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Lars Gullikson, Silva's chief executive for the last 13 years,...
Lars Gullikson, Silva's chief executive for the last 13 years, has left the Swedish maker of outdoor lamps, compasses and accessories after its sale to Karnell in July. The Swedish investment fund has yet to find another chief executive but it has appointed several heavyweights from the outdoor industry to ...
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+++ Specialized is recalling about 14,200 bicycles in the U.S....
+++ Specialized is recalling about 14,200 bicycles in the U.S. from its 2011 line, made in Taiwan, with Advanced Group carbon forks +++
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For the first time ever, Sport 2000 Austria has organized...
For the first time ever, Sport 2000 Austria has organized its own in-house trade show. Altogether 70 brands offered their collections to visitors from the pool of 203 affiliated retailers in Austria (not counting the retailers in the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary, which are another 59). The buying group ...
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The article about Adidas in our issue Vol. 22-33+34 of...
The article about Adidas in our issue Vol. 22-33+34 of Aug. 7 carried some incorrect information. Denying that report, NPD says that Adidas did not become the leading brand in the Italian sporting goods market according to its data, either in the second quarter of 2011 or in the 12 ...
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The Stadil family climbed from No. 47 to No. 29...
The Stadil family climbed from No. 47 to No. 29 in the 2010 ranking of the wealthiest Danish families and individuals, with a fortune assessed at 2.5 billion Danish kronor (€335.7m-$453.5m), up by almost one billion kronor (€134.3m-$181.4m) last year. Thor Stadil, 66 years old and a former lawyer, is ...
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Activinstinct, the British online sports retailer, reports a 33 percent...
Activinstinct, the British online sports retailer, reports a 33 percent increase to £11 million (€12.6m-$17.0m) in its sales for the financial year ended Aug. 31. Without quoting a figure, it also reports an 84 percent increase in profits. The company is forecasting further increases of 40 percent in sales and ...
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Giant Bicycle reports a 9.8 percent decline in consolidated net...
Giant Bicycle reports a 9.8 percent decline in consolidated net income to 1.42 billion Taiwan dollars (€34.3m-$46.3m) for the first half of its financial year, ended June 30. Revenues increased by 6.6 percent to NT$22.8 billion (€550.8m-$744.1m), but the pre-tax profit fell by 4.2 percent to NT$2.05 billion (€49.5m-$66.9m).
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Abacus announces a four-year agreement as official sponsor and partner...
Abacus announces a four-year agreement as official sponsor and partner of the German Golf Federation, with the right to dress all German players in its golf clothes when they represent their country. The Swedish golfwear company already has similar agreements in place with the golf federations of Denmark, Norway and ...
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Schöffel is expanding its top management by adding a chief...
Schöffel is expanding its top management by adding a chief operating officer to its executive board. In this position, Torsten Müller will oversee production and human resources effective Oct. 1. For the past two years, Müller was in charge of the European logistics and distribution at VF Corporation and based ...
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Shortly after the opening of a store on the Portuguese...
Shortly after the opening of a store on the Portuguese Algarve coast, Golfino has made it into Milan. The new shop is located in the rather exclusive area of Brera in Via Solferino, which is packed with good boutiques and restaurants. The 70-square-meter selling surface is just a 10-minute walk ...
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Sergio “Kun” Aguero, the Argentinian footballer who plays for Manchester...
Sergio “Kun” Aguero, the Argentinian footballer who plays for Manchester City FC, has signed a long-term contract with Puma, which takes the place of Nike as its sponsor. He started wearing Puma's v1.11 Speed boot in his team's UEFA Champions League game against SSC Napoli on Sept. 14, and will ...
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Philippe Dugarin is the new international sales director of Aigle,...
Philippe Dugarin is the new international sales director of Aigle, the French brand of outdoor and lifestyle shoes and clothing owned by Maus Frères, taking the place left vacant by Alexander Hagen after he left one year ago to work for Puma. Dugardin himself worked most recently for Puma, handle ...
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Ebay has launched a new pilot project aiming to win...
Ebay has launched a new pilot project aiming to win new sellers that as of now is limited to only ebay.de and ebay.at, for Germany and Austria respectively. For the first time ever, Ebay is letting buyers pay Ebay for their goods; then Ebay will transfer the money to the ...
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+++ Andy Rubin, chief executive of Pentland Brands, was part...
+++ Andy Rubin, chief executive of Pentland Brands, was part of a delegation of 25 top U.K. executives who accompanied British Prime Minister David Cameron on a trade mission to Russia +++
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Head NV and HTM Sport, a subsidiary of Head, announce...
Head NV and HTM Sport, a subsidiary of Head, announce that, on Oct. 21, they expect to redeem in full their outstanding senior secured notes due in 2012. The total redemption price for the notes is expected to be €29.4 million: the principal amount of €28.8 million and accrued and ...
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Canterbury, the rugby apparel brand, and Invista, the fiber manufacturer,...
Canterbury, the rugby apparel brand, and Invista, the fiber manufacturer, have teamed up to make rugby shirts intended to help players avoid tackles at the Rugby World Cup that started a few days ago in New Zealand. Featuring special designs and fits, the shirts are made with Invista's Lycra Sport ...
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Asics is working with Dr. Matthias Marquardt, author of a...
Asics is working with Dr. Matthias Marquardt, author of a popular running guidebook in Germany. Marquardt and Asics will host the TV series “Asics Running Insights,” showing on N-TV from this month. The eight-episode series features Marquard giving advice to runners and doing away with running myths. Asics hopes Marquard ...
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For the eighth year in a row, New Balance is...
For the eighth year in a row, New Balance is the official partner of the 20 Kilométres de Paris race, being held Oct. 9. A New Balance coach will help runners train on Sunday mornings leading up to the race at the Champs de Mars, the large grassy area at ...
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Reischmann, a German retailer of sports and fashion products based...
Reischmann, a German retailer of sports and fashion products based in Ravensburg, is opening its 13th store in nearby Kempten. With 8,000 square meters of space, of which more than 5,000 m² will be for sporting goods, it will be the biggest one in the chain. The company already has ...
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Columbia Sportswear has been named the official outerwear provider for...
Columbia Sportswear has been named the official outerwear provider for the U.S. Freestyle Ski Team through the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi. The athletes will show off Columbia's Omni-Heat technology, wearing the brand's outerwear, base layers and hats, and contribute ideas toward the research and development of new products. Some ...
