All Sporting Goods Intelligence articles in Volume 24, Issue 32-33 – Page 5

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    Greenmaster, the Taiwanese manufacturer of fitness equipment, is about to...

    2013-10-04T00:00:00Z

    Greenmaster, the Taiwanese manufacturer of fitness equipment, is about to introduce its Yowza Fitness brand in Europe. It will do so through its Germany-based subsidiary, Green Fitness. In return, Green Fitness will no longer distribute another fitness label, FitCrew. Yowza is already on the North American market and is successful ...

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    Aaron Azevedo leaves as senior vice president of footwear at...

    2013-10-04T00:00:00Z

    Aaron Azevedo leaves as senior vice president of footwear at DC Shoes to join Zoot Sports in the position of director of global footwear

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    Sales of bicycles declined by 4 percent in France during...

    2013-10-04T00:00:00Z

    Sales of bicycles declined by 4 percent in France during the first half of 2013, due to the weak economy and to bad weather. However, sales of electric and folding bicycles grew by 17 percent and 25 percent in terms of value. In contrast, mountain bikes were down by 3 ...

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    Tern has secured a US$4.3 million round of funding from...

    2013-10-04T00:00:00Z

    Tern has secured a US$4.3 million round of funding from private investors. The two-year old company, which specializes in bicycles and accessories for urban transport, said that it will use the funding to accelerate global expansion and to increase investments in product development. The founder, Joshua Hon, and his mother, ...

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    Stanley Silverstein, who has worked for Warnaco for 29 years,...

    2013-10-04T00:00:00Z

    Stanley Silverstein, who has worked for Warnaco for 29 years, driving its international expansion, has been named president of international development and global licensing at Perry Ellis International. He has already indicated that there are significant opportunities for expanding the presence of sports and lifestyle brands such as Original Penguin ...

  • Short stops

    Alina Schmid, 24, takes over from Melanie Immel as marketing...

    2013-10-04T00:00:00Z

    Alina Schmid, 24, takes over from Melanie Immel as marketing coordinator at Maier Sports

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    Like in Italy in 2011, consumers bought more bicycles than...

    2013-10-04T00:00:00Z

    Like in Italy in 2011, consumers bought more bicycles than cars in Spain in 2012 for the first time since statistics on bike sales started to be tracked. A total of 780,000 bikes and around 700,000 cars were sold in Spain last year. While bike sales rose by 4 percent ...

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    Nike was promoted on Sept. 20 to the Dow Jones...

    2013-10-04T00:00:00Z

    Nike was promoted on Sept. 20 to the Dow Jones Industrial Average, the star index of the New York stock exchange, along with Goldman Sachs and Visa. They take the place of Hewlett-Packard, Bank of America and Alcoa.

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    Mikhel Ruia, 24, started a transition period on Sept. 2...

    2013-10-04T00:00:00Z

    Mikhel Ruia, 24, started a transition period on Sept. 2 as managing director designate of Glenmuir, the Scottish golf knitwear and clothing company taken over by the Indian Ruia Group in 2002. He will work for a while side by side with the current 66-year-old managing director, Colin Mee, who ...

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    Adidas has been selected for the 14th consecutive year to...

    2013-10-04T00:00:00Z

    Adidas has been selected for the 14th consecutive year to be listed on the Dow Jones Sustainability Index, which tracks the performance of globally operating companies in terms of sustainable business conduct, eco-friendliness and social responsibility. The Three Stripes was rated as industry leader in the category of textiles, apparel ...

  • Article

    Growing rapidly, Sports Direct joins FTSE 100 index

    2013-10-04T00:00:00Z

    Sports Direct International has joined the prestigious FTSE 100 benchmark index of the major British stocks after reporting a strong second quarter in an interim statement by the management. Founded in 1982, the company has seen its share value rise to more than £7.00 from £3.00 upon its introduction on ...

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    Sales of sports clothing fell by 1.1 percent in France...

    2013-10-04T00:00:00Z

    Sales of sports clothing fell by 1.1 percent in France to €3.1 billion during the 12 months ended last June 30, according to NPD Group, with a particularly strong drop of 4.2 percent in the second quarter of 2013. Specialty sporting goods retailers saw their sales of these products decline ...