All Sporting Goods Intelligence articles in Volume 26, Issue 39-40 – Page 4
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Maurath’s role at Under Armour is widened
Karl-Heinz “Charlie” Maurath, president in charge of international sales at Under Armour, has become its chief revenue officer. This means he will lead sales through all channels and in all of the markets covered by the company, from North America to Asia-Pacific, Europe, the Middle East and Africa, and Latin ...
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Armin Weger will be the new chief executive of Engelhorn...
Armin Weger will be the new chief executive of Engelhorn Sports, the sports retailer based in Mannheim, replacing Markus Rech who has moved to SportScheck. He comes from another German sports and fashion retailer, Dodendorf.
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Arc'teryx, Castelli, Gore Bike Wear, Gore Running Wear and The...
Arc'teryx, Castelli, Gore Bike Wear, Gore Running Wear and The North Face will come out in December with road cycling and running garments made with a new Gore-Tex Active technology. It maximizes lightness and breathability by using a permanent beading surface that eliminates the need for a face fabric, which ...
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Fischer Skis U.S. has appointed Ryan Leach as its president...
Fischer Skis U.S. has appointed Ryan Leach as its president and chief executive, starting from Nov. 30. Leach has been an independent sales representative for Atomic since 2008, but before that he held the same job for Fischer. Leach takes over from Willy Booker, who was appointed at the helm ...
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Messe München has appointed Christoph Beaufils to the new position...
Messe München has appointed Christoph Beaufils to the new position of ISPO brand manager. For the last two years he worked as trade marketing manager at Willy Bogner and at Marc O'Polo International. Prior to that, he spent nearly 14 years in digital and print media, creative page design, event ...
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Athos, a U.S. start-up specializing in smart fitness apparel, has...
Athos, a U.S. start-up specializing in smart fitness apparel, has raised $35.5 million in investments led by Social Capital. Other investors in the fundraising are MAS Holdings, an apparel manufacturer from Sri Lanka, Lightspeed Venture Partners and Felix Capital, along with existing shareholders DMC, True Ventures and Joe Lacob, the ...
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Another former Puma executive has moved into the eyewear business....
Another former Puma executive has moved into the eyewear business. Jörg Zobel, 43, has become the new chief executive of Eschenbach Optik, the largest eyewear producer in Germany and a major global supplier of low-vision equipment, taking the place of Wolfgang Rebstock, who has retired. Zobel joined Puma in 2003 ...
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Wolverine Worldwide announces executive appointments
Wolverine Worldwide has announced the appointment of Richie Woodworth as president of the company's Lifestyle Group, which includes the Keds, Hush Puppies, Sperry and Stride Rite brands, effective Jan. 3, 2016. Additionally, the company has appointed Scott Sincerbeaux as president of Consumer Direct. Finally, Tom Kennedy has been appointed as ...
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Selle Royal has announced it will open a new facility...
Selle Royal has announced it will open a new facility in Ogden, Utah, north of Salt Lake City, within Utah's bike industry cluster. The group, which is headquartered in Pozzoleone, near Vicenza, in Italy, owns the Brooks, Fizik and Crank Brothers brands. Selle Royal was founded in 1956 to make ...
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Dorel Sports, a division of Dorel Industries, has announced the...
Dorel Sports, a division of Dorel Industries, has announced the promotion of Nick Larsen to global head of parts and accessories for its Cycling Sports Group. Larsen, who was previously creative director of parts and accessories, will now oversee all aspects of the business from product development to distribution and ...
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Napapijri has announced that it is replacing down with Thermofibre...
Napapijri has announced that it is replacing down with Thermofibre insulation for autumn/winter 2015 in 99 percent of its outerwear collection. Thermofibre is an eco-friendly, anti-bacterial material made from ultra-lightweight microspheres which create a quilted texture offering insulation and temperature regulation. Thermofibre is exclusively developed and patented by VF Corp., ...
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Ample sales increase but weather concerns for New Wave
Sales in the sports and leisure division of the New Wave group advanced by 11 percent to 674 million Swedish kronor (€72.8m-$77.2m) for the third quarter, which was pushed up by favorable exchange rate changes due to the large share of sales in the U.S. market.The division includes the Craft ...
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A report by Duff & Phelps, which was appointed to...
A report by Duff & Phelps, which was appointed to supervise the receivership of Direct Golf, has provided some details on the lead-up to Sports Direct's acquisition of the golf retailer's assets last month. SDI (formally Sportsdirect.com Retail Limited, in this instance) bought 25 percent of the retailer last year ...
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The Bestseller Group, owner of Jack & Jones and other...
The Bestseller Group, owner of Jack & Jones and other brands, has appointed Alexander Korosec as country manager for Austria and Eastern Europe
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Noting that the company's operating profit before amortization had fallen...
Noting that the company's operating profit before amortization had fallen by 2.5 million Australian dollars (€1.7m-$1.8m) in the first four months of its financial year, Billabong International's management warned shareholders at the company's annual meeting about some external challenges to its turnaround plan. It listed among other problems the decline ...
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Richard (Rick) Mina has become president of WSS, an American...
Richard (Rick) Mina has become president of WSS, an American shoe retailer with 68 stores, catering to Latin American and other urban communities, which has started to expand from its base in Southern California. Mina, who replaces Mark Archer, has a long history in the specialty retail sector. Among other ...
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Coe relinquishes Nike ambassador deal
Sebastian Coe, president of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), has relinquished his deal as a Nike ambassador, after increasing unrest over what some critics have described as a potential conflict of interests. At a conference in Monaco on Thursday, Coe denied any such issues but admitted that the ...
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New major shareholder for Alpargatas
The Batista family, which owns JBS, the world's largest tanner and meat processing company, has become the largest shareholder of Alpargatas, parent company of Havaianas and the licensee for Mizuno and Timberland in Brazil. The Batista family, whose assets have an estimated net worth of $5 billion, has agreed to ...
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The Australian-based Surfstitch Group has agreed to buy Surfwear Hardware...
The Australian-based Surfstitch Group has agreed to buy Surfwear Hardware International (SHI) Holdings, parent company of four brands - FCS, Gorilla, Hydro and Softech - that stand for surfboards, SUP boards and related products and accessories. The acquisition gives SHI an enterprise value of 23.7 million Australian dollars (€16.1m-$17.1m). SHI's ...
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Moncler said it has won a lawsuit against a Chinese...
Moncler said it has won a lawsuit against a Chinese company that produced and marketed down jackets with Moncler's logo, and has been awarded €420,000 in damages by the Intellectual Property Court in Beijing. Moncler sued Beijing Nuoyakate Gourmet in December 2014 after discovering that it sold jackets with counterfeit ...
