All Sporting Goods Intelligence articles in Volume 25, Issue 40-41 – Page 3
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Compex puts out the first wireless electrostimulator for muscles...
Compex puts out the first wireless electrostimulator for muscles
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The executive committee of Fifa has decided to publish a...
The executive committee of Fifa has decided to publish a redacted version of Michael Garcia's investigative report into alleged corruption in the bidding process for the World Cup. The decision was taken a few days after Garcia resigned from his mission, citing a lack of transparency at Fifa. The release ...
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Joséphine Powell, formerly with fashion companies like Hermès and Chloë,...
Joséphine Powell, formerly with fashion companies like Hermès and Chloë, has joined Rossignol Apparel as commercial director
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Kelly Slater, the famous surf champion, and his team have...
Kelly Slater, the famous surf champion, and his team have announced a raft of new collaborators who will be involved in the development and launch of his new brand of contemporary ready-to-wear, Outerknown. With the support of the Kering group, parent company of Puma and Volcom, it will start with ...
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Li Ning will raise new capital to support growth
Li Ning has announced plans to raise between $1,517.7 million Hong Kong dollars (€159.9m-$195.5m) and HK$1,694.9 million (€178.4m-$218.4m) from its shareholders, giving them a choice between purchasing ordinary shares or convertible securities. The Chinese sports brands said that the gross proceeds from the open offer would be used to support its ...
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Cisalfa Sport has launched a new retail concept, called Cisalfa...
Cisalfa Sport has launched a new retail concept, called Cisalfa 2.0, intended to place more emphasis on the product and to provide a more emotive shopping experience. It is starting off with a store located at 18 Corso Vercelli in Milan. It replaces a former Germani Sport owned by the ...
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Callaway Golf has raised its guidance for this year's earnings,...
Callaway Golf has raised its guidance for this year's earnings, predicting pre-tax income of between $19 million and $21 million, but repeats that sales will rise by 6 percent to about $890 million, indicating gains in market share. On the other hand, the company, which generates half of its turnover ...
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Building on the brand's growing involvement in tennis shoes and...
Building on the brand's growing involvement in tennis shoes and clothing, Asics is introducing its first tennis racquet in the U.S., but not yet in Europe
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Stiga is improving the sweetspot of its table tennis blades...
Stiga is improving the sweetspot of its table tennis blades by incorporating the Swedish TeXtreme carbon technology in its 2015 line
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The partnership between Ispo Munich and Paddle Expo, the world's...
The partnership between Ispo Munich and Paddle Expo, the world's largest exhibition for paddle sports, will now also incorporate Ispo Shanghai. The Asian exhibition, taking place on July 2-4, 2015, will be the first cross-segment sports business platform in the Chinese market. Paddle Expo and Ispo Shanghai will invite business ...
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Xavier and David Berneda, the two Spanish brothers who own...
Xavier and David Berneda, the two Spanish brothers who own the Munich brand of sneakers, have set up a new distribution company, Bernher, to distribute Jaked, the Italian brand of high-tech swimwear, on the Spanish market. Eduardo Loriente, who ran Jaked's former distributor, Aquatic Global Sports, has joined Bernher.
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Kering has been looking since the beginning of this year...
Kering has been looking since the beginning of this year for investors who may be interested in taking over its 86 percent stake in Puma, says the Bloomberg news agency. Investment funds in Asia, Qatar and other parts of the Middle East were reportedly approached, but no takeover negotiations have ...
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Noël, the French footwear company that has been a licensee...
Noël, the French footwear company that has been a licensee of Umbro for many years, was placed in receivership by a court in Rennes on Dec. 8, with until June 8 to present a recapitalization plan. The company has been unable to conclude a satisfactory agreement for the transfer of ...
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Nelson Chan, a former chief executive of Magellan, has been...
Nelson Chan, a former chief executive of Magellan, has been appointed to Deckers Brands' board of directors, replacing Maureen Conners. Chan is currently chairman of Outerwall, the company behind the well-known Redbox and Coinstar operations. He acts as chairman or director at various other companies including Synaptics, described as a leading developer ...
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Brad Holiday, who has been the chief financial officer of...
Brad Holiday, who has been the chief financial officer of Callaway Golf since August 2000, will retire by the middle of 2015
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Julbo is presenting a new ski goggle that has been...
Julbo is presenting a new ski goggle that has been optimized for going up the ski slopes as well as down
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Jens Voigt, the recently retired German cycling professional, has been...
Jens Voigt, the recently retired German cycling professional, has been enlisted by Trek as “Ambassador of Awesome,” motivating its staff to be more productive and engaging in product testing and a variety of promotional activities
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New Balance will make a big splash in the world...
New Balance will make a big splash in the world of global football as the new sponsor of the famous Liverpool FC team from the 2015/16 season. It will take over a juicy contract, worth a minimum of £20 million (€25.5m-$31.1m) per year, that had been previously signed by Warrior ...
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New Balance has signed up a Spanish triathlon champion, Iván Raña...
New Balance has signed up a Spanish triathlon champion, Iván Raña
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New Balance Athletic Shoe has sued Converse in a U.S....
New Balance Athletic Shoe has sued Converse in a U.S. federal court, stating that it wanted to protect itself against overly broad and aggressive trademark claims made by Converse with the International Trade Commission. New Balance said it wants to get a declaration of non-infringement concerning claims that could potentially ...