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The British Halfords Group reported a 6.4 percent increase to...
The British Halfords Group reported a 6.4 percent increase to £44.6 million (€53.3m-$71.8m) in earnings before taxes and non-recurring items for the first half ended last Sept. 27. Total revenues went up by 7.7 percent to £490.6 million (€586.1m-$789.8m), with revenues from cycling up by 14.2 percent on a comparable basis. ...
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Callaway Golf has redeemed all its 7.5 percent Series B...
Callaway Golf has redeemed all its 7.5 percent Series B convertible preferred shares. Of those, 183,496 were converted into 2,602,770 ordinary shares and the 300 others were redeemed for $30,356.25.
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Adidas has unveiled its new, limited-edition adizero f50 boot designed...
Adidas has unveiled its new, limited-edition adizero f50 boot designed by Yohji Yamamoto, the award-winning Japanese fashion designer. The German brand will sell just 2,000 pairs of the new f50s boot globally. The Yamamoto f50 uses the same technology as the current adizero f50 range, offering lightness and precision. The ...
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At 563 million Swedish kronor (€62m-$84m), sales in the Sports...
At 563 million Swedish kronor (€62m-$84m), sales in the Sports & Leisure segment were virtually unchanged in the third quarter for New Wave Group, parent company of Craft, Cutter & Buck and other brands, but their operating results before amortization (Ebitda) were SEK6.4 million better than a year ago at ...
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Amer Sports has issued a bond worth 750 million Swedish...
Amer Sports has issued a bond worth 750 million Swedish kronor (€85.4m-$115.4m) to institutional investors, with a floating rate and a loan period of five years. It will use the bond for the repayment of loans and general corporate purposes. Nordea Markets acted as the sole book-runner for the bond, which ...
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JD Sports Fashion, which already operates 81 Blacks and 76...
JD Sports Fashion, which already operates 81 Blacks and 76 Millets outdoor stores in the U.K., is acquiring a controlling stake in Tiso Group, the largest outdoor retailer in Scotland, from the Tiso family, which will continue to be involved with a minority stake. Chris Tiso will remain as chief ...
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Black Diamond Inc. has promoted Aaron Kuehne to the position...
Black Diamond Inc. has promoted Aaron Kuehne to the position of chief financial officer, after an extensive external search for a possible alternative candidate for the post. He had already served as interim CFO and principal accounting officer since last March 15 following the departure of Robert Peay after 16 ...
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Abacus Sportswear, the official apparel partner of the Asian Tour,...
Abacus Sportswear, the official apparel partner of the Asian Tour, has appointed Affinity Golf as a new distributor in the Asia-Pacific region. The new agreement with the Australian distributor covers, in particular, Australia, New Zealand and Fiji. Affinity Golf distributes brands such as Calvin Klein Golf, Dwyers & Co. and ...
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Poc Sweden, the helmet specialist acquired by Black Diamond last...
Poc Sweden, the helmet specialist acquired by Black Diamond last year, is investing more in its eyewear line, which was first presented at the Mido eyewear show in Milan last year. It has hired a new global marketing director for its eyewear business unit, Jonas Söderqvist, replacing Sarah Laurell in ...
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Peter Wahle, who acted as chief executive of Sport Eybl...
Peter Wahle, who acted as chief executive of Sport Eybl & Sports Experts from 2007 to 2012, died a few days ago of a heart attack. He was 53 years old. Wahle ran Austria's biggest sporting goods retailer after occupying executive positions at two major mail order catalog houses, Quelle ...
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Intersport Sweden has adapted its loyalty program for mobile devices...
Intersport Sweden has adapted its loyalty program for mobile devices through an agreement with Flatwallet. Members of the Intersport Club can now download the Flatwallet app to validate their membership through their smartphones. Users will not have to carry around all their membership cards as they can get the benefits ...
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Adidas has defended itself against claims by Greenpeace International that...
Adidas has defended itself against claims by Greenpeace International that it has failed to fulfill commitments to reduce releases of toxic chemicals from its facilities. In its newly-launched Detox Catwalk initiative, Greenpeace included sportswear companies like Adidas, Nike and Li Ning in a list of “greenwashers.” The Detox campaign wants ...
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Vaude is going to launch a new advertising spot in...
Vaude is going to launch a new advertising spot in 70 cinemas in Germany, Austria and Switzerland during the month of November. The 30-second spot covers all of Vaude's product segments: mountain sports, bike sports and backpacks. The longer version of the spot, 4 minutes long, will be presented online. ...
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After expanding its unique click-and-mortar retail operation (see our previous...
After expanding its unique click-and-mortar retail operation (see our previous issue), Rossignol will open a 30-square-meter store in French ski resort of Chamonix for its apparel line at the end of this month, with a lease for two years. Similar stores are opening through franchisees in Austria, at Kirchberg and ...
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After shaky sales in August, the turnover of Swedish sporting...
After shaky sales in August, the turnover of Swedish sporting goods retailers bounced back in September, rising by 2.2 percent against the same month last year. The cumulative sales for the first nine months of 2013 still show a drop of 0.2 percent as compared to the same period of ...
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B. Robinson has hired Alex Webb, a former official of...
B. Robinson has hired Alex Webb, a former official of Revo, to fill the new position of vice president of U.S. sales for the specialty outdoor, sporting goods and sunglass retailer channels. B. Robinson recent licensed the Revo brand of sunglasses from Sequential Brands, which bought it from Luxottica. Webb ...
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All the national winter sports federations have joined the International...
All the national winter sports federations have joined the International Ski Federation (FIS) in opposing plans to stage the 2022 Fifa World Cup in January or February because it could draw viewers away from the 2022 Winter Olympic Games. The venue of the 2022 Olympics has yet to be selected. ...
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Andy Ronnie, a former manager of Ellesse and Diadora in...
Andy Ronnie, a former manager of Ellesse and Diadora in the U.K., has been appointed managing director of Kooga Rugby, the rugby apparel company owned by JD Sports Fashion. He will continue as managing director of UK Source Lab, which specializes in the development of licensed football apparel. Meanwhile, Kooga ...
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Sports Marketing Surveys has announced the appointment of Michael Stone...
Sports Marketing Surveys has announced the appointment of Michael Stone to the newly created position of head of research. John Bushnell, managing director of the U.K.-based market research company, said that his addition to SMS' team will ensure that clients will get more sophisticated qualitative research and analysis to complement ...
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Volcom has appointed Kevin Meehan to the new position of...
Volcom has appointed Kevin Meehan to the new position of president of North America, completing a lineup of managers dedicated to specific regions or countries, including Europe, Australia, Japan and Hong Kong. The North American market was previously handled by Jason Steris who will now concentrate on his main responsibility ...
