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Dahon has opened a European service center outside Stuttgart to...
Dahon has opened a European service center outside Stuttgart to help this supplier of folding bikes to provide a high level of service to its customers throughout Europe. It will stock all of Dahon’s spare parts, and representatives speak six languages. The warehouse has 1,200 square meters of space and ...
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Davide Rossetti is the new marketing manager of Cisalfa Sport,...
Davide Rossetti is the new marketing manager of Cisalfa Sport, replacing Vittorino Mandelli who is now chief category manager of the leading Italian sporting goods retail chain. Rossetti worked in the sports division of Safilo Group for seven years. He then worked for Diesel and Gas jeans, for the Coin ...
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Doug Warbrick, co-founder of Rip Curl, was entered into the...
Doug Warbrick, co-founder of Rip Curl, was entered into the Australian Surfing Hall of Fame last month at that country’s annual Surfing Awards. Warbrick started the company with Brian Singer by making surfboards in 1967, and in 1969 added wetsuits. Also at the event, Billabong won the Pioneer Award for ...
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Nike and its subsidiary Cole Haan have decided to stop...
Nike and its subsidiary Cole Haan have decided to stop selling shoes made with exotic animal skins. Some of the examples that Nike cited in its new policy are alligator, crocodile, lizard, snake, ostrich, fish and marine mammals. The decision comes in the wake of an investigation by the activist ...
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ZEG, the German cycling cooperative, has reported that overall turnover...
ZEG, the German cycling cooperative, has reported that overall turnover rose by 10.8 percent to €393 million for 2009. E-bikes were cited as a big part of the increase. Another factor is the growing number of companies in the French group Veloland, which ZEG took over early last year. Veloland ...
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Julbo is launching its first line of corrective sports and...
Julbo is launching its first line of corrective sports and sunglasses in a partnership with Intercast Europe and the surfacing laboratory of Shamir in Portugal. Launched at the Mido show in Milan last week, the line uses Intercast’s shock-absorbing lenses with photochromic and other properties. The French company recorded a ...
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IFM Sports Marketing Surveys has found that despite the global...
IFM Sports Marketing Surveys has found that despite the global economic turmoil of the last couple of years, sponsorships have maintained. The number of new agreement rose by 15 percent in 2009 compared with 2008, while the number of withdrawals stayed about flat at 8 percent. Sports sponsorships make up ...
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The European Union has officially removed Sri Lanka from the...
The European Union has officially removed Sri Lanka from the list of countries that have duty-free status for exports. This means import duties of 14 percent on bikes and 4.7 percent on parts as of Aug. 15. In 2008, Sri Lanka was the fourth-largest bike supplier to the ...
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Messe Munchen, the organizer of Ispo, has extended that exhibition’s...
Messe Munchen, the organizer of Ispo, has extended that exhibition’s now-famous BrandNew awards to its Bike Expo, to be held July 22-25. Any company that is less than four years old and is not registered to exhibit at Bike Expo can apply for a free both, with a closing date ...
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Jason Robinson, former sales manager of The North Face in...
Jason Robinson, former sales manager of The North Face in the U.K. and Ireland, has obtained an exclusive deal to sell Under Armour base layers in the British outdoor market. As reported in our previous issue, Under Armour is moving into this market as a trial for a wider European ...
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Reebok is fighting a lawsuit filed by the Finish Strong...
Reebok is fighting a lawsuit filed by the Finish Strong sportswear company claiming trademark infringement. After the Superbowl win of the American football team New Orleans Saints, Reebok sold T-shirts in the New Orleans area that said, “We Finish Strong! We Are Saints.” Reebok claims that “finish strong” was a ...
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The organizers of Prowinter, the trade show that is having...
The organizers of Prowinter, the trade show that is having its 10th edition April 13-15, are happy to report a robust industry in the wake of good snow conditions in Europe. Ski and snowboard rentals, in particular, are doing very well. It cites figures from Skiset, the online company that ...
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With more than 1,300 square meters of space, the stand...
With more than 1,300 square meters of space, the stand of West Scout at the last Ispo was triple the size as a year ago, translating the ambitions of Fremil International, the Italian company behind this skiwear brand. The company, which had sales of about €20 million last year, is ...
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Cybex International has reported a 12 percent drop in sales...
Cybex International has reported a 12 percent drop in sales to $34.8 million for the fourth quarter ended Dec. 31. The quarterly net income of $1.0 million marked a significant improvement over the $10.9 million loss after charges of the same quarter a year earlier. The gross profit margin climbed ...
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Quiksilver has signed 12-year-old Kanoa Igarashi of California to its...
Quiksilver has signed 12-year-old Kanoa Igarashi of California to its surf team.
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The Salewa group increased its sales by some 13 percent...
The Salewa group increased its sales by some 13 percent to €153 million in 2009. According to Heiner Oberrauch, the group’s president, the projection for the current year is €165 million. These figures comprise the global sales of the Salewa, Dynafit and Silvretta brands as well as winter sports-related brands ...
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Burton has laid off less than 2 percent of its...
Burton has laid off less than 2 percent of its 950-strong global staff in a reorganization of its North American operations, which employ more than 600 persons. On the other hand, the company will reinstate salary increases and merit raises that it lowered last August because of the recession.
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K2 has started to distribute its Atlas and Tubbs snowshoe...
K2 has started to distribute its Atlas and Tubbs snowshoe brands in Sweden.
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Galvin Green has signed up Stephan Gross, a 20-year-old golfer...
Galvin Green has signed up Stephan Gross, a 20-year-old golfer who currently ranks as third-best German player on the European Tour.
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Paul Hardisty, who ran Adidas in Korea from 2004 to...
Paul Hardisty, who ran Adidas in Korea from 2004 to 2007, will take over next month the role of president and managing director of Adidas Group Japan from Pascal Martin, who is leaving the group
