All Sporting Goods Intelligence articles in Volume 25, Issue 21 – Page 2
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The board of directors of Kering, parent company of Puma...
The board of directors of Kering, parent company of Puma and Volcom, has lost one of its female members, Laurence Boone, who has become economic advisor to French President François Hollande
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Trek and Scott are each recalling thousands of mid-priced bikes...
Trek and Scott are each recalling thousands of mid-priced bikes sold between 2010 and 2013 because of concerns over the SR Suntour suspension forks used on them. The recall is because the front forks, which were made in Taiwan and China, can break. The recall affects 11 models of Trek and ...
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Le Coq is making a big statement in cycling
In its third consecutive year as a supplier to the Tour de France, where it is providing the racers with newly developed, high-performance cycling apparel, Le Coq Sportif is organizing festivities connected with the event in Barcelona, Sydney, London and Milan during the cycle race. Le Coq has been a ...
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Sports Direct International denies a report that it is bidding...
Sports Direct International denies a report that it is bidding for Office, the British chain of shoe stores, but buys a 4.8 percent stake in MySale, the Australian online fashion retailer
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This year, Helly Hansen had its best quarter ever with...
This year, Helly Hansen had its best quarter ever with a sales increase of 24 percent as compared to a year ago. The Norwegian outdoor company is predicted to reach a sales increase of 25 percent for the full year. Currently, Scandinavia, the U.K. and Canada are the focus markets ...
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Nike has promoted Reenie Benziger to vice president of global...
Nike has promoted Reenie Benziger to vice president of global apparel, replacing Jan Singer who is no longer with the company. Benziger was previously vice president and general manager in charge of global young athletes, a category that grew rapidly under her leadership. She has been replaced in that role ...
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Ole-Henrik Skirstad has been chosen as the new chief executive...
Ole-Henrik Skirstad has been chosen as the new chief executive for Sport 1, the Norwegian sporting goods chain. The 44-year-old will take over management of the chain from Johnny Austad by December. Skirstad has an MBA and more than 15 years of management experience in franchising from chains such as ...
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Luca Businaro, president of Novation, has been re-elected for the...
Luca Businaro, president of Novation, has been re-elected for the third time to a two-year term as president of Assosport, the Italian sporting goods industry association
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Nike has released a range of basketball socks designed with...
Nike has released a range of basketball socks designed with its new Elite Digital Ink printing process, a proprietary technology that enables the brand's designers to emblazon the Nike Elite sock with high-definition graphics and vivid colors, free of distortion or fading. The first edition of Nike Elite Digital Ink ...
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Performance Sports Group (PSG), the company based in Exeter, New...
Performance Sports Group (PSG), the company based in Exeter, New Hampshire that was previously called Bauer Performance Sports, raised about $126.5 million in a secondary offering of 8,1561,291 shares in the U.S. and Canada, after exercising an over-allotment option. It sold the shares at $15.50 each, but they were valued ...
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Barry Bown, who left the position of chief executive at...
Barry Bown, who left the position of chief executive at JD Sports Fashion a few days ago, is getting a relatively long three-year consultancy contract, accompanied by a non-competition clause. A spokesman for the company stressed that the relationship between Bown and other members of the top management “was and ...
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Nike has launched a custom sports bag and ultra-light shin...
Nike has launched a custom sports bag and ultra-light shin guard using 3D printing technology. The Nike Football Rebento Duffel is said to be the world's first 3D printed performance sports bag. Only three bags were created prior to the Fifa World Cup to be carried by Neymar Jr., Wayne ...
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Eurosima, the European surf industry association, has decided to spice...
Eurosima, the European surf industry association, has decided to spice up the program for this year's Surf Summit and Waterman's Ball, which will be held on Oct. 2-3 at Seignosse on the Basque Coast of France. It will introduce a new exhibit, the Surfing Lounge, to showcase the expertise, creativity ...
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Quoting GfK and Asmas, the Swiss sporting goods retailers' association,...
Quoting GfK and Asmas, the Swiss sporting goods retailers' association, the Swiss Sport+Mode reports a 2.4 percent drop in the Swiss market for the first quarter of 2014, after an increase of the same magnitude in the fourth quarter of 2013. Here also, the weather was the main cause of ...
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Former Asics officials help relaunch Karhu
The family of Francesco Arese, a former Italian track & field champion - generally called Franco Arese - who has been associated with Asics for 32 years, has agreed to acquire a controlling interest in Karhu Holding, the Dutch company that has the rights to the famous Finnish brand of ...
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Asics is planning to open a store with an Asics...
Asics is planning to open a store with an Asics Running Lab in Paris before the end of this year, similar to those it has at major locations in London (Oxford Street), Barcelona (Avenida Diagonal) and Amsterdam (Stadhouderskade)
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Décathlon continues to expand in Eastern Europe and Asia. Confirming...
Décathlon continues to expand in Eastern Europe and Asia. Confirming a report in Sport-Guide, Décathlon says it plans to enter the Croatian market towards the end of this year with a 3,500-square-meter store in Zagreb. It will likely be supplied out of Hungary, where Décathlon already has 12 stores. The ...
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Under Armour's biggest store will open on Chicago's “Magnificent Mile”...
Under Armour's biggest store will open on Chicago's “Magnificent Mile” in March 2015, covering 9,000 square meters of retail space
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Under Armour is the recipient of the Clio Sports Brand...
Under Armour is the recipient of the Clio Sports Brand Innovation Award, the international competition honoring creative excellence in sports. The award ceremony will take place on July 17 at Cipriani Midtown in New York, hosted by ESPN Radio's Mike Golic and Mike Greenberg of Mike & Mike in the ...
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Sporting goods retail sales increased in Sweden in April for...
Sporting goods retail sales increased in Sweden in April for the second consecutive month. According to HUI Research, they grew by 1.5 percent compared with the same month last year. Based on the same number of working days, sales increased by 9 percent. This brings the cumulative growth in the ...
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