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Wintersteiger has revamped its website in German and English language....
Wintersteiger has revamped its website in German and English language. Until the end of the year, wintersteiger.com will add pages in French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian and Chinese. A highlight of the site is a special area in which retailers can sell and buy used ski service machines.
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Like the Italian market for fitness equipment (see previous issue),...
Like the Italian market for fitness equipment (see previous issue), the market for table tennis is getting a big shake-up in Italy as well. A small Italian manufacturer of tennis tables, Chiodi, has shut down, while its major competitor, E.R. Rovera, has signed an exclusive agreement to distribute Butterfly’s tennis ...
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Manfred Wutzlhofer’s favorite for his succession at the head of...
Manfred Wutzlhofer’s favorite for his succession at the head of Messe München has been officially confirmed by the government of Bavaria and other shareholders at last: Klaus Dittrich will take over the chair of the board by Jan. 1, 2010, the date that Wutzlhofer retires. Dittrich has been on the ...
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The Italian parliament has passed legislation that sets a penalty...
The Italian parliament has passed legislation that sets a penalty of up to four years imprisonment and a fine of up to €35,000 for producing and trading counterfeit goods. The law considers organized and ongoing activity to be an aggravating circumstance. Conversely, the sentence can be lowered if the defendant ...
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In an uncharacteristic move, Nike has opened a store in...
In an uncharacteristic move, Nike has opened a store in Laguna Beach, California, that sells Nike 6.0, Hurley and Converse. One of the features of the store is the second-floor workshop, where visitors can customize their shoes and boardshorts for the three Nike brands.
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In November, SportScheck’s 15th door will open in downtown Frankfurt....
In November, SportScheck’s 15th door will open in downtown Frankfurt. The new store will increase the German chain’s total selling surface by 3,000 square meters to 40,000 m². Overall, the subsidiary of Otto Group intends to open nine more doors in Germany in the next couple of years. Meanwhile, the ...
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Sport 2000 France is boosting its buying and supply chain...
Sport 2000 France is boosting its buying and supply chain department because of the strong development of its network of corporate stores. Chrystelle Gauthier, who has been taking care of sports apparel purchases, is promoted to a post where she is in charge of the negotiations with all the suppliers ...
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Himaraya reported a 2.6 percent sales growth to 33.18 billion...
Himaraya reported a 2.6 percent sales growth to 33.18 billion yen (€243.8m-$343.4m) for the nine months ended May 31. In the same period the Japanese sporting goods chain saw a 7.7 percent drop in net income to ¥620 million (€4.6m-$6.4m). Operating income for the period was off by 50 percent ...
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Guy Sauveyre, who left Noël in 1992 to set up...
Guy Sauveyre, who left Noël in 1992 to set up Uhlsport’s French subsidiary, is retiring from the sporting goods business at the age of 62 and recycling himself with an investment in the area of food and entertainment. He is being replaced by two managing directors, according to the German ...
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Bike Expo, being held Jul 23-26 in Munich, has announced...
Bike Expo, being held Jul 23-26 in Munich, has announced a new designated area for the display of innovative and unconventional ideas and products related to cycling. Among the exhibitors in the new Innovations + Trends Village will be Zigo, Lezyne, Kettenmax, Veloboy, Jango, Biria, Tribus Athletics and RTI Sports, ...
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A fire swept through a warehouse leased by Adidas in...
A fire swept through a warehouse leased by Adidas in Gurgaon, India, near New Delhi, on June 22. The warehouse was closed at the time so there were no casualties. In addition, Adidas had already shipped out its spring/summer collection, and its fall/winter products had not yet arrived from suppliers, ...
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Puma is looking to Africa in the run-up to the...
Puma is looking to Africa in the run-up to the football World Cup to be held in South Africa next year. In addition to launching three African-themed fashion collections, available starting this month, it is extending its range of eco-friendly products by joining the “Cotton Made in Africa” initiative. The ...
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After more than two decades in office, Reinhard “Schimmi” Schymura,...
After more than two decades in office, Reinhard “Schimmi” Schymura, a news editor of SAZsport, the important German trade publication, has decided to leave the company. As a coincidence, the advertising manager of the same publication, Ulli Onnasch, will also leave after 10 years of service. Both are quitting SAZ ...
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Amsterdam residents used bikes to get around more than cars...
Amsterdam residents used bikes to get around more than cars for the first time between 2005 and 2007, according to figures from the city’s infrastructure department. On average, they rode their bikes 0.87 times per day in that time period, compared with 0.84 times per day in the car. In ...
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Herbalife, the Los Angeles-based marketer of weight, nutritional, skin and...
Herbalife, the Los Angeles-based marketer of weight, nutritional, skin and personal products that uses a Tri-Leaf design trademark, is seeking a declaratory judgment in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles to state that it has not infringed on trademarks owned by Adidas under settlement that had been reached July 1998 ...
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Karhu announces a new partnership with the University of Jyvaskyla...
Karhu announces a new partnership with the University of Jyvaskyla in Finland to develop footwear technologies. The researchers at the university had earlier worked with Karhu in developing its Fulcrum technology for running footwear.
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Il Gufo Golf, one of the few dedicated golf apparel...
Il Gufo Golf, one of the few dedicated golf apparel and footwear lines for children on the market, has confirmed an exclusive distribution agreement in Switzerland with Golfer’s Paradise, the largest chain of golf stores in the country with more than 20 doors, that has already started on a trial ...
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Champion Europe is the new official apparel partner and gold...
Champion Europe is the new official apparel partner and gold sponsor for the European Volleyball Confederation (CEV) through 2015, which includes the European Championships and the Champions League. Champion had been already supplying shirts for CEV’s matches in the past three years, but the relationship has now been firmed up ...
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Freddy, the leading Italian fitness and dance apparel company, has...
Freddy, the leading Italian fitness and dance apparel company, has invented an interesting ploy. For two weeks, it gave customers entering its own stores in Milan, Rome and Verona the possibility of getting a 10 percent discount if they were found at the cashier to have spent at least 10 ...
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Schöffel has appointed a new marketing director: As reported, the...
Schöffel has appointed a new marketing director: As reported, the current person on this position, Christiane Hoss-Nurminen, is about to leave to join Schuster, the big Munich-based retailer, as head of marketing. She will be replaced by Corinna Umbach, so far marketing director at Silhouette Germany, a subsidiary of the ...
