All about events in the sporting goods industry – Page 10
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ArticleNew revised ISPO Awards with four application deadlines per year
The ISPO Group has announced that it will now honor the highlights of the sporting goods industry four times a year with its conceptually revised ISPO Awards. As usual, a jury of experts will evaluate all submissions individually based on criteria such as design, function, sustainability and innovation – but ...
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News briefsFree matchmaking program with the Korea Outdoor & Sports Industry Association
The Korea Outdoor & Sports Industry Association (KOIA), one of the most active and advanced national industry associations in the world, is organizing a series of online matchmaking events with European brands, distributors and retailers in view of the new EU–Korean free-trade agreement. Taking place at different time slots in ...
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Burton plans to launch a new "Mystery Series" tournament
Burton Snowboards has announced the imminent launch of the Burton Mystery Series, describing it as “a bold new beginning for the legendary Burton U·S·Open and the start of a reimagined future that’s unlike anything else in snowboarding events.” Throwing away the rules, it will focus on “what matters most: creativity, ...
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Norspo fair is cancelled, may be shifted to November
The Norwegian sporting goods show, Norspo, which was going to take place in Oslo on Jan. 9 and 10, has been cancelled like the one that was going to be held last January. Trond Evald Hansen, general manager of Norspomessen, is now betting that the new winter fair will take ...
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A new sportswear show for consumers in the U.K.
Independent Exhibitions (INDX) is founding a quarterly trade show for the U.K. devoted to both flavors of sportswear, athleisure and performance, in all varieties of sport. The first edition of Sports & Leisure, curated by the buying group Associated Independent Stores (AIS), is scheduled for Dec. 1-2 at the Cranmore ...
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Pádel returns to ISPO Munich
The 2022 edition of ISPO Munich will once again include the sport of pádel after an absence of seven years, reviving the Padel Village. According to Messe München’s director in Spain, Martina Claus, the village’s initial run, from 2014 to 2015, was premature. With few courts and few retailers then ...
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News briefsNew paddling trade show in Lyon
With the Covid-related postponement of the first Paddledays canoe show in Kassel, Germany, by one year to September 2022, a new player in the European paddling industry has stepped forward: The Paddle Sports Show in Lyon, France, wants to replace PaddleExpo in Nuremberg, Germany, which was held for the last ...
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News briefsOutDoor by ISPO Global Summit Edition 2021 is cancelled
The European Outdoor Group (EOG) and the ISPO Group have announced this evening (Sept. 27) that the OutDoor by ISPO: Global Summit Edition will not take place as planned on Oct. 5-7. A letter from the president of the EOG, Mark Held, was just received minutes before our daily Outdoor ...
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ArticleNew mobility show in Munich sends good signals for ISPO and other fairs
Messe München, the organizer of the ISPO fairs, says that the success of IAA Mobility, the first international in-person event of the kind in 18 months, proves that major international trade fairs can again be held in Germany like in the past. The show, where the bike sector was relatively ...
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Expo 2020 Dubai will celebrate sports and fitness in 5,400-square-meter dedicated hub
Expo 2020 Dubai has unveiled its Sports, Fitness and Wellbeing Hub, a 5,400-square-meter space that will offer a large range of free sporting activities and an entire zone dedicated to fitness and wellness. The Hub features a multi-sports area for basketball, volleyball, tennis and netball, as well as a five-a-side ...
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Outdoor Retailer sees strong Snow Show in Denver for January 2022
Reacting to an announcement that the buying associations that make up the U.S. Winter Sports Market (WSM) show would be moving their event to Salt Lake City starting next winter, Marisa Nicholson, senior vice president and show director of Outdoor Retailer (OR), stated in an open letter that the winter ...
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Munich Fabric Start ready to "Rise" physically next week
With around 1,000 collections on 430,000 square meters of “Covid-19 compliant” exhibition space at MOC Munich and the newly designed Zenith area, “visitors are invited to be inspired, meet long-term partners and finally experience materials live again in their diversity and depth” at Munich Fabric Start (seasonal title: ”Rise”) on ...
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News briefsMesse München deploys a 5G network
Exhibitors and visitors at ISPO Munich and other shows organized by Messe München may be able to work on the internet faster in the future.Messe München has announced that it will join forces with the mobile communication operators Telekom, Vodafone and Telefónica Deutschland/O2 to launch one of the world’s most ...
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ArticleMore details on consumer integration at ISPO Munich
After providing some initial information about ISPO Munich’s new concept in passing during a webinar in July – including plans to partially open the show to consumers – Messe München finally gave more details about the event, set for Jan. 23-26, 2022, in an official press release. The new ...
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Italian Skipass trade show confirmed as a physical event this autumn
After the cancellation of the event in 2020 due to the Covid-19 crisis, Skipass, the Italian consumer-oriented trade fair for winter sports and tourism, will regularly take place in Modena from Oct. 29 to Nov. 1, 2021. The event, organized by ModenaFiere, targets tour operators, managers of winter resorts, specialty ...
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Paris 2024 and Milano Cortina 2026 sign collaboration agreement
The Organizing Committees for the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Summer Games and the Milano Cortina 2026 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games have announced a collaboration agreement aimed at encouraging joint initiatives and activities toward more sustainable and innovative Games in 2024 and 2026. The agreement was signed by Paris ...
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News briefsMarkus Dirr appointed executive director product marketing and sales at Messe München
Source: Messe München Markus Dirr Just in time for the restart of the trade show season, ISPO organizer Messe München has established a new central division, “Product Marketing and Sales.” The newly structured unit is to bring together the marketing and sales competencies of the two disciplines ...
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News briefsCompanies still want in-person trade shows, new survey suggests
Companies appreciated and approved the additional benefits offered by hybrid trade show formats during the pandemic but still want to participate in physical trade fairs. Among the respondents in a new survey conducted by Messe Frankfurt, 97 percent said that in-person events are essential components of trade fairs, including 67 ...
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Diffusion Sport is holding a sports industry congress
Diffusion Sport is organizing a congress, called Sport Forum, for professionals in the sporting sector. The first edition is scheduled for Oct. 20-21 at the International Convention Center in Barcelona, Spain. It will form part of the Plataforma de Negocio event, a gathering of professionals in the security, customer experience, ...
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ArticleFIBO postponed to April 2022
After the Covid-related rescheduling of the international fitness trade show FIBO from June to November, the team of organizer Reed Exhibitions (RX) has decided to postpone the show again and move it to spring, the original FIBO season. Consequently, it will be held again on a rotational basis in 2022, ...
