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Collective Brands, parent company of Airwalk, Saucony and many other...
Collective Brands, parent company of Airwalk, Saucony and many other shoe brands, has reportedly hired an investment bank, Perella Weinberg, to look for potential buyers for its whole business, which includes the loss-making Payless ShoeSource chain of shoe shops, or parts of it. The company indicated last August, after the ...
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The much-publicized decision by the Indian government to allow more...
The much-publicized decision by the Indian government to allow more foreign direct investment (FDI) in the retail sector is up in the air after some in the political elite opposed the move. As reported in the last issue of SGI Europe, India decided a few weeks ago to allow FDI ...
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Like Speedo, TYR of the U.S. has also launched a...
Like Speedo, TYR of the U.S. has also launched a high-performance swimsuit that complies with Fina's new norms. Its new Alchemy Project 2012 range features advanced hydrodynamic technology. It uses a “turbo compression fabric” made of lightweight, hydrophobic microfilament yarn, with enhanced stretch and memory retention. The seams are bonded ...
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W.L. Gore & Associates has disclosed an expanded deal with...
W.L. Gore & Associates has disclosed an expanded deal with Dubarry of Ireland, which already uses Gore-Tex membranes in its sailing and country-style boots. The Irish company will now use both Gore-Tex and Windstopper products in its collections of clothing, starting with those being developed for the fall/winter 2012-13 season ...
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Metro Group, the big German player in the cash &...
Metro Group, the big German player in the cash & carry business and parent company of the Kaufhof department store chain, has lowered its outlook for the outgoing fiscal year both in terms of turnover and profit. The management said that overall sales would be slightly lower than last year's ...
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Spy Optic has appointed Devon Howard marketing director, reporting directly...
Spy Optic has appointed Devon Howard marketing director, reporting directly to Michael Marckx, who became president of the brand last month in a management reshuffle of its parent company, Orange 21 (more on this in EyeWear Intelligence). A second-generation California surfer, Howard has been an editor of the Longboard magazine ...
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Attendance went up at the last round of the Performance...
Attendance went up at the last round of the Performance Days, the fibers & fabric shows held in Annecy and Munich in November. Compared with the November 2010 sessions, the total number of visitors at the two locations jumped by 21.4 percent to 969. They came from 21 countries. The ...
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Hanyang, a company in California run by Denny Barge, owner...
Hanyang, a company in California run by Denny Barge, owner of a Chinese sourcing agency, has emerged as a bidder for the assets of Power Balance, the U.S. company whose bracelets purport to optimize the body's natural energy, which filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Nov. 11. Barge is ...
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Specialized is calling on its bike dealers and distributors to...
Specialized is calling on its bike dealers and distributors to send over damaged carbon bike frames of any brand to get them recycled, using a strategy already employed in the aerospace sector. The results of the program will be announced at the Eurobike and Interbike shows in Europe and the ...
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Taichung Bike Week, which took place in the heartland of...
Taichung Bike Week, which took place in the heartland of the Taiwanese bicycle manufacturing industry earlier this month, will be held two weeks earlier next year to fit more judiciously with the schedules of European as well as U.S. companies. Based on discussions with exhibitors and visitors, the organizers decided ...
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Stag, the British buying group, is calling its U.K. Buying...
Stag, the British buying group, is calling its U.K. Buying Show, held Nov. 20-21, a success, noting that a record amount of business was written there despite the challenging retail conditions in the country. Seventy suppliers were at the show, including new members such as Helly Hansen, Jakabel, Kickers, Falke ...
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Brooks, which enjoys a high market share in the Germany...
Brooks, which enjoys a high market share in the Germany and is developing its presence in other European countries, has released its first corporate responsibility report. The American brand of running shoes began auditing its contract factories about ten years ago, and the report shows some progress between 2009 and ...
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Freddy is collaborating with Istituto Marangoni, an internationally reputed fashion...
Freddy is collaborating with Istituto Marangoni, an internationally reputed fashion management school in Milan, in a contest for the best designs. The students of the institute and any other fashion fans are invited to request a blank T-shirt and to send back its photo with a design that they have ...
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The European Cyclists' Federation issued a study quantifying the contribution...
The European Cyclists' Federation issued a study quantifying the contribution of cycling to the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions (GHG): If citizens of the European Union all used their bicycles with the same intensity as Danes did in 2000, cycling an average of 2.6 km per day, they could help ...
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Le Coq Sportif has launched a new version of its...
Le Coq Sportif has launched a new version of its website, offering simplified navigation and adapting it for consultation on a tablet or a smartphone. Its e-commerce platform is now completely integrated with the rest of the website. It tells the history of the French brand, born in Romilly in ...
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Pure Fishing, the fishing tackle subsidiary of Jarden Corporation that...
Pure Fishing, the fishing tackle subsidiary of Jarden Corporation that owns Abu Garcia, Berkley, Mitchel, Shakespeare and other brands, has taken over substantially all the assets of Beyond Fishing & Sporting Goods, a South African company that has been distributing its products in sub-Saharan Africa for more than two years. ...
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The number of daily visits at the Nissan Skipass, the...
The number of daily visits at the Nissan Skipass, the 18-year-old Italian consumer-oriented snow sports show, declined this year to a total of 98,729 over the four days of the event, held in Modena from Oct. 29 to Nov. 2. The number was about 107,000 a year earlier. The number ...
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Moncler is launching two models of sunglasses, developed and produced...
Moncler is launching two models of sunglasses, developed and produced by Mykita at its factory in Berlin. They use the German company's patented Mylon material and mineral glasses by Barberini (more in EyeWear Intelligence, another newsletter by EDM Publications – if you are interested in eyewear, see our new, revamped ...
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Hi-Tec is taking over its own distribution in the Netherlands...
Hi-Tec is taking over its own distribution in the Netherlands from the start of next year. For the last two years the brand of court sports, outdoor and golf footwear has been sold in the Dutch market by Falcon, a Dutch supplier of rainwear and sports apparel. However, the two ...
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Gina Tricot, a Swedish fashion retailer, is poised to enter...
Gina Tricot, a Swedish fashion retailer, is poised to enter the sports market with the launch of a new sportswear range. Sportfack, the magazine for the Swedish sporting goods sector, indicated that it would be launched at the beginning of 2012, and that it will include fashionable sports bras and ...
