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Pure Fishing was the first company to sign a new...
Pure Fishing was the first company to sign a new charter developed by the European Fishing Tackle Trade Association to ensure that inaccurate labeling on fishing lines is outlawed. Shimano followed quickly thereafter, along with Parallelium and Sufix. EFTTA will be testing and certifying lines, and these lines will be ...
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Sir David Jones has retired from his non-executive seat on...
Sir David Jones has retired from his non-executive seat on the board of JJB Sports because of ill health. He had stepped down from his position as chairman in January, and it was reported then that he had Parkinson’s disease. He has remained on the board in a non-executive role ...
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Glenmuir is outfitting the Golf Development Professionals of the PGAs...
Glenmuir is outfitting the Golf Development Professionals of the PGAs of Europe. These are specialists who travel around the world to help start and manage golf projects in an effort to expand the sport worldwide, especially in places where there is little golf infrastructure. The professionals will wear Glenmuir shirts, ...
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Shawn O’Shea has taken up the new position of director...
Shawn O’Shea has taken up the new position of director of apparel at Zoot Sports, a division of K2 Sports. He comes from Under Armour, where he was category manager, and has also held positions with Pearl Izumi and The North Face.
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Jouni Grönroos is leaving Rapala at the end of October...
Jouni Grönroos is leaving Rapala at the end of October after five years as chief financial officer and a member of the executive committee. He will be joining the Fazer Group, a leader in northern Europe and Russia in bakery products and food services. Jussi Ristimäki, 35, will take over ...
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Sport Import AS, the Norwegian producer of Swenor roller skis...
Sport Import AS, the Norwegian producer of Swenor roller skis and accessories, has chosen Swix Sports USA to distribute the brand in the U.S. Swenor joins Swix as a supplier of the U.S. Ski Team.
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Puma has donated 250,000 South African rands (€26,227-$33,912) worth of...
Puma has donated 250,000 South African rands (€26,227-$33,912) worth of uniforms and equipment to a football clinic in Johannesburg that was started to help keep teenagers on the straight and narrow. The shirts, boots, shorts, goalkeeper gloves and balls are going to the hundred or so boys who train at ...
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As of Sept. 1, the Dutch bicycle company Koga will...
As of Sept. 1, the Dutch bicycle company Koga will end its longtime collaboration with Miyata. Representatives of Koga said that they wanted to get away from Miyata’s mainstream products to focus on high-end Koga sporty bikes. The brand, previously known as Koga-Miyata, will drop “Miyata” from its name. The ...
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Nike has agreed to pay $1.54 million to workers laid...
Nike has agreed to pay $1.54 million to workers laid off from two subcontractors’ factories in Honduras in January 2009. Nike had offered vocational training for the workers, but previously argued that paying severance was the responsibility of its subcontractors. The $1.54 million is being called a worker relief fund, ...
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In its fiscal year 2009-10, which ended Feb. 28, SportScheck,...
In its fiscal year 2009-10, which ended Feb. 28, SportScheck, Germany’s largest specialty sporting-goods retailer, increased its sales by 5.5 percent to €323 million after VAT. Online sales reached a share of 23 percent of total sales and increased by 4.0 percent. The brick-and-mortar business comprising 15 doors across the ...
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Golf Europe is growing: The show, scheduled for Sept. 26-28...
Golf Europe is growing: The show, scheduled for Sept. 26-28 in Munich, has reserved about 5,000 square meters of exhibition space, about 5 percent more than it had booked at this point last year. Halls 2, 3 and 4 are almost sold out. An increase has been seen in smaller ...
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Cybex reported flat sales at $27.7 million for the second...
Cybex reported flat sales at $27.7 million for the second quarter ended June 26. Citing these stable sales and significantly improved gross margins, the fitness equipment company said it a lower net loss of $356,000 compared with a loss of $2.1 million last year. Year-over-year gross margins improved an impressive ...
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The U.S. House of Representatives passed the Manufacturing Enhancement Act...
The U.S. House of Representatives passed the Manufacturing Enhancement Act of 2010 last week. The act, also known as the miscellaneous tariff bill, was approved by a vote of 378 to 43. It includes a section making the duty suspension retroactive to Jan.1, 2010. Importers will have 180 days after ...
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In a preliminary report, Adidas Group said it reached net...
In a preliminary report, Adidas Group said it reached net income of €126 million in the second quarter, up sharply from €9 million in the same period of 2009, on 19 percent higher sales of €2.9 billion, up 11 percent in local currencies. For the full first half of this ...
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Sid Lee, the Canadian advertising agency, has won a huge...
Sid Lee, the Canadian advertising agency, has won a huge assignment for Adidas. Adidas is not releasing details of the project, and says that it will still work with 180 Amsterdam, its ad agency for the last 12 years, as well as TBWA, which is owned by the same company ...
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Sun and Sand Sports has signed an agreement with Nike...
Sun and Sand Sports has signed an agreement with Nike to distribute the brand’s apparel, footwear and accessories in Saudi Arabia. This adds another Middle Eastern country to Sun and Sand’s reach, as it already sells Nike in the United Arab Emirates, Oman, Qatar, Bahrain and Kuwait.
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Alexander Hagen, global director of sales at Aigle, the French...
Alexander Hagen, global director of sales at Aigle, the French outdoor company, is taking over from the beginning of September as Puma’s general manager for the European Economic Area (EEA). He succeeds Ludovic Manzon, who will start from the beginning of August as general manager for Region Japan. He will ...
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The TCK Sports Group, which already sells Lowa, Deuter, Nordica...
The TCK Sports Group, which already sells Lowa, Deuter, Nordica and a dollop of other sports brands in the Netherlands, focusing on winter and outdoor sports, has taken over the distribution of Arena for the same country. This comes after constructive talks with the brand’s former Dutch distributor, the Bos ...
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Two Sport & Loisirs stores have been opened in Andorra,...
Two Sport & Loisirs stores have been opened in Andorra, taking up to 20 the number of stores run under this 5-year-old banner by retail members of the French E. Leclerc supermarket group. According to Sport-Guide.com, the manager of the Sport & Loisir project, Jean-Michel Martin, is studying a possible ...
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Glenmuir, the Scottish golf apparel brand, has named Brisson Sports...
Glenmuir, the Scottish golf apparel brand, has named Brisson Sports Marketing to be its new distributor in Canada. Brisson also distributes Club Glove, Legendary Headwear and Stretch Towel in the country.
