All about events in the sporting goods industry – Page 45
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The Advansa Thermo Cool Dynafit Dachstein Triple, which was scheduled...
The Advansa Thermo Cool Dynafit Dachstein Triple, which was scheduled for June 8, 2013, has been postponed to July 6, 2013 because of severe weather conditions. Organizers said that there was up to four meters of snow on the Dachstein glacier in Austria at the beginning of June, or more than during the whole ...
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Next Oct. 17 to 20, Madrid will be the venue...
Next Oct. 17 to 20, Madrid will be the venue for the 13th European Congress of the International Health and Racquet Sports Association (IHRSA). Organized by Management about Sports, the convention will handle various themes including the problem of obesity and the trend toward low-cost gyms. More than 500 owners ...
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A new French fair for racquet sports is planned to...
A new French fair for racquet sports is planned to be held for the first time in Lyon, the fief of Babolat, on Jan. 11-12, 2014, targeting the trade as well as consumer. It is led by a tennis coach, Philippe Tissier, who worked for Décathlon in the past. Marc ...
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The organizers of Glissexpo, the action and board sports fair...
The organizers of Glissexpo, the action and board sports fair on the French Basque Coast, have decided to cancel the trade show. Alain Sevellec and Rémi Bertoche had tried to revive the event, which was then called Salon des Glisseurs, two years ago. Renamed Glissexpo for its second edition, in ...
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The Hub is the latest trade event for young fashion...
The Hub is the latest trade event for young fashion to hit the Asian scene, after the launch of Novomania in Shanghai in 2010 and Chic Young Blood in Beijing the following year. The first Asian edition of The Hub will take place in Hong Kong, which is regarded as ...
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The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), a non-profit organization that...
The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), a non-profit organization that draws together over 90,000 Indian companies from more than 250 national and regional sectorial associations, has taken over the Asia Golf Industry Show, whose 6th edition will be held in New Delhi next Sept. 20-22. It aims to grow the ...
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The U.K. Trade and Investment department (UKTI) of the British...
The U.K. Trade and Investment department (UKTI) of the British government has decided to almost double the amount of funding available to British trade associations for the participation of U.K. exporters in international trade shows during the 2013/14 and 2014/15 financial years. Acting through the Federation of Sports and Play ...
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Bestseller, the Danish group that owns J. Lindeberg, Jack &...
Bestseller, the Danish group that owns J. Lindeberg, Jack & Jones, Selected, Vero Moda and other brands, will have a huge stand of 6,000 square meters at the next Bread & Butter show, taking place in Berlin on July 2-4. Observers are wondering whether the organizers of the young fashion ...
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A private equity firm with $15 billion assets, Onex Corp.,...
A private equity firm with $15 billion assets, Onex Corp., is acquiring Nielsen Expositions for $950 million in cash. The U.S. company operates more than 65 trade shows and conferences every year, including Interbike, the Health + Fitness Expo and the Outdoor Retailer Winter and Summer Markets. Owned by Nielsen ...
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The trade show Prowinter, dedicated to ski rentals and related...
The trade show Prowinter, dedicated to ski rentals and related services, achieved a record of more than 6,000 attendees. This figure is for Prowinter alone, not including the visitors to Alpitec, the show for investors in ski resorts that ran simultaneously on the fairground of Fiera Bolzano/Messe Bozen. Altogether 234 ...
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Fibo, which was back in Cologne for the first time...
Fibo, which was back in Cologne for the first time after 22 years last April 11-13, registered a record with almost 30 percent more visitors, 10 percent more exhibitors and an exhibition area expanded by 30 percent as compared to last year, when the show was still held in Essen. ...
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The board of directors of the European Fishing Tackle Association...
The board of directors of the European Fishing Tackle Association (Eftta) has unanimously decided on Brussels as the venue for the 2014 edition of Efttex, the European angling show. The Belgian capital, which already hosted the fair in 2006, beat off competition from Amsterdam, Budapest, Warsaw and Birmingham, mainly for ...
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Along with its upcoming edition of Ispo Bike, Messe München...
Along with its upcoming edition of Ispo Bike, Messe München is planning a public race for e-bike and pedelecs enthusiasts in the Munich fairgrounds during the show. The event will be open to vistors as well as representatives of the bicycle industry who will compete in three different speed categories: e25, e45 ...
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The OutDoor show in Friedrichshafen is calling on all the...
The OutDoor show in Friedrichshafen is calling on all the outdoor brands to register any of their products before June 6 to compete for the OutDoor Industry Awards. They will be selected by an international panel of experts in nine categories. The winning products will be displayed in the East ...
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A total of 2,296 professional visitors attended the latest edition...
A total of 2,296 professional visitors attended the latest edition of Ösfa, the Austrian sporting goods show in Salzburg's Brandboxx trademart. The relatively good turnout was attributed to a shift in its schedule from the weekend to Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. The figures were not comparable with those published a ...
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Louisa Smith, Ispo's partner for the Textrends Forum which premiered...
Louisa Smith, Ispo's partner for the Textrends Forum which premiered at this year's Ispo Munich, has put together the Trendbook which is complementary to Ispo's on-show exhibition of the latest trends in the world of fibers and fabrics. The book describes a wide range of trends for the autumn/winter 2014-15 ...
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The Taiwan Bicycle Exporters' Association said it is investigating the...
The Taiwan Bicycle Exporters' Association said it is investigating the merits of a proposal to shift the dates of the Taipei International Cycle Show from March to July. The latest edition of the fair welcomed a total of 7,179 visitors from 107 countries. More than half of the visitors came ...
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Angela Merkel will attend the opening of the Eurobike fair in...
Angela Merkel will attend the opening of the Eurobike fair in Friedrichshafen on Aug. 28. The Federal Chancellery of Germany has announced that the Chancellor will take about two hours to officially open the fair and to get to know the latest trends in the biking world during a tour of ...
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Messe Friedrichshafen, the organizer of the Eurobike trade show, reports...
Messe Friedrichshafen, the organizer of the Eurobike trade show, reports that its VeloBerlin consumer expo for bicycles has been a success. Last weekend 13,000 visitors came to the event to see products for the upcoming season, to buy products, and to book bicycle trips and vacations. This compares with 9,000 ...
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The latest edition of Modacalzado+Iberpiel, the Spanish shoe and leathergoods fair which...
The latest edition of Modacalzado+Iberpiel, the Spanish shoe and leathergoods fair which took place on March 9-11 in Madrid, featured an exhibition titled “Stepping Over the Finish-Line” and organized by the Footwear Museum of Elda. It offered visitors an insight into the origins of sports shoes, based on some 100 models of sports footwear dating back to ...