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Lafuma has signed a licensing deal with a French fashion...
Lafuma has signed a licensing deal with a French fashion company, Carven, for the production and distribution of a small line of daypacks and accessories, with retail prices ranging from €290 to €350. They will be sold next autumn at Carven's stores and at some of Lafuma's stores in France ...
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Leonardo Servadio, the founder of Ellesse, died last month at...
Leonardo Servadio, the founder of Ellesse, died last month at the age of 87. He founded the Italian company as a maker of pants, but it evolved into a sportswear company as Servadio worked to innovate and improve the fabrics and technology. He sold Ellesse to Pentland Group in 1993.
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Lars Kutter, the longtime managing director of Schmidt Sports, a...
Lars Kutter, the longtime managing director of Schmidt Sports, a German distributor of fitness gear including Aicon, has founded his own distribution company called Sportsnwear based in Düsseldorf. Kutter's first customer is Harbinger, the American brand of fitness gloves. He previously handled Harbinger under the helm of Schmidt Sports.
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Edgar Tremmel, the German distributor of Houdini and Mons Royale,...
Edgar Tremmel, the German distributor of Houdini and Mons Royale, has taken over the distribution of Sweet Protection, the Norwegian brand of helmets, protective equipment, outerwear and canoes. Previously, the German market was covered by Martin Schwaiger and his agency, which will continue to serve Austrian retailers.
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The Norspo trade fair, which took place at the end...
The Norspo trade fair, which took place at the end of January outside of Oslo, Norway, received a record number of visitors. Exporama, the exhibition center that houses the event, recorded 2,134 visitors to the three-day fair consisting of 130 exhibitors. In 2011, 2,071 visitors attended the event. Norspo is ...
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At the request of the EU, the World Trade Organization...
At the request of the EU, the World Trade Organization will lift duties on 75 products exported from Pakistan for a period of two years, through Dec. 31, 2013. Most of the products are textiles, apparel and footwear. The EU requested the special action in November 2010, after floods that ...
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Ross Hastings is joining Fletcher Leisure Group Europe as the...
Ross Hastings is joining Fletcher Leisure Group Europe as the sales director for the U.K. and Ireland. He comes from Rukka Golf, and also has experience with Callaway, Galvin Green, Srixon, Zero Restriction, and Fairway and Green. Fletcher Leisure Group is the owner of Sunice and the global licensee for ...
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The organizers of Who's Next Prêt-à-Porter, the new French fashion...
The organizers of Who's Next Prêt-à-Porter, the new French fashion trade show in Paris, plan to make several adjustments after its first edition on Jan. 21-24. They plan to boost international promotion for the event in order to achieve the goal of an even split between French and foreign visitors ...
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Fila is working with two of its retailers, one in...
Fila is working with two of its retailers, one in the U.K. and one in Sweden, to revive the Trailblazer shoe, which was a big seller in the 1990s. Footpatrol, based in London, and Sneakers and Stuff of Sweden will offer the co-branded shoe, which uses the old style as ...
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Nike is introducing a new sole meant to be used...
Nike is introducing a new sole meant to be used by amputee athletes. The Nike Sole was designed in conjunction with Össur, an orthopedics company known for its prosthetic innovations, and Sarah Reinertsen, the amputee triathlete and world record holder. The sole works with Össur's Flex-Run prosthetic blade. Nike built ...
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In the first quarter of its 2011-12 fiscal year, ended...
In the first quarter of its 2011-12 fiscal year, ended last Dec. 31, Lafuma Groupe increased its overall sales by 4.4 percent to €54.7 million, marking the highest quarterly growth in three years. Sales in France dipped by 2.2 percent to €31.4 million, while the international business grew by 14.7 ...
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K2 has announced that it is determined to move into...
K2 has announced that it is determined to move into the business of outerwear. In 2013, the ski company will present its line of apparel, which is set to complement K2's offer of backcountry, all-mountain and freestyle hardgoods. In charge is Mark Valdez as outerwear product director; he was with ...
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An analysis of the 2010 results of 869 sporting goods...
An analysis of the 2010 results of 869 sporting goods stores in Norway, conducted by Hartmark Consulting, showed that one out of three of them was losing money. The report is surprising, considering the strong sales that the Norwegian sporting goods market has enjoyed in the last five years. ...
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The discussions about KKR's possible purchase of Pacific Brands, the...
The discussions about KKR's possible purchase of Pacific Brands, the struggling Australian clothing manufacturer, have reportedly stalled. The talks were in just the preliminary stages, and some speculate that KKR, a private equity firm, is waiting for Pacific's first-half financial results to be released on Feb. 24.
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Brunotti Sportswear says it is considering legal action against Maier...
Brunotti Sportswear says it is considering legal action against Maier Sports, which it is accusing of copying the Jaap, a women's snow jacket from its own winter 2010-11 collection. The Dutch company says Maier introduced its own version of the jacked in its winter 2011-12 line, but adds that the ...
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Adidas Action Sports will launch new advertisements for skateboarding publications...
Adidas Action Sports will launch new advertisements for skateboarding publications globally. The recent marketing campaign was shot in Montreal and all sponsored skaters are featured in the print and social media campaign. In February, Adidas Action Sports will sponsor Les Obstacles, an event in Paris, which will be the biggest ...
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Nike's action sports operations are collaborating with the artist Pushead...
Nike's action sports operations are collaborating with the artist Pushead for the coming fall/winter collection. Shoes, outerwear and apparel from all product segments – skateboarding, snowboarding and surfing – feature his colorful designs. Nike Action Sports restructured its product segments recently in order to concentrate on those three sports groups ...
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Adidas has become the official sportswear partner of the Professional...
Adidas has become the official sportswear partner of the Professional Squash Association (PSA) World Tour, in a two-year deal. The agreement comes as the PSA is implementing a business plan to capitalize on increasing media interest in the sport. Adidas said it was attracted by squash because the number of participants ...
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Puma continues the global “Puma Social and After Hours Athletes”...
Puma continues the global “Puma Social and After Hours Athletes” campaign. The focus this year is on the role of teammates. The title of the new campaign is “Here's to Teammates.” The fall/winter 2012 campaign will highlight some unlikely players and characters as they demonstrate how their skills can be ...
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The Outdoor Retailer Winter Market ended up one week ago...
The Outdoor Retailer Winter Market ended up one week ago with a increase of attendance of about 10 percent to 26,000 visitors, in spite of the recent mild weather in the U.S., which cover only 23 percent of the 48 states in December, compared with 48 percent of them in ...
