All Sporting Goods Intelligence articles in Volume 28, Issue 34-35 – Page 2

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    Jörg Wahlers, former chief operating officer and chief financial officer...

    2017-11-15T00:00:00Z

    Jörg Wahlers, former chief operating officer and chief financial officer at Escada, has taken up the same functions at Jack Wolfskin from Sept. 27. Wahlers takes over the CFO function from Axel Mau, who joined the German outdoor company in 2015 and left in August. But the combination with the ...

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    Christopher (Chris) T. Metz is the new chief executive of...

    2017-11-15T00:00:00Z

    Christopher (Chris) T. Metz is the new chief executive of Vista Outdoor, parent company of Camelbak, Bushnell, Giro and many other brands in the outdoor and firarms sectors. He takes the place of Mark DeYoung, who resigned abruptly a few weeks ago. Metz has been the president and CEO of ...

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    Remo Ruffini, president and chief executive of Moncler, has received...

    2017-11-15T00:00:00Z

    Remo Ruffini, president and chief executive of Moncler, has received the Italian Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year award

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    Strong growth for Champion internationally

    2017-11-15T00:00:00Z

    Hanesbrands made a good move in June last year by acquiring Champion Europe, after taking back the licensing rights for the Champion brand in Japan from Goldwin. Sales increases for the brand of 7 percent in Europe and 20 percent in Asia helped the group to book a 16 percent ...

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    Performance Days will be moving from the MTC exhibition center...

    2017-11-15T00:00:00Z

    Performance Days will be moving from the MTC exhibition center in Munich, its current venue, to the city's Messe München from November 2018. Performance Days made its debut in May 2008 as a roadshow with stops in Aschheim in Germany, Verona and Stockholm. The biannual trade show later found a ...

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    Canada Goose pulls off stellar results

    2017-11-15T00:00:00Z

    Canada Goose raised its guidance following a strong performance in both the direct-to-consumer (DTC) and wholesale channels for its second fiscal quarter ended Sept. 30. Shares in the company jumped by 14.1 percent after the release of the results, which topped Wall Street's expectations by a significant margin.Sales climbed by ...

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    As expected, Canada Goose has opened its first European store,...

    2017-11-15T00:00:00Z

    As expected, Canada Goose has opened its first European store, covering about 460 square meters at 244 Regent Street in London

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    VF buys Icebreaker

    2017-11-15T00:00:00Z

    VF Corp. has announced a definitive agreement for the takeover of Icebreaker Holdings, the merino wool apparel specialist from New Zealand. The transaction should be completed early next year. The price of the acquisition has not been disclosed, but VF said that it will be immediately accretive.Icebreaker will nicely complement ...

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    Buff has opened its first store in Granada

    2017-11-15T00:00:00Z

    Buff has opened its first store in Granada

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    Vista will divest its eyewear brands

    2017-11-15T00:00:00Z

    Vista Outdoor's new chief executive, Chris Metz, announced plans to sell its three brands of sports eyewear – Bollé, Cébé and Serengeti – as part of a review of its brand portfolio that is about to be completed, while the company released a pretty bad set of figures for the ...

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    Conte of Florence, the Italian brand of golf clothing, has...

    2017-11-15T00:00:00Z

    Conte of Florence, the Italian brand of golf clothing, has reportedly gone again into bankruptcy proceedings after a year in which it had a loss of €3 million on sales of €28.4 million. Creditors are being offered a settlement on the basis of 20 percent of the outstanding debt. The ...

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    Blue Tomato has opened its fourth Swiss store in Winterthur...

    2017-11-15T00:00:00Z

    Blue Tomato has opened its fourth Swiss store in Winterthur

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    Strong growth for the former Black Diamond

    2017-11-15T00:00:00Z

    Clarus Corp, the holding company previously registered as Black Diamond Equipment, saw sales in the third quarter jump by 16.2 percent to $45.8 million, boosted by the climbing category and the acquisition of Sierra Bullets on Aug. 21, which added $3.5 million to the quarterly turnover. Excluding the acquisition, revenues ...

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    Better margins for Peak Performance

    2017-11-15T00:00:00Z

    Peak Performance improved its operating margin by three percentage points to 20.8 percent during the first quarter ended Sept. 30, as compared to the same period a year ago, according to its parent company IC Group, thanks mainly to higher average selling prices and higher gross margins.The brand's sales were flat ...

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    Henri Lloyd, best known for its sailing range, is launching...

    2017-11-15T00:00:00Z

    Henri Lloyd, best known for its sailing range, is launching a new multi-activity section of sports apparel, for both men and women. The line will be called Henri Lloyd Sport, and will be launched in spring 2018. Some products in the range will feature odor control technology from Polygiene. Henri ...

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    ATK Binding, the Italian producer of producer of bindings for...

    2017-11-15T00:00:00Z

    ATK Binding, the Italian producer of producer of bindings for ski touring and free-ride skiing, is developing its website, adding a store locator, tutorial videos and other features

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    Athletic shoes drive Yue Yuen sales rise

    2017-11-15T00:00:00Z

    Yue Yuen Industrial saw its turnover move up by 6.7 percent to $6,718.0 million for the nine months until the end of September, driven by an increase in sales of athletic shoes and the group's retail business.The group reported that its sales of athletic shoes jumped by 3.0 percent to ...

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    Asics Europe rejigs European management

    2017-11-15T00:00:00Z

    Asics Europe is making rapid strides with its strategy to transform its distribution and retail business, which has led to a string of management changes to reinforce its focus on key accounts.The overhaul of the European sales organization transpired after the Japanese running specialist reported a sales decline of 6.6 ...

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    Asics sales under pressure

    2017-11-15T00:00:00Z

    Asics has seen its sales dwindle in Europe as well as the Americas and Japan in the nine months until September, leading to a substantial decline in profits for the Japanese running specialist.The company's sales landed at 310,292 million yen (€2,351.3m-$2,736.8m) for the three quarters, which was a decline of 0.7 ...

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    Outdoor Retailer has given the dates of the three annual...

    2017-11-15T00:00:00Z

    Outdoor Retailer has given the dates of the three annual trade shows that it is going to hold in Denver for the next five years. They include the new Outdoor Retailer Winter Market, which will take place next year on Nov. 8-11, after the new combined Outdoor Retailer + Snow ...