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Millet will inaugurate a new store concept in the French...
Millet will inaugurate a new store concept in the French resort of Chamonix on Feb. 27. It will be deployed in the course of this year at shop-in-shops all over Europe, notably at Alpisport in Namur, Belgium; at El Corte Inglés in Barcelona; at Alpi Trail in Puidoux, Switzerland; and ...
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POC has extended its contract with Julia Mancuso through the...
POC has extended its contract with Julia Mancuso through the 2018 Olympic Games in South Korea. The American ski champion collected four Olympic medals in the last three winter games. The Swedish company unveiled a new Mancuso signature collection of updated ski helmets at the recent Ispo Munich show.
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Massimo Mazza recently joined Le Coq Sportif as Italian country...
Massimo Mazza recently joined Le Coq Sportif as Italian country manager, replacing Giorgio Trevisan who has moved to Superdry. Mazza had been acting as Italian country manager for Quiksilver and Roxy since 2011. He was previously involved in marketing at Eastpak and Nike in Italy. In 2007, he co-founded a ...
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Crocs has realigned regional management functions, reducing the geographical structures...
Crocs has realigned regional management functions, reducing the geographical structures from four to three, including one for the European Union and another for the Americas. In this context, David Thomson, who has been most recently executive vice president of Tommy Hilfiger for Asia-Pacific, has been named by Crocs to a ...
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Rip Curl has signed a major partnership deal with Surf...
Rip Curl has signed a major partnership deal with Surf Snowdonia, which is supposed to be the world's first artificial wave to open to the public. The facility is being constructed in the lee of the Snowdonia mountains in Conwy, North Wales. Due to open in July this year, it ...
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Zebco Europe has hired Dirk Dehnhardt from Dam as export...
Zebco Europe has hired Dirk Dehnhardt from Dam as export director and acting sales director. The German-based company has also appointed Pär Lindberg to the vacant role of sales director for Scandinavia. He will be responsbile for the creation of a new structure of sales agents in Sweden, Norway, Denmark ...
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Nike is reportedly planning to open its first European women's...
Nike is reportedly planning to open its first European women's store on King's Road, in the Chelsea district of London, by May. A Nike spokesman would not comment on the report. The Swoosh already opened two women's stand-alone stores late last year, one in Newport Beach, California, and the other ...
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The World Sports Forum (WSF) organized by the World Federation...
The World Sports Forum (WSF) organized by the World Federation of the Sporting Goods Industry (WFSGI) drew a record of about 150 participants before the opening of Ispo Munich earlier this month. The event brought together four keynote speakers who provided sharp insights into the latest sourcing trends, updates on ...
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Magnum will be the official supplier of indoor training footwear...
Magnum will be the official supplier of indoor training footwear to the British troops over the next four years. In 2013, its parent company, Hi-Tec Sports UK, secured a contract with the British Ministry of Defence, which led the Magnum U.S.T. outdoor trainer to be given a NATO (North Atlantic ...
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Sports Marketing Surveys (SMS) has found that the number of...
Sports Marketing Surveys (SMS) has found that the number of golf rounds played in the U.K. increased by 3.5 percent last year compared with 2013 and by 1.4 percent against 2012. The trend was highlighted in the latest edition of the research company's Golf Rounds Played study. The rise was ...
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Nike plans to move its head office from a town...
Nike plans to move its head office from a town near Bologna to the renovated Porta Nuova district of Milan. The idea is to more closely align the brand's business in Southern Europe with a “key cities” strategy. There will be no change in the management structure. Some back-office functions ...
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Adidas ranks third among the Global 100 Most Sustainable Corporations...
Adidas ranks third among the Global 100 Most Sustainable Corporations in the World. Corporate Knights, a Toronto-based media and investment advisory company, announced its tenth-annual list of the world's most sustainable companies, also known as the Global 100, at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland on Jan. 21. The ...
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Erima's sales grew by 15 percent to €53 million in...
Erima's sales grew by 15 percent to €53 million in 2014. The German team sports brand benefited from its diversification into tennis and running clothing and from the victories of sponsored German teams in handball and tennis.
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Dynafit has announced that as of the 2015-16 season, it...
Dynafit has announced that as of the 2015-16 season, it will supply “Dynafit certified Inserts” to six ski boot manufacturers altogether, beyond its current partnership with Scarpa. The five newly added partners include Scott, Hagan, Roxa, Movement and Fischer, although Scarpa is the only brand, besides Dynafit itself, which has ...
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Deckers Brands' share price tumbled by 19.7 percent after the...
Deckers Brands' share price tumbled by 19.7 percent after the company published lower than expected financial results for the third quarter ended Dec. 31 and reduced its own expectations for the full financial year. The stronger dollar and soft sales of Classic Ugg styles in October and November were cited ...
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The ANWR Group, which controls the operations of Sport 2000...
The ANWR Group, which controls the operations of Sport 2000 and Fairplay International Sports in Germany, Switzerland and the Benelux countries, reports a sales increase of 8.4 percent in the sporting goods sector to €844 million. The segment ended the year with a 9.2 percent jump in December. More details ...
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Descente is projecting a 21 percent increase in net income...
Descente is projecting a 21 percent increase in net income to 5.4 billion yen (€40.7m-$46.0) on 12 percent higher sales of ¥123 billion (€927.8m-$1,047.1m) for the financial year ending in March. In the first nine months through Dec. 31, sales increased by 14 percent to ¥86.3 billion (€651.0m-$734.7m) generating a 51 percent increase ...
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Prana generated only 5 percent of its sales outside the...
Prana generated only 5 percent of its sales outside the U.S. by the time the brand was acquired by Columbia Sportswear last year. Prana has now reported the creation of a new position of director of international sales. Starting on Feb. 2, it will be filled by Pacho Bedoya, who ...
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Yue Yuen raised its total sales by 6 percent to...
Yue Yuen raised its total sales by 6 percent to the equivalent of $8 billion in 2014, based on the company's latest monthly sales updates. In December, its sales increased by 3 percent to $734 million as compared to the same month a year earlier.
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Aaron Blunck, the Olympic freeskier, has signed an endorsement deal...
Aaron Blunck, the Olympic freeskier, has signed an endorsement deal with Poc Sweden for a signature series of helmets, goggles and sunglasses due to be launched next autumn. Poc, which is owned by Black Diamond, is heading into the third year of a partnership with the U.S. Freeskiing Team.
