All Sporting Goods Intelligence articles in Volume 22, Issue 42-43 – Page 4
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Sheena Brady, the creative director of Weiden & Kennedy...
Sheena Brady, the creative director of Weiden & Kennedy who has worked for the Nike account for many years, is on the verge of leaving the advertising agency, according to the Agency Spy website
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Amer Sports' winter and outdoor sports division for the Americas...
Amer Sports' winter and outdoor sports division for the Americas (ASWO), comprising the U.S. operations of Salomon, Suunto and Atomic, has updated its marketing management structure to focus on retailers and consumers instead of products. As part of the reorganization, Courtney Vermaas has been promoted from her previous slot as ...
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Amazon has opened a sports and free-time section on...
Amazon has opened a sports and free-time section on its Italian e-commerce platform, offering over 12,000 products by more than 400 brands
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Tyr Sport will sponsor Craig Alexander, the four-time Ironman world...
Tyr Sport will sponsor Craig Alexander, the four-time Ironman world champion
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Intersport Sweden closes ranks ahead of market upheavals
The upheavals to come in the Swedish sports market have precipitated far-reaching strategic changes at Intersport Sverige, which is going ahead with the near-complete integration of its stores and introducing the Budget Sport banner in the country next year.Budget Sport, a low-cost format that has already been introduced by Intersport ...
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The Swedish glove brand Lillsport has signed a sponsorship agreement...
The Swedish glove brand Lillsport has signed a sponsorship agreement with a Swedish cross-country skier, Marcus Hellner, that will run through the 2015 Nordic World Skiing Championships in Falun, Sweden. Under the agreement, Hellner will wear and help develop Lillsport gloves. He will also take part in other company activities. ...
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Remo Ruffini, the creative director of Moncler, is again fully...
Remo Ruffini, the creative director of Moncler, is again fully in charge of the company. Alberto Lavia, a top-notch fashion executive who was appointed at the head of Moncler in July 2010 to prepare it for a public offering, has left due to the recent change of plans in this ...
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Ispo Munich is again setting new milestones. Four months before...
Ispo Munich is again setting new milestones. Four months before it opens its doors next Jan. 29, the number of registered exhibitors has already grown by 2.8 percent as compared to this time one year ago, and the rented exhibit space has risen by 3.2 percent. The outdoor section, in ...
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VF Corp. raises guidance after a good quarter
VF Corporation's net profit rose by 23.8 percent to $301.4 million in the quarter, beating analysts' estimates, as total revenues increased by 23.3 percent to $2.75 billion, driven by strong gains at Vans and The North Face and by better-than expected results for newly acquired Timberland. Excluding Timberland and its ...
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Eric Leemans, chief executive of A.S. Adventure, the Belgian outdoor...
Eric Leemans, chief executive of A.S. Adventure, the Belgian outdoor retailer, was dismissed from the company earlier this month, due to strategic disagreements with Frederic Hufkens, chief executive of the A.S. Adventure Group, which includes the Belgian chain as well as Bever in the Netherlands and Cotswold Outdoor in the ...
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Adidas tightens European management
The Adidas Group has decided to tighten its management in Western Europe by concentrating its eight existing regional units into just five of them. Under the new structure, which will be implemented before the end of the year, only the five managers of these units will report directly to Roland ...
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Adidas Group heightens Russian investments
The Adidas Group predicts that it will achieve annual sales of more than €1 billion in Russia, the nine other CIS countries and the Ukraine by 2013, barring any radical swings in exchange rates. The company is already by far the market leader in Russia, with the Adidas brand commanding ...
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Champ Spikes has revamped its website, addressing both retailers and...
Champ Spikes has revamped its website, addressing both retailers and consumers, while launching a Facebook page and Twitter feed
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Super Retail Group of Australia has added to its stable...
Super Retail Group of Australia has added to its stable of companies with the purchase of Rebel, the country's largest sporting goods retailer, from Archer Capital. The price of 610 million Australian dollars (€453.5m- $623.4m) covers 90 Rebel Sport stores, 36 Amart stores and two Performance Sport stores and expands ...
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Berkshire Partners of Boston has acquired full ownership of Masai...
Berkshire Partners of Boston has acquired full ownership of Masai Barefoot Technology, better known as MBT. The American investment company had acquired an initial minority stake in the Swiss-based producer of physiological footwear in 2007. The two other partners, Hermann Oberschneider and Klaus Heidegger, have cashed out. In connection ...
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Accell Group, the Dutch company that owns several bicycle and...
Accell Group, the Dutch company that owns several bicycle and fitness brands, said that it had made a book profit of €17 million with the sale of its 22 percent stake in Derby Cycle to Pon Holdings, at a price of €28 per share. Accell bought 5.7 percent of the ...
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The anti-dumping duty of 48.5 percent on bicycles imported from...
The anti-dumping duty of 48.5 percent on bicycles imported from China has been extended for five more years, according to a notice published on Oct. 6 in the Official Journal of the European Union. The duties have been in place since 1993. This exceptional fourth duty extension follows a review, ...
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Tobias Jungk, 40, will be the new European sales and...
Tobias Jungk, 40, will be the new European sales and marketing director for Spyder Active Sports, replacing Edi Kaiser who has become German country manager of Skins. Jungk has been most recently a key accounts manager for Reebok in Austria. He will be based at Spyder Europe's office in Switzerland, ...
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Patagonia has completed the installation of a 27.6-kilowatt solar power...
Patagonia has completed the installation of a 27.6-kilowatt solar power system on the roof of its Firehouse, an energy-efficient administrative building at its campus in Ventura, California. The new facility should supply half of the building's total energy requirements. Six years ago, Patagonia nstalled a 66-kilowatt solar power system on ...
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Nike kept its 25th place on the list of the...
Nike kept its 25th place on the list of the best global brands last year, according to Interbrand. It came just behind SAP and before Amazon. Adidas improved its position, moving from the 62nd spot to the 60th, just ahead of Hyundai, KFC and Sprite.
