All Sporting Goods Intelligence articles in Volume 30, Issue 25-26 – Page 3
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More jerseys from Macron for basketball, football and rugby
The Italian supplier of licensed jerseys reported several sponsorship deals in the last few days. Two of them see the company involved in German basketball through new technical partnerships with the clubs of Rasta Vechta and Basketball Löwen Braunschweig.The two teams play in the Basketball Bundesliga, the highest tier of ...
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BasicNet posts double-digit revenues and higher profits
BasicNet, the owner of Robe di Kappa, Superga, K-Way and other brands, closed the first half of 2019 with consolidated revenues up by 48.6 percent at current exchange rates, and up by 47.9 percent at constant exchange rates, to €137.8 million. Consolidated revenues were boosted by the addition of Sport ...
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Munich, the Barcelona-based footwear brand, has settled on a single...
Munich, the Barcelona-based footwear brand, has settled on a single distributor in Portugal for both its fashion and the sports collections. Bedivar, as the company is called, has its headquarters and an extensive logistical network in the country, distributing important brands like Crocs, Fila, Merrell and New Era, in addition ...
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While negotiating to succeed New Balance as the sponsor of...
While negotiating to succeed New Balance as the sponsor of the Liverpool team after the 2019/20 season, according to the Daily Mail, bidding against Nike for the Premier English League club, Puma is considering paying three times more than it is doing now to continue as the sponsor of the ...
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Zalando improves, Asos does not
Zalando, a fashion-oriented retailer that is making a big push into the sports apparel and footwear market with its marketplace, reported a 20.1 percent increase in revenues to €1,597.3 million for the second quarter of this year. Including its marketplace, the gross merchandise volume (GMV) rose by 23.7 percent to ...
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The North Face (TNF) is celebrating Neil Armstrong's “giant leap...
The North Face (TNF) is celebrating Neil Armstrong's “giant leap for mankind” with a capsule collection. It was 50 years ago, on July 20, 1969, that the astronauts Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins completed the outbound half of humanity's first trip to the moon. Five-day commemorative celebrations of the ...
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Under Armour is developing a new shoe that is said...
Under Armour is developing a new shoe that is said to measure the user's blood pressure. The company has filed a patent application with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office on June 25 for two possible models of the sneaker. In the first version, the shoe would link to a ...
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Last April Snipes, the sneaker retail chain that has belonged...
Last April Snipes, the sneaker retail chain that has belonged to the Deichmann group since 2011, took over Kicks USA, a retail chain specializing in sneakers, athletic shoes and clothing, with 64 stores in eastern part of the U.S. Now it has acquired Mr. Alan's Men's Bootery, another sneaker chain based in ...
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Skechers’ “global lens” approach pays off
Skechers posted another strong quarter, thanks to the ongoing impact of rapidly rising sales outside the U.S. After recording more than $1 billion in revenues both in the fourth quarter of 2018 and the first quarter of 2019, the company ended up again with record sales in the second quarter. ...
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Woolrich International has appointed Stefano Saccone as its new chief...
Woolrich International has appointed Stefano Saccone as its new chief executive. He takes over the role from Paolo Corinaldesi, who has served as Woolrich International's chief executive for the past three years. Saccone joins from VF Corp., where he was most recently vice-president and general manager of the Vans EMEA ...
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Dynafit, a brand belonging to Oberalp, has appointed Silvia Loher...
Dynafit, a brand belonging to Oberalp, has appointed Silvia Loher to the newly created position of international trade marketing manager. Dennis Forte was appointed to the position of e-commerce and digital-marketing manager, replacing Sabrina Raab, who will be on maternity and paternity leave for one year, in June. Loher, 30, was ...
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Chris Sports has appointed a new manager in charge of...
Chris Sports has appointed a new manager in charge of trade marketing and sales support for three of the brands it distributes in Switzerland: Bell, Giro and Evoc. He will take care of clinics, events and other forms of support for the retail clients. He has worked most recently for ...
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Freemotion has appointed Apostolos Seintis as sales director for Europe,...
Freemotion has appointed Apostolos Seintis as sales director for Europe, and Leopoldo Torres as sales director for Latin America. Seintis has been hired to drive the growth of the commercial fitness manufacturer in Europe. Freemotion is headquartered in Logan, Utah. Seintis spent 15 years at All Sport, where he helped ...
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Anta Sports has become a member of the Better Cotton...
Anta Sports has become a member of the Better Cotton Initiative, a non-profit organization that promotes better standards in cotton farming and practices across more than 20 countries. Anta is the first sportswear firm in China to join BCI.
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Macron has announced the start of the construction work for...
Macron has announced the start of the construction work for its new 22,000-square-meter headquarters in Valsamoggia, near Bologna, which is expected to be opened in 2020
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VF Corp. announced the appointment of Michel Bilodeau as vice...
VF Corp. announced the appointment of Michel Bilodeau as vice president and general manager in charge of Vans in the EMEA region, starting in October. He will replace Stefano Saccone, who had taken on the responsibility in April but is instead going to run Woolrich International (see the following article). ...
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Spy has announced that Tony Larson is returning to the...
Spy has announced that Tony Larson is returning to the company as creative director. Larson was part of Spy's branding and artistic direction from 2012 to 2015, which included the launch of the Happy Lens campaign. Earlier in his career, he served as designer and art director for Girl Skateboards ...
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Decathlon has announced plans to open a second brick-and-mortar store...
Decathlon has announced plans to open a second brick-and-mortar store in the San Francisco area. It will be located in the Potrero Center shopping mall, at the corner of 16th Street and Bryant Street. The new 38,370-square-foot store, which is scheduled to open in November, will feature a large community ...
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Fratelli Campagnolo has announced the opening of its first CMP...
Fratelli Campagnolo has announced the opening of its first CMP stores outside Italy, after the inauguration in April of its 20th Italian store in Florence. The first one was inaugurated in a pedestrian area of Salzburg, Austria, a few weeks ago, followed by one in Chamonix, France, which replaced a ...
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Speedo has announced its continued partnership with Invictus UK for...
Speedo has announced its continued partnership with Invictus UK for the Invictus UK Trials Sheffield 2019, the swimming event taking place until July 26
