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Pure London is launching a new section dedicated to athleisure,...
Pure London is launching a new section dedicated to athleisure, called Pure Body. The new zone will make its debut at the next edition of the fashion trade show, which will take place at Olympia London on Feb. 9-11, 2020. Pure Body will complement the existing offering at the trade ...
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The Federation of the European Sporting Goods Industry (Fesi) is...
The Federation of the European Sporting Goods Industry (Fesi) is backing the European #BeActive campaign, which promotes sport and exercise for healthier living. As part of the campaign, the European Week of Sport (EWoS), which ran from Sept. 23 to 30, saw the organization of thousands of events across Europe, ...
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Patagonia opened a pop-up café at the Broadway Market, in...
Patagonia opened a pop-up café at the Broadway Market, in the Hackney area of central London, on Sept. 27 that has been hosting training courses for activism on the issue of climate change. Running until Oct. 17, the company's so-called Patagonia Action Works Café offered visitors a chance to “learn ...
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The organizers of the European Outdoor Summit felt that its...
The organizers of the European Outdoor Summit felt that its seventh edition in Interlaken was “a resounding success,” although the number of delegates declined to just over 200 from 300 a year ago, when the highly dynamic Scandinavian Outdoor Group (SOG) played host. There is no similar industry association in ...
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Ispo has launched the 2020 edition of the Ispo Award,...
Ispo has launched the 2020 edition of the Ispo Award, which honors outstanding products and services in the sports industry. Companies can submit their new products for consideration until Dec. 3, 2019, benefiting from early-bird rates if they submit their products by Nov. 6, 2019. The international jury of experts ...
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The first edition of Fibo Southeast Asia (FIBO SEA) will...
The first edition of Fibo Southeast Asia (FIBO SEA) will take place in Singapore, at the Marina Bay Sands, on Sept. 24-26, 2020. The event is organized by Reed Exhibitions Singapore in collaboration with Reed Exhibitions Deutschland, the organizer of Fibo in Cologne. The new trade show is meant to ...
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A second edition of the conference “Innovations in Sports Materials”...
A second edition of the conference “Innovations in Sports Materials” will take place in Ghent, Belgium, on Nov. 19-20. The event is organized by Centexbel, the Belgian textile research and design center. The speakers will focus on the latest developments in sports materials, sports clothing, performance-enhancing materials and smart materials. ...
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Vans, a brand of VF Corp., has announced the launch...
Vans, a brand of VF Corp., has announced the launch of Vans Checkerboard Day, an annual event to rally communities around the idea of fueling creativity. On the inaugural Vans Checkerboard Day, which will be held on Nov. 21, Vans will donate $1 million from global sales at the brand's ...
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The latest edition of Surf Expo, scheduled for Sept. 5-7,...
The latest edition of Surf Expo, scheduled for Sept. 5-7, and its pre-show outdoor festival Waterfest, scheduled for Sept. 4, were cancelled. Both were to be held at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Florida, which at the time was under threat from Dorian, the hurricane that ravaged the ...
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The 2019 edition of Wheels and Fins, the music and...
The 2019 edition of Wheels and Fins, the music and action sports festival scheduled for Sept. 7-8 in the British county of Kent, was canceled for lack of funds. The event typically combines the music of DJs with skateboarding, yoga, surfing and paddle-boarding. The organizers are currently working with legal ...
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Ispo Brandnew, purportedly the “world's largest and oldest international start-up...
Ispo Brandnew, purportedly the “world's largest and oldest international start-up competition in the sports business,” is celebrating its 20th anniversary by providing a total of €400,000 in start-up funding. This will be divided into 50 “support packages” of €25,000 each. In addition to the funding, these packages will provide booth ...
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Fibo, the leading European trade fair for the fitness sector,...
Fibo, the leading European trade fair for the fitness sector, will continue to be held in the German city of Cologne through the year 2032. Reed Exhibitions Deutschland, the show's organizer, and Koelnmesse Ausstellungen, the venue, have agreed to an early, 10-year extension of their current agreement. The forthcoming edition ...
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Sportswear Pro Event, a new trade show dedicated to sportswear...
Sportswear Pro Event, a new trade show dedicated to sportswear manufacturing, will make its debut on March 24-27, 2020 at Feria de Madrid, Spain. The event is being launched by Fespa, the organizer of the annual Fespa Global Print Expo. Sportswear Pro Event will host exhibitors specializing in various areas ...
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Afydad, the Spanish sporting goods industry association, is organizing an...
Afydad, the Spanish sporting goods industry association, is organizing an event about “Marketplaces 4sport” in Barcelona on Sept. 26, at the facilities of the Barcelona Moda Centre (BMC). The timing will coincide with that of the European Week of Sports (EWoS), the initiative of the European Commission to promote sport ...
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Sport 2000 will organize its first order show for team...
Sport 2000 will organize its first order show for team sports on the ANWR Campus in Mainhausen, near Frankfurt, on Sept. 8-9. According to the company, almost all leading team-sports suppliers as well as niche suppliers, such as textile finishers and cup and goal providers, will participate in the new ...
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With the family of Ispo shows continuing to grow with...
With the family of Ispo shows continuing to grow with the addition of OutDoor by Ispo, and probably in view of other projects, Messe München has appointed Jeanette Loos to the newly created position of global head of the Ispo Group. The 36-year-old manager earned a doctorate in communications and ...
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The Outdoor Retailer show cancels Winter Market
Emerald Expositions, the organizer of the Outdoor Retailer show, has decided to cancel the Winter Market that was scheduled to take place for the second time on Nov. 5-7 and to concentrate all the product offerings for the next autumn/winter season at the Outdoor + Snow Show on Jan. 19-31. ...
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Messe München, which organizes the Ispo Beijing and Ispo Shanghai...
Messe München, which organizes the Ispo Beijing and Ispo Shanghai fairs in China, has announced the appointment of a new leadership team for its Chinese subsidiary, Messe München Shanghai. Xu Jia, who has been its chief operating officer since 2013, has been promoted to the role of chief executive, replacing ...
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The Eurosima Beach Party is back for 2019 in a...
The Eurosima Beach Party is back for 2019 in a new format. It will be held on Sept. 13 on the beaches of Seignosse, France. Initially launched in 2006, this competition for surf professionals was revived under a new format in 2018, with competitors spending more time in the water ...
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The Accell Group will not be taking part in this...
The Accell Group will not be taking part in this year's edition of Eurobike, the usual venue for the company's product introductions in Friedrichshafen, where it has been one of the major exhibitors. This year, for the first time, the Dutch-based group introduced its new collections directly to its dealers ...
