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Brown Shoe Company has appointed four new executives to help...
Brown Shoe Company has appointed four new executives to help lead its American Sporting Goods division, which it bought in February. Jim Hoff is the new vice president for sales across all brands, coming from Asics America, where he was most recently vice president – sales, athletic footwear, apparel, accessories. ...
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Lafuma has become an associate member of Fesi, the Federation...
Lafuma has become an associate member of Fesi, the Federation of the European Sporting Goods Industry, alongside other individual companies such as Adidas, Nike, Lotto, Puma and Tecnica. Its application for membership was unanimously accepted by Fesi's board of directors. Among other privileges, associate membership gives Lafuma the right to ...
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EuroSIMA, the European Boardsports Industry Manufacturers Association, is launching the...
EuroSIMA, the European Boardsports Industry Manufacturers Association, is launching the 2011 Innovation Awards. A jury of professionals and experts will meet on Sept. 16 to pick winners of the Technological Innovation of the Year Award and the Ecologica l Innovation of the Year Award. They will be announced on Oct. ...
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William B. McMahon, a senior vice president in charge of...
William B. McMahon, a senior vice president in charge of the consumer division at Nautilus since November 2009, has been promoted to chief operating officer of the company. He's been with Nautilus since 2005, and previously had executive positions at the Reader's Digest Association.
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Kenny Ballard has been brought on board to be the...
Kenny Ballard has been brought on board to be the new general manager of the outdoor gear business for Established Brands, the official gear and footwear licensee for Wenger, maker of the Swiss Army Knife. Ballard will take care of business and product development for Wenger and Swiss Gear camping ...
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Nike and Barclays Premier League have reaffirmed their commitment to...
Nike and Barclays Premier League have reaffirmed their commitment to the Nike Academy, a training program for top-level football players, and it will now become a full-time operation. Young players who aren't with professional clubs receive world-class coaching and the opportunity to play top academic teams as well as reserve ...
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Ole-Bjørn Gjerde, who has been the chairman of the board...
Ole-Bjørn Gjerde, who has been the chairman of the board at Dale of Norway since 2007, also became the Norwegian knitwear company's general manager last week. This came after the departure of Hans Petter Angell, who was warmly credited for leading Dale's return to growth and profits in the last ...
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Three pillars in a subway station in Xujiahui have been...
Three pillars in a subway station in Xujiahui have been wrapped in padding and adorned with advertisements for Adidas; the company said they were designed to get people to stretch while waiting for trains, and to raise the public's low awareness of health. However, commuters are taking out their everyday ...
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Messe München, the organizer of Ispo Munich and Ispo Beijing,...
Messe München, the organizer of Ispo Munich and Ispo Beijing, has created a special project management division for its cycle show, Ispo Bike, formerly known as Bike Expo. The new unit will be headed by Eva Schlangenotto, a 30-yeazr-old official who has already worked for both Ispo and Bike Expo ...
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Ben Pruess is the first chief executive of Holden, the...
Ben Pruess is the first chief executive of Holden, the maker of premium snow and sports wear. He comes from Adidas Originals, where he was global vice president.
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Bergans of Norway has created the new position of a...
Bergans of Norway has created the new position of a sales and marketing officer: Øystein Bomo joined the company from Jordan, a domestic marketer of oral health care, painting tools and household cleaning equipment. Before, the business of marketing and product management was handled jointly under the leadership of Ragnar ...
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No waste of nonrenewable resources, no traffic bottlenecks, no emissions...
No waste of nonrenewable resources, no traffic bottlenecks, no emissions – except exhalations. Asics wrapped up a one-week trial of a special program earlier this month in conjunction with Addison Lee, the taxi and courier firm, to deliver items throughout central London via runners. Twenty athletes took to the streets ...
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Peak Performance, the Swedish ski, outdoor and golf brand, lifted...
Peak Performance, the Swedish ski, outdoor and golf brand, lifted its sales by 7 percent to the equivalent of 977 million Danish kroner (€131.2m-$189.0m) for the year ended on June 30. This emerged in the results of IC Companys, the Danish group that owns Peak Performance along with 10 fashion ...
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Mammut Sports Group, the leading outdoor brand from Switzerland, reports...
Mammut Sports Group, the leading outdoor brand from Switzerland, reports a decrease in sales of 10.1 percent for the first six months of the current year and reached total sales of 85.4 million Swiss francs (€75.1m-$107.3m). In local currencies and disregarding the divestment of the Toko wax brand last year, ...
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Jake Brandman is taking the reins as president of Sanuk,...
Jake Brandman is taking the reins as president of Sanuk, the company bought last month by Deckers Outdoor Corporation. He will take over the position as of Sept. 1, moving from his job as vice president for North American operations at Teva, another Deckers brand. Jeff Kelley, who founded Sanuk ...
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USG Brands, the European sports and lifestyle group, will be...
USG Brands, the European sports and lifestyle group, will be coming out with a casual footwear collection through a new long-term partnership with Eddy Merckx Holding. The high-quality men's shoes pay tribute to Eddy Merckx, the Belgian cycling star, by combining elegant style with elements of cycling, such as streamlined ...
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Holey Soles and Double Diamond Distribution of Canada, plus a...
Holey Soles and Double Diamond Distribution of Canada, plus a Massachusetts retailer selling Waldies clogs are going to be forbidden from selling foam shoes like those of Crocs in the U.S. if President Obama endorses a decision by the U.S. International Trade Commission. Crocs has thus won a ...
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Capitalizin g on the success of its “Omni-Heat” technology for...
Capitalizin g on the success of its “Omni-Heat” technology for winter wear, Columbia Sportswear is seeking to boost its new high-tech image by introducing two new technologies for its spring/summer 2012 collection. It has a design patent pending on one of them and a technological patent pending on an upgrade ...
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GolfBuddy is sponsoring next month's Unicredit PGA Professional Championship, which...
GolfBuddy is sponsoring next month's Unicredit PGA Professional Championship, which will be held under the aegis of the PGAs of Europe in the Pravets Golf Resort and Spa in Bulgaria. The event will mark the return of the Unicredit tournament after a six-year pause. It will also be the first ...
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The Flatiron District of New York City is the home...
The Flatiron District of New York City is the home to the first New Balance Experience Store in North America. The store has a Mondo running track as well as a Demonstration Area where customers can watch a New Balance employee assemble shoes. It takes up 4,000 square feet and ...
