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Jean-François Palus, the young manager who has been running the...
Jean-François Palus, the young manager who has been running the finance division of PPR Group since 2005, masterminding the acquisition of Puma and Volcom, has seen his responsibilities enlarged with the promotion to a new position as group managing director in charge of new strategic, operational and organizational orientations. He ...
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A new management structure has been established for the Fink...
A new management structure has been established for the Fink Schuhe + Sport chain of 50 shoe and sports stores in Germany, following the death of its main owner, Günther Nold, last July. According to Textilwirtschaft, his widow, Sylvelie Nold, has joined the executive board along with her son-in-law Ralph-Peter ...
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Two Teva executives have been promoted by Deckers Outdoor Corporation....
Two Teva executives have been promoted by Deckers Outdoor Corporation. Pete Worley, president of the brand, is now the president of Deckers Asia-Pacific. His old position will be taken up by Joel Heath, formerly the global brand marketing director for Teva. Worley has been with Teva for five years, coming ...
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Gresvig, the big Norwegian buying group operating under the G-Sport,...
Gresvig, the big Norwegian buying group operating under the G-Sport, Intersport and G-Max banners, has strengthened its management team. Espen Bråten, former general manager of Järnia, a large-scale retailer dealing with houseware and DIY products, has joined Gresvig to supervise its sports division. Rolf Gullestad, general manager of Gresvig, previously ...
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Sporthaus Münzinger, the big sporting goods store on Munich's Marienplatz,...
Sporthaus Münzinger, the big sporting goods store on Munich's Marienplatz, is being renovated. It will reopen at the beginning of April with a 630m² area focusing on football and other team sports.
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Björn Borg, the company that has the rights for underwear,...
Björn Borg, the company that has the rights for underwear, sportswear, footwear and bags named after the former Swedish tennis champion, has sealed an agreement with a retail partner for its deployment on the Chinese market. The company will hold a 75 percent stake in a joint venture with a ...
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Columbia Sportswear has bought a building in London, Ontario, that...
Columbia Sportswear has bought a building in London, Ontario, that it plans to use as its new Canadian headquarters. About 120 jobs will move to the new building, which cost Columbia about $26 million. It will consolidate two former locations nearby in Strathroy, comprising administration, sales and a distribution center, ...
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François Pinault, chairman of PPR, parent company of Puma, Cobra...
François Pinault, chairman of PPR, parent company of Puma, Cobra Golf and Volcom, has been elevated to the rank of grand officer of the French Legion of Honor. At the same time, Salma Hayek, the Mexican actress who married his son François-Henri, chief executive of the group, was made knight ...
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As part of the growing concentration of sports and outdoor...
As part of the growing concentration of sports and outdoor retailing across Scandinavia, Friluftsland, a major Danish retailer and wholesaler of outdoor products, has taken over Playground in Sweden. Frilufstland had seven outdoor stores in Denmark and two in Sweden, but it closed one of the latter recently. Playground achieved ...
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Rapala VMC Corporation has sold Willtech Gift (HK), a unit...
Rapala VMC Corporation has sold Willtech Gift (HK), a unit involved in the manufacturing of gift items in China, to Pylones, a French-based developer and retailer of premium gift items with a global reach. Back in 2001, Rapala acquired the totality of Willtech's business, which consisted of manufacturing gifts as ...
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Derby Cycle has used some of the proceeds from its...
Derby Cycle has used some of the proceeds from its recent public offering to take over the distribution in the U.K. and Australia as part of its internationalization process. The company, which recently merged into Pon Holdings, is the largest bicycle manufacturer in Germany, where it produces bikes under the ...
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David Whelan, founder and former owner of JJB Sports, has...
David Whelan, founder and former owner of JJB Sports, has rebranded the DW Stadium of his Wigan Athletic football club as Intersport for a match against Liverpool that was televised live on Sky Sports last Dec. 21. More than 60 DW stores in the U.K. have been rebranded as Intersport ...
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The Peuterey Group has reportedly signed a three-year licensing deal...
The Peuterey Group has reportedly signed a three-year licensing deal for Post Card, the Italian brand of luxury women's snow wear, with an option to purchase it. Previously owned by Belfe, the brand has been the property of Alfredo Cionti's Avirex Group since 2008. Avirex, which has since changed its ...
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Macintosh Retail Group has decided to postpone the sales of...
Macintosh Retail Group has decided to postpone the sales of its Halfords bicycle business, indicating that the present economic situation is making it difficult for potential buyers to arrange the financing. Macintosh announced its decision to divest Halfords last July, after selling other non-core activities. As the proceeds from Halfords' ...
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Toray, the Japanese developer of polymers, is planning to show...
Toray, the Japanese developer of polymers, is planning to show a new polyamide fiber that can be produced from renewable resources at Ispo. It follows the company's announcement last June of the first polyester fiber that is 100 percent based on biomass. Toray will be categorizing its new fibers, fabrics ...
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Hi-Tec Sports, the Dutch-based outdoor, racquet sports and golf company, is...
Hi-Tec Sports, the Dutch-based outdoor, racquet sports and golf company, is launching an apparel range with Color Tec, a dyed down proprietary technology. The individual pieces of down are dyed in different colors, making it eye-catching, and the company says that the new technique increases the loft of the down, without ...
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Technogym will supply the fitness equipment that will be used...
Technogym will supply the fitness equipment that will be used for training by the athletes competing in 28 disciplines of the Olympic Games in London. It will provide more than 750 machines for this purpose. The Italian company already offered similar services at the Olympics in Sydney in 2000, in ...
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One Way, the Finnish producer of Nordic ski poles and...
One Way, the Finnish producer of Nordic ski poles and associated gear, has signed a long-term contract with Dario Cologna, starting in May 2012. The 25-year-old Swiss champion won the Nordic skating contest in the World Cup at Rogla in Slovenia last Dec. 18. He followed up by winning the ...
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At Ispo, Sympatex will introduce a new technology for footwear...
At Ispo, Sympatex will introduce a new technology for footwear called “Moisture Tech.” The innovation promises improved breathability thanks to an optimized deduction of humidity. A new layer in-between makes sure that moisture is transferred to the membrane in a broader way to facilitate the exit of the humidity. According ...
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Icebreaker is going to open its second Touchlab store in...
Icebreaker is going to open its second Touchlab store in New York City later this month. It will be located at 823 Washington Street, in the Meatpacking District of Manhattan. The New Zealand brand of merino wool apparel opened its first store in New York in December 2010. It also ...
