All Sporting Goods Intelligence articles in Volume 28, Issue 36-37 – Page 4

  • Short stops

    Sumitomo Rubber has promoted the 45-year-old Richard Jackson to the...

    2017-11-21T00:00:00Z

    Sumitomo Rubber has promoted the 45-year-old Richard Jackson to the position of general manager for Spain

  • News briefs

    Lenzing has reported a revenue increase of 9.4 percent to...

    2017-11-21T00:00:00Z

    Lenzing has reported a revenue increase of 9.4 percent to €1.7 billion for the first nine months of 2017, mainly driven by higher prices for its fibers. During the third quarter, the company launched Tencel Luxe, a premium fiber, and opened an innovation center in Hong Kong. Lenzing is building ...

  • News briefs

    Pentland has been honored with the 22nd annual Global Family...

    2017-11-21T00:00:00Z

    Pentland has been honored with the 22nd annual Global Family Business Award by IMD, a top-ranked business school. The group received the award on the occasion of the 28th Summit of the Family Business Network International (FBN-I), which took place in Gran Canaria on Nov. 8-11. The Global Family Business ...

  • Article

    New management for Germany’s 21sportsgroup

    2017-11-21T00:00:00Z

    Henner Schwarz has taken the helm at 21sportsgroup, a German sports retailer that operates both online and physical stores. The promotion came after the founding team of the online platform, Joerg Mayer and Michael Burk, resigned at their own request, citing their desire to undertake new businesses opportunities. Mayer was ...

  • News briefs

    Haute couture will meet sports during the 2018 New York...

    2017-11-21T00:00:00Z

    Haute couture will meet sports during the 2018 New York Fashion Week when Performance Days will stage a trade fair introducing functional sports fabrics. Performance Days, the biannual fabrics show for the sports and outdoor industry held in Munich, will stage a trade event in the penthouse of New York's ...

  • News briefs

    Puma, which was recently accused of damaging a 17th-century building...

    2017-11-21T00:00:00Z

    Puma, which was recently accused of damaging a 17th-century building in Delhi with the painting for a shoe commercial, will restore the site to its original aspect. According to reports by FashionNetwork.com, the German sportswear brand has directed the agency responsible for causing the damage to restore the building to ...

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    Billabong International‘s shares gained more than 15 percent after the...

    2017-11-21T00:00:00Z

    Billabong International‘s shares gained more than 15 percent after the group's annual shareholders' meeting this week, where investors heard about numerous initiatives to improve Billabong's business in the Asia-Pacific region. Billabong's results for the full year until the end of June showed major improvements in some indicators in the Americas ...

  • News briefs

    About 100 people attended the first Ispo Academy held in...

    2017-11-21T00:00:00Z

    About 100 people attended the first Ispo Academy held in India last week, as part of the second Global Sports Business Show organized by The Times of India in Mumbai. The central topic of this inaugural Indian academy was digital technology in sports apparel manufacturing, as suppliers are eager to ...