All Sporting Goods Intelligence articles in Volume 22, Issue 47-48 – Page 2
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Diving recovery helps Johnson Outdoors
The diving and outdoor units at Johnson Outdoors both suffered from lower sales in the last quarter of the company's fiscal year, through the end of September, but this was more than made up for by higher sales of marine electronic products. The American group ended the quarter with sales ...
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The German subsidiary of Salewa is taking on the distribution...
The German subsidiary of Salewa is taking on the distribution of Silva in the country. It's a further step in the internationalization of the distribution activities of Oberalp, the Italian-based parent company of Salewa, which recently announced a similar deal for Briko in Austria, France and Poland (more in The ...
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Uvex' Swiss operations have taken on the distribution of Roeckl...
Uvex' Swiss operations have taken on the distribution of Roeckl gloves in the country
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Øyvind Lauritzen, former owner and managing director of Skigutane, a...
Øyvind Lauritzen, former owner and managing director of Skigutane, a group of Norwegian sports brands, has been appointed chief executive at Dale of Norway, the Norwegian knitwear company. He will replace Ole-Bjørn Gjerde, Dale's chairman and shareholder, who temporarily took charge a few months ago after the departure of Dale's ...
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Décathlon’s parent invests in foreign firms
Oxylane Group, the parent company of Décathlon, continues to make investments in other sporting goods companies. After buying a stake in a French specialist retailer for scuba diving products a few months ago, called Au Vieux Plongeur, it has acquired a minority stake in a German specialist in road cycling, ...
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DC Shoes has opened a store in Lyon, the third-largest...
DC Shoes has opened a store in Lyon, the third-largest city in France
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Two customers in the state of New York have hit...
Two customers in the state of New York have hit Skechers with a class action suit, charging that the company used false and misleading assertions to inflate the price of its Shape-up shoes to almost twice the price paid for a typical running shoe
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Halfords is going to contribute to the Dallaglio Flintoff Cycle...
Halfords is going to contribute to the Dallaglio Flintoff Cycle Slam 2012, a charity bicycle ride from Olympia, Greece, to Olympic Park in London. It will provide the Boardman Performance Series Road Pro Carbon bikes ridden by Lawrence Dallaglio and Andrew Flintoff, the two former England captains who are leading ...
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Cybex International continues to fight the court judgment ordering it...
Cybex International continues to fight the court judgment ordering it to pay tens of millions in a product liability lawsuit, Barnhard vs. Cybex International, in which a user of its equipment was seriously injured. The original judgment was reduced by just over 30 percent to $44 million by a New ...
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Metro has confirmed that it has received offers for its...
Metro has confirmed that it has received offers for its Kaufhof and Inno department stores from Signa Holding, the Austrian investment vehicle of the Greek shipping magnate George Economou, as well as from Nicolas Berggruen, who bought the Karstadt chain last year, and a consortium led by Wolfgang Urban, a ...
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Oxylane, parent company of Décathlon, has launched a new logo...
Oxylane, parent company of Décathlon, has launched a new logo and a new corporate identity for Kipsta, its private label for team sports products, first launched in 1998. The new logo consists of a stylized K preceded by a small dot. Meanwhile, Oxylane has shifted the inauguration of a dedicated ...
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Suzanne Schäfer, who comes from Strenesse, will run the Escada...
Suzanne Schäfer, who comes from Strenesse, will run the Escada Sport department of Escada, replacing Ilka Bennewitz, who is leaving at the end of this year for personal reasons
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Puma has withdrawn a range of shoes featuring the colors...
Puma has withdrawn a range of shoes featuring the colors of the flag of the United Arab Emirates, after an outcry from consumers who regarded the products as disrespectful. Puma apologized for the limited edition range, which was meant to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the UAE. The protesters apparently deemed ...
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Spalding has chosen Paul Sherratt and his Solutions for Sport...
Spalding has chosen Paul Sherratt and his Solutions for Sport to handle its business in the U.K. Solutions for Sport already handles McDavid protective baselayers and Uhlsport football teamwear in the country. The Uhlsport team will additionally handle Spalding, the world's largest provider of basketball equipment, with deliveries starting as ...
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Salewa has a new store at Chiuro, a small town...
Salewa has a new store at Chiuro, a small town near Sondrio in the Italian Alps. Inaugurated a few days ago by Christoph Hainz, a well-known climber from South Tyrol, The store has 385 square meters of retail space and hosts a Dynafit shop-in-shop
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Predicting that the Chinese sporting goods market will remain challenging...
Predicting that the Chinese sporting goods market will remain challenging next year, Li Ning says it plans to place more emphasis on footwear in repositioning its product range. After collecting orders for the second quarter of 2012 at its own trade fair, the company reported mid-single-digit increases in prices and ...
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Ted Forstmann, chairman and chief executive of IMG, died from...
Ted Forstmann, chairman and chief executive of IMG, died from brain cancer on Nov. 20 at the age of 71. Forstmann bought IMG in 2004 and restructured the business to become even more of a giant in global sport, entertainment and media.
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Swiss industry wants the Swiss to buy Swiss
Acting through their respective national trade associations, Spaf and Asmas, sporting goods brands and retailers operating in Switzerland have joined forces to organize and finance a massive nationwide communication campaign, telling Swiss people that they should buy their products in Swiss stores. The aim is to discourage them from buying ...
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Innovex Golf reached a deal to buy Rife Putters earlier...
Innovex Golf reached a deal to buy Rife Putters earlier this month for an undisclosed amount. Rife has been looking for funding to help it expand in the last year or so, so the acquisition could give it a new start. It used to be the No. 1 putter on ...
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Brendan Fairclough, the British downhill cycling champion, is joining the...
Brendan Fairclough, the British downhill cycling champion, is joining the riders' team of Scott Sports
