All Sporting Goods Intelligence articles in Volume 28, Issue 30-31 – Page 3
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Rip Curl has opened a store in Canggu, Bali...
Rip Curl has opened a store in Canggu, Bali
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New Balance is terminating its sponsorship contract with Ben Stokes,...
New Balance is terminating its sponsorship contract with Ben Stokes, vice-captain of the England cricket team, who has been indefinitely suspended due to an incident in Bristol
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Mueller Sports Medicine partners with the World Federation of Athletic...
Mueller Sports Medicine partners with the World Federation of Athletic Training and Therapy as its official supplier of sports medicine products
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Wolverine sells some military assets
Wolverine Worldwide has sold its factory in Big Rapids, Michigan and some other assets related to its business with the U.S. Department of Defense to a smaller firm, the Original Footwear Company. Wolverine says the divestiture will improve the future viability of the Big Rapids facility because small businesses like ...
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Under Armour opens more stores in Europe
Under Armour has opened its first store in Russia, in the Metropolis Shopping Center in Moscow. The company, which has its own Russian sales office, says it eyes a major expansion in the country through the opening of other stores and factory outlets and an online-store in the near future.We ...
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The North Face has appointed Tim Hamilton as head of...
The North Face has appointed Tim Hamilton as head of global creative, taking over from Peter Valles. In his career of more than than two decades in design, Hamilton has already created products for brands and retailers from Gap to Polo Ralph Lauren and others. He also launched his eponymous ...
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Steve Harden has been appointed president for Supra Footwear and...
Steve Harden has been appointed president for Supra Footwear and KR3W Denim, two brands owned by K-Swiss Global Brands (KSGB). He takes over from Robert Capener and reports to Philipp Jeong, chief executive and president at KSGB. Harden has spent many years in the industry, with functions including vice president ...
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Oriol Mercadal has been appointed country sales manager of Helly...
Oriol Mercadal has been appointed country sales manager of Helly Hansen for Spain and Portugal
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The concentration of European outdoor retailing is continuing apace with...
The concentration of European outdoor retailing is continuing apace with the acquisition of Friluftsland, one of the leading Danish outdoor retailers, by the owner of Globetrotter in Germany, Naturkompaniet in Sweden and Partioaitta in Finland. Just a few weeks after the A.S. Adventure Group bought McTrek in Germany, the Fenix ...
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Anta Sports Products has been picked to become the official...
Anta Sports Products has been picked to become the official sports apparel supplier for the Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games due to be held in Beijing in 2022. The leading Chinese sports company has already been a supplier for the Chinese Olympic Committee and the Chinese Olympic team for the ...
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Odlo has announces its partnership with the Norwegian biathlon federation,...
Odlo has announces its partnership with the Norwegian biathlon federation, NSSF, becoming its official supplier starting in May 2018
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Garmont has announced a new partnership with France's Ensa (Ecole...
Garmont has announced a new partnership with France's Ensa (Ecole Nationale de Ski et d'Alpinisme). As part of this collaboration, Ensa guides will field-test Garmont products and provide feedback to enable improvements and future product developments. Among the boots that the Ensa mountain professionals will be using are the Dragontail, ...
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The highly leveraged Australian-based Surfstitch Group has announced the sale...
The highly leveraged Australian-based Surfstitch Group has announced the sale of Surfdome Shop in the U.K. to Internet Fusion for about £7 million (€7.9m-$9.3m). Internet Fusion owns other European websites including blackleaf.com and extremepie.com. The Surfstich Group was formed in 2014, after Billabong International sold its 51 percent stake in ...
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In a letter to the German chancellor, Angela Merkel, Vaude...
In a letter to the German chancellor, Angela Merkel, Vaude said it wants to prevent the deportation of refugees who are working at the company. Nine refugees from Syria, Nigeria, Gambia, Iraq and Afghanistan are currently working at Vaude. Five of them are facing deportation from Germany. In her letter ...
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Analysts predict that Puma could be sold by Kering next...
Analysts predict that Puma could be sold by Kering next year, allowing the French group to focus more or less entirely on luxury products, according to a Reuters report. Kering bought its majority stake in Puma in 2007 in a deal valuing it at €5.3 billion, but the report says ...
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American basketball scandal escalates
Two U.S. universities are re-evaluating their sponsorship contracts with Adidas following the FBI's previously reported investigation into the alleged bribery of basketball players. The scandal has also led one of Adidas shareholders, the company of Bronstein, Gewirtz & Grossman, to announce its intent to ask for an investigation into whether ...
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Fanatics, the leading American supplier of licensed sports merchandise, has...
Fanatics, the leading American supplier of licensed sports merchandise, has appointed Steve Davis, a global e-commerce veteran, as president of Fanatics International. He was formerly the chief executive of a digital fast-fashion retailer, Rue La La. His task will be to expand the company's vertical retailing model into a global ...
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Piper Jaffray's semi-annual survey of American teenagers provides further evidence...
Piper Jaffray's semi-annual survey of American teenagers provides further evidence that the U.S. market is shifting away from big American athletic brands like Nike and Under Armour and toward streetwear brands like Vans or Supreme. Nike remains the #1 brand of athletic apparel and footwear, but its share of teen ...
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Brian Davidson, director of sales for Nikwax North America, has...
Brian Davidson, director of sales for Nikwax North America, has been promoted to be its president, taking the place of Rick Meade after three years in the post
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The Spanish sporting goods industry federation, Afydad, is putting up...
The Spanish sporting goods industry federation, Afydad, is putting up for sale to non-members a study of the sporting goods sector conducted by Sport Panel, charging €1,000 + VAT. Its members have already received it. The study analyzes the present state of the sector at the retail and consumption levels, ...