All Sporting Goods Intelligence articles in Volume 26, Issue 23-24 – Page 2
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A Paris court ordered Nike and an events company to...
A Paris court ordered Nike and an events company to pay €67,500 in damages to an a sculptor, Jean Cardot, who complained about the treatment of his statue of Winston Churchill. The Swoosh draped it with an oversized Tony Parker jersey in 2011, after the French basketball team qualified for ...
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Vans has teamed up with Eley Kishimoto on a collection...
Vans has teamed up with Eley Kishimoto on a collection of wearable art, apparel and accessories. Mark Eley and Wakako Kishimoto, the husband-and-wife design duo, founded Eley Kishimoto in 1992. The maxim of the fashion house is “Print the World.” Working with the Vans' design team, Eley Kishimoto have applied ...
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Speedo has signed up a ski champion, Felix Neureuther, for...
Speedo has signed up a ski champion, Felix Neureuther, for its “Speedo-Fit” campaign. The message is that swimming in the pool is a form of training that makes you fit to perform any other type of sport.
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Vibram will work in Canada with a distributor, Rock Gear...
Vibram will work in Canada with a distributor, Rock Gear Distribution, instead of agents to market its Fivefingers line of shoes, which is expanding in the fitness/training segment
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Icebreaker is launching the Icebreaker Challenge, an international digital campaign...
Icebreaker is launching the Icebreaker Challenge, an international digital campaign covering 40 countries. It calls on retailers and consumers to select the sport offering the most fun ever and publishing a video on Icebreaker's website before Aug. 31 and asking for “likes” on social networks. The winner will get a ...
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Burton Snowboard has promoted Chris Patsch to the position of...
Burton Snowboard has promoted Chris Patsch to the position of European marketing manager for its Burton and Anon brands, reporting to the company's European chief, Hermann Kapferer. He first joined Burton in 2010 as marketing coordinator for The Program.
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Great Britain remains easily the largest market for football replica...
Great Britain remains easily the largest market for football replica shirts in Europe with annual sales of around £250 million, according to the NPD Group's consumer data. The country retains the lead despite soaring sales in Germany, where the size of the replica market roughly doubled last year on the ...
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Duca del Cosma, the German brand of golf and golf-inspired...
Duca del Cosma, the German brand of golf and golf-inspired shoes and clothing, has filed for insolvency proceedings in a court at Landshut. Plans are to stabilize the financial situation and to look for professional investors with the help of Advantum Corporate Finance. The brand was launched in 2004 by ...
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Jack Wolfskin has reached “Leader Status” in the Brand Performance...
Jack Wolfskin has reached “Leader Status” in the Brand Performance Check 2015 of the Fair Wear Foundation. The company reached a benchmarking score of 82 percent after an evaluation period that lasted until Sept. 30, 2014. The company, which has been a member of FWF since 2010, notes that it ...
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Thermore says it is launching its Thermore Thermal Booster, described...
Thermore says it is launching its Thermore Thermal Booster, described as a “breakthrough” insulation that provides extra heat when the outer temperature declines by up to 20 percent. The insulation comes in two weights. It incorporates the company's anti-fiber migration treatment, which protects from repeated washing and extensive wear.
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El Corte Inglés, the big Spanish retailer, which plays a...
El Corte Inglés, the big Spanish retailer, which plays a big role in the sporting goods market, has sold a 10 percent stake for €1 billion to Sheikh Hamad Bin Jassim Bin Jaber Al Thani, a former Prime Minister of Qatar and former head of the Qatar Investment Authority. Sheik ...
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Pou Sheng International, the big Chinese sports retailer, told investors...
Pou Sheng International, the big Chinese sports retailer, told investors that it should achieve a net profit for the first half of the year, as compared with a net loss of about $2.59 million for the same six months last year. The company returned to profit in the third quarter ...
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Shimano and Kryptonite, the creator of the U-lock for bicycles,...
Shimano and Kryptonite, the creator of the U-lock for bicycles, have signed an agreement for the distribution of Kryptonite bicycle products in a select group of European countries through the sales offices of Shimano Europe. The deal, effective Sept. 1, will cover France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, Denmark, Finland, Sweden ...
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The consumption of bicycles and bike-related products grew in Spain...
The consumption of bicycles and bike-related products grew in Spain by 6.6 percent in 2014 to a value of €1,354 million, according to a study commissioned to Sport Panel by Ambe, the Spanish bike industry association. Sales to all retail channels grew by 8.1 percent to €549 million, with multi-sport ...
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The dates of the Outdoor Retailer Winter Market have been...
The dates of the Outdoor Retailer Winter Market have been moved up by two weeks next year, to adjust to other events, the holiday calendar and final ordering deadlines. The show is to take place in Salt Lake City on Jan. 7-10, to avoid competing with the Sundance Film Festival ...
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Euro Brand Management has qualified to become a Certified...
Euro Brand Management has qualified to become a Certified B Corporation. The label is said to have been recognized as the highest standard for social corporate responsibility, applying to companies that use the power of business to solve social and environmental problems. This relatively new certification has been granted to ...
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Dahon, the leading brand of folding bicycles based in the...
Dahon, the leading brand of folding bicycles based in the U.S., has established Dahon Europe in Cologne. The subsidiary will be run by the managing director Hans-Joachim Retzlaff, who has been in the bicycle industry for many years. He started in 1997 as marketing manager at Cycleurope and since 2003 ...
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New Balance has sealed an endorsement deal with Reilly Opelka,...
New Balance has sealed an endorsement deal with Reilly Opelka, a promising 17-year American tennis player, who became Wimbledon Juniors champion this year. The American brand will be Opelka's official apparel and footwear provider for competition, training and lifestyle. Raised in Florida, Opelka has been part of the USTA Player ...
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Babolat, the French racquet sports company, has become an official...
Babolat, the French racquet sports company, has become an official supplier of shuttlecocks and other equipment for Badminton England, across all its community programs. From this month, Babolat has been supplying shuttlecocks for all domestic tournaments and circuit events for juniors, seniors and masters, including the National Schools Championships. Badminton ...
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