All Sporting Goods Intelligence articles in Volume 26, Issue 29-30 – Page 2
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Lululemon continues to expand internationally
Lululemon Athletica has just opened its first store in Germany and its first showroom in France. In Germany, the 325-square-meter store is located on the Poststrasse of Hamburg, behind the historical facade of a former post office. It carries garments for men and women. In France, it has opened its ...
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Ispo Munich, which has made no major changes to its...
Ispo Munich, which has made no major changes to its basic layout in six years, is re-distributing the exhibition space in 11 of its 16 halls for the next Jan. 24-27 edition, creating better synergies between some segments and improving walking distances. The Health & Fitness segment will spread over ...
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Leki has signed up Ted Ligety, a downhill ski champions...
Leki has signed up Ted Ligety, a downhill ski champions who has claimed 24 victories and 49 podiums in World Cup competitions. A native of Park City, Utah, he won gold medals at the 2006 Olympics in Turin and the 2014 Olympics in Tokyo. Ligety will race with Leki's Trigger ...
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Runners Point, the German retail chain owned by Foot Locker,...
Runners Point, the German retail chain owned by Foot Locker, has moved into the Austrian market with its new, more specialist format, which focuses on running, to the detriment of brands such as Timberland or Vans. Runners Point has opened its first two stores in Austria, located in the SCS ...
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Forum Sport, the Spanish sporting goods retail chain, launched its...
Forum Sport, the Spanish sporting goods retail chain, launched its web store last month
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Shimano Europe has unveiled plans to open an “Experience Center”...
Shimano Europe has unveiled plans to open an “Experience Center” in the Netherlands in the spring of 2017. The center will be built in Valkenburg, in the southern part of the country, on the site of a former brewery. The activities offered by the park will focus on cycling, fishing ...
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The share capital of IC Group, parent company of Peak...
The share capital of IC Group, parent company of Peak Performance, has been raised by 0.3 percent to 170,562,470 Danish kroner (€22.9m-$26.1m) through the exercise of warrants under two different programs that priced the new shares at DKK 136.00 and DKK 166.80, respectively. IC Group has derived gross proceeds of ...
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Sport England's This Girl Can campaign has teamed up with...
Sport England's This Girl Can campaign has teamed up with therunningbug.co.uk to encourage women to get moving and help raise money for cancer research. The #1milechallenge requires women to move for a mile by walking, running, swimming, cycling, or however they can. When they have finished, they create a 10-second video clip ...
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The team of BSI, the German sporting goods industry federation,...
The team of BSI, the German sporting goods industry federation, is reinforced with the arrival of Bastian Tielmann, 35, who has been coaching the Dutch ski team in ski jumping for the last eight years
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The British government has launched a public consultation in the...
The British government has launched a public consultation in the country to find out what can be done to increase participation in sport. The consultation will run for just under nine weeks, from Aug. 4 until Oct. 2. Figures from Sport England for the 12 months to March 2015 show ...
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The government of Brazil has sent a delegation to Indonesia...
The government of Brazil has sent a delegation to Indonesia to determine whether the country has a market economy and to check out any relations that local shoe producers may have with Chinese producers. Opponents of the current anti-dumping duties on Chinese shoes have in fact proposed Indonesia as the ...
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Brunswick Bowling held a training seminar in Yancheng, China, on...
Brunswick Bowling held a training seminar in Yancheng, China, on July 21-25, on the occasion of the Chinese Bowling Foundation (CBF) Education Conference. The event offered an opportunity for bowler development, from beginner to advanced players and coaches, and included a seminar on the best practices in center operations and ...
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Klaus Dittrich, chairman of the executive board of Messe München,...
Klaus Dittrich, chairman of the executive board of Messe München, organizer of the Ispo trade shows around the world, and Rolf Schmid, chief executive of the Mammut Sports Group, made a bid for the summit of the Mont Blanc earlier this month, but didn't quite make it to the top. ...
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Poc, the Swedish company owned by Black Diamond, has partnered...
Poc, the Swedish company owned by Black Diamond, has partnered with Light Flex Technology to explore an innovative printed light technology which uses active light to make riders visible, as opposed to the passive reflective technology used on most bike apparel. According to Light Flex, its new printed light technology ...
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Foot Locker has opened a big flagship store in Madrid....
Foot Locker has opened a big flagship store in Madrid. Located at 6 Calle de Preciados, it stretches over 1,500 square meters on three floors. It offers more apparel than Foot Locker's 49 other stores in Spain. It houses a House of Hoops and two dedicated areas for Nike Sportswear. ...
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Reebok has joined forces with Bershka, one of Inditex' retail...
Reebok has joined forces with Bershka, one of Inditex' retail banners, for the design of a fitness footwear model. The exclusive shoe, which is called “City Maps,” comes in tricot fabric and breathable materials, and weighs less than 200 grams. The model is already available at selected Bershka stores and ...
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Just before the World Rugby Cup was under starters' orders...
Just before the World Rugby Cup was under starters' orders in England, Skins announced its partnership with USA Rugby. The Swiss-based brand of compression garments already sponsors the Australian Wallabies and the national teams from the Pacific islands of Samoa and Tonga. Skins will thus have four of the 20 ...
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Reporting on some preliminary results before and during an investors'...
Reporting on some preliminary results before and during an investors' conference, Wolverine Worldwide's management indicated that its revenues declined by between 4 and 5 percent in the second quarter. They were flat in terms of local currencies and excluding the phase-out of the Patagonia license and the closure of retail ...
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Jussi Mikkola of Finland has been confirmed as the chairman...
Jussi Mikkola of Finland has been confirmed as the chairman of Intersport International Corp. (IIC) for at least one year, replacing Klaus Jost who resigned a few months ago following his departure from Intersport Germany. The annual meeting of the organization, which was held in Sweden, also elected Steve Evers, ...
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Jeff Lasher, who has been chief financial officer of Crocs...
Jeff Lasher, who has been chief financial officer of Crocs since 2011, is leaving the company in early November to occupy a similar position at West Marine. Mike Smith, a former executive of Collective Brands and Wolverine Worldwide who joined Crocs earlier this year as senior vice president of finance, ...
