All Sporting Goods Intelligence articles in Volume 27, Issue 33-34 – Page 6
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Gore-Tex, which is celebrating its 40th anniversary this year, will...
Gore-Tex, which is celebrating its 40th anniversary this year, will use the opportunity of the European Outdoor Film Tour (EOFT) to launch #Goretex40, a marketing campaign that will involve the users in contests through the social networks and through various stores in October, November and December. The EOFT will run ...
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361 Degrees announced that it has no outstanding notes in...
361 Degrees announced that it has no outstanding notes in issue, following the early redemption of all senior 7.5 percent notes that were due in 2017. The last batch of notes, worth a total of 306,920,000 yuan renmimbi (€41.36m-$45.71m) was redeemed in full on Oct. 5. All the notes have ...
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Giovanni Maruzzi, 35, has left Nike to become the first...
Giovanni Maruzzi, 35, has left Nike to become the first country manager of Brooks Running for Italy and Spain. After working for Vodafone and Procter & Gamble, Maruzzi spent the last three years at Nike's Italian subsidiary as sales manager in the running category and as strategic accounts manager. Brooks' ...
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More than 300 chief executives and present or future employees...
More than 300 chief executives and present or future employees of the action sports industry gathered in Seignosse, on the Basque coast of France, on Oct. 6-7 for the annual Eurosima Surf Summit. Some 40 brands showed nearly 100 products in the Surfing Lounge. Patagonia won the 2016 Innovation of ...
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Nike will begin construction in mid-2017 of a sixth building...
Nike will begin construction in mid-2017 of a sixth building at its world headquarters in Beaverton, Oregon, adding about 360,000 square feet of office space and 330,000 square feet for parking to its campus. As for other buildings under development, it will aim for LEED Platinum Certification as part of ...
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Little growth for outdoor shoes in 2015
The major outdoor brands saw their sales of footwear grow by only 1.2 percent in terms of U.S.dollars in 2015, coming just under €5 billion for the year. They would have risen by more than 10 percent, especially outside the U.S., if currency exchange rates had remained constant.Our annual study ...
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Like in 2014, the fashion-oriented segment of the branded casual...
Like in 2014, the fashion-oriented segment of the branded casual footwear market performed better than the comfort-oriented segment in 2015, according to an annual survey that we published in Shoe Intelligence last week. With an overall estimated 8.2 percent increase in terms of U.S. dollars to $11.5 billion, the fashion ...
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Newell would like to sell K2 and Völkl
Newell Brands announced on Oct. 4 that is putting up for sale the winter sporting goods business that it inherited earlier this year from Jarden Corp. through the latter's merger with Newell Rubbermaid. The company subsequently stated, however, that it intends to keep K2 and Völkl Marker Dalbello if it ...
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Decathlon opened its first store in the recently created W1...
Decathlon opened its first store in the recently created W1 shopping mall in Hamburg. On 3.000 sqm, the store presents about 35,000 sports items for more than 70 different sports with a focus on running, water sports and mountaineering. Decathlon now has more than 1,000 stores worldwide and 30 stores ...
