All Sporting Goods Intelligence articles in Volume 30, Issue 31-32 – Page 5
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Arena has announced the acquisition of the global trademark rights...
Arena has announced the acquisition of the global trademark rights for Diana, a less well-known Italian brand of swimwear founded in 1947. Diana started off with lingerie and began to produce swimwear in 1955. It created the first swimsuits and accessories for water polo. It subsequently introduced one-piece swim suits ...
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Decathlon acquires an internet retailer
Decathlon has acquired a controlling share in Alltricks, a French internet start-up specializing in the cycling, running and outdoor segments. As we understand it, the idea is to further develop the omni-channel capabilities of the world's largest integrated sporting goods retailer and to build up an international platform that can ...
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Bollé Brands has acquired the Spy Optica brand of action...
Bollé Brands has acquired the Spy Optica brand of action sports eyewear. The terms of the takeover were not disclosed. Founded in Southern California in 1994, Spy went public but struggled for a while. Bollé Brands is the new company founded after the acquisition of Bollé, Serengeti, Cébé and H2Optics ...
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Jack Wolfskin, which was recently acquired by Callaway Golf Co....
Jack Wolfskin, which was recently acquired by Callaway Golf Co. at the end of last year, has appointed Diana Seung as general manager for its North American subsidiary in Salt Lake City. She was previously executive vice president of merchandising at Backcountry.com. She also worked as vice president of e-commerce ...
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Spektrum Sports, the Swedish brand of sports goggles and accessories,...
Spektrum Sports, the Swedish brand of sports goggles and accessories, has signed an endorsement deal with the Swedish snowboarder Sven Thorgren, who turned professional in 2013, won Air & Style in China in that same year, competed in the 2014 Winter Olympics and has been a medalist at the Dew ...
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The new RC ONE 86 GT alpine ski, which features...
The new RC ONE 86 GT alpine ski, which features a new shape and uses Bafatex sail cloth, has won the Gear of the Year Award from Ski Magazine
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Callaway Golf has unveiled the Mack Daddy 5 Jaws, a...
Callaway Golf has unveiled the Mack Daddy 5 Jaws, a new range of high-performance wedges. The new Jaws groove is designed with a 37-degree wall angle, as compared to the 5-degree wall angle of the MD4 wedge that it replaces. Callaway's Mack Daddy 5 Jaws wedge will be available on ...
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The latest edition of Surf Expo, scheduled for Sept. 5-7,...
The latest edition of Surf Expo, scheduled for Sept. 5-7, and its pre-show outdoor festival Waterfest, scheduled for Sept. 4, were cancelled. Both were to be held at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Florida, which at the time was under threat from Dorian, the hurricane that ravaged the ...
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The 2019 edition of Wheels and Fins, the music and...
The 2019 edition of Wheels and Fins, the music and action sports festival scheduled for Sept. 7-8 in the British county of Kent, was canceled for lack of funds. The event typically combines the music of DJs with skateboarding, yoga, surfing and paddle-boarding. The organizers are currently working with legal ...
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Sympatex has received the “Best For The World Award 2019”...
Sympatex has received the “Best For The World Award 2019” for its wear2wear industrial partnership program for circular fashion, its climate-neutral textile membranes and its role in drafting and signing of the UN Fashion Industry Charter for Climate Action. The German functional textiles specialist was certified last year as a ...
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AnalysisAnalysis: Sports apparel market 2018
Mirroring trends in the athletic footwear market, which grew at a similar rate last year (see our previous issue), global sales of apparel by sporting goods companies to the trade moved up by 9.0 percent in dollar terms in 2018 to an estimated $89.7 billion, according to an annual survey ...
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Sport 2000 moves into Greece
Sport Depot, the licensee of Sport 2000 International in Bulgaria and Serbia, has extended the license to Greece, where it opened its first store on Sept. 6, following an investment of €3.5 million. Called Sport Depot Mega Store, it is described as the largest sporting goods store in northern Greece, ...
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Sport 2000 Germany has reported the opening of a second...
Sport 2000 Germany has reported the opening of a second specialized Absolute Run store in the city of Singen. The cooperative also held for the first time a house fair completely focused on team sports, with the participation of big players like Adidas, Nike and Puma as well as smaller ...
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K2 Snowboarding has added Pat Moore to its International Pro...
K2 Snowboarding has added Pat Moore to its International Pro Team, otherwise comprised of Jake Kuzyk, Tim Eddy, Curtis Ciszek, Matt Belzile, Leanne Pelosi, Levi Luggen, Yo Amagai, Jody Wachniak and Mark Wilson. K2 Sports, which was founded in 1962, began making snowboards in 1987.
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Nike has upgraded its original 1991 Air Huarache with its...
Nike has upgraded its original 1991 Air Huarache with its latest FitAdapt laceless technology. The self-lacing shoe can be voice-activated by Siri and operated by Apple Watch but features the same neoprene bootie and exoskeleton as the original Huarache. The Adapt app will activate the mid-foot lacing motor, control two ...
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