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Thomas Römpke has left Völkl Tennis after 10 years in...
Thomas Römpke has left Völkl Tennis after 10 years in office as chief of international product management and, since early this year, head of European sales and marketing. During this time he developed a network of European distributors for Völkl Tennis, a mission that finished with Völkl’s licensing deal last ...
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The organizers of Ispo are getting ready for the 71st...
The organizers of Ispo are getting ready for the 71st edition of the show, reporting that the halls are fully booked with more than 100,000 square meters of exhibit space, about 12 percent more than last February. The show, being held next Feb. 6-9 in Munich, will feature around ...
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Eider, the French mountain apparel brand acquired by the Lafuma...
Eider, the French mountain apparel brand acquired by the Lafuma group two years ago, is moving further into Eastern Europe. Lafuma Poland is introducing Eider in the country and taking up Killy, a brand licensed to Eider, which was already sold widely in Poland through Sportinel. Furthermore, Eider has signed ...
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Adidas thinks it will get a big boost from the...
Adidas thinks it will get a big boost from the selection of Russia as the site of the 2018 World Cup. Not only is Adidas the leading local sports brand there, but it has a long-term deal with the Russian Football Federation. Qatar beat out the U.S. for the 2022 ...
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All the brands of TaylorMade Golf Company – TaylorMade, Adidas...
All the brands of TaylorMade Golf Company – TaylorMade, Adidas Golf and the recently acquired Ashworth business – will return to exhibit at the PGA Merchandise Show in Orlando, Florida, next Jan. 27-29 to launch a variety of “industry-changing products.” Cobra-Puma Golf will be debuting new Cobra Golf equipment and ...
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Tecnica Group, which is said to be again in financial...
Tecnica Group, which is said to be again in financial trouble, is placing 65 employees on temporary layoffs subsidized by the Italian state for two years, starting next January. The move is said to be related to a reorganization of the production, in line with market demand, that will involve ...
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Macron has signed an agreement for the next four years...
Macron has signed an agreement for the next four years to supply the Welsh Football Trust with technical training clothing for its 500-plus affiliated clubs. Macron will share the task with West Wales Print & Sport (WWP). Founded in 1971, Macron started off as a production workshop for bigger national ...
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Viking Footwear will run all its international sales operations outside...
Viking Footwear will run all its international sales operations outside Scandinavia and Finland from its office in Munich from next Jan. 1 on. Meanwhile, Helma Tobies, who has been in charge of sales in Germany for the Norwegian brand, is going to take care of Austria as well.
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The American pop singer Nicole Scherzinger is promoting Reebok’s new...
The American pop singer Nicole Scherzinger is promoting Reebok’s new ZigTech shoes in the U.K. Reebok says the shoes have a unique zigzag sole that absorbs impact and sends energy along the shoe.
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Belowzero, another Swiss snow wear brand, has teamed up with...
Belowzero, another Swiss snow wear brand, has teamed up with Sympatex, starting with the fall/winter 2011-12 season. The brand wants to use Sympatex’ flagship product, a PTFE-free membrane.
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Billabong plans to launch an apparel line that commemorates Bob...
Billabong plans to launch an apparel line that commemorates Bob Marley, the reggae star who died in 1981. The Billabong x Bob Marley Collection will feature boardshorts, T-shirts, tank tops and accessories using recycled and organic materials. The late singer’s family worked with the company on the design of the ...
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Erik Beekman was appointed at Outware Trading, a prominent Dutch...
Erik Beekman was appointed at Outware Trading, a prominent Dutch agency, to build up its sales of ski and outdoor products to winter sports retailers. Outware Trading handles sales of Eider, Millet, Camp, Cassin, Rohner socks and Osprey backpacks. The offering is complemented with VS ski helmets and Skylotec freeride ...
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Mountain Force, the young Swiss snow wear company, has appointed...
Mountain Force, the young Swiss snow wear company, has appointed Roland Stepek as new agent for Austria. He will be in charge starting with the winter 2011-12 selling season in eastern Austria, and will take over the rest from Helmut Dürr, who will remain in charge of the western part ...
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The athletes in the Luxembourg Pro Cycling Project will be...
The athletes in the Luxembourg Pro Cycling Project will be training and racing in the high-tech clothing of Craft, the Swedish company. The new three-year deal allows the riders to wear Craft base layers, accessories, compression garments and leisure wear, as well as to give feedback to be used in ...
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The members of Atmosfera Sport, one of the numerous Spanish...
The members of Atmosfera Sport, one of the numerous Spanish buying groups for sporting goods, have decided to create a single company, merging three different previous entities, two of which were under the name Sport Deval. The cooperative has been run since October by Francisco José Zaragoza, who had been ...
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Venice Beach, the once important German brand of fitness clothing,...
Venice Beach, the once important German brand of fitness clothing, will shut down its operating business by May 2011. However, the brand’s owner, MPC, which acquired the label three years ago, will grant a license for sportswear to another Hamburg-based company, Eastpal Europe, effective next June 1. The license for ...
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Pitti Immagine, which organizes the Pitti Uomo and Pitti Bimbo...
Pitti Immagine, which organizes the Pitti Uomo and Pitti Bimbo fairs in Florence, is going to launch E-Pitti next year to give visitors a virtual experience of both trade shows, complementing what they saw there. In an initial test, scores of photographers and cameramen will go through Pitti Uomo next ...
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Stash Sportswear, the English rugby brand, has named Jason Critchley...
Stash Sportswear, the English rugby brand, has named Jason Critchley to be its first-ever sales director. He is tasked with developing a worldwide sales operation. Crtichley was formerly a player and coach in the Rugby Union. Stash, which was formed in 2002, plans to work to expand into other sports. ...
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Robijns, a Dutch distributor handling brands from Julbo to Katadyn,...
Robijns, a Dutch distributor handling brands from Julbo to Katadyn, Primus, Wenger and more, has ended its four-year partnership with Sugoi, the sports apparel brand, because it did not offer sufficient synergies with other products sold by Robijns. It mostly offered Sugoi to running and bicycle stores, but this yielded ...
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Rod Brown, who built up Motorcaddy and sold his majority...
Rod Brown, who built up Motorcaddy and sold his majority stake in the British company earlier this year, has taken a 50 percent stake in Yumax, a British consultancy founded by Roger Wolfe, to turn it into a major player in the golf market. Yumax has struck a deal to ...
