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Jillian Michaels, the American television personality and fitness trainer, will...
Jillian Michaels, the American television personality and fitness trainer, will be the new face of K-Swiss’ Tubes products. The multiyear deal also allows for co-branded product at some point in the future. Separately, K-Swiss has joined Home Team Marketing to sponsor about 100 high schools in the U.S. markets of ...
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Andreas Soeffker, who has been running the socks and sports...
Andreas Soeffker, who has been running the socks and sports division of Falke for about three years, has left the company. A spokeswoman declined to comment and said the division will continue to function as a team supervised by the top managers of the group, Paul and Franz-Peter Falke. Falke’s ...
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Karhu and Craft are to be sponsors of apparel and...
Karhu and Craft are to be sponsors of apparel and footwear for the 13.1 Marathon series, which will take place in more than ten U.S. cities this year. Karhu is revamping its website, re-launching it in May, and setting off a new marketing campaign around its “Move Forward” motto.
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Fila has appointed a new country manager for Germany and...
Fila has appointed a new country manager for Germany and Austria, Thomas Becker. The 39-year-old executive was previously taking care of New Era Cap’s sales on the German market. The brand is re-entering the tennis market as sponsor of the Porsche Open in Stuttgart later this month. It is going ...
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Lafuma Group has appointed two new executives to the management...
Lafuma Group has appointed two new executives to the management of the Lafuma brand. Caroline Foison will take care of all the collections, including product development. She has spent 17 years in product management at the international level with Quiksilver and VF Corporation. A former marketing manager of Reebok in ...
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A Spanish court of arbitration is expected to rule on...
A Spanish court of arbitration is expected to rule on the dispute between Puma and Estudio 2000 at the beginning of May, allowing Spanish retailers to finally know from whom they should order Puma products for the autumn/winter 2010/11 season. The court has scheduled a hearing for April 16 where ...
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CLARIFICATION: The article in the last issue on Zoggs’ new...
CLARIFICATION: The article in the last issue on Zoggs’ new distribution set-up in Germany and Austria was not quite accurate. The actual sales structure is quite interesting and based on an original business model. Filser Sport & Marketing remains the brand’s distributor in the region, supplying retailers directly from stock, ...
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Nicolas Vidal is named sales director for Asics Europe, a...
Nicolas Vidal is named sales director for Asics Europe, a new position. He will be in charge of sales in the European, Middle Eastern and African (EMEA) region, reporting to Alistair Cameron, the newly appointed president and chief operating officer. Vidal’s resume includes 13 years with Nike, where he was ...
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Lotto, which says it is the fifth-largest athletic brand in...
Lotto, which says it is the fifth-largest athletic brand in India, intends to spend $3.5 million in the market this year to increase its annual revenue base in the country by 40 percent over the $10 million from 2009. Part of the strategy includes expanding the number of its exclusive ...
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This year’s PGA Fall Expo is being held on Aug....
This year’s PGA Fall Expo is being held on Aug. 16-18 in Las Vegas, at the same time as that city’s Fashion Week. It will take place at the Venetian Resort & Convention Center, a new venue for the American golf industry show. More than 200 vendors are expected, ...
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Kappa is getting strong visibility at The Masters in Augusta,...
Kappa is getting strong visibility at The Masters in Augusta, Georgia as the outfitter of Matteo Manassero, the 16-year-old Italian golf prodigy who has been the youngest player to ever compete in the American golf tournament. He won the British Amateur Championship last year and finished 12th in the 2009 ...
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Le Coq Sportif has launched its first basketball signature shoe...
Le Coq Sportif has launched its first basketball signature shoe with Joakim Noah, center player of the Chicago Bulls. He is the son of Yannick Noah, the legendary French tennis player who wore the brand in the 1970s and 1980s and still acts as its ambassador.
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Nike has signed the basketball star LeBron James of the...
Nike has signed the basketball star LeBron James of the Cleveland Cavaliers to a new deal, extending the original seven-year, $90-million agreement he signed when he left high school to go pro in 2003. It has been reported that the new deal is just a slight increase to $100 million ...
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Nevada Bob’s, the golf retailing franchise, has become the official...
Nevada Bob’s, the golf retailing franchise, has become the official retailer for this year’s London Golf Show. It will run a store focusing on equipment brands, while the show’s organizers have attracted more brands of apparel and accessories to have their own stand at the fair. Open to the public, ...
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Xavier Berneda i Martin has been elected to a four-year...
Xavier Berneda i Martin has been elected to a four-year term as president of Afydad, the Spanish sporting goods industry association, succeeding Marc Puig after eight years in the position. Berneda is the young marketing director of Calçados Berneda, representing the third generation of the family that owns the Spanish ...
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Willy Booker has been promoted to the position of president...
Willy Booker has been promoted to the position of president of Nordica USA from his former role as general manager. The company’s last president, Andy Knittle, retired 11 months ago after 30 years at Nordica. In the interim, Peter Weaver, the chief executive of Tecnica Group USA, has been filling ...
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Jean-Michel Granier is being promoted as Italian country manager of...
Jean-Michel Granier is being promoted as Italian country manager of Adidas, effective next June. He will be replacing another Frenchman, Alain Brouhard, who is leaving the group for personal reasons. Granier worked for Carrefour and other important companies before joining Adidas in 2003 as key accounts manager in France. Since ...
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The lawsuit between The North Face and South Butt, a...
The lawsuit between The North Face and South Butt, a St. Louis company, has been settled. The VF Corporation division alleged that South Butt was infringing on its trademark. The settlement terms were not disclosed, but the South Butt website is still operational (more in The Outdoor Industry Compass).
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Halfords Group, the British retailer of bicycle and car parts,...
Halfords Group, the British retailer of bicycle and car parts, is closing its seven stores in the Czech Republic and Poland after they reported a £2.8 million (€3.2m-$4.3m) operating loss over the last year. The group’s operations at home in the U.K. as well as in Ireland are still profitable, ...
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Dorel Industries, parent company of such bicycle brands as Cannondale,...
Dorel Industries, parent company of such bicycle brands as Cannondale, Schwinn and Sugoi, has secured new long-term financing by issuing $50 million in Series “A” senior guaranteed notes and $150 million of Series “B” senior guaranteed notes. The notes bear interest at 4.24 percent and 5.14 percent, respectively. The notes ...
