All Sporting Goods Intelligence articles in Volume 31, Issue 47+48
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LEGAL & INSTITUTIONAL
+++ The Olympic Council of Asia has announced that the 2030 Asian Games will be hosted in the Qatari capital of Doha while the 2034 Asian Games will be held in the Saudi capital of Riyadh +++ The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has ...
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TRADE SHOWS & OTHER EVENTS
+++ Uefa has cancelled the 2021 men’s and women’s Under-17 Championships , which were scheduled to be held in May in Cyprus and the Faroe Islands, respectively, due to the implications of the COVID-19 +++ The World Athletics Indoor Championship , which was scheduled to take place in Nanjing, ...
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CSR & SUSTAINABILITY
+++ The International Surfing Association (ISA) has joined the United Nations Sports for Climate Action Framework, the program co-created by UN Climate Change and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in December 2018 to help sports lessen their impact on the environment +++ Inov-8 has donated £9,600 (€10,500-$12,900) to the Cumbria ...
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EXECUTIVE CHANGES
+++ Polar has named Eric Chouhmat as its new general manager for Germany, Austria and Switzerland +++ Foot Locker has appointed a new senior vice president and chief information officer, Himanshu Parikh +++ Selema Masekela, a journalist and producer whose father was a jazz legend and activist in South Africa, ...
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RETAIL
+++ Go Sport has unveiled a new more digital store concept at its 1,800-square-meter location on Place de la République in Central Paris +++ Intersport has opened two new modern franchised stores with optimized visual merchandising in Switzerland, located in Sierre and Grindelwald +++ Sporthaus Saemann, a German sports retailer ...
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DISTRIBUTION
+++ Zerofit base layers will be distributed in the U.K. and Ireland by ProQuip Golf, which has acquired exclusive distribution rights for these territories +++
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MARKETING
+++ American Golf, Europe’s largest golf retailer, has become an official partner and the official retail partner of the Legends Tour +++ Umbro has agreed a new four-year kit partnership with the Federation of Uganda Football Association (FUFA), which will see the brand supply Uganda men and women national teams ...
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ArticleE-tailers and fewer ski resorts escape new anti-Covid measures
Frasers Group, the parent company of the Sports Direct chain, was the first major retailer in the U.K. to withdraw its guidance for its current financial year after the government, on Dec. 19, ordered the shutdown of all stores selling non-essential products in London and Eastern and Southeastern England. They ...
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Spalding is switching distributors in Europe
United Sports Brands is set to become the distributor of Spalding’s basketballs and related equipment for most of Europe. It will be taking over the license from Germany’s Uhlsport, which has held the rights since 2002. According to Patrick Cloots, its senior vice president for international business, United Sports Brands ...
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Sport 2000 Gigasport is Sports Retailer of the Year in Austria
Sport 2000 Austria is delighted that two of its retail members are among the three winners of this year’s Austrian sports business award, Victor. First place went to Sport 2000 Gigasport, with Bründl Sports, a former Intersport member located in Kaprun, coming in second. Sport 2000 Simon from Saalfelden made ...
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WFSGI joins the Centre for Sport and Human Rights
The World Federation of the Sporting Goods Industry (WFSGI) has joined the Advisory Council of the Centre for Sport and Human Rights (CSHR), based in Geneva. The CSHR is chaired by Mary Robinson, former President of Ireland and former United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. The Centre is exclusively ...
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Spalding releases new limited-edition basketball honoring Kobe Bryant
Spalding is releasing the Kobe “Hall of Fame” basketball, the third installment in a series celebrating the career of the late Kobe Bryant. This launch follows that of the Silver and Kobe Marbled Snake variations earlier this year. The new ball features a two-tone motif and two-half design. The gold ...
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Under Armour completes the sale of MyFitnessPal
Under Armour has announced that it has completed the sale of the MyFitnessPal platform to Francisco Partners, a global investment firm specializing in technology businesses and headquartered in San Francisco. As previously announced by Under Armour in a news release on Oct. 30, the sale has a transaction value of ...
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Australian activewear firm sued over alleged anti-virus clothes
Lorna Jane, a manufacturer and retailer of women’s activewear with headquarters in Brisbane, is being taken to court by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) for allegedly making a false claim that a range of its activewear could provide protection against Covid-19. In July the company released its “anti-virus ...
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ArticlePeloton prepares to acquire Precor
Peloton Interactive has entered into an agreement to acquire Precor, the American producer of fitness equipment products, for $420 million. Precor, which last reported a turnover of close to $450 million in 2018, is a unit of Amer Sports, which has been taken over by a consortium that includes Anta ...
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PDF NewsletterSGI Europe Executive Edition: Vol 31 - 47+48
DTC, EMEA, China boost Nike | JD Sports buys Shoe Palace | Peloton acquires Precor | New investors for Canyon, Vaha | Signa Sports United thrives | The status on Covid restrictions | WFSGI: Agility to fight Covid | Lululemon shoes planned in 2021 | EU sets conditions for Fitbit’s buy | More action in Brussels | Ispo Online takes shape
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ArticleIndustry Insights: How to find new B2B business in a digitalized market
- a contribution by Martin Kössler, CEO of Huginbiz® (*) - The past spring created for most of us a feeling of pandemic panic and business paralysis. Offices were shut down and most employees were asked to work from home. From a pure productivity perspective, it gave ...
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Dubai-based GMG Group acquires Royal Sporting House
Gulf Marketing Group (GMG) has acquired Royal Sporting House from the Al-Futtaim Group. The financial details of the deal have not been disclosed. GMG Sports, one of GMG’s divisions, is described as the largest sports retailer and distributor in the Middle East, with more than 200 stores across the Gulf ...
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ArticleDigital Ispo Munich 2021 is taking shape
As we have already reported, the next Ispo Munich trade show will be in a digital-online mode for the first time in its 50-year history. Running for five days instead of four and accessible 24 hours per day, Ispo Munich Online 2021 is scheduled for Feb. 1-5. Bookings made by ...
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News briefsAdidas collaborates with a porcelain manufactory
Adidas is collaborating with Europe’s oldest porcelain manufactory, Meissen, on a very expensive leather sneaker with ceramic overlays. The ZX800 was inspired by Meissen’s “Krater” vase of 1856, with its 130 floral patterns. Of these, 15 were selected for hand-painting on each pair. One pair of the sneakers is being ...
