All Sporting Goods Intelligence articles in Volume 25, Issue 19-20 – Page 3
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Pentland Brands has appointed Richard Newcombe brand president for Lacoste...
Pentland Brands has appointed Richard Newcombe brand president for Lacoste Footwear. He takes the place of Andy Simister, who left the company last October and is now working for Wolverine Worldwide (see the article in this issue). Newcombe has been in the footwear industry for 27 years. He joined Pentland ...
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Paola Cobos has been appointed as the new secretary general...
Paola Cobos has been appointed as the new secretary general of Afydad, the Spanish sporting goods industry association, taking the place of Gloria Perarnau who is pursuing new projects in France. Cobos has accumulated experience elsewhere in the organization of international fairs, trade missions and similar projects. Her new job ...
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Duca del Cosma, Italian brand of golf apparel and shoes,...
Duca del Cosma, Italian brand of golf apparel and shoes, is launching its first online store at ducadelcomso.com. After ten years of selling its products in 35 different markets, Duca del Cosma decided to start selling online, first in Germany, Austria and the Netherlands. The website will be available in ...
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ANWR Group, the biggest German and European cooperative of independent...
ANWR Group, the biggest German and European cooperative of independent shoe retailers, has taken over Tom Holding, the holding company of Schuh & Sport Mücke Group, a Bavarian discount shoe and sporting goods retail chain, and its eleven stores in Bavaria. Schuh and Sport Mücke recorded sales of about €100 ...
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Perry Ellis International, which owns Ben Hogan, has announced a...
Perry Ellis International, which owns Ben Hogan, has announced a licensing agreement for a line of men's golf shoes under this brand with ACI International. The line will consist of casual and performance shoes and will be sold in specialty golf stores and other types of outlets from the autumn ...
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Kelme, which is based in Elche, has announced a sponsorship...
Kelme, which is based in Elche, has announced a sponsorship contract with Elche C.F., the Spanish first division football team, for the next three seasons. The team was previously sponsored by Astore. Kelme will also supply the official ball for an association futsal teams in the Murcia region.
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The Danish Bestseller Group, which owns Jack & Jones and...
The Danish Bestseller Group, which owns Jack & Jones and other fashion brands, has made a new investment in internet retailing by taking over M & M Direct for £140 million (€174.8m-$237.2m). M&M is a major U.K.-based retailer of discounted fashion, footwear and sports products that is projecting sales ...
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Implus is taking over FitDeck, an American system of playing...
Implus is taking over FitDeck, an American system of playing cards – both physical and digital – which is said to make physical exercise simpler, more convenient and fun
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Skechers' Performance Division continues to sign up well-know American sportsmen....
Skechers' Performance Division continues to sign up well-know American sportsmen. Matt Kuchar, who has won the PGA Golf Tour seven times, is the newest ambassador for the brand, endorsing its GOgolf line of golf shoes. He will collaborate with the company in the development of a signature line of regular ...
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Antti Jääskeläinen, Amer Sports' chief development officer and senior vice...
Antti Jääskeläinen, Amer Sports' chief development officer and senior vice president for the group's supply chain and global operations, will leave the group and its executive board in mid-August. He has been with the company since 2009, but he has accepted a new position outside Amer Sports.
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We have already reported that Zalando may go public on...
We have already reported that Zalando may go public on the stock exchange. Rocket Internet, one of the major shareholders of Zalando and other fashion websites around the world, has now mandated three investment consultants - Berenberg, JP Morgan Chase and Morgan Stanley - to study the possibility of launching ...
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Ispo is inviting all exhibitors, visitors and Ispo Card holders...
Ispo is inviting all exhibitors, visitors and Ispo Card holders to post their ideas and comments on how they would like to improve the services offered by the Ispo Card, sharing them with others on the Ispo Open Innovation platform. The most active participants will be rewarded with trips including ...
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Bauer Performance Sports is changing its name again to Performance...
Bauer Performance Sports is changing its name again to Performance Sports Group, in connection with a $110 million secondary offering of new shares in the U.S. and Canada, intended to repay some of the money borrowed for its recent $330 million acquisition of Easton's baseball and softball business. For the ...
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Wolverine brings in executives from Adidas and Pentland
Wolverine Worldwide has announced three important new executive appointments including that of James D. Zwiers as president of its International Group, which it created three years ago to accelerate its global growth. While Zwiers is a company insider, the two other new executives come from important foreign groups.Zwiers has held ...
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Adidas partners with Bluesign
The Adidas Group wants to project a greener image with two new moves on the environmental front. It has decided to become a systems partner of Bluesign Technologies and it has made new public commitments to the phase out of harmful substances.Through Bluesign Technologies, the group's suppliers worldwide will be ...
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Adidas has announced it is creating an app that will...
Adidas has announced it is creating an app that will let users print Instagram photos on their new shoes. The app will launch for iPhone and Android in August. Adidas revealed the new app with a video on the adidasoriginals Instagram account. The photos can be applied to Adidas' ZX ...
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Performance Days, the textile exhibition for the activewear and workwear...
Performance Days, the textile exhibition for the activewear and workwear sectors, attracted 977 “expert visitors” at its 12th session in Munich on May 13-14, up from 688 a year ago. They came from 25 countries and visited the stands of 108 companies from 17 countries, 25.6 percent more than a ...
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Fros International is going to stop acting as Berghaus' distributor...
Fros International is going to stop acting as Berghaus' distributor in the Benelux countries at the end of the year, as the outdoor brand is going to sell directly in the country (more on Berghaus and its merger with Brasher in The Outdoor Industry Compass). However, Fros will be taking ...
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Jorcani Sports will act as the new distributor for Fila...
Jorcani Sports will act as the new distributor for Fila in Spain and Andorra, filling a relative void in the market that has lasted for two years. The Spanish company, which represents other important sports brands, plans to stay away from the mass market, concentrating on the sporting goods and ...
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The British Halfords Group has acquired the Boardman bike business...
The British Halfords Group has acquired the Boardman bike business launched by Chris Boardman, former Olympic and Tour de France cyclist. Halfords already has an exclusivity deal to sell the Boardman Performance Series in the U.K. and Ireland while the Boardman Elite Series is sold at selected independent cycling retailers ...
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