All Sporting Goods Intelligence articles in Volume 22, Issue 42-43 – Page 3
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Elan enthrones Gregal Sport of Spain as its best...
Elan enthrones Gregal Sport of Spain as its best distributor around the world in the area of marketing and promotion
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The past two winters have been successful ones for Swedish...
The past two winters have been successful ones for Swedish ski resorts. As a result, they are now planning investments of nearly 900 million Swedish kronor (€98.7m-$137.0m) for the 2011-12 ski season, reports Sportfack. The investments will come in the form of new lifts, improved snowmaking, expansion of ...
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Sportswear becomes a division of Head
Head NV has decided to handle sportswear as a separate division within Head NV, starting from Jan. 2012. Next to the existing divisions - winter sports, racquet sports and diving - sportswear will be established as an independent division of Head NV. Klaus Thurner will be responsible for the company's ...
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Jürgen Berauer has become central buyer for Sport Fundgrube,...
Jürgen Berauer has become central buyer for Sport Fundgrube, the German chain of off-price sporting goods stores, filling a void of two and a half years
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One Way Sport has become the official partner of Euroloppet,...
One Way Sport has become the official partner of Euroloppet, the series of 13 ski marathon events held throughout Europe
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Bauer grows strongly
Bauer Performance Sports continues to report rapid growth, which it attributes to innovative products and special marketing initiatives, and the company is said to be planning to launch an innovative family of products next year, combining tradition with a better fit.The Canadian-based leader in the ice hockey sector, recently divested ...
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Ian Bradley, based in the U.K., has joined Invista...
Ian Bradley, based in the U.K., has joined Invista as EMEA business manager of Cordura in charge of performance and protective fabrics after more than 20 years in the textile industry
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Lonsdale has signed an endorsement contract with Darren Barker for...
Lonsdale has signed an endorsement contract with Darren Barker for boxing equipment and clothing
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Gartner Sports is opening a fourth Italian New Balance store...
Gartner Sports is opening a fourth Italian New Balance store in Bolzano
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The management of New Balance sees its sales expanding by...
The management of New Balance sees its sales expanding by more than 15 percent this year on a global basis – the first double-digit increase since 2004 – taking them up over the $2 billion barrier including licenses. European officials indicate that the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region ...
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Holger Bismann passed away in a hospital near Munich a...
Holger Bismann passed away in a hospital near Munich a few days ago at the age of 50 years, after fighting cancer for several months in different ways, notably by taking long bicycle rides and through a positive attitude. He had been the general manager of Patagonia Europe and the ...
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The Italian sporting goods industry association, Assosport, has struck a...
The Italian sporting goods industry association, Assosport, has struck a deal with a bank in the Veneto region, Banca Antonveneta. Members of the association will be able to obtain free audits and special financial services to support their internationalization efforts. In particular, the bank may raise their ratings on the ...
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The association of the German sporting goods industry, BSI, is...
The association of the German sporting goods industry, BSI, is cooperating with the Global Nature Fund (GFN), an international foundation for the environment and nature, in the framework of the European Business and Biodiversity Campaign, EBBC. The aim of the cooperation is to extend the consciousness of the importance of ...
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Asics has taken the role of official sponsor for footwear...
Asics has taken the role of official sponsor for footwear and apparel of Cricket Australia as well as the Australian Cricket Center of Excellence. It will provide several new kits for the national men's and women's cricket teams, for both training and competition. The multi-year deal includes the 2015 Cricket ...
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Jérôme Valentin has been appointed general manager of Cycleurope. The...
Jérôme Valentin has been appointed general manager of Cycleurope. The 53-year-old executive, who was most recently the general manager of Uniross Batteries, based in Paris, takes the place of Tony Grimaldi, who remains president of the Cycleurope and vice chairman of its family-owned parent company in Sweden, Grimaldi Industry Group, ...
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Magellan has appointed Pascal Darré as country manager for France....
Magellan has appointed Pascal Darré as country manager for France. He has worked for Philips Semiconductors and other firms. Notably, he became in 2006 marketing director of a GPS company, CompeGPS, before acting as a freelance consultant and journalist in the sector. FFRP, the French hiking and trekking association, has ...
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Black Diamond Equipment has appointed more people to its apparel...
Black Diamond Equipment has appointed more people to its apparel design and development team as the American company gears up for the launch of its first range of clothing in the autumn of 2013. Cheryl Knopp will be the design lead for Black Diamond's apparel initiative. She has been a ...
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Yet another entrant in the crowded Swedish market
Usports, a new Swedish sports retailer, is to open its first store on 5,000 square meters in Malmö this week. The retailer's business plan calls for the opening of two more stores next year, starting with Vasteras, and then four to five openings per year to reach a network of ...
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Viladomat, the leading sporting goods retailer in Andorra, has completed...
Viladomat, the leading sporting goods retailer in Andorra, has completed the renovation of its website, which has also been a web store selling its product range internationally for the last 10 years. It has also redesigned the first of its 13 brick-and-mortar stores in Andorra, expanding its outdoor and clothing ...
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Standard & Poor's has raised its rating of Foot...
Standard & Poor's has raised its rating of Foot Locker from stable to positive following its recent increases in sales and margins, citing recent improvement in merchandising and inventory control, and lower sales promotions