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The Swedish sporting goods retail market recorded a drop of...
The Swedish sporting goods retail market recorded a drop of 0.9% in July, but for the first seven months of this year the business was still up by 2.4%.
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Dunlop has signed up two tennismen, Fernando Verdasco who was...
Dunlop has signed up two tennismen, Fernando Verdasco who was previously sponsored by Yonex, and Nikolay Davydenko, previously with Tecnifibre.
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Moncler indicates that it may go public during the second...
Moncler indicates that it may go public during the second quarter of 2011.
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A Dutchman, Lars Vogt, has joined FESI, the Federation of...
A Dutchman, Lars Vogt, has joined FESI, the Federation of the European Sporting Goods Industry, as one of its two issue managers, replacing Jonathan O’Riordan who has left the organization. He will take care of activities related to FESI’s working committees on trade and customs, product safety, intellectual property rights ...
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Spyder’s new European sales and marketing in Europe is Edi...
Spyder’s new European sales and marketing in Europe is Edi Kaiser, replacing Christophe Weissenberger who switched back to Schöffel. He reports directly to Cees de Witte, executive vice president of global sales and president of Spyder Europe. Kaiser began his career in the sports industry by working for Benetton Sportsystem. ...
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Life Fitness has launched a virtual store for the EMEA...
Life Fitness has launched a virtual store for the EMEA region. Offering only clothing and accessories under the Life Fitness and Hammer Strength brand names, www.lifefitness-shop.com can be consulted in five languages. The goods can be ordered from 40 different countries including Russia, Saudi Arabia or South Africa.
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Shimano Europe has inaugurated a new office and warehouse in...
Shimano Europe has inaugurated a new office and warehouse in the Polish city of Poznan. Aside from the company’s own products, it will also sell other brands in Poland and, in the longer term, in some other Eastern European countries. The brands represented by Shimano in the region include Bell, ...
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Marchon, which recently got the global Lacoste license for eyewear,...
Marchon, which recently got the global Lacoste license for eyewear, has extended its 11-year-old global licensing agreement with Nike until 2019.
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Gernot Kellermayr, the president of VSSÖ, the federation of the...
Gernot Kellermayr, the president of VSSÖ, the federation of the Austrian sports industry, is back again as Fischer’s sales director for Austria. He already held that position from 2000 to 2008.
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Stephan Hämmerle, former sales and marketing manager of W.L. Gore...
Stephan Hämmerle, former sales and marketing manager of W.L. Gore for Central Europe, has joined Uvex as international sales manager.
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Garmin is the new sponsor of the Munich and Freiburg...
Garmin is the new sponsor of the Munich and Freiburg marathons.
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Holco, a French group involved in lingerie for the mass...
Holco, a French group involved in lingerie for the mass market, has taken over Crossways, the bankrupt French golf apparel company. Alain Devilder, founder of Crossways, will continue to run it together with his wife Laurence, who continues to take care of design, but the staff has been cut down ...
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Grifone launches a series of garments using Polartec “Power Stretch”....
Grifone launches a series of garments using Polartec “Power Stretch”.
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Mike Lynskey is no longer at the head of Smartwool’s...
Mike Lynskey is no longer at the head of Smartwool’s European operations. He assumed that position in October 2009 coming from the brand’s parent Timberland, where he had served as European commercial director. At that time he replaced Chris Hahn who switched to the position of Smartwool’s chief administrative officer. ...
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On Nov. 1, Kate Hayes will start her new job...
On Nov. 1, Kate Hayes will start her new job as trading director at JJB Sports. This includes a spot on the company’s new operating board with the heads of retail and of human resources. Hayes comes from Ben Sherman, where she was the international retail director. She also spent ...
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Effective Nov. 1, Dietmar Axt is new head of global...
Effective Nov. 1, Dietmar Axt is new head of global sales at Falke, where he will be responsible for the wholesale, retail and e-commerce operations. Before, the 43-year-old worked in top positions for companies such as Tom Tailor and Diesel.
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Nearly 100 people from all over Europe have already signed...
Nearly 100 people from all over Europe have already signed up to attend the first European Outdoor Forum next Oct. 11-13 in Annecy, France, and more are joining every day. Companies attending the convention include Aku, Camp, Deuter Sport, Lafuma, Hi-Tec, Intersport International, La Sportiva, Lowe Alpine, Mammut, Novation, Odlo, ...
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Morita Group has sold 30 percent of its stake in...
Morita Group has sold 30 percent of its stake in the Miyata Cycle Company to Merida, the bicycle producer in Taiwan. Merida paid 150 million yen (€1.3m-$1.8m) for the share in the Japanese company, which was transferred on Aug. 31. Miyata Cycle owns the rights to distribute Merida bikes in ...
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With 4 percent annual sales growth, Nike moved up one...
With 4 percent annual sales growth, Nike moved up one notch in Interbrands’ annual ranking of Best Global Brands to 25th versus 26th in the year-ago ranking, behind American Express (24) but ahead of German-based SAP (26) and Switzerland-based Nescafé (27). In reviewing Nike’s performance, the publication said that the ...
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Sport Achat, the French trade fair, enjoyed a 6 percent...
Sport Achat, the French trade fair, enjoyed a 6 percent increase in its number of visitors for its September edition, drawing 1,618 visitors in two days. The organizers regard this as a convincing result for their decision to shorten the summer edition of the fair from three to two days. ...
