All Sporting Goods Intelligence articles in Volume 24, Issue 23-24
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Uhlsport will be the new official supplier of Stuttgart's Kickers...
Uhlsport will be the new official supplier of Stuttgart's Kickers team, which belongs to Germany's Third League
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Rider is set to run Karstadt Sports
A British industry veteran, Simon Rider , is set to steer the Karstadt Sports chain of 28 large sporting goods stores in Germany in the future . After running Converse for six years in the U.K., the executive was president and chief executive of Foot Locker Europe for five ...
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Swiss Intersport manages its turnaround
In the first six months of its 2012-13 financial year, ended March 31, Intersport PSC, Intersport's licensee for Switzerland, posted a decline in consolidated sales of 3.9 percent to 138.1 million Swiss francs (€112.4m-$149.8m) compared with the previous year's period. There was, however, a profit of CHF2.9 million (€2.4m-$3.1m) after ...
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Dakine is moving to new and larger headquarters in Hood...
Dakine is moving to new and larger headquarters in Hood River, Oregon, closer to vanues for hiking, windursfing, kiteboarding and SUP
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XXL Sport og Villmark, the large Norwegian sporting goods retailer,...
XXL Sport og Villmark, the large Norwegian sporting goods retailer, continues to focus investments on the Swedish market. This spring, the tenth Swedish XXL store opened in the city of Jönköping, but the expansion will not stop there. By the autumn of 2013, three more stores are set to open ...
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A Norwegian voluntary group of sporting goods stores, Stadion, has...
A Norwegian voluntary group of sporting goods stores, Stadion, has reported revenues of 97.312 million Norwegian kroner (€12.7m-$16.8m) for 2012, a slight increase from 2011, and operating profit of NOK 3,644,528 (€0.47m-$0.63m) against NOK 4,447,624 in 2011. Currently, the Stadion chain has 73 affiliated retailers, which is slightly less than ...
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Positive recent trends in the French sports market?
The sporting goods market continued to outperform the generally poor consumption climate in France over the past few months , according to NPD . Providing a glimpse into its new monthly retail audits in this country, which are based on a sample of about 1,000 stores, the international market research ...
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VF updates its growth forecast
VF Corporation sees major growth opportunities for some of its brands, especially for The North Face, Vans and Timberland , which belong to its Outdoor Action Sports Coalition. With sales of $1.9 billion in 2012, TNF had a share of only 8 percent in the global ...
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Mountain Force, the Swiss marketer of snow sports and other...
Mountain Force, the Swiss marketer of snow sports and other apparel, has hired Mike Stöhr as a new international sales director. The 44-year-old is a veteran of Peak Performance where he served as country manager for Germany and Austria recently. Stöhr's appointment comes along with a split of responsibilities in ...
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Shareholders of the former PPR group have given their final...
Shareholders of the former PPR group have given their final approval to its name change to Kering
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JD fares well
In an interim report for the first 18 weeks of its current financial year through June 8, JD Sports Fashion says the group's performance was in line with market expectations. In the U.K. and Ireland, the group's sports retail chains delivered a 7 percent increase on a comparable store ...
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The European operations of Icebreaker, led by Maximilian Hofbauer as...
The European operations of Icebreaker, led by Maximilian Hofbauer as general manager, have appointed Sven Baxmann country manager for Germany. The 35-year-old worked previously for other companies including IKO-Corratec, a German bicycle retailer and marketer of the Corratec brand of bikes, as well as for Triumph International, the huge group ...
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Polartec has overhauled its sales and marketing operations in Europe....
Polartec has overhauled its sales and marketing operations in Europe. Juan Carlos Gonzalez, former sales director for Europe, has been promoted to the position of managing director of international sales. His position in Marseille is taken over by Eric Young, who has been the European marketing manager for the past ...
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Dorel Industries has warned investors that earnings will be weaker...
Dorel Industries has warned investors that earnings will be weaker than expected for its recreational leisure segment for the second quarter due to bad weather across the U.S., Canada and Europe, which led to lower than anticipated sales volumes, particularly in the specialized bike dealer channel. The segment comprises the ...
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Jeremy Town is promoted to managing director of Footbalance North...
Jeremy Town is promoted to managing director of Footbalance North America, but he will continue to oversee financial matters
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Eilers Sport, which is described by Sport Partner as the...
Eilers Sport, which is described by Sport Partner as the oldest sports distribution company in the Netherlands, is to be taken over by French partners. Eilers is a wholesaler selling specialist team sports and other products to retailers, from brands like Mikasa, Easton, Toalson, Porter, Ihsan and Trial, among others. ...
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Quiksilver slashes costs but takes quarterly sales and margin hit
While its restructuring plan is well underway, the Quiksilver group still suffered declines in both sales and margins for the second quarter of its fiscal year , to the end of April. Sales were worst hit in Europe but margins fell across all the regions as Quiksilver offered ample ...
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New Era is opening its second corporate store in Germany...
New Era is opening its second corporate store in Germany and the fifth in Europe in Frankfurt on Aug. 1. Located in MyZeil, a prestigious shopping mall in downtown Frankfurt, it will have a sales surface of 250 square meters and will feature a completely new concept, setting a model ...
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Gore-Tex is introducing a new, more contemporary logo, starting with...
Gore-Tex is introducing a new, more contemporary logo, starting with items sold for the autumn/winter 2013-14 season. The new logo enhances the visibility of the brand by featuring anew type of rhombus.
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Prince is opening a store in Wimbledon, London, in connection...
Prince is opening a store in Wimbledon, London, in connection with the annual tennis tournament in this historic site. A private VIP and media event will mark the opening this coming weekend in the presence of Nick Bollettieri and some top tennis players sponsored by Prince. The store will carry ...
