All Sporting Goods Intelligence articles in Volume 27, Issue 21-22 – Page 2
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Ecco reshuffles top positions
Ecco decided to initiate a gradual generational handover of responsibilities in the executive board at its supervisory board meeting and its annual meeting last month. After being in charge of the big Danish group for almost 12 years, Dieter Kasprzak is handing over its day-to-day management to Steen Borgholm, and ...
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Klaus Scheck, a leading figure in German sports retailing, died...
Klaus Scheck, a leading figure in German sports retailing, died on May 25 at the age of 75. He joined the family business, the Munich-based SportScheck sporting goods retail chain, in 1965. He promoted skiing and tennis in Germany and opened his own ski and tennis training centers. Klaus Scheck ...
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Diadora has divided its distribution in the Nordic region. A...
Diadora has divided its distribution in the Nordic region. A Norwegian company, Wenaas, will now only be the distributor of the Italian company's performance footwear range for running, cycling, tennis and football. Selected Brands, the big Swedish distributor based in Gothenburg, will take care of Diadora's lifestyle segments throughout the ...
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The Roland Garros stadium in Paris hosted a debate on...
The Roland Garros stadium in Paris hosted a debate on sustainable development in sports events on June 1. Guy Forget, the French former professional tennis player and Davis Cup winner who is now the managing director of the Roland Garros tennis tournament, gave the opening speech. Thibault de Tassigny explained ...
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Higher profits for the Danish Sportmaster
The Danish sporting goods chain Sportmaster has released its 2015 annual report, which shows a drastic increase in the company's operating profit. Its turnover was virtually flat last year at 1,074 million Danish kroner (€144.4m-$162.5m), while operating profits shot up by 74 percent to DKK 67.6 million (€9.09m-$10.23m).The company closed ...
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Lululemon continues its foreign expansion
Next month, Lululemon Athletica will open its first company-operated store in Zurich, Switzerland, along with a new shop-in-shop in London, accompanied by a major new promotion. The Canadian-based group opened a company-operated store for the first time in Seoul during the first quarter ended May 1. It also opened nine ...
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The fifth European Platform for Sporting Innovation (Epsi) conference was...
The fifth European Platform for Sporting Innovation (Epsi) conference was held in the Netherlands and Belgium on June 6-7, focusing on the economic and social benefits of innovation. The conference was hosted by Epsi, the Dutch Sports and Technology Cluster and the Flanders Bike Valley. It was also supported by ...
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McGregor Fashion Group Holding, the Dutch company that owns Gaastra,...
McGregor Fashion Group Holding, the Dutch company that owns Gaastra, has started holding talks with potential investors and buyers for all or parts of its business after it obtained court protection from creditors earlier this month. McGregor acquired a majority share in Gaastra, the nautical brand, in 2000. A spokesman ...
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Technogym has launched an updated version of its Mywellness Cloud...
Technogym has launched an updated version of its Mywellness Cloud internet platform that is compliant with the U.S. Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA). The Italian fitness equipment maker's optimized cloud-based platform now enables wellness facilities, hospitals and insurance companies to securely monitor, share and track encrypted ...
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Peak Performance clean-up reduces sales
IC Group, the Danish parent company of Peak Performance, has downgraded its projections for sales and earnings for the full year to the end of June, due to a sudden deterioration in sales at its own stores and the accelerated clean-up of the wholesale business at Peak Performance.The IC Group's ...
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Shimano Europe's new headquarters, in the Dutch city of Eindhoven,...
Shimano Europe's new headquarters, in the Dutch city of Eindhoven, will open in January 2017. The facility will accommodate more than 200 employees, after an initial period in which there will be around 150. The Eindhoven office is supposed to become the most important one for the company in Europe, ...
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Chris Licata will take the place of Peter Weaver as...
Chris Licata will take the place of Peter Weaver as chief executive of Tecnica USA when the latter retires on Sept. 6. Licata returned to the winter sports business in 2010, working under Weaver in the Tecnica/Blizzard division, after acting as president and CEO of Blake's All Natural Foods since ...
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Ken Meidell, the former president and chief executive of Outdoor...
Ken Meidell, the former president and chief executive of Outdoor Research, has been named by Altamont Capital as chief executive of Dakine, which the investment firm acquired from Billabong in July 2013. He succeeds Leslie Lane, who left Dakine in January to take the position of president at Dr. Martens ...
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Samsung and Cheil Spain have collaborated in the creation of...
Samsung and Cheil Spain have collaborated in the creation of a special swim cap for blind Paralympic swimmers. The Blind Cap alerts swimmers when making a turn as they approach the wall of the pool. The Bluetooth-enabled cap vibrates when competitors are to flip. The Bluetooth device is connected to ...
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Norrøna has opened a store in Chamonix, France. The investment...
Norrøna has opened a store in Chamonix, France. The investment was described as the first move in a new strategy to expand the company's retail network away from the saturated Norwegian market. It is also part of a plan to double the company's total sales by 2020. Last year, Norrøna's ...
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NSF Sustainability, a division of NSF International, has certified the...
NSF Sustainability, a division of NSF International, has certified the first manufacturers to the Global Traceable Down Standard (Global TDS). The certification has been achieved by South Korea's Youngone Corporation, Taiwan's Quang Viet Enterprise, and China's Shen Gang Tungsang. All three of these manufacturers are suppliers to the down outdoor ...
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Head has celebrated the recent victory of Novak Djokovic at...
Head has celebrated the recent victory of Novak Djokovic at the French Open with a golden racquet. The Serbian tennis player, who endorses the brand's Graphene XT Speed racquet, became the first male player since Rod Laver and Donald Budge to win all four Grand Slam tournament titles in a ...
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Bucher + Walt will be the new Swiss distributor of...
Bucher + Walt will be the new Swiss distributor of Globe from July 1, taking the place of Dac Sport
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Coalision, the Montreal-based company that owns the Lolë brand of...
Coalision, the Montreal-based company that owns the Lolë brand of athleisure wear and the Paradox brand of outdoor clothing, has reportedly obtained $21 million in new financing to cover general requirements for working capital, product development and marketing. The move will also help protect the company from currency fluctuations. The ...
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Bodytalk’s new chief targets European growth
Bodytalk, the Greek fitness and sportswear brand, is pumping up its investments in France and other European markets this year under the leadership of a new chief executive, who is aiming for an equal split between sales on the domestic market and abroad in five years' time.Vassilis Karamanlis, who has ...
