All Sporting Goods Intelligence articles in Volume 22, Issue 47-48 – Page 3
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The Maier Sports and Gonso brands will be run from...
The Maier Sports and Gonso brands will be run from the start of next year by a new managing director: Sascha Kautschitsch, an executive from the fashion business, will take over the helm of Maier Sports, the German snow, outdoor and bicycle apparel company. Kautscitsch was a founder of Dirty ...
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Bradshaw Taylor of the U.K. continues to widen its European...
Bradshaw Taylor of the U.K. continues to widen its European footprint with a distribution deal for Sherpa Adventure Gear covering most Western European markets with the exception of Italy and Austria (more in The Outdoor Industry Compass)
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Kurt Jugl has joined the board of Uvex Sports Group...
Kurt Jugl has joined the board of Uvex Sports Group as commercial managing director, succeeding Jürgen Cappell, who quit the company after more than a decade by mutual agreement with the group's top management. Jugl has held various positions with Siemens and Pfleiderer, a German company specializing in wood processing, ...
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Blacks and JD predict a tough Christmas season
Citing weakening marketing conditions, Blacks Leisure Group predicted that its results will be below expectations and that it will thus need additional funding to execute its strategic plans, notably by strengthening its capital structure among other options. The announcement sent the value of its shares on the London Stock Exchange ...
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Ryan Gellert has been promoted brand president of Black Diamond,...
Ryan Gellert has been promoted brand president of Black Diamond, effective Jan. 2 of next year. He succeeds Peter Metcalf, who continues to be chief executive and president of the holding company, Black Diamond Inc., which also runs the Gregory backpack brand since last year's merger of the two firms. ...
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Blue Beat Distribution has become the new distributor for Eastpak...
Blue Beat Distribution has become the new distributor for Eastpak in Sweden
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Oxbow has lost its general manager, Matthieu Bazil, who said...
Oxbow has lost its general manager, Matthieu Bazil, who said he was leaving the company, owned by Lafuma Group, because of differing points of view. He replaced Eric Bonnem in the position at the end of 2009. Further details were not available at the time of going to press.
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Irving H. Franklin, who designed the first batting glove made...
Irving H. Franklin, who designed the first batting glove made specifically for Major League Baseball players, which is still used today, died in his sleep at the age of 93. He founded Franklin Sports with his brother Sydney in 1946. His son, Larry J. Franklin, runs the diversified company and ...
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A Norwegian sports retailer based in Bergen, Rye Sport, has...
A Norwegian sports retailer based in Bergen, Rye Sport, has gone out of business due to heavy competition from major retail chains, as well as pressure from the current financial crisis
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KDM International, an organizer of international fairs based in Bologna,...
KDM International, an organizer of international fairs based in Bologna, is proposing the launch of two new consumer-oriented fairs for cycling and other sports in Kiev, the capital of Ukraine. Called Activesport and BikeExpo, they will be held next Apr. 26-29, coinciding with the existing Motobike Expo (sic) show. Last ...
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The summer edition of Ösfa, the Austrian sporting goods trade...
The summer edition of Ösfa, the Austrian sporting goods trade show, will take place four weeks earlier than usual next year, running from July 22 through July 24. At its latest session on Aug. 21-23, the fair recorded 70 exhibitors and the number of its visitors declined to 1,756 from ...
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Asics Europe has moved its head office to Beukenhorst-Zuid, an...
Asics Europe has moved its head office to Beukenhorst-Zuid, an ecologically sustainable business park in Hoofddorp, Netherlands. The 5,000-square-meter office, which opened for business on Nov. 23, accommodates the 220 employees of Asics Europe and Asics Benelux, as well as the northern European sales off with showrooms, and has room ...
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One Way has signed a contract with Arnd Peiffer, the...
One Way has signed a contract with Arnd Peiffer, the German biathlon champion
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Arena has signed sponsorship contracts with two young French swimming...
Arena has signed sponsorship contracts with two young French swimming champions through 2016. They are Mélanie Hénique, 18, and Jérémy Stravius, 23. The company has also signed up their coach, Michel Chrétien, who works for the big swimming club of Amiens, sponsored by Speedo under a contract expiring in 2012.
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Phil Lalemant has been appointed European marketing director of Volcom,...
Phil Lalemant has been appointed European marketing director of Volcom, located at the European head office in Anglet, France. The nine-year-long marketing executive at Element, a subsidiary of Billabong since 2001, will work hand in hand with his predecessor, Mike Mailman. The latter has been promoted creative director for Europe”.
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Craft, the Swedish sportswear company, has appointed Björn Lind new...
Craft, the Swedish sportswear company, has appointed Björn Lind new category manager for its cross-country skiing unit. Lind won two Olympic gold medals and other major titles in this sport, but he retired as a competitive athlete last spring. The 33-year-old will run Craft's product development team in charge of ...
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Lolë, the new women's sports apparel brand of Orage, will...
Lolë, the new women's sports apparel brand of Orage, will open its third European store in Paris on Dec. 15
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CEP, a young German brand of compression apparel, is investing...
CEP, a young German brand of compression apparel, is investing massively in consumer-oriented advertising, not only in special interest magazines, but also in billboard ads in major Austrian ski resorts such as St. Anton, Sölden and Zillertal as well as the smaller German snowsport hot spots such as Garmisch-Partenkirchen and ...
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Arc'teryx has opened its first European showroom in Annecy, France....
Arc'teryx has opened its first European showroom in Annecy, France. On 125 square meters, the European sales team will present there not only the collections, but also the brand's solutions for in-store building. It will also host European and regional sales meetings. Company officials say that Annecy was picked not ...
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Amer Sports reports that Varma Mutual Pension Insurance Company has...
Amer Sports reports that Varma Mutual Pension Insurance Company has raised its stake in the company from 4.78 to 5.19 percent. Meanwhile, Amer says it has completed a share buyback program announced last Aug. 15, involving a total of 3 million shares purchased at an average price of €9.18. As ...
