All about events in the sporting goods industry – Page 18
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FISE Montpellier goes digital
FISE has announced the first web-only version of FISE Montpellier, its international action sports festival. The decision follows the cancelation of the 24th edition of the current event in France over health and safety measures related to the coronavirus. The e-Fise Montpellier by Honor webseries will be held from July ...
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Eurobike goes hybrid
Eurobike is going for a hybrid offline/online format. It will be a purely B2B event. The physical trade show will take place in Friedrichshafen from Nov. 24 to 26 instead of September. On the other hand, Messe Friedrichshafen will hold a digital conference on Sept. 1, calling it the “Bike ...
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More post-Covid webinars
Lots of webinars are taking place these days, in-between virtual sales meetings. One of the musts, in our opinion, is another conference (we already covered the first one) organized by the World Federation of the Sporting Goods Industry (WFSGI) jointly with McKinsey & Company to help prepare the industry “for ...
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ArticleA wind of optimism from the Ispo Re.Start Days
Generally positive vibrations came from the Ispo Re.Start Days, the all-digital conference organized by the Ispo Group on June 30 and July 1, confirming the resilience of the sports and outdoor industry, especially in segments like running, fitness, cycling and outdoor. You can check the SGI Europe website tomorrow for ...
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A packed online audience for the Ispo Re.Start Days
Some 1,000 people have already registered for the Ispo Re.Start Days, the international online conference in English and German organized by the Ispo Group, which will take place on Tuesday, June 30 and Wednesday, July 1st. More are expected to sign up during the conference, depending on their availability and ...
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New York marathons and others are cancelled, some go virtual
Running has flourished during the corona-related confinement as an individual sports activity. Nevertheless, the 2020 edition of the famous New York City Marathon, which was scheduled to take place on Nov. 1, has been cancelled because of the risks associated with the coronavirus pandemic. The iconic race and world’s largest ...
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Ispo’s organizer goes digital after a record year
Messe München, the organizer of the Ispo trade shows, had record revenues of €474.2 million last year, generating Ebitda of €138.4 million. Its success had a spill-over effect on the economy of Munich and the state of Bavaria, resulting in extra revenues of around €3.3 billion for the hotel industry ...
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News briefsNew mid-December timing for Expo Riva Schuh
Expo Riva Schuh, the leading international shoe fair for the low and medium segments of the footwear market, where many low-priced sneakers and other types of footwear are exhibited twice a year, is bringing forward the winter edition of its trade show, making it happen along with the Garda Bags ...
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Sport 2000 organizes virtual order show for its running segment
Due to the current market situation and uncertainty about future legal restrictions associated with the coronavirus epidemic, the German retail organization of Sport 2000 has replaced its Order Show 4 / Running Special (June 14-16) with a virtual event. It is still uncertain whether the Outdoor Professionals Show (July 5-7), ...
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Paris Surf & Skate Film Fest is open for submissions
The fifth edition of the Paris Surf and Skate Film Festival (Sept. 24-27) is open for submissions until July 14. This year, the organizers have announced a new category for music videos with a predominant surf or skate theme. Details and registration are available at pssff.fr.
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No Pitti Uomo fair in September
In what its president, Claudio Marenzi, calls a “painful but inevitable” decision, Pitti Immagine is postponing all its physical trade shows in Florence from September of this year to January 2021. This goes also for Pitti Uomo, the big international menswear show, which is also used by some sports brands ...
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News briefsNew December dates for Performance Days
Thanks to new Covid-19 regulations in the German state of Bavaria, which allow trade shows to be held again from Sept. 1 if the pandemic continues to develop favorably, the organizers of the Performance Days have announced that the next event (Kickoff Winter 2022/23 and Update Summer 2022) will be ...
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Online conference by Ispo on June 30 and July 1st
Ispo will host a digital conference on June 30 and July 1 to take the place of the previously planned Ispo SDG Summit in Munich. Called Ispo Re.Start Days, the conference will focus on “Beyond Digitalization,” “Beyong Sustainability” and “Beyond Health.” Following the cancellation of the OutDoor by Ispo trade ...
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Inspiration days for Swiss dealers
In order to offer assistance with pre-orders for summer 2021 without a large trade fair, the Swiss sports industry is organizing so-called “Inspiration Days” in Glattbrugg and Spreitenbach on June 29 and 30. On these days, the showrooms in the TMC, Trendhouse, House 9 and Industriestrasse in Glattbrugg as well ...
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Brooks to organize virtual Global Running Day
After setting up an online training platform with training materials, product information and videos, on April 8, Brooks Sports will now organize a virtual global running day. Runners are invited to participate in a “Brooks Global Running Day 5k” between June 3 and 7. Every runner will complete a virtual ...
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Burton cancels 2021 snowboarding event
Burton Snowboards announced that the company had cancelled the 2021 edition of the Burton U.S. Open Snowboarding Championships, scheduled for March 1-6, 2021 at Vail Mountain Resort in Colorado, due to ongoing uncertainties around the Covid-19 pandemic. Burton’s chief executive, John Lacy, explained that it was a difficult decision as ...
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ArticleMore than 6,000 visitors at Oberalp's virtual convention
The first virtual sales conventions organized by Schöffel and Oberalp went better than expected, as we have already reported. We have also learnt in the meantime at at least two other outdoor sporting goods companies, Mammut and Vaude, have also held their own digital sales meetings. Organizing three different “studios” ...
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Macron announces a virtual version of the Bologna Marathon
Macron, the Italian sportswear company based in Bologna, has announced a virtual replacement for the annual Bologna Marathon, which was supposed to take place on March 1. The brand is the official technical sponsor of the event. The first Bologna Virtual Marathon is scheduled to take place on June 5-6-7. ...
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Good first “virtual” sales meetings from Europe
The first virtual sales conventions organized by Schöffel and Oberalp went well, according to the two companies. Schöffel’s 100-percent digital sales meeting was held on May 19 and 20, involving roughly 130 participants from about 15 different countries in all the major markets, more than originally expected. A total of ...
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News briefsSchöffel organizes its first digital sales meeting
Like Oberalp, Schöffel has decided to hold its first virtual sales meeting because of the coronavirus outbreak. The family-owned German company quickly created an extensive program with product presentations, video contributions, webinars, discussions and live broadcasts across national and continental borders. The venue for the digital sales meeting, which was ...
