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Cameron McNeish, the Scottish outdoor author and broadcaster, has joined...
Cameron McNeish, the Scottish outdoor author and broadcaster, has joined the board of the British Outdoor Industries Association. His goal is to help promote the new Independent Outdoor Professional membership category, designed to expand membership to commercial sales agents, journalists, photographers, guides and instructors in the trade. McNeish is a ...
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Power Balance Performance Technology, the supplier of the famous wristbands...
Power Balance Performance Technology, the supplier of the famous wristbands popularized by professional athletes, will be allowed to exit bankruptcy protection with through a new company set up by its new owner, Power Balance Technologies. Denny Barge is the chairman of the new company. The new owner was an early ...
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Giant Bicycles plans to invest more in manufacturing rims for...
Giant Bicycles plans to invest more in manufacturing rims for bicycles, e-bikes and motorcycles this year. Through its subsidiary Giant Light Metal Technology, the company started shipping motorcycle rims in the second half of last year and expects orders to grow in 2012. It is putting €5.2-7.8 million into the ...
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Ogio is bringing Mark Talarico on board to be its...
Ogio is bringing Mark Talarico on board to be its new director of international sales. The maker of sport and lifestyle bags, apparel and accessories wants to expand internationally on the heels of a good year in 2011, when its performance set records. Talarico has worked as a sales executive ...
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Jorcani is boosting its portfolio of water sports brands by...
Jorcani is boosting its portfolio of water sports brands by becoming the new distributor of Bic Sport on the Spanish market, joining brands such as Mystic, Liquid Force, Loft Sails and Takoon. Specializing in kayaks and stand-up paddle boards, Bic Sport produces some 65,000 units of nautical gear at its ...
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Brown Shoe Company has closed the Chinese factory that was...
Brown Shoe Company has closed the Chinese factory that was part of its acquisition of American Sporting Goods, parent company of Proged and other brands. The plant employed more than 5,000 people some time before ASG's purchase. Recent restructuring measures such as the sale of And 1 and the licensing ...
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Intersport Sweden, the leading buying group for sports retailers in...
Intersport Sweden, the leading buying group for sports retailers in the country, has put off far-reaching plans to take over all of its members, according to Sportfack. Intersport Sweden intended to acquire a 91 percent stake in each of the nearly 90 retail companies running 153 Intersport stores in the ...
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Compex, the leading supplier of electrical muscle stimulation equipment, is...
Compex, the leading supplier of electrical muscle stimulation equipment, is launching a wireless system. In addition to eliminating any cables from the electrodes, the new Compex Wireless system includes a color LED screen on a remote control device that carries all the data that the user needs to fine-tune his ...
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Consumer confidence in the U.K. reached a very low point...
Consumer confidence in the U.K. reached a very low point in December, paving the way for the bankruptcy of major retailers such as Blacks Leisure and Peacocks, although heavy discounting at the end of the month helped to boost sales of clothing and footwear after Christmas. In contrast with the ...
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Head is relocating its U.S. office from Norwalk, Connecticut to...
Head is relocating its U.S. office from Norwalk, Connecticut to Boulder, Colorado to be closer to snow sports retailers and to increase its focus on U.S.-based design, product development and pricing for its winter line. It will be assisted in this process by sponsored athletes such as Simon Dumont, Bode ...
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Sport Conrad, the large German retailer and mail-order operator, has...
Sport Conrad, the large German retailer and mail-order operator, has been granted the exclusive right to sell the Swedish brand Elevante in Germany. The brand of snow wear was founded in 2009 by Sara Rönngren, a former product manager at Peak Performance, and Jimmy Odén, a mountain guide. The Åre-based ...
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Michael Dawson, first team defender for the Tottenham Hotspur F.C....
Michael Dawson, first team defender for the Tottenham Hotspur F.C. and member of the England international team, will wear Under Armour football boots under a new multi-year agreement. Under Armour already has a deal to supply Tottenham's kits starting with the 2012-13 season.
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Metro Group has put an end to negotiations with potential...
Metro Group has put an end to negotiations with potential buyers of its department store chain Galeria Kaufhof along with its Sportarena chain. Olaf Koch, the group's chief executive, explained that the situation on the financial markets does not create the appropriate environment for such a transaction. The preliminary figures ...
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Sales of snow sports equipment in the U.S. went well...
Sales of snow sports equipment in the U.S. went well in the period from August to November 2011, according to a survey made by Leisure Trends Group for Snow Sports Industries of America, but the numbers were probably not so good afterwards due to a generalized lack of snow. In ...
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Melody Harris-Jensbach is returning to Esprit in the new position...
Melody Harris-Jensbach is returning to Esprit in the new position of chief product and design officer, effective immediately. She previously worked for Esprit in various senior management roles between 1998 and 2007. Ronald van der Vis, the new chief executive of the company, said that her product and design strategy ...
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Sophie Horn, a golfer, fitness maven and fashion model, has...
Sophie Horn, a golfer, fitness maven and fashion model, has signed with Wilson Staff, the brand of golf irons. She will play with the new DXi Superlight driver and DXi rescue clubs, and continue using the company's FG62 irons and FG Tour balls.
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Nike has persuaded a subcontractor in Indonesia, PT Nikomas, to...
Nike has persuaded a subcontractor in Indonesia, PT Nikomas, to give an extra $1 million to the workers at its factory as part of a settlement with their union over extra payments for overtime. More precisely, workers will get a total of $1,002,830 in the next two months for 593,468 ...
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With the renewal of its sponsorship of the Welsh Rugby...
With the renewal of its sponsorship of the Welsh Rugby Union, Under Armour is opening a bigger and striking all-black skybox suite at the Millennium stadium in Cardiff. Designed by Storeage of Amsterdam, the new multifunctional space will act as a lounge for important guests, a showroom for product presentations ...
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Puma will replace Li Ning as the technical sponsor of...
Puma will replace Li Ning as the technical sponsor of the Spanish Espanyol team from the next season on. Puma is also the new sponsor of an important Brazilian football team, Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas from Rio de Janeiro. It was previously sponsored by Kappa and by Fila through ...
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Sport 2000 Deutschland is offering special new credit facilities to...
Sport 2000 Deutschland is offering special new credit facilities to its retailer members, who suffered from slow sell-through in the weeks before Christmas. The new soft loans are being granted by the DZB Bank, which belongs to the parent company of the German sports buying group, Ariston-Nord-West-Ring (ANWR). They have ...
