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Salming Sports, a Swedish brand of sports clothing and footwear...
Salming Sports, a Swedish brand of sports clothing and footwear for floorball, handball, running and squash, has become an official partner of the Professional Squash Association (PSA). The company is named after Anders Börje Salming, the legendary professional ice hockey player from Lapland, who launched his own brand of underwear ...
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The business of Fairchild Fashion Media, publisher of Women's Wear...
The business of Fairchild Fashion Media, publisher of Women's Wear Daily, Footwear News and other trade publications, is changing hands again. Conde Nast, the publisher of Vogue and Vanity Fair, is selling the business to Penske Media Corporation, publisher of Variety and other magazines and internet-based information services. Comerica is ...
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Outlast Technologies has partnered with New Era Cap to develop...
Outlast Technologies has partnered with New Era Cap to develop temperature-regulating hats for Team USA players and team captains during the 2014 PGA Ryder Cup golf tournament, to be held on Sept. 26-28 at Gleneagles in Scotland. New Era has secured exclusive rights to headwear during the biennial competition through ...
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Tim O'Donovan, the retired former chairman and chief executive of...
Tim O'Donovan, the retired former chairman and chief executive of Wolverine Worldwide, has been designated to receive the Bob Campbell lifetime achievement award at gala to be staged by the Two Ten Foundation on Dec. 2 to celebrate its 75th anniversary. O' Donovan actively served on the board of the ...
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The Golf Foundation, the U.K.-based charity for school students, has...
The Golf Foundation, the U.K.-based charity for school students, has set in motion the formal selection process for a new chief executive to take the place of Mike Round, who left at the end of August after 14 years to take up a key position with the Ladies European Tour. ...
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VF Corporation has hired Dan Cherian as vice president, global...
VF Corporation has hired Dan Cherian as vice president, global innovation, performance apparel and footwear, a newly-created role. In this position, Cherian will oversee VF's Global Performance Apparel and Footwear Innovation Centers, where the company focuses on product innovation for the apparel, footwear and accessories of its brands. Cherian joins ...
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The trial of Chris Ronnie, former chief executive of the...
The trial of Chris Ronnie, former chief executive of the new defunct JJB Sports chain, was set to begin this week at Southwark Crown Court in London. He is charged with a £1 million fraud. A former supplier of JJB and a business partner of Ronnie are also charged in ...
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Cold Mountain, a Chinese multi-brand retailer for surf and snowboard-related...
Cold Mountain, a Chinese multi-brand retailer for surf and snowboard-related items, has opened its flagship store in the youth-oriented Sanlitun Soho shopping center of Beijing. The retailer already has nine other stores in the country.
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Ultrasonic, a Chinese company quoted on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange...
Ultrasonic, a Chinese company quoted on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange that makes sandals, slippers and shoe soles for Anta Sports Products and Xtep and runs 110 stores in China, is without its top managers, who have reportedly left the company with a lot of company money. The two managers, Quingyong ...
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Eurosima will stage an interesting Surf Summit, organized in conjunction...
Eurosima will stage an interesting Surf Summit, organized in conjunction with Ispo, in the French resort of Seignosse on Oct. 2-3. On Friday, officials of NPD and Planet Sport, the German boardsports specialist, will analyze the development of the retail sector in Europe. Various speakers will address the female consumer. ...
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Deca International, the owner of GolfBuddy, has promoted Dick Gianferante,...
Deca International, the owner of GolfBuddy, has promoted Dick Gianferante, former director of sales and marketing at the company, to general manager. His new position will put him in charge of all U.S. sales, marketing and overall operations. Gianferante brings extensive golf experience and has dedicated the last 41 years ...
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The U.S. overtook France during the past winter season as...
The U.S. overtook France during the past winter season as the leading destination for skiing. The number of days spent by skiers on its slopes reached 56.2 million, ahead of France with 55.3 million days and Austria with 50.8 million days. The number of skiing days fell in all three ...
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Earlier, at a party in New York last June marking...
Earlier, at a party in New York last June marking its 70th anniversary, the Footwear Distributors and Retailers of America (FDRA), gratified Wolverine with an award for “Advocate of the Year.” The trade association also gave its Brand Focus award to one of Wolverine's brands, Merrell.
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Epson is one of the latest entrants into the wearable...
Epson is one of the latest entrants into the wearable technologies category. Its new Runsense is a sports watch for hikers and runners that integrates an advanced GPS and a heart monitor. According to SAZ, it has already started to be offered to sports retailers in the German-speaking countries, with ...
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The Federation of the European Sporting Goods Industry (Fesi) is...
The Federation of the European Sporting Goods Industry (Fesi) is going to ask the European Union and the member governments to help fund national programs to encourage youth to practice sports along the lines of “Dote in Movimento,”a project that has been successfully led by the Italian sporting goods industry ...
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Klaus Jost, general manager of Intersport Germany, was unanimously re-elected...
Klaus Jost, general manager of Intersport Germany, was unanimously re-elected chairman of Intersport International Corporation's board of directors at its recent annual meeting in Ireland. He has been holding this prestigious title since 2009. The only change in the board is the replacement of its French representative. François Neukirch, the ...
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Hans Gijzel, who supervised part of the international retail operations...
Hans Gijzel, who supervised part of the international retail operations at Sports Direct International (SDI) for several years, is said to have left the British sports retailer and wholesaler in June. Based in Belgium, Gijzel spearheaded SDI's rapid expansion into that country, where it has become one of the market ...
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Nautilus reported a net profit of $557,000 for the seasonally...
Nautilus reported a net profit of $557,000 for the seasonally slow second quarter of its fiscal year, ended June 30, which compares with a net profit of $32,863,000 made in the year-ago period thanks to a tax benefit of $34.3 million. The American fitness equipment supplier posted an operating profit ...
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The Adidas Group plans to move about 1,300 employees involved...
The Adidas Group plans to move about 1,300 employees involved in IT and other roles in Herzogenaurach to its World of Sports campus from other locations in the city, including its former headquarters in the city center. The company has created between 100 and 150 new jobs annually in Herzogenaurach ...
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361° reports that orders jumped by nearly 11 percent at...
361° reports that orders jumped by nearly 11 percent at its spring/summer trade fair last month, compared with the Chinese brand's same order days last year. Average selling prices increased for both apparel and footwear, while the volume of orders advanced for footwear but remained flat for apparel. Orders for ...
