All Rossignol articles – Page 2

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Winter Olympics may revive a languishing ski market in China

2022-01-20T17:55:00Z

The emerging Chinese alpine skj market currently represents only about 3 percent of the global market, about twice the level of 2015, when we issued a big market research report on the broad Chinese sporting goods market in collaboration with ISPO. It has been languishing lately, but there is strong ...

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The largest Sports Equipment Brands 2020

2021-09-02T15:08:00Z

This chart shows the revenue development of the 41 major global sports equipment brands in 2020 vs 2019. The chart and data can be downloaded. This is exclusive data and analysis for Premium Members.

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Rossignol finds a new buyer for some of Time's assets

2021-02-10T18:02:00Z

Rossignol has sold many of the bike frame manufacturing assets of Time Sport International to Cardinal Cycling Group of Little Rock, Arkansas. Rossignol had originally planned to make the sale to WhaTTfornow, but this French e-bike producer pulled out of the deal for lack of funds. Cardinal has entrusted the ...

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Rossignol’s CEO speaks of an “industrial disaster” for France’s ski industry

2021-01-19T18:26:00Z

In a recent interview with the French newspaper Ouest France, Rossignol’s chief executive, Bruno Cercley, warned about the dramatic situation that the French ski industry is facing because of the pandemic and related restrictions. Ski facilities are currently closed in France, whereas they are open in some other countries, including ...

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Rossignol offers virtual skiing in Paris

2020-12-23T17:52:00Z

Rossignol has set up a system for virtual skiing at its fancy Parisian store on rue des Capucines. A simulator perches virtual skiers 2,100m up on the Villard-Reculas piste of a French ski resort, the Alpe d’Huez, which is currently closed as are all the others because of the coronavirus ...

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Vincent Wauters will lead Rossignol, boosting apparel and digital

2020-11-04T18:55:00Z

The alpine ski industry is going through a major generational change as it seeks new avenues of diversification. After the retirement of Jean-Marc Pambet as chief executive of Salomon one year ago and the more recent resignation of the 50-year-old Antonio Dus as CEO of the Tecnica Group, it is ...

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Top Rossignol executive joins Bollé Brands

2020-09-21T17:08:00Z

François Beneben has left the position of vice president of the Rossignol Group for Europe, Asia and the Southern Hemisphere, which he had held since March 2018, to join Bollé Brands as president of its Sport & Luxury business, covering the group’s brands of sunglasses and goggles: Bollé, Spy, Cébé, ...

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Rossignol reorganizes functions at its Swiss subsidiary

2020-07-10T09:35:00Z

According to sportbiz.ch, the website of the Association of Swiss Sports Retailers (Asmas), Groupe Rossignol is reorganizing its Swiss subsidiary. Switzerland will become part of a larger regional division, which will be managed by Alessio Meda, currently country manager for Italy. Meda has been working for Groupe Rossignol since 2006, ...

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Rossignol’s spiritual father has passed away

2020-06-20T12:41:00Z

Laurent Boix-Vives, a great gentleman, a visionary and a relentless entrepreneur who made a major contribution to the development of the snow sports sector, passed away on June 18 at the age of 93. He ran the Rossignol Group for nearly 50 years, building it into the world’s biggest ski ...

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Groupe Rossignol sells Time

2020-06-07T16:45:00Z

The Rossignol Group announced an agreement in principle for the disposal at an undisclosed price of Time Sport International, the French producer of bicycle components that it had acquired four years ago as part of its diversification into the bike sector. Major investments made for its modernization have not been ...

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Rossignol appoints a global director

2020-04-24T14:11:23.250Z

The Rossignol Group has made François Goulet its global director, according to sport-guide.com. The appointment follows the departure of the vice president for Europe, François Benaben, after more than eight years with the group. The group’s president and chief executive, Bruno Cercley, explained to sport-guide.com that “it makes sense in ...

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Rossignol promotes sustainability

2020-01-25T15:17:00Z

Differentiating itself from other ski companies, the Rossignol Group announced a few days ago the official launch of a new program of sustainability and corporate social responsibility. Called “Respect,” it calls among other things for a 40 percent cut in the waste generated by its manufacturing processes by 2025 and ...