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A top Swedish swimmer, Louise Karlsson, is launching her own...
A top Swedish swimmer, Louise Karlsson, is launching her own line of swim caps and underwear for men and women under the Louise Karlsson Concept brand name. She is doing so in collaboration with Agenta Group. Based in Karlsson's hometown of Uddevalla, this company already markets brands such as Page ...
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Kaufhof has integrated a specialty sports store under the Sportarena...
Kaufhof has integrated a specialty sports store under the Sportarena banner in its department store in Düsseldorf. The selling surface is 4,400 square meters. This store is the 13th of its type in Germany after one door was closed in a shopping mall in Oberhausen.
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Timberland has turned a temporary store in Paris into its...
Timberland has turned a temporary store in Paris into its third company-owned store in France. The brand plans to raise the number of corporate stores in Italy from five to seven this year, including one just inaugurated in Padua, while the number of franchised stores in the country should increase ...
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Michael A. Jensen is the new U.S. vice president for...
Michael A. Jensen is the new U.S. vice president for sales and marketing for Carl Zeiss Sports Optics. He will help lead the maker of binocular, riflescopes and other products in its ambitious plan to expand in the North American market. He was previously the vice president for distribution sales ...
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Shareholders of JJB Sports will vote later this month on...
Shareholders of JJB Sports will vote later this month on a proposal to issue 162.5 million new shares in order to raise £65 million (€74m-$106m) so it can continue with its restructuring plan. The four largest shareholders, Harris Associates, Crystal Amber, Invesco Asset Management and the Bill & Melinda Gates ...
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Oakley just opened a new store in Times Square in...
Oakley just opened a new store in Times Square in New York this past weekend. It will feature the latest styles and technologies, including the Perform Beautifully line for women and the golf apparel and footwear collections. New products will debut there, and it also has an Oakley Custom bar ...
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Nike's sponsorship of the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic teams has...
Nike's sponsorship of the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic teams has been extended until 2016. This mean the Swoosh will be outfitting the athletes for the Summer Olympics of 2012 and 2016 in London and Rio de Janeiro, and for the 2014 Winter Games in Sochi, Russia. The deal includes footwear ...
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On March 17, Intersport Sverige opened a 3,000-square-meter Intersport megastore...
On March 17, Intersport Sverige opened a 3,000-square-meter Intersport megastore on Drottninggatan in Stockholm, next to a Stadium store and where 75,000 people on average pass every day. Another 12 to 18 Intersport superstores based on the same format are planned in major Swedish cities. The format is a slightly ...
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The March 14-16 edition of Sport-Achat, the French sporting goods...
The March 14-16 edition of Sport-Achat, the French sporting goods fair in Lyon, marked a 4 percent increase in attendance, attracting a total of 3,472 visitors who represented 1,533 stores. They fair hosted more than 550 brands on more than 18,000 square meters of exhibition space.
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More than 20 companies have reportedly looked at possibly bidding...
More than 20 companies have reportedly looked at possibly bidding for Acushnet, the golf division that Fortune Brands wants to divest, but only four are said to be likely to be part of the process. The valuation for this division, which includes Titleist and FootJoy, is given at between $800 ...
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BasicNet nearly halved its 2010 net profit to €8.5 million...
BasicNet nearly halved its 2010 net profit to €8.5 million from 16.5 million a year earlier despite stronger, sales as operating profits were hit by the company's decision to step up its investments, which were €10 million higher than a year earlier, and to limit price increases in order to ...
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On March 2012, Bruno Obermayer, who has worked for Löffler...
On March 2012, Bruno Obermayer, who has worked for Löffler for 38 years, will retire from the leading the Austrian apparel brand after leading it as managing director for 11 years. Effective in September, the new man at the top will be Otto Leodolter; with Obermayer helping out in the ...
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Orange 21, the parent company of Spy Optic, increased its...
Orange 21, the parent company of Spy Optic, increased its net loss to $4.6 million in 2010 from $3.4 million a year earlier. The bottom line was affected by a $1.4 million loss following the sale of a 90 percent stake in the Italian eyewear manufacturer LEM and an additional ...
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The Danish golfer Andreas Hartø, 22, has signed on with...
The Danish golfer Andreas Hartø, 22, has signed on with Wilson Golf. He will play with Wilson Staff's FG Tour irons, carry the Pro Tour bag and wear the Wilson Staff logo on his headgear. He turned pro last August.
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Li & Fung booked a 27 percent increase in full-year...
Li & Fung booked a 27 percent increase in full-year profits to HK$4.28 billion (€390.0-$549.0m) thanks to a 19 percent rise in turnover to HK$124.10 billion (€11.3bn-$15.9bn). The core operating profit of the Hong Kong-based sourcing group rose by 42 percent to HK$5.66 billion (€515.7m-$726.0m), which was largely due to ...
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Swix Sport Group experienced a 42 percent boost in sales...
Swix Sport Group experienced a 42 percent boost in sales last year to 581 million Norwegian kroner (€73.7m-$104.0m), compared with 410 million NOK in 2009. The company reported an operating profit before amortization (Ebitda) of 73 million Norwegian NOK (€9.2m-$13.1m), up from 44 million NOK in 2009. Changes such as ...
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Hummel moves its headquarters from the suburbs of Aarhus to...
Hummel moves its headquarters from the suburbs of Aarhus to the centrally located harbor of the Danish city. According to the company, an open location by the sea will reinforce the essential features of its brand, described as uniqueness, creativity and innovation. In the next few years, construction projects worth ...
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According to local reports that could not be confirmed, Décathlon...
According to local reports that could not be confirmed, Décathlon will open two new stores in the Czech Republic in 2011. They will be located in Ostrava and Most. The French retailer, which began operating in the country in the autumn of last year with its first outlet in Liberec, ...
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The Red Dot Award, the well-recognized prize for achievements in...
The Red Dot Award, the well-recognized prize for achievements in design, goes again to a couple of sports brands this year. The list of award winners includes Adidas Eyewear for its Evil Eye Halfrim Pro, the backpack Freeride Pro-20l Team of Evoc, the S400 set of Speedminton and the Skiing ...
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The Acushnet Company is shifting some people around in its...
The Acushnet Company is shifting some people around in its Europe, Middle East and Africa division. Gary Miller is going back to Germany to work in business development, where he will help expand the company in that market as well as others such as Spain and Eastern Europe. In addition, ...
