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Aldila, the golf equipment company, has begun the process of...
Aldila, the golf equipment company, has begun the process of buying the assets of the Victory arrow business from Miramar Strategic Ventures. The purchase, for undisclosed amounts of cash and stock, should close by Dec. 31. Aldila said the arrow company would help add synergies with its business model. Aldila ...
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There’s no more room left at the SnowSports Industries America...
There’s no more room left at the SnowSports Industries America show in Denver coming up Jan. 27-30, as the organizers have sold out all the space for exhibit booths. More than 800 brands, including more than 90 new exhibitors, will be spaced out over 300,000 square feet. The show is ...
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Andrea Ruota has been appointed as the new country manager...
Andrea Ruota has been appointed as the new country manager of The North Face in Italy, replacing Andrea De Lauso. Ruota has worked for Stonefly, a casual footwear company in the Montebelluna region, as export area manager for Southern Europe. He also spent time at Benetton Group as export sales ...
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Andrew R. Jennings will be the new chief executive of...
Andrew R. Jennings will be the new chief executive of Karstadt, starting next Jan. 1. The British native is joining the German retail group, which recently came under the ownership of Nicolas Berggruen, after 35 years spent in retail management, including stations at Harrods and House of Fraser in England, ...
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ProQuip, the Scottish brand of golf weather apparel, expects that...
ProQuip, the Scottish brand of golf weather apparel, expects that it will be able to report a 50 percent sales increase for this year. The company partly credits the good performance of its water-repellent knitwear collection. The rise in sales should mean a return to profit for the company, which ...
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Barbour, the British brand of hunting and lifestyle apparel, has...
Barbour, the British brand of hunting and lifestyle apparel, has entered a license agreement with W.L. Gore & Associates to use Gore-Tex and Windstopper beginning with the fall/winter collection 2011-12. Currently, Barbour is sold in 40 countries, partially through 20 corporate stores (of which five are in Germany). To meet ...
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Manchester City, the Premier League team, is replacing its Arndale...
Manchester City, the Premier League team, is replacing its Arndale Center shop with a new flagship store on Market Street. Kitbag will run the store. Also, the team has named Ian Cafferky to be its new head of marketing.
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Josef Holub, a Czech entrepreneur based in Germany whose company...
Josef Holub, a Czech entrepreneur based in Germany whose company Pragma Sportartikel has distributed the Czech LTB Snowboards line in the German-speaking countries for more than a decade, is launching his own label of snowboards. The new brand, Goodboards, is said to represent the values that the name conveys. The ...
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Nate Smith III has been named the outdoor and travel...
Nate Smith III has been named the outdoor and travel segment end-use marketing manager for the North American operations of Cordura, the Invista brand. He will try to grow sales of travel and outdoor recreation products using pull-through marketing and business models. He was previously an independent sales and management ...
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United Navigations, a unit which belongs to Falk, the well-known...
United Navigations, a unit which belongs to Falk, the well-known publisher of patent-folded city maps, is eyeing sporting-goods retail with its own GPS devices. Additionally, it has now Bryton, in its portfolio of distributed brands. Bryton, a company of Taiwan, markets its own computers for cycle training. Currently, United Navigations ...
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Berghaus has decided to set up its own subsidiary for...
Berghaus has decided to set up its own subsidiary for the German market, effective Jan 1. A management for these new operations is yet to be announced, but it is clear that Berghaus will take over the field sales staff from its current sales agency, Brandconnection. The latter will concentrate ...
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K-Swiss and a celebrity fitness expert, Deanne Berry, have teamed...
K-Swiss and a celebrity fitness expert, Deanne Berry, have teamed up to launch a new online workout that will be available to watch and download for free via video hosting sites and iTunes. The K-Swiss Tubes Workout with Deanne Berry is the first versatile workout available to viewers across multiple ...
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Philip “Flippy” Hoffman, one of the pioneers of big-wave surfing,...
Philip “Flippy” Hoffman, one of the pioneers of big-wave surfing, has died at the age of 80. He surfed in Hawaii in the 1950s, and then went on to be co-owner of Hoffman California Fabrics, which supplied printed fabric to companies including Ocean Pacific, Quiksilver, Volcom and Stussy.
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Customers can now “brand” GE’s eVent Fabrics with their own...
Customers can now “brand” GE’s eVent Fabrics with their own label. This gives some design freedom to brands who want to use the waterproof and breathable fabrics in their apparel, footwear and gear. GE’s full range of ePTFE membranes will be made available to customers in the outdoor, snow sport ...
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Sportful, the brand of technical mountaineering and snow wear, has...
Sportful, the brand of technical mountaineering and snow wear, has teamed up with Eschler, the Swiss manufacturer of higher-end fabrics. In its current “Dolomiti Windstopper” line, Sportful uses in its coating provided by Eschler diamond-hard ceramic particles.
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Peak Performance offers an online game called “The Rescue Operation”...
Peak Performance offers an online game called “The Rescue Operation” on its website. The scenery behind the plot of the game is Peru’s Cordillera Blanca. The idea behind the game, which was designed by the Swedish agency Know IT Hello There, is to make the player familiar with Peak’s layering ...
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U.S. publications have leaked the information that Versa Capital, the...
U.S. publications have leaked the information that Versa Capital, the investment company controlling Polartec is ready to selling this major American specialty manufacturer of fibers and fabrics. Polartec declines to comment, but, reportedly, the owner wants $200 million. Apparently, two potential buyers have already walked away from the offer. It ...
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A possible new change of ownership is said to be...
A possible new change of ownership is said to be in the works for Integrix Group, the company formed a few years ago by Batra Group and Barclays Bank to run Fila EMEA and other operations, following a reported drop of more than 20 percent in revenues. Efforts to clarify ...
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Intersport PSC Holding is planning to change its internal finance...
Intersport PSC Holding is planning to change its internal finance organization, following the Swiss company’s strong growth, the build-up of new retail channels and other developments that will require many new tasks in this area. Thus, Bernhard Baumgartner, who has been finance director of the company since last April, will ...
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Ispo China is growing, with its organizers reporting that the...
Ispo China is growing, with its organizers reporting that the session being held next Feb. 23-25 has 60 percent more exhibit space compared with this year’s, hosting new exhibitors including Salewa, Phenix, Adidas Eyewear, Macpi and Cratoni Helmets. Next year’s event will also include a new Fashion Trend Area, which ...
