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Burton Europe has named Marian Kaeding to be the new...
Burton Europe has named Marian Kaeding to be the new European marketing director for the Burton, Red and Anon brands. He was previously the marketing and sales director for Forum, Special Blend and Foursquare at Burton Sportartikel GmbH.
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Directors of Motocaddy are buying a majority stake in the...
Directors of Motocaddy are buying a majority stake in the company from its founder, Rod Brown. Brown will keep a minority share and serve as a consultant to the company, which he founded in 2005 and which has grown into a leader in the market of electric golf carts. The ...
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Gianluca Pavanello, president and chief executive of Macron, has received...
Gianluca Pavanello, president and chief executive of Macron, has received the “Sponsor of the Year” prize at the European Sportbusiness Forum held a few days ago in Merano, Italy, attended by about 150 delegates. The young Italian supplier of team sports apparel is investing €18 million in sports sponsorships all ...
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Footbalance System has chosen Roger Talermo, president of the Finnish...
Footbalance System has chosen Roger Talermo, president of the Finnish Olympic Committee and former chief executive of Amer Sports, to be its new board chairman. He’s taking those duties from Erkki Hakkala, the founder and majority owner of the company, who says that Talermo is a good choice to lead ...
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SBK Sherbrook Hockey Co. has closed a non-brokered private placement...
SBK Sherbrook Hockey Co. has closed a non-brokered private placement of 750,000 common shares and 750,000 warrants. Each warrant grants it holder the right to subscribe for one share for 15 cents, for one year after its issuance. The Canadian company, based in Quebec, supplies hockey sticks and protective tickets ...
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Timberland is using outdoor imagery and humor to convey a...
Timberland is using outdoor imagery and humor to convey a message of environmental accountability in a new “Nature Needs Heros” ad campaign for print and television for its Earthkeepers footwear. Each pair is made with 1.5 plastic bottles. The spots are slated to appear in Europe, Asia and North American ...
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Ispo is offering a new service to its exhibitors next...
Ispo is offering a new service to its exhibitors next year, “Your Key to Trade Fair Success.” The program offers theoretical advice and practical solutions addressing the challenges presented by trade show planning, realization and follow-up. It consists of a range of professional online instructions and training, workshops, checklists, tools ...
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Telstar Sport & Fashion, a group of four megastores for...
Telstar Sport & Fashion, a group of four megastores for sports products in the Netherlands, is to be taken over from the beginning of next year by Van Dijk Retail, a holding company run by Edward van Dijk, as reported by Sport Partner this week. This investor is best known ...
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Puma is going to help pay for a series of...
Puma is going to help pay for a series of film documentaries in partnership with the BritDoc Foundation of the U.K.’s Channel 4. Puma will provide £250,000 (€294,000-$392,000), with one-fifth of that to be awarded as a prize next summer for the best documentary. The rest will be divvied out ...
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Several riders sponsored by Shimano took home trophies at the...
Several riders sponsored by Shimano took home trophies at the UCI Mountain Bike World Championships in Quebec recently. Maja Wloszcowska won in the Women Elite XC category; Mathias Flückiger was tops in the U23 XC category, and also wonr the World Cup U23. Alexandra Engen won the World Championships Women ...
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Schoeller Textil has won the Innovation Prize for this year...
Schoeller Textil has won the Innovation Prize for this year among the Premère Vision Awards given at the eponymous textile in Paris last week. It won the prize for it new Energear technology, a fabric that has a transversely elastic bonded wool/polyester blend that the company says provides maximum protection ...
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The skiers Tom Wallisch, Nick Martini and Mike Riddle, and...
The skiers Tom Wallisch, Nick Martini and Mike Riddle, and the snowboarder Kaitlyn Farrington, have joined the athletic team of The North Face. They will all work with the company’ R&D department to help develop new technical products for snow sports.
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Nautilus has issued $6.1 million of a new note from...
Nautilus has issued $6.1 million of a new note from Sherborne Investors that has a $5 million principal amount and accretes at rates from 2.5 percent to as high as 14.5 percent over the term that expires in 2012. The notes will be used for general working capital purposes. Nautilus ...
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El Corte Inglés has reported a 1.5 percent drop in...
El Corte Inglés has reported a 1.5 percent drop in net profit to €369 million for the financial year ended last Feb. 28. Consolidated sales went down by 5.8 percent to €16.4 billion, the leading Spanish retail group said, and as we have reported, its sales of sporting goods declined ...
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UK Gear’s new PT-1000 road- and trail-running shoe is now...
UK Gear’s new PT-1000 road- and trail-running shoe is now available, with a recommended price of £95 (€115-$150). It is so named because the company says it will last 1,000 miles; testing with Satra backed the company’s claim. The shoe uses UK Gear’s Force Dynamic System technology.
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CDC Entreprises, the French investment fund that acquired a 14.6...
CDC Entreprises, the French investment fund that acquired a 14.6 percent stake in Lafuma last year, has acquired a stake in Avance Diffusion through an equity increase of €2 million. Among other assets, the French company owns the Degré 7 brand of skiwear, which has added a line of summer ...
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Xidelang, a Chinese sports brand, had a 17 percent increase...
Xidelang, a Chinese sports brand, had a 17 percent increase in turnover to $31.5 million for the first half of 2010. The profit rose by 7 percent to $7.3 million. The company said it would consider acquisitions, as well as expansion in its home market and overseas, for future growth. ...
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Globe International had a 22 percent drop in sales to...
Globe International had a 22 percent drop in sales to A$91.7 million (€66.1m-US$84.0m) for the financial year ended June 30, but much of the drop was due to currency effects. On a currency-neutral basis this was a decline of 9 percent. Despite the drop, Globe managed to pull out a ...
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Xtep had a 22 percent increase in sales to $295...
Xtep had a 22 percent increase in sales to $295 million for the first half, and profits rose about the same amount to $35 million. The profit margin rose by more than 40 percent. The company attributed governmental measures taken in its home country, China, that have boosted consumer spending. ...
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Spiked X in the City, taking place Oct. 22-24 at...
Spiked X in the City, taking place Oct. 22-24 at London’s ExCel exhibition center, is being touted as the world’s biggest participation action sports event. There will be nine “zones” for various activities, including Freestyle, Art of Combat, Parkour and Roller Derby. More than 200 world-class athletes and riders will ...
