All Sporting Goods Intelligence articles in Volume 26, Issue 37-38 – Page 2
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Odlo has completed the reorganization of its management structure with...
Odlo has completed the reorganization of its management structure with the appointment of Antoine Sathicq as chief sales officer. The position is new, but it covers most of the functions of the previous sales director, Claes Broqvist, who left the company a few weeks ago. The other members of the ...
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The “sport system” in the industrial cluster of Montebelluna, which...
The “sport system” in the industrial cluster of Montebelluna, which includes many large and small outdoor-related companies, generated total sales of €1.44 billion in 2014, up from €1.28 billion in 2007, just before the latest economic crisis. The number of companies involved in the sector declined from 491 to 487, ...
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Le Chameau has decided to shut down its French manufacturing...
Le Chameau has decided to shut down its French manufacturing plant at Cahan near Flers, which employs 55 workers. The factory makes some of the high-end hunting boots in rubber and leather sold by the company. The production is expected to be transferred to another plant owned by the company ...
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New CEO at Klättermusen
Gonz Ferrero, a young investor and executive with experience in digital business and Asia, was appointed chief executive at Klättermusen in October. He takes over from Johan Nordqvist, who left the company in May, only about a year after he was placed at the helm following a change of ownership ...
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Carrie Teffer will join Crocs's management as executive vice president...
Carrie Teffer will join Crocs's management as executive vice president and as its new chief financial officer on Dec. 16, resigning from its board of directors. She previously ran financial affairs at PetSmart, Weber-Stephens and Timberland. Mike Smith has been acting as interim CFO at Crocs lately.
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Orage has opened its first flagship store in Montreal, Canada....
Orage has opened its first flagship store in Montreal, Canada. The new 1,000-square-foot space is called Le Chalet and is supposed to visually reflect modern mountain culture, with crisp whites, warm woods, soaring ceilings and natural light spilling in through large windows. The new retail space has been conceived as ...
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Fenix brands on the rise
The acquisition of Globetrotter, the leading German outdoor retailer, contributed the largest part of sales expansion for the Fenix Outdoor International group for the third quarter, but the company's outdoor brands and its retail operations in Sweden and Finland all generated organic growth.Fenix acquired a majority stake in Globetrotter last ...
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Implus, a U.S. company that owns a lot of brands...
Implus, a U.S. company that owns a lot of brands relating to sports, fitness and footwear, has added Fuelbelt, which specializes in hydration belts and running accessories. Acquired at an undisclosed price, Fuelbelt is to be included in the specialty category of Implus, alongside Balega socks, Triggerpoint and Sof Sole. ...
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Lolë, the brand of fitness women's wear owned by Coalision,...
Lolë, the brand of fitness women's wear owned by Coalision, has announced the arrival of Géraud Maréchal as vice president for Europe, in charge also of distributors in Africa and the Middle East. He succeeds Pierre-Louis Lacoste, who has left to oversee Etsy France. Maréchal will report to Bernard Mariette, ...
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The board of directors of Intersport PSC Holding, which is...
The board of directors of Intersport PSC Holding, which is the Swiss licensee of Intersport, has decided to apply for de-listing on the SIX Swiss stock exchange by the summer of 2016 because of the small volume of transactions with its shares and the cost of remaining a public company. ...
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Black Diamond will re-size itself
While looking for possible new investments inside and outside the outdoor sector, Black Diamond Inc. (BD) has decided to simplify its structure following the sale of Gregory Mountain Products and Poc in the past two years. The reorganization, which should entail restructuring charges of $3.5 million in the next 15 ...
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Bench, which is now run by Bruno Salzer out of...
Bench, which is now run by Bruno Salzer out of its Munich office, has cut by half the team at its head office in Manchester, previously made up of 120 people, and expanded operations in Germany. Roles across various areas, among which are “design and communication” and other important functions, ...
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Bench is licensing out the Deichmann group for its footwear....
Bench is licensing out the Deichmann group for its footwear. Deichmann will sell the brand in its own Deichmann, Roland, MyShoes and Ochsner Shoes stores in Germany, Austria and Switzerland, starting with the autumn/winter 2016/17 season.
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Chris Clawson, president of Life Fitness, has been elected president...
Chris Clawson, president of Life Fitness, has been elected president of the Sports & Fitness Industry Association (SFIA) of the U.S.
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Jérôme Lévèque has become vice president of sales in Latin...
Jérôme Lévèque has become vice president of sales in Latin America for the Adidas Group, taking over from Theodoros Makryniotis, who has left the company. He is reporting to André Maestrini, managing director for Latin America. Lévèque joined the sales department at Adidas France in 1996, and he has served ...
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Franco Spalla, chief executive of Basicnet, is now expected to...
Franco Spalla, chief executive of Basicnet, is now expected to continue his collaboration with the group after passing the helm to Gianni Crespi at the shareholders' meeting next April. Marco Boglione, chairman of the board and major shareholder of the Italian-based group, plans to propose the appointment of Spalla to ...
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The average number of rounds of golf played in the...
The average number of rounds of golf played in the U.K. during the third quarter of this year is down by 7 percent compared with the third quarter of 2014. The total since the beginning of the year remains up by 1 percent thanks to a good first half. Scotland ...
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Effta, the European fishing tackle industry association, says the Efftex...
Effta, the European fishing tackle industry association, says the Efftex show due to take place in Amsterdam next June 16-18 is already sold out. It will host 191 exhibitors and co-exhibitors from 35 countries on 6,578.5 square meters of floor space.
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Asics lowers its guidance
Asics Corp. posted net sales of 336.8 billion yen (€2,525.6m-$2,727.6m) for the first nine months ended Sept. 30, indicating growth of 12.7 percent on an adjusted basis based on a comparison with the corresponding three months of last year, which had a different fiscal year-end. They grew by 7.5 percent ...
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More on Asics in Europe
Commenting on the 14 percent increase it recorded in the nine months ended Sept. 30, Asics Europe added that double-digit growth was reached in Sweden, Norway, Denmark, France, Austria, Poland, Benelux and Russia. Solid single-digit gains were recorded in the U.K., Germany and Italy. The company's own stores in the ...
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