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Mountain Warehouse, the British specialist retailer, has been identified as...
Mountain Warehouse, the British specialist retailer, has been identified as the company that has been holding talks to purchase some of the assets of Euromark, the large-scale Polish outdoor distribution and retail group that went bankrupt a few weeks ago. Euromark filed for bankruptcy late last year and a district ...
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Sir David Jones, has been charged by the Serious Fraud...
Sir David Jones, has been charged by the Serious Fraud Office in the U.K. of two offenses while he served as executive chairman of the former JJB Sports between January 2009 and January 2010. He is accused of forgery and of making misleading statements to the market. His son Stuart ...
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Swallow Ski, a Japanese ski manufacturer that has been exhibiting...
Swallow Ski, a Japanese ski manufacturer that has been exhibiting at Ispo in Munich since 1977, was celebrating its 60th anniversary at this year's show. The company's chief executive, Satoshi Maruyama, has been going to Munich every year since then, always staying at the same hotel. In 1977, there was a Japanese ...
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Just before the Ispo show, Marker filed a complaint with a German...
Just before the Ispo show, Marker filed a complaint with a German court against Salomon and Tyrolia for alleged infringement of a utility patent granted last October and for unfair competition. However, an official connected with the case said that Marker was not planning to ask for a preliminary injunction to ban ...
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Meindl, the German manufacturer of outdoor boots, has decided to...
Meindl, the German manufacturer of outdoor boots, has decided to pull out of the cross-country shoe business. An executive of the company told this publication that sales of the line were small compared with hiking and mountaineering footwear. The cross-country collection would have needed a complete relaunch with a major ...
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Dahu, a new brand of luxury ski boots from Switzerland, exhibited...
Dahu, a new brand of luxury ski boots from Switzerland, exhibited for the first time at Ispo Munich this year. The boots are lighter than normal ski boots, and they are so comfortable that you can also wear them to drive a car, according to company officials. Nicolas Frey, the founder, ...
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Profile Design, the Californian specialty brand for triathlon equipment such...
Profile Design, the Californian specialty brand for triathlon equipment such as wetsuits, bike parts and tires, has entered the markets of Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg through a distributor. The Action Sports company is based in Welkenraedt, Belgium, and is run by Andreas Tubes and Dany Vogts. Action Sports carries ...
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Warrior has signed Vincent Kompany, the captain of Manchester City...
Warrior has signed Vincent Kompany, the captain of Manchester City and the Belgian national football team, to a long-term endorsement deal. Kompany, previously with Nike, has been playing with Manchester City since 2008, when he arrived after spending two years with Hamburg SV in the Bundesliga, and he is the ...
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Grifone, the Spanish sports outerwear company, has reported a change...
Grifone, the Spanish sports outerwear company, has reported a change of ownership and management intended to foster its international development, with a focus on Asia, the U.S., and central and northern Europe. Sandro Rosell, president of FC Barcelona, along with Eugenio Padrés and Pepe Navarro, are now co-owners with Ramón Cierco, ...
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Cober, an Italian manufacturer of ski, trekking and nordic walking...
Cober, an Italian manufacturer of ski, trekking and nordic walking poles, has appointed Vinicio Rossi to the new position of commercial director, responsible for domestic and foreign markets. For Cober, which has been working on an OEM basis for big companies such as Décathlon, Head and Elan, the move signals ...
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Colmar has a new distributor in France. The products of...
Colmar has a new distributor in France. The products of the Italian brand, including its skiwear, streetwear, golfwear and beachwear, will now be distributed by Sunset Sport, which is already the distributor for France of such brands as Elan, Uvex, Swix and Montana. Sunset Sport is to replace the Shiele ...
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Sport Partner reports that TCK Sports Group, a Dutch company...
Sport Partner reports that TCK Sports Group, a Dutch company that distributes a flurry of sports and outdoor brands, from Lowa to Deuter, Tecnica, Arena and many more, is taking over all the employees and the brands distributed by the Belgian firm Amigo Sport. This business encompasses the distribution of ...
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The consumption of sporting goods in France was up by...
The consumption of sporting goods in France was up by 3.2 percent for the year 2012, according to data from the Bank of France that have been analyzed by sport-guide.com. Eight months of the year recorded a positive trend, based on the figures in the companies' VAT statements. The trend ...
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Dale of Norway, the Scandinavian specialty manufacturer of knitwear, is...
Dale of Norway, the Scandinavian specialty manufacturer of knitwear, is making inroads into the Russian market, where it has picked a distributor that also handles brands such as Icebreaker, Hanwag, Fjällräven, Tierra, Rossignol, Kästle, Sea to Summit and Eagle Creek. Based in Moscow, NordSport will start distributing Dale in the ...
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The pro golfer David Duval showed off his return to...
The pro golfer David Duval showed off his return to Nike Golf at the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am last weekend. He used the VR_S Covert driver, the VR Pro Limited Edition fairway wood, VR Pro Blade irons, VR Pro wedges and a Method Prototype putter. He played with the ...
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Schoenenreus, a Dutch discount retailer that sells predominantly sports footwear,...
Schoenenreus, a Dutch discount retailer that sells predominantly sports footwear, was declared bankrupt last month but its business was immediately restarted in a slimmed-down version. The company said that its owners, Synergia, Eric Companjen and Paul Schouwenaar, agreed to invest in the company for the next two years. The deal ...
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The North Face will be moving to a new EMEA...
The North Face will be moving to a new EMEA office of VF Corporation at Stabio, near the Swiss city of Lugano, in April this year. After transferring its European operations from Montebelluna, Italy, to its current office in Lugano, it will now combine them with those of the other ...
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For the first time ever, New Era, the U.S. specialty...
For the first time ever, New Era, the U.S. specialty brand of headwear, is touring through Europe with its temporary pop-up stores. The tour began in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, in late January and has been offering its collection there for five weeks. The initiative is supported by a social media ...
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The North Face will be the official sponsor of the...
The North Face will be the official sponsor of the U.S. freeskiing team for the coming two Winter Olympic Games, to be held in Sochi, Russia, in 2014 and in Pyeong Chang, South Korea, in 2018. TNF will also be partnering with the Freeride World Tour from now on.
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Tom Knight has stopped working for JD Sports Fashion as...
Tom Knight has stopped working for JD Sports Fashion as a consultant for the start-up of its new JD Pro format, in order to pursue new interests. Knight worked as chief executive of JJB Sports for five years, before its subsequent demise. He was replaced in 2007 by Chris Ronnie, who ...
