All Sporting Goods Intelligence articles in Volume 22, Issue 46
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Paul Gils has left Reebok, where he was vice president...
Paul Gils has left Reebok, where he was vice president and brand director for Europe, the Middle East and Africa since 2008, stationed in Amsterdam. His position is being taken on by Katrin Ley, a German executive who worked for Reebok at its U.S. head office as vice president of ...
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New generation takes over at Röhnisch
Röhnisch Sportswear, the Swedish brand of fitness and golf apparel, will be led from the start of next year by Fredrik Röhnisch, the son of the company's current chief executive and full owner, Claes Röhnisch, and the grandson of its founder. The 35-year-old Fredrik Röhnisch grew up with the company, ...
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Garmont will introduce a special new line of lightweight mountaineering...
Garmont will introduce a special new line of lightweight mountaineering ski boots for winter 2012-13, called PowerLite, with innovative patent-pending features including an easy-in, easy-out construction and a new mechanism for friction-free walking comfort
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Usports, the new Swedish sports retailer that opened its first...
Usports, the new Swedish sports retailer that opened its first megastore in Malmö last month, confirmed the Birsta retail park in Sundsvall, a seaside town halfway up the eastern Swedish coast, as the location for its third store, to cover nearly 4,000 square meters. The company had already announced that ...
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The fifth full-fledged Intersport store in Italy is opening on...
The fifth full-fledged Intersport store in Italy is opening on a franchise basis in Faenza
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Head sells fewer skis but more racquets
With slight improvements in both its winter sports and racquet sports units, Head lifted its sales by 1.4 percent to €99.7 million for the quarter until the end of September, but its profit was battered by a lower margin. ...
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Eschler pulls production out of Switzerland
The Swiss industry, already hard hit by the larger-than-life Swiss franc compared with the euro on the wholesale and retail levels, begins to count casualties in domestic production. Christian Eschler AG, the Swiss manufacturer of high-performance fibers and fabrics, has decided to shut down its own plant in Bühler in ...
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Erhard Sport, the German supplier of sports products and sports...
Erhard Sport, the German supplier of sports products and sports facilities discussed in our Oct. 26 issue, has taken another important step in its development by taking over the management of www.dtb-shop.de, the web store of DTB, the German Gymnastics Federation. Its online shop will offer more and more Erhard ...
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Puma publishes its environmental results
Taking an unprecedented step that can only improve its image as a pioneer in the area of sustainable development, Puma disclosed Wednesday the first set of figures that quantify the environmental impact of five major elements throughout its supply chain: greenhouse gas emissions, excessive water use, excessive land use, air ...
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French specialty sporting goods retailers saw their sales decline by...
French specialty sporting goods retailers saw their sales decline by an estimated 2 percent in the third quarter according to their trade association, FPS, in spite of a relatively good month of July. The drop has partly offset the 5 percent increase enjoyed in the first half of the year, ...
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Dainese will distribute its winter sports products in Switzerland through...
Dainese will distribute its winter sports products in Switzerland through Catrade Sportmarketing
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DAC Sport Import takes over the distribution of Orage in...
DAC Sport Import takes over the distribution of Orage in Switzerland from The Source
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Reporting on the seventh consecutive quarter of strong growth in...
Reporting on the seventh consecutive quarter of strong growth in sales and profits, Foot Locker said its net income jumped by 26.9 percent to $66 million in the third quarter ended Oct. 29 on a sales increase of 8.9 percent to $1.39 billion, beating the estimates of financial analysts. Sales ...
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Elan, the Slovenian ski company, has formed a new two-member...
Elan, the Slovenian ski company, has formed a new two-member board after the departure of its chairman and chief executive, Robert Ferko, at the end of October. He was accused of mismanaging company funds and was briefly arrested, but was rapidly released as the allegations against him could not be ...
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Icebreaker has completely revamped its website. The New Zealand company...
Icebreaker has completely revamped its website. The New Zealand company known for its merino wool products has made the site more interactive, with user-generated features such as product reviews, wish lists, questions and answers about specific products, and sharing through social media sites. Icebreaker's full range of products is available ...
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Erich Weitzmann, the Italian company that took over the distribution...
Erich Weitzmann, the Italian company that took over the distribution of Reusch in France at the beginning of 2010, intends to boost is sales of Reusch goalkeeper equipment by setting up a partly integrated sales force in the country. Pierrick Lecharpentier will act as area manager for Reusch summer products ...
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Globeride, the Japanese fishing tackle company previously known as Daiwa...
Globeride, the Japanese fishing tackle company previously known as Daiwa Seiko, improved its net profit by 26 percent to 1,776 million yen (€17.1m-$23.1m) for the first six months ended Sept. 30, in spite of lower sales and operating results. Revenues slipped by 9 percent to ¥29.7 billion (€286.2m-$385.7m), and operating ...
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In a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission,...
In a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Skechers USA notes that it will probably be charged a significant fine by the Federal Trade Commission for false and deceptive practices in its advertising of toning products. The FTC hasn't yet found Skechers liable, but a similar claim again ...
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Easton-Bell Sports is helping Chinese suppliers to implement lean manufacturing...
Easton-Bell Sports is helping Chinese suppliers to implement lean manufacturing techniques
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New chiefs for Peak Performance
IC Companys, the Danish owner of Peak Performance and 10 fashion labels, reported that the turnover of the Swedish winter sports, outdoor and golf apparel company increased by nearly 6 percent to the equivalent of 975 million Danish kroner (€131.0m-$176.7m) for the first quarter of its fiscal year, until the ...
