All Sporting Goods Intelligence articles in Volume 25, Issue 38-39
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Socrep is opening a new showroom in Milan, in via...
Socrep is opening a new showroom in Milan, in via Morimondo, which will host the brands Canada Goose, Manhattan Portage and Fred Perry. The move is part of a series of openings by the Italian importer of sporting goods that also includes new showrooms in Verona, Prato, Rome and Trani. ...
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Foot Locker and Nike target women
The much-awaited release of our special report on women s attitudes toward the purchase of sporting goods coincides with the launch of interesting new retail projects at Foot Locker and Nike , as well as the previously reported investments being made by Under Armour and other sports brands ...
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James Rodriguez is releasing a personalized range of men's underwear,...
James Rodriguez is releasing a personalized range of men's underwear, following in the footsteps of Cristiano Ronaldo and David Beckham. The Colombian midfielder, who plays with Ronaldo at Real Madrid, modeled the J10 branded range after teaming up with Colombian brand Bronzini. The athlete became one of the world's most ...
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Mikkola replaces Jost at the top of Intersport International
In a widely expected move, the board of management of Intersport International Corporation elected Jussi Mikkola from Finland as its new chairman at a meeting in Zurich on Dec. 2, replacing Klaus Jost from Germany . He will serve in the position until at least ...
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Thule goes public
Thule , a 72-year-old Swedish company that has been investing more in the sports and outdoor sector lately, had a successful initial public offering on the Nasdaq Stockholm exchange on Nov. 26 as Nordic Capital , which acquired control of the company in 2007, sold 30 percent of its shares ...
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Head may be forced to go private following a negative...
Head may be forced to go private following a negative vote on a resolution proposed at a general shareholders' meeting on Dec. 3 to increase the nominal value of its shares by drawing on the company's own reserves. The Vienna Stock Exchange had informed Head that its listing would be ...
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Kempa and the SC Magdeburg handball team have extended their...
Kempa and the SC Magdeburg handball team have extended their partnership for a further three years
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Foot Locker posts excellent results
Net earnings rose by 15.4 percent to $120.0 million at Foot Locker in the third quarter ended Nov. 1 on 6.7 percent higher revenues of $1,731 million. Excluding $1 million in integration costs for Runners Point and other special charges, earnings per share jumped by 22.1 percent, beating analysts' ...
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Falke opens its first Dutch mono-brand store in Maastricht...
Falke opens its first Dutch mono-brand store in Maastricht
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Tecnica is selling Dolomite
The Tecnica Group has signed an agreement in principle to sell its Dolomite brand to an American equity fund, Symphony Global Brands of Washington, D.C., at a basic price of €6.7 million, plus the value of its inventories and other assets. Officials of the ...
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The Swiss subsidiary of Lowa is taking on the distribution...
The Swiss subsidiary of Lowa is taking on the distribution of Holmenkol in the country
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Sports Direct is entering the Swiss market, opening a store...
Sports Direct is entering the Swiss market, opening a store in Bern this month. Located at 27 Zeughausgasse, it will spread over three floors. Swiss observers have expressed strong concern about the move, noting that Sports Direct is taking the place of the former flagship store of Universal Sport, ...
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Sports Direct and JD Sports Fashion are reportedly looking at...
Sports Direct and JD Sports Fashion are reportedly looking at the possible acquisition of Kitbag, a British firm that produces replica football strips for Manchester United and other teams
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Poc Sweden has won a prize from Popular Science, described...
Poc Sweden has won a prize from Popular Science, described as the world's largest science and technology magazine, for its Skull Orbit Comp H.I. MIPS helmet
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Odlo has opened a shop-in-shop at the NK department store...
Odlo has opened a shop-in-shop at the NK department store in Stockholm. The move is a part of the company s strategy to establish itself on the Swedish market. Odlo also sells its products to about 20 Stadium stores throughout Sweden as well as a number of specialist retailers. The ...
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New Eurochief for Deckers
Deckers Brands will have a new to manager for its European business. Sergio Azzolari , a former top executive of Fornarina s parent company, will join the parent company of Ugg Australia, Teva, Sanuk, Hoka One One and other brands next Feb. 2 as senior vice ...
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Décathlon is set to open its first downtown store in...
Décathlon is set to open its first downtown store in Berlin next spring, covering 6,000 square meters in the Rathaus-Passagen on the central Alexanderplatz. It will be its fourth downtown store in Germany, where it has run into many problems with urban planning authorities.
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Oberalp signs deals with Halti and Spyder
Oberalp , the big Italian company that owns Salewa , Dynafit , Pomoca and Wild Country , is adding two important assets to its portfolio of distributed brands. It has signed a five-year deal with Halti to sell the Finnish brand in Italy and Austria, starting last ...
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Reebok has signed a six-year partnership deal with UFC (Ultimate...
Reebok has signed a six-year partnership deal with UFC (Ultimate Fighting Championship), the world's largest organization for the promotion of mixed martial arts. Under the terms of the agreement, for an unspecified amount of money, Reebok will be the exclusive supplier of uniforms and commercial outfitter of UFC worldwide. UFC ...
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Nike has extended its long-standing sponsorship deal with the U.S....
Nike has extended its long-standing sponsorship deal with the U.S. Olympic Committee through the 2020 Games in Tokyo
