All about events in the sporting goods industry – Page 19
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October Fibo will be for the trade only
Fibo will take place as planned in Cologne at the beginning of October, but only as trade show, without the usual large attendance by the general public. It will be held from Thursday Oct. 1 to Saturday Oct. 3, eliminating the traditional Sunday opening for consumers. As usual, the European ...
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ArticleOberalp holds its first Virtual Convention
The current restrictions on international travel and social contacts are leading Oberalp to organize a ”virtual” sales convention to present the latest products of its brands, which include Salewa, Dynafit, Wild Country, Evolv and Pomoca. The 2020 digital convention, which is to replace the corresponding “physical” events of the past ...
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Eurobike postponed, altered
As Germany has a ban on major events until Aug. 29, logistics will preclude opening the Eurobike show on schedule, just two days later, to run Sept. 2-5. Instead, there will be a one-off Eurobike Special show – a “pure B2B concept,” not open to the public – on Nov. ...
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Efftex postponed until 2021
The 2020 edition of the European Fishing Tackle Trade Exhibition (Efttex), originally scheduled for June 11-13 in Prague, has been postponed until next year. It will be taking place at the same venue at a still undertermined date. Speaking to Angling International, Olivier Portrat – president of the European Fishing ...
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SportScheck cancels its first running event
SportScheck cancelled the start of its Run Challenge series of running events in Germany, which is sponsored by Under Armour. There will be no race in Bremen due to the coronavirus. The Run Challenges in Hamburg, Cologne and Berlin will take place in the second half of this year. The ...
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News briefsProwinter goes digital
Prowinter, the Italian B2B event trade show for alpine resort operators, has gone digital this year because of the coronavirus. The Prowinter Startup Award chose its winners on the digital platform Zoom on April 23. The winners, selected from 100 applicants and six finalists, are Glide Nano (Prowinter Audience Award) ...
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Sport 2000 Germany organizes virtual order shows
We expect that many companies will do the same in lieu of their traditional international sales meetings for spring/summer 2021 products. Due to the current situation and the uncertainty about future legal restrictions associated with the coronavirus, the German retail organization Sport 2000 is replacing its Sneaker Order Show, scheduled ...
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More fairs are cancelled
The Covid-19 pandemic is leading to the cancellation of more and more events because of the need for social distancing. In some cases, organizers are planning or exploring alternative formats that take advantage of the more or less sophisticated tools offered by the internet for the presentation of new products, ...
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News briefsIspo Munich 2021 dates changed to avoid overlap with OR
To avoid overlapping with the Outdoor Retailer Winter Market in the U.S. (Jan. 27- 29), Messe München has postponed the next Ispo Munich to Jan 31 to Feb 3, 2021. Originally, the event was scheduled to run from Jan. 28-31. The new dates will bring the show back to the ...
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Fibo’s event director joins EuropeActive’s board
At its general assembly this month – held online to comply with Covid-19 quarantine – EuropeActive appointed Silke Frank, event director for the fitness trade show Fibo, to its board of directors. Frank joins Alfonso Jiménez of Ingesport Go Fit, Jennifer Halsall of Basic-Fit International and Ana Damaso of Portugal ...
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April 22 webinar on activewear colors and trends
A webinar on activewear color and fashion trends for the autumn/winter 2021/22 and spring/summer 2022 seasons is being offered at 10:45 a.m. on Wednesday, April 22, by Nora Kühner, a former member of the Ideas group of independent activewear designers. The German expert on the subject normally gives her speech ...
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News briefsBenQ and Stotz win Performance Days awards (digitally)
Performance Days, the trade show devoted to functional fabrics, was scheduled to take place in Munich on April 22-30, and was cancelled with no alternative event date due to the Covid-19 crisis. However, a digital fair has been put in place to allow the industry to keep informed about the ...
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News briefsIspo survey to help sports & outdoor retail in times of Covid-19
Ispo has developed a Covid-19-related retail survey, inviting all sports and outdoor retailers to participate, whatever their size and the countries in which they operate. The results and insights will be helpful for the Ispo Group to develop digital alternatives and tools to support the sporting goods business as much ...
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China limits basketball event
China has resumed the restrictions on team sports just as the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA) was expected to return play in early April. The CBA season was originally shut down in January in connection with the Covid-19 pandemic.
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News briefsIspo increases its focus on eSports
Following the cancellation of OutDoor by Ispo, the Ispo Group is now increasingly focusing on the digital sector including eSports. Ispo started supporting digital sports competitions in 2018, and this segment has developed from niche to mainstream in only a few years. Under the umbrella of Ispo Digitize, Ispo’s efforts ...
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Wimbledon is cancelled
The 134th edition of the legendary Wimbledon tennis tournament has been cancelled due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. This year’s edition was due to take place from June 29 to July 12. The tournament’s leadership has decided not to reschedule the event this year. The next edition of the championships ...
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OR and other shows are cancelled or postponed
Outdoor Retailer (OR) announced in a “letter to the community” that the OR Summer Market, initially scheduled for June 23-25 in Denver, Colorado, had to be cancelled. Marisa Nicholson, senior vice president and show director of OR, wrote that the difficult decision to cancel the 2020 summer show was made ...
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New dates for Fibo and IWA, no fair in France
March 9, 2020 - We have already reported about the cancellation of Ispo Beijing. Three other big international fairs, Fibo in Cologne, IWA Outdoor Classics in Nuremberg and Prowinter in Bolzano, announced a few days ago the postponement of their events. Two of them have now communicated their new dates. ...
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Outdoor & Running Business Days announces additional winter edition
(OIC) Outdoor & Running Business Days, the Italian B2B fair for the outdoor and running industry, has announced an additional winter edition for 2021. More details will be unveiled in the coming months. Meanwhile, this year’s edition of the trade show in Riva Del Garda, in the northern Italian province ...
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EuroShop 2020: these trends determine the retail business of the future
(OIC) What are the trends in retail design and retail technology? Which new solutions does the international shopfitting scene present to retailers? Düsseldorf’s international shopfitting trade fair, EuroShop, was able to provide a clear answer to these questions: the more digital the shopping experience, the more important the emotional quality ...
