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ACM Products, a Dutch and European wholesaler of golf products,...
ACM Products, a Dutch and European wholesaler of golf products, has started offering a brand of golf apparel at reduced prices and high margins, W’edge 68. ACM already had a private label called W’edge, but this will be built into a full-fledged brand, while ACM will continue to sell other ...
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Golfmässan, the golf trade fair held in Sweden straight after...
Golfmässan, the golf trade fair held in Sweden straight after Golf Europe, saw the number of its visitors drop by about 12 percent to 1,274 for the three days – a decline that was blamed on the sluggishness of the Swedish economy and its golf market. Organized by the SGLF, ...
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Tiger Woods surpassed the $1 billion earning mark last month,...
Tiger Woods surpassed the $1 billion earning mark last month, the first athlete to do so, according to Forbes magazine. When he won the FedEx Cup at the end of September, he got a $10 million bonus, pushing him past the landmark sum. He won six titles on the U.S. ...
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S2, the fashion-oriented format for shoe stores of Sport 2000,...
S2, the fashion-oriented format for shoe stores of Sport 2000, had its premiere in Germany in early October. The store is located in Dresden and has nearly 100 square meters. It is noteworthy that the store is not run by a sporting goods retailer, but by a shoe retailer of ...
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Timberland has released its corporate social responsibility report, 30 pages...
Timberland has released its corporate social responsibility report, 30 pages that focus on energy, product, the workplace and services. In it, it notes that it scores 1 percent of its footwear products using the Green Index environmental rating system. The company goal is to score all of its footwear by ...
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Arena has just opened a mono-brand store of 60 square...
Arena has just opened a mono-brand store of 60 square meters in Toulouse, in the shopping center of Blagnac, as part of its project to have 10 such stores in France by the end of 2011. The next opening is scheduled for the beginning of November, on 90 square meters ...
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Adidas plans to hit the 600-store mark in India, with...
Adidas plans to hit the 600-store mark in India, with a goal of opening 90 stores between September and the end of the year to add to the 510 it already has in the country. Adidas sees a huge untapped market in “second tier” cities. Sales in India grew by ...
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Hi-Tec reports an 8 percent increase in its footwear sales...
Hi-Tec reports an 8 percent increase in its footwear sales in the U.K. and the rest of Europe for the first nine months of 2009, driven by the outdoor category, whose sales grew by 23 percent over the period thanks to its new Ion-Mask technology. The star model in the ...
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Nearly 90 percent of Intersport U.K.’s retail members attended its...
Nearly 90 percent of Intersport U.K.’s retail members attended its recent Q2 2010 show, which debuted the newest tennis, cricket and fitness products. It also held an awards ceremony for top performers. The winners were: Nike, best overall supplier as well as best at understanding Intersport; Unicorn, best hardware supplier; ...
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Nike has launched a digital “game improvement” accessory, Nike Soccer+,...
Nike has launched a digital “game improvement” accessory, Nike Soccer+, along with its CTR360 Maestri boot. A unique user code that comes with every boot gives access to exclusive training content from pro football players and coaches, including Cesc Frabregas of Arsenal and the coaches of FC Barcelona.
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Adidas is anticipating the redemption of its convertible bond, worth...
Adidas is anticipating the redemption of its convertible bond, worth €400 million, due to expire in 2018. The bond, issued in August 2003, can be redeemed effective Nov. 23; outstanding bonds will be redeemed at their principal amount plus interest accrued as far as bondholders do not exercise their conversion ...
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Formerly at the helm of the Adidas Group for a...
Formerly at the helm of the Adidas Group for a large Area Central, comprising the German-speaking countries, the Nordics and much of Eastern Europe, Ralph Kotterer will move to Singapore from the beginning of next year to become managing director for Southeast Asia. He will replace Christophe Bezu, the former ...
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A lawyer in Illinois is suing Adidas and the NBA...
A lawyer in Illinois is suing Adidas and the NBA player Kevin Garnett for their marketing campaign using the phrase “We Not Me.” W. Brand Bobosky claims that he came up with the slogan to present to his Rotary Club, and says he registered as a trademark and a copyright. ...
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Columbia Sportswear has named Adrienne Lefebre Moser to be its...
Columbia Sportswear has named Adrienne Lefebre Moser to be its general manager of apparel merchandising, a new position. She comes from LaCrosse, where she was senior vice president for product, sales and marketing. Before that she was a founder of Nau, where she was chief operating officer and general manager. ...
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Skechers USA has signed an agreement with Winner Sports Pvt.,...
Skechers USA has signed an agreement with Winner Sports Pvt., a wholly owned subsidiary of Pantaloon Retail India, part of Future Group, to license and distribute Skechers footwear and apparel in India. Future Group operates retail chains such as Big Bazaar, Pantaloons, Central and Planet Sports in 73 cities and ...
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Aigle International has hired two new executives to fill new...
Aigle International has hired two new executives to fill new positions. François Le Joncour, acho has worked for Décathlon, KPMG and Auchan, will the new director of operations at the French company. Laure Arnold, former with the Bon Marché department store, will be the marketing director.
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The Oxylane Group, which is aiming for golf to represent...
The Oxylane Group, which is aiming for golf to represent between one and two percent of sales of its Décathlon stores in each country where it operates, has opened an Inesis Golf Park at Marcq-en-Baroeul, not far from its international campus near Lille, using the premises of a former golf ...
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Puma will provide the Algerian football federation with its kits...
Puma will provide the Algerian football federation with its kits starting in January.. It already outfitted the national teams of Ghana, Cameroon, Ivory Coast, Mozambique, Egypt, Tunisia, Namibia, Morocco, Angola, Senegal and Togo. The continent is the site of the Orange African Cup of Nations Angola 2010 as well as ...
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Alistair Cameron, a former executive of Pentland and New Balance...
Alistair Cameron, a former executive of Pentland and New Balance who most recently ran Clarks’ men’s shoe operations, has been appointed by Asics Europe to the new position of vice president for sales and marketing. His new challenged will be to help the company to achieve a planned 50 percent ...
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True Temper Sports, an American manufacturer of golf shafts and...
True Temper Sports, an American manufacturer of golf shafts and other sports equipment, reached an agreement with its lenders to restructure its debt earlier this month. As part of the deal, True Temper’s lenders and capital partners have raised $70 million in fresh equity to fund further growth, and agreed ...
