All Sporting Goods Intelligence articles in Volume 24, Issue 38-39 – Page 5

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    Accell Group expects to post higher sales for the second...

    2013-12-09T00:00:00Z

    Accell Group expects to post higher sales for the second half of its financial year in all its product groups and in the major markets. Poor spring weather inflated inventories and led to strong discounting. Pre-season orders for new bikes have declined as retailers have frequently moving them to next ...

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    Lululemon has appointed Tara Posely, 48, as its new chief...

    2013-12-09T00:00:00Z

    Lululemon has appointed Tara Posely, 48, as its new chief product officer. She will take on her position before the end of this year, leaving her current job of president of apparel at Kmart. She will take the place of Sheree Waterson, who left the company shortly after it was ...

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    Gradual introduction for 37.5 in Europe

    2013-12-09T00:00:00Z

    Cocona's new 37.5 trademark will first appear at retail in Europe next spring and autumn on products by Asics, Salomon, Bauer Hockey, Ride, Rip Curl and Tog24, says the American company. They will also be presented to the trade at the Ispo show in Munich in late January.Numerous other brands ...

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    André-Pierre Doucet, a French journalist who has spent 21 years...

    2013-12-09T00:00:00Z

    André-Pierre Doucet, a French journalist who has spent 21 years in the French sporting goods retailers' federation (now FPS), has been appointed secretary general of SYYNEG, a French association of manufacturers of catering equipment

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    Cate Campbell, the 21-year-old freestyle swimming champion from Australia, is...

    2013-12-09T00:00:00Z

    Cate Campbell, the 21-year-old freestyle swimming champion from Australia, is joining Arena's Elite Team

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    Oru Kayak named 2014 Ispo Brandnew overall winner 

    2013-12-09T00:00:00Z

    Every year, Ispo identifies the best start-ups in the sports business and recognizes them with the Ispo Brandnew award. For the 2014 edition, the jury examined 264 entries from 31 countries and selected the Oru Kayak as the Ispo Brandnew Overall Winner. Eight additional winners and 36 finalists will be ...

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    Rossignol has unveiled a new advertizing campaign for its 2013/2014...

    2013-12-09T00:00:00Z

    Rossignol has unveiled a new advertizing campaign for its 2013/2014 collection that targets women only. The campaign, developed in partnership with a French agency, La Famille, features images of female skiers taken in France's Val Thorens at an altitude of 2,300 meters. Skiers were selected on site by Sacha Golberger, ...

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    IC Companys has reported a sales increase of 2 percent...

    2013-12-09T00:00:00Z

    IC Companys has reported a sales increase of 2 percent to 344 million Danish crowns (€46.1m-$63.0m) in its Premium Outdoor segment, which comprises the Peak Performance brand, for the first quarter of its financial year. Sales went up at the wholesale level but the retail channel had a disappointing performance, with ...

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    Sportair is launching Bikexpo, a new B2B bike fair for...

    2013-12-09T00:00:00Z

    Sportair is launching Bikexpo, a new B2B bike fair for the French market, that will be held for the first time on Sept. 9-10, 2014 in Lyon at the same time and the same venue as Sport-Achat, its well-established generic sports trade show. The organizers point out that many distributors ...

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    Sympatex Holding has completed the sale of bonds worth €13...

    2013-12-09T00:00:00Z

    Sympatex Holding has completed the sale of bonds worth €13 million, with a coupon of 8 percent and maturing in five years' time. They are trading on the Open Market of the Deutsche Börse. The management says that 30 percent of the proceeds will be invested in product development and ...

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    Lululemon Athletica has opened a 120-square-meter showroom in Frankfurt, on...

    2013-12-09T00:00:00Z

    Lululemon Athletica has opened a 120-square-meter showroom in Frankfurt, on the city's Querstrasse. It works with a local crossfit studio and follows openings in the last few weeks on Munich's Holzstrasse and in the Charlottenburg area of Berlin. Lululemon has also opened four showrooms in London and one in Amsterdam. ...

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    René Benko, the Austrian entrepreneur who took a 75.1 percent...

    2013-12-09T00:00:00Z

    René Benko, the Austrian entrepreneur who took a 75.1 percent stake in the 28 sporting stores of Karstadt and its three premium department stores in September, is about to transfer half of the shares to Beny Steinmetz, a rich Israeli trader in diamonds and real estate, according to Manager Magazin. ...

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    Dutch sporting goods retailers suffered a sales decline of 2.1...

    2013-12-09T00:00:00Z

    Dutch sporting goods retailers suffered a sales decline of 2.1 percent in the third quarter as compared to the same period of 2012, according to the retail panel conducted by INRetail. The number of transactions went up by 5.5 percent, but with a 3.6 percent drop in the average amount ...