All Sporting Goods Intelligence articles in Volume 33, Issue 41+42
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ISPO Munich 2022: Your guide to what’s on offer in the halls
Unsure where to start at the biggest sports industry event of 2022? We outline the core segment halls of ISPO Munich.
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“For Mindful Living”: The new Polygiene claim and what it means
Polygiene has a new range of technologies that can give products SuperPowers! We take a closer look.
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Next Textile conference (Oct. 26) focusing on “Re: Source as A Resource”
The theme of this year’s NEXT TEXTILE conference will focus on Re: Source as A Resource, as the need to rethink has never been more significant. But, conversely, opportunities through innovations have never been greater. The event will take place at Sweden Fashion Textile Center in Borås, ...
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SGI Europe Executive Edition: Vol 33 - 41+42
Sporting goods industry stocks down in Q3 | Nike addressing excess inventory; Q1 Ebit falls 13 percent | Peloton’s ride to breakeven cash flow results in more layoffs | VF Corp. sets initiatives for brands to reach FY27 targets | Under Armour announces changes to leadership team | iFIT has a new CEO | Next Textile conference (Oct. 26) focusing on “Re: Source as A Resource” | Eurostat reviews EU sports employment
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JD Sports CFO Neil Greenhalgh to step down in 2023
Neil Greenhalgh, chief financial officer of U.K.-based JD Sports Fashion Plc has informed the company board of his intention to step down from his role as CFO next year. According to a company release, a nominations committee led by Andy Higginson will commence a process to recruit a successor. Greenhalgh ...
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WCO and UNCTAD strengthen cooperation to enhance supply chain digitalization
The World Customs Organization (WCO)’s secretary general, Kunio Mikuriya and his homolog at the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), Rebeca Grynspan, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Oct. 4 that aims to improve supply chain digitalization and data sharing for global trade industries. The MoU, which ...
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Puma teams up with Modibodi on a series of “Period Pep Talks”
Puma has collaborated with absorbent apparel brand Modibodi on a series of Period Pep Talks with female athletes designed to encourage women and girls to stay in sport. The initiative is meant to address the problem of girls quitting sports due to periods. The talks feature Australian rugby star Tiana ...
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Sprinter opens new stores in mainland Spain and the Canary Islands
Sprinter has just inaugurated a 925-square-meter store at the Atalaya del Tormes shopping mall in Salamanca and will soon open a new 750-square-meter store in Alicante on Oct. 20. More openings are planned in the Spanish island of Lanzarote, in the Canary Islands, for November, as well as in Pontevedra, ...
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Decathlon Belgium temporarily becomes "Nolhtaced"
Source: @DecathlonBe on Instagram Decathlon Belgium is changing its name to “Nolhtaced” (written backwards) for the next month. The move comes as part of a marketing and sustainability drive to promote “reverse shopping,” the retailer explained in a press release. Decathlon buys, repairs and resells second-hand products ...
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European Commission and UEFA extend cooperation with new agreement up to 2025
The vice president of the European Commission, Margaritis Schinas, and UEFA president Aleksander Čeferin have renewed the European Commission-UEFA Arrangement for Cooperation, which first entered into force in 2014. They met on Oct. 6 at the European Commission headquarters in Brussels. According to UEFA, this latest institutional agreement, which provides ...
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Puma introduces sneaker infused with nitrogen foam
Puma has launched the Extent, a sneaker whose midsole features an innovative Nitro (nitrogen-infused) foam that is said to make it extremely lightweight, springy and soft. The Extent’s layered upper is inspired by Puma’s archive of 2000s long-distance running shoes. The material mixtures differ from one color to another, including ...
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Lacoste appoints new deputy CEO
Lacoste has promoted Catherine Spindler, currently chief brand officer, to deputy chief executive officer. In her new role, her mission will be “to continue the premiumization of the iconic French brand at the crossroads of fashion and sport and to strengthen its distinctiveness and the consistency of its expression in ...
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Asics releases trainer with the world’s smallest carbon footprint
With the launch of its Gel-Lyte III CM 1.95 trainer, Asics has unveiled a sneaker with the world’s lowest carbon footprint. As the name suggests, the shoe emits 1.95kg CO2e across its lifecycle. This is significantly less than the lowest CO2e sneakers currently available on the market, based on available ...
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Lacoste and Thrasher skate mag collab
Source: Lacoste Thrasher x Lacoste Legendary skateboarding magazine Thrasher, which has been around since 1981, has teamed up with apparel brand Lacoste for the first time for a joint skate collection. The collection’s design combines style elements from San Francisco and Paris, the two hometowns of the ...
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The winners of the third round of ISPO Awards 2022
Fidlock, Halti, Jackery, and more have been announced as the 16 winners in the latest round of the ISPO Awards 2022. In this, the third of four year-round submission and judging cycles, winners were selected from a particularly diverse field, representing a range of products. The Q3 cycle jury ...
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Sport 2000: first annual meeting of Absolute Teamsport retailers
In late September, all 21 partners currently running a Sport 2000 Absolute Teamsport concept store gathered for the first time for an interchange of experience. The meeting of retailers from six countries took place in Antwerp, Belgium, and was supported by the main partner brands for the retail concept, Nike, ...
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Falling cotton prices
Cotton prices are dropping amid economic concerns and weak demand as fears of a global economic slowdown might negatively impact demand for apparel and other goods. In its report for September, cotton market information resource Cotlook said that international cotton prices “reversed direction in dramatic fashion” during the month, registering ...
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ICC urges companies to pilot the new sustainability framework
The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) has launched a call to banks, corporates and tech companies to take part in piloting a framework to grade the sustainability profile of individual trade transactions. In the project’s first phase, the piloting of the new Sustainable Trade Framework will focus on the textile ...
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Bollé sells Cébé
Bollé Brands Group is selling Cébé to a coalition of companies: D.MO and Racer. D.MO is devoted to project management and the industrialization of products in the outdoor sector. Both of its chief executives, Sébastien Delsaux and Maxime Bos, are former Cébé employees. Racer, meanwhile, is a French manufacturer of ...
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Rossignol Group chooses Wintersteiger to provide race ski service machines
Rossignol Group, home to winter sports brands Rossignol and Dynastar, has invested in Wintersteiger’s Jupiter ski service machines for their three production centers in France and Spain. Introduced in 2021, the precision machines will ensure premium processing for the group’s racing ranges and guarantee a perfect, consistent finish and ski ...