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Amazon.de has launched a virtual sporting goods store for the...
Amazon.de has launched a virtual sporting goods store for the German sporting goods market, and it was recruiting German sporting goods retailers at ISPO to host on its website after its recent failure to involve Sport 2000 into the operation. Sport-Scheck has already worked with Amazon during the World Cup. ...
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A senior American executive from Nike, Lindsay Stewart, is likely...
A senior American executive from Nike, Lindsay Stewart, is likely to be elected as the next president of the World Federation of the Sporting Goods Industry at an extraordinary meeting next June 10 during the new SGMA Spring Market in Las Vegas, with a mandate for three years and a ...
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Kronos has signed up an industry veteran, Andres De Pablos,...
Kronos has signed up an industry veteran, Andres De Pablos, as its agent in Spain, while Sima Sport, an agency run by Nikos Kousoulakos, is going to play a similar role in Greece. De Pablos, who ran Adidas in Spain for many years, has set up a sales agency in ...
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Molten, the Japanese balls manufacturer, has begun test production at...
Molten, the Japanese balls manufacturer, has begun test production at a mammoth new plant in Jiaxing, China, that is supposed to reach an annual capacity of up to 5 million units in due time. The company is investing about $15 million in the factory, which should become Molten’s largest manufacturing ...
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CORRECTION: Sun & Sand Sports, the distributor of Nike based...
CORRECTION: Sun & Sand Sports, the distributor of Nike based in the United Arab Emirates, operates a total of 38 free-standing stores with a total of about 200,000 square feet, including 9 single-brand Nike stores, 8 Timberland flagship stores and 2 Columbia Sportswear stores. A similar overall surface has been ...
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Eurolight, distributor of Reusch in the Benelux countries, will be...
Eurolight, distributor of Reusch in the Benelux countries, will be taking over the same task for Germany and the UK at the beginning of next year. These two countries are currently covered respectively by Reusch Germany, based in Metzingen, and by Bob Fiddler, a British sales agent in Cheshire. Eurolight ...
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Columbia Sportswear, which made a big image statement at ISPO...
Columbia Sportswear, which made a big image statement at ISPO with its large booth in Hall B1, where Adidas used to be, has hired Jean Laporte for the new position of European retail manager, based at the company’s European office in Switzerland. Laporte is a 48-year-old French Canadian executive who ...
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Wilson claimed the top spot as the racquet of choice...
Wilson claimed the top spot as the racquet of choice at the recent Wimbledon tournament, according to a census by Sports Marketing Surveys. The brand was also used by Roger Federer, the Swiss winner of the men’s tournament. Dunlop was used by Amelie Mauresmo, who was the overall women’s singles ...
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Speedo has signed a licensing and distribution contract for the...
Speedo has signed a licensing and distribution contract for the Korean market with Basic House, which plans to launch a series of Speedo stand-alone stores in the country from next year. Speedo’s partner in the Philippines, Sprint, has just opened its 18th store under this brand name, while another brand ...
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Luhta has decided to set up its own Russian sales...
Luhta has decided to set up its own Russian sales subsidiary in Moscow at the beginning of 2007, after some 50 years of presence on the Russian market and after a strong campaign conducted in the country in partnership with Gore-Tex since the last ISPO Russia. The Finnish group is ...
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Frank Koch has resigned as sales director of Kettler’s sports...
Frank Koch has resigned as sales director of Kettler’s sports division, reportedly for personal reasons. He had joined the German fitness company in 2004 after working for Icon Health & Fitness’ German subsidiary. His departure comes a few weeks after the company announced the layoff of about 200 employees in ...
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In an effort to streamline its European organization, Hi-Tec Sports...
In an effort to streamline its European organization, Hi-Tec Sports has removed three country managers over the last few months, leaving subsidiaries to be run by sales and marketing managers. Arthur Beerendonk, chief executive of Hi-Tec Benelux, left the company in February. Bernd Klink, who headed the German operation and ...
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Freizeit” store is stocked with thousands of sporting goods items...
Freizeit” store is stocked with thousands of sporting goods items covering more than 25 sports categories. They include brands such as Adidas, Nike, Puma, Quiksilver and Bollé, but some of the branded items are of dubious origin. Delivery is handled with an overnight express service, which is free of charge ...
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A 12-meter-long Billabong tour bus complete with GPS, wireless internet,...
A 12-meter-long Billabong tour bus complete with GPS, wireless internet, a Bose sound system, plasma screens and a mini editing suite, will be traversing through Europe this July and August to promote the surf company’s Jack McCoy Surf Film Festival. The bus is beginning its journey in France and will ...
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After the success of the Italian Village at ISPO Russia...
After the success of the Italian Village at ISPO Russia last February, the show’s organizers have been able to obtain permission to set up similar collective national stands for exhibitors from France, Germany, Spain and China, in addition to Italy. A special new Russian Buyers Lounge has been added in ...
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Camelbak Europe has been renamed as Camelbak International. All sales...
Camelbak Europe has been renamed as Camelbak International. All sales and marketing activities for the company outside of the USA will be handled at the company’s European headquarters, based in Mons, Belgium. Vincent Lamoureaux, the general manager who has been in charge of the company’s business outside of the USA, ...
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Homeboy, the alternative German sports fashion and skateboarding brand created...
Homeboy, the alternative German sports fashion and skateboarding brand created by Jürgen Wolf in 1988, is coming back to the market after five years of absence through a 10-year European licensing agreement with a Bavarian firm, Wb Compagnie, which will handle sourcing, sales, marketing and logistics. Two former Adidas officials, ...
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The European Outdoor Group (EOG) is launching the Association for...
The European Outdoor Group (EOG) is launching the Association for Conservation on the first day of the OutDoor show in Friedrichshafen. The initiative is designed to tackle issues like pollution, deforestation and overuse by utilizing power within the European sporting goods industry to raise money for grassroots conservation groups. Kirk ...
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Sport-Scheck is being re-positioned to offer a stronger image of...
Sport-Scheck is being re-positioned to offer a stronger image of technical competence, with more equipment, more functional clothing and more service, after a diversification into sports fashion that caused the German retailer to suffer sales declines in the past few years. The new image has already been implemented in the ...
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Billabong has launched a new line of Billabong JS surfboards...
Billabong has launched a new line of Billabong JS surfboards shaped by Jason Stevenson, a specialist who has shaped boards for professional surfers like Andy Irons and Joel Parkinson. The four models included in the collection will be exclusively distributed in Europe by Network Surf. The boards are being made ...
