All Sporting Goods Intelligence articles in Volume 25, Issue 36-37
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Puma on track for turnaround
While his colleague across the river refused to talk about Adidas Group's divestiture of Reebok, the new chief executive of Puma, Bjørn Gulden, declined to comment on recent speculation that its parent company, Kering, may want to sell its 86 stake in the Wild Cat. Observers feel that VF Corp. ...
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TAF moves into Turkey
Fourlis Group, the Greek retailer whose Intersport master license was extended three years ago to Turkey from Greece, Romania, Bulgaria and Cyprus, has signed up as master franchisee and licensee for The Athlete's Foot as well. It plans to open the first two TAF stores in Greece and the first ...
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Intersport's Swiss licensee, Intersport PSC Holding, reports that its sales...
Intersport's Swiss licensee, Intersport PSC Holding, reports that its sales went up in the second half of 2014, ended on Sept. 30, in spite of a drop in the number of retail members, that its gross margin improved and that the company managed to optimize its operating costs. The final ...
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The Uvex Winter Holding Group has reported an increase in...
The Uvex Winter Holding Group has reported an increase in total sales of 6.4 percent to a record of €365 million in the last financial year, ended last July. The Uvex Safety Group, the largest division of this German producer of bike and ski helmets, eyewear and protective clothing and ...
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Head shows some improvement, may go private soon
Head has scheduled a private general shareholders' meeting on Dec. 3 in Amsterdam to vote on a proposal to draw on its reserves to increase its share capital. The purpose of the resolution is to avoid the company's delisting from the Vienna Stock Exchange after Dec. 31 as the capital ...
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Leigh Halfpenny, the Welsh full-back rugbyman who plays for the...
Leigh Halfpenny, the Welsh full-back rugbyman who plays for the Toulon and Wales teams, has signed on with Under Armour
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Gescom Sport, the Spanish licensee of Freddy, is reportedly taking...
Gescom Sport, the Spanish licensee of Freddy, is reportedly taking on the distribution of Umbro in Spain and Portugal
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Fenix takes over Globetrotter
A new company, Frilufts Retail Europe, is taking over all the retail operations of Globetrotter, Germany's largest outdoor retailer, along with the two major outdoor retail chains in Sweden and Finland, Naturkompaniet and Partioaitta. Together, they will have an annual turnover of around €260 million, second only to A.S. Adventure, ...
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Moncler is sues an Italian TV program over unethical goose farming
Moncler lost around €140 million in market capitalization on Nov. 3 as its shares plunged by almost 5 percent following the broadcast of an investigative report by an Italian TV program a day earlier. The journalists of the “Report” program on Rai 3, one of the country's state broadcaster's channels, ...
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Higher sales of Smith Optics snow goggles, other sports eyewear...
Higher sales of Smith Optics snow goggles, other sports eyewear and helmets helped to boost Safilo Group's sales of sports products by 15.3 percent to €25.6 million in the third quarter, with a 16.8 percent increase in local currencies. The group's total sales increased by 7.3 percent to €261.2 million, ...
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Industry experts team up to internationalize Urban Jungle
Urban Jungle International, a new company established by a team of experienced managers, is launching an international athletic specialty store concept with a unique identity that is intended to combine “style, voice (music), design and purpose” to capture the mood and spirit of its young customer base, according to a ...
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Oakley will work with Garmin to expand the functions of...
Oakley will work with Garmin to expand the functions of its Oakley Airwave snow goggles by integrating the Garmin Virb Elite action camera
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Fesi, the Federation of the European Sporting Goods Industry, has...
Fesi, the Federation of the European Sporting Goods Industry, has appointed new vice-chairs at two of its committees. Jane Montgomery, managing director of the U.K.'s Federation of Sports & Play Industries (FSPA), has become vice-chair of Fesi's Trade & Customs Committee chaired by Karl Sedlmeyer of Adidas. She takes the ...
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Mikasa has extended its partnership with the European Volleyball Federation...
Mikasa has extended its partnership with the European Volleyball Federation through 2020
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Mizuno performs well in Europe
Currency-neutral increases of 7.2 percent in Europe and 73.5 percent in Asia-Pacific outside Japan partly offset declines of 4.8 percent in Japan and 11.1 percent in the Americas for Mizuno Corp. in the first six months of its financial year, ended Sept. 30. Globally, sales increased by 1.9 percent in ...
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Spy returned to growth in the third quarter ended Sept....
Spy returned to growth in the third quarter ended Sept. 30. Sales increased by 8.1 percent in the period to $11.0 million, thanks primarily to strong sales of snow goggles and continued growth in prescription frames. There were also increases in sales of Happy Lenses, which are now being launched ...
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The space for the next edition of Efttex, the European...
The space for the next edition of Efttex, the European Fishing Tackle Trade Exhibition due to be held in Warsaw next June 11-13, is already sold out. There will be 180 exhibitors and co-exhibitors coming from 35 countries occupying 5,611 square meters of floorspace.
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Lululemon has hired Duke Stump, a former executive of Nike...
Lululemon has hired Duke Stump, a former executive of Nike and Easton Sports, to “deepen connections” with customers as vice president of community and brand
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SportScheck has invested a double-digit million figure to renovate and...
SportScheck has invested a double-digit million figure to renovate and expand its 18-year-old store in downtown Cologne, which now measures 5,600 square meters. The interior layout has been changed completely and a new glass window allows a view of the city's famous Cathedral from every floor. The chain's next store ...
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Hi-Tec launches documentary series
Hi-Tec is launching “The Walkumentary Series,” an online documentary project conceived and produced by This that + the other, an Amsterdam-based advertising agency. The films focus on how walking can lead to extraordinary things and the importance of taking time away from everyday life. Each film views walking from a ...
