All Sporting Goods Intelligence articles in Volume 26, Issue 33-34 – Page 4
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The next European Outdoor Summit will be held in Barcelona...
The next European Outdoor Summit will be held in Barcelona on Sept. 26-28, 2016. This year's EOS, which was held in Sheffield, England, last week, welcomed a record of 318 delegates. They heard speeches by Andy Rubin, chairman of Pentland Brands, and other managers and experts including Ulrike Luckmann, author ...
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Callaway Golf is offering to redeem the balance of its...
Callaway Golf is offering to redeem the balance of its outstanding 3.75 percent convertible senior notes due in 2019, plus accrued interest, leaving the company without any long-term debt. The principal on the notes carries a total value of $27,517,000, plus interest. Until Nov. 16, the note holders will be ...
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New Balance has become the official footwear supplier for...
New Balance has become the official footwear supplier for USRowing, the national U.S. rowing team
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Lacoste has obtained the backing of the General Court of...
Lacoste has obtained the backing of the General Court of the European Union (EU) in a trademark dispute against Mocek and Wenta. The judges of EU's second highest court ruled that the caiman logo that the Polish competitor sought to register in the EU was similar enough to Lacoste's iconic ...
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Intersport Austria has launched a new promotion to get young...
Intersport Austria has launched a new promotion to get young customers to register for a loyalty card. Depending on their age, customers who are 16 to 18 years old can get a discount of 16, 17 or 18 percent on the purchase of their favorite product in affiliated stores once ...
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England Netball has signed a partnership with BLK, the Australian...
England Netball has signed a partnership with BLK, the Australian team sports apparel company, to outfit all of its representative teams for the next four years. BLK is to provide a range of leisure and on-court apparel ahead of next year's home test series against the Australian world champions in ...
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Quoting Golf Data Tech's UK Retail Audit, FootJoy says it...
Quoting Golf Data Tech's UK Retail Audit, FootJoy says it has raised its market share in the British golf shoe market to 51.6% in value
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Cougar Sport, a company based in New York, has asked...
Cougar Sport, a company based in New York, has asked the Southern District Court of the state for a declaratory judgment that its two-pipe two-strip design doesn't infringe on Adidas' three-stripe design. Adidas sent Cougar a letter on Sept. 15 threatening to sue the company for trademark infringement in a ...
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Dynafit and Salewa move into Asian markets
The Oberalp Group is building up its business in Asia, with licensing and distribution deals signed or in advanced discussions in China, South Korea and Taiwan, and with distinct approaches for the Salewa and Dynafit brands. In South Korea, Oberalp has sealed a licensing and distribution agreement for Salewa with K2. ...
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Under Armour says it has received preliminary approval from the...
Under Armour says it has received preliminary approval from the Circuit Court for Baltimore City to settle a lawsuit brought by holders of the company's A shares to oppose a plan to create a new class of C shares that will reinforce Kevin Plank's personal grip on the company. This ...
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Stefano Saccone has been appointed vice president and chief executive...
Stefano Saccone has been appointed vice president and chief executive for Eastpak, taking the place of another Italian manager, Massimo Ferrucci, who is in line to become vice president of VF Corporation in charge of emerging markets. Saccone has been working at VF's European headquarter in Switzerland since 2012 as ...
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Martin Lebeau, who comes from Merrell, has been appointed Canadian...
Martin Lebeau, who comes from Merrell, has been appointed Canadian general manager for Saucony, another brand that belongs to Wolverine Worldwide
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Former Arc’teryx managers roll out bike apparel brand
A Canadian cycling apparel brand launched by several former Arc'teryx managers has rapidly gained distribution in European and Asian countries. 7mesh, which has a distinctively clean design, already reached ten markets when it started earlier this year, and a few more should be added shortly.The president at 7mesh Industries is ...
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Maier Sports, the German outdoor and snow sports apparel brand,...
Maier Sports, the German outdoor and snow sports apparel brand, has hired Dennis Dietrich, previously at Internetstores, to become project manager for public relations and marketing, as part of the marketing team led by Stefan Taft
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Zoot Sports is to become the official performance apparel and...
Zoot Sports is to become the official performance apparel and technical apparel sponsor for the 2016, 2017 and 2018 Ironman North American Series. Zoot was established in 1983 in Kona, Hawaii, which is the home of the Ironman World Championships. It has turned into a multi-sports brand but began making ...
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Brazil extends anti-dumping duties on China
Decom, the Trade Defense Agency of the Brazilian government, has announced the continuation of the investigation to review its anti-dumping measures against footwear from China. The agency indicated that it had found elements of ongoing dumping. Apparently, it also admitted that there has been no further injury to the Brazilian ...
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Garmin warns that its annual revenues will be more likely...
Garmin warns that its annual revenues will be more likely around $2.8 billion, down from a previous projection of $2.9 billion, with sales in its fitness and outdoor segment coming out weaker than previously expected. Fitness should grow by 15 percent and outdoor should be down by 4 percent. For ...
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Under Armour (UA) has announced that Brad Dickerson, the company's...
Under Armour (UA) has announced that Brad Dickerson, the company's chief operating officer and chief financial officer, will be leaving UA to pursue another professional opportunity outside of the athletic performance industry. Dickerson joined UA in 2004. He has been serving as chief financial officer since 2008, and in early ...
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Superbrand Surfboards and Apparel has announced a joint venture with...
Superbrand Surfboards and Apparel has announced a joint venture with Xtreme Enterprise (XTE) to create Superbrand Europe. Based in Biarritz, the newly-formed entity will service France, Spain and Portugal while managing the existing Superbrand distributors in Germany, Austria, the U.K., Russia, Denmark and Greece. XTE specializes in the conception and ...
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Columbia Sportswear has announced a new partnership with the IBU...
Columbia Sportswear has announced a new partnership with the IBU World Championships Biathlon Oslo 2016 through its Columbia brand. The sports event, where the organizers are expecting 350 athletes from 40 nations, will take place at the Holmenkollen ski arena in Oslo, Norway on March 3-13 next year. Columbia will ...
