All Sporting Goods Intelligence articles in Volume 26, Issue 37-38
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The Saarbrücker Nachrichten published an unconfirmed report that ZEG, the...
The Saarbrücker Nachrichten published an unconfirmed report that ZEG, the German-based buying group for bicycle dealers, could purchase the bicycle production unit of Kettler, the German supplier of fitness and garden equipment, which went into self-administered receivership in June. As reported in our previous issue, Kettler said it was working ...
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The weak yen reduces Mizuno’s results overseas
Mizuno has reported a sales increase of 7.8 percent to ¥96.9 billion (€732.3m-$786.3m) for the first half of its financial year through Sept. 30. Footwear sales grew by 9.7 percent to ¥31.9 billion (€240.2m-$258.3m), apparel by 4.6 percent to ¥28.0 billion (€210.9m-$226.7m), equipment by 11.5 percent ...
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Hoka One One turned out as the third most prominent...
Hoka One One turned out as the third most prominent brand of running shoes in last month's Ironman World Championship in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii. Based on the shoe count carried out by Shoe Ranger, it was worn by 11.6 percent of the participants in the triathlon event. The top two brands ...
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Mizuno has inaugurated the head office of its new Spanish...
Mizuno has inaugurated the head office of its new Spanish subsidiary, which covers 250 square meters in El Prat de Llobregat, near Barcelona and close to many other sports companies
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Haglöfs is launching an online store in Sweden and preparing...
Haglöfs is launching an online store in Sweden and preparing to open others across the Nordic markets and Europe. The company described the Swedish online store as part of a wider digital initiative for the company, with Europe to be covered shortly and online stores to be opened in all ...
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Haglöfs has hired a number of key people in recent...
Haglöfs has hired a number of key people in recent weeks. The latest recruit is Robert Olsson, who has become the company's new senior designer for apparel. In the ‘90s, Olsson was one of Sweden's biggest freeride skis stars. At the peak of his career, he began designing garments for ...
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Oslo Sportslager, the Norwegian sporting goods retailer specializing in ski...
Oslo Sportslager, the Norwegian sporting goods retailer specializing in ski and bike products, recently organized a successful public exhibition in Oslo, collecting sales of 9.5 million Norwegian kroner (€1.0m-$1.1m) over a single weekend. The exhibition brought together 36 different suppliers in a local arena. More than 3,000 people visited the ...
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Good progress for Thule
The Thule Group reported this week on a continued favorable trend in sales and earnings for its Outdoor Bags segment, which is getting full attention from the management due to its new strategic focus on the sport and outdoor sector. Its commuter cycling backpack won first prize last ...
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The World Federation of the Sporting Goods Industry (WFSGI) has...
The World Federation of the Sporting Goods Industry (WFSGI) has enlisted two more speakers for its Manufacturers Forum in Hong Kong on Dec. 2-3. Elena Fanjul-Debnam, director of Micro Solutions at Workplace Options, is to discuss ways to reduce employee stress by providing wellbeing services in emerging market factories. She ...
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The North Face has opened its newest flagship store at...
The North Face has opened its newest flagship store at 290 Regent Street in London. The 400-square-meter location features on-site lockers to allow customers to leave their belongings and “explore” London freely. Screens will show the latest adventure films. Sponsored athletes will make appearances at the store.
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Golf Europe did not take place this year, and will...
Golf Europe did not take place this year, and will not in 2016 either. The organizers of the trade show in Augsburg, Germany, said an industry survey carried out last month clearly showed continued disagreements about a suitable date. Further discussions and consultations will be held with partners and key ...
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Sport Eco reports that Go Sport, the French sports retailer,...
Sport Eco reports that Go Sport, the French sports retailer, has acquired Tool Sport, a French online retailer that went into receivership earlier this year. Go Sport declined to comment but the customer service department at Tool Sport said that the company has been renamed Go Sport Développement. For the ...
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Dutch sports retailers who took part in the Inretail Sport...
Dutch sports retailers who took part in the Inretail Sport Monitor raised their sales by 2.5 percent for the third quarter, Sport Partner reports, compared with smaller rises of 0.7 percent in the first quarter and 0.8 percent in the second quarter. The third quarter got off to a promising ...
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Pearl Sports will be the exclusive distributor in Spain for...
Pearl Sports will be the exclusive distributor in Spain for Shimano's Pearl Izumi brand
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ProQuip Golf will be the distributor of the Greg Normal...
ProQuip Golf will be the distributor of the Greg Normal Collection of golf clothing in the U.K. and Ireland
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Jorcani Sports will distribute the Polaroid line of sunglasses produced...
Jorcani Sports will distribute the Polaroid line of sunglasses produced by Safilo in the sporting goods channel in Spain and Andorra. Jorcani is already the Spanish distributor of Safilo s higher-end lines of Smith and Carrera sports glasses.
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Dorel Sports’ growth is hit by currency headwinds
Dorel Sports ' sales for the third quarter were flat at $266.5 million, but were up by about 9 percent after removing the impact of currency exchange fluctuations . Dorel Industries , Dorel Sports' parent company, attributed the growth of the independent bicycle dealer (IBD) channel to increased demand for ...
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Rip Curl reports improved results
While Quiksilver is struggling and Billabong International is recovering, the Rip Curl Group (RCG) is improving its financial results, as is Globe International. Rip Curl reported an increase in adjusted net earnings of 26.3 percent for the financial year ended June 30 on a 3.7 percent sales increase. No precise ...
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Working through its new Japanese distributor, SSK Corporation, Schöffel has...
Working through its new Japanese distributor, SSK Corporation, Schöffel has opened three stores in the cities of Osaka, Nagoya and Tokyo. Two more are planned for next year. In addition to Schöffel's apparel collections, the stores carry Lowa shoes and Deuter backpacks.
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The Scott Sports group continues its strong external growth strategy....
The Scott Sports group continues its strong external growth strategy. We understand that it is already working on another acquisition, which may be sealed before the end of this year, after striking a preliminary agreement last month for the takeover of Dolomite from the Tecnica Group. Scott's management indicates that ...
