All Sporting Goods Intelligence articles in Volume 31, Issue 1-2 – Page 2
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Reef Lifestyle, the premium surf brand recently divested by VF...
Reef Lifestyle, the premium surf brand recently divested by VF Corp., has established partnerships to transfer the distribution of its footwear to specialists in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA). The distributors include Brandfusion Holland (Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg), Quality Brands (Germany, Austria, Switzerland and France), Georgoudas OE (Greece), ...
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In order to position the brand more clearly in Scandinavia,...
In order to position the brand more clearly in Scandinavia, Hummel has opened an office and showroom in Askim outside Gothenburg, run by a Swedish country manager, Rikard Björk, says Sportfack. The Danish sports brand was previously using an agent for Sweden. The new subsidiary is expected to establish Hummel ...
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Boardriders confirms a report in fashionnetwork.com that its general manager...
Boardriders confirms a report in fashionnetwork.com that its general manager for wholesale in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, Jean-Louis Rodrigues, is leaving the group. The former European sales manager of the Billabong International group was elected last summer as the new president of Eurosima, the European association of boardsports ...
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Trisport, which has been the exclusive importer of Kettler in...
Trisport, which has been the exclusive importer of Kettler in Switzerland for 40 years, has reportedly acquired the fitness equipment patents of the insolvent German brand and the trademark rights for its distribution in Europe. Kettler's holding company will keep the rights for the brand's tennis tables. Trisport will show ...
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Boris Becker, the famous former German tennis champion, is reportedly...
Boris Becker, the famous former German tennis champion, is reportedly preparing to launch a line of casual sportswear under his own name in collaboration with a German apparel company, Fashion Concept
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Operating entirely within Spain, Sprinter has become the top banner...
Operating entirely within Spain, Sprinter has become the top banner of the Iberian Sports Retail Group, a joint venture between JD Sprinter and Sport Zone that is now entering its third year of operation. Store totals per banner have changed significantly over this time. At present, however, the group counts ...
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New Balance Iberia is installing a solar energy plant to...
New Balance Iberia is installing a solar energy plant to supply 30% of its energy requirements
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Boardriders is coming back to the Ispo show in Munich...
Boardriders is coming back to the Ispo show in Munich and Veja will show there its new sustainable running shoes, but Thule Group will stay out of it as well as Eurobike, preferring to stage side events near the fairs
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The Austrian sporting goods show, ÖSFA, will come out with...
The Austrian sporting goods show, ÖSFA, will come out with a new logo on Feb. 18-20
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Sports brands and retailers help fight Australian blaze
Several companies in the sporting-goods industry are making donations to help rescue wildlife and help fight the great bushfires that have kept swaths of Australia ablaze since early September. They appear to be the worst fires on the continent since the mid-1970s. So far, they may have killed as many ...
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Nike has just released Atsuma, a sneaker in which offcuts...
Nike has just released Atsuma, a sneaker in which offcuts and other scrap materials are rescued to become major components in cut-and-sewn shoes. Both the Swoosh on the medial and the hangtag are cut-outs. The shoe incorporates a recycled sock-liner as well. Nike has said that it is working to ...
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Dom Barrett and Kyle Sherman of the Professional Bowlers Association...
Dom Barrett and Kyle Sherman of the Professional Bowlers Association (PBA) have joined the Brunswick Pro Staff. Another pro, Mike Wolfe, has been made Brunswick Bowling Products' tour representative for the PBA and PWBA (the women's branch). Wolfe is a five-time winner of the PBA Tour and has pro-shop experience. ...
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The Spanish Association of Independent Sporting Goods Merchants (Asociación de...
The Spanish Association of Independent Sporting Goods Merchants (Asociación de Comerciantes Independientes de Deporte) and sales representatives from northern Spain will be holding new buying days in Bilbao on Feb. 2 and 4 at the Barceló Bilbao Nervión hotel. The event is open to both retailers and members of the ...
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Asics has signed sponsorship deals with the tennis pros Borna...
Asics has signed sponsorship deals with the tennis pros Borna Coric of Croatia, Caroline Garcia of France and Iga Swiatek of Poland. Coric's best rank so far has been number 12 in the world. He is currently 28th. He has won two ATP titles and a U.S. Open Junior title ...
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Asics has unveiled the prototype of its first smart shoe,...
Asics has unveiled the prototype of its first smart shoe, developed in close partnership with New Fold Studio (nnf). The announcement was made at CES 2020, the Las Vegas tradeshow on consumer technologies, whose latest edition ran on Jan. 7-10. Nnf is a Japanese start-up pioneering the use of sensor ...
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Lululemon Athletica has appointed Nikki Neuburger to the new post...
Lululemon Athletica has appointed Nikki Neuburger to the new post of chief brand officer. Neuburger is a former global vice-president for Nike Running. She spent 14 years at Nike and has worked at Uber for the last two years. Her appointment takes effect on Jan. 20. Her international experience should ...
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ArticleThe ski market is apparently growing in the long term
Manufacturers’ deliveries of skis, boots and bindings to the trade grew for the third year in a row during the winter 2018/19 season, according to an annual study recently released by the Federation of the European Sporting Goods Industry (Fesi). Some analysts expect the trend to continue to be positive ...
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ArticleAnother new chief executive for XXL
After issuing yet another profit warning for the fourth quarter of 2019, the board of directors of XXL ASA announced earlier this week that it has appointed Pål Wibe as the new chief executive of the company, which is the largest sporting goods retailer in the Nordic countries.
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ArticleXXL issues another profit warning
XXL issued a profit warning last week, citing particularly weak trading conditions in December and at Christmas. It said poor winter conditions in the big cities where it operates, combined with large price cuts from competitors, contributed to a sales drop of 12 percent on a comparable basis in the ...
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VF Corp. has announced the appointment of Gloria Schoch as...
VF Corp. has announced the appointment of Gloria Schoch as director of VF Foundation & global impact. The VF Foundation is the private grant-making organization funded by VF Corp. In her new role, Schoch will lead the foundation’s support of non-profit organizations that promote sustainable and active lifestyles, as well ...
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