All Sporting Goods Intelligence articles in Volume 25, Issue 19-20
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Wholesale woes sink Quiksilver’s value
The company's quotation on the stock exchange nosedived by 40 percent to $3.50 after its management indicated that it would probably take one year longer than expected to reach the targets it had outlined in its May 2013 strategic review . The statement, which accompanied the release of the company's ...
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STMicroelectronics, a French-Italian semiconductor manufacturer and a top-tier supplier of...
STMicroelectronics, a French-Italian semiconductor manufacturer and a top-tier supplier of technology for the wearable market, will once again be the title sponsor of the Wearable Technologies Innovation World Cup in 2014/2015. The WT Innovation World Cup is the leading worldwide innovation competition in the field of wearable technologies. From June ...
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Intersport Italia has a new franchised store in the Republic...
Intersport Italia has a new franchised store in the Republic of San Marino
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Nike SB opened a football-inspired pop-up skate park inside Nike...
Nike SB opened a football-inspired pop-up skate park inside Nike Phenomenal House on New Oxford Street, in London, on May 28-31. The skate park was just one of a number of football-themed activities taking place at Nike's Phenomenal House as part of the Risk Everything campaign in the run up ...
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Nike will outfit a Spanish football team, Levante, until...
Nike will outfit a Spanish football team, Levante, until 2016
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The World Federation of the Sporting Goods Industry (WFSGI) has...
The World Federation of the Sporting Goods Industry (WFSGI) has already lined up some important speakers for the next edition of the WFSGI Manufacturers Forum, which will be held in Leipzig, Germany, on Nov. 13-14. The speakers and panelists will include Herbert Hainer, chief executive of the Adidas Group, Pier ...
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Go Sport has extended its sponsorship of the Paris Saint-Germain...
Go Sport has extended its sponsorship of the Paris Saint-Germain football team for three years
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Martin Kössler, a former export manager of Haglöfs who recently...
Martin Kössler, a former export manager of Haglöfs who recently resigned as secretary general of the Scandinavian Outdoor Group, has become chairman of the board at Bergans of Norway. He replaces Per Nessjøen, who is retiring. Two more new directors continue to sit on the board of the Norwegian marketer ...
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Nike Football has rolled out part three of its”Risk Everything”...
Nike Football has rolled out part three of its”Risk Everything” campaign with the release of “The Last Game,” a five-minute animated feature starring the cartoon versions of some of the world's greatest footballers on a mission to save football from the hands of The Scientist, a villainous mastermind, and “The ...
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Umbro has rejoined Fesi, the European sporting goods industry federation...
Umbro has rejoined Fesi, the European sporting goods industry federation as an associate member, to participate in the dialogue with international sports federations such as Uefa
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Kooga has secured a three-year manufacturing deal with the Welsh...
Kooga has secured a three-year manufacturing deal with the Welsh Pro 12 rugby union team of the Scarlets. The Manchester-based rugby apparel company will provide the Welsh team with all its match-day playing kit, as well as training clothing collections and other off-field apparel for its Pro 12, Rugby Champions ...
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Eurobike's Demo Day this year will take place at the...
Eurobike's Demo Day this year will take place at the show grounds in Friedrichshafen where Eurobike 2014 will take place. Previously it ran in Argenbühl, some 50 kilometers from Friedrichshafen. The relocation has resulted in a significant increase in exhibitors for the Demo Day, which is scheduled for Aug. 26, ...
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CORRECTION: We reported in the last issue on a partnership...
CORRECTION: We reported in the last issue on a partnership between Charlotte Kalla and One Way through the 2018 Winter Olympics in Korea. The endorsement concerns the Finnish company s Nordic ski poles. Fischer remains Kalla s sponsor for cross-country skis.
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Research conducted by the European Outdoor Group (EOG) indicates that...
Research conducted by the European Outdoor Group (EOG) indicates that outdoor brands in Europe and North America utilize between 1,400 and 1,600 tons of duck and goose down annually, representing less than one percent of the global production of the feathers. Some 90 percent of it comes from China. Marc ...
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Intersport is launching new retail concepts
Next year Intersport International Corporation will be launching a new specialist retail concept that franchisees can adopt for their smaller stores. Franz Julen , chief executive of IIC, declined to provide any further details at this stage but told us that the new project will be coupled with ...
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Trere, the Italian company that has the license for the...
Trere, the Italian company that has the license for the X-Bionic and X-Socks lines, will take over their distribution in Germany from March 2015. Its German subsidiary, Tre Vertrieb, has already started taking orders for the spring/summer 2015 season. The two lines have been distributed by Lowa in Germany until ...
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Jan-Thomas Metge, managing director of Intersport Multichannel, the company that...
Jan-Thomas Metge, managing director of Intersport Multichannel, the company that has developed and orchestrated Intersport Germany's strategy for on- and offline retailing, has left the company at his own request. According to his profiles on the Xing and Linkedin websites, he has gone into business for himself with a consultancy ...
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China's Peak Sport has opened its first Spanish store in...
China's Peak Sport has opened its first Spanish store in the Argüelles district of Madrid, focusing on basketball, fitness and streetwear. A few months from now, it will start offering its products on an online store for the Spanish market.
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Chiemsee has signed a license for small leathergoods with a...
Chiemsee has signed a license for small leathergoods with a German specialist, Heinrich Sieber & Co., and the products will be on sale from the next autumn/winter season
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Outlast Technologies, the specialist in temperature regulating phase change materials...
Outlast Technologies, the specialist in temperature regulating phase change materials (PCMs), has introduced Spherix, an innovative PCM filling material which is suited for use in apparel. The new blend from PCM viscose fibers and polyester fiber balls offers dynamic climate regulation and added comfort, for example in jackets. The innovative ...
