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Organized by the Management Forum Starnberg, the first European Ingredient...
Organized by the Management Forum Starnberg, the first European Ingredient Branding Summit will be held in Munich on Nov. 8 to 9, 2017. The speakers will include Christian Langer from W.L. Gore & Associates and Manuel Dürmoser from Recco.
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Sport Finance has moved Philippe Sachet from the U.K. to...
Sport Finance has moved Philippe Sachet from the U.K. to Spain to run Kappa Sport Iberia, taking the place of Francisco Cuesta after eight years. Sachet was previously working under Mark Ward, who has been running the British subsidiary of Sport Finance Distribution for two years. Sport Finance is the ...
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Ispo is organizing for the first time a six-hour seminar...
Ispo is organizing for the first time a six-hour seminar in Munich on May 31 on the constraints and opportunities of the Chinese market, with presentations by Martin Kössler, initiator of Ispo's Market Introduction Program for China, and executives of Lowa, Point 65 Kayak Sweden and Fenix Outdoor. The seminar ...
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HeiQ is launching the Fresh NKU, a new product in...
HeiQ is launching the Fresh NKU, a new product in its odor control HeiQ Fresh Tech technology family. According to the Swiss company, the Fresh NKU can eliminate odors such as the plastic smell generated by its monomeric components, the smell from bacterial sweat or that of body hormones from ...
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Garmin will be the main sponsor of the Great Tuna...
Garmin will be the main sponsor of the Great Tuna Race this year. The sports fishing contest is described as the most important satellite-based fish tracking program in Europe. It will take place at different locations off the Spanish coast on May 20-21 and Sept. 2-3.
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Ochsner Sport, the Swiss sporting goods retailer, has relaunched its...
Ochsner Sport, the Swiss sporting goods retailer, has relaunched its online store in cooperation with KPS, a business consultancy based in Munich. Ochsner Sport's new online store combines e-commerce with marketing and is based on technologies from SAP and Adobe. The Swiss retailer, which is part of the Deichmann group, ...
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For the third month in a row, Sweden's sporting goods...
For the third month in a row, Sweden's sporting goods retail sales fell by more than ten percent compared with last year during the month of March. According to HUI, they were off by 11.8 percent as compared to the same month of 2016. During January and February, the rate ...
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Hervé Maneint, senior product manager at the Scott Sports Group...
Hervé Maneint, senior product manager at the Scott Sports Group for skis and ski boots, died a few days ago at the age of 56 in the area of Chamonix, hit by a falling rock while on a ski tour in the company of three other people, including two mountain ...
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Two more partners have joined the House of Sport, which...
Two more partners have joined the House of Sport, which groups together organizations in sports and leisure. Established in Brussels two years ago, it aims to more efficiently promote the benefits of physical activity and address the sector's challenges. The two newcomers are the European and Mediterranean Horseracing Federation (EuroMedracing), ...
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Sportamore, the Swedish online sports retailer, raised its sales by...
Sportamore, the Swedish online sports retailer, raised its sales by 18.1 percent to 173.5 million Swedish kronor (€18.0m-$19.6m) and more than doubled its adjusted operating profit (Ebitda) to SEK 3.4 million (€0.35m-$0.38m) for the first quarter. The company points out that this occurred while the Swedish market was under considerable pressure at ...
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Spy has launched a revamped version of its website for...
Spy has launched a revamped version of its website for its sunglasses, eyeglasses and goggles. It is particularly designed to provide users of smartphones and tablets to gather all the technical information about the products before visiting a store. The website was developed by John Gilson, the American company's recently ...
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Vibram will be an official partner this year for the...
Vibram will be an official partner this year for the Megavalanche, a series of five downhill and endure mountain bike races organized by UCC Sport Event. The series will start with the Transvésubienne, an all-mountain endure race near Nice, France on May 12-14. It will continue the Maxiavalanche in Andorra ...
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Polygiene is teaming up with Respect Your Universe (RYU), a...
Polygiene is teaming up with Respect Your Universe (RYU), a brand of urban athletic apparel based in Vancouver, Canada, for the development of a line of odorless garments for men and women. The Swedish provider of odor control solutions is also working more closely with Goldwin in Japan for the ...
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Erima reports stable sales of €14 million in the first...
Erima reports stable sales of €14 million in the first quarter of 2017, as compared to the first quarter of 2016, citing very restrained demand in the team sports market. The German brand of team sports products had recorded a sales increase of 19 percent in the first quarter of ...
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Five European companies are teaming up in the Wear2Wear program,...
Five European companies are teaming up in the Wear2Wear program, an industrial partnership working toward the manufacture of 100 percent recycled, recyclable and PFC-free functional textiles. The five companies involved in the program represent each phase of the recycling process, and include Heinrich Glaeser Nachfolger, Märkische Faser, Schoeller Textil, Sympatex ...
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Thule Group reported a 20 percent increase in net income...
Thule Group reported a 20 percent increase in net income to 203 million Swedish kronor (€21.0m-$22.9m) for the first quarter of 2017 on a 15.9 percent sales increase to SEK 1,599 million (€165.7m-$180.6m). Currency-adjusted, the quarterly sales rose by 12.3 percent and led to an improvement in the underlying profit ...
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21Sportsgroup, the German omni-channel retailer specializing in sports products, is...
21Sportsgroup, the German omni-channel retailer specializing in sports products, is getting a large-scale logistical platform built in Ketsch, near Heidelberg, to support its growth in European markets. The company behind 21run, Vaola and Planet Sports is reportedly investing €25 million in the distribution center, which should cover more than 30,000 ...
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To celebrate Earth Day, which was on April 22, Adidas...
To celebrate Earth Day, which was on April 22, Adidas said it will launch three new models of tennis shoes on May 10 that are made with plastic waste thrown into the ocean. The initiative is part of the brand's new two-year partnership with Parley for the Oceans. Each of ...
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XXL plans to open a large new store of 3,500...
XXL plans to open a large new store of 3,500 square meters in Oslo in the autumn of 2018, just a stone's throw from an existing G-Max and G-Sport store owned by the retailer's main competitor in Norway, Gresvig. In addition, there will be new store openings in Jessheim and ...
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Active Brands, the Norwegian group that is changing hands (see...
Active Brands, the Norwegian group that is changing hands (see our latest issue), has established its own subsidiary in Finland and has taken full control of four of its brands in this market: Dæhlie, Johaug, Kari Traa and Sweet Protection. The new office is located near Helsinki's airport and run ...
