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Vans has taken over the distribution of its products in...
Vans has taken over the distribution of its products in Sweden and Denmark, starting with the autumn/winter 2012 collections. Vans' parent company, VF Corporation, is opening subsidiaries in both countries, with their own showrooms and their own sales and marketing staffs, independently of other operations of the group in the region. ...
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Patagonia has signed up a new distributor in Poland,...
Patagonia has signed up a new distributor in Poland, Raven Outdoor, in a deal arranged by Michael Plank's Sports-Contacts agency. Based in Krakow and founded seven years ago, Raven Outdoor has launched international brands such as Smartwool and Black Diamond on the Polish market. Andrea Tomasini, who has been heading ...
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Novak Djokovic, the Serbian tennis star, is no longer sponsored...
Novak Djokovic, the Serbian tennis star, is no longer sponsored by Sergio Tacchini for clothing. The new sponsor is Uniqlo, the big Japanese sportswear brand, under a deal reported to be worth €6 million a year. Tadashi Yanai, chief executive of Fast Retailing, the company that owns Uniqlo, announced the ...
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Three months of excellent growth in the Swedish sporting goods...
Three months of excellent growth in the Swedish sporting goods industry came to an end in April as sales took a negative turn. According to HUI Research, April sales decreased by 5.5 percent when compared to the same month last year. At constant prices, sales were down by 4.7 ...
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Two former executives of JD Sports Fashion have found new...
Two former executives of JD Sports Fashion have found new jobs outside the sporting goods sector, according to Drapers. Paul Drew, former head of internet buying and buying controller at JD's Cecil Gee chain, has become U.K. country manager of Denham. Nick Preston, who has acted as group trading director ...
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A jury organized by the Sports Unlimited fair in Valencia...
A jury organized by the Sports Unlimited fair in Valencia has awarded its annual SU+ prizes to Benito Garcia, Nike, Polar, Runnering.com and Unipreus. Garcia owns the Spanish Benitosports chain of sporting goods stores, which is one of the pillars of the Detallsport buying group. Unipreus is another major ...
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Keen Footwear plans to open its first Japanese store in...
Keen Footwear plans to open its first Japanese store in Tokyo next month. The American brand already has stores in Toronto, Canada and near its head office in Portland, Oregon.
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Lacoste has signed a five-year partnership with Gustavo Kuerten, the...
Lacoste has signed a five-year partnership with Gustavo Kuerten, the former Brazilian tennis champion who won the Roland-Garros Tennis Open three times. He will be the new face of the brand's “Unconventional Chic” campaign, first launched by Lacoste in 2011. Nicknamed Guga, the Brazilian founded in 2000 the Guga Kuerten ...
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Hanesbrands is looking to improve its margins and focus more...
Hanesbrands is looking to improve its margins and focus more on its branded portfolio in the Americas and Asia, and one of its actions is selling it European imagewear division. Smartwear will buy the division, which accounts for about 8 percent of Hanesbrands' revenues, for €15 million. Hanesbrands said that ...
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John Ward, former vice president of U.S. sales who has...
John Ward, former vice president of U.S. sales who has spend 20 years swith the Taylor Made brand, was appointed president of Adams Golf, the golf equipment company purchased by Taylor Made Adidas Golf. Adams Golf was previously led by an interim chief executive, Barney Adams, the founder of the company, who stepped in briefly after ...
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As the Spanish sports market remains tense, retail groups representing...
As the Spanish sports market remains tense, retail groups representing about 500 stores are setting up a new national organization, the Asociación Nacional de Comercio Deportivo (Ancode), to put forward their interests and concerns. The plan, which still has to be formally implemented, was announced on the last day of ...
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There seem to be at least two or three serious...
There seem to be at least two or three serious potential bidders the MTB brand and other related assets. Meanwhile, MBT's sales subsidiaries in the U.K., Germany and the Netherlands have followed the parent company into bankruptcy proceedings. Some of the MBT stores in the U.K. are reportedly being shut ...
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Wolverine Worldwide is setting up a new office in...
Wolverine Worldwide is setting up a new office in Spain to run the distribution of Merrell, Patagonia Footwear, Cushe and Caterpillar Footwear, and to coordinate the Spanish sales activities for the 14 other brands of the group that are currently handled by distributors. It's a new business model for the ...
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Heelys got a big $1.2 million boost in its first-quarter...
Heelys got a big $1.2 million boost in its first-quarter sales compared with one year ago, reaching a level of $6.1 million for the period. They grew by $482,000 to $1.7 million in the U.S. They were up by $686,000 to $5.1 million elsewhere, mainly because of higher sales in ...
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Sport 1 has been ranked first in customer satisfaction among...
Sport 1 has been ranked first in customer satisfaction among sporting goods retailers in Norway, while Stormberg has been voted first among Norway's most visible companies for its reputation. The rankings for customer satisfaction, compiled every year by Norsk Kundebarometer (NKB) at the BI Norwegian Business School, are based on ...
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Starting July 1, Puma will be the technical and licensing...
Starting July 1, Puma will be the technical and licensing partner of RCD Espanyol, the football club from Barcelona that plays in Spain's La Liga. It has been sponsored until now by Li-Ning. Puma will provide playing kits for all the teams associated with the club, including the Espanyol B ...
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The European Cyclists' Federation (ECF) was not 100 percent pleased...
The European Cyclists' Federation (ECF) was not 100 percent pleased about the priorities set at the International Transport Forum held in Leipzig, Germany, last week, rallying 53 transport ministers from OECD member countries as well as politicians, industry executives and academics involved in transport issues. According to ECF, there was ...
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Puma has formally established a 100 percent owned subsidiary in...
Puma has formally established a 100 percent owned subsidiary in Israel. It will begin operations next Jan. 1 under the management of Guy Daneman, and it will start opening Puma stores at strategic locations as of 2013. Grundman & Company, which has been representing the brand in Israel for more ...
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Richard Johnson, a 15-year veteran of Foot Locker who ran...
Richard Johnson, a 15-year veteran of Foot Locker who ran its European operations for a while several years ago, has been promoted to the position of chief operating officer. He had served as executive vice president and group president of retail stores since last July. In his new position, he ...
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A 17-year-old Chinese manufacturer of dress and athletic shoes, Zhejiang...
A 17-year-old Chinese manufacturer of dress and athletic shoes, Zhejiang Red Dragonfly Footwear, has filed for an IPO, after waiting for two years to do so. Reportedly, the company had a profit of 294 million yuan renmimbi (€37m-$47.1m) on sales of RMB2,672 million (€332m-$421m).
