All Sporting Goods Intelligence articles in Volume 27, Issue 19-20 – Page 2
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Toi Ka Ho has resigned as chief financial officer of...
Toi Ka Ho has resigned as chief financial officer of Peak Sport Products. His duties will be assumed by Xu Zhihua, chief executive of the Chinese company, until the appointment of his successor.
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Nike expands its European distribution center
Nike has unveiled the latest expansion of its European Logistics Campus in Belgium, which is intended to make Nike's European operations more efficient and more sustainable. The expansion is also expected to enable growth by serving consumers and partners in 38 countries across the world from a single inventory location.According ...
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Smith Sports Optics has enlisted David Luiz, the Brazilian football...
Smith Sports Optics has enlisted David Luiz, the Brazilian football player of the Paris Saint Germain (PSG) club as global brand ambassador. Meanwhile, Smith's Drake sunglass model has been named “Best Sports Shades” by the American Men's Health magazine.
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Bogner has set up a new sales structure with three...
Bogner has set up a new sales structure with three sales divisions instead of independent country subsidiaries. Christian Ender, who has worked for Bogner since January, will be the company's international sales director, responsible for sales in the EMEA region, the U.S. and Asia. Christian Wiesender, who worked for 13 ...
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Sports Direct International (SDI) has reportedly been outbid in its...
Sports Direct International (SDI) has reportedly been outbid in its attempt to secure assets of BHS, a British chain offering clothing and household items that went into administration (a form of receivership) around the end of April. The Financial Times reports that the SDI proposition was lower than bids put ...
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Johnson becomes chairman of Foot Locker
Richard A. Johnson, president and chief executive of Foot Locker, has been appointed to the additional position of board chairman, effective May 18. Nicholas DiPaolo, who has served as chairman for the past year, following the retirement of Kenneth Hicks, will remain on the board of directors until his term ...
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Olivier Rousteing, the creative director of Balmain, has collaborated with...
Olivier Rousteing, the creative director of Balmain, has collaborated with Nike for the development of a small Football Nouveau collection of shoes and clothing that is part of the NikeLab Summer of Sport series
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Slackline Industries will back a series of professional slackline competitions...
Slackline Industries will back a series of professional slackline competitions in the U.S. this summer that is expected to draw competitive slackliners from around the world. The high-profile events comprise Dominion Riverrock Festival in Virginia on May 20-22, X Games in Texas on June 3-5 and GoPro Mountain Games in ...
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Babolat has extended its partnership with the Roland-Garros tennis tournament...
Babolat has extended its partnership with the Roland-Garros tennis tournament until 2019
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Fesi launches counterfeiting awareness campaign
The Federation of the European Sporting Goods Industry (Fesi) has launched an awareness campaign relating to online purchases of counterfeit sporting goods, with financial support from the European Union.“Score the real thing” chiefly consists of videos to be disseminated through social media about the dangers of buying counterfeit goods. Instead ...
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Marc Nicolai Pfeifer, head of sports marketing for Germany, Austria...
Marc Nicolai Pfeifer, head of sports marketing for Germany, Austria and Switzerland at Hummel, has left the Danish sporting goods brand after five years. Olaf Steen, up to now sports marketing coordinator at Hummel, will replace him. Pfeifer will be manager for finance and marketing at the Stuttgarter Kickers, a ...
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Athleisure drives expansion in Belle's sportswear stores
The athleisure trend appears to be talking hold in China, as the country's leading footwear and sportswear retailer reported a decline in footwear sales but a sharp increase in the turnover of its sportswear and apparel stores. Belle International attributed the combination to a shift in Chinese consumer behavior, with ...
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Asics shows significant progress in sustainability performance
Asics said it achieved tremendous progress in various areas of its sustainability performance during 2015, as summarized in its recently released 2015 Sustainability Report. The company reduced CO2 emissions by 43 percent, water consumption by 50 percent, and solid waste emissions by 17 percent per pair of shoes manufactured as compared ...
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Asics is opening a subsidiary in Dubai, to more rapidly...
Asics is opening a subsidiary in Dubai, to more rapidly expand the brand in the region of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC). It will take over from Falaknaz, a distribution company that has represented the Japanese brand in the region since 2003. Asics says the opening is part of its ...
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Mike Ashley, the maverick boss of Sports Direct International, continues...
Mike Ashley, the maverick boss of Sports Direct International, continues his fight with the British Parliament. The institution's Business, Innovation & Skills (BIS) committee has formally summoned him to attend a hearing in Westminster on June 7 regarding SDI's treatment of employees at its Shirebrook warehouse, intimating that he may ...
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Under Armour changes structure in Europe
In a bid to grow its business substantially in Europe, Under Armour has segmented the region into three sub-regions and decided how to sell its products in the five major European markets. The fast-growing American challenger of Nike and Adidas has concluded a major distribution agreement for the Italian market ...
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Henry Stafford, who has been with Under Armour for six...
Henry Stafford, who has been with Under Armour for six years, plans to leave the company in July. He has been most recently UA's chief merchandising officer, and Kip Fulks, the global marketing manager, will take on his responsibilities on an interim basis. The chief digital officer of the group, ...
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Fiona Laird has been appointed executive vice president and chief...
Fiona Laird has been appointed executive vice president and chief human resources and communications officer at Newell Brands, the new company formed by the recent merger of Jarden Corp. into Newell Rubbermaid. Laird, who started as a lawyer in the U.S., has worked for Unilever in various parts of the ...
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K-Swiss Global Brands has appointed the former Puma head of...
K-Swiss Global Brands has appointed the former Puma head of design, Sean O'Shea, as the new creative director of K-Swiss with immediate effect. In his new role he will oversee all facets of K-Swiss design and development globally, from concept to finished product, reporting directly to Barney Waters, K-Swiss president. ...
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GoPro and Red Bull have announced a multi-year, global strategic...
GoPro and Red Bull have announced a multi-year, global strategic partnership where Red Bull will receive equity in the U.S. action camera manufacturer and GoPro will become Red Bull's exclusive provider of point-of-view imaging technology for Red Bull's media productions and events. Under the agreement, GoPro will have access to ...
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