All Sporting Goods Intelligence articles in Volume 25, Issue 38-39 – Page 4
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Vulcabras turns around
After a long, steady decline, Vulcabras' share price began to stabilize after the publication of the Brazilian company's financial results, which showed a tiny net profit of 3.1 million reais (€1.0m-$1.2m) for the third quarter ended Sept. 30, compared with a loss of R$6.2 million in the year-ago period. It was ...
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VF Corp. has appointed Neil Schambra Stevens to the position...
VF Corp. has appointed Neil Schambra Stevens to the position of vice president of marketing at Vans for Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA). He will replace Jeremy De Maillard, who has taken up a similar position at The North Face, as previously reported. Schambra Stevens comes from Lenovo, ...
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Element has appointed two skateboarders, Reynald Gautier and Julien Duval,...
Element has appointed two skateboarders, Reynald Gautier and Julien Duval, to its executive management team. They will respectively act as vice president of global design and vice president of global marketing, based at the brand's European office in Hossegor, France. Gautier grew up in the U.K. and spent the last ...
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Prana has appointed Sasha Dietschi-Cooper as vice president of sales,...
Prana has appointed Sasha Dietschi-Cooper as vice president of sales, effective Jan. 5, 2015. Reporting directly to Scott Kerslake, Prana' chief executive, Dietschi-Cooper will lead the company's distribution strategies for continued growth in North America, while also working on Prana's brand presence in international markets. Dietschi-Cooper has 16 years of ...
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Rossignol works with Sandbridge on apparel
Groupe Rossignol has announced the acquisition of a minority share in the company by an American investment fund, Sandbridge Capital, which will help the group to develop its strategy in the apparel sector. According to a spokesman, Sandbridge is acquiring a stake of between 5 and 10 percent in Rossignol ...
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Anta, which became the official marketing and merchandising partner of...
Anta, which became the official marketing and merchandising partner of NBA China in October, has signed a sponsorship deal with the NBA's Brookly Nets that includes electronic signage during matches at its Barclays Center
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Ispo announced the BrandNew winners
The organizers of Ispo have announced the winners and finalists of this year's Ispo BrandNew competition, which will be given free stands at Ispo Munich on Feb. 5-8, 2015. They were selected by an international jury after receipt of a record number of 431 applicationsOnoo came put as the best ...
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Puma announced today the departure of one of its top...
Puma announced today the departure of one of its top executives, Stefano Caroti. He will leave at his own request for family reasons with effect from Jan. 1. The company's chief executive, Bjørn Gulden, will take over his responsibilities as chief commercial officer at board level from Jan. 1. After ...
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Luxottica and Intel have announced a multi-year R&D collaboration to...
Luxottica and Intel have announced a multi-year R&D collaboration to combine premium, luxury and sports eyewear with smart technology. The first smart eyewear from this partnership is expected to launch in 2015. Luxottica, the world's largest eyewear maker, is best known for brands such as Ray-Ban, Persol and Oakley. In ...
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JD Sports Fashion has announced that it has sold Bank,...
JD Sports Fashion has announced that it has sold Bank, its struggling fashion arm, to a subsidiary of Hilco Capital, a restructuring specialist, for an undisclosed amount. The British retailer said the deal would recover a “substantial” amount of its inter-company loan, the exact details of which will be confirmed ...
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Two Andys are going to run Pentland Brands from next...
Two Andys are going to run Pentland Brands from next Jan. 1. After 16 years as chief executive of the company, Andy Rubin, 49, is stepping up to the new position of chairman at the subsidiary of Pentland Group. The new CEO is going to be 43-year-old Andy Long, who ...
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The St Andrews Links Trust has struck a partnership to...
The St Andrews Links Trust has struck a partnership to license a golf academy in China. Golf Business News reports that the project on Simapo Island, Hainan, is the first foreign golf academy for St Andrews, the famous Scottish golf complex. The partnership is with White Horse Holdings, the company ...
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Schweizer Sport & Mode predicts that the Swiss sporting goods...
Schweizer Sport & Mode predicts that the Swiss sporting goods market will end up flat this year in terms of the retail turnover. Working in combination with GfK and Asmas, it has calculated a 0.4 percent decline for the third quarter, due to a lot of rain and cool temperatures ...
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WL Gore & Associates has developed +Gore for Gore-Tex gloves,...
WL Gore & Associates has developed +Gore for Gore-Tex gloves, a new technology to help keep hands warmer for longer. This technology relies on a new testing method that simultaneously measures the breathability and the insulation performance of a glove. According to Gore, the glove construction - which consists of ...
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The Bread & Butter fair in Berlin may not take...
The Bread & Butter fair in Berlin may not take place at all on Jan. 19-21. According to conflicting media reports that could not be verified at the time of going to press, Crocs and a few other firms - between 80 and 200 - were still due to participate ...
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Fesi among first partners of the European Week of Sport
At its annual European Sport Forum, which took place in Milan on Dec. 1-2, the European Commission presented some more details on the European Week of Sport, a new initiative that will be launched next year. Fesi, the Federation of the European Sporting Goods Industry, represented by its secretary general, ...
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Décathlon has also turned a one-year-old French distribution center at...
Décathlon has also turned a one-year-old French distribution center at Rouvignies, near Valenciennes and the Belgian border, into its sixth continental distribution platform, joining three others in France and two in Spain. Covering 56,000 square meters, it will process the merchandise received from the suppliers and dispatch it to any ...
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Stephane Cattin, who worked previously also for Stöckli, is the...
Stephane Cattin, who worked previously also for Stöckli, is the new Swiss country manager of Fischer Sports
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Alpargatas expands internationally
Alpargatas has come to generate about 30 percent of its turnover outside Brazil, and its foreign business is expanding, mostly through its Havaianas brand of high-end sandals. The company booked a 26 percent increase year-on-year to 7,088,000 pairs during the third quarter in the volume of shoes sold by its ...
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Asics has announced an agreement with Cityzen Sciences to conduct...
Asics has announced an agreement with Cityzen Sciences to conduct joint research into and development of smart textiles for sports apparel. France-based Cityzen Sciences specializes in the development of smart textiles, and the project aims at combining this knowledge with the sports expertise cultivated by Asics to produce and market ...
