All Sporting Goods Intelligence articles in Volume 27, Issue 33-34 – Page 4
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Kristaps Porzingis, a Latvian player in the National Basketball Association...
Kristaps Porzingis, a Latvian player in the National Basketball Association (NBA), is reportedly negotiating a record-breaking deal with Adidas. The Vertical reported last week that the player for the New York Knicks was negotiating a contract worth between $3 million and $6 million per year, depending on bonus payments. Nike ...
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Radici Group and Herno have teamed up to assess the...
Radici Group and Herno have teamed up to assess the environmental impact of a jacket, and have found that the environmental impact of an Italian one is much lower than that of a similar China-made jacket. Radici, headquartered in Bergamo, is a maker of chemical, synthetic fibers. The two companies ...
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Asics Corp. has opened the first directly managed Asics Tiger...
Asics Corp. has opened the first directly managed Asics Tiger store in the Shinsalbashi district of Osaka. The store sports a new logo for this brand, which the Japanese sports shoe company launched at the beginning of 2015 for a new collection of retro-athletic, sports-inspired lifestyle shoes that are not ...
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SDI warns on profits, Ashley becomes CEO
Mike Ashley has tightened his grip on the management of Sports Direct International (SDI), the embattled British sports retailer, by taking over as chief executive after the resignation of Dave Forsey on Sept. 22.Forsey's departure came after several months of intense pressure on SDI, which continued last week after another ...
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Himaraya, the big Japanese sports retailer, turned around to a...
Himaraya, the big Japanese sports retailer, turned around to a net loss of 811 million yen (€7.08m-$7.80m) for the financial year ended in March from a profit of ¥1,323 million in the previous year. The Kumamoto earthquakes and 19 percent drop in sales of winter sports equipment were held responsible ...
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Under Armour has slated new store openings in Philadelphia, Boston...
Under Armour has slated new store openings in Philadelphia, Boston and New York City's World Trade Center
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The Norwegian police has chosen Arc'teryx as a new supplier...
The Norwegian police has chosen Arc'teryx as a new supplier of uniform jackets. The garments come from Arc'teryx LEAF, a division of the company that is specialized in clothing for police and military. Garments from nine different vendors were tested for three years by the Norwegian police before the choice ...
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Billabong International says the Federal Court of Australia has approved...
Billabong International says the Federal Court of Australia has approved the settlement of a previously announced shareholder's class action suit relating to market disclosures made in 2011. The settlement was already reported on July 11. Billabong is not disclosing the terms of the settlement but says they will have no ...
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Leki has boosted its international sales department with the appointment...
Leki has boosted its international sales department with the appointment of Michael Brechtelsbauer as area manager for North America, Scandinavia and some other European countries
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Moving from Vans to Reef, Fabio Marangoni has been appointed...
Moving from Vans to Reef, Fabio Marangoni has been appointed by VF Corp. as general manager for Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA), leading the brand's product, sales and marketing strategy in the region. He reports directly to Jeff Moore, president of Reef. Marangoni served most recently as area ...
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Lotto Sport Italia has appointed a new “head of communication...
Lotto Sport Italia has appointed a new “head of communication and digital sales,” following the departure of Alberto Fraticelli, the former brand manager of Ferrari, after eight years with the company. His name is Stefano Taboga. He comes from the Luxottica Group, where he acted as global digital and omnichannel ...
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Columbia Sportswear has appointed David Lawner as interim senior vice...
Columbia Sportswear has appointed David Lawner as interim senior vice president of retailing in North America and Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA), while the company has started a search to replace Shawn Cox. From 2011 until March 2016, Lawner was president in charge of U.S. retailing and ecommerce ...
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Johnson Outdoors has appointed Ed Stevens, former chief executive of...
Johnson Outdoors has appointed Ed Stevens, former chief executive of Shopatron, to its board of directors. Stevens will join Johnson's board from the start of November and he will stand for re-election at the group's annual shareholders' meeting in 2017. Shopatron is a provider of cloud-based, online order management services. ...
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Martin Fourcade, the ten-time biathlon world champion, has been appointed...
Martin Fourcade, the ten-time biathlon world champion, has been appointed as ambassador for the urban apparel range developed by Rossignol, the French ski company, whose skis and footwear he has been wearing for many years
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Kari Traa, the Norwegian brand of women's sports apparel, has...
Kari Traa, the Norwegian brand of women's sports apparel, has entered into a partnership with Norway's largest fitness chain, SATS/Elixia. Kari Traa will supply clothing to all employees and sell Kari Traa products in the fitness centers' stores in Norway, Sweden and Finland, starting in the spring of 2017. The ...
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The Norwegian Consumer Ombudsman has ordered Anton Sport, the Norwegian...
The Norwegian Consumer Ombudsman has ordered Anton Sport, the Norwegian high-end sporting goods retailer, to pay a fine of 800,000 Norwegian krone (€88,482.8-$97,763.4) for breach of marketing laws. According to a local newspaper, Dagens Næringsliv (DN), the reason for the penalty was that the chain announced a 20 percent discount ...
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Kappa is sponsoring another Spanish rugby team, Gernika Rugby Taldea...
Kappa is sponsoring another Spanish rugby team, Gernika Rugby Taldea
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Decathlon announces Innovation Awards
Quechua, Nabaiji and Kalenji are the three “passion brands” that have been honored with this year's Innovation Awards Decathlon (IAD). The eight Decathlon brands that had been selected to present their innovative products included Artengo, B'Twin, Domyos, Fouganza, Kalenji, Nabaiji, Quechua and Wed'ze. The award ceremony was followed online by ...
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Intersport Switzerland has announced that it will sell products on...
Intersport Switzerland has announced that it will sell products on the web starting in spring 2017 thanks to a new strategic partnership with Brack.ch, the online store of the Competec group. Shoppers will be able to buy online and collect their items at about 200 Intersport stores in the country, ...
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Andrea Dorigo, a veteran of the Luxottica Group who had...
Andrea Dorigo, a veteran of the Luxottica Group who had been acting as president of Oakley from May 2015 to last July, has become president and chief executive of Pirch. Based at Oakley's head office in California, Dorigo had been responsible for the sports channel. His position has been eliminated ...
