All Sporting Goods Intelligence articles in Volume 23, Issue 28-29 – Page 4

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    Myrco Sport will distribute the helmets and accessories of the...

    2012-07-02T00:00:00Z

    Myrco Sport will distribute the helmets and accessories of the German brand Cratoni in the Spanish market, after Vitalnutritech said that it would quit representing the brand in Spain due to “misunderstandings with the current management.”

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    Puma has launched a Wilderness range of sustainable footwear and apparel, with about...

    2012-07-02T00:00:00Z

    Puma has launched a Wilderness range of sustainable footwear and apparel, with about 75 percent of the clothing using Fairtrade cotton and nearly all of the production taking place in Africa. Fairtrade sets minimum prices per region to ensure eco-friendly and socially sustainable production. Puma will pay the Fairtrade Premium, ...

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    Dorel Industries' Cycling Sports Group (CSG) is opening a 600-square-meter...

    2012-07-02T00:00:00Z

    Dorel Industries' Cycling Sports Group (CSG) is opening a 600-square-meter research and development facility in Freiburg, Germany, this summer. It joins R&D facilities in Bethel, Connecticut, and Taichung, Taiwan, and puts the company close to the heart of the European cycling market. It is located close to the Black Forest, ...

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    To mark the 50th anniversary of the opening of its...

    2012-07-02T00:00:00Z

    To mark the 50th anniversary of the opening of its manufacturing plant in Irvine, Scotland, Wilson Golf christened its new EMEA Wilson Golf Competency Center there this month. Paul Lawrie, the winner of the 1999 Open and a Wilson athlete, was on hand to celebrate the opening of the center, ...

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    A new study by Indescat indicates that 46 percent of...

    2012-07-02T00:00:00Z

    A new study by Indescat indicates that 46 percent of the Spanish people practice sports regularly. The total reaches 63 percent of the population if occasional participants are added to the count.

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    Nicolas Fauré, 44, is going to run the French subsidiary...

    2012-07-02T00:00:00Z

    Nicolas Fauré, 44, is going to run the French subsidiary of Head, replacing Jean Noël Faucheux. He will remain in charge of the Spanish subsidiary, which he has been running since 2008. Fauré started at Head 11 years ago as product manager for racquet sports in France.

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    The Brazilian government has until July 4 to decide on...

    2012-07-02T00:00:00Z

    The Brazilian government has until July 4 to decide on a complaint that Brazilian importers of athletic shoes and other types of footwear have been circumventing the anti-dumping duties imposed in March 2010. Many have shifted sourcing from China to Vietnam and Indonesia, but based on a preliminary investigation, it ...

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    Direct Golf UK lifted its sales by 23 percent for...

    2012-07-02T00:00:00Z

    Direct Golf UK lifted its sales by 23 percent for the first half ended last March. Entirely privately owned, Direct Golf has 21 stores across the U.K., after four openings between 2011 and 2012. It also has an online shopping platform and an online TV platform, Direct Golf TV. Improved ...

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    Analysis: The global athletic shoe market 2011

    2012-07-02T00:00:00Z

    Despite the collapse of the toning footwear category, global sales of branded athletic footwear jumped by 13.2 percent in terms of dollars to $41,655 million in 2011, driven by significant gains in emerging markets but also aided by robust growth in more developed markets. The growth rate was almost the ...

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    Patagonia's sales have doubled since 2008 to reach $540 million...

    2012-07-02T00:00:00Z

    Patagonia's sales have doubled since 2008 to reach $540 million for the financial year ended last April, or 30 percent more than in the previous year, according to a report in The Seattle Times, and its profits have tripled in the same period. After 14 openings in the past year, ...

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    VF seeks 13% annual growth from Vans

    2012-07-02T00:00:00Z

    Vans' annual sales have more than tripled to around $1.0 billion since the brand was taken over by VF Corporation in 2004. The group wants Vans to reach a turnover of $2.2 billion by 2016, or $1.0 billion more than in the past year, implying compound annual average growth of ...

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    Mizuno is taking over Senoh Corporation, a 104-year-old Japanese maker...

    2012-07-02T00:00:00Z

    Mizuno is taking over Senoh Corporation, a 104-year-old Japanese maker of equipment for indoor sports facilities, at an undisclosed price. Specializing in gymnastics, basketball, volleyball, fitness and martial arts, Senoh has been an official supplier to the Olympic Games since they were held in Tokyo in 1964. It received an ...

  • Short stops

    Golfino is opening its first Scottish store on 100 square...

    2012-07-02T00:00:00Z

    Golfino is opening its first Scottish store on 100 square meters in the downtown area of Edinburgh. It is the brand's 39th store

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    About 100 countries could lose their special access to EU...

    2012-07-02T00:00:00Z

    About 100 countries could lose their special access to EU markets under a proposed change to the Generalized System of Preferences, which grants tariff breaks to the exports from certain countries. The planned reform would begin in 2014, and would eliminate countries with high or middle incomes from the GSP ...