All Sporting Goods Intelligence articles in Volume 25, Issue 28-29 – Page 5
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Skins has announced a partnership with Tecnu Adventure Racing, a...
Skins has announced a partnership with Tecnu Adventure Racing, a multisport adventure racing team in North America. Skins is providing the team with an assortment of compression wear including A400 Compression Long Tights, A200 Compression Long Tights, RY400 Compression Long Tights for Recovery and the Unisex Compression Calf Tights MX. ...
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Adidas invited end consumers to participate in the planning of...
Adidas invited end consumers to participate in the planning of the fashion show for its Neo label of apparel, shoes and accessories, held on Sept. 3 in New York, where it presented the new autumn/winter collection of the brand. Selena Gomez, an American artist and vocalist, presented the campaign, which ...
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Adidas has signed up a frequently filmed Canadian snowboard champion,...
Adidas has signed up a frequently filmed Canadian snowboard champion, Louif Paradis, to help promote its snowboard clothing line, first launched in the winter 2013 season
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Anima Athletica, the new French retailer of high-end women's activewear...
Anima Athletica, the new French retailer of high-end women's activewear run by Alexia Romanet, is opening its third store in Paris
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UV-Buddy has secured an agreement for Ed & Phil Active...
UV-Buddy has secured an agreement for Ed & Phil Active to distribute its UV-sensitive bracelets in the U.K. Cornwall-based UV-Buddy produces a selection of reactive jewelry and accessories that warn people out in the sun when they are being exposed to high levels of UV. Bracelets are designed with beads ...
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Wolverine Worldwide is again looking at new acquisition opportunities, but...
Wolverine Worldwide is again looking at new acquisition opportunities, but with 16 brands already in its portfolio, it is mainly targeting brands with an annual turnover of between $75 million and $100 million and the potential to reach the $500 million level. Company officials also told analysts at a recent ...
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Former Halti boss acquires Vauhti Speed
Acting through his investment company, which is still a minority shareholder in Halti, Martti Uusitalo has acquired a majority stake in Vauhti Speed, a Finnish manufacturer of ski wax and related accessories. The former owners, Aki and Vuokko Karvonen, remain as minority shareholders. They will continue to be active in ...
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Deckers Outdoor said the company's corporate headquarters has achieved Leed...
Deckers Outdoor said the company's corporate headquarters has achieved Leed (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Silver Certification from the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC). Leed certification is awarded for buildings that are energy efficient and environmentally sustainable in design and operation. For its new 190,000-square-foot headquarters, Deckers earned credits ...
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Accell get the leadership in Spain through Comet
Accell Group has announced a deal for the acquisition of all the shares in Comet S.L., a Spanish supplier of bike parts and accessories based in Urnieta, near San Sebastián. The acquisition will be financed via existing financing facilities. It is Accell's first acquisition in Spain. Comet has exclusive distribution ...
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Questions remain about Karstadt's future
Observers will have to wait until a newly scheduled meeting of Karstadt's supervisory board next Thursday to get a view of René Benko's future plans for the 86 department stores and the 28 sporting goods stores of the loss-making German retail group. As previously reported, Benko's Austrian-based real estate company, ...
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Look Cycle has suspended its discussions about a possible sale...
Look Cycle has suspended its discussions about a possible sale of the company, according to company officials. They declined to comment on a report that the French company was talking to Altor Equity Partners, the Nordic investment fund that acquired control of the Rossignol Group at the end of 2013. ...
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Chinese sporting goods manufacturers' sales rose by 8 percent to...
Chinese sporting goods manufacturers' sales rose by 8 percent to 58.02 billion yuan renmimbi (€7,298.60m-$9,447.67m) in the six months ended June 30, according to China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology. Their gross profits increased by 20 percent to RMB2.06 billion (€259.18m-$335.46m), indicating relatively low margins. Almost half of the production ...
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Leonardo Del Vecchio, the 79-year-old chairman and controlling shareholder of...
Leonardo Del Vecchio, the 79-year-old chairman and controlling shareholder of Luxottica, has instituted an enlarged management structure for the group, which owns Oakley and many other operations in the eyewear sector. Two joint CEOs are being named following the departure of its chief executive, Andrea Guerra, who has been running ...
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Hans-Hermann Deters, 54, will return to the sporting goods sector...
Hans-Hermann Deters, 54, will return to the sporting goods sector on Nov. 1 as joint managing director of Sport 2000 Deutschland, after a three-year stint in the shoe sector as one of the top managers of Ara Shoes. In his previous career, this attorney worked for many years at Reebok ...
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Hansbrands has closed its €400 million acquisition of DBA Apparel,...
Hansbrands has closed its €400 million acquisition of DBA Apparel, the European producer of underwear, intimate apparel and hosiery
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Cocona, the company behind the high-performance fabric 37.5, has announced...
Cocona, the company behind the high-performance fabric 37.5, has announced a new European sales team. Liam Gallagher will take the helm in the U.K. He brings more than 20 years of experience across different textile industries and markets. He worked for 12 years at Polartec, where he held a number of ...
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The Singapore subsidiary of Shimano is investing about US$34 million...
The Singapore subsidiary of Shimano is investing about US$34 million to build a new manufacturing facility of 26,000 square meters in the Philippines to enhance the company's production of bicycle components for emerging markets. Construction began in July and should be completed by the end of this year.
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Paul März, 29, has been appointed to act as project...
Paul März, 29, has been appointed to act as project manager for Ispo Beijing and the new Ispo Shanghai show. On Aug. 1, he took the place of Kerrin Müggenburg, who has led Ispo Beijing since 2008 and has gone on maternity leave. Mârz has been working for Messe München ...
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Milos Raonic, the 23-year-old Canadian who has become one of...
Milos Raonic, the 23-year-old Canadian who has become one of the ten best tennis champions in the world, is going to act as a testimonial for Canada Goose
