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L'Equipe, the French daily sports newspaper, has launched an internet...
L'Equipe, the French daily sports newspaper, has launched an internet marketplace for the sale of sporting goods as part of its efforts to capitalize on a huge audience with interest in sports. About one month after its launch in February, L'Equipe Store lists around 300 brands covering over 20 sports ...
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One Way has a new distributor in Sweden, which will...
One Way has a new distributor in Sweden, which will also handle sales in Norway. The Finnish cross-country ski company had stopped a distribution contract with Nordic Trade for the Swedish market at the end of 2014 and handled the market directly, but the exercise proved to be tougher than ...
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The latest winter edition of Sport-Achat, the French trade fair...
The latest winter edition of Sport-Achat, the French trade fair held on March 7-9, saw the number of visitors decline by 3.8 percent but organizers said the number of visiting companies remained stable. Although the warm winter weather has been an issue for some parts of the French market, the ...
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John Haugh, a former executive of Luxottica and Mars, will...
John Haugh, a former executive of Luxottica and Mars, will be the new president and chief executive of Iconix Brand Group, the company that owns many sports and fashion brands including Umbro, Starter, Ocean Pacific and Danskin. On April 1, he will take the place left vacant last August by ...
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Pertex, the specialist in lightweight technical fabrics for the outdoor...
Pertex, the specialist in lightweight technical fabrics for the outdoor industry, has announced it is expanding its PFC-free offering. Following significant research, the brand is now offering an extensive range of non-PFC durable water repellent (DWR) fabrics with performance features which are said to be similar to conventional DWR finished ...
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The Windsor Running Festival will have Hoka One One as...
The Windsor Running Festival will have Hoka One One as its official sportswear partner for 2016. The festival, currently in its 34th year, is one of the oldest running events in the U.K. and comprises the Windsor Half Marathon and the Running4Women Windsor 10K. Through the partnership, the French running ...
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The Greek Fourlis Group reports improved results for its retail...
The Greek Fourlis Group reports improved results for its retail operations under the Intersport and The Athlete's Foot in five countries. Their sales increased by 5.6 percent to €129.2 million last year, and they generated slightly improved operating earnings before amortization (Ebitda) of €10.93 million. Fourlis currently operates 106 Intersport ...
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Safilo Group has reported a low single-digit increase for Smith...
Safilo Group has reported a low single-digit increase for Smith Sports Optics, with strong sales in a declining North American snow sports market for its products. The parent company said that Smith is also on track in its core products in Europe, but its position in eyewear needs improvement. The ...
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Uhlsport reports an increase of 10.2 percent in its turnover...
Uhlsport reports an increase of 10.2 percent in its turnover last year, which reached a record level of €64 million. Strong growth was registered in the company's two main markets – Germany and France – but its business went up in other countries as well. The current financial year has ...
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Brooks Running has signed up Jeremy Taiwo, the 2015 U.S....
Brooks Running has signed up Jeremy Taiwo, the 2015 U.S. indoor track and field heptathlon champion, to its roster of sponsored athletes. In addition to his gold medal from last year's indoor season, Taiwo finished second in the decathlon at the 2015 U.S. outdoor track and field championships and third ...
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Chas MacDonald will retire on April 30 as president and...
Chas MacDonald will retire on April 30 as president and chief executive of Costa, the fast-growing American producer of polarized sports sunglasses acquired by Essilor International in 2014. Costa's sales are projected to grow to more than $150 million this year from $30 million, when he joined the company in ...
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Iconix Brand Group has obtained a loan of $300 million...
Iconix Brand Group has obtained a loan of $300 million from the Fortress Investment Group. While it will cost $9 million in annual interest expenses, the five-year loan sent the stock market capitalization by 17 percent for the financially distressed parent company of Umbro and many other brands. The news ...
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Vaude has announced two new executive appointments. Manfred Meindl, 34,...
Vaude has announced two new executive appointments. Manfred Meindl, 34, will be in charge of trade marketing, and Aaaron Bittner, 31, will act as apparel manager of the company. Meindl will continue to be responsible for online marketing, which he has led for five years with good results in social ...
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The next Ispo Shanghai fair, scheduled for July 6-8, will...
The next Ispo Shanghai fair, scheduled for July 6-8, will feature a new trends forum for beachwear. To this effect, Ispo Textrends, the platform for innovative fabrics and components, is proposing to exhibit a selection of related materials free of charge, after validation of their proposals by an international jury.
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Sport Achat will hold a second summer fair this year...
Sport Achat will hold a second summer fair this year in Nantes, in western France. This trade show for the French sporting goods industry is normally held twice a year in Lyon, with its next summer edition scheduled to take place on Sept 12-13. But another stop will be added ...
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GoPro has completed the acquisition of Replay and Slice, two...
GoPro has completed the acquisition of Replay and Slice, two mobile video editing apps. Merging Replay and Splice into GoPro's mobile strategy will allow GoPro to deliver improved mobile editing solutions. Splice, developed by Vemory in Austin, Texas, is a mobile editor that allows users to create customized edits with ...
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Reebok set up an outdoor ad on the streets of...
Reebok set up an outdoor ad on the streets of Stockholm during the first week-end of March to promote its new running shoe ZPump 2.0. Passersby who managed to run past the ad faster than 17 kilometers per hour unlocked a kiosk's window and won a new pair of ZPump ...
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Aqua Sphere has added a cap and goggles to its...
Aqua Sphere has added a cap and goggles to its MP collection, developed in cooperation with Michael Phelps. The new products use the same dual-material technology adopted for the previously launched Xpresso swimsuit. The patented curved lenses of the goggles allow for an expanded field of vision.
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Adidas is reinforcing its sports marketing investments in the U.K....
Adidas is reinforcing its sports marketing investments in the U.K. through a contract with Birmingham City, a second-division English club which is said to be likely to move back into the Premier League for the first time since 2011. The team was sponsored by Carbrini, the private label of JD ...
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Adidas has signed a three-year deal as sponsor of Insep,...
Adidas has signed a three-year deal as sponsor of Insep, a big sports training center on the outskirts of Paris that hosts more than 200 coaches, 300 collaborators and 700 sportsmen and sportswomen. It helped train 56 percent of the members of the French Olympic team who earned medals at ...
