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Sales of bicycles in Germany last year dropped lower than...
Sales of bicycles in Germany last year dropped lower than the national industry association, ZIV, initially predicted. The group was expecting a decline of 5 percent to 6 percent; the final tally was a drop of 12 percent. ZIV attributed the poor results to the tough economy as well as ...
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Löpplabbet, the Norwegian offshoot of the big Swedish chain of...
Löpplabbet, the Norwegian offshoot of the big Swedish chain of running stores with a similar name, booked a pre-tax profit of 4.6 million Norwegian kroner (€0.6m-$0.8m) last year on a 25 percent sales increase to 49 million NOK (€6.1m-$8.3m). It now has eight running specialty stores in the country.
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Black Diamond Equipment has brought Jeffrey Wammer on board to...
Black Diamond Equipment has brought Jeffrey Wammer on board to head up research and development efforts for its ski boots. He comes from END Footwear, where he was director of development, and had previously been vice president for product at Montrail. In addition, Susannah Pratt is the new logistics coordinator; ...
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Fritz Wagnerberger, long-time general manager of Bogner, has died at...
Fritz Wagnerberger, long-time general manager of Bogner, has died at the age of 72 from a long illness. He first joined the company of Willy Bogner in the 1960s. He acted as general manager until 2002, when he moved into the company’s newly formed supervisory board. A former alpine ski ...
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The golf coach David Leadbetter has joined with Nintendo Wii...
The golf coach David Leadbetter has joined with Nintendo Wii for a golf training program that will be available in April through PGA professionals and golf retailers. It went on sale online in the U.K. in March.
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Colin Tranter has decided to retire from his position on...
Colin Tranter has decided to retire from his position on the board of directors for JJB Sports. He is stepping down to spend more time with his family. For the moment, Keith Jones, JJB’s new chief executive, will take over responsibility for retail and product.
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The sporting goods division of Conzzeta Group, which comprises Mammut...
The sporting goods division of Conzzeta Group, which comprises Mammut Sports Group, had an 11.8 percent sales increase to 215.3 million Swiss francs (€149.5m-$203.1m) in 2009, the only unit of the company that saw growth. Snow and alpine/mountain collections did well among apparel, and the best performers among technical products ...
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Heiner and Georg Oberrauch continue to develop the next generation...
Heiner and Georg Oberrauch continue to develop the next generation of managers for the Oberalp group. It’s now the turn of Ruth Oberrauch, 25-year-old daughter of Heiner, to take charge of marketing at Salewa in Italy. She has collected experiences in various jobs, including a six-month internship at the head ...
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Intersport International Corporation denies a report that it is planning...
Intersport International Corporation denies a report that it is planning to move into e-commerce, but is leaving its national licensees free to do so, based on general guidelines on navigation and marketing position, stressing technical expertise and avoiding discounts. The French and Dutch Intersport organizations have started to sell online ...
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A U.S. District Court has found that the four patents...
A U.S. District Court has found that the four patents at issue in the legal action surrounding the Titleist Pro V1 family of golf balls – challenged by Callaway Golf for patent infringement – were invalid. This is a major victory for Titleist and its owner, Acushnet Company, which has ...
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Shimano Nordic, which covers Sweden, Norway and Finland, is switching...
Shimano Nordic, which covers Sweden, Norway and Finland, is switching two executives. Andrew Cowan, a senior sales manager for the company and Shimano Europe for almost 20 years, will be the new Shimano Nordic managing director, while the man with that title, Anders Lindgren, will move over into Cowan’s old ...
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Selma Sturmberger, daughter of Josef Fischer senior, who founded the...
Selma Sturmberger, daughter of Josef Fischer senior, who founded the Austrian ski company that bears his name in 1924, has passed away. She and her brother Josef Fischer junior took over the management of the company in 1959. She worked mainly in the background, taking care mainly of finance.
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Décathlon has upgraded its French web store, making it more...
Décathlon has upgraded its French web store, making it more user-friendly and adding the products of about 30 brands to its own private label products: Adidas, Asics, Nike, Mizuno, Puma, Arena, Speedo, Babolat, Head, Wilson, Salomon and Petzl. A system of e-reservation allows the user to place the order and ...
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Rapala VMC is restructuring its Eastern European distribution operations as...
Rapala VMC is restructuring its Eastern European distribution operations as business in that region and in Russia continues to show strong growth. Saku Kulmala, the head of East European distribution and managing director of group distribution in Finland, will focus on the latter, but will still be a board member ...
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Dunlop will be a key sponsorship partner of the England...
Dunlop will be a key sponsorship partner of the England Squash & Racketball (ESR) governing body for the next five years. The contract is reportedly worth more than £500,000 (€566,000-$769,000). It reinforces the brand’s position in a type of sport that attracts more than half a million players to over ...
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EFTTEX, the trade show of the European Fishing Tackle Trade...
EFTTEX, the trade show of the European Fishing Tackle Trade Association, has more bookings for the June show in Valencia than it did at the same last year for the 2009 exhibition. Right now 232 exhibitors have signed up, compared with 205 for last year. One hundred forty-four of those ...
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Foot Locker’s financial filing to the U.S. Securities and Exchange...
Foot Locker’s financial filing to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for 2009 reports that the company made 82 percent of its merchandise purchases from just five vendors, 68 percent from Nike. Each operating division buys 46 to 85 percent of its goods from the athletic giant. For 2010, Foot ...
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Sportex, a sports trade fair that was to be held...
Sportex, a sports trade fair that was to be held in New Delhi later this month, has again been postponed until at least the month of October due to a disappointing number of registrations. The organization had only about 20 confirmed exhibitors while it was hoping for at least 60 ...
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Surfersvillage, the international online news service for surfers, has launched...
Surfersvillage, the international online news service for surfers, has launched an application for Apple’s iPhone, coinciding with its release of the iPad in the U.S. Called First in Surfing News, the application can be downloaded for free on the Apple App Store.
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Nick Schwartz is the new vice president for sales of...
Nick Schwartz is the new vice president for sales of apparel and accessories at Wolverine World Wide. In this position his first role will be to oversee the sales team for Merrell apparel. He joins Wolverine from Columbia Sportswear, where he spent 19 years working his way up in the ...
