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Bauer Performance Sports is changing its name again to Performance...
Bauer Performance Sports is changing its name again to Performance Sports Group, in connection with a $110 million secondary offering of new shares in the U.S. and Canada, intended to repay some of the money borrowed for its recent $330 million acquisition of Easton's baseball and softball business. For the ...
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Ispo is inviting all exhibitors, visitors and Ispo Card holders...
Ispo is inviting all exhibitors, visitors and Ispo Card holders to post their ideas and comments on how they would like to improve the services offered by the Ispo Card, sharing them with others on the Ispo Open Innovation platform. The most active participants will be rewarded with trips including ...
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We have already reported that Zalando may go public on...
We have already reported that Zalando may go public on the stock exchange. Rocket Internet, one of the major shareholders of Zalando and other fashion websites around the world, has now mandated three investment consultants - Berenberg, JP Morgan Chase and Morgan Stanley - to study the possibility of launching ...
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Antti Jääskeläinen, Amer Sports' chief development officer and senior vice...
Antti Jääskeläinen, Amer Sports' chief development officer and senior vice president for the group's supply chain and global operations, will leave the group and its executive board in mid-August. He has been with the company since 2009, but he has accepted a new position outside Amer Sports.
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Skechers' Performance Division continues to sign up well-know American sportsmen....
Skechers' Performance Division continues to sign up well-know American sportsmen. Matt Kuchar, who has won the PGA Golf Tour seven times, is the newest ambassador for the brand, endorsing its GOgolf line of golf shoes. He will collaborate with the company in the development of a signature line of regular ...
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The Danish Bestseller Group, which owns Jack & Jones and...
The Danish Bestseller Group, which owns Jack & Jones and other fashion brands, has made a new investment in internet retailing by taking over M & M Direct for £140 million (€174.8m-$237.2m). M&M is a major U.K.-based retailer of discounted fashion, footwear and sports products that is projecting sales ...
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Perry Ellis International, which owns Ben Hogan, has announced a...
Perry Ellis International, which owns Ben Hogan, has announced a licensing agreement for a line of men's golf shoes under this brand with ACI International. The line will consist of casual and performance shoes and will be sold in specialty golf stores and other types of outlets from the autumn ...
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Kelme, which is based in Elche, has announced a sponsorship...
Kelme, which is based in Elche, has announced a sponsorship contract with Elche C.F., the Spanish first division football team, for the next three seasons. The team was previously sponsored by Astore. Kelme will also supply the official ball for an association futsal teams in the Murcia region.
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ANWR Group, the biggest German and European cooperative of independent...
ANWR Group, the biggest German and European cooperative of independent shoe retailers, has taken over Tom Holding, the holding company of Schuh & Sport Mücke Group, a Bavarian discount shoe and sporting goods retail chain, and its eleven stores in Bavaria. Schuh and Sport Mücke recorded sales of about €100 ...
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Duca del Cosma, Italian brand of golf apparel and shoes,...
Duca del Cosma, Italian brand of golf apparel and shoes, is launching its first online store at ducadelcomso.com. After ten years of selling its products in 35 different markets, Duca del Cosma decided to start selling online, first in Germany, Austria and the Netherlands. The website will be available in ...
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Johnson Outdoors has appointed Gianluca Bugli as director of sales...
Johnson Outdoors has appointed Gianluca Bugli as director of sales in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) for the company's Diving business. These new responsibilities are in addition to Bugli's continued strategic oversight of European sales and marketing for the company's Marine Electronics business. Bugli has more than 25 ...
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Pentland Brands has appointed Richard Newcombe brand president for Lacoste...
Pentland Brands has appointed Richard Newcombe brand president for Lacoste Footwear. He takes the place of Andy Simister, who left the company last October and is now working for Wolverine Worldwide (see the article in this issue). Newcombe has been in the footwear industry for 27 years. He joined Pentland ...
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Paola Cobos has been appointed as the new secretary general...
Paola Cobos has been appointed as the new secretary general of Afydad, the Spanish sporting goods industry association, taking the place of Gloria Perarnau who is pursuing new projects in France. Cobos has accumulated experience elsewhere in the organization of international fairs, trade missions and similar projects. Her new job ...
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Spanx, the Atlanta-based shape wear specialist, has appointed Jan Singer...
Spanx, the Atlanta-based shape wear specialist, has appointed Jan Singer as its new chief executive. Singer joins from Nike, where he was corporate vice-president of global apparel and corporate vice-president of global footwear. Singer, who is expected to join the company in early July, will report to Sara Blakely, Spanx' ...
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Sportslink, an Australian trade publication quoted by ispo.com, says that...
Sportslink, an Australian trade publication quoted by ispo.com, says that Darlene Beauchamp is leaving as Intersport Australia's group coordinator after more than a decade in office with the buying group, formerly known as The Team Sports Buying Group, indicating that she was the Intersport chief in the country. Intersport International ...
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New Balance and the New Balance Foundation have launched a...
New Balance and the New Balance Foundation have launched a global initiative to encourage children to move in order to improve their sense of well-being and their self-esteem. Called NB SparkStart, it will involve grants and the organization of events including the company's first collective, global volunteer program next September. ...
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The World Customs Organization (WCO), which is based in Brussels,...
The World Customs Organization (WCO), which is based in Brussels, is developing a special database of potentially counterfeit items in collaboration with the European federation of the sporting goods industry (Fesi). Using this database and new tools, customs officials were able to seize about 520,000 fake footballs, shirts, shoes and ...
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Joachim Sjödin, who has been responsible for the Scandinavian market...
Joachim Sjödin, who has been responsible for the Scandinavian market at Peak Performance since 2012, sees his territorial coverage expanded in the new position of European sales director. In addition to the Nordic countries, he will also take care of France, Benelux and the German-speaking countries. Andreas Scheibe, who has ...
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Kering has been recognized as one of the “greenest” company's...
Kering has been recognized as one of the “greenest” company's worldwide by Newsweek Magazine's Green Rankings, coming in fourth position in the overall Global 500 in Newsweek Green Rankings list and as top-ranked in consumer discretionary companies within the Global 500. Kering's inclusion in the 2014 Newsweek Green Rankings is ...
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The board of Exceed, the Chinese sporting goods company, has...
The board of Exceed, the Chinese sporting goods company, has decided to delay once again a merger deal initially proposed last Dec. 2 to allow its chairman, Shuipan Lin, to complete the financing of the transaction. The new deadline is June 20. After the merger, Lin's stake would increase from ...
