All Sporting Goods Intelligence articles in Volume 25, Issue 21 – Page 3
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Billabong International has appointed Kadima Lonji to the strategic position...
Billabong International has appointed Kadima Lonji to the strategic position of chief technology officer for its direct-to-consumer operations, charged with developing the group's e-commerce and omni-commerce capabilities. He reports to Jeff Straeder, chief operating officer. Lonji comes from Luxottica, the big international eyewear group, where he acted as global director of ...
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Eduardo Roldan has been appointed managing director of Shimano's new...
Eduardo Roldan has been appointed managing director of Shimano's new Italian sales subsidiary, which will be called Shimano Italy Bicycle Components and will commence operations on July 1. Roldan has been for 17 years the marketing director at Shimano's distributor in Spain, Macario Llorente, where he will be succeeded by ...
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Eduardo Eceizaberrena has been appointed new contry manager of Regatta...
Eduardo Eceizaberrena has been appointed new contry manager of Regatta Group for Spain and Portugal. He worked for Décathlon for 12 years before joining a distributor, Altitud Sport Evasion, and the Pimkie fashion retail chain. Eceizaberrena succeeds Olivier Pelous, who did an excellent job for the British group over the ...
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Workers at Cambodia's apparel workers have won the right to...
Workers at Cambodia's apparel workers have won the right to see their minimum wage raised every year on Jan. 1
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Rodenstock is replacing another German eyewear company, Eschenbach, as the...
Rodenstock is replacing another German eyewear company, Eschenbach, as the global licensee of Bogner for sunglasses and corrective optical frames, starting in 2015. The collection will include 25 styles and will be available in stores from the summer of next year. Based as Bogner in Munich, Rodenstock makes both optical ...
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Patrick Rodgers, who ranks as the top-ranked amateur golf player...
Patrick Rodgers, who ranks as the top-ranked amateur golf player in the world, has signed a multi-year, head-to-toe endorsement agreement with Nike
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Jacques Altimani, a highly energetic and well respected executive who...
Jacques Altimani, a highly energetic and well respected executive who led Head-Tyrolia in France for many years, passed away a few days ago, after a long illness. He was 69 years old. After acting as French distributor for Moncler and Ramy's ski bindings, Altimani set up Head's French operation in ...
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GoPro, Alibaba shake the stock market
GoPro went through one of the most successful public offering on the Nasdaq stock exchange in recent times. The shares were priced at $24 last Wednesday, at the high end of a previously set range of $21-24, valuing the young American action camera company at $2.96 billion. However, the stock ...
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Bushnell has agreed to become an official supplier of the...
Bushnell has agreed to become an official supplier of the Hong Kong Golf Association. The company will give a 20 percent discount to HKGA members to purchase its laser rangefinders or rent it to them if they don't have one.
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Globe has reopened its store in Hossegor, France, after extensive...
Globe has reopened its store in Hossegor, France, after extensive renovation
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Exceed Company of China has once again adjourned an extraordinary...
Exceed Company of China has once again adjourned an extraordinary shareholders' meeting to approve a merger that would transfer full ownership to its chairman and chief executive, Shuipan Lin. It is now planned for July 29 in Hong Kong, after obtaining additional financing of US$5 million. A June 26 announcement ...
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Macron is taking the place of Adidas for the next...
Macron is taking the place of Adidas for the next three years as the technical sponsor of the Ludogorets team, which won this year both the Bulgarian League and the Bulgarian Cup
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Adidas announces a new partnership with the Harlequins, the premier...
Adidas announces a new partnership with the Harlequins, the premier English rugby team
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Adidas reports record sales in football
Adidas announced that it would “definitely achieve” its €2 billion sales target for football products in 2014, after assessing data in the run-up to and after the first 12 days of the 2014 Fifa World Cup in Brazil. The company has been gradually building demand for its shirts, boots and balls ...
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Dorotennis, the French brand of women's activewear, has been placed...
Dorotennis, the French brand of women's activewear, has been placed in liquidation. Founded in 1977, it has gone through several changes of ownership in the last twenty years, each time without any spectacular results. It was bought in 1995 by Fila and then, five years later, by an equity fund, ...
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Action on the sports recruitment front
GlobalSportsJobs, the U.K.-based online recruitment company, is launching its platform in France. The new operation is run by Nicolas de Resbecq, who recently sold a website called MySportConnect.net. It follows the establishment of a similar website for the German market less than one year ago, headed up by Tobias Tromlik.Will ...
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Hanesbrands has signed a deal for the acquisition of DBA...
Hanesbrands has signed a deal for the acquisition of DBA Apparel, a French producer of intimate apparel, underwear and hosiery, forming one of the largest groups in the sector, with an annual turnover of nearly $6 billion. The deal values DBA at €400 million, or 7.5 times annual earnings before ...
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Fusalp, the French skiwear company acquired by Philippe and Sophie...
Fusalp, the French skiwear company acquired by Philippe and Sophie Lacoste at the beginning of this year, has appointed a new commercial director, Marc Zetterbeck, to help expand the brand's international sales. He has worked for Hugo Boss, Donna Karan, Calvin Klein and Tommy Hilfiger. Zetterbeck, a French-Swedish executive who ...
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According to GfK, whose figures were quoted in the Sport+Mode...
According to GfK, whose figures were quoted in the Sport+Mode magazine, the German sporting goods market fell by an estimated 3 percent in the first quarter of 2014, dragged down by declines of 6 percent in both apparel and equipment. Sales of sports shoes increased by 4 percent, thanks especially ...
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Abbey D'Agostino, a graduate from Darmouth College described as the...
Abbey D'Agostino, a graduate from Darmouth College described as the most decorated female athlete in the Ivy League's history, has agreed to a multi-year endorsement contract with New Balance
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