All Sporting Goods Intelligence articles in Volume 28, Issue 22-23 – Page 2
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Textilwirtschaft reports that Decathlon intends to open a shop in...
Textilwirtschaft reports that Decathlon intends to open a shop in the basement of a C&A store in Düsseldorf before the end of the year. The store would cover about 2,000 square meters in the fashion apparel retailer's flagship store in the city. A spokesman told the newspaper that the partnership ...
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Peter Dankaart, the founder and owner of Daka Sports and...
Peter Dankaart, the founder and owner of Daka Sports and one of the most driven personalities in the Dutch retail market, has passed away aged 74. Dankaart established Daka Sports in 1965 in a basement in Rotterdam with his wife, Anke, and turned it into a prominent Dutch retail group. ...
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Creating a new position, Peak Performance has hired Miklos von...
Creating a new position, Peak Performance has hired Miklos von Pronay as urban sales representative for Central Europe. His job will be to expand the brand's sales in the fashion sector. Von Pronay comes from Tiger of Sweden, where he covered the German-speaking countries. He previously worked for Closed as ...
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Zalando continues its shopping spree with the takeover of yet...
Zalando continues its shopping spree with the takeover of yet another start-up, Anatwine. The European e-commerce giant first acquired a 20 percent stake in this British software firm in May, but announced in July that it was taking over the company entirely. The purchase price has not been made public. ...
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Columbia to ramp up online investment
Columbia Sportswear has embarked on a project to increase brand awareness and sales growth across its wholesale and retail business, with a focus on digital sales and infrastructure. This comes after an assessment of the outdoor group's operating model, which has already led to a substantial management reshuffle last month.The ...
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Havaianas will test-market a swimwear collection in stores in France,...
Havaianas will test-market a swimwear collection in stores in France, Italy and Portugal next year and plans to start distributing boardshorts and bikinis from 2019 onward
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Under a new, exclusive collaboration, Ispo Shanghai gave its exhibitors...
Under a new, exclusive collaboration, Ispo Shanghai gave its exhibitors direct access to Chinese consumers during last month's edition of the trade show. They were able to show the products from their current collections on the largest B2C marketplace in the country and offer them for sale online. We could ...
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Consumer demand for the new Louis Vuitton collection co-branded with...
Consumer demand for the new Louis Vuitton collection co-branded with Supreme was so hot that the brand decided to stop selling it at pop-up shops in Paris and Tokyo. A pop-up shop in New York never opened due to the opposition of the local community. The collection was eventually offered ...
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The Paris Saint-German football club, which is sponsored by Emirates...
The Paris Saint-German football club, which is sponsored by Emirates and Nike, has opened its first pop-up store in the artistic Wynwood district of Miami, Florida
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Gary Klein is stepping down as chief financial officer of...
Gary Klein is stepping down as chief financial officer of Sequential Brands at the end of August, and the company's president, Andrew Cooperon, will take his place on an interim basis until a replacemen t is found
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Changing its management structure, Fedas, the European sports retailers' federation,...
Changing its management structure, Fedas, the European sports retailers' federation, now has two presidents. Michael Nendwich, who became managing director of the Austrian sporting goods industry federation (VSSÖ) in 2008, joins Werner Haizmann, who has held the post for 21 years and continues to run the German sports retailers' federation ...
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Puma has signed a German high-jump champion, Marie-Laurence Jungfleisch, as...
Puma has signed a German high-jump champion, Marie-Laurence Jungfleisch, as its new face for light athletics. The 26-year-old Jungfleisch is a ten times national champion. She has won the German championship five times since 2013 and the indoor championship five times since 2011. Born in Paris of a French father ...
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Retail Trends reports that Sportsworld, the Dutch chain of sports...
Retail Trends reports that Sportsworld, the Dutch chain of sports megastores, is preparing to open a sixth store in the center of Purmerend, on the site of a former V&D department store
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Harold Rubrech, who left last year as CEO of Sport...
Harold Rubrech, who left last year as CEO of Sport 2000 International, is now running a printing company in Bruchsal, the Adam NG Group
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MBT switches to distributors in Central Europe
Experienced industry officials have set up new distribution companies in Germany, Austria and Switzerland to take over sales of MBT shoes from the German and Swiss subsidiaries of Masai Distribution, the Singapore-based subsidiary of Star 360 that bought the global assets of the former Swiss-based Masai group in 2012.Some of ...
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His name is a catch cry in handball where it...
His name is a catch cry in handball where it describes both a trick feint and a handball-specific sports brand, but he himself will hear it called out in stadiums no more. Bernhard Kempa, “Monsieur Handball” to some, died on July 20 at the age of 96. Kempa was a ...
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Carl-August Seibel and Philip Seibel will open a sneaker store,...
Carl-August Seibel and Philip Seibel will open a sneaker store, called Fourty Tree, in Hauenstein on July 22. Covering 200 square meters, the store will feature apparel and shoes of brands such as Adidas, Puma, Nike, Reebok and Diadora. Carl-August Seibel is the chief executive of the Josef Seibel Group, ...
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Cara Delevingne premiered a short film as a part of...
Cara Delevingne premiered a short film as a part of Puma's “Do You” campaign during an event held at Central Saint Martins in London on July 23. The actress talked about female issues and women's empowerment as part of the campaign. For several months, Delevingne looked for women with inspiring ...
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Chervò will launch later this month a capsule collection of...
Chervò will launch later this month a capsule collection of golf clothing for men and women carrying the brand of the Ryder Cup under a new licensing agreement that will last two years, with an option to extend it. It will be sold initially only in Italy, where the Ryder ...
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Vans has moved its headquarters from Cypress, California to a...
Vans has moved its headquarters from Cypress, California to a new building in Costa Mesa, California, 13 miles away. The move was first announced in June 2015. The new building is environmentally-friendly and larger than the previous headquarters. The facility features a solar panel array on the carport, which is ...
