All Sporting Goods Intelligence articles in Volume 22, Issue 37-38
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An NBA Store is opening as a temporary pop-up shop...
An NBA Store is opening as a temporary pop-up shop in New York this autumn, near where the store it shuttered in February was located. Adidas will run the 6,000-square-foot store, on Fifth Avenue between 47th and 48th Streets, and incur all the associated expenses. The league is looking for ...
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Intersport PSC, the Swiss licensee of Intersport International, says its...
Intersport PSC, the Swiss licensee of Intersport International, says its net profit will decline slightly this year because of the strong appreciation of the Swiss franc against the euro, which has been affecting sales to foreign tourists. The problems started in border areas in the spring and they have been ...
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Ian Mullins has joined the management team of the...
Ian Mullins has joined the management team of the London Golf Show as marketing director, working on the event's brand strategy
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TaiSPO, the Taipei International Sporting Goods Show, is the second-largest...
TaiSPO, the Taipei International Sporting Goods Show, is the second-largest sporting goods trade show in Asia. Its 38th edition held in April drew 1,892 international visitors from 75 countries, its largest international visitor count yet and an increase of 2 percent from the year before. The countries with the largest ...
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Golfsmith International, which until now has had retail operations only...
Golfsmith International, which until now has had retail operations only in the U.S., is expanding internationally, starting with South Korea. Most golf there is played indoors on golf simulators, and more than 84 percent of the market for these products is ruled by Golfzon. This Korean company will open and ...
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JJB Sports is going to hold a general meeting to...
JJB Sports is going to hold a general meeting to approve an Equity Incentive Plan that is designed to encourage the company's directors and senior managers to execute JJB's ongoing turnaround plan successfully. The plan would award Mike McTighe, Keith Jones, Dave Williams and David Adams, as well as a ...
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Sunice will supply its garments, made with Gore-Tex, to the...
Sunice will supply its garments, made with Gore-Tex, to the U.S. team competing in the Solheim Cup at Killeen Castle in Ireland next month
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Norrøna has opened its first store in Sweden on Norrlandsgatan...
Norrøna has opened its first store in Sweden on Norrlandsgatan in Stockholm, mostly to improve the image of the Norwegian brand in the country. The spacious 450m² store is divided into five sections: skiing and snowboard, alpine climbing, outdoor, hunting, and lifestyle. In the middle of the store, there is ...
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In the first nine months of its financial year, a...
In the first nine months of its financial year, a period ended on June 30, Yue Yuen raised its net profit by 5.9 percent to US$377.0 million even as its total revenues rose by 23.4 percent to $5.19 billion. Revenues from shoe manufacturing grew by 25.8 percent to $3.68 billion, ...
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The World Federation of the Sporting Goods Industry will host...
The World Federation of the Sporting Goods Industry will host a public forum on the globalization of the industry at the Geneva headquarters of the World Trade Organization next Sept. 21 from 11:15 AM to 1:15 PM. Admission will be free. The purpose of the conference, titled “Made in the ...
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Mitre will be the new official football for FC Madrid...
Mitre will be the new official football for FC Madrid for the next three years
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The North Face will open a new flagship store in...
The North Face will open a new flagship store in Gothenburg, Sweden, next month
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Ispo expands matchmaking
The Munich fair has been offering and fine-tuning its matchmaking services on the promising Chinese market in connection with its successful Ispo China show, which has been renamed Ispo Beijing . Brands such as Haglöfs, Hilleberg and Salewa have already taken advantage of this opportunity and ...
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The expansion of the Etnies Skatepark of Lake Forest has...
The expansion of the Etnies Skatepark of Lake Forest has been completed, making it the largest free public skatepark in the U.S. A party was held on Aug. 20 to celebrate the completion of the work, which cost $1 million and covered nearly 22,000 square feet. The skatepark includes a ...
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Erima has opened a new showroom in the Salzburg trademart...
Erima has opened a new showroom in the Salzburg trademart
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An unfortunate editing error slipped into our last issue with...
An unfortunate editing error slipped into our last issue with regard to the relationship between Ole Damm, the new owner of SOS skiwear, and the Björn Borg brand. The company that distributes Björn Borg in Denmark is owned by Damm, and he is one of the numerous investors who have ...
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Eden Park, the official formalwear supplier of the England Rugby...
Eden Park, the official formalwear supplier of the England Rugby Team, has signed Toby Flood, England fly half, as an official brand ambassador
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XXL wants to dominate Scandinavia
XXL , the large-scale Norwegian sports and outdoor retailer, wants to build up a hard-hitting Scandinavian retail group with sales equivalent to nearly €1.5 billion in three countries. The company's managers told SGI Europe that they were targeting a network of about 100 stores in Norway, Sweden and Finland ...
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Quiksilver’s results are lifted by the dollar and emerging markets
Partially lifted by the declining value of the dollar, Quiksilver increased sales by 14.0 percent to $503.3 million in the third quarter ended July 31, beating market expectations of turnover slightly above $472.0 million. In dollar terms, the top line rose strongly in the Asia-Pacific region, while in ...
