All Sporting Goods Intelligence articles in Volume 35, Issue 28+29 – Page 4
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News briefsFirst images of Louis Vuitton and Timberland collab
The collaboration between high-fashion label Louis Vuitton and boot brand Timberland has been in the news for quite some time. Now, a date has been set for the product release.
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News briefsSpain’s FY23 in sporting goods
At its general meeting last month, the Spanish Association of Sporting Goods Manufacturers and Distributors (Afydad) reported several figures from the country’s sports market for the full year 2023, presented by Toni Amat, who leads the studies department at Interempresas and is editor of the platform’s magazine, Tradebike & Tri. ...
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News briefsNike hires former executive to get retail back on track
According to Bloomberg, Nike rehired the retired executive Tom Peddie to oversee retail partnerships after sales dropped when relationships with sneaker sellers went down.
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News briefsPOW has a COO
After finding a new CEO in Erin Sprague in January, the Colorado-based climate advocacy organization Protect Our Winters (POW) has now announced that it has hired its very first Chief Operating Officer. In his role as COO, Ryan Laemel will be responsible for both POW and the Protect Our Winter ...
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News briefsZanier Sport new European distributor for Le Bent
Australian outdoor accessory brand Le Bent has a new distributor in the EU and Switzerland in Innsbruck-based Zanier Sport. As a Climate Partner-certified glove brand, the Austrian family-owned company uses sustainable materials, among other things, to reduce the ecological footprint of its products and the company itself. A philosophy similar ...
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ArticleSanctions hamper Chinese sporting goods export to Russia
Sporting goods wholesalers in Russia started experiencing difficulties in making payments for Chinese goods, which takes a toll on the trade flows. The issue is not pressing yet, as the industry accumulated large stocks of goods in the key categories. Russia’s trade with China dropped by 9.9 percent in the ...
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ArticleAnti-synthetics group forms in US Congress
The Congressional Slow Fashion Caucus was established in the US House of Representatives on June 27. Among its founding members are Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (Washington), Chellie Pingree (Maine), Sydney Kamlager-Dove (California), Grace Meng (New York), Julia Brownley (California) and Jerrold “Jerry” Nadler (New York) – all of whom belong to ...
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News briefsAsics and Paris aim to tackle mental illness through spontaneous sport
Together with a handful of handball professionals, including Asics-sponsored Océane Sercien and Dylan Nahi, Asics, We Are Etandart and the City of Paris have inaugurated a newly renovated handball court at Square Montholon in the 9th arrondissement of the capital.
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News briefsFootballer Mohammed Kudus signs with Skechers
Source: Skechers Muhammed Kudus Skechers latest signing in their quest to become a major football boot brand is official. West Ham United and Ghana national team winger Mohammed Kudus is the latest member of the team. Kudus, known to fans by his nickname Star Boy, has already ...
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ArticleDecathlon leaves Sweden, replaced by Swedish giant
A press release dated July 8 revealed the news that had been expected for several weeks: Decathlon will close its last Swedish door on July 21. The last store of the French giant will soon be occupied by a Swedish giant.
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News briefsFormer UK Sports Minister joins Hanover Communications
Source: Hanover Dame Tracey Crouch Hanover Communications, one of EMEA’s leading strategic communications consultancies, announced the recruitment of former UK Sports Minister Dame Tracey Crouch to help drive the global growth of its fast-growing sports offering. For many years, Hanover has advised the biggest names and brands ...
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News briefsMacron to kit out its 15th Spanish club
The Italian brand Macron continues to sign new sponsorship deals with top football clubs. Starting next season and for five more years until at least 2030, Spanish La Liga club Atlético Osasuna will wear a kit with the Macron logo. Macron replaces Adidas as the club’s kit supplier. Osasuna ...
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News briefsSkechers launches second edition of Kane’s football boots, global expansion in focus
After a successful debut in Europe with English national team player and Golden Boot winner Harry Kane, who plays for Bayern Munich in Germany, as well as other Premier League players wearing the US brand’s football boots, Skechers is now entering its second season in football. With the new Evolution ...
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News briefsSport 2000 opens more Absolute Run stores
On July 4, 2024, a new Absolute Run store opened in Aschaffenburg, Germany. With over 240 sqm of retail space, owners Cristina Aulbach and Thomas Kießling offer customers numerous running brands such as Asics, Adidas, Brooks, On, Hoka, Karhu, Saucony and New Balance and thus a suitably large and specialized ...
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News briefsNike opens another store in Barcelona
Nike is opening an 800-sqm store at the Aura building at Francesc Macià Plaza in Barcelona, Spain, according to Palco23 and Expansión. The building was home to El Corte Inglés until 2021. That retailer’s grocery store is still operating on the premises. This is Nike’s second-biggest store in the city, ...
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ArticleBase Detall Sport signals willingness to negotiate with Intersport Spain
The CEO of Base Detall Sport, Miquel Calzada, has told CMDsport that the Spanish buying group is ready to join forces with Intersport Spain or, indeed, any other party as long as it serves a common purpose. Base Detall Sport will not, however, be making the first move. “We, for ...
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ArticleThe NBA’s winningest team is for sale
The Celtics won game five of the NBA Finals, defeating the Dallas Mavericks, on June 18. Boston has now won 18 NBA championships, more than any other team, and within a fortnight of victory, the team was up for sale. Since 2002, the Celtics have been owned by Boston Basketball ...
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Short stops
Short Stops Week 28, 2024
LEGAL +++ Lithuania-based second-hand online platform Vinted was fined €2.4m for consumer data rules breaches +++ DISTRIBUTION +++ Calgary-based Sportsman Logistics Inc. has secured the exclusive rights to distribute Adidas pickleball and padel rackets, bags and accessories in the province of Alberta in partnership with The District, which ...
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News briefsNew GM at Base Detall Sport
Base Detall Sport will have a new General Manager, Teo Prat, as of Aug. 1. As the Spanish buying group’s President, Miquel Calzada, has told CMDsport, Prat will have an initial term of one year. “Once said term is over,” he said, “both parties will come together to decide on ...
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News briefsSprinter helping to recover ocean plastic
According to Diffusion Sport, Sprinter has been working with a Spanish environmental start-up called Gravity Wave. Their joint project, “Best Wave of Sport,” recovered 30 tons of plastic from the Mediterranean Sea from November 2023 to February 2024. This is part of a larger project called #PlasticFreeOceans, in which 150 ...
