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PDF NewsletterSGI Europe Newsletter: Vol 31 - 01+02
Sports industry stocks outperform | Speedo goes direct in the U.S. | Russian Sportmaster enters Denmark | XXL hires new CEO after poor results | Decathlon’s German expansion | Adidas launches skiwear | A growing ski market | Brands donate for Australian fire | A look at Ispo’s Sports Week | Nike, Adidas and our emotions | SGI Europe’s thoughts on the future
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ArticleWildberries moves into Poland
Incidentally, Wildberries , the largest online retailer in Russia for all kinds of products, has just created a subsidiary in Poland, launching a dedicated web store and opening a first pick-up point for click-and-collect orders, which should be followed by about 100 more in due time.
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Nike will be the new official kit supplier of the...
Nike will be the new official kit supplier of the important Liverpool Football Club (FC), starting with the 2020/2021 season. Under the new contract with the European champion and the leading footwear team in the English Premier League, Nike will be paying an annual guaranteed fee of just £30 million ...
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Puma will reportedly replace Umbro in July as the kit...
Puma will reportedly replace Umbro in July as the kit sponsor of PSV Eindhoven, the Dutch football club. According to a local newspaper, the Eindhovens Dagblad, Puma has inked a five-year agreement with PSV worth between €40 million and €50 million, roughly three times what the club is receiving from ...
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Polartec has introduced a lighter version of its two-year-old Power...
Polartec has introduced a lighter version of its two-year-old Power Air fabric. Houdini of Sweden is the first and only company to have adopted it so far for its autumn/winter 2020/21 collection. The polyester fabric is made from a single yarn. It is fully recyclable and has a higher recycled ...
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Half of Spain’s snow sports retailers are gone, but...
There is some general good news for Spain’s ski sector. Thanks to this past Christmas, the 2019/20 ski season is off to a strong start. The main ski lodges in Spain and Andorra have seen skiers’ numbers increase. The Aramón group had its second-best start ever, with 325,000 skiers, and ...
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Nike is reportedly forbidding its retail partners in the U.S....
Nike is reportedly forbidding its retail partners in the U.S. from shipping its products internationally
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K-Way staged a much-remarked fashion show at the Pitti Uomo...
K-Way staged a much-remarked fashion show at the Pitti Uomo trade show in Florence earlier this week
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ArticleSportmaster reportedly emerges in Uzbekistan
The leading Russian sporting goods retailer is to open three stores in Uzbekistan, starting in March, in three of its shopping malls in Uzebistan’s capital city of Tashkent, said a local real estate operator, The Tower MMG. The new stores will occupy 1,100 to 1,270 square meters each.
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As part of a review of its corporate governance, which...
As part of a review of its corporate governance, which was announced at its general meeting last July 3, JD Sports Fashion will present a new remuneration policy in its annual report on April 15 that will be submitted for shareholders’ approval in the summer
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In a trading update, JD Sports Fashion said its comparable...
In a trading update, JD Sports Fashion said its comparable store sales showed in increase during the Christmas selling season at its sports stores, particularly in its increasingly significant operations outside the U.K. The company confirmed expectations that its headline pre-tax earnings for the year ending on Feb. 1 will ...
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Ziener, Roeckl, Element and Wear Colors will show sustainable partnerships...
Ziener, Roeckl, Element and Wear Colors will show sustainable partnerships with Sympatex Technologies at the Ispo Munich show later this month. Roeckl will be launching brand-new ski gloves which will be 100 percent biodegradable and PFC-free. Ziener will show garments solely made with Sympatex fabric, whereas Element will rely on ...
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Dunlop has extended its sponsorship of the Real Club de...
Dunlop has extended its sponsorship of the Real Club de Tenis Barcelona 1899 through to the year 2022. The British producer of goods for racquet sports is also the exclusive sponsor of the club's pádel section, equipping both the coaching staff and the school and providing a new official ball, ...
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Joakim Sandin, the new chief executive of Salming Sports, has...
Joakim Sandin, the new chief executive of Salming Sports, has appointed a new chief designer, Björn Bengtsson, according to Sportfack. He has worked for companies such as Craft, Team Sportia, Marc O'Polo and Sail Racing. Early last year, Tomas Solin, the Swedish company's former CEO, and Thomas Nord, creative director ...
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Skechers has filed a series of counterclaims challenging the validity...
Skechers has filed a series of counterclaims challenging the validity of a dozen design patents held by Nike in response to two separate lawsuits filed against it last autumn. Nike had accused Skechers of imitating its Air Vapor Max and Air Max 720 sneakers in one suit, and of infringing ...
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ArticleDecathlon Germany will open a third logistics center and its largest store
After 16 new store openings in 2019, Decathlon Germany ended a very successful year with a total of 80 doors, compared with only 26 at the end of 2015. More or less until 2010, the French retailer had a tough time in the market, due in part to its disruptive ...
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Ciclosport will take care of German sales for Digitsole, the...
Ciclosport will take care of German sales for Digitsole , the French brand of app-activated sneakers that can regulate their temperature
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Canyon has signed on for “Silver Partner” sponsorship of the...
Canyon has signed on for “Silver Partner” sponsorship of the 2020 edition of Sea Otter Europe, the annual bicycle festival in Girona, Spain. One of the festival's features, Demobike, fits in well with Canyon's online distribution, as it enables potential customers to try out the merchandise and question Canyon staff ...
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ArticleRussia’s Sportmaster buys the Danish chain by the same name
Sport Danmark, the company that owns the Danish loss-making Sportmaster chain of sporting goods stores, was sold on Dec. 23 by Nordic Capital to a company in Singapore, Sportmaster Operations Pte., created by the Russian Sportmaster Group in 2012 to oversee its development in China and to conduct acquisitions in ...
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HUUB, a leading British supplier of swim goggles, has launched...
HUUB, a leading British supplier of swim goggles, has launched a prescription version of its Altair model for short-sighted people
