All about events in the sporting goods industry – Page 17
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Eurobike is shrinking
Physical attendance at the special Nov. 24-26 edition of the Eurobike show in Friedrichshafen will be limited to 10,000 trade-only visitors per day. Only 400 exhibitors will participate in the leading European bike show, compared with more than 1,400 in September 2019. Described by the organizers as ”The Place to ...
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ArticleIspo Munich goes hybrid
Messe München has announced that its next Ispo Munich show will be a hybrid event – on-site and digital. It will be smaller and more digital in physical terms, but it will be intended to reach a more international audience through the internet. We understand that the new format will ...
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Ispo Awards to open for submissions
The 10th annual Ispo Awards will be receiving product submissions from Sept. 28 to Dec. 4. All companies in the sports industry, even non-exhibitors at the forthcoming Ispo Munich show, may submit. Those who do so by Nov. 6 will enjoy an early-bird discounted rate: €125 for exhibitors, €325 for ...
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EuroSIMA Surf Summit to be held digitally
As many other conferences, the 19th edition of the annual EuroSIMA-Surf-Summit will now be held online, due to the current contact restrictions caused by Covid-19. As originally planned, the European surf industry association will start the event on Oct. 1, but the free and interactive conferences will be spread over ...
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Sea Otter Europe expo cancelled, but races to proceed
Sea Otter Europe has cancelled the fourth edition of its bike show, scheduled to be held in Girona, Spain, on Sept. 25-27. As with many other such cancellations, the reason was Covid-19. However, Sea Otter Europe’s open-air races – the Scott Marathon Cup, the Continental Ciclobrava, the Etixx Girona Gravel ...
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WFSGI webinar on social compliance in the supply chain
The World Federation of the Sporting Goods Industry, WFSGI, invites industry officials to a webinar on “Social Compliance in the post Covid-19 Supply Chain.” It will be held on Sept. 22 at 4 PM. Randy Raskin from Eurofins, the leading international specialist in bio-analytical testing, will provide a perspective on ...
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Germany to admit foreign participants in trade fairs
Foreign visitors are expected to be able to attend the next Ispo Munich show, scheduled for Jan. 31 to Feb. 3.The government of Germany has decided to grant entry into its territory – even from outside the EU, the Schengen area or Germany’s list of approved countries – to foreign ...
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6th Outdoor & Running Business Days in Riva a success
he sixth edition of the Outdoor & Running Business Days in Riva del Garda demonstrated the vitality of these markets in Itay despite the coronavirus pandemic, with over 80 exhibiting brands and more than 200 retailers participating in the event on Sept. 6 and 7. For the brands. The trade ...
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WFSGI webinar on product reviews for brand reputation
The World Federation of the Sporting Goods Industry (WFSGI) is organizing a webinar on Oct. 7 about the effect of online reviews on brand reputation. Schwalbe will show how it manages product ratings, reviews and Q&A sessions to learn from the customers’ feedback in order to enhance the brands’ reputation. ...
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ArticleIspo Munich: New hybrid concept for 2021
Ispo.com published an interview with exhibition director Markus Hefter giving insights into the next Ispo Munich, which will open its doors from Sunday, Jan. 31, to Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2021. In the interview, Hefter explains the newly developed hybrid concept of physical and digital participation opportunities. Source: Messe ...
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News briefsApplications are open for Ispo Brandnew
ISPO Brandnew, the largest platform for sporting goods start-ups, is entering the next round, opening its application platform at ispo.com. The competition was launched 20 years ago and has since produced some high-profile winners including GoPro, Naish Kites, Maloja, Nixon and On Running. More than 400 products competed for the ...
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100th redblue order show build up on its new virtual shows
Intersport Germany’s order show, called redblue, opened its doors on Sunday for the 100th time in Heilbronn. Six times a year, about 80 exhibitors and 600 to 800 retail members meet for 5 days per show to order the new collections. Despite the anniversary, the corona pandemic made it impossible ...
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The British Golf Show moves to 2021
The second edition of the British Golf Show has finally been postponed to May 14-15, 2021. The event, originally scheduled to take place in May of this year, had already been rescheduled to early October, but the ongoing lack of clarity regarding the possibility of organizing public gatherings has finally ...
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News briefsMesse München is looking for new events in times of the pandemic
When the trade show business was discontinued in March, Messe München’s Locations division began to look for new events and opportunities. One of these new events, in this case for end customers, is a new drive-in cinema on the northern outdoor exhibition area. Other examples of “alternative use” were the ...
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New National Snow Show to take place in Birmingham this October
Raccoon Events, the organizers of the National Running Show and newly launched National Outdoor Expo, has launched the UK’s only National Snow Show. Set to take place at the NEC in Birmingham Oct. 23-24, 2021, the two-day event is aiming at all winter sports enthusiasts and providing a comprehensive retail ...
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News briefsCES 2021 moves to an all-digital experience
The Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2021, scheduled to run from Jan. 6 to 9, 2021 in Las Vegas, will become “an all-digital experience” on the same dates, the Consumer Technology Association (CTA) announced. CES is regarded as the most influential tech event in the world, also covering the segments of ...
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A virtual Fibo show for professionals and consumers
This year’s Fibo will be an entirely virtual-event, staged on Oct. 1-3 on two different websites for professionals and consumers. Professionals are being invited to the world’s largest fitness and wellness trade show on FIBO@business, including an online edition of the European Health & Fitness Forum and other international conventions ...
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A global “Summer Festival of Athlete Experiences” online
The International Olympic Committee (IOC), the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) and Airbnb, which is an Olympic Games partner, have launched “a summer festival of Olympian & Paralympian online experiences.” The initiative is meant to somehow make up for the postponement of the Olympic and Paralympic Tokyo 2020 Games, which will ...
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Ispo Shanghai attracted 14% more visitors
The Ispo Shanghai show closed on July 5 with a total of 17,776 visitors in three days, 14 percent more than a year ago – a pretty good score considering that it was the first major trade show in our sector to take place offline since the cancellation of Ispo ...
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Showrooms hold show of their own in Madrid
About 30 sports brands with showrooms located in close proximity of the Tribeca de Alcobendas complex – in the Spanish city of Alcobendas, within the autonomous community of Madrid – have decided to organize a group show. Open Showroom Madrid, as they have called it, will be open to retail-industry ...
