All about events in the sporting goods industry – Page 27
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For the fifth consecutive year, Stormberg is ranked among the...
For the fifth consecutive year, Stormberg is ranked among the top three sustainable businesses in Norway. The ranking is based on the Sustainable Brand Index, which is the largest Nordic brand study on sustainability, based on consumer assessment of 225 Norwegian businesses. Stormberg came in third place, increasing its score ...
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Kasper Rorsted, chief executive of the Adidas Group, has agreed...
Kasper Rorsted, chief executive of the Adidas Group, has agreed to be one of the speakers at the Ispo Digitize Summit, the event organized by Messe München in June around the digital economy. Other confirmed speakers include Günther Althaus, chief executive of the ANWR Group, Philipp Roesch-Schlanderer, co-founder and chief ...
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The first Ispo Academy in Switzerland will take place on...
The first Ispo Academy in Switzerland will take place on June 12 at Olten, in collaboration with Sportbiz.ch, and will center on digitalization
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Digitization in the sports business is the central topic of...
Digitization in the sports business is the central topic of the Ispo Academy Scandinavia, scheduled in Stockholm on April 17 and 18. The organizers said that specialists from Sweden and other countries will provide exclusive insights into the digital prospects of the industry at the two-day event. “Digital transformation is ...
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Inov-8 has announced the launch of a new downhill running...
Inov-8 has announced the launch of a new downhill running race down the Streif, the legendary ski slope on the Hahnenkamm mountain in Kitzbühel, Austria, widely considered as the world's toughest ski slope. The Streif features blind drops, high speed jumps, curves, and steep slopes with a gradient of up to ...
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The Italian sporting goods industry association, Assosport, organized a few...
The Italian sporting goods industry association, Assosport, organized a few days ago an event in Treviso involving 12 Italian producers of bicycles and related products and 32 foreign buyers selected and invited by Ice, the Italian export promotion agency. The buyers came from Switzerland, Spain, the Netherlands, the U.K., Poland, ...
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Sport 2000 Germany has created two additional house fairs, called...
Sport 2000 Germany has created two additional house fairs, called Top 5, where its retail members can order between 50 and 70 percent of the merchandise from the five major suppliers – Adidas/Reebok, Nike, Puma, Asics and Under Armour – which all require early commitments from retailers. It will take ...
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There will be a new U.S. edition of Fibo, the...
There will be a new U.S. edition of Fibo, the trade show. The first Fibo USA will be held on Dec. 6-8, 2018 at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Florida. The U.S. is the largest fitness market in the world, with 57.2 million members in 36,540 gyms and ...
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The founders of Bright, the German trade show dedicated to...
The founders of Bright, the German trade show dedicated to skate brands, have announced they are stepping down at the end of February. Thomas Martini and Marco Aslim launched the event in 2005. Their move follows the arrival of a new majority shareholder, Clarion Events. Bright was acquired by Premium ...
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Taichung Bike Week is moving dates. The organizers of the...
Taichung Bike Week is moving dates. The organizers of the fair have announced in a press release that after discussions between Taichung City government and the Taiwan Bicycle Association, and considering some feedback in the industry, it was decided that the 2018 Taichung Bike Week would be shortened to three ...
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Eurobike has announced a new look and slogan. The Eurobike...
Eurobike has announced a new look and slogan. The Eurobike Team worked closely with Steven Cook, creative director, and Daniel Lepik, motion designer, to develop a new style that features reduced lines, modern colors and a futuristic design, to represent the combination of reality with technical innovations. The organizers of ...
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The new Outdoor Retailer + Snow Show in Denver was...
The new Outdoor Retailer + Snow Show in Denver was described as a success because of the venue and the complementarity of the two segments. Hosting more than 1,000 brands, it drew more than 29,000 visitors including 7,500 “verified” retail buyers from 60 countries. That was more than the sum ...
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Pre-registration is open for the EFTTEX angling show scheduled to...
Pre-registration is open for the EFTTEX angling show scheduled to take place in Amsterdam on June 28-30, with discounts for those who sign up before June 12
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More than 500 people participated in the first Ispo Munich...
More than 500 people participated in the first Ispo Munich Night Run in the Olympic Park on the eve of the Ispo Munich trade show. The 10-kilometer trail run, which took them over the 552-meter-high Olympic Mountain, was won by a Polish orienteer, Krzysztof Wolowczyk. Rental shoes were offered by ...
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More than 30,000 visitors attended the Ispo Beijing show, which...
More than 30,000 visitors attended the Ispo Beijing show, which took place just before Ispo Munich on Jan. 24 to 27. The show featured 463 exhibitors presenting 745 brands, and more than half of them came from outside China. One of the highlights was the Start-Up Village. Fueled by the ...
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Joining the likes of Salomon and Salewa, Montane will stay...
Joining the likes of Salomon and Salewa, Montane will stay out of the Ispo Munich show at the end of this month because, the management says, it tends to see suppliers there rather than customers. The management of Montane says the company has already closed its main order book for ...
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Wintersteiger sent over three of its racing service machines from...
Wintersteiger sent over three of its racing service machines from the Austrian Ski Federation (ÖSV) Center of Excellence in Tyrol to South Korea ahead of the opening of next month's Olympic Winter Games to ensure that Austrian skiers will get the bases and edges of their skis ground to perfection
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The Scandinavian Village is heading to the Outdoor Retailer +...
The Scandinavian Village is heading to the Outdoor Retailer + Snow Show in Denver at the end of this month, with eight participating companies. The village has become a familiar sight at Ispo Munich and at the OutDoor fair in Friedrichshafen, since it was launched by the Scandinavian Outdoor Group ...
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Two important brands, Columbia and Arc'teryx, are reportedly staying out...
Two important brands, Columbia and Arc'teryx, are reportedly staying out of the new Outdoor Retailer + Snow Show in Denver later this month
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Ispo will organize the first Ispo Munich Night Run on...
Ispo will organize the first Ispo Munich Night Run on Jan. 27. The 5 or 10-km trail run contest will start at 6 pm on the eve of the trade show in Munich's Olympia Park. Paying €20 for snacks, drinks and medical coverage, the participants will receive a certificate and ...