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Amazon is expected to open an online sports store on...
Amazon is expected to open an online sports store on its French website in the course of the first half of this year, according to sport-guide.com. Last autumn, the global e-commerce leader launched a virtual store for the French market offering a wide selection of sports shoes for men and ...
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Euretco Sport has announced that Marius Rovers will leave the...
Euretco Sport has announced that Marius Rovers will leave the Dutch buying group by next June and that it is looking for his successor. The well-known Dutch executive had seen his role reduced last year from that of general manager to that of buying director. Rovers, who has been increasing ...
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Tedford Marlow, president of the Urban Outfitters brand, has announced...
Tedford Marlow, president of the Urban Outfitters brand, has announced his impending retirement. The company has announced that Steve Murray will succeed him as of April 12. This industry veteran, who has been in top-level positions with Vans in Europe and the U.S. even before the brand was acquired by ...
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Mike Ashley has hired Franck Odier, son of one of...
Mike Ashley has hired Franck Odier, son of one of the founders of Go Sport, to steer the development of the Sports Direct banner in France. Sports Direct International has bought the last remaining Team 5 store belonging to his family in the Ceriseraie shopping mall of Fresnes, near Paris, ...
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Skins, the Australian brand of compression garments, is preparing to...
Skins, the Australian brand of compression garments, is preparing to open a subsidiary in France at the beginning of next year. As previously reported, the company recruited Emmanuel Lorenzato in the second half of last year to steer its operations in the French market, and the formal structure should be ...
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Zoggs, the Australian brand of swim gear, has reshuffled its...
Zoggs, the Australian brand of swim gear, has reshuffled its business in Germany and Austria where it is taking the distribution into its own hands. The new sales manager as well as product manager for equipment for the two countries is Mathias Angele. He used to be in charge of ...
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Blue Tomato, the leading Austrian-based online retailer for surf and...
Blue Tomato, the leading Austrian-based online retailer for surf and snowboard products, expects to record a 35 percent increase in sales for the fiscal year ending on April 30. Its website, www.blue-tomato.com, is available in 12 languages and offers about 100,000 products. The best-selling segments were free ski and snow ...
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BackTee has reportedly overcome its previous financial problems, posting a...
BackTee has reportedly overcome its previous financial problems, posting a net profit of 3.2 million Danish kroner (€430,000-$581,200) in the past financial year, compared with a loss of 2.5 million DKK in the previous one. The operating profit before amortization (Ebitda) grew by 28 percent to 4 million DKK (€537,550-$726,500). ...
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Dahon has introduced a new line of storage bags for...
Dahon has introduced a new line of storage bags for its folding bicycles. There are three new ones: the CarryOn cover is very lightweight and folds up small, designed for commuters on trains and buses; the Stow Bag is padded and more rugged, and helps protect bikes in storage or ...
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Bao Cheng International Group, a footwear manufacturer based in Taiwan,...
Bao Cheng International Group, a footwear manufacturer based in Taiwan, is opening a new factory in Cambodia where it will make Adidas footwear. The facility, on 40,000 square meters of land outside Phnom Penh, should employ about 10,000 workers.
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Mikko Moilanen has been named president of Suunto, replacing Juha...
Mikko Moilanen has been named president of Suunto, replacing Juha Pinomaa, who has resigned. Moilanen moves up from his position at the company as director of products and services. He joined Suunto from Nokia. He will also be joining executive board of Amer Sports, parent company of Suunto, where all ...
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Mark Heintz has been named director of corporate social responsibility...
Mark Heintz has been named director of corporate social responsibility for Deckers Outdoor Corporation, where he will work to promote environmental responsibility and human rights. He was previously at Hewlett-Packard.
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Sperry Top-Sider has hired Bill Bettencourt as senior vice president...
Sperry Top-Sider has hired Bill Bettencourt as senior vice president of sales, marketing and business development. This former marketing executive of Reebok has been with Vans since 2004, most recently as vice president of product and marketing
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SRAM, the manufacturer of bicycle components, is moving most of...
SRAM, the manufacturer of bicycle components, is moving most of its production of internal gear hubs from its facility in Schweinfurt, Germany, to Asia, closer to the numerous bicycles factories there. Created after its acquisition of Fichtel & Sachs in 1997, the Schweinfurt location will not close, however. Instead it ...
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Billabong has bought the former headquarters of Cult Industries in...
Billabong has bought the former headquarters of Cult Industries in West Burleigh, Australia, next door to its own base. The property is 9,357 square meters and sold at auction for 10.6 million Australian dollars (€7.2m-$9.7m).
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The Mountain Boot Company has signed a new distribution contract...
The Mountain Boot Company has signed a new distribution contract with Ski Trab for the British market. The Italian supplier of free-ride and ski touring equipment joins a list of brands that include Contour, Deuter, Grivel and Scarpa. The most other recent contract was with Outdoor Research one year ago. ...
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Newline, the Danish brand of running gear, has reportedly changed...
Newline, the Danish brand of running gear, has reportedly changed hands again. Halberg Kapital, an institutional investor with holdings in tobacco and other sectors, has acquired half of the company’s shares. Newline already went through one financial reorganization in 2008, when four investors brought in new equity. In the past ...
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Brunotti has a new website, Brunotti.com, that is more interactive...
Brunotti has a new website, Brunotti.com, that is more interactive for the visitor and full of up-to-date information. It is available in English, Dutch and German, where the old site was only in English.
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Burton is going to send the remainder of its snowboard...
Burton is going to send the remainder of its snowboard production to Austria, where it has been making the equipment for more than 25 years. It will shut down its Burton Manufacturing Center in its home state of Vermont this summer. Forty-three employees will be affected. Product design and development ...
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Shimano is expanding its reliability campaign to Italy, France and...
Shimano is expanding its reliability campaign to Italy, France and Russia. The campaign, already in more than 10 markets, provides customers with a service pass when they buy a bike, and they can better keep track of service and maintenance
