All Sporting Goods Intelligence articles in Volume 24, Issue 30-31 – Page 2
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Sergio Tacchini plans to close down its last remaining store...
Sergio Tacchini plans to close down its last remaining store at the end of September as part of its transformation into a brand management and licensing company. The store is located in Gallarate, near Milan. The company has already shut down its factory outlet and its showroom in the area ...
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El Corte Inglès has a chief executive now
El Corte Inglès, which has a strong position in the Spanish sporting goods market, suffered an 18.32 percent decline in its consolidated net income to €171.5 million in the financial year ended last February, as its revenues fell by 7.7 percent to €14.5 billion. Noting that retail sales have been ...
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Kempa is going to sponsor a German handball champion, Uwe...
Kempa is going to sponsor a German handball champion, Uwe Gensheimer, for the next three years
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New CEO for Denmark’s Sport-Master
Jens Høgsted became the new chief executive of Sport-Master this week, replacing Hans-Peter Rasmussen. He will be joined shortly by a new chief financial officer, Chris Bigler, who has held a similar position at IC Companys, the big Danish company that owns many sportswear brands including Peak Performance.Høgsted, who is ...
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Shimano celebrated the retirement of Hans van Vliet with a...
Shimano celebrated the retirement of Hans van Vliet with a cocktail and dinner party in a castle on Lake Constance during the Eurobike show. He worked for the Japanese company for 40 years, most recently as chief communications officer at Shimano Europe.
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Nike has launched a campaign called “Possibilities” to mark the...
Nike has launched a campaign called “Possibilities” to mark the 25th anniversary of its famous slogan, “Just Do It.” The campaign includes a film encouraging viewers to set and achieve their own goals through Nike+ challenges. It uses numerous social media activations and features a cast of athletes sponsored by ...
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IC Companys, parent of Peak Performance and other sportswear brands,...
IC Companys, parent of Peak Performance and other sportswear brands, has appointed a new chief financial officer shortly after naming Mads Ryder as its chief executive officer. The new CFO is Rud Trabjerg Pedersen, who has been in charge of finance for Levi Strauss' operations in Europe, the Middle East ...
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Smith Sports Optics is launching its first branded line of...
Smith Sports Optics is launching its first branded line of bicycle helmets
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On, the Swiss brand of running shoes that came out...
On, the Swiss brand of running shoes that came out as the overall winner of the Ispo Award 2013 in the footwear category, is expanding its distribution in Germany. The brand has already signed orders with Sport Scheck, Sport Sperk, Breuninger and LEX, a big group of retailers specializing in the ...
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Lacoste, the French sportswear brand, has opened an online store...
Lacoste, the French sportswear brand, has opened an online store in China. It reportedly offers 800 products in apparel, footwear and accessories. The number is still far below the more than 2,000 products available at online stores in the larger European countries. Lacoste is represented in China with six stores ...
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New boss for Derby Cycle
Mathias Seidler, who built up Derby Cycle in the last 12 years, will relinquish his chief executive's seat at the end of September, roughly two years after the company was acquired by the Pon Group in the Netherlands. The job will be taken over by Thomas Raith, former managing director ...
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Canterbury is launching a line of four rugby boots for...
Canterbury is launching a line of four rugby boots for different positions
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Joining two other members of its executive board, Michael Sylvester...
Joining two other members of its executive board, Michael Sylvester has been appointed managing director of Fink Schuhe + Sport, the German shoe and sports retailer based in Wiesbaden. He is responsible for sales, marketing, accounting, finance and controlling. The other two managing directors are still Rolf Lahr, responsible for ...
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Bike Europe reports that Ideal Bike Corporation is preparing to...
Bike Europe reports that Ideal Bike Corporation is preparing to shift its production for European Union (EU) markets from Taiwan to China, after it obtained an exemption on anti-dumping duties of 48.5 percent for imports of assembled bicycles from China into the EU. Ideal, the third-largest Taiwanese bicycle producer, opened ...
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Big loss for Li Ning
Li Ning said that the impact of its wide-ranging restructuring measures and investments should start to become apparent in the second half of this year, but the Chinese group suffered yet another sharp drop in sales and a whopping loss in the first half.The group's sales slumped by 24.6 percent ...
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A French distributor specializing in the bicycle sector, Royal Velo...
A French distributor specializing in the bicycle sector, Royal Velo France (RVF), has come under the control of Esteem, a group controlled by Peter Hughes. Christian Soenen will continue to run the company, with a minority stake, reporting to Hughes in his new role of president. RVF, which is expected ...
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Josep “Pep” Guardiola, the new manager at the FC Bayern...
Josep “Pep” Guardiola, the new manager at the FC Bayern Munich football team, has signed a new sponsorship deal with Adidas. The Big a will use the former midfielder as brand ambassador in a new Champions League marketing campaign titled ‘Gamedayplus.' As he previously worked for the FC Barcelona team, ...
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Helly Hansen has inaugurated its first store in Barcelona, the...
Helly Hansen has inaugurated its first store in Barcelona, the fourth one in Spain
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New Balance has opened its second corporate Spanish store in...
New Balance has opened its second corporate Spanish store in Barcelona
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Globe posts a loss on the back of one-off costs
Globe International reported a consolidated net loss of 6.0 million Australian dollars (€4.0m-$5.3m) for the financial year ended June 30, 2013, after impairing intangibles of A$0.8 million (€0.54m-$0.71), as compared to the net profit of A$0.1 million (€0.07m-$0.09m) reported for the previous financial year. Financial results were impacted by restructuring and a ...
