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News briefsNew December dates for Performance Days
Thanks to new Covid-19 regulations in the German state of Bavaria, which allow trade shows to be held again from Sept. 1 if the pandemic continues to develop favorably, the organizers of the Performance Days have announced that the next event (Kickoff Winter 2022/23 and Update Summer 2022) will be ...
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Online conference by Ispo on June 30 and July 1st
Ispo will host a digital conference on June 30 and July 1 to take the place of the previously planned Ispo SDG Summit in Munich. Called Ispo Re.Start Days, the conference will focus on “Beyond Digitalization,” “Beyong Sustainability” and “Beyond Health.” Following the cancellation of the OutDoor by Ispo trade ...
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Inspiration days for Swiss dealers
In order to offer assistance with pre-orders for summer 2021 without a large trade fair, the Swiss sports industry is organizing so-called “Inspiration Days” in Glattbrugg and Spreitenbach on June 29 and 30. On these days, the showrooms in the TMC, Trendhouse, House 9 and Industriestrasse in Glattbrugg as well ...
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Brooks to organize virtual Global Running Day
After setting up an online training platform with training materials, product information and videos, on April 8, Brooks Sports will now organize a virtual global running day. Runners are invited to participate in a “Brooks Global Running Day 5k” between June 3 and 7. Every runner will complete a virtual ...
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Burton cancels 2021 snowboarding event
Burton Snowboards announced that the company had cancelled the 2021 edition of the Burton U.S. Open Snowboarding Championships, scheduled for March 1-6, 2021 at Vail Mountain Resort in Colorado, due to ongoing uncertainties around the Covid-19 pandemic. Burton’s chief executive, John Lacy, explained that it was a difficult decision as ...
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Macron announces a virtual version of the Bologna Marathon
Macron, the Italian sportswear company based in Bologna, has announced a virtual replacement for the annual Bologna Marathon, which was supposed to take place on March 1. The brand is the official technical sponsor of the event. The first Bologna Virtual Marathon is scheduled to take place on June 5-6-7. ...
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Good first “virtual” sales meetings from Europe
The first virtual sales conventions organized by Schöffel and Oberalp went well, according to the two companies. Schöffel’s 100-percent digital sales meeting was held on May 19 and 20, involving roughly 130 participants from about 15 different countries in all the major markets, more than originally expected. A total of ...
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News briefsSchöffel organizes its first digital sales meeting
Like Oberalp, Schöffel has decided to hold its first virtual sales meeting because of the coronavirus outbreak. The family-owned German company quickly created an extensive program with product presentations, video contributions, webinars, discussions and live broadcasts across national and continental borders. The venue for the digital sales meeting, which was ...
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October Fibo will be for the trade only
Fibo will take place as planned in Cologne at the beginning of October, but only as trade show, without the usual large attendance by the general public. It will be held from Thursday Oct. 1 to Saturday Oct. 3, eliminating the traditional Sunday opening for consumers. As usual, the European ...
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Efftex postponed until 2021
The 2020 edition of the European Fishing Tackle Trade Exhibition (Efttex), originally scheduled for June 11-13 in Prague, has been postponed until next year. It will be taking place at the same venue at a still undertermined date. Speaking to Angling International, Olivier Portrat – president of the European Fishing ...
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Eurobike postponed, altered
As Germany has a ban on major events until Aug. 29, logistics will preclude opening the Eurobike show on schedule, just two days later, to run Sept. 2-5. Instead, there will be a one-off Eurobike Special show – a “pure B2B concept,” not open to the public – on Nov. ...
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SportScheck cancels its first running event
SportScheck cancelled the start of its Run Challenge series of running events in Germany, which is sponsored by Under Armour. There will be no race in Bremen due to the coronavirus. The Run Challenges in Hamburg, Cologne and Berlin will take place in the second half of this year. The ...
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News briefsProwinter goes digital
Prowinter, the Italian B2B event trade show for alpine resort operators, has gone digital this year because of the coronavirus. The Prowinter Startup Award chose its winners on the digital platform Zoom on April 23. The winners, selected from 100 applicants and six finalists, are Glide Nano (Prowinter Audience Award) ...
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Sport 2000 Germany organizes virtual order shows
We expect that many companies will do the same in lieu of their traditional international sales meetings for spring/summer 2021 products. Due to the current situation and the uncertainty about future legal restrictions associated with the coronavirus, the German retail organization Sport 2000 is replacing its Sneaker Order Show, scheduled ...
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News briefsIspo Munich 2021 dates changed to avoid overlap with OR
To avoid overlapping with the Outdoor Retailer Winter Market in the U.S. (Jan. 27- 29), Messe München has postponed the next Ispo Munich to Jan 31 to Feb 3, 2021. Originally, the event was scheduled to run from Jan. 28-31. The new dates will bring the show back to the ...
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Fibo’s event director joins EuropeActive’s board
At its general assembly this month – held online to comply with Covid-19 quarantine – EuropeActive appointed Silke Frank, event director for the fitness trade show Fibo, to its board of directors. Frank joins Alfonso Jiménez of Ingesport Go Fit, Jennifer Halsall of Basic-Fit International and Ana Damaso of Portugal ...
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April 22 webinar on activewear colors and trends
A webinar on activewear color and fashion trends for the autumn/winter 2021/22 and spring/summer 2022 seasons is being offered at 10:45 a.m. on Wednesday, April 22, by Nora Kühner, a former member of the Ideas group of independent activewear designers. The German expert on the subject normally gives her speech ...
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News briefsBenQ and Stotz win Performance Days awards (digitally)
Performance Days, the trade show devoted to functional fabrics, was scheduled to take place in Munich on April 22-30, and was cancelled with no alternative event date due to the Covid-19 crisis. However, a digital fair has been put in place to allow the industry to keep informed about the ...
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News briefsIspo survey to help sports & outdoor retail in times of Covid-19
Ispo has developed a Covid-19-related retail survey, inviting all sports and outdoor retailers to participate, whatever their size and the countries in which they operate. The results and insights will be helpful for the Ispo Group to develop digital alternatives and tools to support the sporting goods business as much ...
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China limits basketball event
China has resumed the restrictions on team sports just as the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA) was expected to return play in early April. The CBA season was originally shut down in January in connection with the Covid-19 pandemic.
