All Sporting Goods Intelligence articles in Volume 24, Issue 36-37 – Page 5
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Major management changes at Amer and Arc’teryx
Credited for delivering strong business results and for leading the strategic business transformation of Amer Sports' Europe, Middle East and Africa region, Michael White, who has been the general manager of Amer Sports EMEA since 2010, has been promoted to the position of chief sales officer and general manager for ...
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Alpargatas sells more sports shoes
Alpargatas, the licensee of Mizuno in Brazil and in Argentina, has reported increases in the total volume of Mizuno shoes sold in Brazil of 48 percent during the nine month ended Sept. 30 and of 13.5 percent in the third quarter, expanding mainly in the multi-brand footwear retail channel. While ...
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All the national winter sports federations have joined the International...
All the national winter sports federations have joined the International Ski Federation (FIS) in opposing plans to stage the 2022 Fifa World Cup in January or February because it could draw viewers away from the 2022 Winter Olympic Games. The venue of the 2022 Olympics has yet to be selected. ...
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B. Robinson has hired Alex Webb, a former official of...
B. Robinson has hired Alex Webb, a former official of Revo, to fill the new position of vice president of U.S. sales for the specialty outdoor, sporting goods and sunglass retailer channels. B. Robinson recent licensed the Revo brand of sunglasses from Sequential Brands, which bought it from Luxottica. Webb ...
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ON and Alex Thilo Brunner, designer of the Swiss brand...
ON and Alex Thilo Brunner, designer of the Swiss brand of running shoes, have won the 2013 Swiss Design Prize in the Market Product category
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After expanding its unique click-and-mortar retail operation (see our previous...
After expanding its unique click-and-mortar retail operation (see our previous issue), Rossignol will open a 30-square-meter store in French ski resort of Chamonix for its apparel line at the end of this month, with a lease for two years. Similar stores are opening through franchisees in Austria, at Kirchberg and ...
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After shaky sales in August, the turnover of Swedish sporting...
After shaky sales in August, the turnover of Swedish sporting goods retailers bounced back in September, rising by 2.2 percent against the same month last year. The cumulative sales for the first nine months of 2013 still show a drop of 0.2 percent as compared to the same period of ...
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Currencies affect Rapala’s turnover
The North American market was the only bright spot in Rapala VMC Corporation's report for the third quarter ended Sept. 30. Strong pre-sales of ice-fishing products and a positive sales development for Rapala lures and VMC hooks boosted the Finnish group's sales in the North American market by 20 percent ...
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Vaude is going to launch a new advertising spot in...
Vaude is going to launch a new advertising spot in 70 cinemas in Germany, Austria and Switzerland during the month of November. The 30-second spot covers all of Vaude's product segments: mountain sports, bike sports and backpacks. The longer version of the spot, 4 minutes long, will be presented online. ...
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Adidas group predicts pick-up after bumpy quarter
Despite the weakness of the golf market and its logistical fiasco in Russia, the Adidas Group managed to deliver stable sales for the third quarter of this year in constant currencies, with sustained expansion in Latin America and China – and a substantial increase in margins.The group's sales contracted by ...
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Adidas has defended itself against claims by Greenpeace International that...
Adidas has defended itself against claims by Greenpeace International that it has failed to fulfill commitments to reduce releases of toxic chemicals from its facilities. In its newly-launched Detox Catwalk initiative, Greenpeace included sportswear companies like Adidas, Nike and Li Ning in a list of “greenwashers.” The Detox campaign wants ...
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Intersport Sweden has adapted its loyalty program for mobile devices...
Intersport Sweden has adapted its loyalty program for mobile devices through an agreement with Flatwallet. Members of the Intersport Club can now download the Flatwallet app to validate their membership through their smartphones. Users will not have to carry around all their membership cards as they can get the benefits ...
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Black Diamond takes action to diversify
Black Diamond Inc. has hired a leading consulting firm to conduct a global profitability study across all its product categories and geographies in order to refine its future development strategies. It has also mandated an executive search firm to look for a senior executive with experience in the management of ...
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Peter Wahle, who acted as chief executive of Sport Eybl...
Peter Wahle, who acted as chief executive of Sport Eybl & Sports Experts from 2007 to 2012, died a few days ago of a heart attack. He was 53 years old. Wahle ran Austria's biggest sporting goods retailer after occupying executive positions at two major mail order catalog houses, Quelle ...
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Essilor acquires Costa
Based in France, Essilor International is the world's largest manufacturer of ophthalmic lenses, and it has been investing strongly in sun lenses lately, as reported in one of our sister publications, Eyewear Intelligence. Based in Lincoln, Rhode Island, Costa Inc. is the marketer of Costa and Native sunglasses, which are ...
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Poc Sweden, the helmet specialist acquired by Black Diamond last...
Poc Sweden, the helmet specialist acquired by Black Diamond last year, is investing more in its eyewear line, which was first presented at the Mido eyewear show in Milan last year. It has hired a new global marketing director for its eyewear business unit, Jonas Söderqvist, replacing Sarah Laurell in ...
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K-Way is about to open its first store in Milan,...
K-Way is about to open its first store in Milan, on the premises of a former Robe di Kappa store on Corso Vittorio Emanuele
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Abacus Sportswear, the official apparel partner of the Asian Tour,...
Abacus Sportswear, the official apparel partner of the Asian Tour, has appointed Affinity Golf as a new distributor in the Asia-Pacific region. The new agreement with the Australian distributor covers, in particular, Australia, New Zealand and Fiji. Affinity Golf distributes brands such as Calvin Klein Golf, Dwyers & Co. and ...
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Black Diamond Inc. has promoted Aaron Kuehne to the position...
Black Diamond Inc. has promoted Aaron Kuehne to the position of chief financial officer, after an extensive external search for a possible alternative candidate for the post. He had already served as interim CFO and principal accounting officer since last March 15 following the departure of Robert Peay after 16 ...
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JD Sports Fashion, which already operates 81 Blacks and 76...
JD Sports Fashion, which already operates 81 Blacks and 76 Millets outdoor stores in the U.K., is acquiring a controlling stake in Tiso Group, the largest outdoor retailer in Scotland, from the Tiso family, which will continue to be involved with a minority stake. Chris Tiso will remain as chief ...
