All Sporting Goods Intelligence articles in Volume 24, Issue 30-31 – Page 3
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B. Robinson licenses Revo from its new owners
B. Robinson is more or less doubling in size by taking on the global license for Revo sunglasses and related products. The deal follows the acquisition of the Revo brand from Oakley and its parent company, Luxottica, by an American firm, Sequential Brands Group, that specializes in marketing and licensing ...
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TAF grows in Australia
RCG Corporation, Australian licensee of The Athlete's Foot, saw the sales of its franchised TAF increase by 3.0 percent to 205 million Australian dollars (€142m-$188m) in the 12 months ended last June, with a 4.1 percent on a comparable basis. Same-store growth slowed down to 2.1 percent in the latest ...
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Speedo has extended its partnership with the China Swimming Association,...
Speedo has extended its partnership with the China Swimming Association, so that it will remain the professional swimming equipment sponsor of the Chinese national swimming team for another four years until 2017. The agreement has been in place since 2009 and calls for all Chinese swimmers on the national team ...
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The General Assembly of the United Nations voted by consensus...
The General Assembly of the United Nations voted by consensus to establish an International Day of Sport for Development and Peace. It will celebrated each year on April 6, the date when the modern Olympic Games were first opened in Athens in 1896.
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Asics has signed a six-year deal to sponsor the South...
Asics has signed a six-year deal to sponsor the South African Rugby Union, whose national team is commonly referred to as the Springboks, replacing Canterbury from next Jan. 1. The company is also reportedly considering the establishment of production facilities in South Africa.
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Asics will be the official kit supplier of Team Scotland...
Asics will be the official kit supplier of Team Scotland at the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games, which will be held in the Scottish city from July 23 to Aug. 3 next year. The deal with the Japanese brand will cover jackets, caps and polo shirts that will be worn by ...
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Representatives of Asics, BASF, Brooks, Carrefour, Crocs, Brown Shoe Company,...
Representatives of Asics, BASF, Brooks, Carrefour, Crocs, Brown Shoe Company, Deichmann, Deckers, New Balance, Pentland Group, Marks & Spencer, Stella International and VF Corporation were among the 143 delegates attending the second Global Footwear Sustainability Summit conference last Aug. 28-29 in Shanghai, 20 percent more than one year ago. Speakers ...
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Ashley Arnold, a female ultra-runner who came first in the...
Ashley Arnold, a female ultra-runner who came first in the Leadville 100-mile race in August, has joined Julbo's team of sponsored athletes. She has been associate editor of Trail Runner magazine in Colorado.
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Rip Curl Europe reports the appointment of Henri Rodriquez as...
Rip Curl Europe reports the appointment of Henri Rodriquez as manager of its surfwear division, reporting to the new chief executive, Wilco Prins. Rodriguez comes from Billabong, where he filled similar functions.
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Intersport France has appointed François Neukirch, who was at the...
Intersport France has appointed François Neukirch, who was at the helm of Groupe Go Sport until one year ago, as its new managing director. He replaces François Bouche, who has left the company. Neukirch, 53, brings long-standing experience in the retail and sporting goods sector. He worked at Décathlon from ...
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Jack Wolfskin has appointed Philipp Prechtl to the new post...
Jack Wolfskin has appointed Philipp Prechtl to the new post of head of retail, reporting to Markus Bötsch, chief sales officer. The 35-year-old worked most recently with Ernst & Young, after acting as regional sales manager of Aldi.
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Wolverine Worldwide has appointed Gene McCarthy as president of the...
Wolverine Worldwide has appointed Gene McCarthy as president of the Merrell brand, reporting to Jim Zwiers, president of the company's Performance Group. His experience of more than 30 years in the footwear and apparel industry includes leadership roles as senior vice president of footwear at Under Armour, co-president of Timberland, ...
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Duca del Cosma, the German golf footwear and apparel brand, has...
Duca del Cosma, the German golf footwear and apparel brand, has sealed two new distribution agreements to strengthen its presence in the North American market. The brand will be sold in the U.S. market by Laird International, based in Florida, a company specialized in stationary distribution of golf products. The Canadian ...
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Anton “Toni” Arnsteiner, the Austrian who launched the Blizzard brand...
Anton “Toni” Arnsteiner, the Austrian who launched the Blizzard brand in 1953, has passed away in Mittersill, where his company has been located from the start. He was 88 years old. He started making skis at his parents' table factory soon after coming back wounded from the war in 1945. ...
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VF Corp. announced its plan to create three global “innovation...
VF Corp. announced its plan to create three global “innovation centers” to speed up the development of “game-changing” products in technical apparel, footwear and jeans. Sharing know-how and research into materials, technologies, consumption trends and other subjects, they will consist of international teams of scientists, engineers and technical designers, most ...
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Burton Snowboards appoints Bill Anderson as senior brand director...
Burton Snowboards appoints Bill Anderson as senior brand director
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Foot Locker disappoints analysts
Foot Locker raised sales and profits strongly for the second quarter ended on Aug. 3, although analysts had expected a slightly better performance. The market was said to have been more challenging than expected, especially in the U.S.Thanks in part to the acquisition of Runners Point in Germany one month ...
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Bain & Company predicts that China will become the global...
Bain & Company predicts that China will become the global leader in terms of online spending this year, ahead of the United States. The consultancy estimates that online sales soared by 71 percent per year on average between 2009 and 2012, compared with 13 percent in the U.S. market. This ...
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Bunker Mentality, the alternative British golf apparel brand, is entering...
Bunker Mentality, the alternative British golf apparel brand, is entering the Iberian market through a contract with Norgolfe of Portugal. Run by Rui Coelho, Norgolfe has been distributing many other golf brands in Portugal and Spain. It still is the distributor of Nike Golf in Portugal. Bunker Mentality is now ...
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Callaway Golf Company has entered into an agreement to retire...
Callaway Golf Company has entered into an agreement to retire 233,843 outstanding 7.5 percent convertible preferred shares. The holders are getting in exchange 2.39 million newly issued convertible shares and special cash dividends. This will leave 183,796 preferred shares still outstanding.
