All Sporting Goods Intelligence articles in Volume 25, Issue 32-33 – Page 3
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Bjørn Dæhlie, the Norwegian cross-country skiing clothing brand owned by...
Bjørn Dæhlie, the Norwegian cross-country skiing clothing brand owned by Active Brands, wants to increase its presence in the Swedish market through a new distribution structure. The line was distributed by Sportwin in Sweden. Since Aug. 1, however, Active Brands' Swedish subsidiary has been taking care of the distribution, while ...
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Unibike, the new Spanish bike fair coming out from the...
Unibike, the new Spanish bike fair coming out from the combination of Festibike and Expobike, celebrated a successful start at its first edition in Madrid, presenting some 500 brands through more than 200 exhibitors on 15,000 square meters of exhibition space. The first day was only for trade visitors
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The world’s biggest sporting goods chains grow more slowly
Their combined sales rose in 2013 at an average weighted rate of 6.8 percent in local currencies, according to an annual study of the major sporting goods retailers by Sporting Goods Intelligence, down from the impressive growth of 10.2 percent that they had registered in 2012. In terms of U.S. ...
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The Dutch windsurfer Dorian van Rijsselberghe, who made a big...
The Dutch windsurfer Dorian van Rijsselberghe, who made a big (positive) splash at the Olympic Games in London, has become the newest brand ambassador of Brunotti Sportswear
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Salvatore Grimaldi, chairman of Bianchi and its parent company, Cycleurope,...
Salvatore Grimaldi, chairman of Bianchi and its parent company, Cycleurope, has inaugurated a Bianchi store in a prestigious area of Milan, on via Cavallotti between San Babila and the Cathedral. Featuring also a coffee shop, it is called Café & Cycle Bianchi. It is the first of the kind in ...
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SportScheck has opened its second store in Berlin. With a...
SportScheck has opened its second store in Berlin. With a retail area of 4,700 square meters, it is located in the Leipziger Platz 12 shopping mall, which is expected to turn into Europe's largest shopping center, with 135,000 sqm. of leased space.
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Berghaus and Brasher have a new brand president
Richard Leedham has been appointed brand president of Berghaus and Brasher, with immediate effect. Leedham has been fulfilling the role on an interim basis since January, following the departure of Richard Cotter for the Snow + Rock retail chain four months earlier, and has now been confirmed in the position ...
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Bergans of Norway is expanding its Norwegian subsidiary, which it...
Bergans of Norway is expanding its Norwegian subsidiary, which it set up in Longmont, Colorado, in January 2012, following an annual growth rate of more than 75 percent. It has hired a customer service manager, Ryan Pennock, and it is adding more than 350 square meters of space to the ...
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German Intersport believes in one kaiser rather than two kings
Intersport Deutschland is no longer run through its unique model of two presidents with equal rights. Instead, the supervisory board of the big German buying group, which comprises seven retailers and two external members, has decided to promote one of the two, Kim Roether, to be the sole chairman of ...
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Paul Michon has been promoted to corporate information director at...
Paul Michon has been promoted to corporate information director at Kering, the parent company of Puma, Volcom and a host of luxury goods brands led by Gucci. The 36-year-old left Euro RSCG at the end of 2010 to join the former PPR as head of press relations, a function in ...
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Tunturi Fitness has been using an independent distributor for its...
Tunturi Fitness has been using an independent distributor for its German business since Oct. 1. Erol Öztuncel, who has worked for two years as German sales manager for Tunturi's subsidiary in Germany, is the chief executive officer of the new sales organization, Tunturi Fitness GmbH. Tunturi aims to set up ...
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Beijing stands a big chance of becoming the first city...
Beijing stands a big chance of becoming the first city in the world to host both the summer and winter editions of the Olympic Games. The International Olympic Committee is said to be likely to make a choice now between the Chinese capital and Almaty, capital of Kazakhstan, without re-starting ...
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Nike has delayed the launch of its latest basketball shoe,...
Nike has delayed the launch of its latest basketball shoe, the LeBron 12, citing “a small cosmetic issue.” The new model was scheduled to become available at retail in China on Oct. 1 and elsewhere in the world on Oct. 11. An earlier model of the LeBron was recently estimated ...
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Halfords and Mifa go bankrupt
Halfords, the Dutch retailer of bicycles and automotive accessories, has filed for insolvency, blaming the poor economy in the Netherlands and pressure from the internet. The Dutch Halfords has nothing to do with the British bike retail chain by the same name.The Dutch company had been taken over by its ...
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XXL wins Norwegian Retail Award
The Norwegian sporting goods retailer XXL Sport & Outdoor has won the 2014 Virke Retail Award. The prize, which aims to highlight the best success stories from the Norwegian retail industry, was awarded at the annual trade conference hosted by the Enterprise Federation of Norway, Virke.XXL won the award after ...
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The Golf Europe show in Augsburg, Germany, closed on Oct....
The Golf Europe show in Augsburg, Germany, closed on Oct. 1 with a total of 2,144 visitors from 29 countries, or about 100 fewer than a year ago, but some of the 122 exhibitors praised the quality of the attendance. Wilson and TaylorMade exhibited for the second time but Callaway ...
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Nike has launched the Hyperwarm Flex, a baselayer for athletes...
Nike has launched the Hyperwarm Flex, a baselayer for athletes training and competing in cold climates. The pant-and-top combination features breathable mesh and seamless knit engineering as well as distinct knitted panels in the areas - the shoulders, elbows and knees - requiring superior flexibility. To guard against overheating or the ...
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Asics's French subsidiary is taking over the distribution of Haglöfs...
Asics's French subsidiary is taking over the distribution of Haglöfs in France from a distributor, Nord Ouest, after delivery of the spring/summer 2015 collection. The move is a logical step for the brand as they now have common ownership ?now share owners /owner. It comes after the opening of a ...
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David Beckham's income from personal sponsorship deals dropped by around...
David Beckham's income from personal sponsorship deals dropped by around 10 percent in 2012 after he retired from football. The 2013 accounts for the company that handles Beckham's personal endorsements, Footwork Productions, show that his revenues dropped to £14.8 million (€18.84m-$23.83m) from £16.5 million (€21.00m-$26.56) in 2012. The information was recently revealed ...
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USA Swimming has suspended Michael Phelps from competitions until April...
USA Swimming has suspended Michael Phelps from competitions until April 6, 2016. The winner of 22 Olympic medals will no longer get his monthly stipend and will be banned from representing the U.S. at the FINA World Swimming Championships in August 2015. The reason for the measure is his arrest ...
