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Henner Schwarz, 34, has been appointed as the third joint...
Henner Schwarz, 34, has been appointed as the third joint managing director of Planet Sports, the fast-growing German online and brick-and-mortar action sports retailer, taking care of finance, IT and personnel. The company's founders, Sven Horstmann and Marcel Peters, continue to act as joint managing directors. A former manager of ...
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Accell Group, the Dutch company that owns a raft of...
Accell Group, the Dutch company that owns a raft of cycling and fitness brands, has agreed to take over all shares of Vartex, a Swedish trading company dealing in bicycles and bicycle parts. Accell is formally acquiring Vartex through Batavus, one of its subsidiaries and bicycle brands. Based in Varberg, ...
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The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA), the U.K.'s advertising watchdog, has...
The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA), the U.K.'s advertising watchdog, has banned a marketing leaflet used by Reebok to promote its ZigTech shoes and apparel, arguing that it was confusing. The front of the leaflet featured Lewis Hamilton, the Formula One driver, holding up a ZigTech shoe, while the back cover ...
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Cees van de Meeberg has been appointed director of development...
Cees van de Meeberg has been appointed director of development at Brunotti Sportswear, the Dutch boardsports brand. This comes a few months after several financial partners came on board at Brunotti, enabling it to step up investments in its marketing and international reach. Van de Meeberg has previously been in ...
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As part of an executive reshuffle at Arc'teryx, George Curleigh,...
As part of an executive reshuffle at Arc'teryx, George Curleigh, formerly director of sales, has been promoted to vice president for sales, which places him in charge of global sales. He replaces Gary Bryant, who shifted to vice president for product and merchandising, supervising all aspects of research, design and ...
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Asia Bike, which will be integrated into the Asia Outdoor...
Asia Bike, which will be integrated into the Asia Outdoor fair for its inaugural edition in Nanjing at the end of July, will thereafter become independent and be held after the Eurobike show in Friedrichshafen. The first show of its kind in China, Asia Bike is expected to draw about ...
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Assosport, the Italian sporting goods industry association, reported at its...
Assosport, the Italian sporting goods industry association, reported at its annual general assembly that the sales of its members had increased by about 8.5 percent last year to reach €3.8 billion, but this is mostly due to new memberships; the sales of existing members inched up by only 1 percent. ...
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The association of the German sporting goods industry (BSI) has...
The association of the German sporting goods industry (BSI) has awarded its gold honor to Manfred Wutzlhofer, the retired chief of Messe München, the organizer of the Ispo trade fair. Wutzlhofer received the award for his outstanding services to the industry. The BSI pointed out that Messe München consistently supported ...
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Wintersteiger, the Austrian mechanical engineering company, returned to growth last...
Wintersteiger, the Austrian mechanical engineering company, returned to growth last year as its sales jumped by 15.1 percent to €93.4 million, its highest level ever. Wintersteiger's sports division brought in a turnover of €45.4 million, an increase of 4.4 percent compared with 2009. Most encouraging, the company achieved an operating ...
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Puma said that, as part of its legal battle with...
Puma said that, as part of its legal battle with its former licensee in Spain, any new arbitration case would have to be resolved within six months after its filing. Puma and Estudio 2000 already went through arbitration after the licensee refused to relinquish its rights to the Puma brand ...
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Bernard Mariette, president and chief executive of Coalision, the Canadian...
Bernard Mariette, president and chief executive of Coalision, the Canadian owner of the Orage, Lolë and Paradox brands, has acquired a stake of 21 percent in the company through Pélican, an investment fund that he heads himself. Mariette said that the investment reflected his enthusiasm for the company and its ...
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Blue Tomato has won a design competition for boardshorts organized...
Blue Tomato has won a design competition for boardshorts organized by Quiksilver by proposing one made of leather, like the typical “Lederhosen” worn in Bavaria. The shorts are fastened to the hips with velcro. The printed leather dries out quickly.
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As part of its efforts to diversify its sourcing capacity...
As part of its efforts to diversify its sourcing capacity in South East Asia, Quiksilver has opened a new office in Jakarta. The company said that the facility would enable it to better support and expand its retail operations in the region. It should host Quiksilver design, sales, marketing and ...
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PPR, the French luxury and sports lifestyle company, has obtained...
PPR, the French luxury and sports lifestyle company, has obtained 87.4 percent of Volcom's issued and outstanding shares at a price of $24.50 per share in cash, after the extension of its offering period until June 22. PPR intends to exercise the top-up option to purchase more shares directly from ...
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Handelsblatt reports that Metro, the German retail giant, is considering...
Handelsblatt reports that Metro, the German retail giant, is considering the launch of its Kaufhof department stores on the stock exchange. A Metro executive was quoted as saying that discussions were being held with bankers, with a view to a stock market introduction. One of the issues in this respect ...
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Joachim Harbich, a German executive from the music industry, joined...
Joachim Harbich, a German executive from the music industry, joined Pelé Sports last month as global marketing director, which is a new position. The Swiss-based football brand launched at the World Cup last year already had a global marketing manager, Zoe Geary. She joined in March from IMG, the master ...
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Sixteen new members have joined the World Federation of the...
Sixteen new members have joined the World Federation of the Sporting Goods Industry (WFSGI) since its annual meeting in February. Since the start of this year, 26 members have joined, mostly from the cycling and shoe manufacturing industry. This is partly due to the fact that the WFSGI recently formed ...
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Two new industry meetings are to take place in France...
Two new industry meetings are to take place in France this summer for companies in the board sports business. To be held in Biarritz at the start of July, B.A.S.E. Workshop consists of four buying days for boardsports apparel and footwear, with about 200 brands represented. Organized by Brotherhood Communication, ...
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Yue Yuen's net profit increased by only 9.2 percent to...
Yue Yuen's net profit increased by only 9.2 percent to $230 million for the six months ended March 31, although its sales for the period went up by 24.4 percent to $3,302 million, as previously reported. The gross margin declined to 22.9 from 25.5 percent from the same period a ...
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Intersport Danmark stands to lose around 20 percent of its...
Intersport Danmark stands to lose around 20 percent of its turnover due to the expected pull-out at the end of this year of Sport 2010, a big chain of 14 stores that resulted from the recent merger of three retail members last year. It is leaving the voluntary group because ...
