All Sporting Goods Intelligence articles in Volume 29, Issue 19-20
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Padel Nuestro, a major Spanish retailer of padel tennis products,...
Padel Nuestro, a major Spanish retailer of padel tennis products, is entering the Portuguese market with the opening of three stores in Guimaraes, Porto and Lisbon. Actually, it already opened a store on the Portuguese island of Madeira in 2016. The chain already has 40 stores in operations, most of ...
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Zoggs has launched a new line of swimwear made from...
Zoggs has launched a new line of swimwear made from ocean waste, and has announced that 40 percent of its 2019 spring/summer swimwear will be made from waste recovered from the ocean. The Ecolast swimwear will be introduced in Zoggs' autumn/winter 2018 season, and rolled out from January 2019. The ...
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Lacoste and Tecnifibre work on synergies
Lacoste is working together with Tecnifibre , the French tennis specialist that it bought last October, to develop interesting synergies in the areas of product development, distribution and sports marketing for the benefit of both brands. With sales of more than €2 billion, Lacoste is much bigger than Tecnifibre, ...
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Lululemon’s shares hit record high on upbeat results
After a particularly strong 2017, Lululemon Athletica continued on its upward trend during the first quarter ended April 29. Thanks to higher-than-expected sales from a revamped e-commerce platform, the company's results largely exceeded analysts' expectations and the company's own guidance. Revenues were up by 25 percent to $650 million, ...
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The Rossignol Group has promoted Stéphane Mougin to the position...
The Rossignol Group has promoted Stéphane Mougin to the position of alpine racing manager, working with athletes for all the group's ski brands: Rossignol, Dynastar, Lange and Look. Angelo Maina who held the responsibility during the past 13 years, will continue to work part-time, focusing on specific missions. Mougin worked ...
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The Norman Group, which has replaced Trerè Innovation as the...
The Norman Group, which has replaced Trerè Innovation as the manufacturer of X-Technology's products in Italy, is investing in a new factory in Serbia that will become operational in the spring of 2019, with a capacity of six million pieces per year. The company currently manufactures about 15 million units ...
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Retail sales of sporting goods in Norway reached a record...
Retail sales of sporting goods in Norway reached a record level of more than 3.2 billion kroner (€335.9m-$395.5m) during the first quarter of 2018, up by 11 percent from the same quarter of 2017. According to Sportsbransjen, the Norwegian sporting goods industry association, good snow conditions and cold temperatures were a ...
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Footpatrol, the iconic sneaker store owned by the JD Sports...
Footpatrol, the iconic sneaker store owned by the JD Sports Fashion group, is opening a second store in Paris, in the Marais district. Footpatrol has turned into a sneaker destination in Soho in London since it opened its original store in 2002 and then moved to its current location on ...
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Nike is taking over the sponsorship of the Sevilla football...
Nike is taking over the sponsorship of the Sevilla football team from New Balance for the next three years. The Swoosh already sponsors three other football club in the Spanish Liga: Barcelona, Atlético Madrid and Malaga
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Sport Pursuit launches an online store for Eurosport
Eurosport has teamed up with Sport Pursuit to launch an e-commerce platform, Eurosport Shop , which markets sports, outdoor and endurance brands to an audience of millions of consumers across Europe. Under the multi-year partnership, Sport Pursuit takes care of all e-commerce and back-end functions, including brand relationships, ...
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Prince regains some ground in Europe
The Prince brand has been regaining some ground in the European market in recent months, according to its management, as the brand's latest European licensee has started to restructure retail distribution with a focus on performance products. The license for the Prince brand for Europe, the Middle East and ...
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Primaloft has developed its first insulation made entirely from recycled...
Primaloft has developed its first insulation made entirely from recycled PET bottles. The company claims the new insulation fully meets all of its performance standards, such as low weight, high compressibility and water repellency. Around nine PET bottles are needed to create the insulation layer for one jacket (40g of ...
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The deputy secretary general of the Federation of the European...
The deputy secretary general of the Federation of the European Sporting Goods Industry (Fesi), Youri Mercier, and other Fesi members took the stage at the EU conference on Intellectual Property Rights Border Measures in Moscow on May 30, to discuss anti-counterfeiting measures ahead of the Fifa World Cup. The tournament ...
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Hoka helps Deckers end the year on a high note
Thanks to a strong performance by Ugg and Hoka One One, Deckers Brands posted a stellar fourth fiscal quarter and full year, with revenues and profits beating analysts' expectations. The revenues from the Hoka One One brand jumped by 34.1 percent to $50.4 million for the quarter ended March 31, ...
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Macron has signed its first sponsorship deal with a German...
Macron has signed its first sponsorship deal with a German handball team. The contract is with the DJK Rimpar Wölfe in Würzburg. It will last for five years from the 2018/19 season. A Macron Store in nearby Bamberg will manage the contract in coordination with the Italian company.
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Surf Demo Days, a new three-day event for the surf...
Surf Demo Days, a new three-day event for the surf industry and consumers, will be launched on June 15-17 in Soorts-Hossegor, in France's southwest. The location, only 20km north of Biarritz, is at the heart of the European surf industry. Industry leaders, manufacturers, pro surfers and retailers will be given ...
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Zalando plans to expand into Ireland and the Czech Republic,...
Zalando plans to expand into Ireland and the Czech Republic, which may be followed by websites in Portugal and other European countries
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Le Coq Sportif returns to profitability
Le Coq Sportif returned to profit last year on a sales increase of 9 percent to €117.5 million, after a strong second half. The rise was driven by growing demand for its apparel , which has been stimulated by hundreds of dedicated retail corners. The brand saw a sharp ...
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Head has extended its endorsement contracts with Novak Djokovic and...
Head has extended its endorsement contracts with Novak Djokovic and Alexander Zverev. The two tennis champions are currently 31 and 21 years old, respectively. Head has been working with Djokovic since 2001.
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Speedo has signed a long-term endorsement contract with Joseph Schooling,...
Speedo has signed a long-term endorsement contract with Joseph Schooling, a 22-year-old Singaporean swimmer. He was the first swimmer from Singapore to win gold in the 2016 Olympic Games, after collecting medals in the previous two years.
