All Sporting Goods Intelligence articles in Volume 22, Issue 41
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Nike is reportedly planning to open its third specialized Nike...
Nike is reportedly planning to open its third specialized Nike Running store at Fifth Avenue and West 20th Street in New York
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Positive trend for Swedish and the Norwegian sporting goods industry
With strong late summer sales, Sweden's sporting goods industry continues to show positive figures. As reported by Sportfack, the Swedish sporting goods industry magazine, the country's sporting goods sales rose by 2.5 percent in August compared with the same month last year. This contributes to a 0.9 percent increase ...
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Wolverine World Wide's president of global operations, Michael McBreen, is...
Wolverine World Wide's president of global operations, Michael McBreen, is stepping down after more than three years in the job. The company said his replacement has been chosen, but the name remains under wraps. He will join the company by Jan. 1. McBreen was hired by Wolverine in June 2008 ...
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Sunline, one of the top fishing line manufacturers in Japan,...
Sunline, one of the top fishing line manufacturers in Japan, is joining the campaign against packaging that doesn't accurately describe line strength that is organized by the European Fishing Tackle Trade Association. Sunline, founded in 1977, is a major supplier in Japan and exports to more than 40 countries.
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Helly Hansen's final results for the past year show that...
Helly Hansen's final results for the past year show that it reached a pre-tax profit of 39 million Norwegian kroner (€5.0m-$6.7m) as compared to a loss of Nok 19 million, confirming its turnaround. Operating revenues went up by 10 percent to Nok 1,656 million (€212.0m-$282.7m), while operating profit before amortization ...
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The World Squash Federation has launched a new logo...
The World Squash Federation has launched a new logo
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The Odlo Sports Group is investing massively in its European...
The Odlo Sports Group is investing massively in its European logistics and manufacturing facilities: The Swiss brand will bundle its central logistics and the administration of its German operations at a modern new site of more than 26,000 square meters in Brüggen, Germany. Construction will start in March 2012, and ...
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Messe München was going to rename Golf Europe as Ispo...
Messe München was going to rename Golf Europe as Ispo Golf, but then it decided to cancel this year's event because of continued losses due to insufficient backing from the industry and a lack of consensus about the dates. Messe München has now announced to exhibitors that it has sold ...
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Tecnica Group federates Spanish distribution
Tecnica Group will be uniting most of its distribution operations in the Spanish market under one roof from January 2012, as it has already done in other markets. Some of its major brands - Nordica, Rollerblade, Tecnica, Blizzard and Dolomite – will be sold by BM Sportech, which was only ...
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Viper has taken on the distribution of Roces' products in...
Viper has taken on the distribution of Roces' products in Spain, Portugal and Andorra, starting with items that are immediately available for the Christmas season
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Edi Kaiser, former European sales and marketing director of Spyder...
Edi Kaiser, former European sales and marketing director of Spyder Active Sports, has become the general manager of the German subsidiary of Skins, the Australian producer of compression garments. The 44-year-old takes the place of Christian Scheffold, who left recently to join the Sport Invest Search recruitment agency. Prior to ...
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David Laverty has resigned as senior vice president of operations...
David Laverty has resigned as senior vice president of operations at Callaway Golf
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Eider made its website more interactive with the customer, especially...
Eider made its website more interactive with the customer, especially through social networks. The new version describes the products exhaustively before proposing them for sale online, including promotions. The site allows the customer to locate the nearest store offering Eider products. It presents its sponsored athletes.
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Missing Link slashes costs, prepares rebound
New management at Missing Link Group , a Norwegian group of outdoor and winter sports apparel brands, has drastically cut its costs and upgraded its product range to resume sales growth and halt the losses it has been suffering for the last two years. Linda Refvik , who had been ...
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El Corte Inglés is said to be interested in a...
El Corte Inglés is said to be interested in a possible investment in Kaufhof. The Spanish and German department store chains are both deeply involved in the sporting goods sector, and the Spanish one is looking for expansion opportunities outside its home market, where it already has a dominant position. ...
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Mikasa has extended its deal with the European Volleyball Confederation...
Mikasa has extended its deal with the European Volleyball Confederation as supplier of the official matchball through 2016
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U.S. forces Reebok to refund money for deceptive toning claims
Reebok International has entered a settlement with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission that will see it paying out $25 million in refunds to U.S. customers who bought its toning footwear. Reebok claimed that the shoes helped tone and strengthen glutes by 28 percent more than conventional footwear and hamstrings and ...
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Peak Performance loses its chief executive
Jonas Ottosson , the long-time chief executive of Peak Performance , left the Swedish winter sports, outdoor and golf apparel company two weeks ago over strategic disagreements with its Danish owner, IC Companys . While IC Companys is searching for a replacement, Ann Larsson , chief financial officer, is Peak ...
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Puma continues to sign up football stars. The Wild Cat...
Puma continues to sign up football stars. The Wild Cat has signed a multi-year contract with Radamel Falcao, the Colombian football striker who plays for the Atlético Madrid team. It has also signed a longterm partnership with Cesc Fabregas, the Spanish midfielder of the Barcelona team previously sponsored by Nike.
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Callaway Golf is introducing worldwide a new collection of technical...
Callaway Golf is introducing worldwide a new collection of technical golf shoes, developed in-house
