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Schanner Eishockey, distributor of Bauer, Sher-Wood and Vaughn ice hockey...
Schanner Eishockey, distributor of Bauer, Sher-Wood and Vaughn ice hockey and roller skating products in Germany, Austria and Slovenia, had an unexpectedly bad start at the last Ispo in Munich. Between Friday and Saturday, some high-end products were stolen from its booth. When the employees came to their stand at ...
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Venice Beach, the German label of female fitness wear, is...
Venice Beach, the German label of female fitness wear, is in new hands. In late 2010, its owner, MPC Holding, announced that it would either stop or license that business. The brand has now been taken over by Basler Fashion, another German marketer of textiles. Matthias Orth, sales manager of ...
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Berkshire-Hathaway's Other Manufacturing business, which includes Fruit of the Loom...
Berkshire-Hathaway's Other Manufacturing business, which includes Fruit of the Loom and Russell Athletic, had an 11 percent increase in revenues to $17.7 billion, according to the company's annual report. FTL, which currently employs slightly more than 30,000, saw “significantly improved” operating results due to manufacturing efficiencies and cost management efforts.
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Danny Orr, product manager at Somnio, a Californian brand of...
Danny Orr, product manager at Somnio, a Californian brand of athletic footwear with adjustable midsoles, is to take over the helm of its European operations from the end of this month. He replaces Saskia Stock, who is leaving to become marketing director at Black Diamond Europe, replacing Thomas Hodel from ...
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The new Swedish skiwear brand Elevenate had an excellent launch...
The new Swedish skiwear brand Elevenate had an excellent launch at Ispo. One of its co-founders, Jimmy Odén, says the founding trio – which also includes Mårten Pettersson, former editor of Åka Skidor, and designer Sara Rönngren, formerly at Peak Performance – deliberately decided to keep the collection top-secret before ...
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Kappa's German licensee introduced a new marketing campaign in cooperation...
Kappa's German licensee introduced a new marketing campaign in cooperation with Ferrero in Germany. The campaign is called 'Sports meets Style' and is aired on the main German TV channels. It is also running in magazines and on the Kappa and Ferrero homepages. Consumers buying selected Ferrero products can collect ...
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Nike has opened its new logistics center in Jiangsu province...
Nike has opened its new logistics center in Jiangsu province in China, now its largest in Asia and sixth-largest anywhere. The company plans for it to be the first LEED accredited warehouse complex in China, in compliance with that “green building” rating system. It spans over 200,000 square meters, and ...
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Chiemsee, which shares the same ownership as Kappa Germany, is...
Chiemsee, which shares the same ownership as Kappa Germany, is relaunching the German action sports brand, capitalizing on its heritage. Shown at the last Ispo, its new ‘Originals' collection is meant to emphasize the roots of the brand in the boardsports sector. A new marketing campaign will be launch in ...
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Sport Design Sweden's concept of creating unique collections of skiwear...
Sport Design Sweden's concept of creating unique collections of skiwear for each ski resort is a success – much more than founder and sales manager Niclaes Wijk had ever hoped for. Before Ispo, Sport Design Sweden worked with around 50 top ski resorts worldwide, handling the entire process from design ...
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Oxylane, parent company of Décathlon, is testing a new store...
Oxylane, parent company of Décathlon, is testing a new store concept called Loco for to shopping malls, according to a blog about the activities of the Mulliez retail empire. A store was opened in Spain and another in northern France at Noyelles-Godault. The stores offer Décathlon products that are displayed ...
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Globe International's results for the first half ended last Dec....
Globe International's results for the first half ended last Dec. 31 were adversely impacted by currency exchanges and gross margin pressures from a difficult retail environment and rising input costs. Net income from A$832,000 for the six months ended Dec. 31. Ebitda fell by 42 percent to A$1,881,000 (€0.9m-$1.3m) from ...
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Graham Starkey is returning to his old employer, Foremost Golf,...
Graham Starkey is returning to his old employer, Foremost Golf, to be its business development manager. He will work on the company's new buying group for golf clubs and help expand its e-mail marketing program. He helped launch that program in his first go-round with the company in 2000, but ...
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Two key shareholders in Rapala VMC have put an end...
Two key shareholders in Rapala VMC have put an end to a shareholders' agreement that they had struck last June 29. One of the two, Utavia, has sold all its shares in the Finnish company. The other one, Viellard Migeon & Cie, remains with 11,842,71 shares, giving it 30.01 percent ...
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Moncler could be floated on the Milan stock exchange by...
Moncler could be floated on the Milan stock exchange by the summer, said Marco De Benedetti, who is in charge of the Italian operations of the private equity firm Carlyle, in an interview with theItalian financial daily Il Sole 24 Ore. Carlyle owns 48 percent of Moncler. The other main ...
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As of February 1, Jörgen Lorentzon is new director of...
As of February 1, Jörgen Lorentzon is new director of sales at Didrikson and responsible for sales in Sweden and a few international markets. Lorentzon was recruited from Procurator and has also served five years as director of products at JC.
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Berkshire Hathaway divested its 3,642,929 shares of Nike in the...
Berkshire Hathaway divested its 3,642,929 shares of Nike in the fourth quarter. At current market value the stake is worth $311.7 million. The investment company, managed by Warren Buffet, had already halved its stake in Nike in the third quarter. The sale is part of a change in investment strategy ...
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Pure Fishing, the wholly-owned subsidiary of Jarden Corporation, has acquired...
Pure Fishing, the wholly-owned subsidiary of Jarden Corporation, has acquired substantially all of the assets of the Sebile fishing lure business from Sebile International. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
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Head showed its new AdaptEdge ski boot at Ispo. It...
Head showed its new AdaptEdge ski boot at Ispo. It is described as the first ski boot whose last can be changed just by turning a screw. It uses Head's Adaptive Fit Technology, which is based on a newly designed shell with a compression zone that goes under the forefoot. ...
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Adidas is reportedly setting special conditions, including a long duration,...
Adidas is reportedly setting special conditions, including a long duration, for a new contract with the Real Madrid football team that will replace the present one, set to expire in June 2012. According to reports, the Spanish team is asking for an annual fee of €50 million, which would make ...
