All Sporting Goods Intelligence articles in Volume 27, Issue 23-24
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Pentland thrives
The Pentland Group saw its sales advance by 10 percent to £2.4 billion (€2.8m-$3.1m) in 2015, driven by the outstanding performance of JD Sports Fashion, the European retail group in which it owns a 57 percent stake. The Retail Division of the Pentland Group, comprising JD Sports Fashion, thus raised ...
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SDI sees lower profits, outlook uncertain
Sports Direct International (SDI) saw a small decline of 0.8 percent in the comparable sales of its physical sports stores in the fiscal year until April 24, accompanied by a drop of 8.4 percent in its underlying pre-tax income to £275.2 million (€322.2m-$357.3m). The group indicated that the consequences of ...
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Kingmaker weighs retail pullout
Like the much larger Yue Yuen group, the Kingmaker Group is involved in the shoe manufacturing business as well as in retailing in China. Announcing a new management and a big drop in its shoe retailing sales, the Hong Kong-based company said it will review the retail business this year, ...
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Kempa is taking on the sponsorship of a well-known Swiss...
Kempa is taking on the sponsorship of a well-known Swiss handball team, Pfadi Winterthur
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Joma will be the technical sponsor of the Spanish Villareal...
Joma will be the technical sponsor of the Spanish Villareal football club for the next four years
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Overturning one of the rulings issued last November by a...
Overturning one of the rulings issued last November by a U.S. federal administrative law judge, the International Trade Commission ruled against an intellectual property claim lodged by Converse, saying in effect that the brand cannot protect the midsole design of its Chuck Taylor sneakers, which combines a toe cap, a ...
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The Incipio Group said that one of its subsidiaries started...
The Incipio Group said that one of its subsidiaries started a tender offer for Skullcandy at a price of $5.75 per share in cash, which was agreed on June 23 with the board of the U.S. headphones maker. Incipio's offer amounted to about $177 million. The group is already involved ...
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Odlo is the new partner of the French Nordic ski...
Odlo is the new partner of the French Nordic ski teams for the next six years, including their participation in the Winter Olympics in 2018 and 2022, in Korea and China
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Lelio Nahum, one of the founders and two-time president of...
Lelio Nahum, one of the founders and two-time president of the European Fishing Tackle Trade Association (EFTTA), has died at his home in Italy following a short illness. Nahum, a well-known fishing industry figure, was president of EFTTA once in the 1980s and in the 1990s, and then between 2006 ...
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Knight formally leaves Nike (but not quite)
It was announced last year and completed at the end of June: Phil Knight's retirement from the board of directors at Nike marks the end of an era for the brand, although he was appointed as a chairman emeritus who may still drop in at any board meeting as an ...
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José Miguel Fernández López, one of the founders of Twinner...
José Miguel Fernández López, one of the founders of Twinner Iberia, passed away on June 28 at the age of 55. He was one of the six directors of the Spanish buying group, which started in 2005 under the name Oxigeno Iberosport. It changed its name shortly afterwards, following an ...
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Nike has extended its partnership with the Spanish football league,...
Nike has extended its partnership with the Spanish football league, called La Liga, supplying its Ordem 4 ball for the first-division matches played among its 20 teams during the national championships. The deal began with the 1996-97 season and will not continue until at least 2019. La Liga says the ...
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Thule Group has taken over the leading Dutch supplier of...
Thule Group has taken over the leading Dutch supplier of child bike seats, GMG, which generated sales of €6.1 million last year, mainly with its Yepp brand. The purchase price is €10 million, free of debt and cash. Thule, which is already a strong player in the segment, says the ...
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High-tech innovation, digitalization and robotics will be in focus at...
High-tech innovation, digitalization and robotics will be in focus at the Manufacturers Forum organized for the fourth time by the World Federation of the Sporting Goods Industry (WFSGI), to be held on November 15-16 in Taichung, Taiwan. The forum will discuss the fourth industrial revolution, the current trend of automation ...
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The demand for jerseys of the Icelandic national football team,...
The demand for jerseys of the Icelandic national football team, which has been sponsored by Errea since 2002, went up unexpectedly by 1,800 percent before the match in which the team lost against France in the quarterfinals of the current European championships. According to various media, the Italian producer of ...
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Shock Doctor, McDavid and Cutters, three divisions of United Sports...
Shock Doctor, McDavid and Cutters, three divisions of United Sports Brands, have entered into an official partnership with USA Football. McDavid is now an official partner of USA Football while Cutters is its official glove and Shock Doctor its official mouthguard. In addition, products from the three brands will be ...
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Rip Curl has involved for the first time the World...
Rip Curl has involved for the first time the World Surf League in this year's 13th edition of the Rip Curl Cup Padang Padang on the Bukit Peninsula of Bali. Known also as the “Indonesian Pipeline,” the surf contest lasts through the month of August but for only one day, ...
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Lotto Sport Italia has extended its sponsorship contract with the...
Lotto Sport Italia has extended its sponsorship contract with the Genoa football club through June 2019
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Cocona has released the results of research conducted at the...
Cocona has released the results of research conducted at the University of Colorado that shows the thermoregulatory benefits of wearing garments with 37.5 fabric during intense athletic activity. Cocona, a provider of active-particles technology to the sportswear market, is the maker of the 37.5 cooling fabric, used by outdoor apparel ...
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JD Sports Fahion confirms a report in CMD Sport that...
JD Sports Fahion confirms a report in CMD Sport that it has acquired control of SportIbérica, the Portuguese company that has the license for The Athlete's Foot in the country. JD's Spanish subsidiary will run its 12 TAF stores under their current banner before transitioning them to the JD format. ...
