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Just a few days before the start of the football...
Just a few days before the start of the football World Cup, the Jabulani ball made by Adidas for the tournament came under attack from players and goalkeepers for its allegedly unpredictable movements. Several goalkeepers, from Italy’s Gianluigi Buffon to Brazil’s Julio Cesar and France’s Hugo Lloris, agreed that the ...
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Black Diamond Equipment, the company that has emerged from the...
Black Diamond Equipment, the company that has emerged from the merger between the former Black Diamond and Clarus Corporation, parent company of Gregory Products (see previous issue), started trading on the Nasdaq Global Market under the symbol BDE. Clarus’ shares are no longer traded on the OTC Pink Sheets Electronic ...
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The supervisory board of Intersport Österreich has unanimously elected Gabriele...
The supervisory board of Intersport Österreich has unanimously elected Gabriele Fenninger to be a member of the executive board for three more years, and to be its president. She first joined the Austrian buying cooperative in 1978 and she has been acting as managing director of its operating subsidiary, Intersport ...
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Women and boardsports is one of the themes of this...
Women and boardsports is one of the themes of this year’s EuroSima Surf Summit, scheduled to be held at Capbreton on June 18 by EuroSima, the European boardsports industries association. Also, nearly 40 countries are expected to organize more than 200 events around the International Surfing Day, which will be ...
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Bogner has opened its first stores in the Ukraine and...
Bogner has opened its first stores in the Ukraine and Turkey, working through local partners. Located in Kiev and Istanbul, they will be followed by other openings in the Ukraine and in the Russian cities of Ekaterinburg and Moscow. The German brand now has a total of 60 stores, 12 ...
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Collective Brands, parent company of Saucony and many other brands...
Collective Brands, parent company of Saucony and many other brands and retail operations, has re-elected Matthew E. Rubel to be the chairman of its board, and Robert C. Wheeler to be lead director. The company has also announced that this year it will launch the Above the Rim basketball brand, ...
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Stadium is no longer selling Brooks in Denmark, where the...
Stadium is no longer selling Brooks in Denmark, where the chain has only eight stores, although it will continue to sell the American footwear brand in Sweden. The distribution of Brooks in Denmark is being taken over by Sanita, a Danish brand of clogs that is expanding rapidly. Sanita is ...
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Major opportunities for business exist for sporting goods retailers and...
Major opportunities for business exist for sporting goods retailers and opticians in the area of sports eyewear, considering that sports activities cause an estimated 60,000 injuries each year. The sports eyewear and sunglass market in the major European countries is going to be reviewed at the annual convention of the ...
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Despite the economic crunch, people are still buying organic cotton....
Despite the economic crunch, people are still buying organic cotton. Retail sales of apparel and home textiles rose by 35 percent to $4.3 billion last year, continuing its trend of around 40 percent growth every year since 2001. The sales of clothing and textiles overall, on the other hand, dropped ...
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Nike has just opened a new community football training center...
Nike has just opened a new community football training center in Soweto, South Africa. It will help 20,000 young people develop their football skills every year, as well as provide programs to enhance life skills and educate about HIV/AIDS. The day the center opened, Nike announced the winners of its ...
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A few management changes are taking place at Timberland in...
A few management changes are taking place at Timberland in Europe following the already reported appointment of Marco Messini, former Italian country manager, as regional general manager for southern Europe. Claudia Lunati, who worked under him as the Italian marketing and communication manager, is now regional brand manager for all ...
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Craig Storey is the new chief operating officer and chief...
Craig Storey is the new chief operating officer and chief financial officer for Heelys. He comes from Sprig Toys, where he was chief executive and chief financial officer. Among his tasks will be to expand Heelys in Europe, Asia and Latin America.
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GSI Commerce’s deal to provide an e-commerce platform for Timberland...
GSI Commerce’s deal to provide an e-commerce platform for Timberland has been extended. In addition to handling Timberland’s online stores in Europe and the U.S., GSI will also create a global brand portal for the company. The redesigned e-shops will be launches on GSI’s platform in 2011 in the U.K., ...
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Integrix, the sports fashion company that owns the European license...
Integrix, the sports fashion company that owns the European license for Fila, has appointed Lincoln International to undertake a strategic review of the business. The announcement follows a number of unsolicited approaches made to the company following its decision to restructure its European operations. Integrix, which also has distribution and ...
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Nielsen Holdings, the company known for consumer research and monitoring...
Nielsen Holdings, the company known for consumer research and monitoring television ratings that also organizes the Outdoor Retailer, Action Sports Retailer and Interbike trade fairs in the U.S., has filed for an initial public offering. The company hopes to raise as much as $1.75 billion, which will be used to ...
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Magnus Mansson is new managing director of Craft, following the...
Magnus Mansson is new managing director of Craft, following the appointment of his predecessor, Hans Larsson, to a position with the brand’s parent company, New Wave. Larsson now oversees the group’s sports brands division including Craft, Cutter & Buck and Seger. Mansson comes from Tretorn, a Puma brand that markets ...
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Lotto created a special soccer shirt, inspired by the design...
Lotto created a special soccer shirt, inspired by the design of a tuxedo, as technical sponsor of Nazionale Stilisti, an Italian amateur football team made up of fashion designers, for a match against a team of former members of the regular Genoa football team. The match helped to collect €30,000 ...
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Lacoste has launched it e-commerce site, describing it as its...
Lacoste has launched it e-commerce site, describing it as its biggest boutique in the world. The project was developed and managed by Lacoste along with Devanlay Group, its licensee for apparel and leathergoods, and Pentland Brands, its footwear licensee. Eventually, Lacoste plans to offer 3,000 products, determined partly based on ...
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Seabase will be the European distributor for Green Foam surfboard...
Seabase will be the European distributor for Green Foam surfboard blanks starting this summer. Green Foam blanks are eco-friendly, and are made by U.S. Blanks at its environmentally friendly factory in California. The blanks will be sold in France, Portugal and the U.K., and will cost a little more than ...
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Scantrade, which is the licensee and distributor of Umbro in...
Scantrade, which is the licensee and distributor of Umbro in Norway, has extended the brand’s exclusive partnership with the Norwegian Football Federation for six years. The new deal is said to be worth 100 million Norwegian kroner (€12.7m-$15.3m). It will involve outfitting about half of the football teams affiliated with ...
