All Sporting Goods Intelligence articles in Volume 23, Issue 30-31
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New outdoor market research project starts with Sweden
The OutDoor fair in Friedrichshafen saw the launch of a new outdoor market research project by EDM Publications , publisher of SGI Europe and the Outdoor Industry Compass . It is expected to provide unprecedented details and insights into the scope, the dynamics and the most interesting ...
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Peak Sport Products issued a profit warning, saying that it...
Peak Sport Products issued a profit warning, saying that it expects full-year net profit to drop considerably against the previous year. The Chinese sportswear firm attributed the decline to the challenging economic conditions in its domestic market and an industry-wide inventory correction. The company added that it is still in ...
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Just over half a million shares of Ming Le Sports,...
Just over half a million shares of Ming Le Sports, a Chinese sportswear company, were listed in an initial public offering on the Frankfurt stock exchange a few days ago. The shares started trading at €13.20. The Chinese company wants to use the proceeds of about €5.8 million to invest in a new ...
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W.L. Gore has introduced a new website for its Gore...
W.L. Gore has introduced a new website for its Gore Bike Wear and Gore Running wear. This new “Online Brand Platform” allows cyclists and runners to get information on the latest products available as well as technical information about the textiles used. They can use the Outfit System to put ...
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Li Ning is hit by Spanish failure
Several Spanish football clubs were scrambling to secure apparel for their teams after LN Plus Iberoamericas , the Spanish licensing and distribution partner of Li Ning , was declared bankrupt . The company had invested heavily in sports marketing, including sponsorship deals with prominent football teams, from Real Zaragoza ...
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La Sportiva, the Italian brand of mountaineering shoes, has inaugurated an expanded headquarters...
La Sportiva, the Italian brand of mountaineering shoes, has inaugurated an expanded headquarters at Ziano di Fiemme, where some of the brand's production is also located. The new building is directly connected to the old one and contains the offices and the showrooms. The older building continues to house the manufacturing plant, the ...
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To the surprise of many exhibitors, Messe Friedrichshafen, the organizer...
To the surprise of many exhibitors, Messe Friedrichshafen, the organizer of the OutDoor show, which closed on Sunday afternoon, has reported another increase in trade visitors, saying that their number grew by 210 to a total of 21,730. According to German standards, the figure should be interpreted as daily visits. ...
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The sell-in figures for the outdoor trade in Europe were...
The sell-in figures for the outdoor trade in Europe were still quite positive in 2011, according to the first indications from the European Outdoor Group's research panel, with interesting differences from one country to the other. However, according to the NPD's consumer panel, the European outdoor market fell by 1 ...
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Vaude has successfully sued Schwarz E-Commerce, the internet subsidiary of...
Vaude has successfully sued Schwarz E-Commerce, the internet subsidiary of Lidl, the German food chain, charging unfair competition. The outdoor brand complained that Schwarz E-Commerce had used a picture of Vaude's Hogan UL tent to advertise its own offer, in this case a tent that looks very similar to Vaude's, but costs ...
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Europe drags down Wolverine’s growth
R eporting an increase of only 0.8 percent in its total sales to $312.7 million for the second quarter ended June 16, Wolverine Worldwide blamed especially the macroeconomic uncertainty in Europe. In Canada as well as in the Europe, Middle East and Africa region, the group's sales fell ...
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Land-Mark of Montebelluna is the new distributor of Gilbert rugby...
Land-Mark of Montebelluna is the new distributor of Gilbert rugby balls, taking the place of Maspero Sport
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Stefan Wahlén, former global sales director at Peak Performance, started...
Stefan Wahlén, former global sales director at Peak Performance, started as managing director for Patagonia Europe at the beginning of this month. After the untimely death of Holger Bismann last November, the European operation was run on an interim basis by Andrea Tomasini, the head of Patagonia in Italy, aided ...
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Nike Golf Europe has launched a Twitter@NikeGolfEU dedicated to European...
Nike Golf Europe has launched a Twitter@NikeGolfEU dedicated to European fans. The global Nikegolf Twitter, with its 440,000 fans since its launch, has already grown an important component of the company's marketing mix around the world. The new NikeGolfEU aims to propose the behind-the-scene stories of Nike's athletes on the ...
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New investments for Décathlon for Italy and Northern Europe
After eight years of negotiations, the municipality of Brugherio, a town north Milan, has rejected the €35 million project of a new national office and a sports park for Décathlon Italia, which would have created 250 employees. The company is not giving up this project, however. It is making similar ...
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Kelme has unveiled a new sponsorship deal with the Spanish...
Kelme has unveiled a new sponsorship deal with the Spanish Levante football club until June 2015
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With only few days to go until the start of...
With only few days to go until the start of the Olympic Games in London, Ralph Lauren confirmed that the uniforms worn by Team USA were not made in the country that they are supposed to represent, but were actually made in China. The company promised that future outfits, starting ...
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On the eve of the first day of the U.S....
On the eve of the first day of the U.S. Olympic Swim Trials in Omaha, Nebraska, Arena North America announced that it would donate funds to the U.S.-based Edith Sanford Breast Cancer Foundation. For the first world record that is broken between now and the end of 2012, in any ...
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VF Corporation has inaugurated a new, environment-friendly corporate head office...
VF Corporation has inaugurated a new, environment-friendly corporate head office for three brands of its outdoor division – The North Face, JanSport and Lucy activewear – on a 14-acre property in Alameda, California. Accommodating more than 470 employees, the 160,000-square-foot campus comprises a fitness center, an outdoor training area, an in-house ...
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New Era recently signed new distribution contracts with Sportmaster for...
New Era recently signed new distribution contracts with Sportmaster for Russia and with MIG for Poland. The company also hired a new country manager for Italy, Cristiana Zaccarelli, who started managing New Era's Italian office in Rome last month. Previously, she worked in different positions at Nike Italy. New Era ...
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Rapala, the Finnish company specializing in fishing products, said it...
Rapala, the Finnish company specializing in fishing products, said it would restructure its reporting categories after the divestment of its gift business last December. This made up nearly half of the Other Group Products division. It was therefore decided to bundle the remaining parts of this division, mostly consisting of ...
