All Sporting Goods Intelligence articles in Volume 26, Issue 29-30
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Odlo has opened an outlet store in One Nation near...
Odlo has opened an outlet store in One Nation near Paris, which is the biggest factory outlet center in France
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Millet will soon open a store in Paris, taking the...
Millet will soon open a store in Paris, taking the place of a former Lafuma shop
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Michael Millenacker has returned to Royal Robbins as its new...
Michael Millenacker has returned to Royal Robbins as its new chief executive, starting immediately and replacing Bob Orlando. He will also serve on the board directors of BRS Outdoor Holdings, owner of Royal Robbins, which is looking at new acquisitions (more on this and on the company in the next ...
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Growing Zalando invests in research and logistics
Zalando has opened its second “Tech Hub” outside Germany in Helsinki, starting with ten employees this month and building up gradually to 200. The team will concentrate on the development of innovative customer-oriented products, applications and services, particularly on the mobile shopping front. The new Tech Hub will complement the ...
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Sporting goods sales on the rise in Norway
According to the Norwegian sporting goods industry association, Sportsbransjen , the country's major sporting goods chains raised their sales by 8 percent in the first half of 2015 , when compared with the same period last year, with an increase of 4.8 percent in the second quarter. It is not ...
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The number of visitors to Sport-Achat, the French trade show...
The number of visitors to Sport-Achat, the French trade show staged in Lyon on Sept. 7-8, continues to increase. It went up by 6 percent to 2,151. The simultaneous Bikexpo fair was visited by nearly 760 professionals representing 450 stores. The higher attendance contrasted with a drop in the number ...
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Rugby’s largest market is the U.K., but France is growing
Great Britain is the largest rugby market in Europe, according to NPD , with sales of footwear and apparel of around £83 million (€113.2m-$128.0m) for the 12 months ending March 2015 . The NPD Sports Tracking Consumer Panel tracks purchasing of sports footwear and apparel across five markets in ...
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The World Federation of the Sporting Goods Industry (WFSGI) has...
The World Federation of the Sporting Goods Industry (WFSGI) has set up a new “Aerodynamics and Weight Limitation Working Group” in order to address the issue of UCI (International Cycling Union) weight limitation for road bikes. The new working group has been installed as part of WFSGI's Bicycle Committee. The ...
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Strong progress at JD so far this year
Reporting on a record first half for the 26 weeks ended on Aug. 1, JD Sports Fashion announced that its pre-tax profit reached £44,708,000 (€61.3m-$69.3m), 88 percent above the level of the year-ago period before extraordinary items. Operating earnings before special items went up by 80 percent to £47,578,000 (€65.2m-$73.7m), ...
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JD expands strongly overseas
JD Sports Fashion is entering the Swedish market in November with a JD store in the new Mall of Scandinavia near Stockholm, measuring 480 square meters . According to Sportfack, the list of sports-related retail tenants in the new shopping center includes names such as Stadium , Intersport ...
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Global Surf Industries (GSI) is now entirely owned by its...
Global Surf Industries (GSI) is now entirely owned by its founder Mark Kelly, according to reports in the Boardsport Source news service. Kelly started the company in 2002. Since then, GSI has evolved into one of the largest surfboard and stand-up paddleboard companies in the world, with domestic operations in ...
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Intersport enters Ukraine
Ukraine has become the 45th country in which Intersport will be represented, following a license agreement signed with Epicentr K , a retail group with annual sales of close to €2 billion that operates 65 large-scale hypermarkets and do-it-yourself markets in the country . It is the clear market ...
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The sale of the Elan Group to Wiltan Enterprises and...
The sale of the Elan Group to Wiltan Enterprises and Merrill Lynch (see SGI Europe No. 26-25+26 of Aug. 10) has been completed with the return of state aid to the Slovenian government following a resolution by the European Commission, which challenged the legality of a €10 million subsidy given ...
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Stella sees increasing foreign demand
Stella International Holdings has reported a 12 percent increase in shoe deliveries to 23.7 million pairs during the first half of this year , due to increased demand from U.S. and European clients who are beginning to refill their depleted inventories. Average selling prices for footwear increased by 0.7 ...
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Pon Holdings, the owner of Gazelle, Derby Cycle and other...
Pon Holdings, the owner of Gazelle, Derby Cycle and other brands, has announced changes at the head of Pon Bicycle Group. Armin Landgraf is the new chief executive, replacing the retiring Rob Oudshoorn, who has led Pon Bicycle Group since Jan. 1, 2013 and has been a member of the ...
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The Cycling Sports Group (CSG) of Dorel Sports is recalling...
The Cycling Sports Group (CSG) of Dorel Sports is recalling about 23,000 Cannondale mountain bikes sold in the U.S. because their OPI tem/steering tube assemblies can fail, posing a risk of injury from a fall. About 800 additional units were sold in Canada. This recall involves all model years 2011 ...
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Crocs has promoted Terence Reilly from vice president of global...
Crocs has promoted Terence Reilly from vice president of global marketing to senior vice president and chief marketing officer
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Migros, the large Swiss retail cooperative, intends to open eight...
Migros , the large Swiss retail cooperative, intends to open eight more Outdoor by SportXX stores within its SportXX general sports stores by the end of the year (more in the Outdoor Industry Compass)
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Oaktree stands to get control of Quiksilver
A federal bankruptcy court judge in Delaware has granted preliminary approval of a request made by Quiksilver on Sept. 9 to place its ten U.S. subsidiaries under Chapter 11 protection. It also approved in principle a “plan sponsorship agreement” (PSA) that would allow Oaktree Capital Management, holder of 73 ...
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Italia Independent has signed a four-year contract to develop, produce...
Italia Independent has signed a four-year contract to develop, produce and distribute the Adidas Originals line of eyewear. The news helped the eight-year-old Italian company to gain nine percentage points on the Italian stock exchange. The Adidas Originals eyewear line was previously produced by Silhouette International, a much bigger Austrian ...
