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Mark Pinger is the new general manager for the German-speaking...
Mark Pinger is the new general manager for the German-speaking region of Europe (Austria, Germany and Switzerland) at Nike. Pinger, 40, replaces Carl Grebert, who is moving over to be vice president and general manager for Nike Japan. Pinger has been with Nike since 2003, where his positions have included ...
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Paul Steels is the new independent sales representative for the...
Paul Steels is the new independent sales representative for the European and international markets of MacNeill Engineering/Champ Spikes. He will help the Champ brand expand in these regions by improving the service to the company's European distributor base. Steels, 54, has been involved in the golf industry since 1983, when ...
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Crocs has agreed to pay $230,000 to the U.S. Environmental...
Crocs has agreed to pay $230,000 to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and remove antimicrobial claims on several types of its footwear. The Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act, which the EPA enforces, requires that any product claiming to be antimicrobial must be a registered pesticide with the EPA. One ...
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More than 16,000 visitors attended the MadridGolf show in November,...
More than 16,000 visitors attended the MadridGolf show in November, a 10 percent increase over the 2009 edition. There were more than 412 exhibitors and brands spread out over 7,500 square meters, drawing 16,643 attendees. More than 8,000 people practiced in the various golf areas of the show and more ...
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Himaraya, the Japanese sporting goods chain, reported a 13 percent...
Himaraya, the Japanese sporting goods chain, reported a 13 percent increase in sales to ¥10.63 billion (€97.4m-$129.0m) for the first quarter ended Nov. 30. However, it had a net loss of ¥295 million (€2.7m-$3.6m). The operating profit was ¥39 million (€357,400-$473,100), compared with an operating loss of ¥250 million last ...
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Orange 21 entered into an agreement last month to sell...
Orange 21 entered into an agreement last month to sell 90 percent of the capital stock of its wholly owned manufacturing subsidiary, LEM S.r.l., to LEM's senior management and two of its outside suppliers for €15,000, to be effective as of Dec. 31. The company still holds a 10 percent ...
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Stephanie Gilmore is jumping ships. The 22-year-old Australian surf star,...
Stephanie Gilmore is jumping ships. The 22-year-old Australian surf star, who has been sponsored by Rip Curl until now, has signed a five-year endorsement agreement with Quiksilver, just as this brand launches its new global girls line for 18-to-24-year-old women. Gilmore won the top Women's ASP World Tour title in ...
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Victor Duran, the 44-year-old senior vice president for marketing and...
Victor Duran, the 44-year-old senior vice president for marketing and business-to-consumer for Amer Sports, became a member of the company's executive board since Jan. 1. He joined the company last March 1 from HotHouse, where he was a partner, and also worked at Zyman Group, Caterpillar EMEA and Procter & ...
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Arc'teryx will open a 55-square-meter showroom at its European headquarters...
Arc'teryx will open a 55-square-meter showroom at its European headquarters in Annecy, France, on Jan. 17 to present its 2011-12 winter collection. The space will be increased to 110 m² in October to present, with a new concept, the winter 2012-13 collection. Separately, the company, which is part of ...
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David Sharp, 55, the president and chief operating officer for...
David Sharp, 55, the president and chief operating officer for Rocky Brands since 2005, is stepping up to take over the duties of chief executive on July 1, 2011. He take the reins from Mike Brooks, 64, who will stay on as executive chairman of the board.
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The Chinese yuan has gone up above 6.6 to the...
The Chinese yuan has gone up above 6.6 to the dollar for the first time since 1993 amid indications that the Chinese government wants to use its appreciation as an anti-inflationary measure. Meanwhile, reports indicate that the Chinese government is trying to put some order into wage negotiations between employers ...
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Brigitte Baenkler, the third daughter of Adi Dassler, died last...
Brigitte Baenkler, the third daughter of Adi Dassler, died last weekend after a short illness. Like her brother and three sisters, Baenkler started helping out at Adidas once she left school, specializing in contacts with East European countries and Russia. She sold her 20 percent share of the company at ...
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Another death was mourned at Adidas this week after the...
Another death was mourned at Adidas this week after the passing of Henri Filho, who was the chairman of the company's supervisory board from April 1994 until November 2007. The Frenchman died on Christmas Day at the age of 79 years. Filho became involved with Adidas in the early '90s ...
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Planet Sports has redefined India's sports retailing landscape again with...
Planet Sports has redefined India's sports retailing landscape again with a superstore of about 2,800 square meters in the Ambience Mall at Vasant Kunj, Delhi. Such a format was unknown in Indian sports retailing until the opening last month, and the outlet also features ranges and displays that are unprecedented ...
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Aldila, the Californian maker of golf shafts, has bought most...
Aldila, the Californian maker of golf shafts, has bought most of the assets of Victory Archery from its parent company, Miramar Strategic Ventures. The purchase price was $2.3 million in cash plus 104,319 shares of unregistered Aldila stock, for a total value of $2.72 million. The acquisition covers specific equipment, ...
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Nelasportswear.com, the American supplier of women's fitness clothing based in...
Nelasportswear.com, the American supplier of women's fitness clothing based in Miami run by Nela Torres, has hired Evolution-Group Sports of Spain as its European distributor. Stressing that this will not affect existing contracts with European merchants and retail customers that will be ordering from the company directly, company officials said ...
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A California woman named Bistra Pashamova is the latest American...
A California woman named Bistra Pashamova is the latest American consumer to file a suit related to toning shoes, this time against New Balance, which says it will vigorously defend itself. In the papers filed by her attorney, Pashamova says that she was injured by the company's True Balance toning ...
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Timberland has appointed Andre Hawaux to its board of directors....
Timberland has appointed Andre Hawaux to its board of directors. He is also president of consumer foods at ConAgra Foods in Omaha. Significantly, he previously spent 25 years at PepsiCo in various executive positions, culminating with the role of senior vice president of worldwide strategy and corporate development.
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Andy Gugenheimer, the French-based sports recruitment specialist, has sold his...
Andy Gugenheimer, the French-based sports recruitment specialist, has sold his shares in Sport Invest Search to his two partners in Germany, Florian Starnberger and Dietmar Damith, and set up his own company, AG Sport Consulting. He is now working with fewer clients on executive recruitment in most of the major ...
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Andy Nicolson, who built up Lafuma's and Jack Wolfskin's business...
Andy Nicolson, who built up Lafuma's and Jack Wolfskin's business in the U.K., has started as country manager of Bergans in the same country, where this big Norwegian outdoor brand does not have a presence right now. Furthermore, Bergans has hired Raoul Ferenschild to become its country manager for the ...
