All Sporting Goods Intelligence articles in Volume 26, Issue 27-28 – Page 2
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Pep Guardiola has signed a personal endorsement deal with Gore-Tex...
Pep Guardiola has signed a personal endorsement deal with Gore-Tex as brand ambassador. The Spanish football coach, who is currently the trainer of FC Bayern München, will represent the Gore-Tex brand and Gore branded apparel and footwear globally for the next four years. During this period, Guardiola will also be ...
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JD has signed a two-year stadium partnership deal with Crystal...
JD has signed a two-year stadium partnership deal with Crystal Palace FC. In the past season, the south London football club secured its highest finish in the English Premier League's top ten clubs. At the first home match against Arsenal on Aug. 16, fans could see a JD promo team ...
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Rafael Nadal creates a sensation on a video by dressing...
Rafael Nadal creates a sensation on a video by dressing down from a pair of Tommy Hilfiger underwear shorts as part of an international multi-media campaign
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Giant Manufacturing Co. has raised prices in Europe, where its...
Giant Manufacturing Co. has raised prices in Europe, where its bike sales grew strongly in the first half in local currencies, to mitigate adverse currency exchange effects. Currencies cut the revenues of Giant by 57.1 million Taiwanese dollars (€1.6m-$1.8m) in the second quarter. At current rates, they grew by only ...
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Sporting goods are seemingly unaffected by China’s crisis
The stock exchange of Shanghai closed marginally higher yesterday after losing more than one-third of its value for the second time since mid-June amid growing fears of a major drop in consumption. The Shanghai Composite Index is still 40 percent higher than 12 months ago, however, and reports from the ...
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The Swiss Globus Group has a new chief executive, Thomas...
The Swiss Globus Group has a new chief executive, Thomas Herbert, who is replacing Jean-François Zimmermann. Herbert has been running Schild, a subsidiary of the group with 55 fashion stores.
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Michael Marckx has resigned as chief executive of Spy Inc.,...
Michael Marckx has resigned as chief executive of Spy Inc., the California-based brand of action sports-inspired sunglasses, following the release of poor sales and profits figures for the first half of this year. He is also leaving the company's board of directors but will continue as a consultant until Dec. ...
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Sole, the Canadian maker of footbeds, has joined One Percent...
Sole, the Canadian maker of footbeds, has joined One Percent for the Planet, the global network of businesses financially committed to creating a healthy planet. The members of the network donate one percent of their annual sales directly to approved environmental non-profit bodies. One Percent for the Planet evaluates the ...
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United Sports Brands is the new name of the combined...
United Sports Brands is the new name of the combined global organization resulting from the already announced merger of Shock Doctor Sports and McDavid. It will serve as the corporate parent of the two companies' brands: Shock Doctor, McDavid, Cutters and XO. United Sports Brands will move to a new ...
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Icebug, the highly technical Swedish brand of outdoor shoes and...
Icebug, the highly technical Swedish brand of outdoor shoes and ice boots, has opened its own concept store in Gothenburg. Since it was established in the early 2000s, production has increased significantly every year, and growth has remained at an average of about 30 percent. Last year, Icebug had a ...
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Willy Booker has left as chief executive of Fischer Ski...
Willy Booker has left as chief executive of Fischer Ski US to take charge of Dalbello ski boots at Marker/Dalbello/Völkl, which will allow him to be closer to his family. Dave Kuhlman, vice president of finance, will act as interim president until a replacement is found. Meanwhile, Fischer U.S. has ...
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Black Yak prepares for European relaunch
Black Yak, the Korean outdoor brand, has hired a seasoned executive to head up its European sales. Patrik Steinhilber joined Black Yak in Munich earlier this month, as the brand is finalizing a range for its European relaunch in the second half of next year.Steinhilber built up his career at ...
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Ned Post, a former manager of Benetton Sportsystem who led...
Ned Post, a former manager of Benetton Sportsystem who led and grew Smith Optics for more than 20 years until his retirement earlier this year, will act as an adviser to Combat Flip Flops. This American company sells tongs, neckties and other products and invests some of the proceeds in ...
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Mike De Bell, former chief sales officer for Crocs, has...
Mike De Bell, former chief sales officer for Crocs, has been recruited by Xero Shoes to act as vice president of global sales. As previously reported, John McCarvel, Crocs' former chief executive and president, has become chairman and lead investor in the young American company. Dennis Driscoll, former head of ...
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Franck Waterlot is taking on a new position being created...
Franck Waterlot is taking on a new position being created at Burton Europe as vice president of sales, product merchandising and marketing for the region, reporting to Hermann Kapferer, senior vice president and general manager of Burton Snowboards' subsidiary, which is based in Austria. Since 2007 Waterlot had been acting ...
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Mizuno will become more expensive in Brazil
With the value of the dollar up by 29 percent against the Brazilian real compared to a year ago, Alpargatas has decided to raise prices for its licensed Mizuno collections in the second half of this year, coinciding with the delayed launch of the brand's new lines for the spring/summer ...
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Craft has signed a five-year deal to become the new...
Craft has signed a five-year deal to become the new official partner and clothing supplier to the Swedish athletics national team. The team was set to wear the new Craft collection for the first time at the current World Athletics Championships in Beijing. After focusing traditionally on winter sports, Craft ...
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ElliptiGo, the San-Diego based creator of outdoor elliptical bicycles, has...
ElliptiGo, the San-Diego based creator of outdoor elliptical bicycles, has hired Raphael Weishaupt as vice president of global marketing, a newly-established position. He will report directly to the company's chief executive, Bryan Pate. Weishaupt has held several marketing leadership roles at big companies such as General Electric (GE), eBay, and ...
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Several Dutch shoe retailers have filed for bankruptcy in the...
Several Dutch shoe retailers have filed for bankruptcy in the last few months, as reported in Shoe Intelligence, blaming competition and the economy. This time it's the turn of a major sporting goods retailer, Telstar Sports & Fashion, which operates several megastores in the country. According to Sport Partner, one ...
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Head is consolidating its sales operations in Germany and Austria....
Head is consolidating its sales operations in Germany and Austria. Rainer Schramm, who has been running its German subsidiary, will take responsibility also for Austria. The Austrian country manager, Rob Koch, will remain available for support until the end of this year, and the company praised him for expanding Head's ...
