All Sporting Goods Intelligence articles in Volume 29, Issue 35-36 – Page 6
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John W. Rogers Jr., a 60-year-old financial exports who founded...
John W. Rogers Jr., a 60-year-old financial exports who founded Ariel Investments in 1983, has joined Nike's board of directors
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Champion grows by 30%
In the third quarter ended on Sept. 29, Champion's global sales increased by 30 percent, with growth of 40 percent in local currencies outside the mass channel, after a 33 percent increase in the same period a year ago. They reached a level of $1.2 billion for the trailing 12 ...
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The relatively new internet portal Sportmarken24.de, which was launched in...
The relatively new internet portal Sportmarken24.de, which was launched in February by Dominik Benner, a German shoe retailer and former member of ANWR's supervisory board, has entered into a partnership with MeinEinkauf.ch as of this month. Private customers as well as companies located in Switzerland can now use the Swiss internet ...
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Adidas and Nike were among the 237 brands that generated...
Adidas and Nike were among the 237 brands that generated sales of more than 100 million yuan renmimbi (€12.6m-$14.4m) at Alibaba's Single's Day consumption festival on Nov. 11. New Balance was also a winner with 60,000 pairs of shoes ordered during a pre-sales program. Overall, consumers placed orders for a ...
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Under Armour will launch in early 2019 a new HOVR...
Under Armour will launch in early 2019 a new HOVR model, which will go under the name of UA HOVR Infinite. The shoe has been designed as an ultra-performance model for distance training. It has features such as a lightweight mesh upper, deep flex groove outsole, and 3D molded sock liner. The shoe ...
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Sport 2000 International is launching a special “made for” marketing...
Sport 2000 International is launching a special “made for” marketing campaign in the alpine countries of Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Italy, in partnership with six winter sports brands: Atomic, Salomon, Nordica, Tecnica, Dalbello and Rossignol. The brands are divided into sports sub-categories. Focused on customization, Atomic and Salomon will use ...
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PlumRiver Technologies, the B2B e-commerce software company, has agreed to...
PlumRiver Technologies, the B2B e-commerce software company, has agreed to acquire CenterStone Technologies, a competitor that is well known as the operator of the iVendix B2B platform for wholesale transactions with users in 127 countries. Between them, PlumRiver and CenterStone serve a large number of high-profile clients in the outdoor, ...
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VF Corp. received cash proceeds of $139.4 million from the...
VF Corp. received cash proceeds of $139.4 million from the sale of Reef to the Rockport Group in the third quarter, according to a filing with the U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission. Subject to adjustments, VF is booking an impairment charge of $9.9 million on the transaction. The group acquired ...
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On Dec. 9-10, for the 45th anniversary of its famous...
On Dec. 9-10, for the 45th anniversary of its famous Yellow Boot, Timberland will be hosting an exhibition at the Vinyl Factory in London. On display will be collaborative designs with Stüssy, Supreme, Off-White, Opening Ceremony, OVO and Pharrell Williams as well as a 45th-anniversary limited-edition boot, which will go ...
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Higher sales of Dunlop tennis products and XXIO 10 golf...
Higher sales of Dunlop tennis products and XXIO 10 golf clubs, combined with improvements at Srixon and Cleveland Golf, helped Sumitomo Rubber's sports division to record better results in the U.S. and Europe in the first nine months of this year. The division's global sales went up by 10 percent ...
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Decathlon plans to open a 38,000-square-foot store in Montreal's Eaton...
Decathlon plans to open a 38,000-square-foot store in Montreal's Eaton Centre before the end of 2019
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Columbia Sportswear announced a donation of $20,00O to the Wildfire...
Columbia Sportswear announced a donation of $20,00O to the Wildfire Relief Fund of the California Community Foundation to aid in the relief efforts being conducted in relation to the recent wildfires in the state. The group has also exhorted its employees to make donations to other organizations involved in the ...
