All Sporting Goods Intelligence articles in Volume 23, Issue 35-36 – Page 4

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    Rossignol places Steele in charge of the U.S., Petrick goes back to K2

    2012-08-30T00:00:00Z

    Ron Steele has been promoted to president of Group Rossignol North America. Formerly the vice president of sales and marketing for Rossignol USA, Steele takes the place of Tim Petrick, who has resigned from the role he has held for the last 20 months. The latter has been appointed by ...

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    Billabong sees 2.5 times higher profits by 2016

    2012-08-30T00:00:00Z

    The new management of Billabong International, led by Launa Inman, has unveiled a new “transformation strategy” which, it claims, should lead the company to generate an annual operating Ebitda of at least 210 million Australian dollars (€173.5m-$217.9m) for the year ending in June 2016, at a total capital cost of ...

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    Exceed’s sales drop by 24.2%

    2012-08-30T00:00:00Z

    The Chinese company, which markets the Xidelong brand of sports shoes and clothing, announced that its revenues for the second quarter ended June 30 declined by 24.2 percent to 562.0 million yuan renminbi (€70.8m-$88.3m) compared with the same period of last year. The company added that it expects revenues to ...

  • News briefs

    On Oct. 1, Jan-Thomas Metge will fill the new position...

    2012-08-30T00:00:00Z

    On Oct. 1, Jan-Thomas Metge will fill the new position of managing director of the newly created Intersport Multichannel GmbH (IMG), a recently founded subsidiary of Intersport Germany that is designed – as reported before – to develop strategies for online retailing and other distribution channels. The 42-year-old has already ...

  • News briefs

    Effective Sept. 1, Uvex Sports Group has appointed Helge Gützlaff...

    2012-08-30T00:00:00Z

    Effective Sept. 1, Uvex Sports Group has appointed Helge Gützlaff and Martin Schamböck as new members of the board of executive directors. Gützlaff will be in charge of strategic business for the cycle and winter sports categories. Besides global marketing, the 43-year-old will be in charge of product development. Most ...

  • News briefs

    Ispo Bike, held August 16-19, saw more than 6,000 trade...

    2012-08-30T00:00:00Z

    Ispo Bike, held August 16-19, saw more than 6,000 trade visitors from 46 countries attending. These figures are largely stagnant from last year. The previous three years the show was held in July, and showed double-digit growth. As a result of the underwhelming performance, next year Messe München will return ...

  • News briefs

    More than 10,000 people on every continent have signed up...

    2012-08-30T00:00:00Z

    More than 10,000 people on every continent have signed up to play squash in a single event on Saturday, Oct. 20. This year's World Squash Day will be staged in support of a new bid by the World Squash Federation to get the sport included in the agenda of the ...

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    Active Sportswear sells H²0

    2012-08-30T00:00:00Z

    Active Sportswear International, the Danish multi-brand sports company that acquired H²O four years ago, has sold it to a newly established firm, H²O Sportswear. Behind this entity are four investors who want to relaunch the brand by focusing on its strongest categories, from skiwear to lifestyle products, working with a ...

  • News briefs

    Volcom's sales totaled €54.0 million and were up by 12.6...

    2012-08-30T00:00:00Z

    Volcom's sales totaled €54.0 million and were up by 12.6 percent on a comparable basis, according to its parent company, PPR Group. The brand also enjoyed a sharp improvement in operating profits during the quarter.