All Sporting Goods Intelligence articles in Volume 26, Issue 31-32 – Page 4
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Sport Partner reports that all Telstar Megastores are to remain...
Sport Partner reports that all Telstar Megastores are to remain open, on the back of an agreement between unnamed investors and the Dutch sports retailer's receiver. The stores will continue trading under the Telstar name but the group will work closely together with Daka Sport, another Dutch sports retailer, which has actively ...
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Eagle Creek will again work in the Swiss market through...
Eagle Creek will again work in the Swiss market through a distributor, Icon Outdoor, which represented the brand in 1996-98
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After divesting several non-core operations, IC Group has shrunk its...
After divesting several non-core operations, IC Group has shrunk its executive board from eight to six members. The former chief financial officer, Rud Trabjerg Pedersen, and the former chief executive of By Malene Birger, Charlotte Egelund, have resigned from their positions. Alexander Martensen-Larsen, 40, will be the group's new CFO, adding ...
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Claes Broqvist, who has resigned after six years as sales...
Claes Broqvist, who has resigned after six years as sales director of Odlo Sportswear, is moving from Switzerland to Italy next January to fill a new position at Oberalp, parent company of Salewa, Dynafit and other brands, as regional general manager in charge of North America, Asia, the U.K. and ...
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Retail restructuring costs affect robust Fenix group
Restructuring costs of €4.9 million at Globetrotter badly affected the results of the Fenix Outdoor International group's retail business for the second quarter. However, thanks to the robust performance of its brands and retail operations outside Germany, the entire group's operating profit excluding restructuring costs was still on the rise ...
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Mammut will adopt the Responsible Down Standard, initiated by The...
Mammut will adopt the Responsible Down Standard, initiated by The North Face and promoted by Textile Exchange, for 100 percent of its spring/summer 2016 collection. About 70 percent of the down used by the Swiss brand in its winter 2015/16 collection is already RDS-certified.
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Adidas leads research project on recyclable football products
The Adidas Group is leading a three-year research project, Sport Infinity, to make sporting goods that can be repeatedly recycled, without any chemical adhesives or waste. Using an inexaustible super-material, they could be entirely broken down and remolded into new performance products. The project focuses on plastic-based football products, starting with ...
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Adidas France is to transfer its French head office to...
Adidas France is to transfer its French head office to Strasbourg toward the end of 2017, in the new business area of Wacken. It will thus leave the village of Landersheim near Saverne, where it was established in 1973. Despite repeated renovations, the office complex was apparently no longer suitable. ...
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Keller Sports wins prizes, adds top winter sports brands
Keller Sports, the first online retailer in Europe to have chosen a premium positioning in the market, won a couple of important prizes a few weeks ago in a prestigious contest for the “Shop Usability Award,” organized by a German retail consultancy, Shoplupe. Competing against 533 other e-commerce websites in ...
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Acushnet, which is the parent company of Titleist and Footjoy,...
Acushnet, which is the parent company of Titleist and Footjoy, is holding discussions with various investment banks in preparation for a possible return to the stock market, according to Bloomberg. The company, which has been performing better than TaylorMade-Adidas Golf and other golf majors in a difficult market, was sold ...
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Fesi applauds WHO action on physical activity
The Federation of the European Sporting Goods Industry (Fesi) has publicly welcomed the physical activity strategy adopted earlier this month by the World Health Organization (WHO) for the European region from 2016 to 2025, which aims to tackle health issues through increased physical activity.The 53 member states of the WHO ...
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Royal Robbins’ owner targets more acquisitions, names CEO
More and more companies are announcing their intention to participate in the inevitable, further consolidation of the outdoor sector. Joining the likes of Vista Outdoor, Samsonite, Wolverine Worldwide and others, an American investment company based in New York, Bruckmann, Rosser, Sherill & Co. (BRS), shared its interest in further acquisitions ...
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Harbinger, a U.S. supplier of performance strength and fitness accessories,...
Harbinger, a U.S. supplier of performance strength and fitness accessories, has been acquired by Implus, a multi-brand company specializing in athletic, fitness and outdoor products. Established in 1988, Harbinger supplies a wide range of products such as gloves, belts, straps, strength training aids and functional fitness items. Implus, which has ...
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Authentic Brands Group (ABG) and the Global Brands Group (GBG)...
Authentic Brands Group (ABG) and the Global Brands Group (GBG) are expanding the Spyder brand in the South Korean market, with the planned opening of about 25 stores by the end of the year. A wide and colorful range of Spyder products is being launched through shop-in-shops at prominent department ...
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Gianni Crespi, 56, is reportedly going to act as the...
Gianni Crespi, 56, is reportedly going to act as the new chief executive and vice chairman of Basicnet from next May, when the company's chairman and founder, Marco Boglione, will turn 60. Basicnet, which is the parent company of Kappa, Robe di Kappa, K-Way and Superga, is not confirming or ...
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Seth Wescott, a 39-year-old American pro snowboard rider who has...
Seth Wescott, a 39-year-old American pro snowboard rider who has collected many medals, has made an unspecified investment in Winterstick Snowboards as the American company plans to set up its first workshop to make customized snowboards. The company will transform an old barn on the western side of Sugarloaf Mountain, ...
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The organizing committee for the 2020 Summer Olympic Games in...
The organizing committee for the 2020 Summer Olympic Games in Tokyo has recommended the addition of four new sports to its programs: baseball/softball, surfing, skateboarding, karate and sports climbing. Applications made by the representatives of three other sports - bowling, squash and wushu - were not accepted. Baseball and softball, ...
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Noble Materials has obtained Bluesign certification for its XT2 anti-odor...
Noble Materials has obtained Bluesign certification for its XT2 anti-odor technology
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Marti Batalla, who founded Grifone in 1984, is leaving the...
Marti Batalla, who founded Grifone in 1984, is leaving the Spanish outerwear company after more than 20 years at its helm. His departure is related to the acquisition of a controlling stake in the company by Ramón Cierco, who began to invest in Grifone in 2011. Other shareholders are Sandro ...
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Sports Direct International has bought a stake of 18.9 percent...
Sports Direct International has bought a stake of 18.9 percent in Findel, a British multi-channel retailer that owns an online sports retailer, Kitbag, specializing in the sale of replica kits for major football teams. Reportedly, Findel previously refused an offer by Mike Ashley to buy Kitbag alone. It turns out ...
