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Conte of Florence has signed an agreement to lease out...
Conte of Florence has signed an agreement to lease out 42 of its stores. The Italian brand, which celebrates its 60th anniversary this year, is undergoing a restructuring plan due to the difficult economic situation. After reducing its share capital by 50 percent last June, it is now closing 14 ...
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The Department of Industrial Policy & Promotion of the Indian...
The Department of Industrial Policy & Promotion of the Indian government has issued a formal notification to implement the reform of the country's legislation on foreign direct investment, in spite of strong opposition. As previously reported, the reform allows foreign companies to own a share of 51 percent in multi-brand ...
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El Corte Inglés will join the AMS Sourcing buying group...
El Corte Inglés will join the AMS Sourcing buying group starting Jan. 1. The Dutch buying group currently encompasses 13 other retail members, including Ahold, Delhaize Group, Esselunga, Jerónimo Martins and Morrisons, in 28 European countries. With this decision, El Corte Inglés aims at getting better buying conditions for both ...
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Apparently as the first company within the outdoor industry, Jack...
Apparently as the first company within the outdoor industry, Jack Wolfskin has agreed to join the “Zero Discharge of Hazardous Chemicals” project. In the framework of the program, a member company is required to follow a special collective roadmap for sustainability from now until the year 2020. The to-do list requires ...
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The PPR group has appointed Marie-Claire Daveu chief sustainability officer...
The PPR group has appointed Marie-Claire Daveu chief sustainability officer and head of international institutional affairs. She will also have a seat on the group's executive committee. Aged 41, until March 2012 she was principal private secretary to the French minister of ecology, sustainable development, transport and housing. Previously, she ...
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Golf Europe, the international trade show held in Augsburg, Germany,...
Golf Europe, the international trade show held in Augsburg, Germany, earlier this month, has announced the list of the winners of its Golf Europe Awards. The list includes Golf Tech, SugarMonkeys, Advantec Sports, Studio Sport, Garmin, Komperdell and GSA Sportsagentur.
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The first edition of SportExpo Azerbaijan will be held from...
The first edition of SportExpo Azerbaijan will be held from Dec. 4-6, 2012, in Baku, and no longer on Nov. 28-30 as previously announced by the organizers. Supported by the country's Ministry of Youth and Sport, the event aims to invite foreign sports companies in the sportswear and sports equipment ...
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Bernard McDonell has been named chairman of the board of...
Bernard McDonell has been named chairman of the board of Bauer Performance Sports. A member of the board since March 2011, McDonell steps in to replace W. Graeme Roustan, who stepped down and withdrew his name for re-election consideration because of increasing responsibilities with other companies. McDonell is the lead ...
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Berta de Pablos-Barbier joins Lacoste as executive director of strategic...
Berta de Pablos-Barbier joins Lacoste as executive director of strategic marketing. Aged 43, she succeeds Leslie Serrero, who has left for Christian Dior Couture. Until 2011, Pablos-Barbier was international vice president for marketing and communications at Boucheron, after an experience in international marketing in the consumer goods industry with Mars.
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Scott Sports, the Swiss company specializing in bicycles, winter sports...
Scott Sports, the Swiss company specializing in bicycles, winter sports and running products, has taken over Garmont USA, the North American distribution arm of the Italian ski and outdoor footwear group. Scott described the deal, which became effective yesterday, as a means to expand its product portfolio in North America. ...
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Shimano and BMC will join forces in mountain bike racing...
Shimano and BMC will join forces in mountain bike racing starting next season. The BMC mountain bike racing team will use Shimano's XTR components, wheels and pedals. The two companies will also extend their partnership on the BMC road racing team, which has used Shimano's Dura Ace components for the ...
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Two Italian bike-related brands - RH+ and ZeroRH+ - have...
Two Italian bike-related brands - RH+ and ZeroRH+ - have entered the German market via van Bokhoven, a wholesale trader in the bicycle sector run by Georg Bucher. The first brand stands for bikewear and other activewear, and the other one markets bike helmets and eyewear Sales of the two ...
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Bleed Organic Clothing, a German brand of street and boarder...
Bleed Organic Clothing, a German brand of street and boarder wear with a strong commitment to sustainable products, will no longer take care of its distribution in the German-speaking countries, but has handed it over to a newly created agency, Okey Dokey. The new firm is owned by Andreas Reif ...
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The U.K.'s leading trade body for the sports and play...
The U.K.'s leading trade body for the sports and play sectors, the Federation of Sports and Play Associations, has a new multifunctional website, www.sportsandplay.com. Companies that are members of the organization, as well as the wider industry, can use the site to keep track of industry campaigns (such as Sportivate, ...
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Pyua, a German brand of sportswear made of recycled and...
Pyua, a German brand of sportswear made of recycled and recyclable fabrics, has changed ownership. Its founder, Timo Perschke, who created the brand in 2008, has sold the brand name and the assets to Christian Benzing, an entrepreneur from Stuttgart, and his newly created company, Sportsman's Delight. Perschke will remain ...
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Greg Hopkins has resigned as chief executive of Cleveland Golf/Srixon,...
Greg Hopkins has resigned as chief executive of Cleveland Golf/Srixon, the golf company based in Huntington Beach, California, after 16 years. Hopkins, who is now 57 years old, was first hired as president in 1997. Following his departure, Todd Harman remains president of the company, which is owned by Dunlop ...
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Citadium has launched its e-commerce platform. Over the last two...
Citadium has launched its e-commerce platform. Over the last two years, the Parisian superstore, which primarily targets a 15-25-year-old audience, has repositioned itself, switching from the sale of sports brands to in street and preppy fashion, including sports-inspired products by Adidas, Converse and other brands. Citadium's main store is located ...
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Elliptigo has named D'Andrea Clementson as international sales director. She...
Elliptigo has named D'Andrea Clementson as international sales director. She will be responsible for continuing the U.S. company's international expansion, developing relations with key global distributors and optimizing current partnerships. With over 20 years of experience in sales and business development, Clementson was most recently director of sales for Crankbrothers, ...
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Paul Tagliabue, former commissioner of the U.S. National Football League...
Paul Tagliabue, former commissioner of the U.S. National Football League (NFL) and present chairman of Georgetown University, has joined the board of directors of Netshoes, the biggest online sale platform for sporting goods in Brazil and the second-largest client in the country for big sports brands such as Nike and ...
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Genesco is said to be one of the companies that...
Genesco is said to be one of the companies that are interested in taking over Cole Haan from Nike. Other potential bidders are Texas Pacific Group, the equity investment firm that previously controlled Bally, and another institutional investor, Apax Partners, which wants to sell its stake in France's Groupe Royer. ...
