All Sporting Goods Intelligence articles in Volume 28, Issue 26-27 – Page 4
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Schöffel has appointed Karoline Rettig as head of marketing. The...
Schöffel has appointed Karoline Rettig as head of marketing. The 46-year-old replaces Wolfgang Helmberger. Rettig has been with Amer Sports since 2006. At Amer, she was initially in charge of marketing for the cycling division in Austria, Germany and Switzerland. Afterwards she was promoted to GTM (Go to Market) trade ...
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Claudia Lange has been appointed head of media relations at...
Claudia Lange has been appointed head of media relations at the Adidas Group. Lange assumed the newly created position, based at the headquarters in Herzogenaurach in Germany, at the beginning of August. She is responsible for the global media relations team and for the management and coordination of the media ...
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Crocs will appeal to protect its classic clog design
The U.S. Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO) announced a few days ago a third verdict invalidating the D517789 design patent – known also as the ‘789 patent - issued to Crocs in 2006 for its molded Classic Clog, ruling that it was anticipated by a prior design published a year ...
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Fjällräven's apparel collection is featuring for the first time Recco's...
Fjällräven's apparel collection is featuring for the first time Recco's rescue system in its autumn/winter 2017/18 collection. The Swedish brand has also started a collaboration with the Swedish Mountain Guides Organization, SBO, by equipping its members and supporting education programs.
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Anta reaps the benefits of brand and retail investments
Anta Sports Products is continuing to reap the benefits of its multi-brand and multi-channel strategy, with a sales rise of 19.2 percent to 7,323.2 million yuan renminbi (€930.1m-$1,099.4m) for the first half of this year, fueled by increased demand for running and football products.Due to the expansion of its retail business ...
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Footjoy has announced that Russell Lawes has been appointed sales...
Footjoy has announced that Russell Lawes has been appointed sales and marketing director for the U.K. region with immediate effect. For the past ten years, he has served as Footjoy's marketing manager. Lawes will be responsible for the overall sales and marketing operations in the U.K., Ireland and South Africa ...
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Brunswick Bowling Products has announced three promotions within the company,...
Brunswick Bowling Products has announced three promotions within the company, which come after the appointment of Corey Dykstra as the new chief executive in July of this year. Brian Graham has been named vice-president of consumer and aftermarket products. Graham previously led sales and marketing. Billy Orlikowski has been promoted ...
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Skechers has announced a partnership with Camila Cabello on a...
Skechers has announced a partnership with Camila Cabello on a new global marketing campaign. The Cuban-born American singer and songwriter will be the face of Skechers' women's footwear category. The campaign, which will appear in Spanish and English, is scheduled for launch later this month. Cabello, who is 20, started ...
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Beating analysts' estimates, Li & Fung raised its net profit...
Beating analysts' estimates, Li & Fung raised its net profit to $91 million for the first half of 2017 from $86 million in the same period last year. Revenues fell by 9 percent to $7.2 billion, however. The Chinese sourcing giant had to leave the Hang Seng benchmark index last ...
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Following other American business leaders, Kevin Plank, founder and chief...
Following other American business leaders, Kevin Plank, founder and chief executive of Under Armour, resigned from Donald Trump's American Manufacturing Council after the U.S. president failed to criticize an outburst of white suprematist violence in Charlottesville, Virginia in mid-August. Plank had been initially an enthusiastic supporter of Trump because of ...
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Nike has signed up Kendrick Lamar, the American rap musician...
Nike has signed up Kendrick Lamar, the American rap musician previously sponsored by Reebok
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Apparently encouraged by the success of its sneakers in America,...
Apparently encouraged by the success of its sneakers in America, Adidas is taking a more active role in U.S. sports. It has just signed the fourth-highest college sports deal in the U.S., committing to the payment of $160 million over a 10-year period to sponsor the University of Louisville in ...
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Alpargatas faces difficulties in Brazil
Alpargatas' global sales, which now stem mainly from its Havaianas brand of sandals and a license with Mizuno, fell by 15.1 percent to 859.6 million reais (€232.6m-$272.4m) in the second quarter, weighed down by a challenging retail market in Brazil, where the group's sales dropped by 21.9 percent to R$445.7 ...
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Arc'teryx Equipment has released a voluntary product recall of all...
Arc'teryx Equipment has released a voluntary product recall of all 2016 Procline boots, both men's and women's, in cooperation with Health Canada and the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. These products present a possible safety hazard with the axis pin, which keeps the spoiler and the rotating cuff in place. ...
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Alibaba posts better-than-expected results
The Alibaba Group reported better-than expected revenues for its first fiscal quarter ended June 30, thanks to a strong performance in China. Its total sales increased by 56 percent over the year-ago quarter to 50,180 million yuan (€6.4bn-7.5bn). The Thomson Reuters' consensus was RMB 47,700 million (€6.1bn-$7.2bn).The company's operating margin ...
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Boardriders has appointed Alexandre Malsch as global digital brand manager...
Boardriders has appointed Alexandre Malsch as global digital brand manager for Quiksilver and Roxy, based at its European headquarters on the Basque Coast of France and reporting to the company's chief executive, Pierre Agnès. Nine years ago the 32-year-old manager co-founded a French online media group, the Melty Group, and ...
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Dainese and AGV has extended their sponsorship contract with Franco...
Dainese and AGV has extended their sponsorship contract with Franco Morbidelli, the current leader in the Moto2 standings
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Philippe Plein, a German fashion designer who a year ago...
Philippe Plein, a German fashion designer who a year ago offered his first high-end line of sports shoes and clothing, called Plein Sport, has signed up Floyd Mayweather, the 40-year-old American boxing champion. Plein announced the two-year contract shortly before Mayweather came out of a two-year retirement to win a ...
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Sports Direct has launched a legal claim in Iceland against...
Sports Direct has launched a legal claim in Iceland against Ingibjorg Palmadottir and Sigurdur Palmi Sigurbjornsson, the wife and stepson of Jon Asgeir Johannesson, the disgraced former boss of Baugur. The British sportswear retailer led by Mike Ashley is suing Sigurbjornsson and two companies, Guru Invest and Rhapsody Investments, linked ...
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After focusing on the tennis-inspired lifestyle apparel market, Lacoste has...
After focusing on the tennis-inspired lifestyle apparel market, Lacoste has invested in tennis hardware by acquiring an 80 percent stake in Major Sports, the parent company of Tecnifibre, which is a big player in the global market for tennis strings. It also sells tennis racquets and balls, the latter through ...
