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Thule Group has decided to divest a business in the...
Thule Group has decided to divest a business in the U.S. for the production and sale in North America of tool boxes for pick-up trucks that generated sales of 307 million Swedish kronor (€31.9m-$34.1m) last year. The process should be completed in the course of 2017, leaving the Specialty segment of ...
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MySale Group, an international flash sale business in which Sports...
MySale Group, an international flash sale business in which Sports Direct International (SDI) holds a minority stake, said that its strategic partnership with the British retailer and wholesaler has become operational. As previously announced, the partnership gives MySale access to more than 150,000 SKUs of Sports Direct's inventory. Due to ...
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The first store of Canada Goose on U.S. soil, opened...
The first store of Canada Goose on U.S. soil, opened last Nov. 17 on Wooster Street in New York City, has been the target of animal rights activists since the start. They protested the company's use of coyote fur and goose and duck down, notably posting signs in the area ...
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Pearl Izumi has hired Chris Sword as its new president....
Pearl Izumi has hired Chris Sword as its new president. He replaces Mike O'Connor, who retired in December. A veteran of the outdoor industry, Sword served as president of The Oberalp Group for the past nine years. Oberalp is the owner of Salewa, Dynafit and other brands. Prior to Oberalp, ...
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Sports Direct International (SDI) has moved to clarify its role...
Sports Direct International (SDI) has moved to clarify its role in the acquisition of Agent Provocateur, a lingerie brand. The group said that, contrary to some press reports, the brand was not acquired by SDI but by Four Marketing, a branding agency in which it has a shareholding of 25 ...
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Timberland has unveiled a new sustainable collection in partnership with...
Timberland has unveiled a new sustainable collection in partnership with Thread International to make performance fabric. The collection comprises five styles of men's footwear, two bags and one T-shirt. Fibers are made from recycled plastic bottles from the streets and canals of Haiti. More than 1,300 locals collect the plastic ...
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We aRe SpinDye, a two-year-old company from Stockholm, exhibited...
We aRe SpinDye, a two-year-old company from Stockholm, exhibited for the first time at Ispo Munich last month, occupying a prime location left from the shrinking of a neighboring booth. The company claims to reach greater accuracy in rendering any of 1,095 colors on polyester through a unique pigment recipe ...
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Luhta Sportswear Company obtained strong exposure as an international sponsor...
Luhta Sportswear Company obtained strong exposure as an international sponsor of the Nordic Ski World Championships, which were held in Lahti from February 22 until March 5. The company provided outfits under two of its brands, Icepeak and Luhta, for about 2,700 volunteers in the event's organization. The decision was ...
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An industry veteran with experience in product creation and global...
An industry veteran with experience in product creation and global operations, Joe Vernachio, will have the task of finding a new strategy to revamp Mountain Hardwear, the struggling brand of Columbia Sportswear. He has been hired to be the next president of the brand, starting on April 3. He will ...
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Karin Kettler, daughter of Heinz Kettler, the late founder and...
Karin Kettler, daughter of Heinz Kettler, the late founder and owner of the eponymous German sports and leisure equipment company, died earlier this month from injuries sustained in a car accident. She was 57 years old. She was a biologist who took the helm at Kettler in 2005, shortly before ...
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Yonex' growth slowed down in the third quarter to Dec....
Yonex' growth slowed down in the third quarter to Dec. 31 as its sales rose by only 5 percent to 13.9 billion yen (€114.3m-$121.0m), due in large part to the deceleration of the Japanese economy. Currency pressure hurt the company's results in North America and Europe. The gross margin fell ...
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Decathlon is launching a new private label, Itiwit, for a...
Decathlon is launching a new private label, Itiwit, for a growing range of paddlesports products that it has been marketing under its Tribord brand. The name is inspired by the words “itinerary” and “inuits,” the Arctic tribes that introduced the kayak many centuries ago.
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At its next edition, due to take place on June...
At its next edition, due to take place on June 18-21, the OutDoor show in Friedrichshafen will add two new segments, a “running center” for trail running shoes in Hall B4 and an area for lifestyle-oriented brands of outdoor shoes, apparel and accessories in Hall A6. A “community area” will ...
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Mammut Sports Group has opened an office with eight employees...
Mammut Sports Group has opened an office with eight employees in Hong Kong to support its business in Asian countries and to develop more regional product and marketing strategies. The move was outlined at Ispo Munich by Oliver Pabst, who took over from Rolf Schmid as Mammut's chief executive in ...
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Icebreaker has a new European head of wholesale, Udo Heyder....
Icebreaker has a new European head of wholesale, Udo Heyder. He comes from VF Corporation , where he spent nine years as area manager of The North Face for Germany and Central Europe and then three years as international sales manager for Smartwool. Based at Icebreaker's European office in Munich, ...
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The organizers of Poland's Snow Expo are holding a new...
The organizers of Poland's Snow Expo are holding a new Bike Expo show in the National Stadium in Warsaw next week. Its dates have been changed from March 4-5 to March 18-19. The new consumer-oriented show will start with about 50 exhibitors, including Scott, Specialized, a couple of Czech and ...
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Figures for the sale of sporting goods in Sweden presented...
Figures for the sale of sporting goods in Sweden presented by HUI Research show that January was one of the worst months in recent history. While retail sales as a whole increased by 2.6 percent in the country, sales of sporting goods fell by 10.6 percent as compared to the ...
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Sandy Nicholls has retired as marketing manager of Gita Sporting...
Sandy Nicholls has retired as marketing manager of Gita Sporting Goods, the U.S. company that markets many bike brands in the country including Pinarello and Campagnolo and its own Giordana brand of cycling apparel. Nicholls was the first employee of Gita when it was set up by Giorgio Andretta in ...
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Sportamore, the Swedish online sports retailer, reports that its sales...
Sportamore, the Swedish online sports retailer, reports that its sales soared by 29 percent to 701.6 million Swedish kronor (€73.5m-$78.4m) last year. The group achieved an operating profit (Ebitda) of SEK 19.5 million (€2.0m-$2.2m), while the figure was negative at SEK 36.4 million in 2015. Ebitda became profitable in Sweden ...
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Macron is taking the place of Lotto as sponsor of...
Macron is taking the place of Lotto as sponsor of a Spanish football club, RC Deportivo de la Coruña. The deal with this 110-year-old club will last for four years through the 2020-21 playing season. The contract raises to 47 the number of professional clubs sponsored by Macron. The Italian ...
