All Sporting Goods Intelligence articles in Volume 26, Issue 35-36 – Page 2
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Volcom has opened its first Mexican store at the Centro...
Volcom has opened its first Mexican store at the Centro Santa Fe in Mexico City, one of Latin America's largest shopping malls, and the action sports brand is to open a second Mexican store toward the end of the first quarter next year
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Rossignol has signed a five-year partnership deal with CEA Tech...
Rossignol has signed a five-year partnership deal with CEA Tech for the development of innovative products for winter sports. CEA Tech is a French-based R&D organization, which develops technologies of interest to all industries. Like Rossignol, CEA Tech is also based in Grenoble, in southeastern France. Around 30 Rossignol staff ...
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Deckers hires Stefano Caroti for omni-channel
Stefano Caroti is a seasoned sporting goods industry executive who spent 23 years at Nike and six at Puma, where he served most recently as chief commercial officer. In his previous career at Nike, he ran the company's Italian and German subsidiaries before taking care of footwear and then retail ...
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Moncler launched a new capsule collection in collaboration with FriendsWithYou...
Moncler launched a new capsule collection in collaboration with FriendsWithYou to celebrate the opening of its flagship store in Tokyo. FriendsWithYou, an art duo based in Los Angeles, will enliven Moncler's down jackets, t-shirts, sweaters and sneakers with pop images reproducing their art works. The new Moncler collection is entitled ...
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USB buys Nathan Sports
Nathan Sports, a brand specializing in athletic hydration and performance gear for runners, has been acquired at an undisclosed price by United Sports Brands (USB), the American group that resulted from the merger earlier this year of Shock Doctor Sports and McDavid. USB said its resources would support Nathan's expansion ...
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Sales in the fitness division of Brunswick Corporation, the owner...
Sales in the fitness division of Brunswick Corporation, the owner of the Life Fitness brand, advanced by 4 percent to $197.5 million for the third quarter. They were driven by increased sales to U.S. health clubs, local and federal governments, and they included an acquisition finalized in the third quarter. ...
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Bergans of Norway has signed a distribution contract for Switzerland...
Bergans of Norway has signed a distribution contract for Switzerland with ACE Alpine & Climbing Equipment. The territory was previously serviced from Bergans' German sales subsidiary. The deal will become operational with orders for the autumn/winter 2016/17 season.
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Belle sees China's sports market improving
While noting a significant improvement in the overall sporting goods market in China since the beginning of 2014, thanks especially to higher levels of sports participation, Belle International has reported increases of nearly 4 percent in sales as well as operating and net earnings for the first half of this ...
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W.L. Gore will restructure its various labels for items being...
W.L. Gore will restructure its various labels for items being introduced by manufacturers for the autumn/winter 2016/17 season, in connection with the launch of two new products, Gore Thermium and Gore Windstopper with Insulation. Designed to protect insulated fabrics from cold rain and snow, Gore Thermium has been adopted by ...
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Michael Klein has been placed in charge of Falke's Ergonomic...
Michael Klein has been placed in charge of Falke's Ergonomic Sport System, in a promotion from his previous role as innovation manager for the segment. The executive worked previously for Adidas and CEP.
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Basicnet reports continued progress
Further growth in the third quarter has led Basicnet to report a 14.1 percent increase to €405.6 million in aggregated sales, which include those of its licensees for Kappa, Robe di Kappa, K-Way, Superga and other brands. On a constant-currency basis, sales rose by 8.6 percent during the nine-month period.At ...
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The Quiksilver group, which filed for bankruptcy for its U.S....
The Quiksilver group, which filed for bankruptcy for its U.S. business in September, has reportedly asked bankruptcy authorities for permission to sell Ampla, its startup running-shoe brand, to two former employees for $200,000. Ampla was launched by Quiksilver two years ago but it's one of the assets that are no ...
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A new survey by Piper Jaffray, the U.S. investment bank,...
A new survey by Piper Jaffray, the U.S. investment bank, again ranked Nike as the favorite apparel brand among U.S. teenagers. About 27 percent of respondents pointed to Nike as their preferred clothing brand, way ahead of Forever 21 with 7 percent and American Eagle with 6 percent. Nike's popularity ...
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Strong results at Columbia, except in Russia and Asia
A slump of more than 30 percent in sales to distributors in Europe, the Middle East and Africa hurt Columbia Sportswear's performance in the region for the third quarter. Chiefly attributed to Russia, where Columbia works through Sportmaster, this decline could not be entirely compensated with sales expansion at a ...
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Anta invests in Chinese football
Anta Sports, the leading Chinese sports brand, wants to turn global football into one of the most important categories for its development in the coming years. It has adopted a “Play is All” strategy that ranges from the development of adjusted products for China's young players to increased investments to ...
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Reebok has announced a sponsorship deal with Chris Weidman, the...
Reebok has announced a sponsorship deal with Chris Weidman, the undefeated American mixed martial artist who is the current UFC (Ultimate Fighting Championship) middleweight champion. Weidman, 31, who is also known as the “All American,” was presented with his own customized Reebok shoe, decked out in an American-flag decor. He ...
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Strategic changes pay off at Amer Sports
Following strategic changes begun last year, the balls sports business at Amer Sports contributed a sharp rise in the group's sales for the third quarter, while the company's turnover continued to advance briskly in apparel, footwear, own retailing and China.The Finnish group's sales increased by 11 percent to €713.7 million ...
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Nike has created an expensive version of its Air Jordan...
Nike has created an expensive version of its Air Jordan to mark the 30th anniversary of the brand, which has been generating an increasing amount of cash for the company. The new model, called Air Jordan 1 Pinnacle, features full-grain leather and 24-carat gold plating on the eyelets and other ...
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Callaway raises its guidance after a robust quarter
Callaway has raised its sales and earnings guidance for the full year after a robust third quarter. The Californian golf company suffered from weaker sales in several Asian and European markets but again claimed gains in market share.Callaway's sales increased by 4 percent to $175.8 million for the quarter, and ...
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XXL advances in Sweden and Finland
Fast expansion in Finland and Sweden supported a sharp sales increase in the third quarter for XXL ASA, the leading Norwegian sports retail group. Its turnover was up by 23.8 percent to 1,753 million Norwegian kroner (€185.9m-$204.7m) for the three months, with eight more stores and a sales increase on ...
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