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Reportedly, Metro plans to make a statement next Friday on...
Reportedly, Metro plans to make a statement next Friday on the possible divestiture of the Kaufhof chain of department stores, including its Kaufhof Sportarenas. According to the German daily newspaper Handelsblatt, Signa, the Greek-owned investment company based in Austria, is offering to pay only €2.05 billion for the assets, less ...
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More than 15,000 people flocked to the first store opened...
More than 15,000 people flocked to the first store opened by Décathlon in Sweden last weekend. The store of about 7,000 square meters is situated in a Stockholm shopping center near the airport of Bromma, in a former building of the Pripps brewery, next to three other large-scale retailers. Décathlon ...
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Asics' 1-year-old flagship store in Amsterdam won for Best New...
Asics' 1-year-old flagship store in Amsterdam won for Best New Retail Concept 2011 at the Mapic Awards this month. The awards are intended to honor excellence, innovation and creativity of design among retailers and retail real estate companies in Europe. Asics' flagship features state-of-the-art facilities and services including a Running ...
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The London Golf Show welcomed 14,250 visitors at its recent...
The London Golf Show welcomed 14,250 visitors at its recent session on Nov. 11-13, up from 10,500 a year ago, when the consumer-oriented event was held at different dates and at a different venue. The number of exhibitors remained the same at 120. The show helped to raise about £5,000 ...
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Otto Group is expecting a 20 percent boost for Christmas...
Otto Group is expecting a 20 percent boost for Christmas in the online sales of its 50 e-commerce platforms, including that of its SportScheck subsidiary. The latter's new mobile application has generated more than 10,000 orders from customers since its launch last January, said Stefan Herzog, chief executive of the ...
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Columbia Sportswear is recalling rechargeable batteries that came with 220...
Columbia Sportswear is recalling rechargeable batteries that came with 220 of its Omni-Heat jackets because of the risk of them overheating. The defective batteries were sold with three styles of jackets between July and September: the Electric Wader Widgeon, Electric Big Game and Gale Warning Interchange styles. When the problem ...
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Hardy & Greys is dismissing about 27 employees, making up...
Hardy & Greys is dismissing about 27 employees, making up one-quarter of its personnel in the U.K., according to Angling International. The move was apparently prompted by a big drop in the U.K. fishing tackle market that is leading the company to reallocate resources to the German and U.S. markets. ...
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Afydad, the Spanish sporting goods industry association, says that 37...
Afydad, the Spanish sporting goods industry association, says that 37 of its member companies will show in its Spanish Outdoor Village at the next Ispo fair, running from Jan. 29 to Feb. 1. Afydad and the Sports Unlimited fair in Valencia, which has signed a new partnership with the association ...
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In a project said to be worth €6 million, Décathlon...
In a project said to be worth €6 million, Décathlon reportedly has a plan to set up a large sports park in Spain, similar to those it has in France, with the backing of the province of Barcelona. Covering 10 hectares (24.7 acres) in the area of Sant Perde de ...
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Head has named Karl Acham division manager for snowboard and...
Head has named Karl Acham division manager for snowboard and protection, starting next Jan. 1, replacing Klaus Thurner, who has been placed in charge of the in-house sportswear department. Acham, 54, has been with Head since 2000. He has notably set up a snowboard business for the company in Japan. ...
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Trilantic Capital Partners, a U.S. private equity fund, has acquired...
Trilantic Capital Partners, a U.S. private equity fund, has acquired a substantial stake in Implus Corporation from another fund, AEA Investors, in cooperation with the company's chief executive, Seth Richards, and its president, Todd Vore. The U.S. company markets insoles, shoe care products and other items under numerous brands including ...
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Puma has teamed up with a raft of renowned African...
Puma has teamed up with a raft of renowned African artists to design football kits for the 10 national teams from Africa endorsing the German sports and lifestyle brand. The kits were unveiled at the Design Museum in London, with the support of players including Cameroon's Samuel Eto'o, Asamoah Gyan ...
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Jacques Krauze has again left Courir, the athletic footwear chain...
Jacques Krauze has again left Courir, the athletic footwear chain of Groupe Go Sport, after leading its turnaround. André Ségura, former general manager of Habitat for Europe, is taking over his place at the head of Courir. A French magazine, Sportéco, had reported his departure last summer, but Krauze denied ...
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Mizuno has signed a global framework agreement with the International...
Mizuno has signed a global framework agreement with the International Garment and Leather Workers Federation that includes the stipulation that the Japanese sporting goods company implement eight core labor conventions of the International Labor Organization. The federation said that Mizuno is the first Japanese in the sector to sign such ...
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Patagonia is calling on European and American customers alike to...
Patagonia is calling on European and American customers alike to adopt more intelligent and responsible patterns of consumption, in the framework of its “Common Threads” initiative. The central message of its new campaign is to invite consumers not to buy what they do not need. It makes suggestions around five ...
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The North Face has set ambitious targets to increase the...
The North Face has set ambitious targets to increase the sustainability of its products and operations, as part of its first public sustainability report. The document takes stock of The North Face's progress in terms of sustainability in 2010 and sets objectives for the five years until 2015. Among others, ...
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Amer Sports reports that Varma Mutual Pension Insurance Company has...
Amer Sports reports that Varma Mutual Pension Insurance Company has raised its stake in the company from 4.78 to 5.19 percent. Meanwhile, Amer says it has completed a share buyback program announced last Aug. 15, involving a total of 3 million shares purchased at an average price of €9.18. As ...
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Arc'teryx has opened its first European showroom in Annecy, France....
Arc'teryx has opened its first European showroom in Annecy, France. On 125 square meters, the European sales team will present there not only the collections, but also the brand's solutions for in-store building. It will also host European and regional sales meetings. Company officials say that Annecy was picked not ...
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CEP, a young German brand of compression apparel, is investing...
CEP, a young German brand of compression apparel, is investing massively in consumer-oriented advertising, not only in special interest magazines, but also in billboard ads in major Austrian ski resorts such as St. Anton, Sölden and Zillertal as well as the smaller German snowsport hot spots such as Garmisch-Partenkirchen and ...
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Phil Lalemant has been appointed European marketing director of Volcom,...
Phil Lalemant has been appointed European marketing director of Volcom, located at the European head office in Anglet, France. The nine-year-long marketing executive at Element, a subsidiary of Billabong since 2001, will work hand in hand with his predecessor, Mike Mailman. The latter has been promoted creative director for Europe”.
