All Sporting Goods Intelligence articles in Volume 34, Issue 3+4 – Page 3

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    The Athlete’s Foot expands marketing team

    2023-01-26T13:35:00Z

    Specialty footwear and lifestyle chain The Athlete’s Foot (TAF) has announced the expansion of its marketing team and the promotion of two key executives: Darius Billings has been promoted to VP of marketing, community engagement and StAART and Cassidy Dansberry has been promoted to marketing manager, effective immediately. Billings worked ...

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    1% for the Planet reports $66m in donations, 1,800 new members in 2022

    2023-01-26T13:33:00Z

    In a short update, the non-profit organization 1% for the Planet has delivered some numbers on the initiative’s development and achievements in 2022. Overall, the U.S.-based organization certified $66 million in giving to environmental partners and welcomed more than 1,800 new business members into its global network. Business members of ...

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    Adidas and Bollywood star team up to challenge Indian stereotypes

    2023-01-26T07:56:00Z

    Source: Adidas Originals Ranveer Singh Adidas Originals has unveiled a new campaign for the Indian market featuring existing brand ambassador and Bollywood star Ranveer Singh. With this move, Adidas aims to bring back the streetwear mentality to elite fashion and “democratize access to culture and empower the ...

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    German Football Association’s charitable status revoked for 2014/15

    2023-01-26T07:54:00Z

    The Frankfurt am Main tax office has retroactively revoked the non-profit status of the German Football Association (DFB) for 2014 and 2015. The DFB, which has just appointed a new director in the person of former football professional and 1990 World Champion Rudi Völler, is thus threatened with an additional ...

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    TaylorMade invests in Tiger Woods’ golf experience concept

    2023-01-26T07:53:00Z

    TaylorMade Golf Company has made a “material investment” in PopStroke, an innovative U.S.-based putting and casual dining concept that combines a technologically advanced, competitive golf environment with food and beverage. With the recently announced partnership, TaylorMade joins an ownership team that includes Tiger Woods in addition to PopStroke Entertainment Group. ...

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    Int'l Cricket Council tops social media ranking among sports federations

    2023-01-26T07:50:00Z

    BCW Sports has released its “2022 International Sports Federations Social Media Ranking,” published annually since 2016.

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    France has a new Ambassador for Sport

    2023-01-25T15:27:00Z

    Samuel Ducroquet is the new French Ambassador for Sport, a diplomatic position within the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He takes over from Laurence Fischer, who had been in place since 2019. The role of ambassador for sport was created by Laurent Fabius, at the time Minister of Foreign Affairs, ...

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    Rakuscha named head of international brand experience at Blizzard-Tecnica

    2023-01-25T10:59:00Z

    Source: Blizzard-Tecnica Markus Zeman-Wurzer Blizzard-Tecnica, part of the Italian Tecnica Group, has announced that Markus Zeman-Wurzer, most recently working 18 years in various positions at Salomon, has succeeded Tom Rakuscha as sales and marketing manager at Blizzard-Tecnica in Austria. Rakuscha has since taken on an international and ...

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    ​SIA and SIMA announce new partnership for sustainability and climate action

    2023-01-25T10:58:00Z

    Snowsports Industries America (SIA), the trade association for the U.S. winter outdoor industry, and the Surf Industry Members Association (SIMA), the official trade association for the surf industry, have announced a partnership on sustainability and climate action in the action sports industry. The upcoming Snow and Surf Industry Sustainability Sessions ...

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    Hanesbrands plans layoffs

    2023-01-25T08:42:00Z

    Hanesbrands, scheduled to report Q4 results next week, intends to terminate an unspecified number of staff members at its corporate headquarters in Winston-Salem, NC. In a statement to a local newspaper, the apparel firm confirmed a challenging operating environment is prompting the need for the job and other expense cuts.

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    Gymshark downsizes U.S. headquarters

    2023-01-25T08:42:00Z

    Gymshark, which has appointed four new senior executives in recent weeks, is shuttering a “substantial portion” of its U.S. headquarters in Denver, Colorado. According to a state regulatory filing that was first reported by the Denver Business Journal, the British fitness community and activewear brand intends to cease most operations ...

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    Longtime industry consultant starts own firm

    2023-01-25T08:42:00Z

    Source: Matt Powell Matt Powell U.S.-based sporting goods and retail industry consultant Matt Powell, who has been serving as a senior industry advisor at The NPD Group, is launching his own consulting and advisory service firm focused on merchandising, marketing and retail called Spurwink River. In October ...

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    Data leak at Puma’s Chilean e-com site

    2023-01-25T08:42:00Z

    Puma representatives told Cybernews that they are investigating a data leak at its Chilean e-commerce site to establish what data has been taken and how the incident occurred. According to the website, private data that belongs to more than 230,000 Puma customers in the South American country has been found ...

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    Lululemon shares take hit on analyst downgrade

    2023-01-25T08:42:00Z

    Lululemon shares fell $4.87, or 1.54 percent after a Wall Street analyst downgraded the stock to “underperform” on Jan. 24 and slashed its target price to $290, below the company’s closing price at $311.21. Bernstein analyst Aneesha Sherman suggested the company’s shares have a “reset coming” due to numerous factors ...

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    Sport 2000 reports another record year

    2023-01-25T08:27:00Z

    Sport 2000 reports it has continued its growth trajectory of recent years, ending 2022 with earnings that surpass the historic 2021 record.

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    More new staff at Elevate Outdoor Collective

    2023-01-24T16:34:00Z

    Source: EOC Susanne von Hoermann After the rebranding of the group and several executive changes in 2022, Elevate Outdoor Collective (EOC) – the owner of K2, Völkl, Marker, Dalbello, Ride Snowboards, Line Skis, Backcountry Access, Atlas Snow Shoe, Tubbs Snowshoes and other brands – is heading into ...

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    GfK sees more optimistic consumer sentiment in Germany, but at low level

    2023-01-24T16:33:00Z

    The rollercoaster ride of news and emotions of recent years continues to shape Germans’ propensity to buy. However, in its consumer climate survey for January 2023, GfK observes German consumers starting 2023 with a little more optimism. Both economic and income expectations are continuing to recover and are rising noticeably. ...

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    Despite the turbulence, Russia's Kant says business was good in 2022

    2023-01-24T12:28:00Z

    Last year, Russian sporting goods retailer Kant saw an improvement in its operational performance, according to Maxim Vinogradov, owner of Kant. “We see an overall decline in sales on the [Russian sporting goods] market, but thanks to the withdrawal of some competitors, those who stayed see their sales and revenue ...

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    CEOs fear a global decline in short and medium term, survey says

    2023-01-24T12:27:00Z

    Nearly 75 percent of global CEOs believe they will witness declining growth during the year ahead, while 39 percent think that their company will no longer be economically viable a decade from now if it continues on its current path, according to the “PwC 26th Annual Global CEO Survey: Winning ...

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    Nike’s former partner in Russia opens new sporting goods chain

    2023-01-24T12:25:00Z

    Inventive Retail Group (IRG) has opened the first five stores of its new Hiker outdoor and sporting goods retail chain in Russia. IRG is the country’s largest retail group, specializing in developing stores of leading Western companies in Russia, including Apple, Samsung, Lego and Nike. Hiker’s assortment consists of several ...