All Sporting Goods Intelligence articles in Volume 25, Issue 34-35 – Page 2
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Peter Fabrin is starting today as the new chief executive...
Peter Fabrin is starting today as the new chief executive of Haglöfs, taking the place left vacant a few months ago by the departure Nicolas Warchalowski, who has been appointed CEO of Peak Performance. Fabrin has worked in the past for Peak Performance and other parts of the former IC ...
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Oxylane, the parent company of Décathlon, is changing its name...
Oxylane, the parent company of Décathlon, is changing its name back to Décathlon. The big French-based sports retailing group had decided to call itself Oxylane in March 2008 to act as the umbrella organization for many different specialty stores, but most of its international development has continued under the Décathlon ...
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Quiksilver makes major leadership changes
Bob McKnight, the executive chairman of Quiksilver Inc. and one of the original founders of the company, has announced that he will be retiring from his position on Oct. 31, after more than 38 years of service. McKnight, who still has a stake of around 2 percent in the company, ...
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Gore-Tex is launching a new marketing campaign with a seven-digit...
Gore-Tex is launching a new marketing campaign with a seven-digit budget across multiple channels during the current season in four countries - Germany, Italy, Sweden and the U.K. - to add visibility to its brand in all its applications across garments, footwear, gloves and other accessories. It will run under ...
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Callaway reduces its losses, raises guidance
Callaway Golf reported a 5 percent drop in sales to $169 million for the third quarter, attributing the decline to continued industry softness and a strategic change in the timing for new product launches as compared to the same period last year. In local currencies, sales were down by 14 ...
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John Forzani, the former professional footballer who founded and built...
John Forzani, the former professional footballer who founded and built up Canada's largest sporting goods retailer until its sale to Canadian Tire three years ago, died in a California hospital on Oct. 31 at the age of 67, following a massive heart attack. Among other retail operations, Forzani was the ...
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A British company, Holysport, has taken on the distribution of...
A British company, Holysport, has taken on the distribution of Sanuk in the U.K. as well as in France and the Benelux countries
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WFSGI brings design and manufacturing together
The World Federation of the Sporting Goods Industry (WFSGI) has finalized an impressive line-up for the WFSGI Manufacturers Forum to take place in Leipzig on November 13 and 14. It will bring in top speakers from the industry as well as specialists from other sectors. They will discuss the integration ...
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Safilo wants to turn Smith into a more global brand
Safilo has announced a thorough restructuring of its Smith Optics subsidiary in the U.S. with the objective of turning it into a global brand. The move will lead to further integration with the Safilo group and the closure of Smith's headquarters in Ketchum, Idaho, which has a staff of about ...
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The Swedish outdoor and lifestyle brand Didriksons has completely eliminated...
The Swedish outdoor and lifestyle brand Didriksons has completely eliminated the use of fluorocarbons in all its products for its spring 2015 collection. According to an article published in Sportfack, Didriksons has been phasing out fluorocarbon base treatments for water repellency for years, and has now found a material that ...
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Sport does better than luxury at Kering
Kering's Luxury Goods division improved its sales by 3.7 percent to €1,676.6 million in the third quarter, with growth of 3.5 percent on a comparable basis. Kering's biggest luxury brand, Gucci, saw its sales decline by 1.6 percent in euros and by 1.9 percent on a currency-neutral basis (more details ...
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Timberland performs better than TNF or Vans
Timberland was the star performer at VF Corporation in the third quarter ended Sept. 30, while The North Face and Vans did not do as well as expected. Globally, Timberland's sales increased by 15 percent during the quarter, in contrast with increases of 9 percent at TNF and 12 percent ...
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SportScheck has the best online sports store for tablet computers...
SportScheck has the best online sports store for tablet computers in Europe, according to a German agency, Quisma, which has checked out 15 web shops for sporting goods for their features. It is followed by the online stores of JD Sports, Karstadt Sports and Intersport Deutschland. All of them are ...
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Clean-up, investments pay off at Belle
Another confirmation of the apparent turnaround in China's sports apparel and footwear market came a few days ago with a strong performance by Belle International, one of the two biggest Chinese sports apparel and footwear retailers. Sales and profit margins for this part of Belle's business both advanced significantly for ...
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Daniel Fasshauer has been designated to take on the position...
Daniel Fasshauer has been designated to take on the position of sales director for Germany, Austria and Switzerland at Brooks, the U.S. brand of running shoes, apparel and accessories, from Nov. 1. Fasshauer previously worked as key-account manager for Intersport Germany, where he was responsible for the running, tennis, fitness ...
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Intersport is expanding its involvement in ski jumping by becoming...
Intersport is expanding its involvement in ski jumping by becoming official presenting sponsor of the Vierschanzentouren, the ski jumping series organized by the Austrian and German ski federations at four locations in their respective countries. It is upgrading to the highest sponsorship level for the event, with which it was ...
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Sports brands back sustainable down supply chain
Textile Exchange has announced that a number of international outdoor and fashion brands and retailers including Eddie Bauer, Marmot, Mammut, Helly Hansen, H&M and others have adopted its Responsible Down Standard (RDS). Textile Exchange is a U.S.-based non-profit organization operating internationally for sustainability in the apparel and textile industry. The ...
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Blue Tomato, the large Austrian chain and mail-order retailer of...
Blue Tomato, the large Austrian chain and mail-order retailer of action sports products, has arrived in Salzburg. The company owned by Zumiez, the U.S. retailer, had 17 doors in Germany and Austria. The new one, which opened on Oct. 30, is located in the old heart of the Austrian city and ...
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Hervis Sports, the large price-driven retail chain from Austria, opened...
Hervis Sports, the large price-driven retail chain from Austria, opened its second store in Germany on Oct. 27. Two years after the first one in Garmisch-Partenkirchen at the foot of the Alps, the choice fell this time on Nuremberg. The outlet has a selling surface of 1,030 square meters and ...
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The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has issued a fine...
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has issued a fine of 350,000 Australian dollars (€244,909-$306,204) against Reebok, charging the brand with false and misleading representations about the benefits of its EasyTone range of shoes. It has also ordered the brand to refund customers A$35 (€24.49-$30.64) for each pair of EasyTone ...
