All about events in the sporting goods industry – Page 11
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No ISPO Beijing until December
The ISPO Group reported in mid-December that the ISPO Beijing fair, originally scheduled for Dec. 28-30, was going to be “postponed” because of the Covid pandemic. Veronica Pang, who was promoted to head up the ISPO China team last month, has told us that it will not happen anytime soon. ...
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News briefsArc’teryx launches first winter edition of its academies in Europe
Arc’teryx is already well known in Europe for its yearly summer Alpine Academy event in Chamonix. It is now launching for the first time a series of winter events in Europe, called Arc’teryx Academy, From Feb. 18 to 20, the “Arc’teryx Academy: freeride” premiere will be held in St. Anton, ...
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News briefsISPO Beijing 2021 is being postponed to an undefined date
The ISPO Group announced that ISPO Beijing, which was scheduled to take place from Dec. 28 to 30, 2021, at Beijing’s China National Convention Center, has had to be postponed at short notice in light of the still complex and serious pandemic situation at the national level and to implement ...
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News briefsISPO will hold an online “trend festival” in January and February
ISPO has announced the ISPO.com Trend Festival 2022, scheduled from Jan. 17 to Feb. 18, 2022, to celebrate the most innovative products, newcomers and important trends in the sporting goods and outdoor industry. After the strategic move of ISPO Munich’s dates from late January to its permanent new date in ...
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ArticleThe OR Snow Show will take place, but without some key players
After some hesitations and discussions on the subject, the Outdoor Retailer Snow Show will be taking place as planned as an in-person event on Jan. 26-28, 2022 in Denver, Colorado. Its organizers have unveiled an accompanying education program and a redesigned floor plan centered around the “Resource Center,” a new ...
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A Nov. 30 webinar on the EU’s new norms on vendor/retailer relations
Two webinars will be held on Tuesday, Nov. 30 to discuss new strategic opportunities and trade complications for the sale of sporting goods in Europe as of June 2022, based on a new updated version of the European Union’s Vertical Block Exemption Regulation (VBER), which has been regulating vertical supply ...
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Some early regional sporting goods events are still on in some European countries
Regional sporting goods events in Switzerland, the Netherlands and Austria are gaining more importance for local buyers – at least for the preparation of the autumn/winter 2022/23 season – as the international ISPO Munich show has been permanently moved from the end of January to the end of November. In ...
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ArticleCancelled functional fabrics show in Munich goes virtual again
The physical edition of Performance Days – initially planned for Dec. 1 and 2 – had to be cancelled at short notice due to the current sharp rise in Covid infections in Munich. Like already in May, the winter edition of the show will be moved entirely into the digital ...
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Spanish sports show in Cádiz targets a broader audience
A new Spanish Sports and Health Show (Feria del Deporte y la Vida Sana) is scheduled for Nov. 19-21 on the C-IFECA fairgrounds in Cádiz, hosting some 40 exhibitors. The organizers highlight a broadening of the industry’s focus since 1990 from elite athletes and professional clubs to the public at ...
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ArticleISPO Munich is moved to November
After discussions with hundreds of exhibitors and retailers, Messe München decided to cancel next January’s edition of the ISPO Munich show and to set new dates for that fair and OutDoor by ISPO, making them coincide with the beginning of the ordering cycle for the two main seasons. It described ...
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ArticleTobias Gröber comments on the new schedule for the ISPO shows in Munich
The ISPO Group announced this afternoon that ISPO Munich 2022, originally scheduled for the end of January, will be postponed to Nov. 28-30, 2022. At the same time, it announced that the date of OutDoor by ISPO 2022 has also been moved to mid-June, thus establishing a completely new schedule for all future ISPO trade shows. SGI Europe and The Outdoor Industry Compass spoke with Tobias Gröber, executive director of the consumer goods business unit at Messe München, about the background to this decision.
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ArticleSupply chain disruptions move Austria’s ÖSFA fair and others forward
Ordering cycles throughout the supply chain are being pushed forward by between three and five months, depending on the products. The current supply chain challenges are creating real or potential product shortages that are leading vendors to place earlier and bigger orders with the factories to secure sufficient supplies for ...
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ArticleA bullish European surf industry honors Frederic Basse
Surfboards, wetsuits and other hardware items in the surf sector have recorded growth rates of between 20 and 40 percent during the current post-Covid year, according to the European Surf Industry Manufacturers Association (EuroSIMA). Speaking at the annual EuroSIMA Surf Summit in Hossegor, on the French Basque coast, Jean-Louis Rodrigues, ...
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ArticleNew revised ISPO Awards with four application deadlines per year
The ISPO Group has announced that it will now honor the highlights of the sporting goods industry four times a year with its conceptually revised ISPO Awards. As usual, a jury of experts will evaluate all submissions individually based on criteria such as design, function, sustainability and innovation – but ...
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News briefsFree matchmaking program with the Korea Outdoor & Sports Industry Association
The Korea Outdoor & Sports Industry Association (KOIA), one of the most active and advanced national industry associations in the world, is organizing a series of online matchmaking events with European brands, distributors and retailers in view of the new EU–Korean free-trade agreement. Taking place at different time slots in ...
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Burton plans to launch a new "Mystery Series" tournament
Burton Snowboards has announced the imminent launch of the Burton Mystery Series, describing it as “a bold new beginning for the legendary Burton U·S·Open and the start of a reimagined future that’s unlike anything else in snowboarding events.” Throwing away the rules, it will focus on “what matters most: creativity, ...
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Norspo fair is cancelled, may be shifted to November
The Norwegian sporting goods show, Norspo, which was going to take place in Oslo on Jan. 9 and 10, has been cancelled like the one that was going to be held last January. Trond Evald Hansen, general manager of Norspomessen, is now betting that the new winter fair will take ...
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A new sportswear show for consumers in the U.K.
Independent Exhibitions (INDX) is founding a quarterly trade show for the U.K. devoted to both flavors of sportswear, athleisure and performance, in all varieties of sport. The first edition of Sports & Leisure, curated by the buying group Associated Independent Stores (AIS), is scheduled for Dec. 1-2 at the Cranmore ...
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Pádel returns to ISPO Munich
The 2022 edition of ISPO Munich will once again include the sport of pádel after an absence of seven years, reviving the Padel Village. According to Messe München’s director in Spain, Martina Claus, the village’s initial run, from 2014 to 2015, was premature. With few courts and few retailers then ...
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News briefsNew paddling trade show in Lyon
With the Covid-related postponement of the first Paddledays canoe show in Kassel, Germany, by one year to September 2022, a new player in the European paddling industry has stepped forward: The Paddle Sports Show in Lyon, France, wants to replace PaddleExpo in Nuremberg, Germany, which was held for the last ...
