All Sporting Goods Intelligence articles in Volume 27, Issue 27-28 – Page 2
-
Short stops
Supra has opened a multi-purpose creative space conceptualized by Chad...
Supra has opened a multi-purpose creative space conceptualized by Chad Muska in Los Angeles, called Melrose/Fairfax that includes a pop-up retail shop for its footwear and clothing
-
Short stops
Moncler has now a store in the City Center DC,...
Moncler has now a store in the City Center DC, the first one in the Washington, DC area
-
News briefs
Nike has released “Unlimited Together,” a new film celebrating the...
Nike has released “Unlimited Together,” a new film celebrating the strength of the U.S. men's and women's basketball teams in pursuit of the shared goal of the Olympic gold medal. The film is directed by Hiro Murai and is part of Nike\'s “Unlimited” campaign, which celebrates athletes around the world, ...
-
Article
Newline buys Carite
Newline, the Danish running apparel specialist, has taken over Carite Sport, another Danish firm that specializes in fitness clothing. Synergies are expected between the two operations in the production of their apparel in the Far East, as they use similar materials, as well as in product development and the distribution.Jesper ...
-
Article
Brunswick further expands its fitness portfolio
Brunswick Corp. has announced an agreement to acquire the Indoor Cycling Group (ICG), a German company that specializes in the design of indoor cycling equipment. The terms of the transaction were not disclosed. ICG has exclusive rights to the Wattrate Power Meter, a power meter for the fitness market, as ...
-
News briefs
Massimiliano Brunazzo is to take over at the start of...
Massimiliano Brunazzo is to take over at the start of October as the general manager for the business unit covering the training category at the Adidas Group. He takes over from Brian Grevy, who obtained the job two years ago and has left the group, apparently to become chief marketing ...
-
Article
Brooks takes over in Spain, too.
Brooks Running has set up a new Spanish subsidiary in the Barcelona Moda Centre, after working for several years with a sales agency, Sigma Sport. The new Spanish operation, which also covers Portugal, will be run by Dan Rickfelder, who has been with Brooks for almost two decades. He was ...
-
News briefs
K- Swiss Global Brands is planning to relocate its global...
K- Swiss Global Brands is planning to relocate its global headquarters from Westlake Village, California to the Pac Mutual Building in downtown Los Angeles by Jan. 1, 2017. The new facility will house global operations for K-Swiss and the sister brands Supra, Palladium and Otz Shoes, as well as operations ...
-
News briefs
Nine leading sports brands worked together to supply free competition...
Nine leading sports brands worked together to supply free competition gear to hundreds of athletes at the Rio Olympics, under the first NOC Competition Uniform Support Programme. As described earlier this year, the partnership led by the International Olympic Committee (IOC), the World Federation of the Sporting Goods Industry (WFSGI) ...
-
Short stops
Munich, the Spanish brand of sneakers, has opened its first...
Munich, the Spanish brand of sneakers, has opened its first concept store in Andorra
-
Short stops
Descente has opened its first brand store in China, located...
Descente has opened its first brand store in China, located in the Changchun Charter shipping center, through its joint venture with Anta Sports
-
News briefs
To cope with its strong growth, Erima has bought an...
To cope with its strong growth, Erima has bought an additional 12,000-square-meter parcel of land at Kirchentellinsfurt to accommodate a new logistic center that should be opened toward the middle of 2017. It will be added to the adjoining surface of 12,000 m² where its new headquarters will be built ...
-
Article
PSG blows a deadline
Performance Sports Group (PSG) said it has hired a law firm to vet its annual financial statements for the fiscal year ended May 31, a decision that caused the company to miss an Aug. 15 regulatory filing deadline, and put it in danger of defaulting on its loans. An industry ...
-
Short stops
Skechers has opened a big flagship store inside the new...
Skechers has opened a big flagship store inside the new shopping district at One World Trade Center in New York City
-
Article
Power play between Nike and Hummel
Last May 26, the District Court of Hamburg issued a preliminary injunction against Nike, asking the brand to withdraw four styles of Flyknit shoes from the market because they carry a series of distinctive chevrons in the back of the ankle that look very similar to those of Hummel's so-called ...
-
News briefs
A long-standing legal dispute between Crocs and USA Dawgs is...
A long-standing legal dispute between Crocs and USA Dawgs is taking a new turn with an anti-trust lawsuit launched by the latter company against 18 founders, former and current directors of Crocs. It accuses them of conspiring to fraudulently obtain Crocs' clog patents, using them afterwards to attack competitors. It ...
-
News briefs
Reusch, which claims to have been the most successful brand...
Reusch, which claims to have been the most successful brand of snow gloves in the 2015/16 World Ski Cup, has announced its sponsorship of the Norwegian Ski Federation, starting with the 2016/17 season. The company said at the same time that it is looking for the right distribution partner in ...
-
News briefs
Eider will include a new “beard-friendly'' ski jacket in its...
Eider will include a new “beard-friendly'' ski jacket in its 2016-2017 winter collection. Using a “Fix A Shape” zipper developed exclusively for the French winter-sports clothing maker by YKK of Japan, the “Shaper” jacket features a concave curve around the upper part of the face combined with a zip fastener ...
-
Article
BasicNet invests strongly in marketing, posts lower earnings
BasicNet, the parent company of Kappa, K-Way, Superga and other brands, reported aggregate sales of €360.2 million for the first half ended June 30, down from €372.4 in the first half of last year. Aggregate licensees' sales in the period were affected by the general political instability, which negatively impacted ...
-
News briefs
Yonex is having a ball in the newly opened Chinese...
Yonex is having a ball in the newly opened Chinese market with its badminton products. Sales in China led to a jump of 676 percent in the Japanese company's sales in the Asia region – outside Japan - to 4,174 million yen (€36.9m-$41.6m) in its first quarter, ended June 30. ...
