All Sporting Goods Intelligence articles in Volume 22, Issue 31-32 – Page 4
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Adidas invests in Latin America
As shown by the figures from Vulcabras and Alpargatas in our athletic footwear chart, Latin America is currently the fastest-growing market for sports shoes in the world. The importance of the region for the Adidas Group was underlined by its chief executive, Herbert Hainer, at a press conference in Buenos ...
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Adidas is opening its fifth mono-brand store in Sri Lanka...
Adidas is opening its fifth mono-brand store in Sri Lanka and the first performance store in the country through its local distributor, Hameedia
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Representatives of Adidas, Nike and Puma have signed a protocol...
Representatives of Adidas, Nike and Puma have signed a protocol with representatives of Indonesian factory workers, their unions and various institutions, including the World Federation of the Sporting Goods Industry, to support and promote the adoption of practices that will strengthen the application of Freedom of Association guidelines in Indonesian ...
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Neo, the new affordable line of gymwear that Adidas...
Neo, the new affordable line of gymwear that Adidas has developed for the emerging markets, is going to be sold in the 400-plus Oysho stores managed by Inditex in 28 countries
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Greenpeace has reported that Chinese plants making products for Adidas,...
Greenpeace has reported that Chinese plants making products for Adidas, Nike and Puma polluted rivers in the country, sending toxic, hormone-disrupting chemicals that are banned in Europe and elsewhere into the water. The plants were subcontractors of the big athletic companies as well as other brands such as Li Ning, ...
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Bill Adams is the new general manager for the EMEA...
Bill Adams is the new general manager for the EMEA markets at New Era. He is working from its office in London at the moment. He was previously the vice president of U.S. sales for seven years. Next year he will be going back to the U.S. and New Era ...
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Nina Dobrev, the Bulgarian-Canadian actress who stars in the American...
Nina Dobrev, the Bulgarian-Canadian actress who stars in the American TV program “The Vampire Diaries,” is the new face of the Project Pink campaign by Puma. The campaign includes a line of T-shirts, bags and other items, and 100 percent of sales will go to breast cancer research charities.
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The incumbent Miss España, Paula Gulliò, acted as a fashion...
The incumbent Miss España, Paula Gulliò, acted as a fashion model to present some of the styles of Kelme's latest collection during the Spanish company's international sales meeting. Three international futsal champions engaged in tricks with the ball on the catwalk. The company disclosed sales of more than 50,000 pairs ...
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Swix Sports USA, the winter sports accessory provider, has moved...
Swix Sports USA, the winter sports accessory provider, has moved its headquarters from Wilmington, Massachusetts, to Haverhill in the same state. The updated warehouse facility is double the size of the old one and includes a fitness facility for employees. The company invested almost $500,000 in the new office complex.
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Accell’s sales rose by 9% in first half
Accell Group increased its turnover by 9 percent to €373.0 million in the first half of 2011 as the Dutch group continued to benefit from both organic growth and acquisitions. Organic growth contributed 3 percentage points to the rise and the remaining 6 points were attributable to the acquisition of ...
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TJ Hughes, the British chain of 57 convenience stores sold...
TJ Hughes, the British chain of 57 convenience stores sold by JJB Sports to a private equity fund a few years ago, has gone into administration, a form of bankruptcy, due to financial problems that have led to the withdrawal of credit insurance
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J.Lindeberg re-acquired People's Liberation's 50 percent ownership in J.Lindeberg USA...
J.Lindeberg re-acquired People's Liberation's 50 percent ownership in J.Lindeberg USA LLC at the beginning of July. As a result, the U.S. wholesale business and the J.Lindeberg stores in New York, LA and Miami are now fully-owned by the J.Lindeberg group. The aim is to keep the company's strong golf sales ...
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The 28-year-old Swiss skier Daniel Albrecht is joining Head's alpine...
The 28-year-old Swiss skier Daniel Albrecht is joining Head's alpine ski team from the 2011-12 season
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Otto Group improved its operating earnings before amortizations by 204...
Otto Group improved its operating earnings before amortizations by 204 percent to €667 million in the financial year ended last Feb. 8, resulting in an Ebitda margin of 5.8 percent. Total revenues increased by 12.6 percent to €11.4 billion, with growth in all its three division. Financial services reached the ...
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Vulcabras has postponed until some time in 2012 a planned...
Vulcabras has postponed until some time in 2012 a planned public offering of new shares intended to help finance its $50 million investment in an Indian factory, which should initially made uppers for its Olympikus line of athletic shoes. The company, which is also Adidas' partner for the distribution of ...
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Darren Clarke's win at the 2011 Open Championship at Royal...
Darren Clarke's win at the 2011 Open Championship at Royal St. George's Golf Club in Kent, England , earlier this month netted him a £2 million (€2.3m-$3.3m) bonus from Dunlop, his clothing sponsor
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Analysis: The global athletic shoe market 2010
We published the results of our annual survey of the branded rugged outdoor shoe market in The Outdoor Industry Compass on Friday, showing a strong increase of 12.8 percent for 2010 in U.S. dollars at the wholesale level. Well, the data that we and our American colleagues have collected for ...
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Schwan-Stabilo, which acquired Deuter in 2006, has now bought Ortovox,...
Schwan-Stabilo, which acquired Deuter in 2006, has now bought Ortovox, the German mountaineering brand. Ortovox' sales grew to €12.2 million in the year ended last June 30 (more in The Outdoor Industry Compass).
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Sport 2000 wants to do more marketing
The mood was buoyant at the general assembly of Sport 2000 International held in Sofia a few weeks ago, as the international buying group enjoyed robust sales last year and is preparing to step up its marketing investments in the Sport 2000 banner. The estimated retail sales of the buying ...
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Jean-Paul Onillon, former general manager of Sport 2000 in France,...
Jean-Paul Onillon, former general manager of Sport 2000 in France, has become the buying director for non-food products at Casino, the big French operator of supermarkets that controls Go Sport, among other holdings
