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Stöckli Outdoor Sports, which operates 11 ski and outdoor stores...
Stöckli Outdoor Sports, which operates 11 ski and outdoor stores in Switzerland, has joined the Swiss Intersport organization. Stöckli’s retail operations will remain independent and the company will continue to carry its core ski and bike products, but will purchase others through Intersport to differentiate itself from other retailers.
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Groupe Rossignol has postponed to June 15 the deadline originally...
Groupe Rossignol has postponed to June 15 the deadline originally set at May 20 for the ski racers endorsing its various brands to accept a 50 percent cut in their basic sponsorship fees because of the company’s difficult financial situation. More than half of the 250-odd athletes under contract have ...
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Sport 2000 France reports a 3.2 percent sales increase at...
Sport 2000 France reports a 3.2 percent sales increase at the retail level to €598 million in 2008, in spite of a 0.5 percent decline in the French sporting goods market. Even on a same-store basis, its retail network outside the mountains enjoyed an increase of 2.7 percent, partly because ...
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The Adidas NBA 5 United Tour, a circuit around Europe...
The Adidas NBA 5 United Tour, a circuit around Europe organized by the National Basketball Association of the U.S. that includes 5-on-5 tournaments, pick-up games and interactive events, has announced the host cities. The tour will kick off in Athens on June 20-21 and then head to Madrid, Rome and ...
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Oxylane, parent company of Décathlon, has acquired Terres et Eaux,...
Oxylane, parent company of Décathlon, has acquired Terres et Eaux, a French retailer founded in 1999 that runs four large hunting and fishing stores of between 2,000 and 3,000 square meters. One is located in the Seclin section of Lille, close to Décathlon’s head office.
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K-Swiss has finished its acquisition of Palladium, buying the remaining...
K-Swiss has finished its acquisition of Palladium, buying the remaining 43 percent stake less than a year after buying a 57 percent share. The remaining equity was €5 million, plus a potential earn-out based on Palladium’s Ebitda in 2012. The purchase should be completed later this month and will result ...
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Adidas intends to expand its leadership in the football market...
Adidas intends to expand its leadership in the football market through its activities with the 2010 Fifa World Cup. It will be supplying the official ball of the tournament, as well as equipping the officials, referees, volunteers and ball kids. The host team, South Africa, will wear Adidas kits. The ...
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Adidas, its TaylorMade golf subsidiary, Callaway and ECCO USA are...
Adidas, its TaylorMade golf subsidiary, Callaway and ECCO USA are being sued by Greenkeepers, a company in Pennsylvania and Delaware, for alleged trademark infringement. Greenkeepers claims to have a patent for cleats invented by Francis C. Carroll of Philadelphia, and accuses the defendants of copying it.
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Spanish judicial authorities have agreed to free up Alvar Alvaro,...
Spanish judicial authorities have agreed to free up Alvar Alvaro, former general manager of the defunct Sport Disseny buying group, reportedly in view of his deportation to Ecuador, where is he facing drug dealing charges. Alvaro had been moved from a prison in Ecuador to a prison in Spain last ...
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Several top-notch golf players have recently agreed to endorse Cutter...
Several top-notch golf players have recently agreed to endorse Cutter & Buck. Among them are Arjun Atwal, the first Indian golf professional to have joined the PGA Tour; Mark Calcavecchia, who has played with four Ryder Cup teams; Sophie Gustafson, a lifetime member of the Ladies European Tour; and Reilley ...
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Alfredo Cionti, the successful representative of Avirex in Italy who...
Alfredo Cionti, the successful representative of Avirex in Italy who became chief executive of Belfe one year ago, has formed a 50-50 joint venture with the Medinvest investment fund that has the master license for Avirex in Europe and for the Belfe and Post Card brands worldwide. Italy’s largest sporting ...
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Intersport UK will allow an open day for the sports...
Intersport UK will allow an open day for the sports trade on June 30 leading up to its members’ trade show, Nistex, on July 1 and 2 in Birmingham. Intersport runs the British show together with SGB. Meanwhile Greaves Sports, a family-run retailer in Scotland, has joined the Intersport buying ...
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Hi-tech swimsuits are making waves also on the other side...
Hi-tech swimsuits are making waves also on the other side of the Atlantic. Motions by Speedo and USA Swimming to throw out an anti-trust suit lodged against them by Tyr were largely denied by a U.S. district court in California. Tyr sued both in May, alleging that the actions of ...
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As announced in March, Head N.V. has had its shares...
As announced in March, Head N.V. has had its shares de-listed from the New York Stock Exchange, effective June 4. The company’s stock will no longer be traded there, though ordinary shares will remain on the Vienna Stock Exchange. And yet again, the company is extending the deadline for the ...
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The English Football Association has officially launched a bid for...
The English Football Association has officially launched a bid for England to host the Fifa World Cup in 2018 or 2022. Competing bids have been filed by Australia, the U.S., Japan, Indonesia and Mexico, besides joint bids by Spain and Portugal on one hand and by Belgium and the Netherlands ...
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A new TAF (formerly The Athlete’s Foot) store has opened...
A new TAF (formerly The Athlete’s Foot) store has opened in Botswana, the first of three planned franchises in Africa. NexCen Brands, TAF’s parent company, plans another for Botswana and one in Namibia in the next 10 years.
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Raids by local authorities on two warehouses and four retail...
Raids by local authorities on two warehouses and four retail outlets in Thailand have netted more than 4,700 counterfeit Columbia Sportswear garments. One alleged leader of the counterfeit and smuggling operation was arrested near the Cambodian border. The raids, based on a tip from Columbia’s Thailand distributor, occurred after several ...
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Faiplast is introducing a Hoops basketball backboard with the pictures...
Faiplast is introducing a Hoops basketball backboard with the pictures of three famous Italian NBA players – Andrea Bargnani, Marco Belinelli and Danilo Gallinari – and a great American basketball player, Dwyane Wade. The small basket is accompanied by a scorekeeper, a sponge ball and a break-away ring. It can ...
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The repercussions of Heelys’ rejection of a bid from Skechers...
The repercussions of Heelys’ rejection of a bid from Skechers to buy the company are still being felt. At the end of May, two members of Heelys’ board of directors stepped down because of the decision. Roger Adams turned in his resignation on May 26, and Richard Middlekauff left the ...
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Quiksilver Europe has designed limited-edition boardshorts in conjunction with nine...
Quiksilver Europe has designed limited-edition boardshorts in conjunction with nine European surf retailers. Each summer, the company will release similar collections as part of the collaborative project, called Quiksilver Union. This summer’s line includes shorts incorporating symbols of the local surf culture and the home country. The participants are Northshore ...
