All Sporting Goods Intelligence articles in Volume 30, Issue 31-32
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Macron is the new technical sponsor of Petrarca Rugby, the...
Macron is the new technical sponsor of Petrarca Rugby, the historic rugby club based in the Italian city of Padua. Petrarca, founded in 1947, boasts 13 Championship titles and two Italian Cups. Le Coq Sportif was the club's previous sponsor.
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New strategic moves by Intersport in the U.K. and Portugal
While expanding in Norway and entering the market of Taiwan (see our previous issue), Intersport International Corp. (IIC) is making a bold move to turn around its ailing operations in the U.K. and preparing to enter the market of Portugal, which has been a white spot for the group in ...
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Intersport will be the sports retail partner of The National...
Intersport will be the sports retail partner of The National Running Show being staged in Birmingham next Jan. 25-25
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Sympatex will start serial production of its thermo-formed waterproof inner...
Sympatex will start serial production of its thermo-formed waterproof inner shoe Utmospheric in early 2020. The company has completed prototyping with its clients but still has manufacturing slots available for partners looking to enter retail sales with Utmospheric in the winter of 2020/2021. The new facility's production capacity is capped ...
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The new Olympic House in Lausanne, headquarters of the International...
The new Olympic House in Lausanne, headquarters of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), will open to the public on Sept. 13-14, in parallel with the 2019 European Heritage Days. Olympic House was inaugurated on June 23. The facility features a statue of Baron Pierre de Coubertin, made by Swiss sculptor ...
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The Signa Group, whose holdings in the sports retail sector...
The Signa Group, whose holdings in the sports retail sector include Karstadt Sports and numerous web stores, has reported a total capital increase of €1.2 billion. New equity of €700 million has been injected by existing shareholders. Furthermore, its largest subsidiary, Signa Prime Selection, which is the main real estate ...
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Puma has partnered with Goonj in India to promote the...
Puma has partnered with Goonj in India to promote the circular economy. Goonj is a non-profit organization specializing in using urban surplus to spark grassroots development work. The German sportswear brand encouraged its Indian customers to drop off used apparel and shoes from Aug. 22 to Sept. 10. Collection boxes ...
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Zalando is launching a four-week pilot project to introduce reusable...
Zalando is launching a four-week pilot project to introduce reusable packaging for its customer deliveries. The Berlin-based online retailer will ship deliveries to 10,000 customers in Finland, Norway, Sweden and Denmark in envelopes that can be used for shipments as well as returns in a bid to reduce packaging waste ...
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Foot Locker is planning to open a new regional flagship...
Foot Locker is planning to open a new regional flagship store in Manchester Arndale, one of the U.K.'s largest city center shopping malls, with more than 40 million visitors per year. The footwear retailer is already present at the mall, and will be relocating to a 14,000-square-foot unit on the ...
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Fischer gets going with One Way
Fischer Sports has appointed one of its managers, Severin Lehner, to run its One Way business unit, assuming responsibility of brand management, product development and sports marketing for the Finnish brand of ski poles, which it took over in May 2018. He will report to Franz Föttinger, the chief executive ...
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JD reports strong first-half results
The acquisition of The Finish Line in the U.S. and solid increases in comparable store sales in its sporting goods chains around the world helped JD Sports Fashion to boost its total revenues by 47 percent to £2,721.2 million (€3,048.9m-$3,364.3m) in the 26-week period ended on Aug. 3. On a ...
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Stöckli Swiss Sports has had to pay a fine of...
Stöckli Swiss Sports has had to pay a fine of 140,000 Swiss francs (€128,000-$141,000) for fixing prices with its Swiss retailer partners for the sale of its skis. The Swiss ski maker did not allow them to undercut the prices set by the company. This sort of agreement violates Swiss ...
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The North Face (TNF) is launching an outerwear jacket that...
The North Face (TNF) is launching an outerwear jacket that utilizes microbially-produced protein materials, as opposed to petrochemical resources. The Moon Parka is made with Brewed Protein, the protein fibers manufactured using Spiber's proprietary fermentation (brewing) process. Spiber is a Japanese biotech start-up. The jacket is set for a limited ...
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Fibo, the leading European trade fair for the fitness sector,...
Fibo, the leading European trade fair for the fitness sector, will continue to be held in the German city of Cologne through the year 2032. Reed Exhibitions Deutschland, the show's organizer, and Koelnmesse Ausstellungen, the venue, have agreed to an early, 10-year extension of their current agreement. The forthcoming edition ...
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Moncler has for the first time entered the Dow Jones...
Moncler has for the first time entered the Dow Jones Sustainability Index as an industry leader in textiles, apparel and luxury goods. Adidas has been included in the index for the 20th time in a row, ranking best in brand management, information security, availability, environmental policy, social reporting, talent attraction ...
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Puma has doubled down on its return last year to...
Puma has doubled down on its return last year to basketball by signing an endorsement deal with R.J. Barret, who was the third pick in this year's NBA draft and has made the transition from Duke University to the New York Knicks
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Dorel Sports has modified the marketing team that oversees the...
Dorel Sports has modified the marketing team that oversees the cycling brands Cannondale, GT and Fabric, promoting Nick Larsen to the position of vice president of global creative and Dennis Kim to vice president of global marketing. Larsen has spent the past 18 months setting a new course for Cannondale, ...
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Sportswear Pro Event, a new trade show dedicated to sportswear...
Sportswear Pro Event, a new trade show dedicated to sportswear manufacturing, will make its debut on March 24-27, 2020 at Feria de Madrid, Spain. The event is being launched by Fespa, the organizer of the annual Fespa Global Print Expo. Sportswear Pro Event will host exhibitors specializing in various areas ...
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Decathlon and Kant expand their joint project in Russia
Kant, a major Russian sporting goods retailer, has opened a second shop-in-shop in a Decathlon store in the country, following a successful first experiment that began two years ago in a shopping center in Zelenograd, a city in province of Moscow (SGI Europe Vol. Vol. 28 n°32+33 of Oct. 31, ...
