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Survey finds that 80% of Japanese people want Tokyo 2020 postponed or cancelled
According to a telephone poll by Kyodo News, around 80 percent of Japanese people would like this year’s Olympic and Paralympic Games in Tokyo to be postponed or even cancelled. Japan is currently struggling with a resurgence of Covid-19 cases. The cities of Tokyo, Saitama, Kanagawa, and Chiba entered into ...
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FIBO extends its partnership with EuropeActive for three more years
FIBO, the International Trade Show for Fitness, Wellness and Health, has announced a three-year extension of its partnership with EuropeActive, which is aimed at promoting growth across the entire ecosystem of the fitness and physical activity sector. Notably, FIBO will continue to participate in the funding of the “European Health ...
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The 2021 season of the Chinese PGA Tour has been cancelled
The PGA Tour has confirmed the cancellation of the 2021 season of the PGA Tour Series in China amid uncertainty due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The organization considered that the ongoing issues with the pandemic in Asia were “too difficult to overcome.” Meanwhile, the Mackenzie Tour in Canada and the ...
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ISPO Beijng is postponed to an unspecified date
The ISPO Beijing show is being postponed to a yet unspecified date. It was going to take place in the Chinese capital from Jan. 14 to 16 as a physical event, but Messe München Shanghai said it would have been unreasonable to hold it in view of a renewed outbreak ...
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News briefsEuropean visitors can participate in Ispo Beijing through an avatar
The forthcoming Ispo Munich trade show will be digital, but Ispo Beijing will be held in person as planned – or almost so - on Jan. 14 to 16. Whereas China has opened again for business, Europe remains under varying degrees of Covid-19 lockdowns. To enable Europeans to take ...
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Annecy Days trade show scheduled for January
A number of snow sports brands have come together to organize a new physical edition of the traditional Annecy Days. Scheduled for Jan. 11-12, the French trade show will be patterned after ASAP but be limited to B2B dealings at the brands’ permanent or temporary showrooms in the French city ...
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Havaianas takes its whole operations digital
Havaianas has become the first company in the footwear sector to license the digital showroom software of a Dutch firm called Hatch, whose product stems from developments at PVH Corp. in 2014. The developer calls it a “fully digital-guided wholesale selling experience.” It has enabled Havaianas to do away with ...
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The PGA Show shifts to a virtual format
The international PGA Merchandise Show, usually held in Orlando, Florida, at the end of January, is this year turning into a virtual show like the Outdoor Retailer Winter Market. Running from Jan. 16 to 29, it promises to be a highly interactive online marketplace, facilitating contacts between exhibitors and visitors ...
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Brooks will sponsor a virtual Houston Marathon
Brooks Running has returned to its former role as the official footwear and apparel sponsor of the Houston Marathon, taking the place of Skechers for the next three years. Instead of the traditional in-person Marathon Weekend of Events, the next race will be held as a series of Virtual Houston ...
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Performance Days will go fully digital in December
Due to the current Covid-19 situation, the December 2020 edition of the Performance Days will not take place at the Messe München trade show center as initially planned, but as a fully digital event on the original dates of Dec. 9 and 10. Back in April 2020, the fabrics show ...
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The Cycle Shoe and London eBike Festival will be held in June 2021
The organizers of The Cycle Show and the London eBike Festival have announced that the combined shows will take place on June 25-27, 2021. The events will be held at Alexandra Palace in north London. The trade shows were expected to take place in April 2021, but have been postponed ...
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News briefsWolverine takes its sales conference again digital
Because of Covid-19 and its related safety measures, Wolverine Worldwide has expanded its partnership with Envoy B2B, taking its buyers’ conference digital. The American company was obliged to cancel its Global Brand Conference in the spring, depriving its 12 brands of a means to introduce their new products to the ...
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News briefsA new brand may be unveiled at Oberalp’s next Virtual Convention
The first ”Oberalp Virtual Convention” in May 2020 was extremely positive for the Italian company and its brands - Salewa, Dynafit, Wild Country, Evolv and Pomoca - with more than 37,000 clicks. As ongoing travel restrictions due to the Covid-19 pandemic continue to make physical events difficult, the family-owned company ...
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Fibo holds four digital events
Since the end of last month, Fibo has held four events: the European Health & Fitness Forum (EHFF), FIBO@business and FIBO@home from Sept. 30 to Oct. 3 and the FIBO Shopping Week on Oct. 4-11. All have been, for the first time, digital. Together they have drawn more than 4,500 ...
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Eurobike is shrinking
Physical attendance at the special Nov. 24-26 edition of the Eurobike show in Friedrichshafen will be limited to 10,000 trade-only visitors per day. Only 400 exhibitors will participate in the leading European bike show, compared with more than 1,400 in September 2019. Described by the organizers as ”The Place to ...
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Ispo Awards to open for submissions
The 10th annual Ispo Awards will be receiving product submissions from Sept. 28 to Dec. 4. All companies in the sports industry, even non-exhibitors at the forthcoming Ispo Munich show, may submit. Those who do so by Nov. 6 will enjoy an early-bird discounted rate: €125 for exhibitors, €325 for ...
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EuroSIMA Surf Summit to be held digitally
As many other conferences, the 19th edition of the annual EuroSIMA-Surf-Summit will now be held online, due to the current contact restrictions caused by Covid-19. As originally planned, the European surf industry association will start the event on Oct. 1, but the free and interactive conferences will be spread over ...
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Sea Otter Europe expo cancelled, but races to proceed
Sea Otter Europe has cancelled the fourth edition of its bike show, scheduled to be held in Girona, Spain, on Sept. 25-27. As with many other such cancellations, the reason was Covid-19. However, Sea Otter Europe’s open-air races – the Scott Marathon Cup, the Continental Ciclobrava, the Etixx Girona Gravel ...
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WFSGI webinar on social compliance in the supply chain
The World Federation of the Sporting Goods Industry, WFSGI, invites industry officials to a webinar on “Social Compliance in the post Covid-19 Supply Chain.” It will be held on Sept. 22 at 4 PM. Randy Raskin from Eurofins, the leading international specialist in bio-analytical testing, will provide a perspective on ...
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Germany to admit foreign participants in trade fairs
Foreign visitors are expected to be able to attend the next Ispo Munich show, scheduled for Jan. 31 to Feb. 3.The government of Germany has decided to grant entry into its territory – even from outside the EU, the Schengen area or Germany’s list of approved countries – to foreign ...
