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Dainese reports great progress in applying its airbag technology to...
Dainese reports great progress in applying its airbag technology to top-level alpine ski racing under a deal signed with the International Ski Federation one year ago. It has already conducted more than tests to define the shape of the airbag and the location of the gas generators, as well as ...
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Bonfire and Salomon, which together make up The Alliance, have...
Bonfire and Salomon, which together make up The Alliance, have promoted Amy Eichner and Kevin Stevenson within the organization. Eichner, the global marketing manager for the two brands for eight years, will now be product line manager, in charge of the product creation process at Bonfire. Stevenson, who has been ...
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Bench is now also selling its product line in the...
Bench is now also selling its product line in the U.S. and opened an office in New York at the end of the last year for this purpose. It is managed by Burt Damsky, a vice president of the British company run by Peter McGuigan, a veteran of Reebok. The ...
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Sports and recreation goods are predicted to be among the...
Sports and recreation goods are predicted to be among the items that will grow the most at retail in South Africa this year, along with all kinds of clothing and footwear, rising at an annual rate between 4.7 and 4.9 percent. The Bureau of Market Research and Unisa expect the ...
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Bert Hoyt, a longtime Nike executive, has been appointed as...
Bert Hoyt, a longtime Nike executive, has been appointed as the brand's vice president and general manager for Western Europe, one of the company's six geographical units. He replaces Brent Scrimshaw, who is retiring and returning to his native Australia. Hoyt, 56, has been with Nike for more than 10 ...
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Odlo has appointed Sara Canali new head of product development...
Odlo has appointed Sara Canali new head of product development and design, replacing Andrea Eichinger. New product managers are Pär Westerlind for cross-country and cycling, and Roberta Lazzarotto for running. 37-year-old Canali was in charge of the design of Odlo's outdoor collection before. Westerlind, also 37, served as product manager ...
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Arc'teryx has expanded its team in Europe with Lisa Salzer,...
Arc'teryx has expanded its team in Europe with Lisa Salzer, sales support, joining in December and Veronika Kraler, marketing coordinator, coming on board this month. Salzer, 33, will work on shop-in-shop and partner store programs. Her background is in trade and product design, including trade marketing with Wolford, the luxury ...
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Under Armour has signed a four-year deal to be the...
Under Armour has signed a four-year deal to be the national team partner of Canada Snowboard, outfitting the Canadian National Snowboard Team. The brand will provide competition and training gear in addition to apparel, footwear and accessories to wear off the mountain. The snowboarders will be wearing Under Armour when ...
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This spring, Asics will open a new two-level concept store...
This spring, Asics will open a new two-level concept store in central Stockholm. The store, which will be Asics' first in Scandinavia, will also act as the headquarters for Asics Sweden. It becomes the brand's fifth concept store after locations in Tokyo, New York, London and Amsterdam. Its high-profile location ...
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Pryde Group, the majority shareholder of the NeilPryde, JP Australia...
Pryde Group, the majority shareholder of the NeilPryde, JP Australia and Cabrinha water sports equipment brands, is moving further into the stand-up paddle (SUP) market with the acquisition of Imagine Surf, which is well-established in this hip category. Imagine Surf was set up in Canada in 2002 but two years ...
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Tradeinn, a major online retailer of sporting goods based near...
Tradeinn, a major online retailer of sporting goods based near Girona, Spain, has reported a sales increase of more than 50 percent to over €11 million for 2011. The company set up a new head office and logistics center at Celrà last year. It incorporates a brick-and-mortar store of 400 ...
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Beal, the French outdoor equipment brand, has renewed its partnership...
Beal, the French outdoor equipment brand, has renewed its partnership with the French Mountaineering and Climbing Federation (FFME) until 2015. In addition, Beal's Diablo climbing rope will be available for use at the this year's World Climbing Championships in Paris this September. The Diablo uses Unicore proprietary technology, which links ...
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Sonia Bunte will become a buyer of SportScheck in charge...
Sonia Bunte will become a buyer of SportScheck in charge of outdoor products, textiles and hardgoods, starting in mid-February. The 34-year-old has been working since last April as managing director of Fashiongalerie, a German online retail portal. She previously worked for Tom Tailor and eBay. Bunto is taking the place ...
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BH, Spain's largest bicycle maker, has set up BH Bikes...
BH, Spain's largest bicycle maker, has set up BH Bikes Francia to help boost its position on the French market. The new subsidiariy, in Biarritz, will be led by Benoit Rigamonti, formerly the national manager in France for BMC. The new inroad into France is the latest move toward globalization ...
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Odlo is investing more in the bicycle sector as the...
Odlo is investing more in the bicycle sector as the new sponsor of the Ghost Mountainbike women's team. This is the Swiss apparel company's first commitment in the women's mountainbike segment, but it already supports a French road racing team, the Pro Tour Team AG2R La Mondiale, and the men's ...
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With both the football World Cup and the Olympics to...
With both the football World Cup and the Olympics to be held Brazil in the coming years, the country and its fast-growing middle class are drawing increasing interest from the global sporting goods industry. This land of hope will be at the center of Forum Brasil, a conference that will ...
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Keegan Bradley, the PGA championship winner last year, has signed...
Keegan Bradley, the PGA championship winner last year, has signed on to be a global ambassador for Tommy Hilfiger's golf line until 2014. He will wear some pieces of the men's golf collection, which will also be available in the U.S., Canada and Europe through a licensing agreement with Fletcher ...
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Brekka, the Italian company specializing in sports headwear and other...
Brekka, the Italian company specializing in sports headwear and other accessories and apparel, has a new licensing agreement with Warner Brothers for the development of new collections inspire by its DC Comics and Looney Tunes characters. Based on this agreement Brekka has created five junior collections for fall/winter 2012-13. They ...
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A top executive of Helly Hansen firmly denied British newspaper...
A top executive of Helly Hansen firmly denied British newspaper reports that it was in final talks for the sale of the company. Since the Norwegian ski, sailing and outdoor brand's performance started improving sharply, Helly Hansen's owner, the Altor private equity fund, has been holding discussions with several interested ...
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Jake Burton, the founder and chief executive of Burton Snowboards,...
Jake Burton, the founder and chief executive of Burton Snowboards, has announced to his employees that his cancer treatment was successful. He made his fight with testicular cancer public in September, and has been undergoing treatment since then. He said in an e-mail to employees that any future treatment would ...
