All Sporting Goods Intelligence articles in Volume 22, Issue 47-48
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Mike Vavak is the new sales manager for the surf,...
Mike Vavak is the new sales manager for the surf, wake and dive categories at Body Glove; he was previously at Ocean and Earth, where he restructured the national and international sales teams
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NPD looks at online retailing
The NPD Group has released a report on online sales of sporting goods in Europe's “Big 5” countries – the U.K., Germany, France, Spain and Italy. Taking sports footwear and apparel together, in the 12 months through the end of September, online sales reached €2.6 billion . The total doesn't ...
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Reebok is shifting its project to sell very low-priced shoes...
Reebok is shifting its project to sell very low-priced shoes from Bangladesh to India. A test for the social project was launched last year, after the Adidas Group's chief executive, Herbert Hainer, held talks in 2008 with Muhammad Yunus, the Bangladeshi economist who received the Nobel Peace Prize with the ...
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Rossignol makes new investments
Having restored its profitability during the past financial year, Groupe Rossignol has decided to modernize its two big factories in France and Spain to reinforce its competitiveness . The first stage of the investment program, which will have a total cost of €10 million, will be deployed between now ...
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SRAM has postponed its initial public offering until next summer,...
SRAM has postponed its initial public offering until next summer, according to Bicycle Retailer and Industry News. The supplier of bike components was planning to raise money to buy out the stake purchased in the company by Trilantic Capital Partners in 2009. At the Taichung Bike Week, SRAM presented an ...
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Indian sports retailing to open up
Indian retailers are bracing themselves for a shakeup, after their government finally approved foreign direct investment (FDI) in retailing last week. The decisive move could have far-reaching consequences for sports retailing in India, which has hardly seen any foreign investment so far. The rules previously dictated that foreign investors could ...
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It looks like Mustad, the Norwegian hook manufacturer, might be...
It looks like Mustad, the Norwegian hook manufacturer, might be out of limbo. Over the last several months, various companies have been cited as wanting to buy the troubled company, including Rapala and Pure Fishing. However, the owner of NLI Utvikling, a Norwegian industrial and investment company, has informed the ...
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Nike is moving its Madrid headquarters from a town to...
Nike is moving its Madrid headquarters from a town to the north of Madrid into a landmark building in the heart of the city. The new office will be in the Palacio del Marqués de Miraflores near the Prado Museum. The Iberian office remains in the region of Barcelona. The ...
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Ispo is going for new records
Messe München, organizer of Ispo Munich and Ispo Beijing, indicates that it will attain new records for the industry's participation in both. It is also announcing a new format for its Ispo Awards . As previously indicated, by the end of October, the number of exhibitors signing up for the ...
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Puma launched an innovative kit for the Italian national football...
Puma launched an innovative kit for the Italian national football team in Rome, marking the 150th anniversary of the unification of the country with a special gimmick. For the first time, a QR code woven label on the label of the replica jersey takes you, when scanned, to www.puma.co/football for ...
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Greenpeace is lauding Li Ning for joining up with five...
Greenpeace is lauding Li Ning for joining up with five other major companies in signing a roadmap to eliminating hazardous chemicals from their supply chains by 2020. The environmental organization says Li Ning is setting an example for other Chinese companies to follow; it is the first Chinese brand to ...
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More financing for Russian web shop
Heverest.ru , which describes itself as the largest online hypermarket in Russia, offering more than 15,000 items for active recreation and sports, has secured $1.4 million in additional funding for its development from a couple of financial investors , Rollingahead and eVenture Capital Partners . That will take its ...
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Two Fibos fight for the Spanish market
Inés Ledo is trying to resurrect a Spanish fitness exhibition that she ran for many years, calling it Fibo Spain . However, a statement by Reed Exibitions , which organizes the big international Fibo fair in Germany as well as the Spanish Sports Unlimited fair in Valencia, ...
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Speedo unveiled its new Fastskin³ racing system yesterday, where newly...
Speedo unveiled its new Fastskin³ racing system yesterday, where newly designed caps, goggles and swimsuits interact to reduce full body passive drag by up to 16.6 percent, and body active drag by 5.2 percent, according to the company. The new system, which complies with the new guidelines set by the ...
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Yue Yuen Industrial has halted production at its large facility...
Yue Yuen Industrial has halted production at its large facility in Guandong Province because of a strike by its workers. It is not sure whether production has resumed already, although industry sources indicate that the management reached a settlement with the strikers, promising improved conditions with regard to overtime pay ...
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Foot Locker starts new initiatives in Europe
After launching an e-commerce operation in the U.K. in 2008 with satisfactory results, Foot Locker started a soft launch of its e-commerce platform in Germany, France, Belgium and Luxembourg last Nov. 14, and the program will be gradually expanded across Europe. Foot Locker is offering free shipping for ...
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The North Face has launched an online platform in Europe...
The North Face has launched an online platform in Europe to promote safety in the mountains. The “Know Boundaries” website contains several sections, focusing on items such as safe equipment, how to spot an avalanche, signs of unstable snow, and so forth. Each of them is animated by videos featuring ...
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Enebe is launching an electronic scoreboard for table tennis, which...
Enebe is launching an electronic scoreboard for table tennis, which can be adapted to any tennis table and is being offered internationally in time for Christmas sales
