All Sporting Goods Intelligence articles in Volume 24, Issue 26-27 – Page 3

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    Claude Benoit is retiring as president of Asmas, the Swiss...

    2013-07-23T00:00:00Z

    Claude Benoit is retiring as president of Asmas, the Swiss sporting goods retailers' association, which he entered in 1975 and led since 1977, starting off as secretary general. He will continue to act as a consultant to Asmas, and he will also continue to run Fedas, the European sporting goods ...

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    Arc'teryx is opening in London its first stand-alone store in...

    2013-07-23T00:00:00Z

    Arc'teryx is opening in London its first stand-alone store in Europe, in partnership with the British Snow+Rock chain. The new door will be located at the St Martin's Courtyard, in London's Covent Garden, a stylish shopping and dining destination, not far from the existing Snow+Rock's store in Mercer Street. The ...

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    Fletcher Leisure has appointed its first country manager in Europe...

    2013-07-23T00:00:00Z

    Fletcher Leisure has appointed its first country manager in Europe outside the U.K. to market its Sunice line of outerwear and its Tommy Hilfiger and AUR collections of golf clothing. Ingo Neufink will be responsible for sales of the Canadian company's products in Germany, reporting to Jon Camp, managing director ...

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    Icebreaker has appointed Rob Fyfe as its new executive chairman...

    2013-07-23T00:00:00Z

    Icebreaker has appointed Rob Fyfe as its new executive chairman to replace Noel Todd, who is stepping down after 18 years. Fyfe will assume the new role at the outdoor clothing brand in September, after serving on the company's board for 12 months. Fyfe led Air New Zealand as chief ...

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    Icebug has appointed Evan Wert as North American director of...

    2013-07-23T00:00:00Z

    Icebug has appointed Evan Wert as North American director of sales and marketing, for both Icebug Footwear and ArchFlex Insoles. Wert joins Icebug at a crucial time for the company as it is restructuring its North American operations and beginning the distribution there of its proprietary traction footwear and ArchFlex ...

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    The British Halfords chain of bicycle stores, which also sell...

    2013-07-23T00:00:00Z

    The British Halfords chain of bicycle stores, which also sell car parts, has reported a 7.5 percent increase on a same-store basis for its first quarter

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    Boa Technology has appointed Alois Badegruber to run its sales,...

    2013-07-23T00:00:00Z

    Boa Technology has appointed Alois Badegruber to run its sales, marketing and customer service operations in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, after several years of steady growth in the region. The Austrian manager started off at W.L. Gore Associates and worked for eight years at Salomon, where he was ...

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    Puma has signed a multi-year agreement with the ESPN Wide...

    2013-07-23T00:00:00Z

    Puma has signed a multi-year agreement with the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex in Orlando, Florida to become the official soccer equipment sponsor of Disney Soccer, a series of tournaments for players from around the world that takes place each year at the complex. As part of this collaboration, ...

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    The Swiss renting agency Rent A Bike and the Swiss...

    2013-07-23T00:00:00Z

    The Swiss renting agency Rent A Bike and the Swiss Intersport, whose equipment rental operations specialize in winter sports equipment, have signed a long-time cooperation for bike rentals in Switzerland, starting with the spring of 2014. Rent A Bike and Intersport will develop a network of rental stations together via ...

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    Hummel was once again official sponsor of the Roskilde festival...

    2013-07-23T00:00:00Z

    Hummel was once again official sponsor of the Roskilde festival held in Copenhagen from June 29 to July 7. The brand launched a special Roskilde festival shoe for the occasion, limited to 12 pairs of shoes sold in each of the 20 participating stores in the country. By buying the ...

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    Exisport restructures after expansion in Poland

    2013-07-23T00:00:00Z

    Exisport, the leading sports retailer in Slovakia, said it was taking restructuring measures to focus on its profitable business in the Slovak market, after the closure of many of its stores in Poland. With 34 stores around Slovakia that reaped sales estimated at €39 million last year, Exisport said it ...

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    After only six months in his new function as joint...

    2013-07-23T00:00:00Z

    After only six months in his new function as joint managing director of Sport 2000 Germany, a subsidiary of ANWR, Daniel Hermann is leaving the company for personal reasons. ANWR says the move was due to recent developments in his personal environment and had no connection with his tasks or ...

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    After Nike sold Umbro to Iconix in October last year,...

    2013-07-23T00:00:00Z

    After Nike sold Umbro to Iconix in October last year, Kiefer Sport cancelled the license agreement with effect from next November even though it was supposed to continue until the end of 2014. Kiefer Sport has distributed the brand in Germany since June 2008. Officially, Kiefer Sport has the distribution ...

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    Li-Ning has suspended its sponsorship of Asafa Powell after the...

    2013-07-23T00:00:00Z

    Li-Ning has suspended its sponsorship of Asafa Powell after the Jamaican sprinter was formally placed under criminal investigation in Italy for possibly violating doping laws earlier this month. Italian police confiscated unidentified substances in a raid on the hotel where Asafa Powell, Jamaican teammate Sherone Simpson and their Canadian physical ...

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    Adidas has suspended its contract with Tyson Gay after the...

    2013-07-23T00:00:00Z

    Adidas has suspended its contract with Tyson Gay after the American sprinter failed an out-of-competition drug test, but the brand said that it presumes his innocence until proven otherwise. Tyson declared that he could not identify the substance, but he is withdrawing from next month's world track & field championships ...

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    Adidas will replace Nike as the official sponsor of the...

    2013-07-23T00:00:00Z

    Adidas will replace Nike as the official sponsor of the national men's and women's teams of the French Basketball Federation for the next four years, starting in October. Adidas is already the official supplier of the French handball and rugby teams, but Nike has taken its place as sponsor of ...

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    Implus has announced the acquisition of the shoe care, insole,...

    2013-07-23T00:00:00Z

    Implus has announced the acquisition of the shoe care, insole, and shoe lace assets of the Pennsylvania-based Penguin Brands, one of Implus' major competitors in the shoe care category. Implus' family of brands also includes Sof Sole, Yaktrax, Apara, Airplus, Sneaker Balls, Sof Comfort, Little Hotties, Perfect Fitness and ICETrekkers. For ...

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    Footlocker has completed the acquisition of Runners Point in...

    2013-07-23T00:00:00Z

    Footlocker has completed the acquisition of Runners Point in Germany

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    Macron has presented the new home jersey for AC Ajaccio,...

    2013-07-23T00:00:00Z

    Macron has presented the new home jersey for AC Ajaccio, a first-league French soccer team that it has been sponsoring since 2010 under a contract that we did not report at the time

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    Quiksilver plans to offer $500 million worth of senior secured...

    2013-07-23T00:00:00Z

    Quiksilver plans to offer $500 million worth of senior secured notes. Half of them would be due in 2018 and the other half in 2020. The bonds will be secured and unconditionally guaranteed on a senior basis by some of Quiksilver's U.S. subsidiaries. The proceeds would be used to redeem ...