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Skullcandy is closing its office in San Clemente, California, and...
Skullcandy is closing its office in San Clemente, California, and offering positions to most of its staff of 30 people at its headquarters in Park City, Utah. The closure has led to the resignation of the company's chief financial officer, Kyle Westcoat. Separately, Sam Paschel, former executive vice president of ...
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Décathlon is changing the name of its discount-oriented Koodza stores...
Décathlon is changing the name of its discount-oriented Koodza stores to Décathlon Simply, according to Sport-Guide.com. The parent company, Oxylane, has sharply reduced the number of Koodza stores in France in the last two years.
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Patagonia has promoted Doug Freeman to the position of chief...
Patagonia has promoted Doug Freeman to the position of chief operating offer, effective immediately, to replace Rose Macario, who now leads Patagonia Works, the new holding company set up by Yvon Chouinard for sustainable development in other sectors. Freeman will report to Casey Sheahan, chief executive of Patagonia. He has served as ...
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Warrior Sports is launching a new line of cleated football...
Warrior Sports is launching a new line of cleated football boots, called Gambler, as a follow-up to its Skreamer line. It will compete with new releases such as Adidas' Nitrocharge and Nike's Hypervenom. The top of the new range is the Gambler Pro, which is equipped with a specially designed ...
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Prince is opening a store in Wimbledon, London, in connection...
Prince is opening a store in Wimbledon, London, in connection with the annual tennis tournament in this historic site. A private VIP and media event will mark the opening this coming weekend in the presence of Nick Bollettieri and some top tennis players sponsored by Prince. The store will carry ...
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Gore-Tex is introducing a new, more contemporary logo, starting with...
Gore-Tex is introducing a new, more contemporary logo, starting with items sold for the autumn/winter 2013-14 season. The new logo enhances the visibility of the brand by featuring anew type of rhombus.
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New Era is opening its second corporate store in Germany...
New Era is opening its second corporate store in Germany and the fifth in Europe in Frankfurt on Aug. 1. Located in MyZeil, a prestigious shopping mall in downtown Frankfurt, it will have a sales surface of 250 square meters and will feature a completely new concept, setting a model ...
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Eilers Sport, which is described by Sport Partner as the...
Eilers Sport, which is described by Sport Partner as the oldest sports distribution company in the Netherlands, is to be taken over by French partners. Eilers is a wholesaler selling specialist team sports and other products to retailers, from brands like Mikasa, Easton, Toalson, Porter, Ihsan and Trial, among others. ...
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Dorel Industries has warned investors that earnings will be weaker...
Dorel Industries has warned investors that earnings will be weaker than expected for its recreational leisure segment for the second quarter due to bad weather across the U.S., Canada and Europe, which led to lower than anticipated sales volumes, particularly in the specialized bike dealer channel. The segment comprises the ...
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Polartec has overhauled its sales and marketing operations in Europe....
Polartec has overhauled its sales and marketing operations in Europe. Juan Carlos Gonzalez, former sales director for Europe, has been promoted to the position of managing director of international sales. His position in Marseille is taken over by Eric Young, who has been the European marketing manager for the past ...
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The European operations of Icebreaker, led by Maximilian Hofbauer as...
The European operations of Icebreaker, led by Maximilian Hofbauer as general manager, have appointed Sven Baxmann country manager for Germany. The 35-year-old worked previously for other companies including IKO-Corratec, a German bicycle retailer and marketer of the Corratec brand of bikes, as well as for Triumph International, the huge group ...
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Mountain Force, the Swiss marketer of snow sports and other...
Mountain Force, the Swiss marketer of snow sports and other apparel, has hired Mike Stöhr as a new international sales director. The 44-year-old is a veteran of Peak Performance where he served as country manager for Germany and Austria recently. Stöhr's appointment comes along with a split of responsibilities in ...
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XXL Sport og Villmark, the large Norwegian sporting goods retailer,...
XXL Sport og Villmark, the large Norwegian sporting goods retailer, continues to focus investments on the Swedish market. This spring, the tenth Swedish XXL store opened in the city of Jönköping, but the expansion will not stop there. By the autumn of 2013, three more stores are set to open ...
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A Norwegian voluntary group of sporting goods stores, Stadion, has...
A Norwegian voluntary group of sporting goods stores, Stadion, has reported revenues of 97.312 million Norwegian kroner (€12.7m-$16.8m) for 2012, a slight increase from 2011, and operating profit of NOK 3,644,528 (€0.47m-$0.63m) against NOK 4,447,624 in 2011. Currently, the Stadion chain has 73 affiliated retailers, which is slightly less than ...
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Björn Borg registered sales of 131.4 million Swedish kronor (€15.3m-$19.9m)...
Björn Borg registered sales of 131.4 million Swedish kronor (€15.3m-$19.9m) for the first quarter ended March 31, representing a 6 percent decline from a year earlier. Excluding currency effects, sales slipped by 4 percent. The decline was partly due to a smaller volume of spring and summer underwear being delivered ...
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In the first quarter of 2013, Vulcabras of Brazil suffered...
In the first quarter of 2013, Vulcabras of Brazil suffered a further decline in net sales to R$286.6 million (€107.8m-$139.0m) in the first quarter of this year, down from R$378.7 million in the same period a year ago. The gross margin declined to 20.7 percent from 25.4 percent for the ...
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Intersport International continues its association with Fifa for the 2014...
Intersport International continues its association with Fifa for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil. It will again act as the Official Event Shop during the tournament, setting up dedicated 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil retail corners in more than 550 stores operated by affiliated retailers in over 20 countries before ...
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Sequential Brands recorded a loss of $21.5 million for the...
Sequential Brands recorded a loss of $21.5 million for the first quarter ended March 31, largely due to one-off charges related to its acquisitions of Heelys, Ellen Tracy and Caribbean Joe, which compares to a $400,000 loss in the same period last year. Excluding costs related to the acquisitions and ...
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Goldwin's sales increased by 8 percent to 52,510 million yen...
Goldwin's sales increased by 8 percent to 52,510 million yen (€398.5m-$517.3m) in the financial year ended last March 31, but the company's net income dropped by 5 percent to ¥3,168 million (€24.0m-$31.2m). Goldwin is projecting small increases in sales and profits for the current financial year to ¥53 billion (€402.2m-$522.1m) and ...
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Puma has appointed Andy Koehler, 56, as its new chief...
Puma has appointed Andy Koehler, 56, as its new chief operating officer, effective June 1. Based at its head office in Herzogenaurach, he will be in charge of such operations as supply chain management, logistics and IT. He will thus take over the functions of the former COO, Klaus Bauer, ...
