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Tennis Warehouse, which established a European subsidiary in Germany four...
Tennis Warehouse, which established a European subsidiary in Germany four years ago, has announced a three-year extension of its global online retail partnership with the ATP Tour, taking it through 2014. Tennis Warehouse, which claims to be the world's largest e-commerce platform for tennis products, is a division of Sports ...
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War on Want, a U.K.-based organization that intends to fight...
War on Want, a U.K.-based organization that intends to fight poverty in developing countries, has issued a 20-page report, titled “Race to the Bottom,” charging that workers at six garment factories working for Adidas, Nike and Puma in Bangladesh are exploiting their workers on the eve of the Olympic Games ...
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Haglöfs will open a new sales subsidiary this spring for...
Haglöfs will open a new sales subsidiary this spring for the Benelux markets. It will be the third new subsidiary set up by the Swedish company in just one year, following its takeover by Asics, in line with an export and distribution strategy that calls for improved proximity, service and ...
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Karstadt is planning to open two more sports stores this...
Karstadt is planning to open two more sports stores this year, after its recent new opening in Wiesbaden, and to add eight to ten new ones in the next three to four years, according to TextilWirtschaft. The well-informed German magazine also indicates that Karstadt Sports' 27 existing stores saw their ...
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Effective March 1, Ralf Gross will step down as managing...
Effective March 1, Ralf Gross will step down as managing director of Sport 2000 Germany. He will switch to the group's parent company, ANWR. Gross became managing director of Sport 2000 in 2009, where he began to run logistics, warehouse and supply chain, working alongside a joint managing director, Andreas ...
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A 14 percent sales increase in the fourth quarter helped...
A 14 percent sales increase in the fourth quarter helped Crocs to break the magic $1 billion threshold for its annual turnover in 2011. Total revenues jumped by 27 percent for the year to $1,000,903. Net income almost doubled, reaching a level of $112.8 million against $67.7 million the year ...
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Jack Wolfskin reports a significant 22.5 percent increase in turnover...
Jack Wolfskin reports a significant 22.5 percent increase in turnover to €355 million for the past financial year, with positive trends in all product categories and sale channels. In particular, footwear sales went up by 35 percent. Growth was similarly high in Europe, outside the domestic German market. Sales in ...
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Garmin reported sales increases of 24 percent in the fitness...
Garmin reported sales increases of 24 percent in the fitness segment to $298 million and of 14 percent in the outdoor segment to $363 million for its financial year ended last Dec. 31. The turnover in fitness would have been higher without the delayed shipment of the Forerunner 910XT system ...
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Wed'ze, the 5-year-old snow sports brand of Décathlon, is going...
Wed'ze, the 5-year-old snow sports brand of Décathlon, is going to be the official supplier of the European Winter X Games in the French resort of Tignes on March 14-16. The event will give the brand an opportunity to preview a portion of its fall/winter 2012-13 collection of hardware. Visitors ...
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Abacus Sportswear is joining Glenmuir as an apparel licensee of...
Abacus Sportswear is joining Glenmuir as an apparel licensee of the Ryder Cup for the 2012 and 2014 editions. Both companies will have to get their items approved by the organizer of the event. Abacus stands a good chance with its rain jackets, which were worn even when it was ...
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Backcountry Access (BCA) reached an extremely high level of awareness...
Backcountry Access (BCA) reached an extremely high level of awareness with a film broadcast on YouTube that has been viewed by at least 730,000 people. The film shows an athlete, Meesh Hytner, taking part in a grassroots snowboard freeriding event and getting into trouble with loads of snow. The rider ...
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Skullcandy, the American maker of headphones for the action sports...
Skullcandy, the American maker of headphones for the action sports and outdoor markets, reports a sales increase of 29.0 percent to $83.4 million for the fourth quarter. While domestic sales rose by 27.0 percent to $59.1 million, international sales grew by only 18.8 percent to $15.3 million, despite the takeover ...
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Puma is replacing Adidas as official supplier of all the...
Puma is replacing Adidas as official supplier of all the Slovak national football teams through the 2014 Fifa World Cup qualifying campaign. The new kit developed by Puma will be unveiled during Slovakia's game against Turkey on Feb. 29. The Wildcat has also extended and expanded its deal with the ...
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Michael Jordan, the American basketball legend, is suing Qiaodan Sports...
Michael Jordan, the American basketball legend, is suing Qiaodan Sports Company of China for using his name. The term “Qiaodan” is the name Jordan has been known by in China since he first became known there, when he played for the U.S. team in the 1984 Olympics. Jordan said in ...
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Annet Van Rijswick has taken on the position of creative...
Annet Van Rijswick has taken on the position of creative director for lifestyle apparel at Puma, replacing Bernd Keller, who has left the company. The Dutch native will work together with Darren Barry, who was placed in charge of design for the performance collections last December. Van Rijswick worked for ...
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Billabong International's board of directors announced yesterday that it has...
Billabong International's board of directors announced yesterday that it has rejected a revised takeover offer by TPG Capital, a subsidiary of Texas Pacific Group. The new proposal calls for the same indicative price of 3.00 Australian dollars per share that the American equity fund had offered before Billabong came out ...
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Mark Talarico is joining Ogio, the maker of bags, apparel...
Mark Talarico is joining Ogio, the maker of bags, apparel and accessories, as director of international sales. The brand had a record-breaking year in 2011, and plans to follow up with a global expansion. Talarico has worked with companies including SM di Sandro Magli, Easton Sports and The Sports Authority.
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Li Ning is apparently going through a turbulent month as...
Li Ning is apparently going through a turbulent month as several high-profile executives have left the company. Frank Chen, the Chinese company's chief marketing officer, and Jay Li, who was steering the brand's international business from the United States, have both left Li Ning. Li's updated online profile indicates that ...
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Patric Zingg has been appointed as the new chief executive...
Patric Zingg has been appointed as the new chief executive of Sigg Switzerland, replacing Walter Hinder. Zingg previously worked for Hamilton Watch in the U.S. and then acted as vice president of international marketing at another watch company, Rado (more in The Outdoor Industry Compass).
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The British Golf Industry Association is going to the China...
The British Golf Industry Association is going to the China Golf Show 2012, its first appearance at the Beijing event. The China Golf Show, just bought by Reed Worldwide Exhibitions, has drawn the interest of some member companies of the BGIA, prompting the association to attend the event. It will ...
