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A total of 5.9 million customers shopped last year for...
A total of 5.9 million customers shopped last year for sporting goods online in Germany, according to Disq, a German service quality institute that ranked the ten major online sports shops in the country. SportScheck.com came out as the best one on its list, followed by Globetrotter.de. Sport-Thieme.de and the ...
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Inov-8, the fast-growing British brand of sports shoes specializing in...
Inov-8, the fast-growing British brand of sports shoes specializing in trail running, has appointed Tim Parkin as head of European sales. He spent the last eight years at Asics. The company, which is celebrating its tenth year in business, previously appointed Rob Maynard as group finance director. He had previously ...
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Puma is stopping its sponsorship of Aaron Hernandez, who plays...
Puma is stopping its sponsorship of Aaron Hernandez, who plays for the New England Patriots team in the U.S., following his arrest on suspicion of first-degree murder and associated weapons charges in the shooting death of Odin Lloyd, a semi-professional American football player. Puma had signed up the 23-year-old NFL ...
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Acting through a subsidiary in Singapore, Shimano is investing about...
Acting through a subsidiary in Singapore, Shimano is investing about $36 million to set up a factory in the Philippines for the local market. It is expected to go into operation at the end of 2014.
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The board of Mizuno Corp. decided last week to acquire...
The board of Mizuno Corp. decided last week to acquire its long-time distributor in Korea, Duckhwas Sports Co. The Japanese company says that it wants to establish a more solid foundation to better serve customers and enhance its competitive edge in the Korean market by directly controlling marketing and sales ...
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Hi-Tec Sports is working on an adaptation for the U.K.,...
Hi-Tec Sports is working on an adaptation for the U.K., Ireland and the rest of Europe of a new online training platform that it has just launched for its retail partners in the U.S. Company officials hope that the European platform will become operational for the autumn/winter 2013/14 season. The ...
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Bernard Tapie, the controversial French businessman who owned Adidas for...
Bernard Tapie, the controversial French businessman who owned Adidas for a while, has been placed under police surveillance while a Paris court is holding hearings on charges of organized fraud in relation to his company's sale of Adidas through a French state bank, Crédit Lyonnais, in the 1990s. Tapie, who ...
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Adidas tops the retail apparel category in Interbrand's annual ranking...
Adidas tops the retail apparel category in Interbrand's annual ranking of the 50 Best Global Green Brands, where the German brand landed 15th overall. In this category the next position was held by Nike, followed by H&M, and then Zara. Adding brands from other sectors, they were ranked 31st, 42nd ...
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Adidas has struck a four-year partnership with the Canadian Olympic...
Adidas has struck a four-year partnership with the Canadian Olympic Team, covering footwear and apparel, taking the place of the Hudson's Bay chain of department stores. The Big a will launch a new high-performance collection for Canadian Olympic Team that will be exclusively carried in the 170 Sport Chek stores ...
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Adidas has extended its sponsorship of the Chelsea football club...
Adidas has extended its sponsorship of the Chelsea football club for the next ten year under a deal that is said to be worth £300 million (€350m-$455m). The Three Stripes have clothed the English team since 2006. The new contract is due to expire in 2023.
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Adriano Zuccala has left Vibram, where he had served as...
Adriano Zuccala has left Vibram, where he had served as general manager and head of operations since 2007, reporting to Marco Bramani. The latter resigned earlier this year as chief executive of the Italian company, after 25 years in the post, and transferred this role to Antonio Dus, formerly with ...
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Sports-Contacts is widening its mediation services for agents and distributors...
Sports-Contacts is widening its mediation services for agents and distributors to Russia. The agency's new partner in the country is Ruslan Ilyin, who has had 12 years of experience in the Russia outdoor industry. He was marketing director of Penta Sport until 2007. He has been acting since as a ...
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American Golf saw a surge in its sales on the...
American Golf saw a surge in its sales on the back of Justin Rose's triumph in the U.S. Open on June 16, the first by any Englishman in the tournament for more than 40 years. In the week following the event, the U.K.-based golf retailer registered a 16.4 percent increase ...
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Andrea Nalesso, a former executive of Geox, Dolomite and Diadora...
Andrea Nalesso, a former executive of Geox, Dolomite and Diadora who acted most recently as commercial director of Dainese, has joined the Salewa Group as general manager of its footwear division, replacing Antonio Dus who is now running Vibram.Michael Levi, who was born in the U.S., is joining the Italian-based ...
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Angela Merkel is scheduled to visit the next session of...
Angela Merkel is scheduled to visit the next session of the Eurobike fair in Friedrichshafen on Aug. 28. The German Chancellor is expected to spend a couple of hours at its official inauguration and to gather information on urban mobility and cycling in general. The annual fair should host more ...
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Gazelle has announced that it will build a new plant...
Gazelle has announced that it will build a new plant at its current location in Dieren, Netherlands, requiring an investment of more than €10 million. The news, reported by Bike Europe, comes after rumors that the Dutch bicycle manufacturer, part of Pon Holdings, would relocate its production facilities. The current ...
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Puma has announced the construction of a new central distribution...
Puma has announced the construction of a new central distribution center for the Nordic region in Sweden, centralizing the current warehouses of Puma, Cobra Puma Golf and Tretorn in the area. Located in Helsingborg, in the industrial estate of Berga, the facility will be an expansion of the local head ...
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Anta has announced plans to open stores in the Middle...
Anta has announced plans to open stores in the Middle East. Working through Regal International, the Chinese sports brand will distribute its products in the region through multi-brand outlets and a flagship store in Al Quoz, Dubai. Regal International is a joint venture between the Shroff family, which owns the ...
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Cushe Footwear, a division of Wolverine World Wide, has announced...
Cushe Footwear, a division of Wolverine World Wide, has announced that it will pair up with Hoffman California Fabrics to create an exclusive collection of surf-style footwear for spring/summer 2014. Since 1924, Hoffman California Fabrics has been creating screen-prints and handmade batik fabrics for beach and surfwear that have helped define ...
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Martin Berendsen, a well-known Dutch industry veteran, is appointed by...
Martin Berendsen, a well-known Dutch industry veteran, is appointed by Hi-Tec Sports as president of its Magnum brand. He ran Reebok's operations in the Netherlands for many years in the 1990s before moving to the U.S. to run the local Dr. Martens business. After various stations, he ran the European ...
