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Hi-Tec is launching a walking-footwear range made in Europe on...
Hi-Tec is launching a walking-footwear range made in Europe on the back of its sponsorship of the Vierdaagse, an annual four-day walking event with about 45,000 registered participants that took place last week in Nijmegen, in the south of the Netherlands. The deal has inflated Hi-Tec's sell-in in the Netherlands, where ...
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Patagonia is planning to transfer some of its European operations...
Patagonia is planning to transfer some of its European operations from its present European headquarters in the French town of Annecy to a new European office in Amsterdam. It also wants to open sales offices in London and Munich to be closer to its clients in two of its major ...
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Reed Exhibitions, probably the world's largest trade-show operator, organizers of...
Reed Exhibitions, probably the world's largest trade-show operator, organizers of the Fibo fitness trade show in Cologne, Germany, are eying new markets. It is about to land in Saudi Arabia with a show called Saudi ISF which stands for International Sport & Fitness. The event taking place in Jeddah from ...
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Hummel expanded its strategic partnership with St. Pauli, the football...
Hummel expanded its strategic partnership with St. Pauli, the football club from Hamburg, on July 1. From the football season 2014/15, Hummel will be sponsoring St. Pauli's official jerseys. The launch of the new jerseys was held on June 20 in the St. Pauli stadium in Hamburg. Hummel previously sponsored ...
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Accell Netherlands is to open a 10,000-square-meter cycling experience center...
Accell Netherlands is to open a 10,000-square-meter cycling experience center in Ede. The new space will be called “De Fietser” (The Cyclist) and its opening is scheduled for summer 2015. De Fietser is expected to attract 100,000 visitors every year and to strengthen the market position of Accell's brands Batavus, ...
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In the first quarter of this year, the 127 companies...
In the first quarter of this year, the 127 companies that belong to Assosport, Italy's sporting goods industry association improved their sales results, thanks primarily to an estimated jump of 15 percent in their sales abroad, which represent around 75 percent of their total turnover. For all of 2013, the ...
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Sport 2000 International is to launch a new sustainability initiative...
Sport 2000 International is to launch a new sustainability initiative named “Green&Fair,” which will aim at making sustainability visible for outdoor product consumers. The initiative will be launched together with a group of outdoor brands and Bluesign Technologies, the Swiss-based environmental certification company. The campaign, whose slogan will be “Please ...
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Sport 2000 has sealed a deal with DLV, the German...
Sport 2000 has sealed a deal with DLV, the German athletics association. It will be represented as official partner of DLV on the website laufen.de and provide the website with information from the sporting goods retail industry. The website will also include a search function for Sport 2000 retailers that ...
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Callaway Golf is refinancing its $230 million asset-based revolving credit...
Callaway Golf is refinancing its $230 million asset-based revolving credit on better conditions, keeping the size of the credit facility. As of March 31, the company had $141 million outstanding under its present arrangement.
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Fila Korea has reported a 36 percent improvement in operating...
Fila Korea has reported a 36 percent improvement in operating profit to 29.6 billion Korean won (€21.43m-$29.25m) in the first quarter on 17 percent higher revenues of KRW 199.2 billion (€144.21m-$196.89m). The results were driven by Fila USA, whose sales grew by 36 percent to $77.9 million. Sales in Korea went ...
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Fifa is to invest US$900 million in the development football...
Fifa is to invest US$900 million in the development football during the 2015-2018 period, following the budget approval by Fifa's 64th Congress in São Paulo, Brazil, on June 10-11, on the eve of the opening match of the Fifa 2014 World Cup, which is being hosted by Brazil. This amount ...
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According to GfK, whose figures were quoted in the Sport+Mode...
According to GfK, whose figures were quoted in the Sport+Mode magazine, the German sporting goods market fell by an estimated 3 percent in the first quarter of 2014, dragged down by declines of 6 percent in both apparel and equipment. Sales of sports shoes increased by 4 percent, thanks especially ...
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Fusalp, the French skiwear company acquired by Philippe and Sophie...
Fusalp, the French skiwear company acquired by Philippe and Sophie Lacoste at the beginning of this year, has appointed a new commercial director, Marc Zetterbeck, to help expand the brand's international sales. He has worked for Hugo Boss, Donna Karan, Calvin Klein and Tommy Hilfiger. Zetterbeck, a French-Swedish executive who ...
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Hanesbrands has signed a deal for the acquisition of DBA...
Hanesbrands has signed a deal for the acquisition of DBA Apparel, a French producer of intimate apparel, underwear and hosiery, forming one of the largest groups in the sector, with an annual turnover of nearly $6 billion. The deal values DBA at €400 million, or 7.5 times annual earnings before ...
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Dorotennis, the French brand of women's activewear, has been placed...
Dorotennis, the French brand of women's activewear, has been placed in liquidation. Founded in 1977, it has gone through several changes of ownership in the last twenty years, each time without any spectacular results. It was bought in 1995 by Fila and then, five years later, by an equity fund, ...
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Exceed Company of China has once again adjourned an extraordinary...
Exceed Company of China has once again adjourned an extraordinary shareholders' meeting to approve a merger that would transfer full ownership to its chairman and chief executive, Shuipan Lin. It is now planned for July 29 in Hong Kong, after obtaining additional financing of US$5 million. A June 26 announcement ...
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Bushnell has agreed to become an official supplier of the...
Bushnell has agreed to become an official supplier of the Hong Kong Golf Association. The company will give a 20 percent discount to HKGA members to purchase its laser rangefinders or rent it to them if they don't have one.
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Jacques Altimani, a highly energetic and well respected executive who...
Jacques Altimani, a highly energetic and well respected executive who led Head-Tyrolia in France for many years, passed away a few days ago, after a long illness. He was 69 years old. After acting as French distributor for Moncler and Ramy's ski bindings, Altimani set up Head's French operation in ...
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Rodenstock is replacing another German eyewear company, Eschenbach, as the...
Rodenstock is replacing another German eyewear company, Eschenbach, as the global licensee of Bogner for sunglasses and corrective optical frames, starting in 2015. The collection will include 25 styles and will be available in stores from the summer of next year. Based as Bogner in Munich, Rodenstock makes both optical ...
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Billabong International has appointed Kadima Lonji to the strategic position...
Billabong International has appointed Kadima Lonji to the strategic position of chief technology officer for its direct-to-consumer operations, charged with developing the group's e-commerce and omni-commerce capabilities. He reports to Jeff Straeder, chief operating officer. Lonji comes from Luxottica, the big international eyewear group, where he acted as global director of ...
