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Hamm Market Solutions has signed a licensing agreement to design,...
Hamm Market Solutions has signed a licensing agreement to design, develop, produce and sell all over European a footwear line for VF Corporation’s fast-growing Napapijri brand of sports clothing, starting with the autumn/winter 2010/11 season. Hamm has been already a successful footwear licensee of Marc O’Polo and Tommy Hilfiger, and ...
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Freddy announces a licensing and distribution contract for the Korean...
Freddy announces a licensing and distribution contract for the Korean market with an important sportswear company, In The F, which has several in-house brands. This 39-year-old operation generates annual sales of about €130 million. The deal with Freddy is for an initial period of five years and calls for retail ...
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Somnio Running, the maker of customizable running shoes, has appointed...
Somnio Running, the maker of customizable running shoes, has appointed Saskia Stock to be its new managing director in Europe. She was previously in charge of medical and biomechanical research for MBT footwear, and before that spent almost 10 years at Cannondale Europe.
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Under Armour has opened a pop-up store in New York...
Under Armour has opened a pop-up store in New York City that will display the company’s uniforms for American teams competing in the 2010 Winter Olympics, including the freestyle ski team and the bobsled team. The 300-square-meter shop offers a full line of Under Armour apparel, footwear and accessories. The ...
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Li-Ning is opening its first store outside of Asia next...
Li-Ning is opening its first store outside of Asia next month, in Portland, Oregon. It will also be used as a research-and-development facility, intended to gauge the American customers’ response to the brand’s products.
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L-Fashion Group is launching a new program in Germany, Austria...
L-Fashion Group is launching a new program in Germany, Austria and Slovenia, called Story, offering price-aggressive products to high-volume retailers. The new unit will be headed up by Rainer Thiesies, a company veteran who has been in charge lately of the group’s successful Icepeak brand in the German-speaking countries. He ...
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Kneissl, the legendary Austrian ski brand, continues to move in...
Kneissl, the legendary Austrian ski brand, continues to move in the direction of a lifestyle company. After it recently opened a combined sports store and restaurant in Innsbruck, it plans now to open two hotels in Austria. The company which is controlled by Sheikh Mohammed Bin Issa Al Jaber, has ...
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Salomon is launching an “ecological” free-style ski, made with bamboo...
Salomon is launching an “ecological” free-style ski, made with bamboo and basalt fibers, in association with Mark Abma. The proceeds from the sale of the ski, called Shogun, will be partly used to finance a non-profit association that Abma is setting up to promote the development of new renewable energy ...
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Ride Business, the Swiss trade publication for the bicycle business,...
Ride Business, the Swiss trade publication for the bicycle business, reports that Athleticum, one of Switzerland’s leading retail chains, is losing two of its top managers: Stéphane Castrichella, the chain’s top buyer, has already left the company at his own request. André Afentoulidis, Athleticum’s managing director, will leave by the ...
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Blake W. Krueger, chief executive and president of Wolverine World...
Blake W. Krueger, chief executive and president of Wolverine World Wide, will add the title of chairman, effective next Jan. 1. The current chairman, Tim J. O’Donovan, will remain on the board of directors. Krueger has spent nearly 40 years in the footwear industry and has been an executive of ...
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Röhnisch, the Swedish women’s golf and fitness brand, is moving...
Röhnisch, the Swedish women’s golf and fitness brand, is moving into the British golf market through a distribution agreement with Severn Under, the company that obtained a license for Greg Norman in Europe last year. Röhnisch has been sold in the British fitness market for several years by Outdoor Connect, ...
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Nautilus plans to focus on its branded consumer retail and...
Nautilus plans to focus on its branded consumer retail and direct businesses as it has agreed to sell some of its commercial fitness equipment operations to a company called Fit Dragon International. The $12.3 million deal includes certain assets of StairMaster as well as the licensing of indoor cycling Schwinn ...
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Garant Schuh + Mode, the large shoe buying group, has...
Garant Schuh + Mode, the large shoe buying group, has appointed Thilo Steinheimer as business developer for its Fair Play International co-operation of sporting goods retailers. The former executive of Metro will concentrate on the development of the network of sports retailers and the concept of specialty shops, especially in ...
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The management of the Lafuma Group is quite confident that...
The management of the Lafuma Group is quite confident that its results will improve markedly as of the first half of the current financial year, which began on Oct. 1, although its revenues are likely to be down slightly. The net profit remained unchanged at €1.6 million for the year ...
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Cycleurope is revamping its French Velo & Oxygen stores, upgrading...
Cycleurope is revamping its French Velo & Oxygen stores, upgrading them to become Premium Velo & Oxygen. About 450 shops should be outfitted, hitting 200 next year. Dealers who want to become Premium Velo & Oxygen stores have to carry the group’s bike brands Gitane, Puch and Bianchi, as well ...
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Oxylane has opened four new Décathlon stores in Spain, taking...
Oxylane has opened four new Décathlon stores in Spain, taking the total door count in the country up to 75 units, besides three Koodza stores and three Decat’ stores. Of those, 17 are in the metropolitan area of Barcelona and 11 in the area of Madrid. The French group, which ...
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Jean-Paul Onillon has decided to quit the position of operational...
Jean-Paul Onillon has decided to quit the position of operational general manager of the French Sport 2000 buying group, a post that he occupied since July 2003. The reasons for his unexpected departure could not be determined at the time of going to press, but they are said to have ...
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Fischer has established its own subsidiary in the U.S. The...
Fischer has established its own subsidiary in the U.S. The new operation settles in Auburn, New Hampshire, the home town of its former distributor of which the majority of employees will be taken on by the newly founded Fischer Skis US Llc. The American move follows Fischer’s general strategy to ...
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Pittards is reinforcing its role in Ethiopia by taking over...
Pittards is reinforcing its role in Ethiopia by taking over the Ethiopia Tannery Share Company (ESTC) from the Ethiopian government. The British tanner, which is a major supplier to the sporting goods industry, had been running ESTC under a management contract since 2005, and it has been sourcing raw hides ...
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Puma has licensed Mint Green Group Holding to handle its...
Puma has licensed Mint Green Group Holding to handle its golf business in North America. Mint Green is based in the Montreal office of Puma Canada and will do business as Puma Golf North America. Sales and merchandising executives from Puma North America as well as newcomers will staff the ...
