All Sporting Goods Intelligence articles in Volume 24, Issue 25 – Page 4

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    Inov-8, the fast-growing British brand of sports shoes specializing in...

    2013-07-02T00:00:00Z

    Inov-8, the fast-growing British brand of sports shoes specializing in trail running, has appointed Tim Parkin as head of European sales. He spent the last eight years at Asics. The company, which is celebrating its tenth year in business, previously appointed Rob Maynard as group finance director. He had previously ...

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    A total of 5.9 million customers shopped last year for...

    2013-07-02T00:00:00Z

    A total of 5.9 million customers shopped last year for sporting goods online in Germany, according to Disq, a German service quality institute that ranked the ten major online sports shops in the country. SportScheck.com came out as the best one on its list, followed by Globetrotter.de. Sport-Thieme.de and the ...

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    Billabong International's depressed share value went up by 46 percent...

    2013-07-02T00:00:00Z

    Billabong International's depressed share value went up by 46 percent on June 25 as the Australian company reported  that separate discussions were “well advanced” with two investment consortia led by Altamont Capital Partners and Sycamore Partners for the sale of its assets. The company said that the proceeds would be ...

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    Colin Montgomerie, the legendary golf player who has won 40...

    2013-07-02T00:00:00Z

    Colin Montgomerie, the legendary golf player who has won 40 tournaments and eight European Tour Order of Merit titles, became an ambassador for Lambda Golf shoes as he embarked on the Seniors European Tour a few days ago. Established in 2008 in Portugal by a group of family-owned European companies, ...

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    The 15 retail members of Full Equip Grup have agreed...

    2013-07-02T00:00:00Z

    The 15 retail members of Full Equip Grup have agreed to join Twinner Iberia, consolidating its position as the third-largest national buying group in the Spanish sporting goods sector. Full Equip's members have 23 shops in the Balearic Islands which generate annual sales of €4.2 million. They are generally small. ...

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    Pentland grows by 14.2% but profits decline

    2013-07-02T00:00:00Z

    Pentland Group has reported a 14.2 percent increase in total revenues to £1.76 billion (€2.06bn-$2.68bn) in 2012, with growth of 6.3 percent excluding the results of businesses acquired in the course of the year, but the British company's profitability declined.Revenues from direct sales and licensing income went up by 6.8 ...

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    Oakley is celebrating the 100th edition of the Tour de...

    2013-07-02T00:00:00Z

    Oakley is celebrating the 100th edition of the Tour de France by paying homage to the country that hosts the event with a limited edition collection of sports glasses carrying the blue, white and red colors of the French flag. The line, which is based on Oakley's recently launched Radar ...