All Sporting Goods Intelligence articles in Volume 25, Issue 36-37 – Page 2
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Nautilus plans to integrate new digital health and fitness platforms...
Nautilus plans to integrate new digital health and fitness platforms across all its Bluetooth Smart-enabled fitness equipment. It is introducing the new Apple Health kit into its Bowflex Max Trainer this month and will follow with the new 616 line of cardio equipment. The company is also taking its first ...
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Dick Johnson will run Foot Locker
Richard (Dick) A. Johnson will become on Dec. 1 the new president and chief executive of Foot Locker on a global basis, replacing Kenneth (Ken) Hicks who is retiring after a remarkable five-year run at its helm. He will also join the board of directors. Johnson, 56, has been with ...
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Kelme says it has developed the prototype of a Gravity...
Kelme says it has developed the prototype of a Gravity running shoe integrating a special microelectronic device that provides for the first time recommendations on a smartphone to avoid injuries and other painful complications by measuring the biomechanical characteristics of the runner's stride and detecting a sense of fatigue, while ...
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El Segreto del Mar has gone into liquidation. The Spanish...
El Segreto del Mar has gone into liquidation. The Spanish company had been performing very well in the past decade as the parent of the El Niño, which it had built into a major local surf and action sports label. The company was founded in 2002 by Javier Guerra, a ...
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Joma has signed a sponsorship deal with the national football...
Joma has signed a sponsorship deal with the national football federation of Bulgaria
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Cycling World, the leading U.K. publication for leisure and touring...
Cycling World, the leading U.K. publication for leisure and touring cycling, is launching Cycling World Ireland
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Jost exits Intersport Germany, goes to court
Intersport Germany has announced that Klaus Jost, president of the buying group in charge of purchasing, marketing and distribution since 2001, has been driven out of his functions with immediate effect. The official release says that the supervisory board and Jost could not find a common basis on the future ...
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Columbia Sportswear has extended its three-year-old partnership with the U.S....
Columbia Sportswear has extended its three-year-old partnership with the U.S. Freestyle Ski Team through the 2022 Olympic Winter Games
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Compass Diversified Holdings (Codi) has launched a secondary offering of...
Compass Diversified Holdings (Codi) has launched a secondary offering of trust shares intended to raise up to $125 million to repay a portion of its credit facility. Codi is the parent company of Camelbak Products, Ergobaby and Liberty Safe. It is also a minority shareholder in Fox Factory, which is ...
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Chogori India Retail, which took on the distribution of Columbia...
Chogori India Retail, which took on the distribution of Columbia Sportswear in India in the middle of last year, is reportedly planning to open 25 stores or shop-in-shops by next April and up to 120 over the next three years following results that exceeded expectations at the first five stores
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Former Puma product chief takes the helm at Jack Wolfskin
Michael Rupp is unexpectedly leaving Jack Wolfskin after less than two years at the helm of the German outdoor company, to be replaced with Melody Harris-Jensbach, a former board member in charge of product at Puma and chief product officer at Esprit.The company said that Rupp had decided not to ...
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Décathlon confirms that its parent company has changed its name...
Décathlon confirms that its parent company has changed its name from Oxylane back to Décathlon
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El Corte Inglés, the Spanish department store chain, is offering...
El Corte Inglés, the Spanish department store chain, is offering interest-free credit since Nov. 7 for Christmas shoppers
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Italy's Casa Editrice Scode has placed its consumer-oriented ski magazine,...
Italy's Casa Editrice Scode has placed its consumer-oriented ski magazine, Sci, into liquidation
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Calida, the Swiss-based owner of the French Lafuma Group, is...
Calida, the Swiss-based owner of the French Lafuma Group, is reportedly discussing the sale of Oxbow
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Investcorp buys Dainese
Investcorp, the large private equity company, has acquired a majority stake in Dainese, the Italian company that is well known for the quality and innovation of its back protectors and other protection and safety solutions for motorcycling, skiing and other dynamic sports. The takeover places an enteprise value of €130 million ...
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Two Spanish buying groups will buy jointly
Two Spanish buying groups, Twinner Iberica and Giro 180, announced last week their decision to join forces in purchasing as a first step toward a possible closer future cooperation. They will continue to work independently of each other. It could not be determined whether this will allow their retail members ...
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Burton is set to host the world's largest street snowboarding...
Burton is set to host the world's largest street snowboarding contest in the Roppongi Hills Arena of Tokyo on Nov. 15
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Halfords Group, the leading British retailer of cycling and leisure...
Halfords Group, the leading British retailer of cycling and leisure products, reports a 16 percent increase in sales of cycling products for the 26 weeks ended Sept. 26 due to the expansion of the new Cycle Republic store format and the recent acquisition of Boardman Bikes. On a same-store basis, ...
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Nordica, the ski brand that is part of the Tecnica...
Nordica, the ski brand that is part of the Tecnica Group, appointed new country managers for Austria and Germany. Herbert Riepl, previously responsible for sales in Germany and Austria, is leaving the company and will be replaced by Susanne von Hoermann as sales manager for Germany, and Tobias Stankus becomes ...