All Sporting Goods Intelligence articles in Volume 22, Issue 42-43 – Page 2
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Marker Dalbello Völkl Ski, the German distribution company for the...
Marker Dalbello Völkl Ski, the German distribution company for the three snow sports brands, has appointed Karin Schächinger marketing manager, replacing Eveline Christl, who left the company last month. Schächinger, 28, has worked for Völkl as junior marketing manager since August. The new product manager for Völkl Snowboards as well ...
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The Outdoor Retailer show in Salt Lake City continues to...
The Outdoor Retailer show in Salt Lake City continues to expand into other categories. As at its summer session in August, it is moving more forcefully into the action sports segment at its winter session, scheduled for next Jan. 19-22. Burton Snowboards is going to exhibit there for the first ...
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Chinese firms reorganize as market slows down
Anta Sports says it expects a slowdown in the sales of its retail partners on a same-store basis in the third quarter, with a more “flexible and relaxed” policy on retail discounts, because of a generally “challenging” sportswear retail market in China. While the company has been opening between ...
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Eckhard Cordes has unexpectedly decided to leave as chief executive...
Eckhard Cordes has unexpectedly decided to leave as chief executive of Metro Group in the next year, feeling that there was no longer trust between him and the rest of the group's management. Retracting a previous statement, one month ago Metro's major shareholder, Franz Haniel & Cie., supported the extension ...
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Robert Ferko will step down as chief executive of Elan...
Robert Ferko will step down as chief executive of Elan at the end of this month. He will be replaced on an interim basis by the only other member of the executive board of the Slovenian ski and snowboard company, Andreja Kosir, who has been its finance director since 2008. ...
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The global retail chart that we published in the last...
The global retail chart that we published in the last issue of SGI Europe had several slightly inaccurate entries, partly due to a switch from sales after VAT to sales before VAT for all the companies on the chart, except for the international Intersport and Sport 2000 retail organizations. Hervis ...
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A new chapter in a never-ending story: The Kneissl ski...
A new chapter in a never-ending story: The Kneissl ski company was about to be sold to Andreas Kramer, the man behind Kramer Elastic. Kramer is a German snowboard manufacturer who, around the time of the last Ispo show, acquired the brand rights to Erbacher, a German ski company ...
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Evasion Running, a very dynamic Spanish chain of running stores,...
Evasion Running, a very dynamic Spanish chain of running stores, will be the exclusive distributor in Spain of the Lance Armstrong collection designed by Nike. The first specialist running store to present the new collection has been in fact the big recently opened new Evasion Running concept store in Barcelona. ...
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At this year's Focus Open at the Design Center Stuttgart,...
At this year's Focus Open at the Design Center Stuttgart, Schoeller Textil's Energear technology won the Silver Award. The company says that this technology provides the feel of a hot stone massage or an infrared sauna, providing the body with relaxing, renewing heat. The special mix of titanium and mineral ...
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Li Ning is going to open an “experience center”...
Li Ning is going to open an “experience center” in London next during coinciding with the 2012 Olympics in an effort to increase consumers' awareness of the brand
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Cees van de Meeberg is the new director of development...
Cees van de Meeberg is the new director of development at Brunotti Europe, charged with buying and styling the Brunotti apparel collection. His previous experience includes three years with Gaastra and 14 years with O'Neill.
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Four hundred people, including business leaders, celebrities and surfing legends,...
Four hundred people, including business leaders, celebrities and surfing legends, attended the annual Waterman's Ball organized on Oct. 6 by EuroSIMA, the European boardsports industry manufacturers' group. Held at the Hossegor Casino in France, the gala dinner had a “60s Rockabilly” dress code and raised money for EuroSIMA's sustainability projects. ...
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GE is going to be working with Burlington Worldwide to...
GE is going to be working with Burlington Worldwide to develop air-permeable and waterproof fabrics for the European workwear market. Substrates from Burlington will mix with membranes from GE for apparel, footwear and accessories for workers in industries such as construction, railways and postal services. The fabrics meet European ...
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Charlie Denson, president of the Nike brand, told the China...
Charlie Denson, president of the Nike brand, told the China Daily that the company intended to rapidly expand its distribution in second- and third-tier Chinese cities. The brand already has about 7,000 mono-brand stores around China, but it wants to move deeper into the country, on the western side and ...
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As part of its strategy to develop its brand worldwide,...
As part of its strategy to develop its brand worldwide, Golfsmith International has entered a partnership with The MoreGolf Group, the largest golf retailer in South Africa, adding to the deals that Golfsmith has struck in the last year in Europe, Japan, Korea, Australia and New Zealand. The MoreGolf Group ...
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Finland’s Sultrade bought by larger distribution firm
Oy Sultrade, a leading sports distribution company in Finland, has been acquired by Oy Transmeri, a larger Finnish company specializing in the distribution of fast-moving consumer goods, from cosmetics to food and fashion. Like Sultrade, Transmeri is located in the Finnish town of Espoo.Formerly owned by the Forsström family, Sultrade ...
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Brooks Sports will move its head office from Bothell, a...
Brooks Sports will move its head office from Bothell, a little town near Seattle, to the Fremont/Wellingford area of the same city at the end of 2013. There will be 80,000 square feet of offices and the first Brooks concept shop.
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The board of VF Corporation welcomes a new director, Laura...
The board of VF Corporation welcomes a new director, Laura W. Lang, an expert in digital media who runs a billion-dollar enterprise in the sector called Digitas
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BioTee spreads internationally
Described as the first 100 percent biodegradable golf tee, BioTee is only 12 months old, but it has already developed an international network of distributors, and it has become the official tee of the Swiss PGA. Biotech Solutions, the Spanish company that developed the product, producing it with renewable energy, ...
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Ecco has suspended its big shoe and leather manufacturing...
Ecco has suspended its big shoe and leather manufacturing operation in the Ayutthaya area of Thailand due to massive flooding (more in Shoe Intelligence)
