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Bianchi and Ferrari have presented the first bike resulting from...
Bianchi and Ferrari have presented the first bike resulting from their collaboration. The Scuderia Ferrari 01, or SF01, which is based on Bianchi's Specialissima carbon road bike, was introduced at Eurobike in Friedrichshafen, Germany. The latest edition of the trade show was held in Friedrichshafen, Germany from Aug. 30 to ...
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Norspo claims that the latest session of Norspomessen, the bi-annual...
Norspo claims that the latest session of Norspomessen, the bi-annual Norwegian trade fair that took place on Aug. 13-14 just outside of Oslo, was a success. There were nearly 1,000 visitors and 82 exhibitors covering a total of 3,800 square meters of stands. This year, both exhibitors and visitors were ...
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Ergon has released a new dual-shell bicycle saddle, which features...
Ergon has released a new dual-shell bicycle saddle, which features BASF's Infinergy cushioning technology in its core. Unlike conventional saddles, Ergon's new ST Core Ultra has two shells instead of one. In a conventional saddle, the shell carries out two functions as it bears the load of the cyclist while ...
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Clarus, the holding company previously registered as Black Diamond, has...
Clarus, the holding company previously registered as Black Diamond, has finally made an acquisition, paying $79 million for a highly profitable U.S. firm, Sierra Bullets, whose proprietary manufacturing process is said to give it the tightest tolerances in the ammunition market. The purchase price is equal to 6.3 times the ...
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Briko, the Italian brand of high-performance helmets and goggles for...
Briko, the Italian brand of high-performance helmets and goggles for snow sports and cycling recently taken over by BasicNet, will be distributed by BMM Sports in Germany and Austria from September. BMM Sports also sells Under Armour, Tretorn, Roces and Dahu in different markets. Under Armour has been sold by ...
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Odlo is introducing Flash, a women's training range which brings...
Odlo is introducing Flash, a women's training range which brings out designs each month around a different theme. Every Flash collection features a complete training outfit including a sports bra, top and tights. The development of each product, from the designer brief to the product's arrival on the rack, is ...
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K-Swiss has launched a new campaign to promote its “Generation...
K-Swiss has launched a new campaign to promote its “Generation K” shoe collection, which targets, in particular, the Gen Z and millennial market. For this campaign, the brand has hired young entrepreneurs who have a large following on social media, and who will appear both in the print campaign and ...
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A German national handball champion, Johannes Sellin, has joined Kempa's...
A German national handball champion, Johannes Sellin, has joined Kempa's team, promoting its new Wing Lite shoes. With more than 200 goals scored from the right-wing position with MT Melsungen, Sellin was one of the top three scorers in the last season of the DKB Handball Bundesliga. He is now ...
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Polartec and Kometa, an Italian food firm, will be co-sponsoring...
Polartec and Kometa, an Italian food firm, will be co-sponsoring the new cycling development team launched by the Alberto Contador Foundation and the team Trek-Segafredo. The new development squad will compete in the Continental division. The two sponsors have signed a three-year commitment. Ivan Basso, a former teammate of Contador's, ...
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Fitbit finally presented its Ionic smartwatch, ready for delivery from...
Fitbit finally presented its Ionic smartwatch, ready for delivery from October and priced in the U.S. at $299.50, about $30 more than the original Series 1 Apple Watch, getting the company's battered share price to move up by 6.5 percent. The device is an improved version of Fitbit's PurePulse heart-rate ...
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Neil Venables, former senior director of field sales at the...
Neil Venables, former senior director of field sales at the Adidas Group in the U.K., is taking over from Tom Foley as general manager of Intersport UK, covering the U.K. and Ireland. The handover started in August to make sure Venables is fully operational ahead of Foley's departure on Sept. ...
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T.J. McMeniman, who served most recently as global marketing director...
T.J. McMeniman, who served most recently as global marketing director at Bauer Hockey, has been appointed vice president of marketing at Costa, the American brand of sports sunglasses recently acquired by Essilor International. He will have global responsibilities, reporting to Holly Rush, chief executive of Costa. Before joining Bauer in ...
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A major Norwegian sporting goods distributor, ScanTrade, has launched a...
A major Norwegian sporting goods distributor, ScanTrade, has launched a proprietary brand called Fibra, which is aimed at sports clubs in Norway and Sweden. Umbro has long been the cornerstone brand of ScanTrade, and it will remain this way. However, with the launch of Fibra, ScanTrade will deal with more ...
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Netshoes, which remains the largest pure e-commerce player in the...
Netshoes, which remains the largest pure e-commerce player in the Brazilian market and in Latin America, booked a 15 percent increase in net sales to 461.3 million Brazilian reais (€123.7m-$146.7m) in the second quarter ended June 30, but the quarterly net loss grew to R$35.2 million (€9.4m-$11.2m) from R$33.6 million a year ...
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Sebastian Janus has left Foot Locker Europe to undertake voluntary...
Sebastian Janus has left Foot Locker Europe to undertake voluntary work in Asia and South America. The 32-year-old chief financial officer of the company's European e-commerce business finished the job at the end of August. Janus joined Foot Locker's management team in 2013, after establishing Tredex, a specialist in e-commerce, ...
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ISM Search, the European U.K.-based executive recruitment and head-hunting service...
ISM Search, the European U.K.-based executive recruitment and head-hunting service specializing in the sporting goods sector, recently conducted a survey among its candidates in the industry to find out the relevant factors in the successful hiring and retention of key talents. According to ISM, it is the first survey of ...
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Shoe retailers in Germany will get a selection of products...
Shoe retailers in Germany will get a selection of products for their stores from Nike if they belong to ANWR or Sabu Schuh & Marketing, the two major voluntary groups in the sector, starting from the spring/summer 2018 season. Nike will issue a single bill to each of the two ...
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Descente made a comprehensive net income of 2,041 million yen (€15.9m-$18.6m)...
Descente made a comprehensive net income of 2,041 million yen (€15.9m-$18.6m) in the first quarter ended June 30 versus a loss of ¥1,389 million in the same period of last year. Excluding the foreign exchange effect and other items, net earnings fell by 27 percent to ¥764 million (€5.9m-$7.0m). Sales grew ...
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On Aug. 14, Black Diamond Inc., the parent company of...
On Aug. 14, Black Diamond Inc., the parent company of Black Diamond Equipment and Pieps, is changing its corporate name back to Clarus Corporation, which it had until 2010. The change is meant to reflect a desire to enlarge again the scope of the holding company through new acquisitions. BD ...
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Goldwin made a profit of 412 million yen (€3.2m-$3.8m) in...
Goldwin made a profit of 412 million yen (€3.2m-$3.8m) in the first quarter of its financial year, ended June 30, as compared to a loss of ¥62 million in the year-earlier period. Sales rose by 16 percent to ¥12.38 billion (€96.2m-$112.9m). The company is forecasting a profit increase of 2 ...
