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Surfstitch, the Australian e-commerce group specializing in contemporary surf and...
Surfstitch, the Australian e-commerce group specializing in contemporary surf and fashion brands, will unify its six platforms - Surfstitch.com, Surfdome.com, Swell.com, Stabmag.com, magicseaweed.com and theLens – under the global site Swell in 2016. Surfstitch posted revenues of 199.4 million Australian dollars (€124.7m-$141.4m) in the fiscal year ended June 30, representing ...
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Transa Backpacking has a new shareholding structure as Beat Stünzi,...
Transa Backpacking has a new shareholding structure as Beat Stünzi, founder and majority shareholder of the leading Swiss outdoor retailer, decided to partly pull out, due to his age. The new majority shareholder is International Retail Corporation (IRC), a vehicle controlled by Beat Zaugg, chief executive and minority shareholder in ...
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New Balance has moved into a new corporate head office...
New Balance has moved into a new corporate head office at the northwestern edge of Boston, close to the old one. About 700 New Balance employees occupy the new 250,000-square-foot building, which is part of the new Boston Landing development project financed by the Davis family, owner of New Balance. ...
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New Balance has opened its second store in Barcelona. Presenting...
New Balance has opened its second store in Barcelona. Presenting a new layout, it is located in a high-traffic shopping street of the city, Portal de l'Àngel. It will be the brand's 4th store in Spain. New Balance has also opened its first Portuguese store in Lisbon. Through its French ...
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Paris will ban cars for a day as an experiment...
Paris will ban cars for a day as an experiment in its efforts to reduce carbon emissions. The Journée Sans Voitures (Day Without Cars) will be Sunday, Sept. 27, from 11am to 6pm. Cars will be banned from a substantial area that includes the first, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, ...
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Jussi Mikkola of Finland has been confirmed as the chairman...
Jussi Mikkola of Finland has been confirmed as the chairman of Intersport International Corp. (IIC) for at least one year, replacing Klaus Jost who resigned a few months ago following his departure from Intersport Germany. The annual meeting of the organization, which was held in Sweden, also elected Steve Evers, ...
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Jeff Lasher, who has been chief financial officer of Crocs...
Jeff Lasher, who has been chief financial officer of Crocs since 2011, is leaving the company in early November to occupy a similar position at West Marine. Mike Smith, a former executive of Collective Brands and Wolverine Worldwide who joined Crocs earlier this year as senior vice president of finance, ...
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The recovery of the Spanish market has been confirmed by...
The recovery of the Spanish market has been confirmed by the latest figures from El Corte Inglés, the large Spanish retail group that is also the second-largest sporting goods retailer in the country. The company has reported higher operating results for the financial year ended Feb. 28: Operating earnings before ...
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Reporting on some preliminary results before and during an investors'...
Reporting on some preliminary results before and during an investors' conference, Wolverine Worldwide's management indicated that its revenues declined by between 4 and 5 percent in the second quarter. They were flat in terms of local currencies and excluding the phase-out of the Patagonia license and the closure of retail ...
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Just before the World Rugby Cup was under starters' orders...
Just before the World Rugby Cup was under starters' orders in England, Skins announced its partnership with USA Rugby. The Swiss-based brand of compression garments already sponsors the Australian Wallabies and the national teams from the Pacific islands of Samoa and Tonga. Skins will thus have four of the 20 ...
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Reebok has joined forces with Bershka, one of Inditex' retail...
Reebok has joined forces with Bershka, one of Inditex' retail banners, for the design of a fitness footwear model. The exclusive shoe, which is called “City Maps,” comes in tricot fabric and breathable materials, and weighs less than 200 grams. The model is already available at selected Bershka stores and ...
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Foot Locker has opened a big flagship store in Madrid....
Foot Locker has opened a big flagship store in Madrid. Located at 6 Calle de Preciados, it stretches over 1,500 square meters on three floors. It offers more apparel than Foot Locker's 49 other stores in Spain. It houses a House of Hoops and two dedicated areas for Nike Sportswear. ...
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Poc, the Swedish company owned by Black Diamond, has partnered...
Poc, the Swedish company owned by Black Diamond, has partnered with Light Flex Technology to explore an innovative printed light technology which uses active light to make riders visible, as opposed to the passive reflective technology used on most bike apparel. According to Light Flex, its new printed light technology ...
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Klaus Dittrich, chairman of the executive board of Messe München,...
Klaus Dittrich, chairman of the executive board of Messe München, organizer of the Ispo trade shows around the world, and Rolf Schmid, chief executive of the Mammut Sports Group, made a bid for the summit of the Mont Blanc earlier this month, but didn't quite make it to the top. ...
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Brunswick Bowling held a training seminar in Yancheng, China, on...
Brunswick Bowling held a training seminar in Yancheng, China, on July 21-25, on the occasion of the Chinese Bowling Foundation (CBF) Education Conference. The event offered an opportunity for bowler development, from beginner to advanced players and coaches, and included a seminar on the best practices in center operations and ...
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The government of Brazil has sent a delegation to Indonesia...
The government of Brazil has sent a delegation to Indonesia to determine whether the country has a market economy and to check out any relations that local shoe producers may have with Chinese producers. Opponents of the current anti-dumping duties on Chinese shoes have in fact proposed Indonesia as the ...
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The British government has launched a public consultation in the...
The British government has launched a public consultation in the country to find out what can be done to increase participation in sport. The consultation will run for just under nine weeks, from Aug. 4 until Oct. 2. Figures from Sport England for the 12 months to March 2015 show ...
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Sport England's This Girl Can campaign has teamed up with...
Sport England's This Girl Can campaign has teamed up with therunningbug.co.uk to encourage women to get moving and help raise money for cancer research. The #1milechallenge requires women to move for a mile by walking, running, swimming, cycling, or however they can. When they have finished, they create a 10-second video clip ...
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The share capital of IC Group, parent company of Peak...
The share capital of IC Group, parent company of Peak Performance, has been raised by 0.3 percent to 170,562,470 Danish kroner (€22.9m-$26.1m) through the exercise of warrants under two different programs that priced the new shares at DKK 136.00 and DKK 166.80, respectively. IC Group has derived gross proceeds of ...
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Shimano Europe has unveiled plans to open an “Experience Center”...
Shimano Europe has unveiled plans to open an “Experience Center” in the Netherlands in the spring of 2017. The center will be built in Valkenburg, in the southern part of the country, on the site of a former brewery. The activities offered by the park will focus on cycling, fishing ...
