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Benni Bozano has left as a director of Tomasoni Topsail...
Benni Bozano has left as a director of Tomasoni Topsail to set up his own company, Action to Sport, which will act as a full-service agent and distributor for foreign sports brands on the Italian market. The portfolio of his brands starts with Naish Hawaii, Flojos and Kaenon Polarized, which ...
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Speedminton, the young original racquet sports company from Berlin, has...
Speedminton, the young original racquet sports company from Berlin, has renewed its European distribution deal with MTS, an important German racket sports specialist that also markets its own Unsquashable and Schildköt brands. MTS has taken care of Speedminton’s sales since its launch in 2003-04 and will continue to do so ...
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Billabong will buy a minority interest in Surfstitch, an online...
Billabong will buy a minority interest in Surfstitch, an online board sports retailer in Australia, with an option to buy 100 percent of the company; the price was confidential.
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Craig L. McKibben replaced Gerard L. Eastman on the board...
Craig L. McKibben replaced Gerard L. Eastman on the board of Nautilus effective Jan. 1.
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Casall, the Swedish fitness and golf brand, has struck a...
Casall, the Swedish fitness and golf brand, has struck a tight partnership with Gresvig, the major Norwegian sports retail group, to supply it with fitness equipment on a near-exclusive basis from the second half of last year. Gresvig, which runs Intersport and G-Sport stores in Norway, continues to carry some ...
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Dynafit, Salewa’s brand for touring ski equipment, has granted a...
Dynafit, Salewa’s brand for touring ski equipment, has granted a license to Scarpa to use an insert compatible with Dynafit’s Quick-Step-In binding. This deal is exclusive for the Italian footwear brand, with the exception that Dynafit uses the same insert for its own footwear. The exclusive agreement is limited to ...
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Breaking up with Young & Rubicam, the Oxylane Group has...
Breaking up with Young & Rubicam, the Oxylane Group has hired three new agencies to handle different accounts. The Décathlon banner will be handled by BETC Shopper. Another agency, Fred & Farid, will take care of some of its private labels including Quechua, b’Twin, Domyos, Tribord and Kalenji. Other private ...
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Stuburt, the British golf footwear company, has started offering an...
Stuburt, the British golf footwear company, has started offering an apparel range following the acquisition of a stake in the company last year by Mike Basso, the owner of Pan World Brands, an apparel specialist based in Manchester. Stuburt was previously owned entirely by UK Golf, a company belonging to ...
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Bruce Fendell has left his position as vice president for...
Bruce Fendell has left his position as vice president for sales at Fila USA as part of a consolidation of the company’s sales organization, though he will remain a consultant there.
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Nordica is investing in freestyle skiing by organizing “freestyle camps”...
Nordica is investing in freestyle skiing by organizing “freestyle camps” for beginners and experienced riders at various Italian resorts. It is planning to hold a final competition at Livigno next Apr. 23-25 among the talents it has scouted in Italy, Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
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Citroën, which is a long-time partner of Rossignol, is launching...
Citroën, which is a long-time partner of Rossignol, is launching two special co-branded all-terrain car models in limited quantities.
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Minority shareholders in CJSC (NW Russia), the Russian subsidiary of...
Minority shareholders in CJSC (NW Russia), the Russian subsidiary of New Wave Group, have bought the majority 51 percent holding from the Swedish parent company. New Wave Group has also made a capital injection in to NW Russia through the depreciation of loans. A distribution agreement gives NW Russia the ...
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Peak Performance will be the official clothing sponsor for the...
Peak Performance will be the official clothing sponsor for the America’s Cup sailing race, taking place next month off the coast of Spain. The 33rd edition of the race features the team Alinghi defending its title from BWM Oracle. All personnel will wear a special collection of Peak Performance apparel ...
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The Real Madrid club is said to be renegotiating its...
The Real Madrid club is said to be renegotiating its sponsorship contract with Adidas, which expires in June 2012, asking to double the annual fee to about €50 million because of the presence on the team of football stars such as Cristiano Ronaldo, Ricardo Kakà and Karim Benzema. The negotiations ...
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Dainese opens a regular single-brand D-Store, combined for the first...
Dainese opens a regular single-brand D-Store, combined for the first time with a factory outlet of 289 m², at Corbeil-Essonnes, near Paris’ Orly airport. Called a D-Garage, the outlet is the fourth one of the kind for the Italian company after those of Vicenza in Italy, Kozina in Slovenia and ...
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J-Village, a joint stand of young Japanese companies, will make...
J-Village, a joint stand of young Japanese companies, will make its first appearance at Ispo next month. The stand is being organized by Sa:Su Network, a Munich-based company that provides support services for Japanese companies and institutions. Its goal is to help young companies establish business contacts in Europe. Some ...
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Hummel International, the Danish sports and fashionwear company, has given...
Hummel International, the Danish sports and fashionwear company, has given an update on its progress in making footwear one of its most important strategic areas. It started the focus in 2007 on team sports, especially handball and football, but noted that by 2009 its lifestyle footwear business was doing well ...
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Lafuma is considering a stronger development of the winter lines...
Lafuma is considering a stronger development of the winter lines of Oxbow, which currently represent only about 10 percent of its surfwear brand's sales. As previously reported, Oxbow suffered a 14.2 percent sales decline to €67.3 million in the financial year ended last Sept. 30, mainly due to its fashion ...
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CORRECTION: The European edition of Sporting Goods Intelligence did have...
CORRECTION: The European edition of Sporting Goods Intelligence did have its birth 20 years ago, on Dec. 12, 1989. We incorrectly gave a different date because we were very tired after a very tough year and had drunk a few glasses of champagne to celebrate the event. SHORT ...
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Erik Rebich, legal counsel for Crocs, resigned his position effective...
Erik Rebich, legal counsel for Crocs, resigned his position effective Dec. 31. His successor is Daniel Hart, formerly the executive vice president for administration and corporate development. Hart’s new title is executive vice president, chief legal and administration officer and secretary. Rebich’s severance included a $375,000 payment and immediate vesting ...
