All Sporting Goods Intelligence articles in Volume 31, Issue 23+24 – Page 5

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    More backing for “Black Lives Matter”

    2020-06-05T17:20:00Z

    Doubling up on its “For once, don’t do it” message one week ago on Twitter to protest the murder on May 25 of George Floyd, Nike announced that it will donate $40 million over the next four years to “organizations focused on social justice, education and addressing racial inequality in ...

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    Tradeinn on track for another stellar year

    2020-06-05T16:22:00Z

    Pandemic or not, Tradeinn continues to grow. For the first five months of 2020, the Spanish sports e-tailer exceeded €100 million in sales – more than half of last year’s total of €188 million. Its objective for the whole of 2020 – according to the founder and chief executive, David ...

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    No Pitti Uomo fair in September

    2020-06-05T16:21:00Z

    In what its president, Claudio Marenzi, calls a “painful but inevitable” decision, Pitti Immagine is postponing all its physical trade shows in Florence from September of this year to January 2021. This goes also for Pitti Uomo, the big international menswear show, which is also used by some sports brands ...

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    New Swiss country manager for Fischer

    2020-06-05T15:32:00Z

    Fischer Sports has appointed Silvan Häfliger as its new country manager for Switzerland, starting on July 15. He will take the place of Walter Dietiker, who is leaving the company for reasons of health. Häfliger previously spent 15 years in the winter sporting goods sector, working for Stöckli Swiss Sports ...

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    Schöffel diversifies into bikewear

    2020-06-05T10:51:00Z

    Schöffel, which has been focusing on outdoor and ski clothing, is making its entry into the bicycle clothing sector with a dedicated collection for spring/summer 2021. Comprising 46 items for men and women, and divided into three segments – Gravel, Trail and Travel – it was developed by the German ...

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    Wolverine performs better than expected

    2020-06-05T10:35:00Z

    Wolverine Worldwide told analysts at the Baird 2020 Global Consumer, Technology, and Services Conference on June 4 that its sales were better than expected in the first nine weeks of its second quarter, falling by less than 50 percent overall. The impact of the coronavirus-related retail lockdown was partly offset ...

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    New December dates for Performance Days

    2020-06-05T10:21:00Z

    Thanks to new Covid-19 regulations in the German state of Bavaria, which allow trade shows to be held again from Sept. 1 if the pandemic continues to develop favorably, the organizers of the Performance Days have announced that the next event (Kickoff Winter 2022/23 and Update Summer 2022) will be ...

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    China grows again for Adidas

    2020-06-04T16:51:00Z

    Adidas reports that its overall business in Greater China turned positive in May, as compared to a year earlier, leading it to predict more or less flat revenues in the region during the second quarter ending on June 30. The region represents about one-quarter of the Adidas Group’s total turnover ...