All Sporting Goods Intelligence articles in Volume 23, Issue 34-35 – Page 2
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Peak Performance, the Swedish sports and lifestyle brand, saw its...
Peak Performance, the Swedish sports and lifestyle brand, saw its sales slip by 1 percent to the equivalent of 971 million Danish kroner ($161.6m-€130.5m) for the financial year until the end of June, and its earnings suffered from rising costs for technical fabrics. IC Companys, the Danish group that owns ...
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Preben Boas, the longtime executive director of the Danish sporting...
Preben Boas, the longtime executive director of the Danish sporting goods manufacturers association, SL, has formally taken over the management of DSF, the Danish association of shoe suppliers, as well. Some companies, such as Ecco, belong to both associations (more in Shoe Intelligence).
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Flow Sports has bought SIC, the stand-up paddle board brand...
Flow Sports has bought SIC, the stand-up paddle board brand whose name stands for Sandwich Islands Composites. Mark Raaphorst, who founded the brand in 2005, will stay on as designer and shaper. The move will allow SIC to go from being a custom-only board supplier to one whose products can ...
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Billabong, Santa Cruz and a few other brands have signed...
Billabong, Santa Cruz and a few other brands have signed up to participate in FLIP, a new urban, street and action sports trade show taking place in Birmingham's NEC exhibition center on Aug. 12-14. Animal, Boxfresh, Buff, Kangol, Quiksilver, Timezone and many other lesser-known brands have agreed to show there.
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Big growth for Totoe through diversification
Here is another fast-growing British company, which has applied to socks the kind of toe separation concept adopted by Vibram for its Fivefingers line of shoes. The company, Toetoe, has been in business for 13 years. It has just announced the launch of a line of socks based on this ...
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Nike Germany confirmed that the Niketown store in Berlin would...
Nike Germany confirmed that the Niketown store in Berlin would be closed down next summer, as part of the American sports brand's global retail strategy. Situated in Charlottenburg, the store of about 3,300 square meters was among the first Niketowns to open in Europe and it remains Nike's only store in Berlin. ...
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Masai International, the Singapore-based company that has been distributing MBT...
Masai International, the Singapore-based company that has been distributing MBT in Southeast Asia, has acquired the MBT brand and its global assets, but not its debt. Owned by Andy Chaw, described as a wealthy individual, the distributor was named “best in sales and execution” at MBT's international product launch meeting ...
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There has been an endless discussion on license plates for...
There has been an endless discussion on license plates for bicycles. in central Europe, and the debate has now been fueled by Vienna's mayor, Michael Häupl, who considers the project an “interesting idea,” according to velobiz.de, the German web-based information service dedicated to the bicycle business in the ...
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Therm-ic is bankrupt
Body Systems, the company that owns Therm-ic and other operations, has filed for bankruptcy protection in the court of Graz. Urs Maron, who took full ownership of the Austrian company last year, said he was preparing a legal case against its founder, David Macher, based on suspicion that he had ...
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Tiny sales increase at Asics
The wariness of consumers amid an uncertain economic landscape was blamed for the sluggishness of Asics' sales in the three months until the end of the June, which is the first quarter of its fiscal year. The Japanese sports group's sales inched up by 1.1 percent to ¥66,105 million (€680.7m-$843.5m) ...
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Skins has appointed Super-Brands as its new exclusive distributor in...
Skins has appointed Super-Brands as its new exclusive distributor in South Africa
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Jean-Philippe Torgue has been appointed to a new position at...
Jean-Philippe Torgue has been appointed to a new position at Salomon as vice president for apparel and gear. A veteran of VF Corporation, he had previously worked for Switcher and then for Fusalp, where he had been acting as managing director in charge of international operations since the beginning of ...
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Revolution Running, a new running apparel brand from the U.K.
Revolution Running, a new British-based brand, has just launched a new line of design-led clothing and accessories for running and general leisure use. The brand positions itself as targeting runners who are “ready to run a different way.” It claims that its products are aimed at consumers for whom design, ...
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The anti-dumping duties that the EU imposed on bike saddles...
The anti-dumping duties that the EU imposed on bike saddles imported from China in 2007 have expired without being renewed. The European Saddle Manufacturers Association didn't request that the duties be renewed, and the European Commission didn't launch a review investigation. Bike Europe has reported that European manufacturers aren't worried ...
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W.L. Gore & Associates has chosen PFSweb to handle its...
W.L. Gore & Associates has chosen PFSweb to handle its e-commerce operations in the U.S. and Europe for Gore Bike Wear and Gore Running Wear. The two new brands were launched in the U.S. in July; their online presence will start September. The new site is www.goreapparel.com.
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Amer’s investments buoy sales but sink income
Driven by winter and outdoor apparel, Amer Sports managed to lift its sales by 12 percent to €353.8 million in the second quarter, which was an increase of 5 percent in constant currencies, but abundant investments in own retailing and emerging markets dug a hole in the company's earnings.Sales were ...
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Columbia Sportswear has agreed to create a joint venture with...
Columbia Sportswear has agreed to create a joint venture with Hong Kong-based Swire Resources to accelerate the growth of both the Columbia and the Mountain Hardwear brands in China. Swire Resources, a subsidiary of Swire Pacific, will hold 40 percent of the venture, while the U.S. outdoor company will control ...
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After cleanup, K-Swiss bets on Clean Classics
K-Swiss continued to suffer heavy declines in sales and orders in the second quarter, but the Californian sports company managed to reduce its loss as the radical cost-cutting measures launched last year started to pay off.The group's sales shrank by 31.5 percent to $44.7 million for the quarter. Its U.S. ...
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Michele Lorusso has left Vibram after three years with the...
Michele Lorusso has left Vibram after three years with the company to return to the fashion industry. He had been acting lately as sales manager for its FiveFingers division. According to company officials, Lorusso was prompted by personal reasons.
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Probike South Africa and India has been taken over by...
Probike South Africa and India has been taken over by Scott Sports
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