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Stan Polo, the Spanish action sports executive formerly involved with...
Stan Polo, the Spanish action sports executive formerly involved with Glissexpo and ASR Europe, is launching a new low-cost action sports fair next Sept. 16-18 at Irùn in Spain, on the border with France. Called Sportjam, it is meant to address Spanish and French buyers. The first day will also ...
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Prime Success’s sales of the Adidas Originals collection in China,...
Prime Success’s sales of the Adidas Originals collection in China, for which it has exclusive retail shop rights in the country, more than doubled to HK$178.0 million (€18.5m-$22.9m) in 2005. The company now has 10 Adidas Originals stores in 81 counters. Its overall turnover rose by 47 percent to HK$2.62 ...
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PT Mitra Adiperkasa Tbk (MAP) has become Lotto’s exclusive licensee...
PT Mitra Adiperkasa Tbk (MAP) has become Lotto’s exclusive licensee for Indonesia until the end of 2010, with a goal to reach annual sales of $15 million in three years’ time, which would give Lotto a 10 percent share in the country’s branded sporting goods market, and to double that ...
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Amer Sports restructures the way it will report its business...
Amer Sports restructures the way it will report its business segments, breaking down its results among Salomon, Wilson, Precor, Atomic and Suunto. In addition, the company has divided its Salomon business into three categories: winter sports equipment, apparel/footwear and Mavic. On a pro forma basis, total sales for the Salomon ...
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Europsport has become a dominant force in the American football...
Europsport has become a dominant force in the American football mail order catalog market with the purchase of Big Toe, a distance second. With the acquisition Eurosport gets all inventory, websites and mailing lists of Big Toe, which was owned by a struggling Canadian company that markets kitchen products. A ...
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Mizuno is replacing Lotto as the sponsor of Andriy Shevchenko,...
Mizuno is replacing Lotto as the sponsor of Andriy Shevchenko, the Ukrainian football champion who plays for the AC Milan team, joining other endorsers like Javier Zanetti and Patrick Kluivert. Separately, Mizuno has developed a special line of sneakers for Giorgio Armani that will be presented by the Italian designer ...
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Head has announced a partnership for the next two seasons...
Head has announced a partnership for the next two seasons with Bode Miller, the charismatic and original American ski champion. He will work closely with Head’s R&D department to help develop new products. Miller switched his expensive endorsement from Rossignol to Atomic in 2004.
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The sixth annual Basketball Without Borders (BWB) will take place...
The sixth annual Basketball Without Borders (BWB) will take place this summer, co-sponsored by the U.S. National Basketball Association (NBA) and the International Basketball Association (FIBA), travelling to four continents. The event’s second trip to Shanghai, China, will feature Yao Ming of the Houston Rockets as well as Josh Childress ...
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Berghaus has won the prestigious Queen’s Award for Innovation. Granted...
Berghaus has won the prestigious Queen’s Award for Innovation. Granted last Apr. 21 on the Queen’s 80th birthday, the prize was awarded on the strength of recent product introductions by the British company, owned by Pentland Group, which was founded in the Northeast of England more than 40 years ago. ...
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Roger Wyett has been named vice president of the Nike...
Roger Wyett has been named vice president of the Nike brand’s global apparel business. He replaces Mindy Grossman, who has quit for a job as chief executive of retailing at IAC/InterActiveCorp. Before his new appointment, Wyett was president and chief operating officer of the Hurley brand at Nike.
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Colnago was reportedly the first Italian bike producer to outsource...
Colnago was reportedly the first Italian bike producer to outsource part of its product line in Taiwan last year. Giant has dedicated a section of its Taiwanese factory to Colnago for the production of medium-range models of road bikes, mountain bikes and trekking bikes. The Italian company, which produced 13,000 ...
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Manfred Zipp quits as buying and marketing manager of Rudolf...
Manfred Zipp quits as buying and marketing manager of Rudolf Wöhrl after reorganizing this segment of the German department and specialty store retailer. Robert Rösch, who is responsible for sales and personnel, will take over Zipp’s functions.
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To consolidate its manufacturing of cardiovascular fitness equipment in the...
To consolidate its manufacturing of cardiovascular fitness equipment in the USA, Nautilus will be moving all its operations in Texas to a facility in Oklahoma, starting in June. When the dust settles, the staff at the Oklahoma site will be up by almost 30 percent to 220 positions. Nautilus anticipates ...
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Nike has launched Joga-TV, an internet channel for football fans...
Nike has launched Joga-TV, an internet channel for football fans in the USA that features multiple video programs that can be shared among friends. Some of the videos will feature clips of football stars like Thierry Henry and Ronaldo, and others will display children from around the world showing off ...
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Company officials would not say yet at this stage what...
Company officials would not say yet at this stage what they plan to do in the relatively big Swedish golf market, where the number of registered players fell for the first time last year. Stadium already operates a dedicated golf store, called Edins. Stadium had a total of 79 stores ...
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The World Inline Cup will be held in Munich during...
The World Inline Cup will be held in Munich during ISPO Summer 2006, July 16-18. Sponsored by Messe München and Iguana Think Tank AG, the event is open to all ages and skill ranges but will also include some of the best inline skaters from around the world. In other ...
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Cybex International, a U.S.-based manufacturer of exercise equipment, in the...
Cybex International, a U.S.-based manufacturer of exercise equipment, in the 1st quarter reported net profits that jumped to $667,000, as compared to $119,000 in the year-ago period. The company’s sales rose by 17 percent to $28.9 million. The gross margin expanded by 70 basis points to 36.5 percent of sales. ...
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In the Czech Republic, VauDe is switching its distribution from...
In the Czech Republic, VauDe is switching its distribution from Vertical to the independent agency of Jesse Guthrie and Anna Gabrikova, increasing its selling capacity in the country. Going forward, all sales and marketing will be conducted by Gabrikova and Guthrie from Prague, offering the whole range of VauDe products, ...
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Escada has opened the first Escada Sport store in Paris,...
Escada has opened the first Escada Sport store in Paris, on the fashionable rue Saint-Honoré. The German fashion company has 93 Escada Sport stores around the world. The 12-year-old Escada Sport line, which includes items for tennis, golf, skiing and the beach, generated sales of €93 million in the most ...
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Golf House, the German golf retailer that was sold by...
Golf House, the German golf retailer that was sold by Karstadt to an investment group in mid-1995, has expanded its flagship store in Düsseldorf to 830 square meters. Meanwhile Karstadt is linking up its internet site, Karstadt.de, with mygolf.de, described as the best known German website in the golf sector. ...
