ...
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Nike and Adidas are scheduled to be heard in a...
Nike and Adidas are scheduled to be heard in a U.S. court in June 2007, following the lawsuit that Nike filed last February, alleging infringement by of its patent rights on Shox cushioning technology through Adidas’ a-cubed 9a3 shoe. The Big a has filed a motion to change the location ...
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The anti-dumping committee of the European Commission will meet again...
The anti-dumping committee of the European Commission will meet again on July 27 to consider new proposals for dealing with leather shoe imports from China and Vietnam. Thirteen members of the committee voted against the previously reported compromise recommended by European Trade Commissioner Peter Mandelson, which called for deferred anti-dumping ...
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The SGI stand at ISPO sold all the copies it...
The SGI stand at ISPO sold all the copies it had on stock of Pitch Invasion, Barbara Smit’s book on the story behind Adidas and Puma. The English edition of our assistant editor’s book, which came out this last May, has received strong reviews in England, where it was praised ...
