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Lacoste’s shareholders have appointed Franck Riboud as a new member...
Lacoste’s shareholders have appointed Franck Riboud as a new member of the board of directors, filling the seat that has been vacant since the death of Bernard Lacoste last March. Riboud, chairman of the board and chief executive of Danone Group, is also a director of Accor Group, L’Oréal, Renault ...
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Following her appointment as German sales manager of Wild Roses,...
Following her appointment as German sales manager of Wild Roses, Claudia Kühlkamp plans to reorganize the distribution network in the country. A key initiative for Kühlkamp will be to set up a central warehouse in Germany to ensure shorter delivery times. Chervo, the leading Italian golf company owned by the ...
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While pointing out that it not sponsoring the Asia Outdoor...
While pointing out that it not sponsoring the Asia Outdoor Show due to be held in Nanjing next Aug. 23-26, the European Outdoor Group says it has reached agreement with Messe Friedrichshafen on its role in the promotion and marketing of the new show. After a series of discussions on ...
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Mattel Brands, which markets the popular Barbie, Hot Wheels and...
Mattel Brands, which markets the popular Barbie, Hot Wheels and Fischer Price children’s brands, struck several licensing deals within the sporting goods industry at the 2006 Licensing International Show in New York City earlier this month. Benetton will be selling “Barbie loves Benetton” dolls along side its Fall/Winter 2006 collection. ...
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At Polar Group, Jean-Jacques Gauthey has been named vice president...
At Polar Group, Jean-Jacques Gauthey has been named vice president with responsibility for global sales. Gauthey was previously chief executive of Polar Electro France, and he will remain as president of that operation but will be based in Switzerland. To fill the void, Christophe Lataste is being promoted to general ...
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Just before the FIFA World Cup started, the Westminster city...
Just before the FIFA World Cup started, the Westminster city council snagged £150,000 of counterfeit football merchandise at markets around Oxford Street and Queensway in London. The vendors apparently ignored warnings from the council earlier in the week that they would violate the UK’s 1994 Trade Marks Act if they ...
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Carlos Belmar will soon leave as country manager of Fila...
Carlos Belmar will soon leave as country manager of Fila in Spain to take a more important international sales position at the company’s European headquarters in Milan. He will be replaced by Maurizio Figini in his present function. Also, Marzia Pavesi, who comes from the textiles industry, is starting up ...
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Speedo is moving Olivier Godbille to France in a bid...
Speedo is moving Olivier Godbille to France in a bid to overtake Arena as the biggest swimwear company in the country. Godbille, who has been acting as sales manager of Speedo Australia, has been appointed as general manager of Speedo France, taking the place of Jean-François Roulon who has become ...
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At the recent Tianjin International Bike Show and at the...
At the recent Tianjin International Bike Show and at the International Bicycle and Motor Fair in Shanghai, 13 exhibitors were removed from show participation after it became evident they had infringed on the patents of other exhibitors. The crackdown comes on the heels of new intellectual property rights legislation by ...
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Vulkan, a UK-based supplier of muscle and bone supports for...
Vulkan, a UK-based supplier of muscle and bone supports for various sports activities, has become the sole distributor for Sorbothane, the British insole brand, in the UK and the rest of the European continent and the Middle East, including the former Russian states. Vulkan, which is part of the Mobilis ...
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The Made in Sport chain in France and the Citadium...
The Made in Sport chain in France and the Citadium sports superstore in Paris are part of the assets being sold by PPR Group together with its Printemps chain of 26 department stores to a group of investors led by Maurizio Borletti, a 39-year-old Italian entrepreneur who led the acquisition ...
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The Manchester United club is reportedly looking for a new...
The Manchester United club is reportedly looking for a new clothing partner. The license for non-replica clothing formerly held by Checkgroup Europe has become available following Checkgroup’s plunge into liquidation. Nike holds all of Manchester United’s licensing rights, and Checkgroup held a sub-license. Checkgroup is reportedly in debt to the ...
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Crocs has made legal settlements with two more footwear companies...
Crocs has made legal settlements with two more footwear companies since launching its lawsuit campaign against 11 shoe firms in April. Shaka Holdings agreed with Crocs that its Shaka Shoes brand may have infringed Crocs’ patents. Crocs previously settled a lawsuit with Acme EX-IM, based on similar conditions. A third ...
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Malden Mills has named Eric Yung as Polartec’s director of...
Malden Mills has named Eric Yung as Polartec’s director of marketing for Europe, a newly installed position. Yung comes from the former European office of 180s, which has been closed down. Separately, Polartec has launched a polylactic acid fleece made from corn in an attempt to use more recycled and ...
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Next November Nevica Technical Sportsystem, which produces and distributes Nevica...
Next November Nevica Technical Sportsystem, which produces and distributes Nevica and Killy skiwear, will launch worldwide a new line of skiwear set to compete in the mid-upper tier of the technical skiwear market, starting with the Fall/Winter 2007/08 season. The line will have a new brand name, which will be ...
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Elmec Sport, the former distributor of Nike in Greece and...
Elmec Sport, the former distributor of Nike in Greece and other neighboring countries, has extended its contract with Nike to import and distribute sportswear in Bulgaria and Romania through May 2009. The former contract was going to expire in May 2007.
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Fabrice Ducceschi, manager of Nike France, joins the French sporting...
Fabrice Ducceschi, manager of Nike France, joins the French sporting goods industry federation, FIFAS, as assistant treasurer. Michel Rayot, who runs Tecnica France, is new on the board of the association, which is still led by Claudine Reynes, former country manager of Fila in France. Catherine Trachtenberg is still the ...
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Licensing in Europe and the Middle East will remain unchanged...
Licensing in Europe and the Middle East will remain unchanged for Ocean Pacific despite the closure of a France-based office that was handling the license for the regions. Global licensing for Ocean Pacific is now completely handled at the company’s head office in California. Steve Veytia, former manager of the ...
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Suunto will be the exclusive supplier of timers and heart...
Suunto will be the exclusive supplier of timers and heart rate monitors for XTERRA, the largest off-road multi-sport event in the world. At certain events XTERRA will use Suunto’s X9i, which is said to be the smallest GPS (Global Positioning System) device on the planet, providing 3-dimensional maps of the ...
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IFEMA, the Madrid fair, will host a new Spanish golf...
IFEMA, the Madrid fair, will host a new Spanish golf industry show, Madridgolf, next Oct. 27-29. Meanwhile Planetfutbol, a trade and consumer-oriented football show in Barcelona, has reported attendance by more than half a million people during the five days of its third annual session last April. Impressed by such ...
