All Sporting Goods Intelligence articles in Volume 22, Issue 41 – Page 4

  • Article

    The world’s major sports retailers grow by 6.4%

    2011-10-07T00:00:00Z

    Recovering from a decline of 1.5 percent endured in 2009, the world's largest sporting goods retail chains enjoyed a 6.4 percent increase in their sales in terms of local currencies in 2010, according to an annual survey by Sporting Goods Intelligence, outperforming the 4 percent growth of the global market ...

  • News briefs

    A total of 36 companies affiliated with Afydad, the Spanish...

    2011-10-07T00:00:00Z

    A total of 36 companies affiliated with Afydad, the Spanish sporting goods industry association, will participate in the Spanish Outdoor Village at next year's Ispo Munich show. In collaboration with Icex, the Spanish export promotion agency, Afydad is also going to organize trade missions next year to Dubai, Qatar and ...

  • News briefs

    Scott Creelman, an American executive who spent 35 years with...

    2011-10-07T00:00:00Z

    Scott Creelman, an American executive who spent 35 years with Spalding Sports, died on Sept. 21 at the age of 68, after fighting against cancer for five years. He gradually worked his way up to president and chief executive of Spalding after holding many positions with the company including that ...

  • News briefs

    K2 Sports and the Rolling Stones have decided to partner...

    2011-10-07T00:00:00Z

    K2 Sports and the Rolling Stones have decided to partner to develop a limited series of skis bearing the name of the famous musical band, as both are celebrating 50 years of existence. The graphics include a list of songs played during a concert, parts of the text of some ...

  • News briefs

    Newton Running will be the sponsor for the 18th annual...

    2011-10-07T00:00:00Z

    Newton Running will be the sponsor for the 18th annual Aspen Medical Products San Diego Triathlon Challenge being held on Oct. 23. The event comprises a one-mile swim, a 44-mile bike race and a 10-mile run for the 125 physically challenged competitors and 550 able-bodied athletes and celebrities. Proceeds of ...

  • News briefs

    Billabong International has taken 100 percent control over Surfection, a...

    2011-10-07T00:00:00Z

    Billabong International has taken 100 percent control over Surfection, a retailer based in Sydney that had been run as part of a joint venture between Billabong and interests associated with another retailer, Chris Athas. Billabong issued 1.06 million new ordinary shares at 3.72 Australian dollars (€2.71-$3.59) apiece to raise funds ...

  • Short stops

    Head has reported the buyback of 2,028,917 ordinary treasury shares,...

    2011-10-07T00:00:00Z

    Head has reported the buyback of 2,028,917 ordinary treasury shares, representing 2.2 percent of the company's issued capital

  • News briefs

    More than 23,000 visitors attended Interbike 2011 in Las Vegas...

    2011-10-07T00:00:00Z

    More than 23,000 visitors attended Interbike 2011 in Las Vegas in September. More than 11,000 buyers attended, representing almost 4,000 stores; over 1,300 buyers were from outside the U.S. The two-day Outdoor Demo, held Sept. 12-13 outside Las Vegas, let riders test out the latest products, and seminars discussed such ...