All Sporting Goods Intelligence articles in Volume 24, Issue 23-24 – Page 3
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Linda Pearce, who has been chief financial officer of Nautilus...
Linda Pearce, who has been chief financial officer of Nautilus since August 2012, is leaving to run a dairy cooperative in her home state of Oregon
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Classic heel-striking has been found to be a more efficient...
Classic heel-striking has been found to be a more efficient form of running than the barefoot style. Researchers at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst recruited 37 experienced runners, 19 of whom were habitual heel-strikers and 18 of whom landed first near the front of the foot. Volunteers were asked ...
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Sara Chandler has become one of the directors of STAG,...
Sara Chandler has become one of the directors of STAG, the British buying group led by her husband Ricky Chandler, whom she married in September 2011, and by Ward Robertson. The former Sara Coyle joined STAG in March 2010 as marketing manager. Reporting to Ricky and Ward, she will be ...
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Skechers has signed a multi-year contract to become the official...
Skechers has signed a multi-year contract to become the official footwear and apparel sponsor of the Chevron Houston Marathon, giving visibility to the GoRun line of products of its two-year old performance division. The company will have signage at the race and it will outfit the volunteers and the finishers. ...
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Workers in Cambodia and Bangladesh are still under the spotlight
The labor situation in the low-cost factories of Cambodia and Bangladesh is still unsettled, and it is escalating in Cambodia. The management of Sabrina Garment Manufacturing in Cambodia, which makes clothing for Nike, Lululemon Athletica and Wilson, fired 415 workers because of their participation in labor strikes, joining thousands of ...
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Lululemon Athletica, the fast-growing Canadian company specializing in yoga and...
Lululemon Athletica, the fast-growing Canadian company specializing in yoga and women's activewear, has served notice that it will delist from the Toronto Stock Exchange, but it will continue to be listed on Nasdaq in the U.S. The announcement coincided with the news that the company's chief executive, Christine Day, will ...
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The Oeko-Tex Association has presented its first sustainability awards to...
The Oeko-Tex Association has presented its first sustainability awards to companies in the textile industry. They were granted to five companies in five different categories. In particular, YKK got the award for quality management and Lenzing got it for product innovation. Other recipients were Sun Hing Industries Holding of Hong ...
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Asics is launching its first European online store in the...
Asics is launching its first European online store in the U.K. in September 2013. It already launched its virtual store in the U.S. at the end of April, followed by one in Japan. The U.K. was chosen for the European launch because of its high internet penetration in retailing and ...
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Pon Holdings has appointed Rob Oudshoorn as senior vice president...
Pon Holdings has appointed Rob Oudshoorn as senior vice president of its bicycle division to replace Xeno Grimmelt, who is leaving the Dutch company after 18 years. Oudshoorn joined Pon at the beginning of this year and is already the board member at the holding company in charge of the ...
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PrimaLoft has appointed David Newey as global manager of partnership...
PrimaLoft has appointed David Newey as global manager of partnership marketing, responsible for developing marketing programs with North American and Asia brand partners. He previously worked for Valspar Corporation, a manufacturer of coatings, and for Polarmax.
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Steve Wilson has been appointed to the new position of...
Steve Wilson has been appointed to the new position of president of O'Neill Clothing USA. He acted as vice president of merchandising and design at O'Neill before joining Quiksilver in the role of general manager and senior vice president in charge of the Americas. In another interesting management change, Danny ...
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Uvu, the brand of high-end apparel for running and outdoor,...
Uvu, the brand of high-end apparel for running and outdoor, has appointed Sebastian Haag product manager and coordinator of the brand's Racing Laboratory which is the name used for the team of Uvu's sponsored athletes. Haag, actually a veterinarian, acted before as freelance product developer for Dynafit, the specialty brand ...
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Nike announces strategic leadership changes
Nike Inc announced today that Charlie Denson, president of the Nike brand and a former general manager of Nike Europe, will retire in January 2014 after 34 years with the company. In this context, Trevor Edwards is being promoted to become the new Nike brand president as of July 1, ...
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shows in the U.S., among others. will continue to be...
shows in the U.S., among others. will continue to be headquartered in San Juan Capistrano, California.
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Kjus has reached an amicable settlement with Tom Tailor, a...
Kjus has reached an amicable settlement with Tom Tailor, a German fashion company, which it accused of imitating the colors and the functional features of one of its down jackets, called Backflip. Tom Tailor has agreed to stop distributing the infringing jacket and to destroy the items sold through its ...
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Lafuma reorganizes after a big loss
While reporting big losses and confirming major sales declines for the first half of its financial year, ended on March 31, the Lafuma Group announced a reorganization of its outdoor activities, involving the elimination of 78 jobs and the transfer of 46 others from its head office at Anneyron to ...
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The Advansa Thermo Cool Dynafit Dachstein Triple, which was scheduled...
The Advansa Thermo Cool Dynafit Dachstein Triple, which was scheduled for June 8, 2013, has been postponed to July 6, 2013 because of severe weather conditions. Organizers said that there was up to four meters of snow on the Dachstein glacier in Austria at the beginning of June, or more than during the whole ...
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Adidas’ Neo label is on a good course
Along with football, running, golf, the Adidas Originals and Neo brands and apparel in general are the categories that have been growing fastest for the Adidas Group in the past two years, said its chief executive, Herbert Hainer, in an interview after the press conference. They should help the most ...
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Roddy Van Breda has been appointed managing director of Adidas...
Roddy Van Breda has been appointed managing director of Adidas South Africa, with effect from Aug. 1. He replaces Winand Krawinki who was recently named managing director of the Central Europe West region, as reported. Van Breda has been with the Adidas Group since 2003 and was most recently sales ...
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Adidas has reached one million yards of fabric produced with...
Adidas has reached one million yards of fabric produced with the DryDye technology, which uses a waterless dyeing process. According to the German brand, the technology enables savings of 25 liters of water per T-shirt that are usually needed in the dyeing process. The technology is also said to reduce ...
