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Babolat has launched its first badminton shoe. Called Shadow, it...
Babolat has launched its first badminton shoe. Called Shadow, it has been developed together with Michelin like its tennis shoes. It is said to be lighter and less expensive than a competing model by Yonex. The French brand is also putting out a new oversize tennis racquet, called Y, that ...
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Karstadt, the bankrupt department store chain, is going to be...
Karstadt, the bankrupt department store chain, is going to be a stand-alone company soon. After spinning off Thomas Cook, Arcandor’s huge tourist operator, on the stock exchange, Arcandor’s receiver has decided to liquidate all the assets of Quelle, formerly Europe’s largest mail-order, failed. The largest liquidation of a retailer in ...
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Jeff Weiss has been promoted to the new position of...
Jeff Weiss has been promoted to the new position of vice president for international business development at the Cycling Sports Group (CSG) of Dorel Industries. The company is trying to focus on regional market opportunities and improve its position with direct retail management as well as distributor partnerships. Weiss was ...
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United Brands, the Belgian sports and lifestyle retailer, has bought...
United Brands, the Belgian sports and lifestyle retailer, has bought the snowboard brand Imperium, founded by the snowboarder Demir Julia. United will sell Imperium snowboards through its own stores in Belgium and promote the sales of its new property elsewhere at Ispo in February. In the last year or so, ...
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As part of its bid to expand in the outdoor...
As part of its bid to expand in the outdoor and sporting goods segments, Implus Footcare has bought Highgear, a supplier of performance watches, navigation tools and accessories. It also licenses New Balance branded sports monitors. This is the third acquisition in two years for Implus, which has also bought ...
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Golden Viking Sports, a group headed by Bill Nuttal, the...
Golden Viking Sports, a group headed by Bill Nuttal, the former president of Diadora America, has finalized a U.S. licensing deal with the new Diadora Sport for football products that will keep the business in Washington State with the existing team. Generating an annual turnover of more than $20 million, ...
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Coalision has further boosted the management of its European office...
Coalision has further boosted the management of its European office in Annecy. Jérôme Décisier, former international sports marketing manager for Salomon softgoods, will act as European marketing director for the Orage brand. Marie Le Bivic, who has previously worked for Nordica, Prince and Nature Project, will be French commercial director.
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Brunswick Corporation suffered drops in sales of both commercial and...
Brunswick Corporation suffered drops in sales of both commercial and consumer fitness equipment in the third quarter ended Oct. 3, but its Life Fitness division had a 21 percent increase in operating income to $12.5 million on the back of cost-cutting measures. Sales fell by 22 percent to $126.8 million. ...
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WeSC has opened a store in Lyon, the Swedish brand’s...
WeSC has opened a store in Lyon, the Swedish brand’s second store in France after the one in Paris. The Lyon store, covering 100 square meters, offers WeSC’s men’s and women’s collections and, in a different part of the store separated by an alley, its more basic lines. Also on ...
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Mammut Sports Group, the sporting goods business of Conzzeta Group,...
Mammut Sports Group, the sporting goods business of Conzzeta Group, saw its sales increase by 15.5 percent to 129.2 million Swiss francs (€85.3m-$127.4m) in the four-month period from May 1 to Aug. 31. An overall stable outdoor market was enhanced by new Mammut stores in Zurich and Berlin. Overall, Conzzeta’s ...
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Puma has opened a new development center in Vietnam. The...
Puma has opened a new development center in Vietnam. The complex will group facilities that were previously spread all over Asia to take care of 40 suppliers of footwear and apparel prototypes and samples, materials and components and services related to sourcing, engineering, material management, laboratories and R&D centers. The ...
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Larry J. Franklin is the new chairman of the Sporting...
Larry J. Franklin is the new chairman of the Sporting Goods Manufacturers Association (SGMA) of the U.S. Franklin, president of Franklin Sports of Massachusetts, was elected for a one-year term at the SGMA’s annual business meeting in Chicago this month. Franklin succeeds Tom Rogge, president and chief executive of Cramer ...
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Power Plate International has named Gregg Hammann, the former chief...
Power Plate International has named Gregg Hammann, the former chief executive of Nautilus, as its global chief executive. Hammann spent four years at the helm of Nautilus, and had previously been global chief customer officer of Levi Strauss, as well as president of Levi’s Canadian and Latin American divisions. He ...
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Freddy, the Italian producer of fitness and dance equipment, is...
Freddy, the Italian producer of fitness and dance equipment, is close to finalizing a sponsorship agreement with Moscow’s Bolshoi Theatre. The company is already a sponsor of Milan’s Teatro alla Scala and London’s Royal Opera House. The company expects to close 2009 with sales of €56.5 million, slightly higher than ...
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Oberspeedo, a division of the Italian sporting goods group Oberalp,...
Oberspeedo, a division of the Italian sporting goods group Oberalp, has reached an agreement to distribute Speedo swimming products and toys for children aged from 3 months to 5 years in 10 stores of the Italian retailer Toys Center. The products will be located in specific corners in two Toys ...
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Sport Finance, the master licensee for Kappa in France, Spain,...
Sport Finance, the master licensee for Kappa in France, Spain, Portugal, Belgium and Switzerland, has recruited two executives to deal with its rapid expansion. Renaud Barillon, former Reebok executive and French country manager for K-Swiss, was hired in the new position of sales manager for France, Belgium and Luxembourg, in ...
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Movea SA, a specialist in motion-sensing technology, is teaming up...
Movea SA, a specialist in motion-sensing technology, is teaming up with Oxylane, the parent company of Décathlon, to develop high-tech products for “the sport of the future.” Movea will work with Oxylane product designers to put motion-sensing technology in athletic equipment and apparel to be sold in Décathlon stores.
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Earlier this month, Callaway Golf was ready to give $1...
Earlier this month, Callaway Golf was ready to give $1 million to Shriners Hospitals for Children if the pop star Justin Timberlake could make a hole in one in “Callaway Golf’s Justin Timberlake Million Dollar Diablo Shootout” in Las Vegas. Timberlake had three chances with the new Diablo 6-iron, but ...
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Adidas will incorporate the ion-mask technology developed by P2i in...
Adidas will incorporate the ion-mask technology developed by P2i in the U.K. into two golf shoes for summer 2010, making them completely waterproof and breathable. This nano-coating technology has already been adopted by Hi-Tec.
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Amer Sports’ recent issue of 48.5 million new shares was...
Amer Sports’ recent issue of 48.5 million new shares was oversubscribed: Some 9,900 investors applied for a total of 72.1 million shares, or a subscription level of 148.8 percent. Investors with rights of first refusal exercised them for 98.9 percent of the shares. The others will go to existing shareholders. ...
