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Stuart Jones, the son of the former executive chairman of...
Stuart Jones, the son of the former executive chairman of JJB Sports, Sir David Jones, is standing trial for allegedly helping his father forge a bank statement to disguise a £1.5 million (€2.09m-$2.27m) loan from the board of the defunct retailer. The trial started at Leeds Crown Court on March ...
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The Royal St George's golf club, an Open Championship venue...
The Royal St George's golf club, an Open Championship venue in Kent, has voted to allow women members for the first time. The resolution in favor of this change was adopted at an extraordinary general meeting last month, with immediate effect. More than 81 percent of the full members took ...
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Non-executive directors at Naibu Global International, a Chinese sports footwear...
Non-executive directors at Naibu Global International, a Chinese sports footwear company listed on the AIM stock exchange for fast-growing companies in London, have lost contact with the company's chairman and chief executive. The directors reported through a stock market announcement on 18 Feb. that their enquiries to these two managers ...
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Sergio Tacchini has launched a new commercial spot on the...
Sergio Tacchini has launched a new commercial spot on the Italian Super Tennis TV channel under the “Dress the Passion” tagline. Building up on a print campaign launched last year, the video features Tommy Robredo, one of the 20 top ATP Tour champions, playing elegantly in slow motion, accompanied by ...
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Sports Marketing Surveys (SMS), the sports research company, found that...
Sports Marketing Surveys (SMS), the sports research company, found that golf participation stabilized just above 3.301 million players in the U.K. last year. This is a sharp drop compared with more than 4 million players in 2006 but slightly down from 3.364 million in 2013. The trend for last year ...
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Officials of Karstadt Sports decline to confirm the reported departure...
Officials of Karstadt Sports decline to confirm the reported departure of Michael Krayledat as chief financial officer and chief operating officer of the German retail chain, which is still run by Simon Rider and controlled by Signa Holding in Vienna. Krayledat had been appointed to the post in April 2014.
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The Pump technology that contributed to Reebok's rise in the...
The Pump technology that contributed to Reebok's rise in the early nineties is making a comeback. The ZPump Fusion, which hit the stores a few days ago, was described as a reinvention of the Pump, adjusting the technology of this classic for an entirely new performance running shoe. The familiar ...
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Diadora will sponsor the Norwegian women's national cycling team under...
Diadora will sponsor the Norwegian women's national cycling team under an agreement signed in February with the Norwegian Cycling Federation (NCF). The initial contract is for three years and can be extended for another two. Diadora will now supply all the clothing for the female riders as well as the ...
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Kelme has signed an important sponsorship deal with the Professional...
Kelme has signed an important sponsorship deal with the Professional Futsal League (PFL) of the U.S. The Spanish company will act as official footwear supplier for the American league. It has a similar agreement with the Spanish futsal league (LNFS) since 2013.
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Kinetic, a division of Kurt Manufacturing, has doubled the size...
Kinetic, a division of Kurt Manufacturing, has doubled the size of its global logistics warehouse in Minneapolis, Minnesota and has relocated its European warehouse from the Netherlands to Austria. The warehouse in Minneapolis has expanded from 3,000 square feet to 6,000 square feet. The extension was made necessary by the ...
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Electric has hired Etienne Pinon as sales manager for the...
Electric has hired Etienne Pinon as sales manager for the EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa) region. Pinon brings more than 15 years of experience in the action sports industry and international sales. Most recently, he served as head of sales for Europe at Neff Headwear. Prior to that, he ...
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Glenmuir will be the title sponsor of the Foremost Golf...
Glenmuir will be the title sponsor of the Foremost Golf Championship, scheduled to be played at the Oxfordshire Golf Club on May 18. The event is organized every year by Foremost Golf among its retail members, who manage more than 950 golf stores across the U.K. Participants will receive a ...
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Nike says it has forged new partnerships with Garmin, TomTom,...
Nike says it has forged new partnerships with Garmin, TomTom, Wahoo Fitness and Netpulse, allowing their devices to connect with its evolving Nike+ application. The app was first launched in cooperation with Apple a year ago. Nike made the fresh announcement on the eve of the public release of the ...
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Ochsner Sport, the Swiss sporting goods retailer, is to open...
Ochsner Sport, the Swiss sporting goods retailer, is to open its first store in Germany this month, in the Glacis-Galerie in Neu-Ulm, according to a report filed by the Deichmann group, the big German shoe retailer that owns Dosenbach-Ochsner in Switzerland. Oddly, the opening in that shopping gallery has already ...
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Yonex has reported an 11 percent increase in revenues to...
Yonex has reported an 11 percent increase in revenues to 35,312 million yen (€261.8m-$297.3m) for the first nine months of its financial year, ended Dec. 31, indicating a 16 percent jump during the third quarter. Net income reached ¥1,298.9 billion (€9,632m-$10,934m) during the nine-month period, more than double the level ...
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Courir will boost its network of 160 stores with the...
Courir will boost its network of 160 stores with the acquisition of 18 of the 136 French Bata stores that have been auctioned by a French court following the insolvency of Bata France. The court accepted the offer made by François Le Ménahèze, who acted as chief executive of Bata ...
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Online sales of sporting goods grew by 17 percent in...
Online sales of sporting goods grew by 17 percent in Norway in December when compared with the year before, according to the latest figures from DIBS, a company that handles online payments. Online sales of electronics saw a 19 percent increase, while clothing and shoes sales increased by 18 percent. ...
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Vans celebrated the return of snowboard boots for 2015/2016 with...
Vans celebrated the return of snowboard boots for 2015/2016 with the Vans Snow Day in the Austrian town of Mayrhofen, on Feb. 2-4. As reported by Boardsport Source, Vans had missed the 2014/2015 winter with its snowboard boot collection after a factory mishap.
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The Riverside Company is investing in Bike24, the German cycling...
The Riverside Company is investing in Bike24, the German cycling e-commerce specialist. The private equity firm focuses on acquiring growing businesses valued up to $250 million and has an international portfolio of more than 75 companies. The details of the deal were not disclosed. Bike24 sells an array of bike ...
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Fila Korea raised its revenues by 8.3 percent to 797,380...
Fila Korea raised its revenues by 8.3 percent to 797,380 million won (€636.0m-$722.7m) last year, but its net income declined by 37 percent to KRW 60,696 million (€48.4m-$55.0m). The operating profit slipped by 4.6 percent to KRW 93,588 million (€74.7m-$84.8m), but pre-tax income went up by 2.4 percent to KRW ...
