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Li Ning has signed its first sponsoring deal with an...
Li Ning has signed its first sponsoring deal with an NBA player. Damon Jones of the Cleveland Cavaliers will wear the company’s Feija (Flying Armor) shoes. The Chinese company is raising its promotions spend to 16 percent of sales this year, while planning to expand its door count to 5,000 ...
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Sato Yuasa left the position of managing director of Shimano...
Sato Yuasa left the position of managing director of Shimano Europe at the end of 2005 to become senior vice president of bicycle component sales at Shimano’s head office. His departure has caused a management reshuffle at Shimano Europe’s office in the Netherlands. Marc van Rooij has been named managing ...
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Seger United will take over the distribution of Kettler in...
Seger United will take over the distribution of Kettler in Sweden, adding to other important brands like Umbro, Nordica, Exel and Rollerblade. Kettler was previously distributed in Sweden by Erma, which has taken on the Monark brand instead. Together with Exel, Seger has become sponsor of the Swedish Floorball Federation ...
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Urs Maron has left his post as marketing and sales...
Urs Maron has left his post as marketing and sales director at Atomic to become general manager, marketing and sales at Therm-ic, an Austrian company that specializes in high-tech battery-operated heating systems for ski boots and other applications. He will share the management of the company with its founder, David ...
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The Austrian Sport 2000 estimates that its affiliated retailers raised...
The Austrian Sport 2000 estimates that its affiliated retailers raised their sales by 4 percent to €310 million in 2005, gaining market share in a country where sporting goods sales grew by only about 0.5 percent. Like in Germany, a strong pre-Christmas business and the approaching FIFA World Cup enlivened ...
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Intersport Schweiz has reported a 30.4 percent increase in operating...
Intersport Schweiz has reported a 30.4 percent increase in operating income to €0.7 million on 23.6 percent higher revenues of €82.3 million for the six months ended Oct. 31. The buying group had 270 members and buying partners with 345 stores at the end of the period. As the snow ...
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Didier Lalance, the 41-year-old manager who has been running the...
Didier Lalance, the 41-year-old manager who has been running the sports division of the French PPR Group, has taken on the additional task of running the Paris flagship store of its Printemps department store chain. PPR’s sports division consists of the Citadium superstore, which is located right next to the ...
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CORRECTION: Intersport Belgium says its members’ sales increased to €44...
CORRECTION: Intersport Belgium says its members’ sales increased to €44 million in 2004 from €41.5 million in the previous year, indicating a 6.1 percent sales increase.
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Serge Girard, a 52-year-old Frenchman sponsored by Mizuno and other...
Serge Girard, a 52-year-old Frenchman sponsored by Mizuno and other firms in other sectors, left Paris on Dec. 18 for a run that is to take him to Tokyo in less than 300 days, without taking any rest for more than 24 hours. He has already done 1,417 kilometers in ...
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Trade visitors are now able to register for the ISPO...
Trade visitors are now able to register for the ISPO Russia fair online, clicking on www.isporussia.com. Meanwhile, the organizers of the Moscow fair have almost completed a 9-station “Road Show” across the Community of Independent States to attract interest to the new event among trade operators throughout the region. After ...
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Apax Partners has announced the acquisition of Tommy Hilfiger Corp....
Apax Partners has announced the acquisition of Tommy Hilfiger Corp. for $16.80 a share in cash, or approximately $1.6 billion. The deal requires the equity firm to pay a $50 million break-up fee if its calls off the deal. Apax’ other investments include Phillips-Van Heusen, Tommy Bahama and Spyder Active ...
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Twiner Sport BCN, the Spanish buying group set up after...
Twiner Sport BCN, the Spanish buying group set up after the bankruptcy of Sport Disseny, has been disbanded for lack of sufficient members. Some of the remaining ones have decided to join instead Oxigeno Ibersport, another small buying group that has struck an agreement with Twinner International.
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After continued disappointing results, Amer Sports has decided to restructure...
After continued disappointing results, Amer Sports has decided to restructure further the golf division of Wilson Sporting Goods. A total of 70 employees will be laid off immediately as its golf ball manufacturing plant in Tennessee will be gradually downsized and more production outsourced in the Far East. The changes ...
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American brands of sports shoes are taking seriously a threat...
American brands of sports shoes are taking seriously a threat that they will be hit by European Union’s planned anti-dumping duties on leather shoes from China and Vietnam. Besides strong lobbying in Brussels through the European Sports Industry Federation (FESI), representatives from New Balance, Reebok, Timberland, Wolverine World Wide, Polo ...
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Oakley has announced the development together with Motorola of a...
Oakley has announced the development together with Motorola of a new eyewear product, called “O ROKR,” that allows the wearer to hear music from a Bluetooth-enabled music player. No precise release date has been communicated. Meanwhile, USAmerican LLC, a company in Beverly Hills, has reportedly filed a patent infringement lawsuit ...
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Everlast has expanded its licensing arrangement with Globus Trading Group...
Everlast has expanded its licensing arrangement with Globus Trading Group of Nuremberg, Germany to include footwear for all of Continental Europe, to the exception of the UK and Ireland, which are covered by Wilson Imports. Everlast had licensed Globus last year for various products including boxing equipment, apparel, underwear and ...
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Rudy Project, which has been branching out into golf and...
Rudy Project, which has been branching out into golf and other sports lately, has set up a French sales subsidiary. Based in Monte-Carlo, it will take over the distribution from José Alvarez, a distributor specializing in cycling products. The latest model of eyewear from Rudy Project is the Horus, a ...
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Less than two months before its formal global launch of...
Less than two months before its formal global launch of its first line of golf shoes and clothing, Puma announces a 4-year sponsorship deal with Geoff Ogilvy to wear the Cat’s footwear and apparel on the PGA Tour. The 28-year-old golf player’s relationship with Puma will begin at the Mercedes ...
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Burton has opened a store for women only at Whistler,...
Burton has opened a store for women only at Whistler, in the Canadian state of British Columbia, in partnership with Intrawest, operator of the local ski resort. Burton has been running a women’s program in terms of its product line for more than ten years, also using female sales reps ...
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Salewa has decided to centralize its export department, which has...
Salewa has decided to centralize its export department, which has been dispersed until now among its three main sites in Italy, Germany and Austria, following a major development of its business over the last three years in the Benelux countries, in Central Europe and in Asia. As of next June ...
