All Sporting Goods Intelligence articles in Volume 29, Issue 21-22 – Page 3
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In the autumn, Jens Nyström will make a switch from...
In the autumn, Jens Nyström will make a switch from Haglöfs to Björn Borg, where he will assume the comparable position of chief financial officer at the Swedish sportswear and underwear brand. Nyström has a varied resumé, having held the same position with a pharmaceutical company, Sanofi, in Sweden. Previously, ...
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Christian Fischer has been appointed as the new product manager...
Christian Fischer has been appointed as the new product manager for Central Europe at Ecco. From July, the 41-year-old replaces Annette Wächtler, who will continue to work as senior category manager for Ecco's shoe collection for women at the company's headquarters in Denmark. Before joining Ecco, Fischer worked for the ...
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Uniqlo, the Japanese apparel brand that sponsored Novak Djokovic from...
Uniqlo, the Japanese apparel brand that sponsored Novak Djokovic from 2012 to 2017, is said to be paying $30 million a year to Roger Federer under a new ten-year contract. The Swiss tennis champion has been earning an estimated $7.5 million to $10 million a year under a ten-year contract ...
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World Rugby has appointed Canterbury as the official sports apparel...
World Rugby has appointed Canterbury as the official sports apparel supplier for its 2019 World Cup in Japan and for the global organization. The two-year deal covers the World Cup in Japan, the World Rugby under-20 Championship, elite 15s and sevens match officials, and World Rugby technical official apparel. The ...
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Eurosima's traditional annual beach party at Seignosse, on the Basque...
Eurosima's traditional annual beach party at Seignosse, on the Basque coast of France, has been postponed from June 27 to Sept. 7 because of poor weather conditions for surfing
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Speedo has announced a three-year partnership with Disney for the...
Speedo has announced a three-year partnership with Disney for the launch of a collection of swimwear and accessories for its junior swimwear range. Designed for children between the ages of 6 and 16, the new range features characters from Star Wars and includes swimsuits, jammers, aqua shorts, briefs, water shorts ...
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Quiksilver has announced that its recycling program in collaboration with...
Quiksilver has announced that its recycling program in collaboration with Repreve has reached the 100 million-bottle milestone. The process starts with Repreve turning used plastic bottles into plastic flake. This is converted into Repreve chips, which are then melted before turning into yarn that acts similarly to conventional polyester. Since ...
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The World Snowboard Federation (WSF) has announced a new president...
The World Snowboard Federation (WSF) has announced a new president and board. Satu Järvelä has been elected as WSF's new president on a four-year mandate. Järvelä previously sat on the board of the Ticket to Ride (TTR) World Snowboard Tour. She is a former ISF World Champion snowboarder, a US ...
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Eddie Bauer and Pacific Sunwear, two struggling American retail chains...
Eddie Bauer and Pacific Sunwear, two struggling American retail chains that together have a total of 700 stores, are being merged into a single operation for all their back-office functions. They were both taken over by Golden Gate Capital through bankruptcy auctions.
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TYR Sport will sponsor Katie Ledecky, an American Olympic and...
TYR Sport will sponsor Katie Ledecky, an American Olympic and world swimming champion
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Amer Sports has appointed Jon Hoerauf as president in charge...
Amer Sports has appointed Jon Hoerauf as president in charge of the sports apparel category, a function that is meant to enable faster growth and to take more advantage of synergies in the Finnish group's apparel business. It has re-formed an apparel category structure that includes the Arc'teryx, Salomon and ...
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Aggressive overhaul at Intersport still to pay off
Intersport Deutschland unveiled a new strategy at the OutDoor show in Friedrichshafen last month. Known as “One Intersport,” it aims to make the 1,100-odd Intersport dealers in Germany, Austria, Slovakia, the Czech Republic and Hungary more profitable by, among other initiatives, creating a more uniform appearance among the stores and ...
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Oberalp has decided to start exhibiting again at the Ispo...
Oberalp has decided to start exhibiting again at the Ispo Munich show, after an absence of two years. It will have a corporate stand for all its brands – Salewa, Dynafit, Pomoca and Wild Country – but it will continue to hold its sales conventions in late October and May. ...
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Kasper Rorsted, the Adidas Group's chief executive, has expressed concerns...
Kasper Rorsted, the Adidas Group's chief executive, has expressed concerns about potential over-commercialization of football and dilution of the game's quality, due to an increasing number of competitions and participants. In an interview with Kicker, a German football magazine, he said that Fifa's decision to increase the number of teams ...
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VF Corporation has announced the completion of its acquisition of...
VF Corporation has announced the completion of its acquisition of Altra from Icon Health & Fitness
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Foot Locker has announced that it is about to test...
Foot Locker has announced that it is about to test a new retail format called Power Store. The information has been released by the retailer's senior management during a conversation with financial analysts, according to reports by Fashion Network. The new format is supposed to offer customers an immersive experience ...
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Canada Goose posts a revenue increase of nearly 50%
Canada Goose reported a revenue increase of 46.4 percent to C$591.2 million (€384.6m-$447.1m) for its fiscal year ended on March 31, as compared to fiscal 2017. On a constant-currency basis, the revenues increased by 47.7 percent. The company said the performance in fiscal 2018 was exceptional across all growth strategies ...
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The L-Fashion Group is acquiring a stake of 49 percent...
The L-Fashion Group is acquiring a stake of 49 percent in Dachstein, the venerable Austrian brand of outdoor shoes. The shares are being sold by the controlling shareholder, Austro Holding, and by the company's chief executive, Oliver Wieser. Christian Wolsegger, Dachstein's sales manager, is taking over his place. More in ...
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Antje von Dewitz, the 45-year-old chief executive of Vaude, has...
Antje von Dewitz, the 45-year-old chief executive of Vaude, has been given the German Brand Award as Brand Manager of the Year
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Sport Heroes has raised €4 million from Genairgy, an investment...
Sport Heroes has raised €4 million from Genairgy, an investment firm for the family behind Decathlon, to support its expansion. The four year-old startup strives to encourage more people to practice sports, by rewarding physical activity measured through digital devices with discounts on partner brands and services. The company is ...
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