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A Hungarian inventor, Lászlo Orosz, has won a lengthy judicial...
A Hungarian inventor, Lászlo Orosz, has won a lengthy judicial fight in the Hungarian courts against Adidas in which he claimed that the company infringed his patents through the release of its Predator Precision football boot in 2002 and the Predator Mania a little later. Orosz said that he had ...
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Johnny Austad plans to leave as chief executive Sport 1...
Johnny Austad plans to leave as chief executive Sport 1 Gruppen, one of Norway's major voluntary chains of sporting goods retailers, at the end of this year, after finding his successor. The 60-year-old manager has led the group, to which 195 stores are affiliated, since its acquisition by Gjelsten Holding ...
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Fischer expects its sales to increase to €180 million in the...
Fischer expects its sales to increase to €180 million in the 2013-14 business year, ending on Feb. 28, from €173 million in the previous financial year. Sales in Germany, which account for 9 percent of total sales, were stable in 2013-14, due to an increasing amount of pre-orders and almost no ...
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Karstadt suffered a 2.3 percent decline in its sales during...
Karstadt suffered a 2.3 percent decline in its sales during the three months ended last Dec. 31, but the fashion and sports segments improved their sales. In particular, footwear went up by 6.6 percent and children's fashion by 13.6 percent. A major recovery is expected this year.
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Golfbuddy unveiled two new products at the 2014 PGA Merchandise...
Golfbuddy unveiled two new products at the 2014 PGA Merchandise Show in Orlando, Florida. The developer of distance measuring devices (DMDs) for golfers presented the BB4 Band, the world's first golf GPS wristband, and the PT4 Handheld, a superfast 4'' touchscreen handheld device. Both products are due to be launched ...
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Athleticum suffered a 3.3 percent decline in its sales to...
Athleticum suffered a 3.3 percent decline in its sales to 190 million Swiss francs (€155.2m-$210.9m) in 2013, according to the Manor Group, the parent company of this Swiss chain of 24 sporting goods stores. The group's total sales remained relatively stable at around CHF2.8 billion (€2,286.5m-$3,108.0m). Manor also sells sports products ...
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Schöffel has assigned Patrick Schmollinger, 40, for the newly created...
Schöffel has assigned Patrick Schmollinger, 40, for the newly created position of sales manager for the company's core market, Germany. Before joining Schöffel, Schmollinger worked as strategic account manager buying groups at Puma Germany. Born in Germany but rooted in Austria, Schmollinger, former professional breaststroke swimmer, represented Austria at the ...
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Supported by Italian authorities, Assosport made a presentation to 40...
Supported by Italian authorities, Assosport made a presentation to 40 journalists tracing the history of Italy's production of winter sports equipment for the last 90 years at the Sochi Olympic Games on Saturday. Members of the Italian industry association including Briko, Nordica and Dainese presented vintage and new products including ...
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Jack Wolfskin admits that its sales fell by 7.9 percent...
Jack Wolfskin admits that its sales fell by 7.9 percent to €324 million in the past year. The company is blaming mainly the difficult market situation in Germany and Austria. The brand performed well in foreign markets in contrast, rising by 45 percent in the U.K., by 13.7 percent in ...
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Inov-8 has signed sponsorship deals with two high-ranking athletes who...
Inov-8 has signed sponsorship deals with two high-ranking athletes who competed in the CrossFit Games last year. They are Anna Tunnicliffe, a former Olympic sailing champion, and Dan Bailey, a former track & field champion.
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Adrien Kiehn is leaving Manor Group, where he has been...
Adrien Kiehn is leaving Manor Group, where he has been acting for half a year as chief merchandise officer for nonfoods, responsible for fashion, sports, beauty and jewelry products. According to Textilwirtschaft, differences on future development strategies were at the root of the separation.
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After hiring Stefanie Gruber as international sales manager in November,...
After hiring Stefanie Gruber as international sales manager in November, Sportalm has been expanding its store franchising concept. Entering the U.S. market, the Austrian sports apparel brand opened its first franchised single-brand store in Aspen, Colorado at the end 2013. Sportalm will continue its expansion in Eastern Europe in 2014, ...
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After introducing its selective distribution concept in Germany last year,...
After introducing its selective distribution concept in Germany last year, Mammut separated from about 200-300 retailers in the course of 2013, representing about 20-25 percent of its sales. The selective distribution concept will now also be implemented in Switzerland and Austria, followed by the rest of the world, in the ...
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Rolf Schmid is again the president of the European Outdoor...
Rolf Schmid is again the president of the European Outdoor Group, which has decided to expand the membership to retailers. Schmid, the president of the Mammut Sports Group, was one of the founders of the EOG 11 years ago, and he served as its president for the first six years. ...
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Armada, the American ski company, has hired Alexander Kornprobst for...
Armada, the American ski company, has hired Alexander Kornprobst for the new position of European sales director. He worked previously for Under Armour and then for Schöffel, most recently as the latter's export manager.
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Amer Sports reports that one of its shareholders, Varma Mutual...
Amer Sports reports that one of its shareholders, Varma Mutual Pension Insurance Company, has reduced its stake in the company to 3.02 percent. Amer also says that the number of treasury shares has increased to 983,587 as 1,000 shares that had been granted to employees as share-based incentives have been ...
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Shock Doctor Sports, the American supplier of protection products for...
Shock Doctor Sports, the American supplier of protection products for sports, has hired a footwear and outdoor industry veteran, Bill Kendall, for the newly created position of vice president of sales for insoles, specialty and outdoor. Kendall officially started working on Feb. 3. He is responsible for the development of ...
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Ping has announced that Bubba Watson, the American pro golfer,...
Ping has announced that Bubba Watson, the American pro golfer, has worn a new Ping Sensor Cool glove and in exchange, the company will make an annual donation to the Bubba Watson Foundation. While the exact terms of the agreement were not disclosed, the total amount of the donation will ...
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Jack & Jones Tech has signed an exclusive contract with...
Jack & Jones Tech has signed an exclusive contract with Asos for the U.K. and Ireland and is currently in dialogue with the three most important retail chains in Scandinavia. The Jack & Jones Tech line is currently sold in about 800 Jack & Jones mono-brand stores in Europe, but ...
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Eva Schneider and Annette Kemmler form the new management of...
Eva Schneider and Annette Kemmler form the new management of Schneider Sportswear from January. They are both daughters of the company's founder, Hans Schneider, and started working in the executive board of the company in 1999. Previously they shared the management of the company with their father and their brother, ...
