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Emerald Expositions, which owns Outdoor Retailer, Interbike and many other...
Emerald Expositions, which owns Outdoor Retailer, Interbike and many other trade shows, has completed the acquisition of the SIA Snow Show from the Snow Sports Industries Association (SIA) of the U.S., reportedly for $16.7 million, following approval by the SIA's board of directors. The takeover paves the way for a ...
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Intersport España, one of the national Intersport organizations that are...
Intersport España, one of the national Intersport organizations that are acting as pilots for new digital retail services, has appointed Mónica Martín to the role of digital manager of the voluntary group. She comes from a digital consultancy, Splio, that has been working with major chains of fashion and sports ...
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Nike stated that it has no plans to stop sponsoring...
Nike stated that it has no plans to stop sponsoring Tiger Woods in spite of a widely circulated video in which the former N° 1 golfer in the world was unable to walk straight after damaging his car on a road in Florida. Police found no alcohol in his blood ...
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Globeride's comprehensive net income soared to 2,365 million yen (€19.0m-$21.1m) for...
Globeride's comprehensive net income soared to 2,365 million yen (€19.0m-$21.1m) for the year ended March 31 from ¥859 million the year before, thanks largely to a positive swing of one billion yen (€8.0m-$8.9m) in extraordinary items. Revenues were practically flat at ¥79.1 billion (€634.3m-$705.1m) for the parent company of Daiwa, as a decline ...
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Goldwin's comprehensive net income nearly tripled to 3,114 million yen (€25.0m-$27.8m)...
Goldwin's comprehensive net income nearly tripled to 3,114 million yen (€25.0m-$27.8m) in the year ended March 31 from ¥1,130 million, but it was practically flat excluding special items. Revenues went up by 2 percent to ¥60.9 billion (€488.3m-$542.9m) for the company, which also sells The North Face, Helly Hansen and Ellesse ...
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Der Spiegel reports that Adidas has agreed to pay €1...
Der Spiegel reports that Adidas has agreed to pay €1 billion for a new ten-year partnership with Real Madrid, based on the Football Leaks file. Earlier this year it had been reported that Under Armour was trying to replace the three stripes as the Spanish club's partner. According to the ...
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Sport 2000 has introduced a new concept for the S2...
Sport 2000 has introduced a new concept for the S2 stores in France. S2 Sneakers Specialist, formerly S2 Street and Sport, is described as focusing particularly on digital tools and customization. The colors of the banner, black and yellow, have remained unchanged. The new store concept was presented in Nancy ...
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Nike's Breaking2 event at the Monza Formula One racetrack, on...
Nike's Breaking2 event at the Monza Formula One racetrack, on May 6, saw Eliud Kipchoge finish the challenge in 2 hours and 25 seconds. The Olympic marathon champion missed out by 25 seconds the attempt to become the first human to run the 26.2 miles distance of a marathon in ...
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Descente's net income fell by 28 percent to 5,650 million...
Descente's net income fell by 28 percent to 5,650 million yen (€45.9m-51.2m) in the year ended March 31. Sales dropped by 3 percent to ¥131.5 billion (€1.1bn-$1.2bn), and the Japanese group attributed this to the strong yen and economic stagnation in Korea. They were flat at ¥54.4 billion (€442.6m-$492.6m) in ...
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In the financial year ended March 31, Yonex' comprehensive net...
In the financial year ended March 31, Yonex' comprehensive net income jumped by 61 percent to 2,727 million yen (€22.0m-$24.5m), while its revenues rose by 13 percent to ¥61.04 billion (€489.5m-$544.2m). The gross margin inflated by 0.7 percentage points to 43.9 percent. The Chinese market was the key growth driver ...
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Asics and Runkeeper are introducing the Asics Pace Academy Challenge,...
Asics and Runkeeper are introducing the Asics Pace Academy Challenge, a new experience on the Runkeeper mobile running app designed to help runners improve their speed. The platform features a series of interval workouts for runners of all levels, tailored to each runner's ability, which can be incorporated into their ...
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Horst Widmann has been honored by Puma for his achievements...
Horst Widmann has been honored by Puma for his achievements at the company and in the sporting goods industry over more than five decades. After several years in the toy industry, Widmann started off in the sports market in the early ‘seventies as a personal assistant of Adi Dassler, the ...
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Julbo is partnering with local sporting goods stores across France...
Julbo is partnering with local sporting goods stores across France for Women's Vision, a tour which will offer around 30 women the possibility to run with a coach while testing the brand's eyewear. The participants will be accompanied by Nolwenn Faivre, a running coach who was born in France's Jura ...
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Amazon is acting as a sponsor of Tough Mudder as...
Amazon is acting as a sponsor of Tough Mudder as the “official online retailer” for this year's North American events. Besides its presence on the sites of the contests, it will have a dedicated website with new videos and contents on training, post-training, nutrition and recovery.
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Active Brands has extended its sponsorship agreement between its Dæhlie...
Active Brands has extended its sponsorship agreement between its Dæhlie brand and the Norwegian Ski Federation for another four years, until 2022. The agreement is wide in scope and means that all official national cross-country ski teams including the elite, para, recruit and junior levels, as well as team support ...
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New Balance is replacing Adidas as the new sponsor of...
New Balance is replacing Adidas as the new sponsor of the famous London Marathon, currently called the Virgin Money London Marathon, and ancillary events through a long-term agreement starting with the April 2018 edition of the race. The brand is already sponsoring the marathons in Rome, Sevilla and Rotterdam. Last ...
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Adidas has launched a new global rugby campaign on social...
Adidas has launched a new global rugby campaign on social networks entitled “Next Is Everything.” The campaign has been developed by Augusto, a digital agency based in Auckland, New Zealand. The official video, which marked the launch of the campaign on May 9, will be followed by an ongoing series ...
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Afydad, the Spanish sporting goods industry association, will present a...
Afydad, the Spanish sporting goods industry association, will present a study of the Spanish sporting goods market, conducted by Sport Panel, in Barcelona on May 23. Sport Panel, which conducted similar studies in the past, will also present a study of the bike market in Madrid on May 30. On ...
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Allan Vad Nielsen has been appointed as chief executive at...
Allan Vad Nielsen has been appointed as chief executive at Hummel, the Danish sports brand, after the abrupt dismissal of Søren Schriver earlier this year. Nielsen has spent most of his career at Bestseller, the Danish fashion group that owns Jack & Jones and Vero Moda, among others. He has ...
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Iconix, another big American brand owner whose assets include Umbro,...
Iconix, another big American brand owner whose assets include Umbro, Danskin, Starter, Ocean Pacific and other brands, saw its licensing revenues decline by 13 percent to $58.7 million, due to the divestiture of several brands. The net result was a net loss of $4,280,000 against income of $18,616,000 in the ...
