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Brands and retailers are invited to register for the first...
Brands and retailers are invited to register for the first edition of the European Outdoor Forum, a new event being held on the lake in Annecy, France, where members of the industry can network and discuss issues important to them. The first night of the event, Oct. 11, will open ...
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New Wave Group, the Swedish company, has named Magnus Mansson...
New Wave Group, the Swedish company, has named Magnus Mansson to be the new chief executive for its sports unit. The 42-year-old executive oversees the six sports brands including Craft, Cutter & Buck and Seger. Mansson had been the managing director of Craft since June 1. He succeeds Hans Larsson, ...
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Saucony has entered a four-year deal to be the exclusive...
Saucony has entered a four-year deal to be the exclusive footwear and apparel sponsor for the Seattle Marathon and its various events. This year’s marathon is being run Nov. 28.
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Eje Deporte has taken on the distribution of Mitre in...
Eje Deporte has taken on the distribution of Mitre in Spain and Andorra. Led by Eugenio Sanchiz, the company is already the Spanish distributor of Spalding and Gilbert inflatables and other products.
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Metro Group says it wants to wait and see what...
Metro Group says it wants to wait and see what happens with Karstadt before discussing a possible sale of its Galeria Kaufhof department stores and the related Kaufhof Sportarena business. Kaufhof recorded a 0.5 percent sales increase to €1.4 billion for the first six months of 2010, but continued to ...
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Stride Rite is suing Puma for trademark infringement in a...
Stride Rite is suing Puma for trademark infringement in a U.S. federal court in Massachusetts. Stride Rite claims that Puma infringes on three of its trademarks that protect a two-stripe design on the foxing band of Pro-Keds shoes. Pro-Keds says it has utilized the “power stripe” on footwear and shoes ...
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Sponsors of the 2012 Olympic Games have about 3,000 choices...
Sponsors of the 2012 Olympic Games have about 3,000 choices for posting their outdoor advertisements around the venues in London. More than 30 outdoor advertising companies will be selling a few thousand advertising spaces starting in January, through June 2011. CBS Outdoor is the official advertising supplier for the Games.
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More than 1,600 visitor attended EFTTEX, the annual trade show...
More than 1,600 visitor attended EFTTEX, the annual trade show of the European Fishing Tackle Trade Association, which was held in June in the sports-prone Spanish city of Valencia. The 1,606 visitors marked a 6.7 percent increase over the number who attended the trade show last year, when it was ...
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Feodor van Wedel, 38, recently integrated the top management of...
Feodor van Wedel, 38, recently integrated the top management of Chiemsee, replacing Stefan Biergans, who had joined the German action sports company two years ago. He is expected to give a stronger market orientation to the brand, owned by the Schmidt family, thanks to his experience as co-founder of Sant’Elmo, ...
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Adidas Group is taking its outdoor products to the U.S....
Adidas Group is taking its outdoor products to the U.S. starting in autumn 2011 with a new range of footwear, apparel and accessories, including the Terrex concept, which has met with good response since it was launched in 2009. Agron will be the exclusive distributor in the country, and the ...
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Confirming our previous report, New Balance announces that Groupe Royer...
Confirming our previous report, New Balance announces that Groupe Royer will be its new distributor for France, Germany and the Benelux countries. The sales and marketing employees who worked for New Balance in those regions have the option of moving to Groupe Royer. Jonathan Ram, managing director of New Balance ...
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An unidentified Swiss company has taken over APO Snow, the...
An unidentified Swiss company has taken over APO Snow, the French snowboard brand of Régis Rolland. The brand, which had sales of €1.94 million in 2008, went into insolvency proceedings in mid-2009 because of its high debt load. APO is not the first snowboard brand to have been launched by ...
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The World Federation of the Sporting Goods Industry has appointed...
The World Federation of the Sporting Goods Industry has appointed Wolfgang Schnellbügel to be the chairman of its Committee for International Sport Organizations (CISO), which voices the industry’s concerns to all sports federations and organizations. Schnellbügel, 52, is the managing director of Sport 2000 International. He replaces Marius Rovers in ...
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The poker game around Karstadt is entering a new phase...
The poker game around Karstadt is entering a new phase with Maurizio Borletti indicating that he may be willing to invest €100 million into the German chain, without dismissing any of its employees. Borletti, who is a shareholder of La Rinascente in Italy and Printemps in France, is asking Karstadt's ...
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The European Fishing Tackle Trade Association has reported its financial...
The European Fishing Tackle Trade Association has reported its financial results for 2009. For the year, it had a profit of €20,014, swinging to the positive from a negative of around €19,000 for 2008. This is the third year that the bottom line has inched up, and the result is ...
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Bernard Liatti, has become president of Innovaski, with a financial...
Bernard Liatti, has become president of Innovaski, with a financial stake in the company, founded last year to develop high-end snow sports equipment and accessories and to develop and rent skis and snow helmets carrying famous consumer brands such as Hello Kitty. The former president and founder of the company, ...
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Philippe Clarisse has been named vice president for Europe at...
Philippe Clarisse has been named vice president for Europe at Globe, reporting to Matt Hill, the company’s global chief executive, who is now also president of Globe Europe. The former president of Globe Europe, Scott Lewis, has left the company. Clarisse moves up from his former role as European sales ...
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Starting this week, shoppers at Speedo.com can browse Phelps’ Favorites,...
Starting this week, shoppers at Speedo.com can browse Phelps’ Favorites, products that the Olympic champion Michael Phelps has personally chosen and given his approval to. The products include performance swimwear, training wear and accessories, such as the LZR Racer Elite Jammer and the Elite kickboard. The first 200 people to ...
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Christian Vesely is the new head of sales at Intersport...
Christian Vesely is the new head of sales at Intersport Austria. The 44-year old held various positions in the apparel retail business, including for Vienna-based Don Gil Textilhandel and since 1999 as country manager for Cortefiel (Springfield). He replaces Georg Winkler, an Intersport member who now wants to concentrate on ...
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Chuck Mason is the new vice president of sales at...
Chuck Mason is the new vice president of sales at Boa Technology, which makes the Boa Lacing System. He comes from Burton, where he was vice president of sales operations. He has also worked as director of snowboard sales for K2 Sports.
