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Thule has been honored by iF with international design awards...
Thule has been honored by iF with international design awards for the Thule Glide stroller and the Thule ProRide 598, a roof mounted bike carrier. Both were honored in the “product category.” The Thule Glide is a high performance sport stroller which comes in a lightweight, aerodynamic design. The Glide, ...
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Head has reportedly teamed up with B.C. Sports for the...
Head has reportedly teamed up with B.C. Sports for the distribution of its winter sports products in China, starting from the coming winter season. B.C. Sports is a leading Chinese distributor in the outdoor sports category, which built up the Northland, Lowa and Leki brands in China, and acquired trademark ...
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Skechers Performance, a division of Skechers USA, has been named...
Skechers Performance, a division of Skechers USA, has been named the Official Running Shoe of the 2016 Ironman European Tour. The brand will be present at 26 of the 43 races in the tour, beginning with the Ironman 70.3 Pays d'Aix event in May. The sponsored races will take place ...
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The organizers of Ispo Beijing boasted that the number of...
The organizers of Ispo Beijing boasted that the number of visitors at the fair soared by 29 percent to 38,600, driven by growing Chinese enthusiasm for sports and more particularly for winter sports, in the run-up to the Winter Olympics to be held in Beijing in 2022. The twelfth edition ...
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Bergans of Norway has named Sven Mostögl as the new...
Bergans of Norway has named Sven Mostögl as the new sales director for its German subsidiary, which takes care of direct sales in the German, Austrian and Italian markets, and distribution in the rest of the European Union. He reports directly to Leif Holst-Liæker, chief executive of the Norwegian company. ...
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Replicating an initiative taken in the U.S., Noble Biomaterials has...
Replicating an initiative taken in the U.S., Noble Biomaterials has launched a European marketing campaign, starting in Germany, under the tagline “I will not stink.” It is intended to promote the use of XT2, its silver-based technology that makes fabrics odor-free. A recent study showed that 70 persons out of ...
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Vaude, the German outdoor brand, has teamed up with Commerce...
Vaude, the German outdoor brand, has teamed up with Commerce Connector to lead consumers from its website to physical stores in Germany. From August, the Vaude website will tell consumers which nearby store has the product they want to buy, along with detailed information about the store's location and opening ...
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Britain's Jacobson Group is taking its Gola brand of sneakers...
Britain's Jacobson Group is taking its Gola brand of sneakers back into the sport performance segment with three new ranges for men and women – Gola Active, Activo 5 and Outdoor – that incorporate many technical features. Designed for any tough terrain, the shoes in the Outdoor range are equipped ...
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France's Go Sport retail chain has launched a new sports...
France's Go Sport retail chain has launched a new sports community on social media labelled #Goheroes, where users will be able to share their sporting experiences while becoming testimonials of the French retail banner. The community is opened to athletes of all levels, from amateur to nearly pro, who can ...
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Roman Stepek, chief executive at Mountain Force, has left the...
Roman Stepek, chief executive at Mountain Force, has left the Swiss winter sports apparel company and is preparing to divest the remainder of his shares to existing shareholders in April. His job was taken over on an interim basis by Werner Matzner, Mountain Force's chief financial officer and one of ...
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The TCS New York City Marathon, the world's largest marathon,...
The TCS New York City Marathon, the world's largest marathon, accepted a record number of runners for its 2016 edition. New York Road Runners (NYRR), which organizes the event, announced it accepted 19,083 participants through the race entry lottery held on March 8, out of 82,172 applicants. NYRR said the ...
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Dan Trapp has joined Salomon as global commercial director for...
Dan Trapp has joined Salomon as global commercial director for apparel and gear, based in Annecy. He had been previously the sales manager for Hoka One One in Northern Europe since January 2015, based at Deckers Brands' office in London. Prior to that, he had spent nearly three years at ...
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Victor De La Rue, a young French freestyle snowboarder, has...
Victor De La Rue, a young French freestyle snowboarder, has found two new sponsors – The North Face and Nitro. He was recently named Rider of the Year by Snowboarder Magazine. TNF has also signed a young Swiss snowboarding champion, Estelle Balet
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Decathlon is opening its fourth store in downtown Paris on...
Decathlon is opening its fourth store in downtown Paris on April 6. Located at the crossroads of four major public transportation lines and measuring 4,600 square meters, it will be its largest urban store, employing 60 people. In an original move, it will allow only 19 seconds for candidates to ...
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Dutch media reported earlier this week that Decathlon intends to...
Dutch media reported earlier this week that Decathlon intends to open a store in the Vroom & Dreesman (V&D) building in the center of The Hague, along with other city center stores in former V&D stores in Amsterdam and Utrecht. The V&D department store chain, an emblematic Dutch retailer with ...
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Two new managers – Juliette Delarue-Quairel and Toye Fritzell -...
Two new managers – Juliette Delarue-Quairel and Toye Fritzell - have joined Vista Outdoor's eyewear & sport protection unit at Suresnes near Paris, reporting to its president, Olivier Ciaravino. Delarue-Quairel has been named global sport marketing & communication manager for the Bollé, Cébé and Serengeti brands. Fritzell will act as ...
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As we reported in our last issue, the Tecnica Group...
As we reported in our last issue, the Tecnica Group has appointed new managers for all its brands as part of a reorganization intended to speed up its growth. The company has now announced the appointment of an industry veteran, Federico Sbrissa, in the role of strategic marketing manager of ...
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The Rossignol Group is reportedly setting up a subsidiary for...
The Rossignol Group is reportedly setting up a subsidiary for the Scandinavian market in Sweden. For the time being, the only official report is that, from June 1 of this year, the French group will take over the distribution of its Rossignol, Dynastar, Look and Lange brands in Norway from ...
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Mathias Hedström has taken the place of Mikael Sundstöm, the...
Mathias Hedström has taken the place of Mikael Sundstöm, the outgoing president of Nordic Kidswear. The 34-year-old manager was one of the founders of Addnature, the leading Swedish internet store. He will help Maria Frykman, founder, owner and chief executive of Nordic Kidswear, which is the company behind Isbjörn of ...
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Johnson Outdoors' sales increased by 20 percent to $85.3 million...
Johnson Outdoors' sales increased by 20 percent to $85.3 million for the three months up to Jan. 1, with a negative impact of 2 percentage points from exchange rate changes. The three months are the first quarter of Johnson Outdoors' fiscal year and a seasonally weak quarter. The company said ...
