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Décathlon is opening its biggest store ever, with a net...
Décathlon is opening its biggest store ever, with a net retail space of 11,000 m², in the enlarged Rivas Futura shopping mall near Madrid, taking the place of a smaller 4-year-old store nearby. In a major innovation for this leading European supplier of outdoor gear, the store will have many ...
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Sundek, a brand of colorful boardshorts that is highly popular...
Sundek, a brand of colorful boardshorts that is highly popular in Italy, has launched a higher-end line co-branded with Neil Barrett, the British fashion designer born in California. It will be sold by 200 selected retailers around the world. The line was presented at the Pitti Uomo fashion fair a ...
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Peak, the Chinese sports brand, has signed a five-year deal...
Peak, the Chinese sports brand, has signed a five-year deal with the Sony Ericsson Women’s Tennis Association Tour said to be worth seven figures. The company and the tour will work together on tennis festivals in China, on clothing for players, and on a co-branded apparel line with revenue sharing. ...
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Bread & Butter will feature huge television screens on the...
Bread & Butter will feature huge television screens on the tarmac of the Tempelhof airport to broadcast the semi-final and the final of the Fifa World Cup on July 6 and 7. It will also allow the children of exhibitors and visitors to play football in a dedicated area. Some ...
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Thierry Brugeas, former international marketing manager of Rossignol, has joined...
Thierry Brugeas, former international marketing manager of Rossignol, has joined Innovaski to help expand its sales network in France and the rest of Europe. The French company, which has signed deals with Hello Kitty and Vuarnet for lines of skis, ski boots and accessories under their brand names, has extended ...
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Officers from the Shanghai Municipal Public Security Bureau raided three...
Officers from the Shanghai Municipal Public Security Bureau raided three golf stores in the Shanghai Longhua Apparel Market last month, netting 630 counterfeit golf clubs and 1,540 counterfeit golf balls in addition to many counterfeit accessories. Two shop owners were arrested. After the raids, officers went through the records of ...
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Reef plans to come out with closed-toe men’s shoes called...
Reef plans to come out with closed-toe men’s shoes called Coastal Cruisers. They are canvas uppers on the company’s bumpy footbed, and will sell for $43-55. Reef is working on a women’s collection as well. The company has been trying to portray itself as a more authentic surf brand.
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C.A.M.P., an Italian company that makes climbing, mountaineering and safety...
C.A.M.P., an Italian company that makes climbing, mountaineering and safety equipment, has created a subsidiary for the U.S. Based in Colorado, it will be run by Jesse Mattner, who has been with the company for six years. This ends a third-party distribution scheme that had been led for the last ...
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Russ Hopcus has joined Keen to be in charge of...
Russ Hopcus has joined Keen to be in charge of sales and global market development. It has also hired Phyllis Grove to be vice president for marketing, and Sandy La Rowe to oversee bags, socks and special projects. Hopcus was formerly president of U.S. operations for Icebreaker, where he has ...
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CORRECTION: Jan Valdmaa, the former chief executive of Helly Hansen...
CORRECTION: Jan Valdmaa, the former chief executive of Helly Hansen who is now running O’Neill, is Swedish, not Norwegian.
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Pitti Uomo, a Florentine menswear fair that continues to feature...
Pitti Uomo, a Florentine menswear fair that continues to feature an important sports section, reports a 6.5 percent increase in the number of buyers to 19,200, including a 12 percent jump in foreign buyers to 6,900. Attendance from Russia, the U.K. and Spain increased by 40 percent, 34 percent and ...
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Le Coq Sportif has opened its new European flagship store...
Le Coq Sportif has opened its new European flagship store on 1 rue Montmartre in Paris. While it has retail space of only 160 m² on two floors, it sports a façade of 21 meters in the heart of the French capital, close to many fashion shops. The company wants ...
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Jonas Peterson, former sales and marketing manager for Craft in...
Jonas Peterson, former sales and marketing manager for Craft in Sweden, is the new chief executive at Cross Sportswear, the Swedish ski and golf apparel brand. He replaces Håkan Ekstrand, who has been at the helm for the last two years, stabilizing the company after some restructuring measures and the ...
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Through the end of the World Cup, eBay will be...
Through the end of the World Cup, eBay will be auctioning off limited-edition products associated with the tournament. These include a painting that features 32 players from 32 countries playing in the Cup, signed group stage shirts, 32 individual player portraits, and on July 12, the Adidas Jobulani official final ...
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Giant Manufacturing has opened its first Giant Cycling World store...
Giant Manufacturing has opened its first Giant Cycling World store in the U.S. at Littleton, near Denver, and is planning to add another one in Boston next month. The world’s largest bike producer has also opened its third Liv/Giant shop, this one in Taichung. Similar stores under this name, dedicated ...
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Kjus USA has just named David Lever to be its...
Kjus USA has just named David Lever to be its first director of sales and marketing for North America. He will oversee the U.S. and Canada, reporting to Daniel Schaffo, the sales and marketing manager for LK International. Lever was formerly in charge of developing Napapijri, the VF Corporation brand. ...
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Patagonia is taking the European distribution of its footwear range...
Patagonia is taking the European distribution of its footwear range in its own hands to optimize its sales in specialist outdoor stores. The brand’s footwear business has been handled by Wolverine World Wide, but with meager results outside the U.S., and Patagonia Europe indicated that it wanted to deploy more ...
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JD Sports Fashion is planning to open its first two...
JD Sports Fashion is planning to open its first two JD stores in Paris before the end of this year, working through its recently acquired Chausport chain, after a test in a Chausport store near the French capital. The successful U.K. retailer has also announced the acquisition of a British ...
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King Liu, the founder of Giant, will be riding through...
King Liu, the founder of Giant, will be riding through the Netherlands with 25 team members, including the company’s chief executive, Tony Lo, as part of the Dutch 500. The 500-kilometer trek is designed to promote cycling in general and e-bikes in particular, and to let the Giant executives take ...
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The summer is shaping up to be a good one...
The summer is shaping up to be a good one for Speedo, which has reported that global sales of its iconic men’s brief are up by 44 percent so far this year. The U.K. saw the biggest jump, up by 153 percent, and France reports that sales have increased by ...
