All Sporting Goods Intelligence articles in Volume 22, Issue 47-48 – Page 4
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The North Face has set ambitious targets to increase the...
The North Face has set ambitious targets to increase the sustainability of its products and operations, as part of its first public sustainability report. The document takes stock of The North Face's progress in terms of sustainability in 2010 and sets objectives for the five years until 2015. Among others, ...
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Patagonia is calling on European and American customers alike to...
Patagonia is calling on European and American customers alike to adopt more intelligent and responsible patterns of consumption, in the framework of its “Common Threads” initiative. The central message of its new campaign is to invite consumers not to buy what they do not need. It makes suggestions around five ...
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Mizuno has signed a global framework agreement with the International...
Mizuno has signed a global framework agreement with the International Garment and Leather Workers Federation that includes the stipulation that the Japanese sporting goods company implement eight core labor conventions of the International Labor Organization. The federation said that Mizuno is the first Japanese in the sector to sign such ...
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The German Intersport has extended its sponsoring agreement with Großwallstadt...
The German Intersport has extended its sponsoring agreement with Großwallstadt and Göppingen, two handball clubs in the Bundesliga, for two more years
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Jacques Krauze has again left Courir, the athletic footwear chain...
Jacques Krauze has again left Courir, the athletic footwear chain of Groupe Go Sport, after leading its turnaround. André Ségura, former general manager of Habitat for Europe, is taking over his place at the head of Courir. A French magazine, Sportéco, had reported his departure last summer, but Krauze denied ...
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Nike is launching a full line of clothing named after...
Nike is launching a full line of clothing named after Cristian Ronaldo to go with football shoes
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Puma has teamed up with a raft of renowned African...
Puma has teamed up with a raft of renowned African artists to design football kits for the 10 national teams from Africa endorsing the German sports and lifestyle brand. The kits were unveiled at the Design Museum in London, with the support of players including Cameroon's Samuel Eto'o, Asamoah Gyan ...
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Armada Skis is adding Gore-Tex to its Vector range of...
Armada Skis is adding Gore-Tex to its Vector range of high-performance outerwear for the fall/winter 2012-13 season
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Brazil’s plans against trade circumvention of AD duties get challenged
A group of major athletic footwear companies filed a formal complaint a few days ago, challenging the anti-circumvention investigation introduced by the Brazilian government recently into the shoes and components imported into the country. The complaint questions a request by Abicalçados, the Brazilian shoe industry association, to extend the ...
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European shoe importers want money back for AD duties
A special arbitration panel, set up by the World Trade Organization in July 2010 to examine Chinese complaints that the European Union had violated some of the WTO's guidelines in assessing anti-dumping duties on imports of leather shoes from China, has found some inconsistencies in the process that led the ...
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Trilantic Capital Partners, a U.S. private equity fund, has acquired...
Trilantic Capital Partners, a U.S. private equity fund, has acquired a substantial stake in Implus Corporation from another fund, AEA Investors, in cooperation with the company's chief executive, Seth Richards, and its president, Todd Vore. The U.S. company markets insoles, shoe care products and other items under numerous brands including ...
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Head has named Karl Acham division manager for snowboard and...
Head has named Karl Acham division manager for snowboard and protection, starting next Jan. 1, replacing Klaus Thurner, who has been placed in charge of the in-house sportswear department. Acham, 54, has been with Head since 2000. He has notably set up a snowboard business for the company in Japan. ...
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Accell is hit by discounting
While confirming a previous forecast of higher sales and profits for the current financial year, Accell Group's management said that bicycle sales have been below expectations over the past months due to poor weather conditions during the summer and the general economic situation. The only significant market showing growth has ...
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In a project said to be worth €6 million, Décathlon...
In a project said to be worth €6 million, Décathlon reportedly has a plan to set up a large sports park in Spain, similar to those it has in France, with the backing of the province of Barcelona. Covering 10 hectares (24.7 acres) in the area of Sant Perde de ...
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Afydad, the Spanish sporting goods industry association, says that 37...
Afydad, the Spanish sporting goods industry association, says that 37 of its member companies will show in its Spanish Outdoor Village at the next Ispo fair, running from Jan. 29 to Feb. 1. Afydad and the Sports Unlimited fair in Valencia, which has signed a new partnership with the association ...
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Hardy & Greys is dismissing about 27 employees, making up...
Hardy & Greys is dismissing about 27 employees, making up one-quarter of its personnel in the U.K., according to Angling International. The move was apparently prompted by a big drop in the U.K. fishing tackle market that is leading the company to reallocate resources to the German and U.S. markets. ...
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Columbia Sportswear is recalling rechargeable batteries that came with 220...
Columbia Sportswear is recalling rechargeable batteries that came with 220 of its Omni-Heat jackets because of the risk of them overheating. The defective batteries were sold with three styles of jackets between July and September: the Electric Wader Widgeon, Electric Big Game and Gale Warning Interchange styles. When the problem ...
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Meeting is opening its 21st Deha store in Rome...
Meeting is opening its 21st Deha store in Rome
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Otto Group is expecting a 20 percent boost for Christmas...
Otto Group is expecting a 20 percent boost for Christmas in the online sales of its 50 e-commerce platforms, including that of its SportScheck subsidiary. The latter's new mobile application has generated more than 10,000 orders from customers since its launch last January, said Stefan Herzog, chief executive of the ...
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Revo, one of Luxottica's brands, has started selling 14 styles...
Revo, one of Luxottica's brands, has started selling 14 styles of its sunglasses in the flagship stores of The North Face, so far in New York, Chicago and San Francisco
