All Sporting Goods Intelligence articles in Volume 23, Issue 42-43
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Sportamore, a Swedish online retailer specializing in sports products, has...
Sportamore, a Swedish online retailer specializing in sports products, has been investing in its infrastructure to cope with its expansion plans. Launched at the start of 2010, Sportamore reported sales of nearly 100 million Swedish crowns (€11.6m-$15.1m) the next year. The company has just upgraded its warehouse facility by moving ...
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Nike’s quarterly profit slips
While demand for Nike products continued to increase rapidly in the quarter until the end of August, the company's profit was under pressure due to lower gross margins and more expenses related to the international sports events held in the summer. The entire group's sales jumped by 10 percent ...
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Killy has launched a new website at www.killy.com for its...
Killy has launched a new website at www.killy.com for its sportswear, which is licensed by the Lafuma Group via Eider. The site includes a store locator and allows users to access information on the founder of the eponymous brand, Jean-Claude Killy. The French skiing legend won three gold medals at ...
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JJB goes under
About 2,200 jobs were lost as JJB Sport went into administration (a form of receivership) earlier this month and only 20 of the failed British sports retailer's stores were sold to Sports Direct International (SDI), JJB's erstwhile rival in the British sports market. As part of ...
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Reusch has signed up two more goalkeepers, Javi Varas of...
Reusch has signed up two more goalkeepers, Javi Varas of Real Club Celta de Vigo and Robert Green from QPR, after extending its sponsoring contracts with the goalkeepers of three Italian football teams: Andrea Consigli of Atlanta, Antonio Mirante of Parma, and Michael Agazzi of Cagliari. The German brand of ...
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The organizers of the first Nordic Golf Show, held in...
The organizers of the first Nordic Golf Show, held in Malmö earlier this month, were amply satisfied with an increase of 20 percent in the number of visitors compared with the Golfmässan held for Swedish retailers last year. Golfmässan was held for about two decades in the small town of ...
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FPS, the French sporting goods retailers' federation, is reportedly planning...
FPS, the French sporting goods retailers' federation, is reportedly planning to launch its own trade magazine, financed by advertising, in a country that already counts two such national publications and an internet-based news service
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The Lafuma Group has revealed that it is in exclusive...
The Lafuma Group has revealed that it is in exclusive negotiations with Marwyn Management Partners, an investment firm which controls a wide range of companies in the leisure, technology and transportation sectors, to hand over Le Chameau, the French group's division that markets shoes and apparel for hunters. With its ...
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Pearl Izumi Europe has promoted Matthias Reinacher to the position...
Pearl Izumi Europe has promoted Matthias Reinacher to the position of managing director, effective Jan. 1. Reinacher, who has been with the company for eight years, is currently the senior brand manager of the Shimano-owned firm. He will replace Juergen Sprich, who is to become a partner in a Swiss ...
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Sportsbransjen, the organization of the Norwegian sports industry, estimates that...
Sportsbransjen, the organization of the Norwegian sports industry, estimates that the country's sporting goods sales inched up by 1.8 percent for the first half of the year, despite a drop in sales during the second quarter. Due to the early spring weather, sales of summer products already started in March, ...
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Garmont will distribute its military, hunting and law enforcement footwear...
Garmont will distribute its military, hunting and law enforcement footwear in North America through Outdoor Tactical Enterprises
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Décathlon expands in Middle East, Taiwan
Décathlon is opening its first store in Lebanon through its partnership with Azadea . The new franchised door is located in Beirut s Dbayeh mall. Azadea had also opened the first Décathlon sports store in the Middle East at the end of 2010, at the Mirdif City Center in ...
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Pepe has signed an endorsement deal with Nike. The Real...
Pepe has signed an endorsement deal with Nike. The Real Madrid defender will wear Nike boots rather than his usual Umbro pair for the duration of the deal's tenure. The 29-year-old champion becomes the seventh player at Real Madrid to agree to a deal with the U.S. brand, joining fellow ...
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Gilbert has signed a sponsorship deal with the Welsh Rugby...
Gilbert has signed a sponsorship deal with the Welsh Rugby Union. The Sussex-based brand will supply the league with a range of domestic and international balls until 2018.
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A French court in Lille has rejected a request by...
A French court in Lille has rejected a request by Oxylane, parent company of Décathlon, for a preliminary injunction banning Go Sport and Intersport from selling their self-deployable tents. The leading French retailer had argued that their tents were infringing on its patents on Quechua's so-called “2-Seconds” tent. A spokesman ...
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Yue Yuen Industrial Holdings posted net consolidated operating revenues down...
Yue Yuen Industrial Holdings posted net consolidated operating revenues down by 4 percent to $572.5 million in the quarter ended Sept. 30. Cumulative net operating revenues for the nine months were $5.38 billion, flat with the first three quarters of 2011. A major producer of athletic footwear for western brands, ...
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Nike has reissued a statement to confirm that it will...
Nike has reissued a statement to confirm that it will continue to support Lance Armstrong, in spite of USADA's recently released 200-page report accusing him of doping while he was on the US Postal Service cycling team, between 1998 and 2005. The sportswear giant had previously ensured its ongoing support ...
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Wolverine completes PLG’s takeover, earns less
Wolverine Worldwide announced last week the slightly belated completion of its $1.24 billion acquisition of the Performance + Lifestyle Group of Collective Brands , which includes big shoe brands such as Saucony , Sperry Top-Sider, Keds and Stride Rite . For the parent company of Merrell , Sebago ...
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One Way, the Finnish company specializing in Nordic sports, continues...
One Way, the Finnish company specializing in Nordic sports, continues to diversify from its original specialization in ski poles. It announced today that it will enter the ski wax business, launching a new high-end ski wax during the 2013 Nordic World Championships. Called OW, the product has been tested and ...
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Puma's InCycle collection, due out next spring, will feature a...
Puma's InCycle collection, due out next spring, will feature a series of biodegradable and recycled products that consumers can return to Puma to reduce personal waste generation. It will include among other items a biodegradable Basket sneaker and a biodegradable cotton shirt, as well as a track jacket made of ...
