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Jürgen Habermann is going to leave the executive of board...
Jürgen Habermann is going to leave the executive of board of Sport Scheck, the German sporting goods retail chain, by the end of July. He has served on the board in various positions for the past ten years, most recently as director of sales and human resources, and he may ...
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Doug Boessen, former chief financial officer of Collective Brands, has...
Doug Boessen, former chief financial officer of Collective Brands, has joined Garmin as CFO and treasurer, reporting to the company's president and chief executive, Cliff Pemble. Boessen had worked previously at Arthur Andersen. Kevin Rauckmann, who has been Garmin's CFO and treasurer since 1999, will assist Boessen in the transition through ...
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Nordica USA's president, Willy Booker, has left the company to...
Nordica USA's president, Willy Booker, has left the company to become chief executive of Fischer Sports USA. Tecnica Group, the parent of Nordica internationally, has also announced that Reto Rindlisbacher has resigned his position as Nordica's international brand manager, effective Aug. 1. Rindlisbacher's successor will be named later this summer. ...
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Scott Sports reported that thieves broke into the warehouse at...
Scott Sports reported that thieves broke into the warehouse at its headquarters in Givisiez, Switzerland on Sunday, June 1 and stole 200 high-end bikes. It is the latest in a recent spate of burglaries that have affected bike manufacturers and retailers across the globe during the past few months. According ...
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Outlast Technologies, the specialist in temperature regulating phase change materials...
Outlast Technologies, the specialist in temperature regulating phase change materials (PCMs), has introduced Spherix, an innovative PCM filling material which is suited for use in apparel. The new blend from PCM viscose fibers and polyester fiber balls offers dynamic climate regulation and added comfort, for example in jackets. The innovative ...
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China's Peak Sport has opened its first Spanish store in...
China's Peak Sport has opened its first Spanish store in the Argüelles district of Madrid, focusing on basketball, fitness and streetwear. A few months from now, it will start offering its products on an online store for the Spanish market.
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Jan-Thomas Metge, managing director of Intersport Multichannel, the company that...
Jan-Thomas Metge, managing director of Intersport Multichannel, the company that has developed and orchestrated Intersport Germany's strategy for on- and offline retailing, has left the company at his own request. According to his profiles on the Xing and Linkedin websites, he has gone into business for himself with a consultancy ...
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Trere, the Italian company that has the license for the...
Trere, the Italian company that has the license for the X-Bionic and X-Socks lines, will take over their distribution in Germany from March 2015. Its German subsidiary, Tre Vertrieb, has already started taking orders for the spring/summer 2015 season. The two lines have been distributed by Lowa in Germany until ...
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Research conducted by the European Outdoor Group (EOG) indicates that...
Research conducted by the European Outdoor Group (EOG) indicates that outdoor brands in Europe and North America utilize between 1,400 and 1,600 tons of duck and goose down annually, representing less than one percent of the global production of the feathers. Some 90 percent of it comes from China. Marc ...
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CORRECTION: We reported in the last issue on a partnership...
CORRECTION: We reported in the last issue on a partnership between Charlotte Kalla and One Way through the 2018 Winter Olympics in Korea. The endorsement concerns the Finnish company's Nordic ski poles. Fischer remains Kalla's sponsor for cross-country skis.
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Eurobike's Demo Day this year will take place at the...
Eurobike's Demo Day this year will take place at the show grounds in Friedrichshafen where Eurobike 2014 will take place. Previously it ran in Argenbühl, some 50 kilometers from Friedrichshafen. The relocation has resulted in a significant increase in exhibitors for the Demo Day, which is scheduled for Aug. 26, ...
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Kooga has secured a three-year manufacturing deal with the Welsh...
Kooga has secured a three-year manufacturing deal with the Welsh Pro 12 rugby union team of the Scarlets. The Manchester-based rugby apparel company will provide the Welsh team with all its match-day playing kit, as well as training clothing collections and other off-field apparel for its Pro 12, Rugby Champions ...
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Nike Football has rolled out part three of its”Risk Everything”...
Nike Football has rolled out part three of its”Risk Everything” campaign with the release of “The Last Game,” a five-minute animated feature starring the cartoon versions of some of the world's greatest footballers on a mission to save football from the hands of The Scientist, a villainous mastermind, and “The ...
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Martin Kössler, a former export manager of Haglöfs who recently...
Martin Kössler, a former export manager of Haglöfs who recently resigned as secretary general of the Scandinavian Outdoor Group, has become chairman of the board at Bergans of Norway. He replaces Per Nessjøen, who is retiring. Two more new directors continue to sit on the board of the Norwegian marketer ...
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The World Federation of the Sporting Goods Industry (WFSGI) has...
The World Federation of the Sporting Goods Industry (WFSGI) has already lined up some important speakers for the next edition of the WFSGI Manufacturers Forum, which will be held in Leipzig, Germany, on Nov. 13-14. The speakers and panelists will include Herbert Hainer, chief executive of the Adidas Group, Pier ...
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Nike SB opened a football-inspired pop-up skate park inside Nike...
Nike SB opened a football-inspired pop-up skate park inside Nike Phenomenal House on New Oxford Street, in London, on May 28-31. The skate park was just one of a number of football-themed activities taking place at Nike's Phenomenal House as part of the Risk Everything campaign in the run up ...
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STMicroelectronics, a French-Italian semiconductor manufacturer and a top-tier supplier of...
STMicroelectronics, a French-Italian semiconductor manufacturer and a top-tier supplier of technology for the wearable market, will once again be the title sponsor of the Wearable Technologies Innovation World Cup in 2014/2015. The WT Innovation World Cup is the leading worldwide innovation competition in the field of wearable technologies. From June ...
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Xebio's sales rose by 6 percent to 204.8 billion yen (€1,480.53m-$2,013.75m)...
Xebio's sales rose by 6 percent to 204.8 billion yen (€1,480.53m-$2,013.75m) in the financial year ended last March 31, bolstered by 13 percent growth in its golf segment to ¥52.8 billion (€381.72m-$519.17m). Footwear sales were up by 6 percent and outdoor sports by 5 percent. Sales of sports apparel increased by ...
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Descente saw a 19.6 percent increase in revenues to 109.94...
Descente saw a 19.6 percent increase in revenues to 109.94 billion yen (€788.5m - $1,075m) for the financial year ended on March 31. They generated a gross margin of 51.8 percent and an operating margin of 5.7 percent. Net profits went up by 26 percent to ¥4.47 billion (€32.2m - ...
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Billabong is sponsoring a particularly skilled 11-year-old surfer and skateboarder,...
Billabong is sponsoring a particularly skilled 11-year-old surfer and skateboarder, Jay Occhilupo. Based at Coolangatta, on the Australian Goldcoast, he is the son of Mark Occhilupo, alias Occy, a long-time endorser of the Australian brand.