All Sporting Goods Intelligence articles in Volume 31, Issue 27+28 – Page 4

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    Showrooms hold show of their own in Madrid

    2020-07-07T09:40:00Z

    About 30 sports brands with showrooms located in close proximity of the Tribeca de Alcobendas complex – in the Spanish city of Alcobendas, within the autonomous community of Madrid – have decided to organize a group show. Open Showroom Madrid, as they have called it, will be open to retail-industry ...

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    Shimano to handle its own distribution in Spain, Portugal

    2020-07-07T09:40:00Z

    Shimano will be overhauling its business in Spain and Portugal on Jan.1 by establishing a subsidiary in the city of Alcobendas, in the autonomous community of Madrid. Shimano Iberia will in turn be establishing a business network of its own for the distribution, commercialization and sale of cycling components and ...

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    Cortina will host the world alpine ski championships in 2021

    2020-07-07T09:40:00Z

    The International Ski Federation (FIS) has confirmed that the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships in the Italian ski resort of Cortina d’Ampezzo will take place on Feb. 9-21, 2021, as originally scheduled. The Tecnica Group, whose portfolio of brands includes Nordica, Tecnica, Blizzard and Moon Boot, is the technical sponsor ...

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    Mizuno launches a new energy-return footwear technology, Mizuno Enerzy

    2020-07-07T09:39:00Z

    Mizuno is introducing Mizuno Enerzy, an innovative footwear technology that has been designed to deliver high energy return and enhanced softness. The purpose of the technology, which is the result of more than two years of development and testing, is to allow athletes to retain more of the energy that ...

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    Engelhorn cooperates with Rose Bike

    2020-07-07T09:39:00Z

    Engelhorn , the big German sports and fashion retailer based in Mannheim, and Rose Bike, the German bike company, have signed a cooperation agreement. In August, both partners will open a Rose Bike shop-in-shop inside the bike department of Engelhorn Sports ’ big store in Mannheim. Catering to a ...

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    A new owner for eVent

    2020-07-06T15:32:00Z

    eVent Fabrics, a Missouri-based developer of waterproof/breathable solutions for apparel, has announced that a company based in Hong Kong, Performax Pro, assumed full ownership of the eVent brand on June 30, after acquiring it from Parker Performance Materials for an undisclosed sum. Performax Pro is a provider of performance ...

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    Clim8 enters North America

    2020-07-06T15:32:00Z

    Clim8 , the French company founded in 2016, has announced its expansion into the North American market. Clim8 is the developer of an innovative, patented thermal management technology that has already been launched in collaboration with premium brands in Europe ( Odlo , Ixon ) and South Korea ( K2 ...

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    NPD measures the impact of Covid-19 in Europe and China

    2020-07-04T06:29:00Z

    The NPD Group estimates that there was a drop of around 24 percent in sales of sports shoes during the first half of 2020 in Germany, France, Italy and Spain – the four European countries where it uses a retail panel of multi-sport specialty stores, combined with sell-out data from ...

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    Adidas' brand equity grows more than Nike's

    2020-07-03T17:13:00Z

    Nike and Adidas are once again the only two sports brands among the 100 “most valuable brands” in the annual rankings compiled by BrandZ, which have just been released by Kantar Millward Brown. The Swoosh remained in 21st place, while the Three Stripes is up by 8 positions to number ...