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Wintersteiger says that Markus Würcher has been appointed head of...
Wintersteiger says that Markus Würcher has been appointed head of sales and product management for its Sports Business Unit and for two others within the group, Seedmech and Woodtech, implementing the decisions mentioned in our last issue. Wolfgang Berghammer, former head of Wintersteiger's Sports BU, left the company in March ...
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Viking Footwear has appointed a new country manager for Denmark,...
Viking Footwear has appointed a new country manager for Denmark, Tom Tinning, who takes the place of Thomas Vangsaard, now in charge of Denmark for Ecco. Tinning, 45, started off as a sales rep for Nike and later became Danish sales manager for the big athletic brand. He worked for ...
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Mike Ashley, the majority shareholder of Sports Direct International (SDI),...
Mike Ashley, the majority shareholder of Sports Direct International (SDI), the leading British and increasingly European sports retailer, is reportedly preparing the launch of a new chain of discount stores. The Mail on Sunday reported that a Mega Value store opened in Kidderminster, Worcestershire, on the location of a department ...
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Majestic Athletic, one of the sportswear companies owned by VF...
Majestic Athletic, one of the sportswear companies owned by VF Corporation, makes a remarkable entry into the world of football with an agreement to design and make replica fanwear for the Liverpool Football Club. The players' uniforms will continue to be supplied by New Balance, which has replaced Warrior Sports ...
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The average number of golf rounds played in the U.K....
The average number of golf rounds played in the U.K. increased by 14 percent in the first quarter of this year, according to the latest findings by Sports Marketing Surveys (SMS). The research company already pointed to an encouraging stabilization in golf participation last year. The relatively mild temperatures and ...
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Balega Socks, a company from North Carolina specializing in performance...
Balega Socks, a company from North Carolina specializing in performance socks, has been acquired by Implus Corporation, a group that owns a slew of brands in the footwear, sports and fitness markets, such as Sof Sole, Yaktrax, Airplus, Sneaker Balls, Icetrekkers and more. The partnership is meant to help Implus ...
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Leif Holst-Liæker will take over as chief executive of Bergans...
Leif Holst-Liæker will take over as chief executive of Bergans Fritid, the supplier of outdoor products known also as Bergans of Norway, during the fourth quarter of 2015. Holst-Liæker, 36, worked for five years at McKinsey & Company and then for eight years in various functions at Bertel O. Steen, ...
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Rip Curl has opened in Biarritz a women-specific store. In...
Rip Curl has opened in Biarritz a women-specific store. In contrast with another report, this is the brand's second shop in France dedicated to women. The other one is in the center of Hossegor. The new Rip Curl Girl store in Biarritz is located in rue Mazagran, a well-known shopping ...
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Interbike, the U.S. bicycle trade show, is offering a new...
Interbike, the U.S. bicycle trade show, is offering a new turnkey booth section at the fair for European brands seeking to enter the U.S. market. The EU@Interbike section will accommodate up to 20 brands at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las Vegas in September. The organizers said that the ...
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Foot Locker's board of directors has elected its lead director,...
Foot Locker's board of directors has elected its lead director, Nicholas DiPaolo, to the position of chairman. He succeeds the retiring Ken C. Hicks. DiPaolo, who is 73 years old, has been on Foot Locker's board since 2002. He left as a director of R.G. Barry Corporation last September.
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Brunswick says it has completed the disposal of its bowling...
Brunswick says it has completed the disposal of its bowling business, which was expected to generate net proceeds of between $270 and $290 million. Its bowling centers have been sold to a long-time competitor, Bowlmor AMF. A company in Atlanta, BlueArcCapital, has acquired Brunswick's bowling products business.
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Zeis Excelsa, the owner of the Virtus Palestre brand, has...
Zeis Excelsa, the owner of the Virtus Palestre brand, has signed an exclusive licensing agreement with A Moda for the production and distribution of the brand's apparel and accessories. Along with the development of the men's, women's and children's collections, the three-year worldwide agreement also provides for the repositioning of ...
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Converse Rubber Tracks, the sports brand studio program, is going...
Converse Rubber Tracks, the sports brand studio program, is going global after a new partnership was established with London's Abbey Road, the iconic studios most closely associated with the Beatles. Converse's studio program was launched in 2011, with the opening of the first brick-and-mortar Rubber Tracks studio in Brooklyn, to ...
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Chris Patsch started as European marketing manager for the Burton...
Chris Patsch started as European marketing manager for the Burton and Anon brands at the beginning of May. Patsch is heading up the marketing team at Burton's office in Innsbruck, reporting to the company's European general manager, Hermann Kapferer. He has been with Burton since 2010, starting as team marketing ...
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Head has launched a digital marketing campaign featuring a junior...
Head has launched a digital marketing campaign featuring a junior Serbian player, Stefan Bojic, who performs 15 tricks with his racquet. In the “Frame & Play” video created for this campaign, the youngster challenges well-known, established players like Novak Djokovic, Maria Sharapova and Andy Murray.
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Décimas, a Spanish sporting goods retailer that is celebrating its...
Décimas, a Spanish sporting goods retailer that is celebrating its 30th anniversary, has entered the Polish market with a 900-square-meter store located in the Magnolia Park shopping center of Wroclaw, where Intersport and Decathlon have their stores. The chain has been expanding outside the Spanish market since 2007, opening four ...
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Wolverine Worldwide has a new chief financial officer. Michael D....
Wolverine Worldwide has a new chief financial officer. Michael D. Stornant, a 49-year-old executive who has been with the group for 19 years, assumes the role of senior vice president, CFO and treasurer, with effect from June 12. He served most recently as vice president of corporate finance, after handling ...
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Skechers told the recent Citigroup investor conference that it expects...
Skechers told the recent Citigroup investor conference that it expects its sales in China to reach $150 million this year and is targeting an annual turnover of $500 million in the next four to five years. The management indicated that some major franchising agreements are in the works. It sees ...
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A European research team claims to have created the first...
A European research team claims to have created the first example of a transparent and flexible electrode fully embedded in a yarn, which could open up new applications for wearable technologies. Their technique involves the transfer of monolayer graphene, grown by chemical vapor deposition on copper foil, to fibers commonly ...
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Puma has teamed up with the Cuban Olympic Committee, so...
Puma has teamed up with the Cuban Olympic Committee, so that Cuban athletes will be wearing the brand's apparel and footwear at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio, as leisurewear when they are not competing and as sportswear for various ceremonies. The brand already has separate deals with the Cuban ...
