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Gina R. Boswell, executive vice president of Unilever in charge...
Gina R. Boswell, executive vice president of Unilever in charge of personal care products, is joining the board of directors of Wolverine Worldwide. Blake W. Krueger, Wolverine's chairman and chief executive, says that she has an impressive track record of building global brands, executing business strategy, and growing market share ...
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Skechers has signed up Danielle Bradbery as the new face...
Skechers has signed up Danielle Bradbery as the new face for its global marketing and social media campaigns through 2015. The 17-year-old singer and breakout star is the recent winner of season 4 of NBC's The Voice, the youngest winner in the history of the popular television show. Bradbery will ...
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Loubsol has obtained a formal certificate proving that its goggles...
Loubsol has obtained a formal certificate proving that its goggles are entirely manufactured in France. The French company, which was taken over by the Batteur group at the beginning of 2013, claims to be the only producer of snow goggles that has this kind of label, which seems to be ...
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Jones Snowboards, the company founded by Jeremy Jones and run...
Jones Snowboards, the company founded by Jeremy Jones and run by Xavier Nidecker, has announced an increase in its warranty on its splitboards from three to five years, starting with the autumn/winter 2014/15 model year. The company has been producing solid snowboards for back-country terrain for four years. They are ...
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An Indian court judge will reportedly conduct a hearing next...
An Indian court judge will reportedly conduct a hearing next March 27 on defamation charges levied by the Adidas Group against Subhinder Singh Prem, the former managing director of Reebok India whose contract was terminated in March 2012 because of his alleged involvement in fraudulent activities. Adidas' complaint alleges that ...
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Ecco Golf has signed a sponsorship contract with Ernie Els,...
Ecco Golf has signed a sponsorship contract with Ernie Els, a 44-year-old South African player who has won 70 professional titles around the world, most recently at the 2013 BMW International Open in Munich, Germany, last June. He will wear the company's logo on headwear and compete in its hybrid ...
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Warrior Sports has signed a four-year deal with the Shamrock...
Warrior Sports has signed a four-year deal with the Shamrock Rovers FC, which has had 17 victories in the Premier Division of the League of Ireland. The Irish football club had been sponsored by Umbro for many years.
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Speedo has signed up Sport Depot as its new distributor...
Speedo has signed up Sport Depot as its new distributor in Bulgaria and Romania, starting next month. Sport Depot is a major sporting goods retailer based in Bulgaria. It is affiliated with Sport 2000 International and represents many other international brands in its domestic market and in other neighboring countries.
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Neil Pryde, manging director of Pryde Group, will retire on...
Neil Pryde, manging director of Pryde Group, will retire on Dec. 31 and become chairman. Patrick Pender will replace him as managing director of the Hong Kong-based group, while the chief financial officer, Peter Lui, will switch to the role of chief operating officer.
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Pierangelo Zanetta will step down as managing director of Shimano...
Pierangelo Zanetta will step down as managing director of Shimano Europe Fishing Holding on Jan. 1, after over ten years in the job. His position at the head of Shimano's European fishing tackle operations will be taken over by the current international sales director of the same company, Cor Ax, ...
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Silver Lake Partners and William Morris Endeavor Entertainment have taken...
Silver Lake Partners and William Morris Endeavor Entertainment have taken over a controlling share in IMG Worldwide Holdings from Forstmann Little & Co. The deal is said value IMG at around $2.3 billion. Since Forstmann's takeover in 2004, IMG has been expanding its international reach. It now employs 3,500 people ...
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Reed Exhibitions, which organizes the international Fibo fair of fitness...
Reed Exhibitions, which organizes the international Fibo fair of fitness products, and the European Health & Fitness Association (EHFA) are going to hold the first European Health & Fitness Forum on April 2, 2014 in Cologne, the day before the trade show. It's going to be a summit meeting of ...
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Skiset, the French-based online ski rental service, has launched Skiset...
Skiset, the French-based online ski rental service, has launched Skiset Holidays, an international reservation service in French and English for ski holidays, hotels and other lodgings at ski resorts. It is limited for the moment to France, Switzerland and Andorra, but the website indicates its possible extension to Italy, Spain ...
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Pádel, the typically Spanish racquet sport, will have its space...
Pádel, the typically Spanish racquet sport, will have its space at Ispo Munich. It will also have a first dedicated fair in Spain. It will be held on Ifema's fairgrounds in Madrid next March 20-23, coinciding with the well-established Madrigolf show.
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Joan Solà will start next month in the new position...
Joan Solà will start next month in the new position of global sports marketing manager for Salomon and Suunto, based at Salomon's head office in Annecy, France. He will coordinate the work of officials responsible for sports marketing officials in various countries who are responsible for different categories such as ...
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René Benko, the Austrian entrepreneur who took a 75.1 percent...
René Benko, the Austrian entrepreneur who took a 75.1 percent stake in the 28 sporting stores of Karstadt and its three premium department stores in September, is about to transfer half of the shares to Beny Steinmetz, a rich Israeli trader in diamonds and real estate, according to Manager Magazin. ...
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Dutch sporting goods retailers suffered a sales decline of 2.1...
Dutch sporting goods retailers suffered a sales decline of 2.1 percent in the third quarter as compared to the same period of 2012, according to the retail panel conducted by INRetail. The number of transactions went up by 5.5 percent, but with a 3.6 percent drop in the average amount ...
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Lululemon Athletica has opened a 120-square-meter showroom in Frankfurt, on...
Lululemon Athletica has opened a 120-square-meter showroom in Frankfurt, on the city's Querstrasse. It works with a local crossfit studio and follows openings in the last few weeks on Munich's Holzstrasse and in the Charlottenburg area of Berlin. Lululemon has also opened four showrooms in London and one in Amsterdam. ...
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Sympatex Holding has completed the sale of bonds worth €13...
Sympatex Holding has completed the sale of bonds worth €13 million, with a coupon of 8 percent and maturing in five years' time. They are trading on the Open Market of the Deutsche Börse. The management says that 30 percent of the proceeds will be invested in product development and ...
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Sportair is launching Bikexpo, a new B2B bike fair for...
Sportair is launching Bikexpo, a new B2B bike fair for the French market, that will be held for the first time on Sept. 9-10, 2014 in Lyon at the same time and the same venue as Sport-Achat, its well-established generic sports trade show. The organizers point out that many distributors ...
