All Sporting Goods Intelligence articles in Volume 24, Issue 38-39 – Page 4
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The latest Mach Consumer study, which analyses trends in the...
The latest Mach Consumer study, which analyses trends in the Swiss sports market every two years, indicates that 10.6 percent of the Swiss population purchased sporting goods online or through a mail order catalog in the last 12 months, up from 7.1 percent in 2005. The study also showed decreases ...
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Quiksilver has struck a licensing deal with Li & Fung...
Quiksilver has struck a licensing deal with Li & Fung to develop, manufacture and market lines of children's wear under the Quiksilver and DC brand names for distribution in the Americas, starting with the autumn 2014 season
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Dunlop Sports Group Americas will distribute Diadora tennis shoes in...
Dunlop Sports Group Americas will distribute Diadora tennis shoes in the U.S., starting next January. They will complement Dunlop's range of tennis equipment and Antigua apparel. Dunlop and Antigua are both controlled by Sports Direct International.
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Elan Polo, an American footwear trading company that deals with...
Elan Polo, an American footwear trading company that deals with private label and licensed products, filed suit against Adidas the Missouri Eastern District Court in St. Louis on Nov. 18. The company is asking the court to rule that one of its cleated shoes, which has been sold in Walmart ...
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Airesis sells Boards & More
A German private equity fund set up last year, Emeram Capital Partners, has agreed to take over Boards & More from Airesis and its management for about €40 million in a deal due to be finalized by the middle of this month. Boards & More markets the brands Fanatic Windsurfing, ...
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Singapore R&D center aids Rossignol and others
Rossignol is expected to unveil this week an innovative line of compression garments for cross-country skiing that will be worn by athletes competing in the Winter Olympic Games in Sochi early next year. The development of the line, which is intended to support the growing presence of the leading French ...
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After completing the previously reported sale of its snowboard subsidiary,...
After completing the previously reported sale of its snowboard subsidiary, Mervin Manufacturing, for $58 million, Quiksilver has used a portion of the proceeds to acquire the minority interests in its high-growth operations in Brazil and Mexico. It has also arranged a three-year, €60 million European credit facility with Eurofactor. ...
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Ploucquet, an affiliate of Sympatex Holding in Germany, will move...
Ploucquet, an affiliate of Sympatex Holding in Germany, will move all activities to its production site in Zittau. In addition to the existing “Tection” division, which covers technical textiles and applications, all the activities of the “Textiles” business area, which also includes fashion textiles, will also be operated in Zittau, ...
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Adidas reaffirms sales and margin goals
The Adidas Group's sales are forecast to expand at a high single-digit rate in constant currencies next year, as the company moves further toward its unchanged target to reach sales of €17 billion and a sustainable operating margin of 11 percent by 2015.This was part of the updates provided by ...
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Adidas extends Fifa partnership
Two weeks before the final draw for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil last Friday, Adidas and Fifa announced an extension of their 43-year-old partnership. The contract gives the Three Stripes extensive licensing rights around the event and exclusive signage in the stadia. Thousands of volunteers will wear its clothing. ...
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New management changes at Adidas
Paul Boerboom, general manager for the Benelux countries at the Adidas Group, is to start as director of European key accounts at the beginning of next year. This comes a few weeks after the group said it was setting up a new structure for Western Europe – partly meant to ...
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Adidas has decided to stop marketing SLVR, its premium fashion...
Adidas has decided to stop marketing SLVR, its premium fashion brand of clothing and footwear, after the current autumn/winter collection. It had been showing the line, introduced at the beginning of 2009, at various fairs. Starting in spring 2014, Adidas will come up with a new approach for sophisticated sportswear ...
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Adidas has announced its participation in Speedfactory, a program initiated...
Adidas has announced its participation in Speedfactory, a program initiated by the German government to find innovative ways of manufacturing products over the next ten to 15 years, for which 120 companies had applied. Adidas will lead one out of 20 consortia operating in different fields, setting the targets for ...
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Adidas could suffer a big blow after the announcement by...
Adidas could suffer a big blow after the announcement by Derrick Rose, one of the brand's superstars, that he would not play for the remainder of the 2013/14 season following surgery to repair a medial meniscus tear in his right knee at the end of November. The Chicago Bulls player ...
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JD buys Activinstinct
JD Sports Fashion has acquired a majority stake at an undisclosed price in Activinstinct, a British sporting goods retailer whose sales have been growing rapidly, reaching an annual level of £24 million (€28.7m-$39.2m) in the past financial year, ended in August. The company has been expanding abroad lately, starting with France ...
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Opro, a British producer of mouthgards, has acquired the Maru...
Opro, a British producer of mouthgards, has acquired the Maru swimwear brand for an undisclosed sum. As part of the deal, Maggie Upton and Roger Allen, who established Maru 23 years ago, will continue to be involved in the development of Maru's ranges. Both Maru and Opro are based in ...
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Punch Power, a French sports nutrition company, has reportedly acquired...
Punch Power, a French sports nutrition company, has reportedly acquired Care, a French supplier of stationary bicycles and other fitness equipment
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Maier Sports, the German sports apparel firm acquired by the...
Maier Sports, the German sports apparel firm acquired by the Findos Investor equity firm in August 2011, reports a strong increase of 29 percent in pre-orders for the coming spring/summer season. Most noticeable, exports to Russia, Austria and Switzerland will increase considerably as compared to the same period of the ...
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According to the HUI Research institute, retail sales of sporting...
According to the HUI Research institute, retail sales of sporting goods in Sweden continued to increase in October, rising by 4 percent when compared with the same month last year. They have gone through many waves during 2013, yet the total accumulated sales for the first ten months are still ...
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The distribution in Europe of Backcountry Access' snow safety and...
The distribution in Europe of Backcountry Access' snow safety and avalanche protection items will be transferred to K2 Europe following the company's acquisition by Jarden Corp. earlier this year from its founders, Bruce McGowan and Bruce Edgerly. They are both still involved in the management. K2 will also provide support ...
