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Craft, the Swedish sportswear company, has appointed Björn Lind new...
Craft, the Swedish sportswear company, has appointed Björn Lind new category manager for its cross-country skiing unit. Lind won two Olympic gold medals and other major titles in this sport, but he retired as a competitive athlete last spring. The 33-year-old will run Craft's product development team in charge of ...
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Arena has signed sponsorship contracts with two young French swimming...
Arena has signed sponsorship contracts with two young French swimming champions through 2016. They are Mélanie Hénique, 18, and Jérémy Stravius, 23. The company has also signed up their coach, Michel Chrétien, who works for the big swimming club of Amiens, sponsored by Speedo under a contract expiring in 2012.
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Asics Europe has moved its head office to Beukenhorst-Zuid, an...
Asics Europe has moved its head office to Beukenhorst-Zuid, an ecologically sustainable business park in Hoofddorp, Netherlands. The 5,000-square-meter office, which opened for business on Nov. 23, accommodates the 220 employees of Asics Europe and Asics Benelux, as well as the northern European sales off with showrooms, and has room ...
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The summer edition of Ösfa, the Austrian sporting goods trade...
The summer edition of Ösfa, the Austrian sporting goods trade show, will take place four weeks earlier than usual next year, running from July 22 through July 24. At its latest session on Aug. 21-23, the fair recorded 70 exhibitors and the number of its visitors declined to 1,756 from ...
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KDM International, an organizer of international fairs based in Bologna,...
KDM International, an organizer of international fairs based in Bologna, is proposing the launch of two new consumer-oriented fairs for cycling and other sports in Kiev, the capital of Ukraine. Called Activesport and BikeExpo, they will be held next Apr. 26-29, coinciding with the existing Motobike Expo (sic) show. Last ...
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Irving H. Franklin, who designed the first batting glove made...
Irving H. Franklin, who designed the first batting glove made specifically for Major League Baseball players, which is still used today, died in his sleep at the age of 93. He founded Franklin Sports with his brother Sydney in 1946. His son, Larry J. Franklin, runs the diversified company and ...
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Oxbow has lost its general manager, Matthieu Bazil, who said...
Oxbow has lost its general manager, Matthieu Bazil, who said he was leaving the company, owned by Lafuma Group, because of differing points of view. He replaced Eric Bonnem in the position at the end of 2009. Further details were not available at the time of going to press.
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Ryan Gellert has been promoted brand president of Black Diamond,...
Ryan Gellert has been promoted brand president of Black Diamond, effective Jan. 2 of next year. He succeeds Peter Metcalf, who continues to be chief executive and president of the holding company, Black Diamond Inc., which also runs the Gregory backpack brand since last year's merger of the two firms. ...
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Kurt Jugl has joined the board of Uvex Sports Group...
Kurt Jugl has joined the board of Uvex Sports Group as commercial managing director, succeeding Jürgen Cappell, who quit the company after more than a decade by mutual agreement with the group's top management. Jugl has held various positions with Siemens and Pfleiderer, a German company specializing in wood processing, ...
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The Maier Sports and Gonso brands will be run from...
The Maier Sports and Gonso brands will be run from the start of next year by a new managing director: Sascha Kautschitsch, an executive from the fashion business, will take over the helm of Maier Sports, the German snow, outdoor and bicycle apparel company. Kautscitsch was a founder of Dirty ...
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Innovex Golf reached a deal to buy Rife Putters earlier...
Innovex Golf reached a deal to buy Rife Putters earlier this month for an undisclosed amount. Rife has been looking for funding to help it expand in the last year or so, so the acquisition could give it a new start. It used to be the No. 1 putter on ...
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Ted Forstmann, chairman and chief executive of IMG, died from...
Ted Forstmann, chairman and chief executive of IMG, died from brain cancer on Nov. 20 at the age of 71. Forstmann bought IMG in 2004 and restructured the business to become even more of a giant in global sport, entertainment and media.
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Predicting that the Chinese sporting goods market will remain challenging...
Predicting that the Chinese sporting goods market will remain challenging next year, Li Ning says it plans to place more emphasis on footwear in repositioning its product range. After collecting orders for the second quarter of 2012 at its own trade fair, the company reported mid-single-digit increases in prices and ...
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Spalding has chosen Paul Sherratt and his Solutions for Sport...
Spalding has chosen Paul Sherratt and his Solutions for Sport to handle its business in the U.K. Solutions for Sport already handles McDavid protective baselayers and Uhlsport football teamwear in the country. The Uhlsport team will additionally handle Spalding, the world's largest provider of basketball equipment, with deliveries starting as ...
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Puma has withdrawn a range of shoes featuring the colors...
Puma has withdrawn a range of shoes featuring the colors of the flag of the United Arab Emirates, after an outcry from consumers who regarded the products as disrespectful. Puma apologized for the limited edition range, which was meant to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the UAE. The protesters apparently deemed ...
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Oxylane, parent company of Décathlon, has launched a new logo...
Oxylane, parent company of Décathlon, has launched a new logo and a new corporate identity for Kipsta, its private label for team sports products, first launched in 1998. The new logo consists of a stylized K preceded by a small dot. Meanwhile, Oxylane has shifted the inauguration of a dedicated ...
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Metro has confirmed that it has received offers for its...
Metro has confirmed that it has received offers for its Kaufhof and Inno department stores from Signa Holding, the Austrian investment vehicle of the Greek shipping magnate George Economou, as well as from Nicolas Berggruen, who bought the Karstadt chain last year, and a consortium led by Wolfgang Urban, a ...
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Cybex International continues to fight the court judgment ordering it...
Cybex International continues to fight the court judgment ordering it to pay tens of millions in a product liability lawsuit, Barnhard vs. Cybex International, in which a user of its equipment was seriously injured. The original judgment was reduced by just over 30 percent to $44 million by a New ...
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Halfords is going to contribute to the Dallaglio Flintoff Cycle...
Halfords is going to contribute to the Dallaglio Flintoff Cycle Slam 2012, a charity bicycle ride from Olympia, Greece, to Olympic Park in London. It will provide the Boardman Performance Series Road Pro Carbon bikes ridden by Lawrence Dallaglio and Andrew Flintoff, the two former England captains who are leading ...
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Øyvind Lauritzen, former owner and managing director of Skigutane, a...
Øyvind Lauritzen, former owner and managing director of Skigutane, a group of Norwegian sports brands, has been appointed chief executive at Dale of Norway, the Norwegian knitwear company. He will replace Ole-Bjørn Gjerde, Dale's chairman and shareholder, who temporarily took charge a few months ago after the departure of Dale's ...
