All Sporting Goods Intelligence articles in Volume 34, Issue 49+50 – Page 2

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    Rip Curl to expand its retail presence in Spain

    2023-12-20T17:14:00Z

    Rip Curl, part of KMD Brands, is planning to expand its retail presence in Spain in partnership with the El Corte Inglés department stores, according to Modaes. Spain is Rip Curl’s second European market after France. The brand currently has three stores in Spain, where it also sells its products ...

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    Canada Goose fills new position of President, Finance, Strategy & Admin

    2023-12-20T15:36:00Z

    Source: Canada Goose Beth Clymer, new President, Finance, Strategy & Administration Canada Goose has created a new position – President, Finance, Strategy & Administration – and hired Beth Clymer, who will be responsible in this role for finance, human resources & culture, corporate strategy and legal. “Beth ...

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    Alibaba.com records rising demand for smart fitness and sustainable sports products

    2023-12-20T13:16:00Z

    B2B e-commerce platform Alibaba.com recently published the most important trends among B2B buyers in the sports sector. The Chinese company found that the total number of orders for smart fitness products increased by 51 percent year-on-year (mid-October to mid-November 2023 compared to the same period in 2022). The most popular ...

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    Decathlon reportedly continued to sell in Russia, denies allegations

    2023-12-20T13:13:00Z

    According to investigative media site Disclose, French sporting goods retailer Decathlon has secretly continued to sell clothes in Russia despite its official announcement on March 29, 2022, that it was ending its activities in the country due to the war in Ukraine. In October of this year, Decathlon sold its ...

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    Matthias Mack joins Descente

    2023-12-20T10:20:00Z

    Source: Descente Matthias Mack After 30 years at Bogner, Matthias Mack has made the switch to Descente. The long-standing sales professional sees great potential for more growth for the Japanese brand on the German market in the recently formed alliance with sales partner Solo Tres BV from ...

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    Pádel Nuestro ups its year-end sales forecast

    2023-12-20T09:39:00Z

    Pádel Nuestro Group is forecasting an increase in annual sales of 27 percent, to €65 million, for full-year 2023, according to CMDsport. This is up from November’s forecast of €62 million. E-commerce should account for about 55 percent of the total. In what parent company 360 Padel Group’s CEO is ...

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    Tonal offers trade-in program after Lululemon discontinues Mirror

    2023-12-20T09:00:00Z

    Tonal, an intelligent home gym with a personalized approach to strength training, announced “Mirror Trade-In,” a trade-in program that offers customers of Lululemon Studio Mirror hardware the opportunity to replace their discontinued Mirror device with a Tonal device. Lululemon stopped selling Mirror hardware and announced it would stop producing new ...

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    New CEO for PrimaLoft

    2023-12-20T07:29:00Z

    Compass Diversified (CoDi), the Westport, Connecticut-based owner of several sporting goods brands, including Boa Technology, 5.11 and Velocity Outdoor, announced the appointment of Anne Cavassa as Chief Executive Officer of its subsidiary PrimaLoft Inc. effective Jan. 1, 2024. The move follows Cavassa’s recent appointment as President of the company. The ...

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    Analysis: The top sporting goods industry performers by sales and profits in Q3 2023

    2023-12-19T14:45:00Z

    Aggregate net income is down in every sector except one, with two big names shaping overall revenue. Find out more with our latest scorecard.

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    Eyewear start-up Out Of raises over €7m in crowdfunding

    2023-12-19T10:03:00Z

    Out Of, the Italian-based sports eyewear start-up, has raised a total of €7.6 million from approximately 580 investors through a 30-day crowdfunding campaign on Mamacrowd earlier this autumn. According to Italian media, it was the largest ever crowdfunding campaign in Italy, close to the legal €8 million upper limit. New ...

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    Decathlon to offer ultra-fast car chargers at UK stores

    2023-12-19T08:36:00Z

    Decathlon has partnered with public electric vehicle charging infrastructure provider Be.EV to provide ultra-fast electric vehicle charging points in a number of stores across the UK. This is Decathlon UK’s first partnership with a public charging network. Locations are already planned in various stores across the UK, with the Decathlon ...

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    VF Corp. operations impacted by cyber attack

    2023-12-19T08:36:00Z

    The Vans, the North Face, and Timberland parent VF Corp. disclosed its Dec. 13 discovery of cyber attack breach on its systems in a public filing. The group, which has initiated an incident investigation with experts and been forced to shut down some systems, confirmed that that cyber attack has ...

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    Xtep purchases Wolverine’s stake in joint venture

    2023-12-19T07:22:00Z

    Xtep Intl. is paying Wolverine Worldwide $61 million for its share of a joint venture that the two companies established in 2019 for the distribution of the Saucony and Merrell brands in Greater China, Hong Kong and Macau. Additionally, due to the early success and profitability of the Saucony brand ...

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    Farfetch acquired by Coupang

    2023-12-18T16:19:00Z

    Luxury fashion online retailer Farfetch has been acquired by South Korean e-commerce company Coupang for an undisclosed sum. Coupang has already founded a company called Athena Topco LP together with the financial firm Greenoaks Capital Partners LLC for the purpose of the takeover. The deal reportedly provides the ailing luxury ...

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    Asics honored for its sustainability achievements

    2023-12-18T16:08:00Z

    Japanese sportswear firm Asics Corp. has been selected for the ninth consecutive year as a component company of the Dow Jones Sustainability Asia/Pacific Index (DJSI Asia/Pacific). The Dow Jones Sustainability Indices (DJSI), jointly determined by S&P Dow Jones Indices and ESG assessment company SAM, measure the performance of companies selected ...

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    VIATT announced as ASEAN’s new comprehensive textile platform

    2023-12-18T16:01:00Z

    The inaugural edition of the Vietnam International Trade Fair for Apparel, Textiles and Textile Technologies (VIATT) will take place from Feb. 28 to March 1, 2024, at the Saigon Exhibition and Convention Center (SECC) in Ho Chi Minh City. Messe Frankfurt (HK), which co-organizes the event with the Vietnam Trade ...

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    Move City Sport is warming up for an expanded second edition

    2023-12-18T16:00:00Z

    After a successful inaugural event in 2022, Move City Sport is heading toward its second edition, scheduled to take place at Fiera di Bergamo, Italy, on Oct. 22-23, 2024. Move City Sport is a multi-stakeholder event for industry operators as well as institutions, research bodies and other professionals who work ...

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    New trial between Adidas and Thom Browne?

    2023-12-18T15:56:00Z

    The controversial legal battle between Adidas and luxury label Thom Browne will return to court to determine whether a new trial is justified. The New York District Court will hear arguments on intent following the discovery of four new emails that recently surfaced during litigation between the two parties in ...

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    New US ski and snowboard goggle company launched

    2023-12-18T15:37:00Z

    ArgentaWorks, a Park City, Utah-based ski and snowboard goggle company, announced its official launch on Dec. 5. Source: ArgentaWorks Tuscarora Among ArgentaWorks’ first offerings is the Tuscarora, the company’s flagship goggle. Each pair comes with two interchangeable lenses that offer full spectrum UV protection, anti-fog and anti-scratch ...

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    Puma brings two strategists to the chessboard

    2023-12-18T15:37:00Z

    Puma has teamed up with Manchester City and Chess.com to publish an exclusive conversation between Spaniard and soccer coach Pep Guardiola and Norwegian and chess player Magnus Carlsen. The Puma ambassadors talked about memorable moments from their careers, explained strategies and tactics in both sports and shared tips and tricks ...