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TaylorMade-Adidas Golf is looking to Asia to aid its plans...
TaylorMade-Adidas Golf is looking to Asia to aid its plans to expand its apparel and footwear business from the current level of $400 million to $700 million in four years. MSNBC.com has reported that John Kawaja, executive vice president for TaylorMade-Adidas Golf, said that Japan in particular would be a ...
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Garmont is moving its North American subsidiary to Portland, Oregon,...
Garmont is moving its North American subsidiary to Portland, Oregon, which is becoming an increasingly important footwear and outdoor hub. The operation will be run by David Fee, a 38-year-old manager who lives in the area. He was employed there for a few years by Nike, where he was the ...
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The America's Cup Event Authority has just introduced Puma as...
The America's Cup Event Authority has just introduced Puma as the official sportswear partner of the 34th America's Cup, which kicked off in Cascais, Portugal, this past weekend. In this capacity, the brand is providing the sailing performance gear and other clothing for the management and the personnel of the ...
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Kyle Weiner is appointed president of Dorel's apparel & footwear...
Kyle Weiner is appointed president of Dorel's apparel & footwear group, which includes Sugoi. The executive gained a solid background in product development, marketing, merchandising, sales and financial planning in various companies. He spent 11 years in various leadership roles at Nike. He then held senior positions in the apparel ...
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The Turkish government is expected to announce shortly a major...
The Turkish government is expected to announce shortly a major increase in the country's import duties for apparel and some other items until April 2014. Adidas, Nike and other sports companies have been advocating the exclusion of certain items that cannot be manufactured in Turkey.
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The organizers of the European Outdoor Forum have announced that...
The organizers of the European Outdoor Forum have announced that Alex Stiler, the author of “X Play Nation,” will appear at the event to give a presentation on how to capture the youth market. He will take the example of how action sports have made themselves appealing to young people ...
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The extension of the present European anti-dumping duties on bicycles...
The extension of the present European anti-dumping duties on bicycles imported from China was backed by a majority of the governments represented at a recent meeting of the anti-dumping committee of the European Commission, according to a report in Bike Europe. The Commission has apparently proposed that they should be ...
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Mizuno is the new official footwear and apparel sponsor of...
Mizuno is the new official footwear and apparel sponsor of the RunLiverpool Marathon, which makes its debut on Oct. 9. Key race staff and marshals will wear Mizuno running apparel, and some celebrity participants will wear the brand's apparel and footwear. The marathon is also the kickoff point of the ...
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Under Armour has raised its outlook for this year's growth...
Under Armour has raised its outlook for this year's growth in revenues to between 33 and 35 percent from a previous forecast of 29 to 31 percent, following a better than expected performance in the second quarter, which saw the company's overall sales jump by 42.2 percent to $291.3 million. ...
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Roger Zeng, president of the China Outdoor Retailers Association (CORA),...
Roger Zeng, president of the China Outdoor Retailers Association (CORA), will be among the speakers featured at the European Outdoor Industry Forum in Annecy next Oct. 11-12, complementing presentations by Mark Held and Frank Hugelmeyer, who run the European Outdoor Group (EOG) and the U.S. Outdoor Industry Association (OIA), respectively. ...
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A line of men's bodywear signed by David Beckham, the...
A line of men's bodywear signed by David Beckham, the British football star, will be carried exclusively in the 1,800-odd stores of H&M around the world, starting next Feb. 2 to coincide with purchases for Valentine's Day. Beckham and his business partner Simon Fuller recently announced the launch of a ...
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The Kanumesse, which claims to have become the most important...
The Kanumesse, which claims to have become the most important trade show for canoes and kayaks in the world, reports another record in the number of exhibitors at its next session, scheduled for Sept. 18-20 in Nuremberg, Germany. There will be more than 170 exhibitors on a gross surface of ...
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Blacks Leisure is looking for a new chairman. The struggling...
Blacks Leisure is looking for a new chairman. The struggling British sports retailer announced yesterday that David Bernstein had decided to resign as chairman and director of the company, with immediate effect, although he had received more than 78 percent of the proxy votes at the annual general meeting last ...
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Comprising essentially Life Fitness, the fitness segment of Brunswick Corp....
Comprising essentially Life Fitness, the fitness segment of Brunswick Corp. recorded a 14.9 percent sales increase to $141.6 million for the second quarter, and its operating profit jumped by 120 percent to $19.1 million for the period. Lower sales increases were recorded in the other segments of the group's business: ...
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Building on the success of the Surfing China organization and...
Building on the success of the Surfing China organization and the China Action Sports Exhibition trade show, a group of action sports companies operating in China have formed a trade association, called S3 for Surf, Skate, Snow. One of aims is to raise participation in action and board sports. S3 ...
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Pakistan's Federal Bureau of Statistics has reported that the country's...
Pakistan's Federal Bureau of Statistics has reported that the country's exports of sporting goods rose by 8.3 percent to $323 million for the 2010-11 fiscal year ended June 30. Gloves were the biggest-growing segment, up by 22.1 percent to $119.8 million. The “other sports goods” category was up by 21.4 ...
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Günther Nold, the long-time chief executive of Fink Schuhe +...
Günther Nold, the long-time chief executive of Fink Schuhe + Sport, a major chain of shoe and sporting goods stores, has passed away at the age of 65. He had taken over the shares of the Fink family in the business in January 2010. One of his collaborators, Rolf Lahr, ...
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Equip Outdoor Technologies, the parent company of Rab, which recently...
Equip Outdoor Technologies, the parent company of Rab, which recently acquired Lowe Alpine from Asolo, is taking over the distribution of the line in the U.S. and Canada from Asolo and its Canadian licensee. By November, the U.S. operations of Lowe Alpine will again be based in Colorado, where the ...
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The Outdoor Solutions segment of Jarden Corp. improved its operating...
The Outdoor Solutions segment of Jarden Corp. improved its operating profit by 6.0 percent to $103.6 million in the second quarter as its revenues went up by 11.1 percent to $772.8 million. Excluding the positive impact of foreign exchange rates, sales rose by 3 percent on an organic basis. The ...
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Europe was Crocs' fastest growth market in the second quarter...
Europe was Crocs' fastest growth market in the second quarter ended on June 30, with sales rising by 50.4 percent to $52.2 million. For the first time ever, Asia became the company's largest market, overtaking the Americas. But the feat will be short-lived and the Americas should remain the group's ...
