All Sporting Goods Intelligence articles in Volume 25, Issue 30-31 – Page 2
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The trial of Chris Ronnie, former chief executive of the...
The trial of Chris Ronnie, former chief executive of the new defunct JJB Sports chain, was set to begin this week at Southwark Crown Court in London. He is charged with a £1 million fraud. A former supplier of JJB and a business partner of Ronnie are also charged in ...
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VF Corporation has hired Dan Cherian as vice president, global...
VF Corporation has hired Dan Cherian as vice president, global innovation, performance apparel and footwear, a newly-created role. In this position, Cherian will oversee VF's Global Performance Apparel and Footwear Innovation Centers, where the company focuses on product innovation for the apparel, footwear and accessories of its brands. Cherian joins ...
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The Golf Foundation, the U.K.-based charity for school students, has...
The Golf Foundation, the U.K.-based charity for school students, has set in motion the formal selection process for a new chief executive to take the place of Mike Round, who left at the end of August after 14 years to take up a key position with the Ladies European Tour. ...
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Tim O'Donovan, the retired former chairman and chief executive of...
Tim O'Donovan, the retired former chairman and chief executive of Wolverine Worldwide, has been designated to receive the Bob Campbell lifetime achievement award at gala to be staged by the Two Ten Foundation on Dec. 2 to celebrate its 75th anniversary. O' Donovan actively served on the board of the ...
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Casey Sheahan, former chief executive of Patagonia, has joined the...
Casey Sheahan, former chief executive of Patagonia, has joined the board of directors of Johnson Outdoors
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Outlast Technologies has partnered with New Era Cap to develop...
Outlast Technologies has partnered with New Era Cap to develop temperature-regulating hats for Team USA players and team captains during the 2014 PGA Ryder Cup golf tournament, to be held on Sept. 26-28 at Gleneagles in Scotland. New Era has secured exclusive rights to headwear during the biennial competition through ...
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The business of Fairchild Fashion Media, publisher of Women's Wear...
The business of Fairchild Fashion Media, publisher of Women's Wear Daily, Footwear News and other trade publications, is changing hands again. Conde Nast, the publisher of Vogue and Vanity Fair, is selling the business to Penske Media Corporation, publisher of Variety and other magazines and internet-based information services. Comerica is ...
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Salming Sports, a Swedish brand of sports clothing and footwear...
Salming Sports, a Swedish brand of sports clothing and footwear for floorball, handball, running and squash, has become an official partner of the Professional Squash Association (PSA). The company is named after Anders Börje Salming, the legendary professional ice hockey player from Lapland, who launched his own brand of underwear ...
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The football World Cup gave a major boost to the...
The football World Cup gave a major boost to the French market in the first half of this year and afterwards, says NPD, reporting a 3 percent increase in the total sales of sports shoes and apparel for the first six months of the year. In July, French consumers spent ...
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Ralf Bohle, the German company that owns the Schwalbe brand...
Ralf Bohle, the German company that owns the Schwalbe brand of bike tyres and tubes, has started up a new factory in Vietnam together with an Asian partner, complementing its Indonesia facility. The initiative is described as a response to strong demand for the company's products. At last month's Eurobike ...
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Blue Tomato has revamped its pan-European e-commerce operations in response...
Blue Tomato has revamped its pan-European e-commerce operations in response to the fact that 35 percent of the orders it receives are now placed through tablets or smartphones. The new web store of the Austrian-based boardsports retailer, which is owned by Zumiez, offers more than 450,000 items in 14 languages.
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Lafuma moves into the black
The Swiss Calida group, which has gradually taken over 59.9 percent of the shares in the Lafuma Group, has managed to turn it around after many years of losses, following a major reorganization which is now largely completed. Lafuma reached an operating profit of €1.5 billion for the first six ...
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JD performs better than expected
JD Sports Fashion's valuation on the London Stock Exchange rose by 7 percent after the U.K.-based retailer reported a 170 percent increase in pre-tax earnings to £16,454,000 (€21.0m-$26.9m) for the six months ended Aug. 2 and indicated that it has a lot of potential to continue to grow in the ...
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Crocs has been sued by U.S.A. Dawgs, a family-owned company...
Crocs has been sued by U.S.A. Dawgs, a family-owned company in Las Vegas that has been making clogs with EVA soles since 2006. Requesting a jury trial on the issue, the anti-trust complaint alleges that Crocs has been misleading consumers for more than a decade into believing that its “Croslite” ...
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Skechers has enlisted Marinao Rivera, the retired Yankees baseball pitcher,...
Skechers has enlisted Marinao Rivera, the retired Yankees baseball pitcher, as a face of its men's Relaxed Fit line of footwear. Rivera, a 13-time All-Star who retired from the Major Leagues in 2013, will appear in point-of-sale, print, outdoor and digital commercials in 2015. The campaign will kick off with ...
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High Sierra, the brand of backpacks bought by Samsonite, has...
High Sierra, the brand of backpacks bought by Samsonite, has become a co-partner of the Windsurf World Cup off the German island of Sylt
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SDI's Austrian staff presents wish list to new owners
The management of the Austrian branch of Sports Direct International, formerly known as Sport Eybl & Sports Experts (EAG), is facing criticism from its staff. They complain in particular about a lack of information about the future strategy of the Austrian operation, which SDI took over gradually between June 2013 ...
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Asics is taking over the distribution of Haglöfs in France...
Asics is taking over the distribution of Haglöfs in France from a distributor, Nord Ouest, after delivery of the spring/summer 2015 collection
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Asics has launched a web store in Germany, the second...
Asics has launched a web store in Germany, the second in Europe after the store that it put online in the U.K. in July 2013. The Japanese company already has e-commerce in Japan, the U.S. and Australia. The German internet store has a store locator and a program for individual ...
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Under Armour is said to be planning to open a...
Under Armour is said to be planning to open a German office in Munich during the first quarter of 2015
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