All Sporting Goods Intelligence articles in Volume 29, Issue 39-40 – Page 3
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Peter Ruppe, who recently left as Under Armour's senior vice...
Peter Ruppe, who recently left as Under Armour's senior vice president of footwear, is joining Columbia Sportswear to help double sales of Columbia branded shoes within three years, according to the Oregonian. Mark Nenow will continue to be in charge of Sorel, another brand of the group. Ruppe joined UA ...
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VF Corporation has appointed Stefano Saccone to run Vans' European...
VF Corporation has appointed Stefano Saccone to run Vans' European business in the position of vice president and general manager of the brand for Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA), starting next April 1. One of his challenges will be to help the group to raise Vans' annual sales ...
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Nike has appointed Tamika Curry Smith as vice president of...
Nike has appointed Tamika Curry Smith as vice president of diversity and inclusion, according to a report in Black Enterprise. She previously held similar roles at Mercedez-Benz USQA and at Target. The new executive is supposed to be taking the place of Antoine Andrews, who left the group in April.
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Thule has appointed Nis Gjendal as vice-president of global purchasing,...
Thule has appointed Nis Gjendal as vice-president of global purchasing, effective Jan. 7, 2019. Gjendal has more than ten years of experience in various management positions in the area of global purchasing, including the position of global vice-president of procurement and sourcing at Nilfisk. He also has experience in complex ...
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Sole Technology has appointed Hans Dijs as its new EMEA...
Sole Technology has appointed Hans Dijs as its new EMEA sales manager for Etnies, Emerica and éS. He replaces Ban Janssenm, who is taking on the role of EMEA marketing manager for the three brands. Dijs is an industry veteran with specific expertise in skate and streetwear, retail and wholesale. ...
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Montane, the British maker of mountaineering apparel and gear, has...
Montane, the British maker of mountaineering apparel and gear, has signed a sponsorship deal with the British Ice Climbing Team for the 2018/19 season. The company will begin providing kits as of Jan. 24-26 of next year, for a climb in Switzerland.
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Glenmuir, the Scottish golf apparel company, has become a Principal...
Glenmuir, the Scottish golf apparel company, has become a Principal Partner to the PGA. The company has had a 30-year relationship with the PGA. With the new deal, in effect through 2020, the company will supply staff uniforms to PGA coaches at the Open Championship Swingzone and to the Great ...
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La Sportiva is taking the place of another Italian company,...
La Sportiva is taking the place of another Italian company, Montura, as the technical sponsor of the French mountain skiing federation (FFME) for the next three years, starting with the 2018/19 season. It will also give it financial support for its operations. While it specializes in climbing, La Sportiva has ...
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Nike has announced that Heidi O'Neill, president of Nike Direct,...
Nike has announced that Heidi O'Neill, president of Nike Direct, will expand her current role as leader of Nike's physical retail stores and Nike.com to include also all Nike digital products, services and member experiences. The change has immediate effect. She will report to Elliott Hill, president of consumer and ...
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Fischer Sports has announced the immediate departure of Ryan Leach...
Fischer Sports has announced the immediate departure of Ryan Leach from his position of its U.S. subsidiary in Auburn, New Hampshire. Franz Föttinger, the company's global CEO, will supervise the existing team of division managers.
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Hohenstein has announced that it is joining the ZDHC (Zero...
Hohenstein has announced that it is joining the ZDHC (Zero Discharge of Hazardous Chemicals) Roadmap to Zero Programme. Hohenstein is an international accredited testing laboratory whose work mostly involves the testing and certification of textiles. The goal of the ZDHC Roadmap to Zero Programme is to eliminate the use of ...
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Amer’s board approves Anta’s takeover plan
Amer Sports has issued a statement that its board of directors is unanimously recommending that its shareholders should accept the tender offer proposed by China's largest sporting goods company, Anta Sports Products, and other investors, after analyzing alternative opportunities.The tender offer for all the shares of the Helsinki-based group is ...
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Supra, the American producer skateboarding shoes owned by K-Swiss, has...
Supra, the American producer skateboarding shoes owned by K-Swiss, has partnered with Skullcandy, the American headphone maker, to co-brand some of their standard products. Supra's Breaker and Factor shoes will share a “blue iridium” color scheme with Skullcandy's Hesh 3 wireless headphones. The shoes are a limited-edition product release, ranging ...
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Mizuno has signed its first deal with an American swimmer,...
Mizuno has signed its first deal with an American swimmer, Blake Pieroni, who belongs to the U.S. national team. The deal is a first also for Pieroni himself and for Mizuno USA as a subsidiary of the Japanese brand. Pieroni won a gold medal for the 400-meter freestyle relay at ...
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Fusalp, the French sportswear brand inspired by alpine skiing, has...
Fusalp, the French sportswear brand inspired by alpine skiing, has opened its sixth Parisian store. It is located in 177 rue Saint-Honoré, in Paris' 1st district and not far from the Louvre museum. The store, designed by Dillon Garris, sells the women's, men's and children's collections of the brand, alongside ...
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Decathlon will soon complete its project for environmental labeling for all textile and footwear items
Decathlon will finalize by the end of 2019 its decade-long project that will see all textile and footwear items labeled with their environmental impact, according to reports on just-style.com. Raffaele Duby, sustainable development leader for product and design at the French retailer, also told just-style that the data will be ...
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Alibaba is setting up an e-commerce trade hub in Belgium...
Alibaba is setting up an e-commerce trade hub in Belgium
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Fischer Sports has signed a distribution agreement with Vauthi Speed...
Fischer Sports has signed a distribution agreement with Vauthi Speed Oy, one of Finland's leading manufacturers of ski wax. Fischer will add Vauhti's products to its own portfolio and sell them in Austria, Germany, Switzerland, France and Russia. The distribution via Fischer will start in the coming autumn. The two companies began ...
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Willy Bogner has extended its licensing agreement for Bogner shoes...
Willy Bogner has extended its licensing agreement for Bogner shoes with Cappelletti, which started in 2010
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Decathlon is expanding rapidly in Africa. It opened last month...
Decathlon is expanding rapidly in Africa. It opened last month its first store in Kenya, covering 1,500 square meters in the Hub Mall of Nairobi. An outdoor playground enables customers to try out new products and to discover new sports activities. The store will be supplied from a distribution center ...
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