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Vietnam's exports of clothing rose by 38% to $15.6 billion...
Vietnam's exports of clothing rose by 38% to $15.6 billion in 2011, thanks in part to a 12 percent increase in average prices. Geographically, they rose by 52 percent in Japan, by 41 percent in Europe and by 14 percent in the U.S. Footwear exports from Vietnam hit $5.7 billion ...
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Everlast Worldwide's marketing campaign for 2012 seeks to introduce a...
Everlast Worldwide's marketing campaign for 2012 seeks to introduce a new group of people to fight sports training, emphasizing its fitness benefits. The new “Unleash” campaign trades on Everlast's reputation in boxing and mixed martial arts while stressing the full-body workout that training can provide. Unleash debuted on Jan. 1 ...
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After an absence of a couple of years, Alpina ski...
After an absence of a couple of years, Alpina ski boots will come back to the Iberian market from the next season through Gregal Sport, which has signed an exclusive distribution agreement with the Slovenian brand for Spain, Portugal and Andorra. The Spanish company is already the local distributor of ...
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According to the International Cotton Advisory Committee, global cotton production...
According to the International Cotton Advisory Committee, global cotton production should grow by 8 percent in the current 2011-12 season, reaching 26.8 million tons. Conversely, consumption is expected to drop by as much as 2 percent to 23.9 million tons. ICAC, an intergovernmental group, expects a surplus of 2.9 million ...
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The revenues of the sporting goods retailers affiliated with Sport...
The revenues of the sporting goods retailers affiliated with Sport 2000 in Germany fell by 2.6 percent in 2011, according to preliminary estimates by its parent company, the ANWR Group, Higher proceeds from the centralized settlements of all its voluntary groups, including Sport 2000 as well as Garant, Rexor and ...
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Pacific Brands is holding talks with KKR after this buyout...
Pacific Brands is holding talks with KKR after this buyout company made an unsolicited bid to buy the Australian company. Pacific Brands has the rights to the Everlast, Clarks and Bonds brands in Australia, and has been struggling of late, with sales down by 7.3 percent to US$1.65 billion in ...
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Nike is set to group all its employees at various...
Nike is set to group all its employees at various offices in Shanghai into a large new 54,600-square-meter campus that will become its head office for Greater China in 2014. Located in the Yangpu District between the city's two major airports, it will consist of up to three office buildings ...
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Allen Edmonds, an American brand of men's dress shoes, has...
Allen Edmonds, an American brand of men's dress shoes, has enlisted Jack Nicklaus to promote its new line of golf shoes around the world. Besides the classical golf shoes that it introduced last year, Allen Edmonds is now adding a Clubhouse Collection of dress shoes that Nicklaus will also promote. ...
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The Indian government has decided to allow foreign brands to...
The Indian government has decided to allow foreign brands to own up to 100 percent of any of their mono-brand stores operating in the country, instead of working with a local partner. The only condition is that they will have to source at least 30 percent of the value of ...
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Quiksilver managers told analysts at the ICR Xchange investor conference...
Quiksilver managers told analysts at the ICR Xchange investor conference a few days ago that they see opportunities for growth in spite of strong competition in the action sports market from the likes of Billabong, Nike, VF Corp., PPR and Abercrombie & Fitch. In the next five years, untapped geographical ...
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Intersport France has announced a deal with Olympique de Marseille,...
Intersport France has announced a deal with Olympique de Marseille, also known as OM, which ranks as the French football club that has the largest number of fans - a total of 14 million – and that sells the highest number of replica shirts – an average of 400,000 per season over ...
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Wilson and Fila have announced new sponsorship deals with three female...
Wilson and Fila have announced new sponsorship deals with three female tennis stars in the last couple of days. Wilson has taken on Victoria “Vika” Azarenka of Belarus for a long-term deal. She was previously endorsing Head, but will now start using Wilson equipment exclusively, including the new Juice racquet, the blue ...
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This month, Golf Digest put out its annual “Hot List”...
This month, Golf Digest put out its annual “Hot List” issue where 38 editors, scientists, retailers and golfers evaluated golf equipment. Out of 286 entries, Callaway Golf was chosen for more gold and silver medals than any other company for its 2012 products, soon to be released. The RAZR Fit ...
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Two new executives have joined Sugoi Performance Apparel, a Dorel...
Two new executives have joined Sugoi Performance Apparel, a Dorel Industries company. Charles Russell is the new senior vice president of global sales. He has more than 15 years of experience in sales, including a previous four-year stint as Sugoi's vice president for sales that ended when he left in ...
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Invista Apparel, maker of Lycra, is revamping its global structure...
Invista Apparel, maker of Lycra, is revamping its global structure in the hope of fostering innovation and strengthening customer relationships. It has created two new regions – western and eastern – to serve customers. The western region will combine EMEA (Europe, the Middle East and Africa) with the company's North, ...
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Icebreaker, the specialty brand of apparel made of merino wool...
Icebreaker, the specialty brand of apparel made of merino wool from New Zealand, has signed an agreement for its distribution in the Japanese market with Goldwin. This company markets its own brand of outdoor apparel under the same name and represents a wide range of Western brands such as The ...
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Hi-Tec Sports has appointed Brad Gebhard chief executive of its...
Hi-Tec Sports has appointed Brad Gebhard chief executive of its U.S. operations. The U.S. industry veteran will oversee Hi-Tec's sports division as well as Magnum, the specialty brand of work footwear. Bill Berta will continue to manage Hi-Tec Sports, but he will report to Gebhard, who is expected to set ...
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Babolat has developed a new approach to the game of...
Babolat has developed a new approach to the game of tennis with a system of sensors, integrated into the racquet, that record a flow of data on the individual's performance. The company's new Play & Connect technology is designed to help professionals and amateurs better understand the way in which ...
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Jörg Aumüller has left Rip Curl Germany, where he served...
Jörg Aumüller has left Rip Curl Germany, where he served as sales manager for about one year. We hear that he will join Chiemsee as head of sales for the German-speaking countries with the start of Ispo. At Rip Curl he has been replaced by Florian Ascher, who has been ...
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At the upcoming Ispo show, Gaspo, the Austrian manufacturer of...
At the upcoming Ispo show, Gaspo, the Austrian manufacturer of skis and snowboards, will present itself under a new name: GPO Sports. The change of name comes along with a new business structure: Since the beginning of the year, GPO Sports is an independent business unit of Gaspo, a family-owned ...
