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Décathlon is signing contracts for several new stores in Romania...
Décathlon is signing contracts for several new stores in Romania after excellent results with its first store in Bucharest, whose sales were 30 percent better than expected in the first eight months of operation, despite the financial crisis. Décathlon’s parent company, Oxylane Group, has also doubled the capacity of its ...
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The German Intersport organization has signed a deal to be...
The German Intersport organization has signed a deal to be the official store of this year’s Fifa World Cup as well as the 2011 Women’s Football Cup. Intersport International Corp. signed a similar deal with Fifa four years ago, but only some of the national Intersport organizations agreed to participate ...
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Described as one of the most dynamic members of the...
Described as one of the most dynamic members of the Intersport Austria cooperative, Intersport Bründl has seen its flagship store in Kaprun selected by an international jury for the EuroShop Retail Design Award for the best store in terms of distinctive corporate design, consistency, clear range presentation and communication with ...
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IFM Sports Marketing Surveys will be studying the economic of...
IFM Sports Marketing Surveys will be studying the economic of the Ryder Cup competitions between Europe and the U.S. in Wales this year and in Scotland in 2014. Ryder Cup Europe chose IFM to do the surveys, looking at how much money spectators, sponsors, organizers and others involved spend during ...
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Eight models of Horizon Fitness and Livestrong Fitness elliptical trainers...
Eight models of Horizon Fitness and Livestrong Fitness elliptical trainers are being recalled by Johnson Health Tech North American and the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC). The recall is for a foot pedal that can become disengaged, posing a fall hazard, and affects about 18,000 machines. Model numbers and ...
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Scope Growth II L.P., a Swedish private equity firm that...
Scope Growth II L.P., a Swedish private equity firm that manages more than €120 million in capital, has invested €7 million in Footbalance System, a Finnish custom insole maker that currently has distribution in 250 retail doors in five countries. Key Footbalance customers include Intersport. In Europe, Footbalance intends to ...
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Loredana Venturi will be the new European merchandiser for Spyder,...
Loredana Venturi will be the new European merchandiser for Spyder, where she will take note of trends in fashion, pricing, brands and retailers, and let the Colorado headquarters know what she has found. She will also be the conduit to the U.S. for input from Spyder’s sales agents and distributors ...
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Nike is expanding its reach with its sub-brand Livestrong, promising...
Nike is expanding its reach with its sub-brand Livestrong, promising to make financial contributions to the charity that will include international expansion for the collection that debuts in July. Nike also plans to guarantee an annual payment with the possibility of additional funding for cause as sales from the collection ...
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One Way Sport, the Finnish maker of Nordic sports products,...
One Way Sport, the Finnish maker of Nordic sports products, has signed a four-year deal to be the exclusive supplier of clothing and technical footwear for the French Nordic ski team. One Way will provide the team with racing suits, underwear, warm-up dress, hats and apparel for training. The deal ...
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Golfino says it managed to post a profit in the...
Golfino says it managed to post a profit in the financial year ended last Sept. 30 in spite of a 5 percent drop in sales after many years of growth, but it remained the number one player in the European golf apparel market, with an estimated market share of 8 ...
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Alexander, a footwear brand owned by the Italian group 3A...
Alexander, a footwear brand owned by the Italian group 3A Antonini, has launched a golf shoe in leather. To back up the launch, the brand has signed an endorsement deal with a famous Italian golf player, Costantino Rocca. His sponsor for clothing is Colmar, which has just launched its first ...
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Bernhard Baumgarter, 38, will be the new finance director of...
Bernhard Baumgarter, 38, will be the new finance director of Intersport PSC Holding and Intersport PSC, the leading sports buying group in Switzerland, starting next April. He has been with the group since 2005. He will succeed Stefan Sommer, who will leave after 12 years with the Swiss British-owned group. ...
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Collective Brands has bought Above the Rim, an urban basketball...
Collective Brands has bought Above the Rim, an urban basketball brand that was formerly owned by Reebok International. Collective plans to expand the brand both on the domestic market and overseas, and it will be part of the company’s Collective Licensing International division. Other brands in this unit include Airwalk, ...
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Adidas has opened a temporary shop-in-shop for its Originals by...
Adidas has opened a temporary shop-in-shop for its Originals by Originals (ObyO) collection in the famous lifestyle shop of 10 Corso Como in Milan in connection with this week’s fashion shows in the Italian city. The spring/summer line includes for the second season some items co-branded between David Beckham and ...
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Moving ahead with the reorganization of its Benelux management, Adidas...
Moving ahead with the reorganization of its Benelux management, Adidas has appointed Marco Kunz country sales manager for the Netherlands. Taking up this new position with immediate effect, Kunz supervises sales of both the Adidas and Reebok brands, in line with the integration implemented by the group in other European ...
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Giancarlo Colombo, who ran the Italian clothing firm named after...
Giancarlo Colombo, who ran the Italian clothing firm named after his father, Mario, along with his own brother Angelo for many years, has passed away at the age of 83. Called Manifattura Mario Colombo, the company owns the Colmar brand and licenses Lacoste for the Italian market. Without any connection ...
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Joma has signed a three-year sponsorship agreement with Juan Carlos...
Joma has signed a three-year sponsorship agreement with Juan Carlos Ferrero, starting with the Australian Open. The Spanish firm will supply the Spanish champion’s clothing and footwear, and it will develop a special collection named after him as it is already doing for another endorsing tennis player, Feliciano Lopez. Ferrero ...
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As it has already done with its line of sports...
As it has already done with its line of sports shoes, Head is going to take its European apparel license in-house starting with the spring/summer 2011 collection, which will be presented to the trade in May. It will not renew its license with a German firm, Jebsen & Jessen, after ...
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Morgan Stanley and Annex Capital, the shareholders of Ploucquet Holding,...
Morgan Stanley and Annex Capital, the shareholders of Ploucquet Holding, the owner of Sympatex Technologies, have unexpectedly replaced the two top managers of the laminate manufacturer. The company is not ready to comment the prompt departure of its managing directors, Thomas Baierlein and Udo von Reinersdorff. The new spokesman of ...
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Capranea, a brand of upmarket ski apparel launched in Switzerland...
Capranea, a brand of upmarket ski apparel launched in Switzerland and Austria in 2009, is expanding into Germany this year and holding talks for a distribution deal in France. The Swiss brand was started last year by Marc Haensli, a former executive with Odlo and several Swiss distribution companies. Its ...
