All Sporting Goods Intelligence articles in Volume 24, Issue 38-39 – Page 3
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Sweaty Betty, the British retailer of women-specific sports clothing and...
Sweaty Betty, the British retailer of women-specific sports clothing and footwear, has opened its first two stores in the U.S. and plans to follow up with another one next year. The first two are located in the Soho district in New York City and in Greenwich, Connecticut. The chain already ...
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Skechers is upgrading its European distribution center (EDC) in Belgium...
Skechers is upgrading its European distribution center (EDC) in Belgium as the U.S.-based footwear company continues to grow in the region. The upgraded EDC in Milmort, Liège will feature an automated order-picking system. At present, goods are stored at the center until they are redistributed to customers in Europe, including ...
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Spalding launches a basketball shoe division
Russell Brands, owner of the Spalding trademark, is launching a footwear division to turn the brand into a comprehensive solution for the basketball category covering equipment, footwear and apparel. Spalding is the largest basketball equipment supplier in the world, and America's leading baseball company. Spalding is also the official game ...
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Team Sportia gets out of bankruptcy
The Swedish retailer has come out of its bankruptcy proceedings. The Gothenburg District Court, which had placed Team Sportia in insolvency last May, lifted it after 82 percent of creditors voted to write down a large portion of their claims. Over the next four months, Team Sportia will pay back ...
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New Balance says it is recruiting more workers at its...
New Balance says it is recruiting more workers at its British factory in Cumbria, which assembles 28,000 pairs of shoes per week, expecting more business following a new contract as the official supplier of shoes and apparel to the Irish Olympic Team. The deal covers the supply of high-performance apparel ...
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Brooks is boosting its sales management team for Germany, Austria...
Brooks is boosting its sales management team for Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Karen Seibüchler, who comes from a producer of work clothing, has been appointed sales manager for the region. The 49-year-old takes the job over from Uwe Molitor, who has become key accounts manager for the territory.
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Babolat has expanded its association with the international tennis championships...
Babolat has expanded its association with the international tennis championships at Wimbledon, becoming the official supplier of tennis racquets, bags and accessories for the tournament from Jan. 1, 2014. The French company already became Wimbledon's official supplier of shoes earlier this year. Babolat is already the official supplier of the ...
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Vibram has revised its operations around two separate business units:...
Vibram has revised its operations around two separate business units: finished goods and components. Both are serviced by the same marketing and administrative group. The finished goods division includes Vibram's FiveFingers range of toe-separation footwear. Along with the announcement of the new business model, the company said that next year ...
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Kevin Plank, chief executive and founder of Under Armour, plans...
Kevin Plank, chief executive and founder of Under Armour, plans to sell off gradually 1,125,000 of his own shares in the company and 125,000 others that are in the hands of his charity foundation over a ten-month period, starting next February. The shares would be worth around $92 million. Plank, ...
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Under Armour will be the new exclusive supplier of performance...
Under Armour will be the new exclusive supplier of performance apparel to the U.S. National Lacrosse League
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Joma Sport has opened its first store in Argentina through...
Joma Sport has opened its first store in Argentina through its new distributor and licensee in the country, KA Argentina. The store is located in Morón, a city in the metropolitan area of Buenos Aires.
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Arena is opening its first store in Paris. Located near...
Arena is opening its first store in Paris. Located near Quiksilver's Boardriders Club in the Bercy Village shopping district of the French capital, the 100-square-meter shop will join on Dec. 17 those that it has in Lyon, Toulouse and Marseille. During the week of Dec. 16, people visiting swimming pools ...
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Under Armour has become an approved supplier of Foremost Golf,...
Under Armour has become an approved supplier of Foremost Golf, following strong sell-through of its men's apparel in its affiliated golf stores in the U.K.
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Puma has appointed Hauke Lipp as head of Cobra Puma...
Puma has appointed Hauke Lipp as head of Cobra Puma Golf for the German-speaking countries and the Benelux countries. He has been in the golf industry for two decades, most recently as regional sales manager for Callaway Golf, covering the German-speaking countries as well as Eastern Europe. Golf is one ...
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The Swiss section of ANWR-Garant, the international buying group, is...
The Swiss section of ANWR-Garant, the international buying group, is diversifying into the bike sector through a collaboration with Bico, the German cooperative of bicycle retailers in which ANWR has a 25 percent stake. The Swiss members of Bico will become members of the Swiss Sport 2000 organization controlled ...
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Coincidentally, Cannondale Sports Unlimited and Pearl Izumi have both announced...
Coincidentally, Cannondale Sports Unlimited and Pearl Izumi have both announced that they are moving into new global headquarters. Cannondale, which is part of Dorel Industries, has a new head office in Wilton, Connecticut, to support the R&D, engineering and marketing operations of its various brands including Cannondale, Schwinn, GT, Mongoose, ...
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Confirming previous reports, Quechua, the outdoor brand of Décathlon, announced...
Confirming previous reports, Quechua, the outdoor brand of Décathlon, announced the launch of what it describes as “the first mountainproof smartphone” specifically designed for hikers, hoping to replicate the success of its quick-opening “two-seconds” tent. Company officials declined to share their sales projections, but revealed that Décathlon has already sold ...
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Annelise Loevlie is the new chief executive of Icelantic, the...
Annelise Loevlie is the new chief executive of Icelantic, the young and creative American brand of skis, taking the place of Ben Anderson. She founded the company in Colorado together with Travis Parr and Anderson, who will concentrate on product development. Loevlie was the chief operating officer of the firm. ...
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Steve Bracewell has left as managing director of Animal, the...
Steve Bracewell has left as managing director of Animal, the British action sports brand, after only two months in the job, and his successor has not yet been appointed. The British executive had left a few months ago as the top manager at Gelert, a brand of camping equipment that ...
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Miguel Andrade has been appointed as general manager of Puma...
Miguel Andrade has been appointed as general manager of Puma South East Asia, a new regional entity based in Singapore, as the company is ramping up investments in the Asian market. Andrade is a high-profile executive at Puma, where he was previously general manager in France and then in charge ...
