All Sporting Goods Intelligence articles in Volume 24, Issue 34-35 – Page 2
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Geza Maklary of Euroglobal Trading has succeeded in putting together...
Geza Maklary of Euroglobal Trading has succeeded in putting together a group of important exhibitors for the first edition of Sports Gear Sourcing, including Sympatex, Cordura, Outlast, Polygiene and Thermore. They will show their products in Annecy, France on Dec. 17-18 at the new event that takes the place of ...
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Sports Marketing Surveys USA (SMS USA) has entered into a...
Sports Marketing Surveys USA (SMS USA) has entered into a partnership agreement with AA Data Company, the California-based provider of retail information to the surf and skateboard industry. AA Data has developed proprietary data collection and translation software systems to produce the ActionWatch market intelligence program. The two companies will ...
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General Electric's expanded polytetrafluorothylene membranes, which are used in eVent...
General Electric's expanded polytetrafluorothylene membranes, which are used in eVent fabrics for apparel and footwear, have been awarded the Oeko-Tex Standard 100 certification
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Germany's Planet Sports has opened its eighth store in the...
Germany's Planet Sports has opened its eighth store in the country in Karlsruhe. The company plans to open eight to ten more stores next year. Including its online stores, which sell to customers in 15 European countries, the boardsports retailer has reached an annual turnover of about €100 million.
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Rossignol introduces e-commerce site
Rossignol has launched a new e-commerce platform that is closely connected to its retail network. Customers can buy online any of the products from Rossignol's collections to be delivered to their homes for a fee or pick them up for free at any of a selected number of partner stores. ...
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Volcom has just launched its own e-commerce operation in the...
Volcom has just launched its own e-commerce operation in the U.S. and Canada, where it was working online through a third-party e-tailer. It is going to launch it in Europe before the end of this year, with pages in English, French, German and Spanish.
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Focus on Eastern Europe
Eastern Europe has been drawing increasing investment from outdoor companies in the last two years. Yet, two decades after they opened up, some of the markets in this region remain unsettled, requiring a well-informed approach for the outdoor brands to achieve better penetration.Their dynamics and prospects are analyzed in detail ...
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Dobotex, a subsidiary of Puma and its licensee for socks,...
Dobotex, a subsidiary of Puma and its licensee for socks, is coming up with Head branded ski socks for the winter 2014/15 season
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PrimaLoft has hired Eric Ritter as product development engineer and...
PrimaLoft has hired Eric Ritter as product development engineer and Jared Cieslewicz as a territory sales manager, in advance of several product announcements. Ritter will be in charge of new product development for the insulation segment of the business. He has over 25 years of textile engineering expertise and most ...
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The SIA Snow Show, schdeulded to take place in Denver,...
The SIA Snow Show, schdeulded to take place in Denver, Colorado from Jan. 30 to Feb. 2, will add a section for small producers of handcrafted skis and snowboards
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Lacoste has signed a license for men's underwear with Delta...
Lacoste has signed a license for men's underwear with Delta Galil, an Israeli producer that took over Schiesser in 2012. The license will run for five years, with the first products planned to come out in the summer of 2015.
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Sport Partner from the Netherlands has reported the death of...
Sport Partner from the Netherlands has reported the death of Albertus Cornelis Johannes at the age of 78. Commonly known as “Ab” van Bergen, he ran his eponymous distribution company, specializing in camping and winter sports. He worked as a buyer for the former Golden Team cooperative of retailers, and ...
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Performance Days, the specialty show of fibers and fabrics held...
Performance Days, the specialty show of fibers and fabrics held in Munich twice a year, is preparing for its 11th edition on Nov. 19-21. At 104, the number of exhibitors has grown by 14 percent compared to last year and the organizers have opened a fifth hall at Munich's MTC ...
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The number of visitors to the Salon du Cycle in...
The number of visitors to the Salon du Cycle in Paris last Sept. 13-16 dropped to 41,000 from 69,000 that attended the previous edition of the French bike show in 2011. The organizers attributed the big decline to poor weather conditions and the simultaneous staging of an important consumer fair.
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Crocs has used its partnership with a legendary golf instructor,...
Crocs has used its partnership with a legendary golf instructor, Hank Haney, for a special promotion on Facebook and Twitter. Last Oct. 17, the brand released his scorecard from a recent round of golf, offering a 10 percent discount on a selection of the co-branded golf shoes that it first ...
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VF Corporation, the parent of Timberland, The North Face, Vans,...
VF Corporation, the parent of Timberland, The North Face, Vans, Wrangler and others brands, has joined BICEP (Business for Innovative Climate & Energy Policy), the coalition that advocates innovative climate and clean energy policies. BICEP was launched in 2008 to propose initiatives in the domains of renewable energy, greener transportation ...
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Intersport France will continue its five-year-old sponsorship of the Olympique...
Intersport France will continue its five-year-old sponsorship of the Olympique de Marseille football team for the 2014/15 season
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Conrado González Fernández has retired as purchasing director of El...
Conrado González Fernández has retired as purchasing director of El Corte Inglés' sports division. A passionate golf player, he has been a charismatic figure in the Spanish sports retail sector. Mariano Ortega Reja is taking over his position.
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Swix Sport is conducting a three-year research project in an...
Swix Sport is conducting a three-year research project in an effort to make its wax products even more environmentally friendly, without compromising their functionality. The Norwegian company has acknowledged that the fluorine used in some of its products degrades slowly in nature, and though the limits are acceptable, it wants ...
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Sporaltec is organizing a seminar on compression garments for sports...
Sporaltec is organizing a seminar on compression garments for sports activities in Lyon on Nov. 7
