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The dates of the Outdoor Retailer Winter Market have been...
The dates of the Outdoor Retailer Winter Market have been moved up by two weeks next year, to adjust to other events, the holiday calendar and final ordering deadlines. The show is to take place in Salt Lake City on Jan. 7-10, to avoid competing with the Sundance Film Festival ...
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Shimano and Kryptonite, the creator of the U-lock for bicycles,...
Shimano and Kryptonite, the creator of the U-lock for bicycles, have signed an agreement for the distribution of Kryptonite bicycle products in a select group of European countries through the sales offices of Shimano Europe. The deal, effective Sept. 1, will cover France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, Denmark, Finland, Sweden ...
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The consumption of bicycles and bike-related products grew in Spain...
The consumption of bicycles and bike-related products grew in Spain by 6.6 percent in 2014 to a value of €1,354 million, according to a study commissioned to Sport Panel by Ambe, the Spanish bike industry association. Sales to all retail channels grew by 8.1 percent to €549 million, with multi-sport ...
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El Corte Inglés, the big Spanish retailer, which plays a...
El Corte Inglés, the big Spanish retailer, which plays a big role in the sporting goods market, has sold a 10 percent stake for €1 billion to Sheikh Hamad Bin Jassim Bin Jaber Al Thani, a former Prime Minister of Qatar and former head of the Qatar Investment Authority. Sheik ...
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Pou Sheng International, the big Chinese sports retailer, told investors...
Pou Sheng International, the big Chinese sports retailer, told investors that it should achieve a net profit for the first half of the year, as compared with a net loss of about $2.59 million for the same six months last year. The company returned to profit in the third quarter ...
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Thermore says it is launching its Thermore Thermal Booster, described...
Thermore says it is launching its Thermore Thermal Booster, described as a “breakthrough” insulation that provides extra heat when the outer temperature declines by up to 20 percent. The insulation comes in two weights. It incorporates the company's anti-fiber migration treatment, which protects from repeated washing and extensive wear.
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Duca del Cosma, the German brand of golf and golf-inspired...
Duca del Cosma, the German brand of golf and golf-inspired shoes and clothing, has filed for insolvency proceedings in a court at Landshut. Plans are to stabilize the financial situation and to look for professional investors with the help of Advantum Corporate Finance. The brand was launched in 2004 by ...
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Jack Wolfskin has reached “Leader Status” in the Brand Performance...
Jack Wolfskin has reached “Leader Status” in the Brand Performance Check 2015 of the Fair Wear Foundation. The company reached a benchmarking score of 82 percent after an evaluation period that lasted until Sept. 30, 2014. The company, which has been a member of FWF since 2010, notes that it ...
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Great Britain remains easily the largest market for football replica...
Great Britain remains easily the largest market for football replica shirts in Europe with annual sales of around £250 million, according to the NPD Group's consumer data. The country retains the lead despite soaring sales in Germany, where the size of the replica market roughly doubled last year on the ...
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Burton Snowboard has promoted Chris Patsch to the position of...
Burton Snowboard has promoted Chris Patsch to the position of European marketing manager for its Burton and Anon brands, reporting to the company's European chief, Hermann Kapferer. He first joined Burton in 2010 as marketing coordinator for The Program.
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Icebreaker is launching the Icebreaker Challenge, an international digital campaign...
Icebreaker is launching the Icebreaker Challenge, an international digital campaign covering 40 countries. It calls on retailers and consumers to select the sport offering the most fun ever and publishing a video on Icebreaker's website before Aug. 31 and asking for “likes” on social networks. The winner will get a ...
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Speedo has signed up a ski champion, Felix Neureuther, for...
Speedo has signed up a ski champion, Felix Neureuther, for its “Speedo-Fit” campaign. The message is that swimming in the pool is a form of training that makes you fit to perform any other type of sport.
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Vans has teamed up with Eley Kishimoto on a collection...
Vans has teamed up with Eley Kishimoto on a collection of wearable art, apparel and accessories. Mark Eley and Wakako Kishimoto, the husband-and-wife design duo, founded Eley Kishimoto in 1992. The maxim of the fashion house is “Print the World.” Working with the Vans' design team, Eley Kishimoto have applied ...
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A Paris court ordered Nike and an events company to...
A Paris court ordered Nike and an events company to pay €67,500 in damages to an a sculptor, Jean Cardot, who complained about the treatment of his statue of Winston Churchill. The Swoosh draped it with an oversized Tony Parker jersey in 2011, after the French basketball team qualified for ...
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Decathlon is continuing its Swedish initiative with a new store...
Decathlon is continuing its Swedish initiative with a new store that will be opened in 2016 in the suburbs of Stockholm. Decathlon entered the Swedish market in 2011 with its first store in Stockholm. In 2013, it opened store number two with a product ranged adapted to the Swedish market. ...
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Decathlon has signed two contracts with the Goodman group for...
Decathlon has signed two contracts with the Goodman group for the installation of two new logistic platforms in China. One will be established in the Goodman Hannan Logistics Park at Wuhan, in Hubei province, and will have a surface of 85,000 square meters. The other one will measure 72,000 m² ...
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CORRECTION: Contrary to what we published in the last issue,...
CORRECTION: Contrary to what we published in the last issue, Tecnica Group has not yet completed its planned divestiture of Dolomite. We should have mentioned that: Tecnica owns also the Moon Boot brand; that it controls Lowa, with a share of 60 percent; and that the family of Giancarlo and ...
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Wolverine Worldwide has raised its senior secured credit facility by...
Wolverine Worldwide has raised its senior secured credit facility by $300 million to $950 million, comprising a term loan of $450 million and a $500 million revolving credit. The new credit agreement negotiated with company's lenders also extends the maturity date of the facility. It lowers the cost of servicing ...
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Sportex, the trade fair for the Danish sports industry, which...
Sportex, the trade fair for the Danish sports industry, which was scheduled for the second week of August in Velje, has been cancelled due to a sharp drop in the number of registered exhibitors. Among the reasons behind this decline is the decision by Intersport Danmark to organize its own ...
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Toyota has reportedly developed a skateboard that floats in the...
Toyota has reportedly developed a skateboard that floats in the air, like the one used by Marty McFly in the pioneering “Return to the Future” movie. Its “hoverboard” is powered by magnetic levitation through a combination of permanent magnets and supraconductors cooled down by liquid azote. It's a concept model ...
