All Sporting Goods Intelligence articles in Volume 24, Issue 36-37
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Vulcabras reduces sales and losses
Sales continued to decline in the third quarter at Vulcabras , the Brazilian company that owns the Olympikus brand and has a contract with the Adidas Group for the Reebok brand covering Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay. The company's net revenues fell by 15.4 percent to 349.5 million reais ...
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Ralph Lauren has presented a range of uniforms that are...
Ralph Lauren has presented a range of uniforms that are completely made in the USA for the members of the U.S. Winter Olympic team in Sochi, to be worn during the opening and closing ceremonies and at the Olympic Village. The fashion company has contracted 40 U.S. manufacturers to make ...
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La Sportiva is the main sponsor of a new team...
La Sportiva is the main sponsor of a new team of professional and amateur ski touring athletes, which has been named the La Sportiva Mountain Attack Team. It takes the name from the Italian company and from Mountain Attack, a well-known Austrian ski touring race that will take place for ...
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Nike has named Scott LeClair as its new vice president...
Nike has named Scott LeClair as its new vice president of action sports, replacing Roger Wyett who has decided to retire. Besides leading the action sports category, LeClair will also be responsible for Hurley International. He will report to Jayme Martin, vice president and general manager of global categories. LeClair, ...
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Sport Partner reports that Head is setting up its own...
Sport Partner reports that Head is setting up its own sales organization in the Benelux countries, after many years of trading through distribution companies. Head's sales in the Benelux countries were formerly handled by Eurolight Benelux, a company based near Rotterdam that also sold Reusch and Northwave, among others. As ...
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Shimano has introduced a new totally integrated group set for...
Shimano has introduced a new totally integrated group set for electrical bikes that goes into operation when the rider is pedaling and cuts off when a speed of 25 km/h is reached. It is the second generation of STEPS, an acronym for the Shimano Total Electric Power System, which was ...
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Nike Golf is putting out the lightest version of its...
Nike Golf is putting out the lightest version of its ergonomic golf bag, the Nike Sport Lite, which weighs less than 1.8 kilos
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Gavin Lindberg, vice president of investor relations at Nike, has...
Gavin Lindberg, vice president of investor relations at Nike, has become vice president and chief financial officer of the Jordan brand. His successor will be appointed shortly, says Nike.
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Head seems to be gaining market shares
Head estimates that winter sports orders are up by only around 5 percent for the new winter season across the ski industry , although the wholesale volume of alpine skis sold to the trade for the 2012/13 season declined to about three million pairs. It also estimates, based on ...
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Patagonia reports further progress in sustainability
The outdoor industry's pioneer of the sustainability concept has announced a new milestone in its efforts, claiming that it is going to be the first apparel manufacturer of its size that will be capable to trace down the entire supply chain for its entire collection of down-insulated products, starting with ...
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Kering has warned investors that its profits for the full...
Kering has warned investors that its profits for the full financial year will be “significantly” lower than in 2012 because of extraordinary charges at Puma and at La Redoute, a big French mail order company that it is about to divest. According to reports, the disposal of La Redoute could ...
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Karstadt has launched a new format for its Karstadt and...
Karstadt has launched a new format for its Karstadt and Karstadt Sports online stores
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Foremost Golf, the largest golf retail group in the U.K.,...
Foremost Golf, the largest golf retail group in the U.K., has launched a new “click collect” retail service to help customers who buy on the internet but are seldom at home during office hours to receive a delivery. The service allows the customers who purchased at www.foremostgolf.com to ...
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The volume of ski products sold to the trade fell...
The volume of ski products sold to the trade fell by more than 20 percent for the 2012/13 season, according to figures collected by the Italian Ski Pool from all the major suppliers. The data show year-on-year declines of 21.17 to 173,837 pairs for skis, 22.1 percent to 171,464 pairs ...
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Mizuno sees lower profits than expected
Mizuno continues to project a sales increase of 11.8 percent to ¥183 billion yen (€1,358m-$1,831m) for the financial year ending next March 31, but has revised downward its forecast for net earnings, predicting that they will only increase to ¥2.1 billion (€15.6m-$21.0m), up 7.9 percent from the previous financial ...
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Sports Marketing Surveys (SMS) has entered into a partnership with...
Sports Marketing Surveys (SMS) has entered into a partnership with the Swedish Golf Federation to become the preferred research supplier for Swedish golf's governing body. The research company will look into the lifestyle and purchasing behavior of Swedish golfers to help the Swedish federation enhance the sport, in a country ...
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A jury has elected Sympatex Technologies' Moisture Tech Volterra polyester-polyamide...
A jury has elected Sympatex Technologies' Moisture Tech Volterra polyester-polyamide compound to get the 2013 Performance Award at the Munich Performance Days, the sports textiles show due to be held on Nov. 19-21 in the Bavarian capital. It picked Sympatex' four-layer footwear laminate among more than 600 submissions. The product ...
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Jack Wolfskin expands in Eastern Europe
Jack Wolfskin is continuing to explore partnerships in Eastern Europe , teaming up with three retailers who will open Jack Wolfskin shop-in-shops in their stores: Mountex in Hungary, Sport Depot in Bulgaria and Sport Virus in Romania. Separately, a Jack Wolfskin franchised store was opened in ...
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Minimum wages rise in the Far East
The minimum monthly wage for the four million workers in the garment industry of Bangladesh is now set to go up by 77 percent to the current equivalent of U$68.17 on Dec. 1 . The new wage rate, which remains one of the lowest in the world, is a compromise ...
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Jack Wolfskin disclosed that it stopped working with four manufacturing...
Jack Wolfskin disclosed that it stopped working with four manufacturing facilities in China and one in India last year because they failed to meet the criteria of its code of conduct. The move was disclosed in the third annual social responsibility report issued by the German company on its suppliers, ...
