All Sporting Goods Intelligence articles in Volume 22, Issue 39-40 – Page 4

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    Sergio “Kun” Aguero, the Argentinian footballer who plays for Manchester...

    2011-09-26T00:00:00Z

    Sergio “Kun” Aguero, the Argentinian footballer who plays for Manchester City FC, has signed a long-term contract with Puma, which takes the place of Nike as its sponsor. He started wearing Puma's v1.11 Speed boot in his team's UEFA Champions League game against SSC Napoli on Sept. 14, and will ...

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    Leki has sealed a sponsoring agreement with Lukas Baur, the...

    2011-09-26T00:00:00Z

    Leki has sealed a sponsoring agreement with Lukas Baur, the Czech cross-country champion

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    WFSGI speaks out against trade barriers

    2011-09-26T00:00:00Z

    Sporting goods industry executives and government representatives from various countries called for reduced trade barriers on sporting goods at a special session hosted for the first time by the World Federation of the Sporting Goods Industry (WFSGI) at the Public Forum of the World Trade Organization in Geneva last Wednesday.They ...

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    Shortly after the opening of a store on the Portuguese...

    2011-09-26T00:00:00Z

    Shortly after the opening of a store on the Portuguese Algarve coast, Golfino has made it into Milan. The new shop is located in the rather exclusive area of Brera in Via Solferino, which is packed with good boutiques and restaurants. The 70-square-meter selling surface is just a 10-minute walk ...

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    Schöffel is expanding its top management by adding a chief...

    2011-09-26T00:00:00Z

    Schöffel is expanding its top management by adding a chief operating officer to its executive board. In this position, Torsten Müller will oversee production and human resources effective Oct. 1. For the past two years, Müller was in charge of the European logistics and distribution at VF Corporation and based ...

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    Billabong has completed its acquisition of Surfection, an Australian retailer,...

    2011-09-26T00:00:00Z

    Billabong has completed its acquisition of Surfection, an Australian retailer, in exchange for Billabong shares

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    Abacus announces a four-year agreement as official sponsor and partner...

    2011-09-26T00:00:00Z

    Abacus announces a four-year agreement as official sponsor and partner of the German Golf Federation, with the right to dress all German players in its golf clothes when they represent their country. The Swedish golfwear company already has similar agreements in place with the golf federations of Denmark, Norway and ...

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    Giant Bicycle reports a 9.8 percent decline in consolidated net...

    2011-09-26T00:00:00Z

    Giant Bicycle reports a 9.8 percent decline in consolidated net income to 1.42 billion Taiwan dollars (€34.3m-$46.3m) for the first half of its financial year, ended June 30. Revenues increased by 6.6 percent to NT$22.8 billion (€550.8m-$744.1m), but the pre-tax profit fell by 4.2 percent to NT$2.05 billion (€49.5m-$66.9m).

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    Growth of 4% for the global sports market

    2011-09-26T00:00:00Z

    Recovering from the unusual drop of 2 percent that it endured in 2009, consumption of sporting goods grew by 4 percent in constant currencies to an estimated €226 billion worldwide in 2010, according to an annual report released by NPD Group. It returned to the growth rate experienced both in ...

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    Activinstinct, the British online sports retailer, reports a 33 percent...

    2011-09-26T00:00:00Z

    Activinstinct, the British online sports retailer, reports a 33 percent increase to £11 million (€12.6m-$17.0m) in its sales for the financial year ended Aug. 31. Without quoting a figure, it also reports an 84 percent increase in profits. The company is forecasting further increases of 40 percent in sales and ...

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    The Stadil family climbed from No. 47 to No. 29...

    2011-09-26T00:00:00Z

    The Stadil family climbed from No. 47 to No. 29 in the 2010 ranking of the wealthiest Danish families and individuals, with a fortune assessed at 2.5 billion Danish kronor (€335.7m-$453.5m), up by almost one billion kronor (€134.3m-$181.4m) last year. Thor Stadil, 66 years old and a former lawyer, is ...

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    The article about Adidas in our issue Vol. 22-33+34 of...

    2011-09-26T00:00:00Z

    The article about Adidas in our issue Vol. 22-33+34 of Aug. 7 carried some incorrect information. Denying that report, NPD says that Adidas did not become the leading brand in the Italian sporting goods market according to its data, either in the second quarter of 2011 or in the 12 ...

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    For the first time ever, Sport 2000 Austria has organized...

    2011-09-26T00:00:00Z

    For the first time ever, Sport 2000 Austria has organized its own in-house trade show. Altogether 70 brands offered their collections to visitors from the pool of 203 affiliated retailers in Austria (not counting the retailers in the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary, which are another 59). The buying group ...

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    +++ Specialized is recalling about 14,200 bicycles in the U.S....

    2011-09-26T00:00:00Z

    +++ Specialized is recalling about 14,200 bicycles in the U.S. from its 2011 line, made in Taiwan, with Advanced Group carbon forks +++

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    Lars Gullikson, Silva's chief executive for the last 13 years,...

    2011-09-26T00:00:00Z

    Lars Gullikson, Silva's chief executive for the last 13 years, has left the Swedish maker of outdoor lamps, compasses and accessories after its sale to Karnell in July. The Swedish investment fund has yet to find another chief executive but it has appointed several heavyweights from the outdoor industry to ...

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    Effective Nov.1, Hilmar Bolle will act as new country manager...

    2011-09-26T00:00:00Z

    Effective Nov.1, Hilmar Bolle will act as new country manager of Rossignol in Germany, replacing Nicki Bauer, who will take her maternity break by the end of October. The 48-year-old has been with the group for 18 years as a regional sales representative for northern Bavaria and Munich. While he ...

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    JD Sports lost £700,000 million in stock in riots

    2011-09-26T00:00:00Z

    JD Sports Fashion said that £0.7 million (€761,100-$1.0m) in stock was looted from 16 of its stores during the riots that exploded in England between Aug. 6-10, with six stores in the London area suffering very significant thefts. The company also endured damage to stores in Birmingham, Manchester and Nottingham.The ...

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    Salomon is opening a 2,000-square-foot store in Vancouver next month....

    2011-09-26T00:00:00Z

    Salomon is opening a 2,000-square-foot store in Vancouver next month. This will be the first look at its new design concept, which is warm and rustic yet contemporary, demonstrating the influence of the mountains with rough wood and rock features. A digital kiosk lets customers explore options for footwear depending ...