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Intersport Sverige's third attempt to become a serious bicycle retailer...
Intersport Sverige's third attempt to become a serious bicycle retailer seems to have succeeded. Over the next year, 15 new stores in Sweden will begin selling bikes. The two requirements for stores to be included in the bicycle initiative are that there is room for the products and the appropriate ...
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The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has issued a fine...
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has issued a fine of 350,000 Australian dollars (€244,909-$306,204) against Reebok, charging the brand with false and misleading representations about the benefits of its EasyTone range of shoes. It has also ordered the brand to refund customers A$35 (€24.49-$30.64) for each pair of EasyTone ...
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Hervis Sports, the large price-driven retail chain from Austria, opened...
Hervis Sports, the large price-driven retail chain from Austria, opened its second store in Germany on Oct. 27. Two years after the first one in Garmisch-Partenkirchen at the foot of the Alps, the choice fell this time on Nuremberg. The outlet has a selling surface of 1,030 square meters and ...
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Blue Tomato, the large Austrian chain and mail-order retailer of...
Blue Tomato, the large Austrian chain and mail-order retailer of action sports products, has arrived in Salzburg. The company owned by Zumiez, the U.S. retailer, had 17 doors in Germany and Austria. The new one, which opened on Oct. 30, is located in the old heart of the Austrian city and ...
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Intersport is expanding its involvement in ski jumping by becoming...
Intersport is expanding its involvement in ski jumping by becoming official presenting sponsor of the Vierschanzentouren, the ski jumping series organized by the Austrian and German ski federations at four locations in their respective countries. It is upgrading to the highest sponsorship level for the event, with which it was ...
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Daniel Fasshauer has been designated to take on the position...
Daniel Fasshauer has been designated to take on the position of sales director for Germany, Austria and Switzerland at Brooks, the U.S. brand of running shoes, apparel and accessories, from Nov. 1. Fasshauer previously worked as key-account manager for Intersport Germany, where he was responsible for the running, tennis, fitness ...
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SportScheck has the best online sports store for tablet computers...
SportScheck has the best online sports store for tablet computers in Europe, according to a German agency, Quisma, which has checked out 15 web shops for sporting goods for their features. It is followed by the online stores of JD Sports, Karstadt Sports and Intersport Deutschland. All of them are ...
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The Swedish outdoor and lifestyle brand Didriksons has completely eliminated...
The Swedish outdoor and lifestyle brand Didriksons has completely eliminated the use of fluorocarbons in all its products for its spring 2015 collection. According to an article published in Sportfack, Didriksons has been phasing out fluorocarbon base treatments for water repellency for years, and has now found a material that ...
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John Forzani, the former professional footballer who founded and built...
John Forzani, the former professional footballer who founded and built up Canada's largest sporting goods retailer until its sale to Canadian Tire three years ago, died in a California hospital on Oct. 31 at the age of 67, following a massive heart attack. Among other retail operations, Forzani was the ...
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Gore-Tex is launching a new marketing campaign with a seven-digit...
Gore-Tex is launching a new marketing campaign with a seven-digit budget across multiple channels during the current season in four countries - Germany, Italy, Sweden and the U.K. - to add visibility to its brand in all its applications across garments, footwear, gloves and other accessories. It will run under ...
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Oxylane, the parent company of Décathlon, is changing its name...
Oxylane, the parent company of Décathlon, is changing its name back to Décathlon. The big French-based sports retailing group had decided to call itself Oxylane in March 2008 to act as the umbrella organization for many different specialty stores, but most of its international development has continued under the Décathlon ...
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Peter Fabrin is starting today as the new chief executive...
Peter Fabrin is starting today as the new chief executive of Haglöfs, taking the place left vacant a few months ago by the departure Nicolas Warchalowski, who has been appointed CEO of Peak Performance. Fabrin has worked in the past for Peak Performance and other parts of the former IC ...
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Chinese sporting goods suppliers were encouraged by a new national...
Chinese sporting goods suppliers were encouraged by a new national plan that aims to strongly stimulate the country's sports industry at large. The State Council was quoted as saying that it wanted to raise the value of the industry to 5 trillion yuan (€645bn-$820bn) by 2025. It would then reach about ...
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Compressport has launched a new, lightweight style of underwear shorts...
Compressport has launched a new, lightweight style of underwear shorts that can be used for any sports, individual or team. The shorts are made of 100-percent natural fibers including cashmere, which has antibacterial properties that help prevent both odors and irritation. The shorts are available in four colors - black, ...
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Releasing its first Sustainability and Responsibility Report, VF Corp. says...
Releasing its first Sustainability and Responsibility Report, VF Corp. says it will expand its CHEM-IQ program, intended to identify and eliminate, by 2015, harmful chemicals before they reach the manufacturing process. The report states that 10 percent of VF's sales are made with eco-friendly products and that 3 percent of ...
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Maurizio d'Angelo is reportedly leaving as general manager of Diadora,...
Maurizio d'Angelo is reportedly leaving as general manager of Diadora, after seven years in the post. Enrico Moretti Polegato, who has been acting as chairman of the company, is taking over his position. He is the son of Mario Moretti Polegato, chairman of Geox. Both companies are controlled by the ...
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The upcoming edition of Performance Days, which will take place...
The upcoming edition of Performance Days, which will take place in Munich on Nov. 4-5 – to kick off the winter 2016/17 season and update summer 2016 - is completely sold out. According to the organizers, the number of exhibitors at the trade show has gone up from 108 last ...
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Zhang Zhi Yong has resigned as a non-executive director of...
Zhang Zhi Yong has resigned as a non-executive director of Li Ning. The Chinese sports company said that the resignation became effective on Oct. 6 and had to do with his personal and other business commitments – rather than any disagreement with the board. Zhang was the chief executive at ...
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Flemming Kruse Henriksen has left Peak Performance, where he was...
Flemming Kruse Henriksen has left Peak Performance, where he was in charge of emerging markets, to take care of business development for products and marketing in the apparel division of LTP, an international sourcing company. His functions are being taken over by Martin Netinder, sales director for exports and Canada.
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Working through Hermes NexTec, a subsidiary of the Otto Group,...
Working through Hermes NexTec, a subsidiary of the Otto Group, Adidas has launched a webshop in 15 European countries at adidasspecialtysports.com, offering products specifically developed for specific sports such as badminton, cricket, cross-country skiing, cycling, handball, rugby, swimming, weightlifting and wrestling. The site contains links to Adidas' national websites for ...
