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Erima, the German brand of team sports, tennis and other...
Erima, the German brand of team sports, tennis and other sports apparel, recorded an increase in sales of 18 percent in the first quarter of this year, as compared to the first quarter of 2013. In March, total sales grew by 24 percent as compared to the same month last ...
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Italy's Bressan group, which specializes in the design and development...
Italy's Bressan group, which specializes in the design and development of rather technical outdoor and ski apparel through a company called Prisma 2, has taken over all the assets of Garmont and its personnel, but not its liabilities, through a new company called Garmont International. The company's former owner and ...
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VF Corporation has opened a new distribution center in Kunshan,...
VF Corporation has opened a new distribution center in Kunshan, China, that will handle 30 million units of products annually and employ nearly 400 people. The new 85,000-square-meter facility represented an investment of more than $60 million, representing VF's largest infrastructure investment in China to date. In 2013, VF's total revenues ...
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SportScheck, Germany's largest specialty retail chain of sporting goods, has...
SportScheck, Germany's largest specialty retail chain of sporting goods, has added a new store to its network. It has a selling surface of about 3,000 square meters and is located in Kassel, a city in northern Hesse. The subsidiary of the Otto Group plans more openings after this 18th outlet, ...
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Foot on Mars, the new Spanish chain of franchised sports...
Foot on Mars, the new Spanish chain of franchised sports fashion stores of Twinner Iberia, has opened its own pages on Facebook and Instagram and launched a blog. It is accompanying the opening of the first two stores in Lugo and Santiago de Compostela in the past few weeks and ...
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PrimaLoft has hired Chris Sentementes to lead its Performance Fabric...
PrimaLoft has hired Chris Sentementes to lead its Performance Fabric and Fleece unit as business development manager, effective immediately. Sentementes brings 30 years of experience in the textile and apparel industry. Prior to PrimaLoft, he served as the vice president of global sourcing and new business development for One Source ...
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Kering, the French parent company of Puma and Volcom, has...
Kering, the French parent company of Puma and Volcom, has agreed to help Kelly Slater to develop his own brand. The legendary American surf champion, who is now about 42-years old, has put an end to a 23-year association with Quiksilver, which is focusing on its major brands. Company officials ...
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The parent company of Supra footwear, One Distribution, has relocated...
The parent company of Supra footwear, One Distribution, has relocated its European office from the Basque coast of France to Barcelona, occupying a newly designed, 1,000-square-meter building in the Poblenou area of the city. The company has also signed a contract with Blue Distribution of Italy for the Greek market.
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Wilson has struck a strategic partnership with a Finnish company,...
Wilson has struck a strategic partnership with a Finnish company, Sport1Q, to develop connected sports products using sensors that can deliver data to a smartphone, a tablet or a computer. The first such product will be a smart basketball, scheduled to be released before the holiday season. The brand has ...
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Nordea Funds Oy's stake in Rapala VMC Corporation has risen...
Nordea Funds Oy's stake in Rapala VMC Corporation has risen to 11.07 percent. Meanwhile, Rapala has decided to cancel 468,449 treasury shares, reducing their total number of 465,407, representing 1.2 percent of the equity.
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Messe München plans to disclose the dates and the location...
Messe München plans to disclose the dates and the location of its new summer show in China after the Ispo Academy in Shanghai next June. Meanwhile, Fan Jun, secretary general of the China Commerce Association for General Merchandise, has expressed his support for the new summer show. The World Federation ...
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Flavio Mazzocchi, who left last year as general manager of...
Flavio Mazzocchi, who left last year as general manager of Intersport Italia, started a new challenge a few weeks ago as Italian country manager for Champion Europe, in charge of wholesale and retail operations. It's a new position inside the company, where the two functions were handled by different managers. ...
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The number of Foot Locker stores outside the U.S. rose...
The number of Foot Locker stores outside the U.S. rose last year by 1.8 percent to 732, with those located in Europe rising to 604 from 590. According to the group's 10-K filing with the U.S. Securities Commission, sales per square foot rose in its stores by 3.9 percent to ...
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Martin Kössler has left as general secretary of the Scandianavian...
Martin Kössler has left as general secretary of the Scandianavian Outdoor Group along with Jonas Hellentin, communications manager of the association. Kössler will continue to support the SOG and its president, David Ekelund, through his own consulting firm, HuginBiz, managing the Scandinavian Outdoor Village at various trade shows and organizing ...
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Unofficial sources at Shimano said that the strike at its...
Unofficial sources at Shimano said that the strike at its facility in Kunshan, China was brought to an end on April 10. The strike is expected to have no impact on deliveries, the company said. The Kunshan facility, which produces entry-level bicycle components mainly made for the Chinese market, is ...
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Columbia Sportswear said that by raising over $123,000 in 2013...
Columbia Sportswear said that by raising over $123,000 in 2013 alone, its overall donation from its Tested Tough in Pink Collection exceeded $1 million. Since 2007 the U.S.-based outdoor company, in collaboration with participating retailers, has helped the National Breast Cancer Foundation (NBCF) provide thousands of free mammograms and early ...
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SportScheck's sales declined by 5.1 percent to €319 million in...
SportScheck's sales declined by 5.1 percent to €319 million in the financial year ended last Feb. 28, according to preliminary figures published by its parent company, the Otto Group, which blamed the poor weather conditions in Germany for the drop. The total retail turnover of the German group fell by ...
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Mammut Sports Group raised its sales by 6.2 percent in...
Mammut Sports Group raised its sales by 6.2 percent in 2013 to 246.9 million Swiss francs (€202.8m-$279.3m). A negative impact of 2.2 percentage points from changes in foreign currencies was offset by a positive impact of 1.1 percentage points from the takeover of the distribution of its products in South ...
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Abacus Sportswear has become an official licensee of the 2014...
Abacus Sportswear has become an official licensee of the 2014 Ryder Cup. For the 40th edition of the legendary golf event, which will take place at The Gleneagles Hotel in Perthshire, Scotland on Sept. 23-28, the Swedish brand will produce an exclusive collection consisting of stretch waterproofs, wind jackets, fleeces ...
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Under Armour has appointed Fritz Taylor, a 25-year veteran of...
Under Armour has appointed Fritz Taylor, a 25-year veteran of the sporting goods industry, as vice president in charge of its running footwear segment. He has been most recently vice president and general manager of running at Mizuno. Previously, he spent 15 years with Nike in various roles, including product ...
