All Sporting Goods Intelligence articles in Volume 27, Issue 25-26 – Page 3
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The Lafuma Group managed to improve both sales and margins...
The Lafuma Group managed to improve both sales and margins during the first six months of the year, despite challenging economic conditions and sluggish consumption. The French company's revenues gained 6.9 percent over the year-ago period to €85.6 million, with significant disparities among its brands. Millet, Lafuma furniture and the ...
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Black Diamond Europe says it has completed its staff, with...
Black Diamond Europe says it has completed its staff, with 29 highly motivated members at its new headquarters in Innsbruck. Run by Tim Bantle, the top management includes Craig Foster, Georg Hoffberger and Stephan Hagenbusch. Foster, who has been with BD since 2009, is taking over the role of director ...
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Sally Pitkin is resigning as a director of Billabong International...
Sally Pitkin is resigning as a director of Billabong International to dedicate her time to her recent appointment as a member of the Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility
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Bike Europe will be holding its first conference on supply...
Bike Europe will be holding its first conference on supply chain flexibility on Aug. 30, the day before the opening of Eurobike 2016, which will run from Aug. 31 to Sept. 4 in Friedrichshafen, Germany. The new conference, which is entitled “Supply Chain – Increased Speed to Market Conference,” will ...
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Bergans reinforces international management
Bergans is reinforcing its international management with the appointment of two prominent executives to lead sales and marketing at the Norwegian company, which has been headed up formally since December by Leif Holst-Liæker. Bergans makes about 65 percent of its turnover in Norway, with Sweden and Germany as other large ...
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A new public-private partnership in New York City has been...
A new public-private partnership in New York City has been put in place to promote football to children. Adidas with Mayor Bill de Blasio, the Mayor's Fund to Advance NYC, the U.S. Soccer Foundation and the New York City Football Club have announced the launch of the New York City ...
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Loro Piana has become an official supplier to the Ryder...
Loro Piana has become an official supplier to the Ryder Cup
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Las Bas will distribute Seafolly's beachwear in Italy
Las Bas will distribute Seafolly's beachwear in Italy
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Helly Hansen cuts back to expand sustainably
Helly Hansen has trimmed its product range, cut back its distribution, rejigged its management and improved its capital structure, to get started on a four-year sustainable expansion strategy led by Paul Stoneham, who became its chief executive in February 2015.The Norwegian group reported operating revenues of 2,567 million Norwegian kroner (€272.3m-$300.9m) ...
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Fast-growing XXL has plans in Austria
XXL ASA, the Norwegian sporting goods retailer, will soon move into Austria, a market where the weather can get very cold and where Sports Direct International has been having problems with its acquisition of Sport Eybl & Sports Experts.The company, which own stores in Norway, Sweden and Finland, said it ...
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BSI, the German Sports Goods Manufacturers Association, presented a study...
BSI, the German Sports Goods Manufacturers Association, presented a study on watersports at the recent OutDoor show in Friedrichshafen, which we have covered widely in The Outdoor Industry Compass. BSI questioned online 250 men and 250 women who purchased a watersports product in sporting goods stores in the last 12 ...
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Cornelis Hendrik (Cees) de Witte will start a new assignment...
Cornelis Hendrik (Cees) de Witte will start a new assignment on Aug. 1 as chief executive of X-Bionic, the Swiss developer of high-tech sportswear and socks. He will take the place of the company's 66-year-old founder and owner, Professor Bodo Lambertz, who will become chairman. De Witte recently left Spyder ...
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The general assembly of Assosport, the Italian sporting goods industry...
The general assembly of Assosport, the Italian sporting goods industry association, decided to extend Luca Businaro's mandate as its president through to the end of 2017. Businaro is also currently the president of Fesi, the federation of the European sporting goods industry. Businaro told the assembly that the association is ...
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Under Armour sells more but makes a loss
As usual, Under Armour posted strong sales for the second quarter, boosted by Stephen Curry's performance and demand for his shoe line, but profits were hit by a $23 million write-off of bad debt from the bankruptcy of The Sports Authority, the big American sporting goods retail chain, and a ...
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Black Diamond Equipment has appointed Rick Vance as director of...
Black Diamond Equipment has appointed Rick Vance as director of quality, overseeing the company's quality policy, control and processes. He come from Petzl America, where he was responsible for quality control and managed the Petzl Technical Institute as its technical director. Prior to that, he worked as a mechanical engineer ...
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Musto has appointed Steve Jepson as its new head of...
Musto has appointed Steve Jepson as its new head of sales. He will manage the U.K. and Eire sales team and will take responsibility for all wholesale channels. He will report to Simon Busby, Musto's commercial director. Jepson was previously head of sales for Hunter, the British heritage brand best ...
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Coolcore, the company specializing in chemical-free cooling fabrics, has appointed...
Coolcore, the company specializing in chemical-free cooling fabrics, has appointed David Lund as vice president of global marketing. Lund has served in senior marketing positions for over 20 years, working for brands such as Levi's, Nike, Timberland, MBT and Converse.
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Rüdiger Fox has been appointed as the new chief executive...
Rüdiger Fox has been appointed as the new chief executive of Sympatex Technologies, taking the place of Michael Kamm, who is leaving by mutual consent after six years in the post. Like Kamm, he will also act as speaker for the management. Haiko Stüting will remain as joint managing director ...
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Maier Sports, the German snow sports and outdoor apparel brand...
Maier Sports, the German snow sports and outdoor apparel brand that has become the property of Schwan-Stabilo, the German group that owns Deuter and Ortovox, signed a distribution agreement with Hej International in June. The British distribution company, managed by Tomas Torstensson, will start selling Maier Sports' spring/summer 2017 collection. ...
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GoPro went through another tough quarter in the period ended...
GoPro went through another tough quarter in the period ended June 30 as sales plummeted by 47 percent to $220.7 million as compared to a year ago, despite a 14 percent increase in average selling prices. On sequential basis, however, sales were up by 20 percent from the first quarter, ...
