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IC Companys has reported a sales increase of 2 percent...
IC Companys has reported a sales increase of 2 percent to 344 million Danish crowns (€46.1m-$63.0m) in its Premium Outdoor segment, which comprises the Peak Performance brand, for the first quarter of its financial year. Sales went up at the wholesale level but the retail channel had a disappointing performance, with ...
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Rossignol has unveiled a new advertizing campaign for its 2013/2014...
Rossignol has unveiled a new advertizing campaign for its 2013/2014 collection that targets women only. The campaign, developed in partnership with a French agency, La Famille, features images of female skiers taken in France's Val Thorens at an altitude of 2,300 meters. Skiers were selected on site by Sacha Golberger, ...
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Lululemon has appointed Tara Posely, 48, as its new chief...
Lululemon has appointed Tara Posely, 48, as its new chief product officer. She will take on her position before the end of this year, leaving her current job of president of apparel at Kmart. She will take the place of Sheree Waterson, who left the company shortly after it was ...
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Accell Group expects to post higher sales for the second...
Accell Group expects to post higher sales for the second half of its financial year in all its product groups and in the major markets. Poor spring weather inflated inventories and led to strong discounting. Pre-season orders for new bikes have declined as retailers have frequently moving them to next ...
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The distribution in Europe of Backcountry Access' snow safety and...
The distribution in Europe of Backcountry Access' snow safety and avalanche protection items will be transferred to K2 Europe following the company's acquisition by Jarden Corp. earlier this year from its founders, Bruce McGowan and Bruce Edgerly. They are both still involved in the management. K2 will also provide support ...
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According to the HUI Research institute, retail sales of sporting...
According to the HUI Research institute, retail sales of sporting goods in Sweden continued to increase in October, rising by 4 percent when compared with the same month last year. They have gone through many waves during 2013, yet the total accumulated sales for the first ten months are still ...
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Opro, a British producer of mouthgards, has acquired the Maru...
Opro, a British producer of mouthgards, has acquired the Maru swimwear brand for an undisclosed sum. As part of the deal, Maggie Upton and Roger Allen, who established Maru 23 years ago, will continue to be involved in the development of Maru's ranges. Both Maru and Opro are based in ...
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Maier Sports, the German sports apparel firm acquired by the...
Maier Sports, the German sports apparel firm acquired by the Findos Investor equity firm in August 2011, reports a strong increase of 29 percent in pre-orders for the coming spring/summer season. Most noticeable, exports to Russia, Austria and Switzerland will increase considerably as compared to the same period of the ...
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Adidas has decided to stop marketing SLVR, its premium fashion...
Adidas has decided to stop marketing SLVR, its premium fashion brand of clothing and footwear, after the current autumn/winter collection. It had been showing the line, introduced at the beginning of 2009, at various fairs. Starting in spring 2014, Adidas will come up with a new approach for sophisticated sportswear ...
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Adidas has announced its participation in Speedfactory, a program initiated...
Adidas has announced its participation in Speedfactory, a program initiated by the German government to find innovative ways of manufacturing products over the next ten to 15 years, for which 120 companies had applied. Adidas will lead one out of 20 consortia operating in different fields, setting the targets for ...
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Adidas could suffer a big blow after the announcement by...
Adidas could suffer a big blow after the announcement by Derrick Rose, one of the brand's superstars, that he would not play for the remainder of the 2013/14 season following surgery to repair a medial meniscus tear in his right knee at the end of November. The Chicago Bulls player ...
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Ploucquet, an affiliate of Sympatex Holding in Germany, will move...
Ploucquet, an affiliate of Sympatex Holding in Germany, will move all activities to its production site in Zittau. In addition to the existing “Tection” division, which covers technical textiles and applications, all the activities of the “Textiles” business area, which also includes fashion textiles, will also be operated in Zittau, ...
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After completing the previously reported sale of its snowboard subsidiary,...
After completing the previously reported sale of its snowboard subsidiary, Mervin Manufacturing, for $58 million, Quiksilver has used a portion of the proceeds to acquire the minority interests in its high-growth operations in Brazil and Mexico. It has also arranged a three-year, €60 million European credit facility with Eurofactor. ...
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Elan Polo, an American footwear trading company that deals with...
Elan Polo, an American footwear trading company that deals with private label and licensed products, filed suit against Adidas the Missouri Eastern District Court in St. Louis on Nov. 18. The company is asking the court to rule that one of its cleated shoes, which has been sold in Walmart ...
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Dunlop Sports Group Americas will distribute Diadora tennis shoes in...
Dunlop Sports Group Americas will distribute Diadora tennis shoes in the U.S., starting next January. They will complement Dunlop's range of tennis equipment and Antigua apparel. Dunlop and Antigua are both controlled by Sports Direct International.
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The latest Mach Consumer study, which analyses trends in the...
The latest Mach Consumer study, which analyses trends in the Swiss sports market every two years, indicates that 10.6 percent of the Swiss population purchased sporting goods online or through a mail order catalog in the last 12 months, up from 7.1 percent in 2005. The study also showed decreases ...
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Miguel Andrade has been appointed as general manager of Puma...
Miguel Andrade has been appointed as general manager of Puma South East Asia, a new regional entity based in Singapore, as the company is ramping up investments in the Asian market. Andrade is a high-profile executive at Puma, where he was previously general manager in France and then in charge ...
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Steve Bracewell has left as managing director of Animal, the...
Steve Bracewell has left as managing director of Animal, the British action sports brand, after only two months in the job, and his successor has not yet been appointed. The British executive had left a few months ago as the top manager at Gelert, a brand of camping equipment that ...
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Annelise Loevlie is the new chief executive of Icelantic, the...
Annelise Loevlie is the new chief executive of Icelantic, the young and creative American brand of skis, taking the place of Ben Anderson. She founded the company in Colorado together with Travis Parr and Anderson, who will concentrate on product development. Loevlie was the chief operating officer of the firm. ...
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Coincidentally, Cannondale Sports Unlimited and Pearl Izumi have both announced...
Coincidentally, Cannondale Sports Unlimited and Pearl Izumi have both announced that they are moving into new global headquarters. Cannondale, which is part of Dorel Industries, has a new head office in Wilton, Connecticut, to support the R&D, engineering and marketing operations of its various brands including Cannondale, Schwinn, GT, Mongoose, ...
