All Sporting Goods Intelligence articles in Volume 28, Issue 30-31
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Lowa has received a prize for its reliability and the...
Lowa has received a prize for its reliability and the saleable quality of its shoes from a German footwear trade magazine, Schuhkurier, following a survey of its readers
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Lotto Sport Italia has opened a mono-brand store at Vicolo...
Lotto Sport Italia has opened a mono-brand store at Vicolo Barberia 19 in the heart of Treviso, close to its head office
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Oakley signs on as the official sponsor for helmets and...
Oakley signs on as the official sponsor for helmets and smart eyewear of the 2017 Ironman World Championships
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IC Group weighs potential sale of Peak Performance
IC Group , the Danish owner of Peak Performance , is evaluating a potential sale of part or all of the Swedish sports apparel brand, after structural improvements in its business and results in the last years. IC Group says it has engaged Rothschild , the investment bank, as it ...
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Sport-Guide.com reports that a Patagonia store in Grenoble is to...
Sport-Guide.com reports that a Patagonia store in Grenoble is to shut down around the end of October. The store has been open for several years but the owner apparently struggled to reach a sustainable level of sales, which he blamed on the lack of international tourists in Grenoble. The closure ...
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Soldier goes international
Cornelis Hendrik (Cees) de Witte, a well-known figure in the sporting goods sector, has joined Soldier Design, a rather special U.S.-based brand-building consultancy, as a partner with responsibility for the development of its business in Europe and Asia. He has just opened Soldier's first European office in Zurich and is ...
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JD founders said to plan IPO for Footasylum
John Wardle and David Makin, the founders of JD Sports, are preparing for the launch of their second sports retail business on the London Stock Exchange, Sky News reports. The initial public offering (IPO) of Footasylum, which has grown to 59 stores around the U.K., was said to be targeting ...
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For the first time, the Pentland Group has won the...
For the first time, the Pentland Group has won the Best UK Family Business of Excellence award from Ernst & Young as part of its 2017 Entrepreneur of the Year Awards. Founded in 1932, Pentland is a third-generation family-owned company that employs 28,000 people across 20 countries. It has received ...
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The organizers of Fibo the international trade show for fitness,...
The organizers of Fibo the international trade show for fitness, wellness and health – have announced a new concept for the 2018 edition of the show. The event, which is scheduled to take place at the Exhibition Centre in Cologne from April 12-15, will offer an expanded trade visitor program ...
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Nike is extending its sponsorship of the Portuguese Football Federation...
Nike is extending its sponsorship of the Portuguese Football Federation through 2024
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Ukraine has obtained new trade preferences from the European Union...
Ukraine has obtained new trade preferences from the European Union that increase the quantity of products the country can export to the EU free of duties, including footwear. The trade measure, which came into force on Oct. 1, will offer several Ukrainian agricultural and industrial goods better access to the ...
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The European Outdoor Summit organized by the European Outdoor Group...
The European Outdoor Summit organized by the European Outdoor Group in Treviso earlier this month welcomed about 270 delegates. The next one will be held in Malmö, Sweden, in the autumn of 2018. More in The Outdoor Industry Compass, including coverage of many of the conferences.
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Golf participation inches up in Europe
Recent research reports on the European golf market have come up with contrasting and contradictory figures, but at least two of them indicate that participation in golf is on the rise, especially in emerging markets. Sports Marketing Surveys (SMS) has calculated that the number of registered golfers in Europe ...
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Faradei, a Russian supplier of sports equipment and footwear, has...
Faradei, a Russian supplier of sports equipment and footwear, has expanded its product range by adding an Arctic line, consisting of footwear that can withstand extremely cold temperatures, down to -60 degrees centigrade. For Faradei, which generates about 60 percent of its revenues from contracts with the Russian Army, the ...
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Sport Partner reports that Regatta is opening its first Dutch...
Sport Partner reports that Regatta is opening its first Dutch branded store in Amersfoort, in the center of the Netherlands, to sell the Regatta and Dare2Be brands
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Eno Polo, the former European director of Havaianas, has left...
Eno Polo, the former European director of Havaianas, has left Global Brands Group, which he recently joined as European business development director ++ Arnaud Marie is promoted to the position of sales manager at Compex, replacing Denis Resseguier
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Decathlon is planning to open new stores in the downtown...
Decathlon is planning to open new stores in the downtown areas of Brussels, Dresden and Munich. They will use to some extent the new urban Decathlon City format, concentrating on only a few product categories and complementing them with online purchases from its website. Focusing on cycling, running and fitness, ...
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François Neukirch, a former top manager of Decathlon and Go...
François Neukirch , a former top manager of Decathlon and Go Spor t who recenlty ran Intersport France , has officially inaugurated a prestigious a 3,000 square meter Intersport store opened about two months ago at Herblay, near Paris
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Decathlon is going to launch a new private label for...
Decathlon is going to launch a new private label for Nordic walking, called Inovik, during the autumn/winter 2018/19 season. It recently introduced other new private brands: Itwit for paddle sports, and Olaian for surfing. Sport-guide indicates that it is also working on a brand for rugby.
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De Skihut op Scheveningen, a famous retailer of winter sports...
De Skihut op Scheveningen, a famous retailer of winter sports products located in the eponymous Dutch sea resort, was declared bankrupt but was then quickly rescued by Retail Investments Beilen, reports Quote, a Dutch business magazine. The publication worked out that nearly all of the shares in Retail Investments Beilen ...
