All Sporting Goods Intelligence articles in Volume 28, Issue 32-33 – Page 4
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Bogner is placing the products of Fire & Ice skiwear...
Bogner is placing the products of Fire & Ice skiwear line on Zalando's marketplace for customers' orders from Germany and Austria, but not those of its premium Bogner Sport line
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Asics has teamed up with Tayin Research & Development, a...
Asics has teamed up with Tayin Research & Development, a Taiwanese company, for the development of a new technique that is said to create personalized midsoles in just 15 seconds using microwave technology. The development is still in the testing phase but the sports brand said the use of microwave ...
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North America pulls Under Armour down
Revising its targets for the year downward, Under Armour announced a 5 percent overall sales decrease to $1,405 million and a drop of 9.1 percentage points to 4.4. percent in the operating margin for the third quarter. Sales increased at double-digit rates in every region except in North America, where ...
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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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American retail tensions flatten Amer Sports’ sales
A rise in underlying sales of outdoor apparel helped Amer Sports to slightly raise the turnover of its outdoor division for the third quarter, but the group's sales were flattened by sluggishness in the American wholesale market, which led to declining sales in ball sports and a flat turnover in ...
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The European Commission has launched an investigation into the alleged...
The European Commission has launched an investigation into the alleged dumping of e-bikes from China, following a request by the European Bicycle Manufacturers Association for retroactive relief. Imports of e-bikes into the EU have reached more than 800,000 units a year, says the EBMA, claiming that they are priced at ...
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Vans strides ahead
There were no signs of a slowdown in the third quarter for the Vans brand, which delivered a 26 percent sales increase in constant currencies and led the growth of the outdoor and action sports division at VF Corp.The performance encouraged VF to raise its forecast again for this full ...
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Lotto Sport Italia has signed an agreement to be the...
Lotto Sport Italia has signed an agreement to be the first official technical sponsor of Italy's national men's and women's paddle tennis teams for the next three years, starting next spring. Coming from a couple of Latin American countries and Spain, paddle tennis is a growing sport in Italy, where ...
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Nike adjusts its five-year targets
Nike has adjusted its five-year sales target as its expansion in the North American market has been slowing down, but the group provided plenty of details at its investor day last week about ways to expand own retail sales faster and in emerging markets.The adjusted target calls for an average ...
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Molten will replace Adidas as the official ball supplier...
Molten will replace Adidas as the official ball supplier for the Uefa Europa League under a three-year contract starting in 2018
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Adidas is extending its sponsorship of the Fulham FC club...
Adidas is extending its sponsorship of the Fulham FC club in England until 2023
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Sports Direct International (SDI) is buying additional shares in Debenhams,...
Sports Direct International (SDI) is buying additional shares in Debenhams, the British department store chain, paying 43 percent more than they were worth last Friday, according to The Financial Times. The acquisition is said to be based on options contracts signed through Goldman Sachs in 2015, which will force SDI ...
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Hoka One One is adding a Swedish triathlon champion, Patrik...
Hoka One One is adding a Swedish triathlon champion, Patrik Nilsson, to its elite team, joining Cyril Viennot, Charlotte Morel, Boris Stein and Alessandro Degasperi. The 25-year-old has won four Ironman Triathlon races. Hoka is an exclusive sponsor of the Ironman Series.
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Groupe Royer acquires Hungaria
Groupe Royer, the French company that owns many footwear brands and distributes many others, including several important brands of sports shoes, has added the ownership of Hungaria to its portfolio. According to reports by sport-guide.com, Hungaria had recently gone through a restructuring phase and some job cuts.Based in Gonesse, France ...
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Icon Health & Fitness has accused Nautilus of infringing on...
Icon Health & Fitness has accused Nautilus of infringing on its One Touch and Quick Speed trademarks through the buttons and the user manual of its TreadClimber. The lawsuit, filed in the Central District Court of Utah, also says that Nautilus has been making false claims about its Max Trainer, ...
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Accell appoints Ton Anbeek as its new CEO
Accell has announced the appointment of Ton Anbeek as the group's new chief executive and chairman of the board. The decision follows the resignation in April of René Takens, the previous chief executive and chairman of the board. Takens had been at the helm for 18 years. Under his leadership, ...
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Messe München is organizing the first Ispo Academy in Brazil...
Messe München is organizing the first Ispo Academy in Brazil with a conference in São Paulo on Nov. 21-22
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Further talk about the possible sale of Puma
As expected, Kering declined to comment on its future ownership plans for Puma while discussing the exceptional performance that it had achieved as group in the third quarter, where its total sales rose by 32.3 percent on a comparable basis, driven by its two major luxury goods brands, Gucci and ...
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Puma is said to be in talks about taking over...
Puma is said to be in talks about taking over the sponsorship of the AC Milan football club from Adidas next year. However, the discussions reportedly revolve around a sponsorship fee of only €10 million to €15 million per year, about half what the company is paying for Arsenal in ...
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Carlyle buys 50% of Supreme
The Carlyle Group has acquired a 50 percent stake in Supreme, the disruptive American skate brand whose collaborative business model has spread throughout the sports and fashion industries, according to Business of Fashion.Carlyle, which has already put a lot of money into a growing fashion-oriented functional apparel brand, Moncler, and ...
