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Researchers from the business school at Carnegie Mellon University in...
Researchers from the business school at Carnegie Mellon University in Pennsylvania conducted a study to see if sticking with Tiger Woods helped or hurt Nike. It turns out that despite the turmoil in his personal life, the company did well. The researchers studied sales of Nike golf balls since 2000, ...
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Wolfgang Grupp, owner and chief executive of Trigema, the German...
Wolfgang Grupp, owner and chief executive of Trigema, the German brand of sportswear and basic shirts, is again being featured prominently in the German media. Grupp is transferring his company from a GmbH & Co. KG, a very specific type of limited liability company, into an eK (“registered merchantman”). This ...
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Paul Fireman, the former main shareholder and chief executive of...
Paul Fireman, the former main shareholder and chief executive of Reebok International, is going to take back ownership of the Willowbend Country Club, a 27-hole golf course and club in Cape Cod, Massachusetts, as of Jan. 1. He sold the club in 2007 after being its sole owner for 15 ...
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The number of Spanish companies at Ispo will reach a...
The number of Spanish companies at Ispo will reach a record next February. Afydad, the national sporting goods industry association, is taking 34 of them to the Munich show. Out of them, 12 will be allocated to the Spanish Outdoor Village in Hall B5, which will offer tapas to the ...
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Golf Show Group is going to hold its consumer-oriented golf...
Golf Show Group is going to hold its consumer-oriented golf shows in London and Birmingham at different dates next year. The show in Birmingham, which was first launched in 2007, will be held on April 15-17, at the start of the golfing season. The older show in London will take ...
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During the Super Prestige cyclo-cross race in the Netherlands recently,...
During the Super Prestige cyclo-cross race in the Netherlands recently, Sven Nijs of Team Landbouwkrediet lost his left pedal, a Shimano XTR. Media reports said that the pedal broke off, but an investigation by Shimano and the cycling team has found that it was not tightened correctly. Despite the incident, ...
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Easton Hockey has named Jim Darby to be its new...
Easton Hockey has named Jim Darby to be its new vice president for corporate affairs and hockey sports marketing. Darby has been with Easton since it bought his previous employer, Curley-Bates Company, in 1985.
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David Ward has left his position as the U.K. general...
David Ward has left his position as the U.K. general manager at Deckers Outdoor, which he held for six months. He was in charge of distribution of Deckers brands in the U.K. and Ireland after the company ended its distribution deal with AMG. He had joined Deckers from Perry Ellis ...
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The Performance Days events held last month in Munich and...
The Performance Days events held last month in Munich and Annecy drew record attendance, with 60 percent more visitors than the events in April. For the first time, many attendees came from other countries besides Germany and France, including visitors from Australia and the U.S. A total of 21 countries ...
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Denying reports in the Swiss and Swedish press, officials in...
Denying reports in the Swiss and Swedish press, officials in charge of communication at Décathlon say that the chain has no concrete plans for the moment either in Switzerland or Sweden, which would both be new markets for the giant French sports retailer. The Swiss report indicates that Décathlon is ...
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Helly Hansen has developed a new entry-level type of insulation...
Helly Hansen has developed a new entry-level type of insulation together with Primaloft, called Warm Core, for which it will have exclusive use for the first year. In the context of this arrangement, Helly Hansen has decided to use only Primaloft for insulation purposes in its entire fall/winter 2011-12 product ...
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Sports-Contacts of Germany has signed up Diffusion Sport to be...
Sports-Contacts of Germany has signed up Diffusion Sport to be its new partner in Spain, where it is the oldest sporting goods trade magazine. Diffusion Sport will provide Sports-Contacts with information about Spanish companies for those interested in entering that market, as well as help cover Spanish brands abroad. The ...
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Van Megen, the Dutch-based wholesaler of sports products, is going...
Van Megen, the Dutch-based wholesaler of sports products, is going to close its German operations, which have been active in the market since 2002 with the distribution of brands such as Prince and Tretorn and, since 2008, K-Swiss. Prince and Tretorn will continue to be distributed by Van Megen in ...
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Macron, the Italian producer of teamwear, has launched its e-commerce...
Macron, the Italian producer of teamwear, has launched its e-commerce operation for fans from all over the word to order the jerseys of any of the teams its sponsors at www.macronshop.com. The section devoted to each team features a gallery of best-sellers. Powered by Zerogrey, the new facility offers an ...
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Hestra, the Swedish glove maker, has established its own subsidiary...
Hestra, the Swedish glove maker, has established its own subsidiary for Germany, Austria and the Benelux markets. The newly created company is going to be run by Bengt Ole Tallbom. He has been with Hestra for nine years, working as sales representative for a couple of German regions.
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There is a new online-based information platform for the Swiss...
There is a new online-based information platform for the Swiss bicycle market. The B2B publication is called cyclinfo.ch and is run by well-known people in the market. The editor is Urs Rosenbaum, an expert in the Swiss bike trade who used to run his own bike magazine and served as ...
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Musto is setting up its own subsidiary for the Italian...
Musto is setting up its own subsidiary for the Italian market, where it has been generating annual sales of more than €2 million through a long-time distributor, Franco Pivoli. The operation will start in Milan next January under the management of Pivoli himself. The 62-year-old entrepreneur will keep his distribution ...
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Marker Völkl has worked with Navionics, the Italian navigation specialists,...
Marker Völkl has worked with Navionics, the Italian navigation specialists, to create a new application for the iPhone that offers details of more than 1,800 ski areas worldwide, among its other functions. The application is available in Europe as well as North America and gives details on gondolas, lifts, ticket ...
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More than £5,000 (€5,848.6-$7,981.0) was raised for leukemia and lymphoma...
More than £5,000 (€5,848.6-$7,981.0) was raised for leukemia and lymphoma research at the first-ever Golf Show held in Harrogate, England, at the end of October. More than 1,200 golf industry professionals attended the show, filling buckets placed throughout the exhibition halls with donations while visiting more than 50 of the ...
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About 29,000 pairs of Spark and Spitfire inline skates are...
About 29,000 pairs of Spark and Spitfire inline skates are being recalled by Rollerblade USA. Users have reported that the frame mounting bolts and wheel axle bolts can come loose, and the resulting loose wheels or frames can cause the skater to fall. Nine models of men’s, women’s, boys’ and ...
