All Sporting Goods Intelligence articles in Volume 26, Issue 29-30 – Page 4
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Lululemon has appointed Miguel Almeida, former vice president of digital...
Lululemon has appointed Miguel Almeida, former vice president of digital commerce and mobile solutions for Walgreens, as executive vice president for digital operations, reporting directly to the company chief executive, Laurent Potdevin
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Alibaba Group Holding has established a new Alibaba Sports Group...
Alibaba Group Holding has established a new Alibaba Sports Group together with Sina Corporation and Yunfeng Capital. The idea is to leverage Alibaba's large e-commerce footprint in China with Sina's media resources to create an integrated, internet-based sports platform for the benefit of the sports industry, sports teams, sports fans ...
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Thule Group has signed an agreement to sell its snow...
Thule Group has signed an agreement to sell its snow chain business to an Austrian-based company, Schneeketten. The divestment will allow Thule to focus more on its core outdoor and bags segment. Its snow chain division posted sales of 136 million Swedish kronor (€14.6m-$16.5m) in 2014. Its staff of 145 ...
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Alpargatas has signed a global, five-year licensing agreement for its...
Alpargatas has signed a global, five-year licensing agreement for its Havaianas brand with the Safilo Group
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Afydad, the Spanish sporting goods industry association, is organizing a...
Afydad, the Spanish sporting goods industry association, is organizing a conference in Barcelona on Sept. 22 on how to sell products online in China
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New sports marketing initiatives by Adidas
Adidas is said to be prepared to pay about one billion euros to renew its sponsorship of the German Football Federation for ten years, after the contract expires at the end of 2018. Company officials decline to comment, but the figure seems to be high, although the national German football ...
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Adidas hired Egon Zehnder last February to head-hunt a new...
Adidas hired Egon Zehnder last February to head-hunt a new chief executive to take over the place of Herbert Hainer after his present contract expires in March 2017, according to Bloomberg. The 61-year-old Hainer has been running the group since 2001. Bloomberg quoted a couple of institutional shareholders of Adidas ...
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Adidas filed a suit against Skechers USA in Portland's district...
Adidas filed a suit against Skechers USA in Portland's district court on Sept. 14, charging that one of its shoe styles is a knock-offs of its Stan Smith model, and that others use its Supernova trademark and its Three-Stripe mark. The two companies have already squared off and reached settlements ...
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Eurobike to add one more consumer day
Eurobike will add a second day open to the public in 2016, in view of the European consumers' growing interest in bicycles. Messe Friedrichshafen, which organizes the trade show, made the announcement on Aug. 29, at the closing of this year's edition. In 2016 the event will be held from ...
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New action in Brussels
There was a lot of action in Brussels last Thursday, in connection with the first European Week of Sport and the inauguration of a new House of Sport accommodating the Federation of the European sporting goods industry (Fesi) and other sports-related associations under the same roof. They will be able ...
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Wolverine Worldwide remains interested in acquisitions, but while there are...
Wolverine Worldwide remains interested in acquisitions, but while there are plenty of actionable assets in the market, the valuations are a bit high. Wolverine would prefer a good brand with heritage with at least $75 million in revenues - ideally between $200 million and $600 million. An acquisition outside the ...
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Hero Cycles, the major Indian bicycle producer, has acquired control...
Hero Cycles, the major Indian bicycle producer, has acquired control of Avocet Sports, a major distributor of cycling products based in Manchester, U.K. In its attempt to enter the European market, Hero started two years talks for the takeover of Mifa, the financially stricken German bike producer, but they failed. ...
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Fusalp, the French skiwear company recently acquired by members of...
Fusalp, the French skiwear company recently acquired by members of the Lacoste family, has resurrected its dormant brand of knitted sweaters, Montant, which was worn by members of the French ski team between 1952 and 1970. Made in France with merino wool, the four styles of Montant sweaters will be ...
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According to a new report by the Norwegian Health Directorate,...
According to a new report by the Norwegian Health Directorate, the number of people doing sufficient physical activity in Norway has risen by 4 percent over the past five years. In terms of inhabitants, the figures mean that over 200,000 people are more physically active now than five years ago. ...
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Sports hardware fakes worth €500 million are sold each year in Europe
Counterfeiting of soccer balls, golf clubs, tennis racquets, skis, sports helmets and other types of sports equipment costs the European sporting goods industry €500 million a year in terms of ex factory values, according to a new study conducted by the Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market (OHIM). An ...
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On Aug. 31, Hervis Sport opened its third store under...
On Aug. 31, Hervis Sport opened its third store under the flag of Hervis Express in Vienna's Westbahnhof (West Station). For the Austrian multi-channel retailer, this format is relatively new. It was premiered in Innsbruck last year followed by similar shop in Prague. The idea is to present the full ...
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Sports Direct International has acquired a 25% stake in Four...
Sports Direct International has acquired a 25% stake in Four Marketing, the British distributors of various fashion brands including Stone Island, CP Company and 7 For All Mankind
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The 2024 Summer Olympic Games will take place in Budapest...
The 2024 Summer Olympic Games will take place in Budapest or Hamburg or Los Angeles or Paris or Rome. These five cities entered the final bids before the deadline on Tuesday night. Toronto withdrew its candidacy. As previously reported, Beijing beat Almaty by a narrow margin in the International Olympic ...
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Sport 2000 enters Sweden and Finland
Sport 2000 International is covering all the Nordic countries now that Team Sportia of Sweden and SGN Sportia of Finland have both decided to join the international buying group. SGN Sportia had acquired a controlling stake in the Swedish buying group at the end of last year.Both Sportia and Team ...
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Manchester United has reported a 16 percent drop in retail,...
Manchester United has reported a 16 percent drop in retail, merchandising, apparel and product licensing revenues to £31.6 million (€43.3m-$49.5m) for the financial year ended June 30, including an 11 percent decline in the fourth quarter. ManU blamed the drops on reduced guaranteed revenues from Nike due to the team's ...
