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Peter Folkesson has left his position as managing director of...
Peter Folkesson has left his position as managing director of Batavus-Vartex, the Swedish distributor of bicycles, motorbike accessories, and sporting goods equipment. His successor will be Mats Douhan who has worked for Batavus-Vartex for the past seven years, most recently as key accounts manager.
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Primaloft has taken over the distribution of its products...
Primaloft has taken over the distribution of its products in the U.K. and Scandinavia from Concept III, a British textile marketing company that had been working with the American insulation specialist for ten years. Chris Humphris, who was taking care of Primaloft at Concept III, is now a full-time employee ...
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JO Sports is Giro's new Swedish distributor for snow products....
JO Sports is Giro's new Swedish distributor for snow products. Giro Snow has had a tumultuous history of distributorships in Sweden. Roughly a year ago, Easton Bell Sports Nordic took over the distribution of Giro Snow from Inter Plaza Sports. With Giro Snow, JO Sports now has more alpine skiing ...
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Joma Sport has entered the market in Singapore through its...
Joma Sport has entered the market in Singapore through its ten-year-old Malaysian distributor, Ever Well Sports. The Spanish brand will sponsor the local Warriors Football Club in Singapore, which was previously outfitted by a Japanese brand, Svolme.
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The Federation of the European Sporting Goods Industry (Fesi) and...
The Federation of the European Sporting Goods Industry (Fesi) and Uefa, Europe's governing body for football, have agreed to strengthen their cooperation, which dates back 13 years. They have announced that they will work more closely on technical regulations, cooperate in fighting counterfeiting around sports competitions such as Euro 2016, ...
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Ispo has relaunched its website. One key new feature is...
Ispo has relaunched its website. One key new feature is a responsive web design that allows the page display to adopt itself to the type of terminal – be it a regular computer, a tablet or a smartphone. The Ispo Hub provides immediate access to all the homepages of Ispo ...
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Fila Korea has reported an increase in operating income to...
Fila Korea has reported an increase in operating income to 22,858,323,146 Korean won (€15.9m-$21.8m) for the three months ended on Sept. 30, up from KRW16,057,186,715 for the same period a year ago. Revenues rose by 24 percent to KRW179,348,055,053 (€124.5m-$170.8m). However, the company had a net loss of KRW8,345,774,036 ...
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Foot Locker has reported a mid-single-digit sales increase in its...
Foot Locker has reported a mid-single-digit sales increase in its European stores and at Runners Point, the recently acquired German retail chain, during its third quarter, ended Nov. 2. Sales of basketball shoes were particularly strong in Europe. The German market performed well, while Italy and Spain were weak. Overall, ...
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XXL, the Norwegian sporting goods retail giant, has opened its...
XXL, the Norwegian sporting goods retail giant, has opened its 13th store in Sweden, this time in the town of Karlstad. The new store is 4,000 square meters and is the chain's fourth new store to open in Sweden this year. The number of its stores in the country is ...
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Intersport is going to be the main sponsor of the...
Intersport is going to be the main sponsor of the 2013/14 edition of the Vierschanzentouren, a very popular ski jumping competition held at four resorts in Germany and Austria around the New Year. This year's event will start in the German village of Obersdorf on Dec. 28. Now that the ...
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Seger, the Swedish producer of socks and headwear owned by...
Seger, the Swedish producer of socks and headwear owned by the New Wave Group, is bringing the national distribution of its sports socks in-house, forming a dedicated sales network for the line. The distribution was previously handled by a separate division of the group, New Wave Sports, which owns Craft ...
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A Norwegian online retailer and wholesaler, VPG Holding, has purchased...
A Norwegian online retailer and wholesaler, VPG Holding, has purchased a 10 percent stake in 4frnt, an American ski manufacturer based in Salt Lake City. The investment makes VPG, which distributes its products in Norway, the second largest shareholder in the company behind its founder, Matt Sterbenz. One of the ...
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Norrøna has invested strongly in its newly updated web platform....
Norrøna has invested strongly in its newly updated web platform. The company's new website is suited for all digital platforms, which means an optimized user experience - on the desktop computer, tablet and mobile phone. The new solution is based on new technology and represents a future-oriented digital platform for ...
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Ispo is going to dedicate the entire Hall C1 to...
Ispo is going to dedicate the entire Hall C1 to health and fitness at its next Jan. 26-29 session. Besides suppliers of fitness equipment and related products, the hall will accommodate companies involved in indoor cycling, running, functional training, nutrition and the prevention of diseases. A wide range of seminars ...
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Amer also reports that a total of 19,109 shares granted...
Amer also reports that a total of 19,109 shares granted as share-based incentives were returned to Amer Sports on Nov. 7 in accordance with the terms of an incentive plan as the employment of their holders came to an end. Amer holds now a total of 982,587 shares of its ...
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Under Armour is paying $150 million for the takeover of...
Under Armour is paying $150 million for the takeover of MapMyFitness, a company in its hometown of Baltimore whose digital fitness platform has more than 20 million users. It allows them to track and share their progress in running and other fitness activities through the social media. Under Armour, which ...
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Dare 2b, the British mountain sports brand, reports on a...
Dare 2b, the British mountain sports brand, reports on a new partnership with Moore Large, which claims to be the U.K.'s largest distributor of bicycles, parts and accessories. It will distribute Dare 2b's new range of cycling apparel to bike dealers in the U.K. and Ireland from next February, complementing ...
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In 2012, bicycle sales in Europe dropped around 6.5 percent...
In 2012, bicycle sales in Europe dropped around 6.5 percent compared with 2011 to 18.6 million units, but bicycle sales outnumbered car sales in volume in nearly all European countries, Bike Europe noted in a recent report. Even the Germans, for instance, surprisingly bought 3,083,000 cars, but 3,970,000 bicycles. Demand ...
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A new round of financing has provided the German-based 21sportsgroup...
A new round of financing has provided the German-based 21sportsgroup with sufficient working capital to finance its purchases until 2016, according to a press release by the company, which says that this is also going to improve profitability because of the discounts generally granted by suppliers on pre-orders. Further details ...
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Nautilus reported a 22 percent rise in total sales to...
Nautilus reported a 22 percent rise in total sales to $46.3 million for the third quarter ended Sept. 30, driven by an increase of 70 percent to $19.4 million in its Retail segment following the introduction of new cardio products such as Schwinn recumbent and upright bikes and elliptical machines. ...
