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Puma has named Richard Teyssier to be its new general...
Puma has named Richard Teyssier to be its new general manager for Puma France. He succeeds Olivier Lorans, who held the position for five years but is now moving on to be general manager for Puma Korea. Teyssier has been with Puma France since last year, joining as sales manager. ...
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The Runners Point group, the specialist German retailer, is preparing...
The Runners Point group, the specialist German retailer, is preparing to open a dozen stores in Germany and Austria, after its sales increased by 12.9 percent to €166.2 million last year, Textilwirtschaft reports. This includes sales in all of the group's stores, including 25 independent franchises. Comparable store sales were ...
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Nico van Offeren relinquished his job as of the start...
Nico van Offeren relinquished his job as of the start of this month as managing director of Masai Benelux, which handles sales of MBT shoes in the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg. He will be replaced by Hans Horn, who spent the last years working for Lexmark in the Netherlands and ...
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Macron, the Italian label of technical sportswear, is replacing Nike...
Macron, the Italian label of technical sportswear, is replacing Nike as the supplier of the kit for the Aston Villa FC, a team in the Barclays Premier League. The £15 million (€18.0m-$23.5m) deal takes effect for the start of the 2012-13 season and runs through May 2016. Macron will produce ...
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Shopatron is launching an online store for Söll skiwear in...
Shopatron is launching an online store for Söll skiwear in the U.K. The American e-commerce technology company says that sporting goods brands working with its internet hosting platform saw their revenues increase by 30 percent last year, with a rise of 21 percent in same-store sales. Shopatron is also opening ...
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Amer Sports has decided to cancel 3,000,000 own shares, representing...
Amer Sports has decided to cancel 3,000,000 own shares, representing 2.5 percent of the company's equity. After the cancellation, Amer will have a total of 118,517,285 outstanding shares, including 1,012,125 treasury shares. Separately, the Finnish group has confirmed that it will redeem €60 million worth of hybrid bonds issued in ...
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More than 8,000 readers of the German edition of Runner's...
More than 8,000 readers of the German edition of Runner's World answered the magazine's survey about the best running shoes, and Asics came out in the lead. The running brand swept all five categories, and its Gel-Kayano winning in the stability category as well as for “best update.”
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Rossignol officials say their sales in France fell by 10...
Rossignol officials say their sales in France fell by 10 percent overall during the first half of this winter period, whereas the company's global sales decreased by between 5-10 percent at the end of the last year. Rossignol hopes for a better second half of this winter season, so that ...
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Fischer expects an increase in total sales to €185 million...
Fischer expects an increase in total sales to €185 million for the financial year ending this month, thanks to strong reorders, compared with €160 million in 2010-11. While ski sales should decrease by about 10 percent, sales of ski boots may rise by 10 percent compared with the previous winter ...
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Sport 2000 Austria has received the exclusive rights to sell...
Sport 2000 Austria has received the exclusive rights to sell Fischer apparel through its affiliated retail partners. One year ago, Fischer sealed a license agreement deal with Halti to market Fischer-branded snow wear. Meanwhile, Florian Schönleitner, marketing director of Sport 2000 for more than a decade, is leaving both the ...
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D3O, a British company that markets a patented technology for...
D3O, a British company that markets a patented technology for a shock-absorbing material used in sports products, footwear, motorcycling and electronics, has added some staff to its office in Brighton, England. Eric DeGolier is the new design and product development manager, who comes from Vortex Sport Design where he was ...
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Sport Fundgrube, the price-driven retailer with 37 outlets in Germany...
Sport Fundgrube, the price-driven retailer with 37 outlets in Germany and Austria, has appointed Toni Schmidt as co-managing director next to the owner, Willy Kühme. Schmidt was a longtime friend of the late Christian Kühme, the owner's son who died in an avalanche in 2009.
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A 40 percent drop in sales of outdoor gear, due...
A 40 percent drop in sales of outdoor gear, due to a 66 percent decline in sales of military tents, did not prevent Johnson Outdoors from posting a 2 percent increase in sales to $80.2 million for the first quarter of its financial year, which ended on Dec. 31, but ...
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Giorgio Armani is serious about the sporting goods sector. EA7,...
Giorgio Armani is serious about the sporting goods sector. EA7, the division of the Italian fashion house that handles seven sports categories in this segment, became an independent business unit within the company last year, with a staff of about 80 people, compared with only 30 two years ago. The ...
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Ispo gave a special life achievement award last Tuesday night...
Ispo gave a special life achievement award last Tuesday night to Willy Bogner, whose company crossed the €200 million threshold last year in terms of direct and licensees' sales, reaching a level of €213 million, up from €194 million in 2010. Half of the turnover was generated outside Germany and ...
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Acting through its holding company, Edizione Holding, the Benetton family...
Acting through its holding company, Edizione Holding, the Benetton family is proposing to take Benetton Group private by offering €276.6 million, or €4.60 a share for the 32.92 percent stake it doesn't own. The price represents a premium of 15 percent above the stock market quotation of €3.98 on the ...
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Lindsay Stewart, vice president of Nike for corporate affairs, is...
Lindsay Stewart, vice president of Nike for corporate affairs, is going into retirement. Hilary Krane, who left Levi Strauss & Co. in 2010 to join Nike, is taking his place as the top legal affairs executive in the company. The 47-year-old is the first woman to have joined Nike's executive ...
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After establishing a partnership for the Chinese market, Haglöfs, the...
After establishing a partnership for the Chinese market, Haglöfs, the brand acquired by Asics in 2010, has set up its own operations in Japan, along with a subsidiary in South Korea. More on this brand in The Outdoor Industry Compass.
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BB Sport, a Danish company that became the Scandinavian agent...
BB Sport, a Danish company that became the Scandinavian agent for Bogner Sport last August, is taking the exclusive German skiwear brand to Norway. Bent Jensen, chief executive of BB Sport, is reported to be in negotiations with 20 to 25 select retailers in Norway as part of a selective ...
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Foot Locker has amended and restated its credit agreement so...
Foot Locker has amended and restated its credit agreement so that it provides for a five-year asset-based revolving credit facility with an initial availability of $200 million. During the term of the agreement, Foot Locker can ask for addition credit commitments up to four times, not to exceed $200 million ...
