All Sporting Goods Intelligence articles in Volume 29, Issue 37-38 – Page 3
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Christopher “Chris” H. Peterson will become executive vice president and...
Christopher “Chris” H. Peterson will become executive vice president and chief financial officer of Newell Brands on Dec. 3. He will be reporting Michael Polk, the president and chief executive, replacing Ralph Nicoletti, who will be retiring at the end of the year. Peterson has held senior roles in financial ...
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Nike has signed a multi-year deal to become the official...
Nike has signed a multi-year deal to become the official supplier and strategic partner of England Netball, the game's governing body in the U.K. The company will be supplying on- and off-court sportswear for the Vitality Roses, England's national team, in all international competitions, among them the 2019 Vitality Netball ...
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Sympatex Technologies recently received the international B-Corp quality seal for...
Sympatex Technologies recently received the international B-Corp quality seal for above-average corporate management with a comprehensive approach and a social interest that extends outside the company itself. Sympatex is one of the first German companies in the textile industry to receive the seal, which rewards corporate concepts that, more than ...
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New Balance's social compliance program has been re-accredited by the...
New Balance's social compliance program has been re-accredited by the Fair Labor Association (FLA). The sports brand obtained its first FLA accreditation in 2014. The FLA, headquartered in Washington, DC, is an international organization based on the collaborative effort of universities, civil society bodies and socially responsible companies dedicated to ...
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Woolrich has opened a directly operated store in the Austrian...
Woolrich has opened a directly operated store in the Austrian ski resort of Kitzbühel
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An Under Armour store is set to open soon in...
An Under Armour store is set to open soon in Milan in a former building of Luxottica on via Orefici, next to Levi's and Tommy Hilfiger
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The European Commission has approved a set of free trade...
The European Commission has approved a set of free trade and investment agreements with Vietnam, submitting them to the member states and the European Parliament for final endorsement. Under the free trade agreement, both Vietnam and the European Union will eliminate 99 percent of their import duties on each other ...
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VF Corp. has appointed Todd Dalhausser to the position of...
VF Corp. has appointed Todd Dalhausser to the position of brand president of the Altra brand, effective immediately. He will report to Steve Murray, VF's vice-president of strategic products. Dalhausser joins VF from Wolverine Worldwide, where he served as senior vice-president of sales for Saucony North America. Dalhausser is a ...
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Zalando appointed two new vice presidents this month. Sara Diez,...
Zalando appointed two new vice presidents this month. Sara Diez, previously working as senior buying director for Europe and the Middle East at Nike, became vice president for Zalando's product line for woman. Diez succeeds Dalbir Bains, who left Zalando after four years. Before her career at Nike, Diez worked ...
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David Crothers has been appointed as the new chief executive...
David Crothers has been appointed as the new chief executive of Julbo's U.S. subsidiary. Reporting to Pierre Burgelin, Julbo's international sales director, he is taking the place of Nick Yardley. Crothers has been working for the French brand of sports eyewear as U.S. marketing manager since 2015. In 2008, he ...
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Daka Sport switches to ANWR
Daka Sport, which has probably become the largest independent national sports retailer in the difficult Dutch market, has decided to work with the ANWR Group and two of its subsidiaries, Garant and the DZB Bank, for some purchasing functions and the settlement of suppliers' invoices, starting on Jan. 1. It ...
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JD Sports Fashion will be featuring the boxer Anthony Joshua,...
JD Sports Fashion will be featuring the boxer Anthony Joshua, the Manchester United star Jesse Lingard, the American actor Jaden Smith, the TV and radio host Maya Jama, the musicians Anne Marie, Ella Eyre and Bugzy Malone and the TV host HRVY in its Christmas advertising this year. The U.K.-based ...
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Columbia Sportswear has announced the appointment of John Soh as...
Columbia Sportswear has announced the appointment of John Soh as vice-president and general manager of China. The appointment will be effective in mid-February 2019. In his new role, he will report to Doug Morse, senior vice-president of emerging brands and APAC. Soh joins Columbia from Lego, where he was a ...
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Nike has announced that John W. Rogers, Jr. has been...
Nike has announced that John W. Rogers, Jr. has been appointed as a new member of the company's board of directors. Rogers, 60, is the founder, chairman, chief executive and chief investment officer of Ariel Investments. He founded Ariel Investments in 1983, with a focus on undervalued small and medium-sized ...
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Zalando announced that it would not organize the Bread &...
Zalando announced that it would not organize the Bread & Butter by Zalando fashion festival in 2019, leaving the door open for similar events in selected cities. The online retailer launched the consumer-oriented marketing event for the first time three years ago at the former Tempelhof airport in Berlin, after ...
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Karl-Heinz Müller, the founder of the Bread & Butter show,...
Karl-Heinz Müller, the founder of the Bread & Butter show, has canceled the L.O.C.K. trade show that was scheduled to take place on Jan. 15-17, 2019, at the former Tempelhof airport in Berlin. In a statement, Müller says that there were uncertainties surrounding the rental of the airport's Hangar 7 ...
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Arc'teryx, a division of Amer Sports, has opened a new...
Arc'teryx, a division of Amer Sports, has opened a new mono-brand store in Japan, its largest in-mall store in the country. The new 264-square-meter store, on two floors, is located in Fukuoka Momochi, the largest commercial facility in western Japan. The store, which was inaugurated on Nov. 21, sells Arc'teryx's ...
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Suunto, the Finnish makers of sports instruments owned by Amer...
Suunto, the Finnish makers of sports instruments owned by Amer Sports, and Strava, a Swedish social network and developer of running and cycling apps, are expanding what has so far been a four-year partnership. Earlier this year, Suunto launched an app of its own. It has now become the interface ...
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The German Cartel Office has launched an investigation into Amazon's...
The German Cartel Office has launched an investigation into Amazon's practices, checking whether it is engaging in anti-competitive practices through its marketplace. It has indicated that its double role as a big internet retailer with a big marketplace may prevent other traders from using its platform.
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Important changes at Alpargatas
After working for the Brazilian group for 21 years and running it for the last 15 years, Márcio Luiz Simões Utsch, whose name is generally shortened to Márcio Utsch, is planning to leave as chief executive of Alpargatas in the early part of the first quarter of 2019. Roberto Funari, ...
