All Sporting Goods Intelligence articles in Volume 26, Issue 23-24 – Page 3
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Speedo has re-signed Greg Hackett, the Australian swimming legend, who...
Speedo has re-signed Greg Hackett, the Australian swimming legend, who has returned to the pool for competitions after seven years of retirement
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Under Armour has hired Terdema L. Ussery II as president...
Under Armour has hired Terdema L. Ussery II as president of global sports categories, effective September 14. Prior to joining the Baltimore-based sports apparel company, Ussery served as the president and chief executive of the Dallas Mavericks, a professional basketball team based in Dallas, Texas, for the past 18 years. ...
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Under Armour is launching a line of sports bras, segmented...
Under Armour is launching a line of sports bras, segmented for application to high-, mid- and low-impact sports. Gisele Bündchen, the famous Brazilian supermodel, and various sponsored athletes such as Lindsey Vonn, Misty Copeland and Kelley O'Hara will be shown wearing one of the bras. The launch will also be ...
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Sportéco reports the appointment of Sébastien Bellard to the position...
Sportéco reports the appointment of Sébastien Bellard to the position of general manager of DJO France, the company that owns Cefar-Compex
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Vincent Wauters, president of Arc'teryx, has been appointed head of...
Vincent Wauters, president of Arc'teryx, has been appointed head of the apparel business unit for the whole Amer Sports group, taking the place of Jean-Philippe Torgue, who has not been active for several months. Wauters will have a similar function as Jean-Marc Pambet, president of the Salomon brand, who is ...
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Smith Sports Optics has appointed Cale Meyer as promotions manager,...
Smith Sports Optics has appointed Cale Meyer as promotions manager, based at the company's marketing headquarters in Portland, Oregon
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Brooks Running has become the exclusive footwear and apparel sponsor...
Brooks Running has become the exclusive footwear and apparel sponsor for the 23rd European Athletics Championships, which will take place in July 2016 in Amsterdam. That is where Brooks relocated its European head office earlier this year: The brand's facilities are based in the Olympic stadium, where most of the ...
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Replacing Frank Hugelmeyer, who resigned last year, Amy Roberts, director...
Replacing Frank Hugelmeyer, who resigned last year, Amy Roberts, director of sustainability at Mountain Equipment Co-op (MEC), has been appointed as new executive director of the Outdoor Industry Association (OIA) of the U.S.. While guiding the Canadian outdoor retailer's commitment to business and product sustainability, Roberts serves on the boards ...
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British stores drive ample gains at Sports Direct International
Sports Direct International (SDI) lifted its sales by 4.7 percent to £2,832.6 million (€4,045.5m-$4,423.8m) and achieved increased profit margins for the fiscal year until April 26, but the leading British sports retailer slashed its underlying operating profit target for the current fiscal year due to failed acquisitions.SDI's gross margin for ...
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Primaloft has appointed Stefan Brandt as sales & marketing territory...
Primaloft has appointed Stefan Brandt as sales & marketing territory manager for Austria, Switzerland and Southern Germany, reporting to Chris Humphris , European sales manager
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The board of Snow Sports Industries of America (SIA) appointed...
The board of Snow Sports Industries of America (SIA) appointed Nick Sargent as its next president, taking the place of David Ingemie after next January's SIA show in Denver, Colorado. Sargent has spent 12 years at Burton Snowboards, cultivating relationships with big companies such as 3M, Fox Sports, Garmin and ...
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Alpitec China has extended its eight-year-old participation in Ispo Beijing...
Alpitec China has extended its eight-year-old participation in Ispo Beijing through 2022
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Allied Feather upgrades its traceability tool
Allied Feather & Down is launching an improved version of its TrackMyDown website that will enable consumers to check where the down used in its partners' products was produced and how it was processed. They will be able to do so from next autumn, coinciding with the retail launch of ...
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Skechers has signed a new credit agreement with various banks,...
Skechers has signed a new credit agreement with various banks, replacing the one it had negotiated in 2009. It covers revolving loans of up to $250 million, or even $350 million, with relatively marginal interest rates. It allows Skechers to pay dividends to its shareholders and to buy back shares ...
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Callaway Golf has announced a staff pro agreement with Julien...
Callaway Golf has announced a staff pro agreement with Julien Brun, a young French player who became a “college golf phenomenon” while attending university in Texas
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Maui Jim has agreed to be a “Silver European Sponsor”...
Maui Jim has agreed to be a “Silver European Sponsor” of Optometry Giving Sight, the international charity, starting from July 6. The American brand of sunglasses made the announcement at Wimbledon in the presence of one of the brand's ambassadors, Martina Hingis, and the head coach of the All England ...
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CTC, the French-based certification agency for leather and leather products,...
CTC, the French-based certification agency for leather and leather products, reports that several of its experts in Europe, China and India have been accredited with the Sustainable Apparel Coalition.
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Skechers has announced it has filed a law suit against...
Skechers has announced it has filed a law suit against Steve Madden for copyright infringement. The shoe style in question is Steven by Steve Madden's Setta shoe, which allegedly infringes on the Skechers Go Walk and other Skechers product lines. In the lawsuit, which was filed in the U.S. District ...
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A Tony Hawk line of eyewear, named after the famous...
A Tony Hawk line of eyewear, named after the famous American skater, will come out in August, followed by additional styles of prescription frames and sunglasses in October. Intended to appeal to boys and young men, the line has been developed by Eyewear Designs of Bethpage, New York, under a ...
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The Italian bike market recovered last year. After a drop...
The Italian bike market recovered last year. After a drop suffered in 2013, sales of bicycles to the various retail channels increased by 6.4 percent to 1,644,600 units in 2014, thanks apparently to an improving economy and greater participation in the sport. Sales of e-bikes were stagnant at 51,156, in ...
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