All Sporting Goods Intelligence articles in Volume 24, Issue 34-35
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A setback for suppliers in Norway
Sportsbransjen, Norway's sporting goods industry association, indicates that the industry's retail sales should go up by around 4 percent this year, performing better than the general retail sector, after an increase of 4.3 percent recorded in the first half of 2013. Quoting a recent study, Sportsbransjen predicts that the sporting ...
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Sven Schlager has left the position of marketing manager at...
Sven Schlager has left the position of marketing manager at Planet Sports, the German boardsports retailer mentioned in the next section, to take care of marketing and e-commerce at Timezone
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Sportalm has opened its second store in Prague
Sportalm has opened its second store in Prague
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Quiksilver reports the sale of its snowboard manufacturing operations to...
Quiksilver reports the sale of its snowboard manufacturing operations to Extreme Holdings for an undisclosed amount of cash, as part of a profit improvement plan announced last May. The operations consist of Mervin Manufacturing and its Gnu and Lib Tech brands. Extreme Holdings is described as a company “advised” by ...
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The store network of Intersport Russia underwent significant restructuring in...
The store network of Intersport Russia underwent significant restructuring in the nine-month period ended last Sept. 30, says Kesko. Sales and profitability remained at a good level for Intersport Finland and Budget Sport, with Intersport's revenues rising by 8.1 percent to €50 million in the quarter, but sales at Intersport ...
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Polartec has launched a new synthetic insulation technology that should...
Polartec has launched a new synthetic insulation technology that should enable the development of what the company has described as the “first-ever breathable ‘puffy' garments.” The new technology, unlike down and existing synthetic insulation batting, features a highly stable layer allowing for more open and breathable fabrics to be used ...
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Hummel has launched a special line of sneakers for S...
Hummel has launched a special line of sneakers for S for Sneakers, a special shoe store in Copenhagen, in cooperation with the Créol Brothers
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Prince has signed a license for socks and other hosiery...
Prince has signed a license for socks and other hosiery items with Interloop North America (ILNA), which is owned by an vertically-integrated Pakistani producer of socks by the same name that works for other athletic and lifestyle brands. The license covers the U.S., Canada, Europe, India, Pakistan and Bangladesh. ILNA ...
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Sergio Tacchini has a new head office in Milan, on...
Sergio Tacchini has a new head office in Milan, on Via Savona 97. It is located in a former industrial area that has been renovated, becoming one of the new landmarks in town for fashion and design. The brand moved its showroom from a lakeside town to Milan last July ...
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NPD Group is taking over the retail sales tracking and...
NPD Group is taking over the retail sales tracking and consumer research business of Leisure Trends, an American market research firm that has been providing statistical data in the sports, outdoor and recreation industries. The combined operation will be based in Boulder, Colorado, collecting information from over 26,000 stores in ...
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Pittards, a major supplier of leather to the sporting goods...
Pittards, a major supplier of leather to the sporting goods sector, says it refused a cash offer for the acquisition of its shares
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Skechers has launched a limited-edition range of glow-in-the-dark running shoes...
Skechers has launched a limited-edition range of glow-in-the-dark running shoes that use photoluminescent technology. The technology is applied to specific portions of the upper on the new Nite Owl shoes to produce a glow effect in darkness or low-light conditions, even with short exposure to any light source. The pigments ...
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SportScheck, Germany's largest sporting goods retailer, has opened its new...
SportScheck, Germany's largest sporting goods retailer, has opened its new high-tech flagship store in Munich on a net sales surface of 10,200 square meters. The store employs a staff of 250 people and offers some 30,000 different products under 530 brands, arranged by sports category and led by outdoor, running ...
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Kaufhof Sportarena has launched its virtual store, offering a first...
Kaufhof Sportarena has launched its virtual store, offering a first selection of 1,300 sports items that should go up to 2,000 in due course. A link with social networks allows customers to share their impressions with friends. The chain, which belongs to Kaufhof, manages 13 Sportarena stores and four Wanderzeit ...
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New plans for Fesi
The Federation of the European Sporting Goods Industry (Fesi) is moving into a higher gear following the unanimous election of Bruno Alves as president by a newly elected 15-member board of directors during the annual general assembly of the organization in Prague earlier this month. He succeeds ...
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Extra-large growth and targets for XXL
While several Scandinavian sports and outdoor retailers are under pressure, XXL Sport Villmark has set itself a target to reach sales of 4 billion Norwegian kroner (€491.9m-$663.8m) this year, compared with NOK 3.1 billion in 2012. That was already an increase of nearly 26 percent, while the ...
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VF reinvests extra profits in marketing
The American conglomerate has done it before. While reporting better-than-expected results for the third quarter, VF Corp. announced that it had decided to reinvest a further $40 million in marketing during the second half of this year. It has already allocated $10 million to the third quarter. The ...
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Patagonia is extending its Worn Wear recycling scheme to a...
Patagonia is extending its Worn Wear recycling scheme to a number of stores following the success of a pilot launched in its Portland, Oregon store in October 2012. Worn Wear is part of the company's Common Threads Partnership with its customers to take mutual responsibility for the items it makes ...
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Stiga has extended its sponsorship of the Sweden's national tennis...
Stiga has extended its sponsorship of the Sweden's national tennis table team
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The number of visitors to the latest Golf Europe fair,...
The number of visitors to the latest Golf Europe fair, which ended on Oct. 1, increased to a total of 2,144 as compared to 1,968 a year ago. They came to Augsburg in Germany from 29 countries to meet with 122 exhibitors. The exhibitors were eight more than last year ...
