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Intersport France has launched a new WeLoveSki pass that allows...
Intersport France has launched a new WeLoveSki pass that allows the holder to rent skis, snowboards, boots and ski poles throughout the snow season. The pass is sold exclusively by Intersport at www.intersport-rent.fr. The company will make available only 2,000 passes for this winter. The price for the pass is ...
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British Rowing and British Triathlon have announced a partnership to...
British Rowing and British Triathlon have announced a partnership to cross-promote and align their activities on the integration of British Rowing's Go Row Indoor within British Triathlon's Go Tri Gym Challenge product. The new partnership is meant to help both governing bodies increase their respective number of participants. British Rowing ...
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Björn Borg has announced higher sales and operating profit for...
Björn Borg has announced higher sales and operating profit for the quarter ended on Sept. 30. The positive performance was driven by increasing marketing efforts. Lady Gaga also drove interest to the brand when she posted a photo of herself on Instagram wearing Björn Borg pieces during a yoga session. ...
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Joma has announced a global online marketing campaign to congratulate...
Joma has announced a global online marketing campaign to congratulate its best tennis players of the year. At the end of the tennis season, the brand said it wanted to thank its sponsored tennis players for the results they achieved during the season. The campaign targets an audience aged between ...
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Sports Direct International (SDI) is apparently developing a new retail...
Sports Direct International (SDI) is apparently developing a new retail brand, selling almost anything from dental floss to screwdrivers and household gloves (progressively classified as men's products, while the women's section features underwear calendars along with chocolate ring dog chews and a teenage ninja turtles scooter). “The brands you love for ...
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The European Outdoor Group has formally started inviting applications for...
The European Outdoor Group has formally started inviting applications for the position of secretary general, which has been filled until now by Mark Held. The candidate should have a minimum of ten years of experience in the wider outdoor sector, among other prerequisites. More in our Outdoor Industry Compass.
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Skechers has appointed a new chief financial officer, John Vandermore....
Skechers has appointed a new chief financial officer, John Vandermore. He takes over the related responsibilities from David Weinberg, who will continue as chief operating officer of the company. Vandermore spent the last two years as CFO of Mattel. He previously worked for 12 years with the Walt Disney Company ...
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Merrell has appointed a new chief marketing officer, Strick Walker,...
Merrell has appointed a new chief marketing officer, Strick Walker, and a new senior product director for active lifestyle, Johanna Koeberle. Walker comes from Spindrift Beverage company, where he had a similar job. He worked previously for Patagonia and Converse. Koeberle is an Adidas veteran who has also worked for ...
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Lululemon Athletica has reportedly appointed a new “brand creative director”...
Lululemon Athletica has reportedly appointed a new “brand creative director” who may or may not take the place of Lee Holman, the creative director who has announced his resignation from the end of this year. The new manager, Rémi Paringaux, is expected to supervise product design as well as branding. ...
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Gumercindo Moraes Neto has resigned as president of Asics for...
Gumercindo Moraes Neto has resigned as president of Asics for Latin America, with effect from Nov. 1. Alexandre Fiorati, the chief financial officer of Asics do Brasil, is said to be taking over his place. A veteran of the Brazilian sporting goods industry, Gumercindo plans to take a six-month sabbatical, ...
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Three Norwegian sporting goods brands have been named winners of...
Three Norwegian sporting goods brands have been named winners of the prestigious DOGA design award by Design and Architecture organization in Oslo. Northern Playground was recognized for the design of its zipped collection of baselayers. The Bjørn Dæhlie brand of sports clothing won an award for its recent re-branding project ...
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Suffering in particular from the increasingly popular bike sharing programs...
Suffering in particular from the increasingly popular bike sharing programs in China, Giant Bicycle reported a one percent drop in revenues to 14.9 billion Taiwan dollars (€420.1m-$495.3m) in the third quarter ended Sept. 30. The company performed better in Europe and the U.S., thanks to new models introduced in July. The ...
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Zai, the Swiss brand of high-end skis, is ceasing production...
Zai, the Swiss brand of high-end skis, is ceasing production at its own site in the Swiss town of Disentis, but the company's new investors are reportedly planning to outsource it elsewhere in Switzerland. The company's founder and designer, Simon Jacomet, is leaving. Benedikt Germanier, a former global strategist for ...
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Canada Goose's new flagship in London was hit by burglars...
Canada Goose's new flagship in London was hit by burglars on Nov. 14, just days after its opening. According to reports, a ten-people gang used scooters to smash into the store's glass door. The thieves threatened a night security guard with a hammer and then managed to run away with ...
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Roeckl is coming out of voluntary insolvency proceedings, which started...
Roeckl is coming out of voluntary insolvency proceedings, which started last May. Annette Roeckl, chief executive of the German producer of sports gloves and other accessories, says her family injected new equity into the company, allowing it to remain its property. This came after a reorganization of the business that ...
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Puma has finalized a contract to be the official supplier...
Puma has finalized a contract to be the official supplier of the jerseys for the AC Milan team for five years, starting with the 2018/19 season, replacing Adidas ahead of schedule after a partnership of 20 years. Reportedly, the Leaping Cat will be paying an annual sponsorship fee of €12 ...
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Decathlon has opened its first store in Tunisia and contracted...
Decathlon has opened its first store in Tunisia and contracted a local logistics provider, Tanger Med, to handle its shipments to the growing number of stores it has in Africa. Covering more than 1,500 square meters in the Tunis City shopping mall, the store is reportedly set to be followed ...
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Le Coq Sportif is well on its way to deliver...
Le Coq Sportif is well on its way to deliver a double-digit rate increase in sales for the second half and the company is anticipating operating profit for both the second half and the full year. Airesis, the Swiss holding company that owns the majority of Le Coq Sportif's shares, ...
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Eight people were indicted by a New York grand jury...
Eight people were indicted by a New York grand jury earlier this month in connection with the scandal that erupted around U.S. college basketball. They include Jim Gatto, an Adidas executive who was in charge of sports marketing for basketball, along with four assistant basketball coaches, an agent, an Adidas ...
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Table tennis, ice hockey and other smaller sports will be...
Table tennis, ice hockey and other smaller sports will be a focus of BaSpo, a new German balls sports exhibition for the trade and the general public due to be held for the first time in the Westfalenhallen in Dortmund in 2018. Providing a greater stage for sports that are ...
