All Sporting Goods Intelligence articles in Volume 27, Issue 33-34 – Page 5
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Åre Skidfabrik, an alpine ski factory located in Åre, Sweden,...
Åre Skidfabrik, an alpine ski factory located in Åre, Sweden, has fully or partially taken over the production of skis for three Norwegian ski brands: SGN Skis, Stereo Skis and Moonlight Mountain Gear. According to Sportfack's news service, the three ski brands made the decision to move production from lower-cost ...
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Alpina Sports, the German supplier of sports glasses and helmets,...
Alpina Sports, the German supplier of sports glasses and helmets, has appointed Julia Bauer as its new marketing director, replacing Gunda Häussler, who has been on maternity leave since the end of August. Ludwig Bestler, a journalist for a German biking magazine for the last six years, is supporting Bauer, ...
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“Hybrids, Engineered & Composed through all layers,” is the topic...
“Hybrids, Engineered & Composed through all layers,” is the topic for the upcoming Performance Days, to be held in Munich on Nov. 16-17
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Air Liquide says it has entered exclusive negotiations for the...
Air Liquide says it has entered exclusive negotiations for the sale of Aqua Lung, its scuba diving equipment subsidiary, to Montagu Private Equity, the European investment fund previously known as HSBC Private Equity. The latest reported data show that Aqua Lung's revenues fell by 5 percent to €103 million in ...
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“This ain't no travel blog,” warns Columbia Sportswear while inviting...
“This ain't no travel blog,” warns Columbia Sportswear while inviting world travelers, glacier climbers, cave explorers and anyone else around the world to apply for two new positions of “director of toughness” at the company. They will have to test gear “in the most unforgiving conditions” and be at the ...
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One of Germany's wealthiest men, Carsten Mashmeyer, has agreed to...
One of Germany's wealthiest men, Carsten Mashmeyer, has agreed to invest more than €750,000 to acquire a 20 percent stake in Glorify, the Austrian brand of supposedly unbreakable sports and sun glasses. He responded to an appeal for funding made on a popular TV show by the president of Glorify, ...
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Four Marketing, an international premium fashion agency that holds the...
Four Marketing, an international premium fashion agency that holds the rights to represent over 30 brands through their flagship and online stores, has announced the acquisition of two brands of outerwear, Penfield and Cape Heights, from their chief executive and creative director, James Barshall. Founded in Hudson, Massachusetts in 1975, ...
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Nike qualified again as the most valuable brand of apparel,...
Nike qualified again as the most valuable brand of apparel, footwear or sports equipment in Interbrand's rankings of the best global brands, just ahead of Louis Vuitton and H&M. Coming short of its annual turnover or market capitalization, its assessed brand value of $25.0 billion went up by 9 percent ...
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Sherpa Adventure Gear has named Holly Calloway marketing and...
Sherpa Adventure Gear has named Holly Calloway marketing and public relations manager
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A large investment fund, Brookfield Asset Management, has taken advantage...
A large investment fund, Brookfield Asset Management, has taken advantage of the distressed price of Performance Sports Group (PSG) shares to accumulate a 13.2 percent stake in the company, which owns Bauer Hockey and other sports brands. The share price jumped by 16 percent to $4.16 on the news, but ...
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Adidas unveils Speedfactory shoe
Adidas unveiled the first shoe made at its fully automated German factory last month. The Futurecraft MFG (Made For Germany) that came out of the Adidas group's Speedfactory in Ansbach is one of the most tangible results of the latest innovation in footwear manufacturing, moving toward increasingly customized production that ...
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The Adidas flagship store in Berlin's Tauentzienstrasse joined forces with...
The Adidas flagship store in Berlin's Tauentzienstrasse joined forces with Zalando in June in a pilot project to enable consumers to order in-store via the e-tailer's ZipCart app. With Zalando's app, shoppers can see what is in stock in the store and order what they want. The integrated commerce pilot ...
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Adidas has filed a lawsuit against Bally's U.S. subsidiary in...
Adidas has filed a lawsuit against Bally's U.S. subsidiary in connection with several footwear designs. In its complaint, which was filed in U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon (Portland Division) in late August, the sports giant alleges that Bally is offering for sale and selling footwear featuring two ...
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Adidas Golf has struck a multi-year apparel and footwear endorsement...
Adidas Golf has struck a multi-year apparel and footwear endorsement deal with Dustin Johnson. The brand has been working with Johnson for the last ten years. The extended deal comes as the hard-hitting player is enjoying an outstanding year, as 2016 PGA of America Player of the Year, 2016 US ...
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Pentland Brands adds strategic and division heads
Pentland Brands has expanded its management team with two divisional heads and one strategic director, in order to more efficiently coordinate the growing brand portfolio and fill gaps in interesting categories.Chirag Patel, former global vice president of product and marketing at Lacoste Chaussures, has been appointed director of global strategy, ...
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Snowsports Industries of America (SIA) has announced the addition of...
Snowsports Industries of America (SIA) has announced the addition of four new members to its leadership team. Maria McNulty will take over the role of chief operating officer, overseeing strategy development and the search for new opportunities for the industry. Kyle Kennedy, the new director of member services, will be ...
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Kelme will act as the first official technical sponsor of...
Kelme will act as the first official technical sponsor of Kosovo's national football team. The contract lasts for four years and covers the team's pre-qualification matches in the 2018 Fifa World Cup in Russia. It would be the first World Cup in the young history of the team, which was ...
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Garmin has completed the acquisition of Iypnet, one of its...
Garmin has completed the acquisition of Iypnet, one of its key distributors in Japan
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W.L. Gore & Associates has appointed Achim Ewers zum Rode...
W.L. Gore & Associates has appointed Achim Ewers zum Rode as “global brand & consumer strategy leader,” based at the company's European headquarters in Germany. He will be responsible for Gore-Tex and the other brands in the Gore Fabrics division, addressing new challenges from a globalized environment and the digitalization ...
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Lenzing has reported a net profit of €94.6 million for...
Lenzing has reported a net profit of €94.6 million for the first half of 2016, which represents an increase of 83.9 percent over the same period of last year. The Austria-based maker of botanic cellulose fiber attributed this strong performance to the implementation of a new strategy focusing on environmentally-friendly ...
