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Groupe Rossignol reports the death of Emile Allais, a visionary...
Groupe Rossignol reports the death of Emile Allais, a visionary ski champion who turned 100 years old last February. In 1936, when skiing became an Olympic sport, the Frenchman became the first athlete sponsored by Rossignol. In the next year, he became world champion in three categories. In his collaboration ...
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Andreas Heit has been appointed head of the sports shows...
Andreas Heit has been appointed head of the sports shows at Brandboxx, the organizer of the Salzburg-based Ösfa trade shows and various order days designed for the Austrian market. The 39-year-old replaces Benedikt Lex, who switched to an Austrian sporting goods retailer. Heit served the Austrian branch of Sony for ...
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Warrior Sports has announced that a Maryland federal judge recently...
Warrior Sports has announced that a Maryland federal judge recently issued an injunction prohibiting Under Armour, Neal Goldman, Jenny Levy, and Vertical Lax from utilizing Warrior Sports' confidential documents and related information in their possession. The company, which is owned by New Balance, alleges that its own 2011-12 business plan ...
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For next year's Ispo Awards, whose winners will be announced...
For next year's Ispo Awards, whose winners will be announced at next Ispo Munich show (Feb. 3-6, 2013), Messe München has presented an optimized and extended concept: The winners will not only be promoted at the show itself, but will be supported in subsequent publications like Ispo's website, the Ispo Awards ...
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Reusch has announced a new winter sponsoring partnership with Daron...
Reusch has announced a new winter sponsoring partnership with Daron Rahlves. The American alpine ski racer, who retired from World Cup racing at the end of the 2006 season, participated in three Olympic Games - 1998, 2002 and 2006 - where he already wore Reusch gloves. In his career, Rahlves ...
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Billabong International told shareholders at its annual meeting that the...
Billabong International told shareholders at its annual meeting that the company remains receptive to takeover offers from third parties. Company officials said they could not tell what led Texas Pacific Group to withdraw its takeover offer 12 days before the annual meeting in the course of the due diligence process. ...
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The annual general meeting of the Federation of the European...
The annual general meeting of the Federation of the European Sporting Goods Industry (Fesi), which gathered at the office of Assosport in Treviso on Oct. 22-23, appointed Johan Adamssons, head of sports marketing for team sports at Puma, and Michel Zany, president of the French sporting goods industry association, Fifas, ...
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Bridgedale has appointed Christian Benedikt as business development manager for...
Bridgedale has appointed Christian Benedikt as business development manager for Europe. Benedikt, who most recently ran K2's snowshoe and cross-country ski business in Germany, will take care of the British sport socks brand in Germany and Austria, and then extend his coverage to Poland and the rest of Eastern Europe. ...
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Powakaddy has reportedly been bought back by its former owner,...
Powakaddy has reportedly been bought back by its former owner, John de Graft-Johnson, and by the former owner of the Hill Billy brand, David Catford. Its electric golf trolleys will continue to be manufactured in the U.K. According to Sports Marketing Surveys, Powakaddy has a market share of 51 percent ...
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Oxbow's new general manager, Baptiste Caulonque, has handed out a...
Oxbow's new general manager, Baptiste Caulonque, has handed out a cheque for $17,000 to Duane de Soto to support his Na Kama Kai association in Hawaii. The association, whose name means Children of the Sea, supports ocean-based educational programs and aims at raising awareness of ocean protection issues. The donation ...
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More companies besides Scott Sports Group and Patagonia (see related...
More companies besides Scott Sports Group and Patagonia (see related stories in this issue) are acquiring stakes in some of the suppliers of technology and services. Nike has taken a minority stake in a company that it has been a customer of for two years: Llamasoft, which develops supply chain ...
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The International Olympic Committee has picked Beyond Sport to help...
The International Olympic Committee has picked Beyond Sport to help support its own Sport for All Commission in the months leading up to the 15th IOC World Conference on Sport for All, being held next April in Lima, Peru. This commission of the IOC will celebrate 30 years in 2013; ...
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Justin Bieber, the emblematic young pop singer, joins forces with...
Justin Bieber, the emblematic young pop singer, joins forces with Adidas to promote the company's fashionable Neo brand. The sponsorship agreement is set to raise attention for the stylish brand among young consumers and will last until the end of 2014. Bieber will make appearances in all major markets to support ...
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Schildkröt, the old German brand of table tennis equipment, continues...
Schildkröt, the old German brand of table tennis equipment, continues its strategy of diversification after it already launched the Schildkröt Funsports category a few years ago. Now, the brand owner, MTS, has announced that it is launching Schildkröt Fitness, a category dedicated to smaller fitness equipment such as expanders, barbells, ...
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At Maier Sports, the German company that runs the brands...
At Maier Sports, the German company that runs the brands Maier Sports (snow and outerwear), Gonso (bikewear) and Rono (running apparel), new management is in place: Sascha Kautschitsch is no longer head of operations, a role that he assumed 10 months ago. He has been replaced by Simone Mayer in ...
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Life Fitness and other elements of Brunswick Corporation's fitness unit...
Life Fitness and other elements of Brunswick Corporation's fitness unit suffered a 3 percent decline in revenues to $151.9 million for the third quarter ended Sept. 29, as increases in sales to health clubs and to consumers in North America were offset by a drop of 4 percent in the ...
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The Waina Outrigger Organisation (WOO) has won the Eurosima call...
The Waina Outrigger Organisation (WOO) has won the Eurosima call for innovation projects 2012. The Eurosima Cluster, which gathers the European boardsports industry manufacturers, has been organizing the call over the past four years with the objective of supporting, encouraging and adding value to innovative projects in the boardsports industry. ...
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Jochen Zeitz, the former chief executive of Puma, and his...
Jochen Zeitz, the former chief executive of Puma, and his successor since July last year, Franz Koch, have received the prestigious Deutsche Image Award, along with Ulf Santjer, the company's long-time director of corporate communications. Since 2002, the prize has been rewarding the German executives and communication teams who best ...
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Nike has chosen the trendy Ipanema district of Rio de...
Nike has chosen the trendy Ipanema district of Rio de Janeiro as the location of its first “Brand Experience” store in Latin America. Fully owned and operated by Nike, the store has three floors covering a total of more than 1,200 square meters, and a Brand Space at the top ...
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Workers clashed with police at a factory in South Jakarta...
Workers clashed with police at a factory in South Jakarta that supplies shoes for Adidas and Mizuno on Oct. 18. According to the local police, 13 people were injured among whom five workers, six police and two students. Former employees of PT Panarub Dwikarya Benoa (PDB) asked to be reinstated, ...
