All Sporting Goods Intelligence articles in Volume 29, Issue 31-32 – Page 3
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Atomic has signed a sponsorship deal with a Spanish skier,...
Atomic has signed a sponsorship deal with a Spanish skier, Javi Lliso +++ Mizuno has signed up a Spanish football player, Fernando Torres, who helped the national team to win the European Cup in 2008
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The athleisure segment is getting crowded
More and more retailers and brands that have not been strictly associated with sports apparel until now are branching out into the growing athleisure segment, in parallel with the recent incursions made by sports retailers and brands into casual sportswear. The same has been happening for some time in the ...
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Hummel, the Danish sports brand, assigned Marcus Leykam to the...
Hummel, the Danish sports brand, assigned Marcus Leykam to the position as sales manager for sports, responsible for the German, Austrian and Swiss markets. The 43-year-old worked in the past 20 years in the team sports segment for various brands, most recently for Jako in Switzerland. At Hummel, he will ...
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Le Coq Sportif turns around
Le Coq Sportif turned in a small profit for the first half of this year, aided by investments in local production that enabled it to respond to demand more adequately, and it is projecting a double-digit jump in sales for the second half.Airesis, the Swiss holding company that owns a ...
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Under Armour continues staff rejig
Under Armour has reinforced its management team with two appointments, but it has earmarked an enlarged budget for an estimated 400 extra layoffs this year.Under Armour already announced a round of 277 staff cuts last year to shift its resources to more productive areas, such as international expansion and online ...
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As reported in our previous issue, Knut Are Høgberg has been...
As reported in our previous issue, Knut Are Høgberg has been appointed to take over as new chief executive at Odlo. After his appointment, the Swiss outdoor brand presented a new executive management team consisting of him along with Adrian Schürmann, chief finance officer and Barbara Hösli, chief people officer. The ...
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Puma is strengthening its corporate communications team with the appointment...
Puma is strengthening its corporate communications team with the appointment of Robert Jan Bartunek as senior manager of corporate communications. He will report to Kerstin Neuber, who was recently promoted to the position of senior head of communications following the departure of Ulf Santjer. Bartunek, 36, has worked as journalist ...
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Lululemon has appointed a new chief product officer, Sun Choe,...
Lululemon has appointed a new chief product officer, Sun Choe, to replace Tara Poseley who left in October 2015. The company's creative director, Lee Holman, had taken on the responsibility on an interim basis until Choe joined the company in 2016 as president of global merchandising. She previously worked for ...
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Louis Garneau, the Canadian cycling specialist, has appointed Martin Trudel...
Louis Garneau, the Canadian cycling specialist, has appointed Martin Trudel as executive leader of global sales and marketing. He will be responsible for the company's Garneau, Sugoi and Sombrio brands, and for overseeing new business development and opportunities. A 20-year veteran of the sporting goods industry, Trudel started to work ...
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Niels de Lange has been appointed as sales manager for...
Niels de Lange has been appointed as sales manager for the bike division of Shimano Europe, based in Eindhoven, replacing René Veenbuizen who has become the managing director of Shimano Benelux. De Lange has been working with Shimano since 2007, most recently as senior OEM sales manager. Shimano Europe has ...
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Puma has won an appeal in the General Court of...
Puma has won an appeal in the General Court of the European Union, which has asked the EU Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) to re-examine the company's claims against Doosan Machine Tools. That company had registered in 2012 a figurative mark resembling its own logo for goods and services related to ...
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VF Corp. has announced that it has chosen Denver for...
VF Corp. has announced that it has chosen Denver for its new global headquarters. Building renovations are scheduled to start early next year with a completion date in early 2020. The new 285,000-square-foot headquarters will be located in the Lower Downtown, or LoDo, district, Denver's oldest neighborhood and the home ...
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As we had expected, Decathlon has announced the construction of...
As we had expected, Decathlon has announced the construction of a third logistic center in Germany, where the retailer is expanding strongly (see our previous issue). It will be located in the VGB Park of Berlin to service its stores in the northern and eastern parts of ...
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Canada Goose has announced that it will open a new...
Canada Goose has announced that it will open a new factory in Winnipeg, its third manufacturing facility in the capital of the Canadian province of Manitoba and the seventh wholly-owned factory for the company, adding to three in Toronto and one in Boisbriand, Quebec. It will be the brand's largest ...
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Moncler has announced the Chinese debut of its Moncler Genius...
Moncler has announced the Chinese debut of its Moncler Genius collections on Tmall Luxury Pavilion, Alibaba Group's dedicated luxury shopping platform, starting Sept. 27 and until Oct. 14. The launch of the pop-up e-store marks the first collaboration between the Italian apparel manufacturer and the Chinese e-commerce giant. The Moncler ...
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Puma has announced that Luis Suárez, the striker of Barcelona...
Puma has announced that Luis Suárez, the striker of Barcelona FC, has inked a boot deal with Puma Football. Before joining Puma, Suárez had been sponsored by Adidas for 11 seasons. Prior to joining Adidas in 2008, he wore Nike soccer boots. The 31-year-old player will now be wearing Puma ...
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Speedo has announced a partnership with Team UK for the...
Speedo has announced a partnership with Team UK for the Invictus Games. As part of the deal, the British swimmers taking part in this year's Games, which will be held in Sydney on Oct. 20-27, will be dressed in Speedo. The Invictus Games are an international adaptive sports event for ...
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Erreà has announced that its sponsorship contract with the French...
Erreà has announced that its sponsorship contract with the French Volleyball Federation (FFVB), which has been in place for nearly ten years, has now been extended for four additional years. Also, the Italian brand will replace Hungaria as the kit supplier of SLUC Nancy Basket in a new deal that ...
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The North American basketball league (NBA) and EPI have announced...
The North American basketball league (NBA) and EPI have announced plans to open the first European NBA store. The store will be located in Milan at Galleria Passarella, a few steps from Piazza San Babila, in the city center. The opening is scheduled to take place during the 2018/19 season, ...
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Textilwirtschaft reports that Bogner has reached a settlement with Alexander...
Textilwirtschaft reports that Bogner has reached a settlement with Alexander Wirth, who abruptly left as chief executive last year. It was reported at the time that the company questioned some of the partnerships arranged by Wirth, and that these alleged issues precipitated his departure, but the two parties have apparently ...
