All Sporting Goods Intelligence articles in Volume 27, Issue 23-24 – Page 4

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    Adidas has completed a first step in the sale of...

    2016-07-10T00:00:00Z

    Adidas has completed a first step in the sale of Mitchell & Ness to an American group led by an industry veteran, Kevin Wulff

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    Jean-Michel Granier, who has been heading up the Adidas Group...

    2016-07-10T00:00:00Z

    Jean-Michel Granier, who has been heading up the Adidas Group in South Korea for the last two years, has been appointed as the group's managing director for Latin America from the start of July. Granier previously ran the Adidas Group's subsidiary in Italy and then became managing director for south ...

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    Adidas has launched its first line of shoes with Gore-Tex...

    2016-07-10T00:00:00Z

    Adidas has launched its first line of shoes with Gore-Tex Surround technology. Ecco and Lowa have expanded their own ranges of casual Gore-Tex Surround shoes. The new breathable technology is now embedded in more than 350 models of shoes by 52 brands around the world.

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    Activa Capital takes over majority control of Look Cycle

    2016-07-10T00:00:00Z

    Activa Capital, a French investment firm, has taken over an unspecified majority stake in Look Cycle and teamed up with its previous shareholders – led by the French bicycle company's chairman, Dominique Bergin, and its general manager, Thierry Fournier.Look Cycle, which specializes in automatic pedals and high-end bicycles, said the ...

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    Florian Grocs, who has been acting as German country manager...

    2016-07-10T00:00:00Z

    Florian Grocs, who has been acting as German country manager for J.Lindeberg, has been appointed sales director for the whole Region Central Europe, as the Swedish company is taking over its former independent distributors in the Benelux countries. The former country manager for Switzerland, Mario Messerli, will be in charge ...

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    Wiggle expects to complete shortly the acquisition of Chain Reaction...

    2016-07-10T00:00:00Z

    Wiggle expects to complete shortly the acquisition of Chain Reaction Cycles and associated operations following clearance of the deal by the U.K. anti-trust authorities. The two companies will form a new group called Wiggle CRC. Brian McBride would act as chairman and Stefan Barden as chief executive. The managing director ...

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    A group of Swiss-based investors has acquired Varlion, one of...

    2016-07-10T00:00:00Z

    A group of Swiss-based investors has acquired Varlion, one of the major Spanish brands of pádel tennis. The production of its racquets will remain in the hands of Varlion's founder, Félix Regalía. The new owners have also set up two new companies, Ranelmo and CRG Sports, which will handle the ...

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    Billabong International has agreed to sell Sector 9, its San...

    2016-07-10T00:00:00Z

    Billabong International has agreed to sell Sector 9, its San Diego-based skate hardware brand, for $12 million to an affiliate of Bravo Sports, which is part of Transom Capital's portfolio. Neil Fiske, Billabong's chief executive, said in a statement that the company's priority was to lift the performance of its ...

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    Oliver Pabst, the 50-year-old German manager who left as executive...

    2016-07-10T00:00:00Z

    Oliver Pabst, the 50-year-old German manager who left as executive board member in charge of sales and marketing at Willy Bogner a few months ago after nine years with that company, will take up the role of chief executive of the Mammut Sports Group on Sept. 1. He will replace ...

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    SportScheck is closing down its 5,500-square-meter store in Essen, considering...

    2016-07-10T00:00:00Z

    SportScheck is closing down its 5,500-square-meter store in Essen, considering that it was too big to operate. The German sporting goods retailer, which is pushing omni-channel retailing, will thus reduce the number of its stores to 19. It opened two new stores of half the size in Mönchengladbach and Aachen ...

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    The global branded athletic footwear market rose by 6.3 percent...

    2016-07-10T00:00:00Z

    The global branded athletic footwear market rose by 6.3 percent in terms of the sell-in in U.S. dollars in 2015, according to an annual study by Sporting Goods Intelligence. Sales increased by 11.1 percent in the U.S. They rose by only 3.3 percent in dollars in the rest of ...

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    Fila Korea reports a 22 percent drop in total revenues...

    2016-07-10T00:00:00Z

    Fila Korea reports a 22 percent drop in total revenues to 168.2 billion won (€132.4m-$146.8m) for the first quarter ended March 31. Royalty income from its licensees in Asia and Europe was more or less flat, but sales fell by 17 percent in Korea to KRW 65.5 billion (€51.6m-$57.2m), and ...

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    K-Way is partnering with N°21, a ready-to-wear fashion label from...

    2016-07-10T00:00:00Z

    K-Way is partnering with N°21, a ready-to-wear fashion label from Milan, to produce a new capsule collection. For spring/summer 2017, N°21's creative director, Alessandro Dell'Acqua, has reinterpreted and restyled K-Way's iconic nylon windbreakers with unexpected fabrics. This is not the first time that the French waterproof apparel brand has collaborated ...

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    Nike and Adidas will both sponsor the 2016 International Gay...

    2016-07-10T00:00:00Z

    Nike and Adidas will both sponsor the 2016 International Gay and Lesbian Football Association World Championship, which will take place in Portland, Oregon on Aug. 6-13. Adidas' U.S. headquarters is located in Portland while Nike's corporate headquarters is located nearby, in Beaverton. The championships, which is expected to attract around ...

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    In its 2016 Detox Catwalk list, Greenpeace singled out and...

    2016-07-10T00:00:00Z

    In its 2016 Detox Catwalk list, Greenpeace singled out and praised three apparel companies - Benetton, Inditex and H&M - for being “ahead of the curve and on track to meet their commitments” to eliminate hazardous chemicals by 2020. This was the third edition of the Detox Catwalk, which assesses ...

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    Vibram has put together a team of 17 FiveFingers brand...

    2016-07-10T00:00:00Z

    Vibram has put together a team of 17 FiveFingers brand ambassadors including former sports personalities like Brian Bosworth, a former NFL pro

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    Pacific Cycle is recalling more than 200,000 Instep and Schwinn...

    2016-07-10T00:00:00Z

    Pacific Cycle is recalling more than 200,000 Instep and Schwinn jogging strollers, made in China and sold in the U.S. since January 2010, because their front wheel can detach