All Sporting Goods Intelligence articles in Volume 24, Issue 19-20 – Page 3
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The Rossignol Group appoints an experimented ski coach, Jake Stevens,...
The Rossignol Group appoints an experimented ski coach, Jake Stevens, as U.S. race manager +++ Kuo Li-Lien is resigning as executive director of Yue Yuen, effective May 31, due to family matters
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Ecco has appointed Buffalo Communications as its lead global PR...
Ecco has appointed Buffalo Communications as its lead global PR agency for its Ecco Sport line to raise international awareness of the brand and its market share in the areas of outdoor and running shoes. Based in Washington, D.C., Buffalo has already helped Ecco to grow for more than ten ...
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Pontetorto has announced that its factory in Prato, in Tuscany,...
Pontetorto has announced that its factory in Prato, in Tuscany, is now generating all the energy it needs from solar panels and is operating independently of the public electricity network. The Italian maker of activewear fabrics has set up a network of 7,000 solar cells covering an area of 10,000 ...
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Bestseller, the Danish group that owns J. Lindeberg, Jack &...
Bestseller, the Danish group that owns J. Lindeberg, Jack & Jones, Selected, Vero Moda and other brands, will have a huge stand of 6,000 square meters at the next Bread & Butter show, taking place in Berlin on July 2-4. Observers are wondering whether the organizers of the young fashion ...
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The number of visits to North American ski resorts reached...
The number of visits to North American ski resorts reached a 30-year record of 56.6 million in the past autumn/winter season. In the U.S., snow sports retailers saw their sales go up by 3 percent to $3.4 billion for the season, and while equipment was flat, apparel was up by ...
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Lacoste has launched a click-and-collect service, allowing French customers to...
Lacoste has launched a click-and-collect service, allowing French customers to browse through the internet to check the availability of an item and to pick it up at one of its stores
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Favorable exchange rates allowed Giant Manufacturing to raise its sales...
Favorable exchange rates allowed Giant Manufacturing to raise its sales by 3.5 percent to 13.24 billion Taiwanese dollars (€345m-$448m), and they pushed up its net income by 32.7 percent to TWD886 million (€23m-$30m). U.S. sales were negatively affected by unfavorable weather conditions. European sales were flat due to abnormal weather ...
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Anthony Cazottes has been recruited by PPR, alias Kering, to...
Anthony Cazottes has been recruited by PPR, alias Kering, to act as sales director of Electric for Europe, the Middle East and Africa. He was most recently the sales director of Oxbow, the French surf brand. He has worked for 15 years in the action sports industry, first at Quiksilver ...
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Growing unrest ahead of new labor guidelines in Bangladesh
The Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association announced yesterday that its members are closing down all the 300-odd factories in the industrial belt of Savar-Ashulia because of escalating labor unrest. Local authorities had already shut down more than 100 apparel factories in this area near the nation's capital last Sunday, ...
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A Spanish ski champion, Pol Carreras, has agreed to...
A Spanish ski champion, Pol Carreras, has agreed to endorse Fischer for skis and ski boots
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The major Spanish ultratrail runner, Salvador Calvo, has agreed...
The major Spanish ultratrail runner, Salvador Calvo, has agreed to endorse the Tecnica brand for the 2013/14 season
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Bradshaw Taylor is taking over as the new sales agent...
Bradshaw Taylor is taking over as the new sales agent for Black Diamond Equipment in the U.K. and Ireland after its contract with First Ascent expires in June. The British firm will also take care of the Pieps brand recently acquired by Black Diamond, and it will provide localized technical ...
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Billabong International again halted trading in its shares on the...
Billabong International again halted trading in its shares on the Australian Securities Exchange last May 7, pending a new announcement regarding the sale of the company, but none has been made to this date. The Australian Financial Review said that the struggling surfwear company may be exploring a new refinancing ...
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Puma impatiently awaits fresh leadership after a “rough” quarter
Puma downgraded its forecasts for this year after what it described as a “rough quarter” with shrinking sales and profits to start the year. However, Puma emphasized that it was forging ahead with its reorganization and pinning strong hopes on its new chief executive, Björn Gulden, who will take charge ...
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Elan resumes talks after failed sale
Elan has resumed talks with potential buyers after the failure of negotiations with Argus Capital, an investment firm that had sealed an agreement in principle last January to take over the Slovenian ski company from government-related entities. The investment firm apparently gave up on the acquisition after a more detailed ...
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Adidas Group delivers higher profits despite flat sales
The Adidas Group said that it would focus on profit margins this year, and so far it has delivered. While its sales were flat in terms of local currencies in the first quarter, the company achieved a gross margin of 50.1 percent, up by 2.4 percentage points from the same ...
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Adidas discusses Bangladesh and Bayern Munich
The ample margins obtained by the Adidas Group in the first quarter provoked sharp questions in a conference call with journalists about the distribution of profits in the supply chain, particularly after the collapse of a building with apparel manufacturing facilities in Bangladesh (see the related story further down in ...
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Weigl is Adidas’ new sports marketing czar
Jimmy Weigl, currently managing director for the Adidas Group in Central Europe, is to take the helm of the group's global sports marketing and sports relations, following Michael Riehl's sudden death from cancer last month at the age of 56. Riehl has held the job since 2001 and was a ...
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Adidas has decided to expand a pilot project encouraging workers...
Adidas has decided to expand a pilot project encouraging workers in factories of some of its Asian suppliers to share grievances directly with the company via text messages. Workers can send an SMS text message if they are concerned that their labor rights are being compromised. The system was first ...
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Adidas scored again as the best employer in the German...
Adidas scored again as the best employer in the German fashion industry based on a survey conducted by the Textilwirtschaft magazine. It was followed by Hugo Boss, Marc O' Polo, Tommy Hilfiger, Brax and Puma. More than 1,500 students, job-seekers and young professionals participated in the annual survey, which covered ...
