All about events in the sporting goods industry – Page 53
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TaiSPO, the Taipei International Sporting Goods Show, is the second-largest...
TaiSPO, the Taipei International Sporting Goods Show, is the second-largest sporting goods trade show in Asia. Its 38th edition held in April drew 1,892 international visitors from 75 countries, its largest international visitor count yet and an increase of 2 percent from the year before. The countries with the largest ...
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The World Federation of the Sporting Goods Industry will host...
The World Federation of the Sporting Goods Industry will host a public forum on the globalization of the industry at the Geneva headquarters of the World Trade Organization next Sept. 21 from 11:15 AM to 1:15 PM. Admission will be free. The purpose of the conference, titled “Made in the ...
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Sport-Achat continues to be a strong trade show in France...
Sport-Achat continues to be a strong trade show in France for pure sporting goods brands, but its latest session suffered a 14 percent decrease in attendance to a total of 1,390 visitors. It is not clear whether this may have been partly due to the organizers' decision to hold the ...
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In a bold move, Who's Next, the young fashion show...
In a bold move, Who's Next, the young fashion show in Paris, has announced its decision to change the dates of its summer session from the beginning of September to the end of June, a few days before Bread & Butter, its powerful rival in Berlin. The change of schedule ...
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This year's third edition of Sweden's largest mountain bike race,...
This year's third edition of Sweden's largest mountain bike race, Cykelvasan, had a record number of 7,187 competitors. Cykelvasan has three levels: 90, 45 and 30 kilometers. The majority of bikers, 5,555 participants, chose the 90-kilometer race. The event is regarded as a means of raising awareness about mountain biking ...
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Reports indicate that the dates of Ösfa, the Austrian sporting...
Reports indicate that the dates of Ösfa, the Austrian sporting goods show in Salzburg, will likely be moved next year from the end of August to the end of July
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The Spanish sporting goods industry federation, Afydad, will be organizing...
The Spanish sporting goods industry federation, Afydad, will be organizing a seminar about radio frequency identification in cooperation with the Barcelona Moda Center, BMC. The event will take place on Sept. 29 at the facilities of the BMC near Barcelona, in Sant Quirze del Vallès. The event program includes a ...
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Eurobike enjoyed a buoyant 20th anniversary, as nearly 1,200 exhibitors...
Eurobike enjoyed a buoyant 20th anniversary, as nearly 1,200 exhibitors and more than 40,000 visitors from over 100 countries thronged to the bike fair in Friedrichshafen earlier this month – about the same as the previous year. The organizers had increased the space dedicated to the fair by using the ...
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Messe München, the organizer of Ispo Munich and Ispo Beijing,...
Messe München, the organizer of Ispo Munich and Ispo Beijing, has created a special project management division for its cycle show, Ispo Bike, formerly known as Bike Expo. The new unit will be headed by Eva Schlangenotto, a 30-yeazr-old official who has already worked for both Ispo and Bike Expo ...
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EuroSIMA, the European Boardsports Industry Manufacturers Association, is launching the...
EuroSIMA, the European Boardsports Industry Manufacturers Association, is launching the 2011 Innovation Awards. A jury of professionals and experts will meet on Sept. 16 to pick winners of the Technological Innovation of the Year Award and the Ecologica l Innovation of the Year Award. They will be announced on Oct. ...
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The organizers of the Moscow Ski & Board Salon, scheduled...
The organizers of the Moscow Ski & Board Salon, scheduled for next Oct. 21-23, are proposing the creation of a Child Art-Sport Zone, featuring sport contests, a drawing clinic and contest, a blow-up rock climbing wall, a slide, and other amusements for children up to the age of 12. This ...
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Two Swedish sports retailers – Sportringen, with about 50 stores,...
Two Swedish sports retailers – Sportringen, with about 50 stores, and Jaktia, with about 20 stores – have entered a collaboration agreement on buying days and for marketing purposes. The first common fair will be organized in early September in Borås, Sweden. About 30 sport suppliers, 10-15 fishing suppliers, and ...
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Attendance increased by an estimated 10% at the Outdoor Retailer...
Attendance increased by an estimated 10% at the Outdoor Retailer Show ended on Aug. 7 in Salt Lake City (additional data should become available later)
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The Swatch Skiers Cup, a freestyle skiing equivalent to the...
The Swatch Skiers Cup, a freestyle skiing equivalent to the Ryder Cup of golfing, is being launched this year. Eight freestyle skiers from the U.S. will compete with eight European freestyle skiers in Valle Nevado, Chile, on Sept. 5-12. Just like in the Ryder Cup, one skier from each continent ...
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Building on the success of the Surfing China organization and...
Building on the success of the Surfing China organization and the China Action Sports Exhibition trade show, a group of action sports companies operating in China have formed a trade association, called S3 for Surf, Skate, Snow. One of aims is to raise participation in action and board sports. S3 ...
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The Kanumesse, which claims to have become the most important...
The Kanumesse, which claims to have become the most important trade show for canoes and kayaks in the world, reports another record in the number of exhibitors at its next session, scheduled for Sept. 18-20 in Nuremberg, Germany. There will be more than 170 exhibitors on a gross surface of ...
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Roger Zeng, president of the China Outdoor Retailers Association (CORA),...
Roger Zeng, president of the China Outdoor Retailers Association (CORA), will be among the speakers featured at the European Outdoor Industry Forum in Annecy next Oct. 11-12, complementing presentations by Mark Held and Frank Hugelmeyer, who run the European Outdoor Group (EOG) and the U.S. Outdoor Industry Association (OIA), respectively. ...
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The organizers of the European Outdoor Forum have announced that...
The organizers of the European Outdoor Forum have announced that Alex Stiler, the author of “X Play Nation,” will appear at the event to give a presentation on how to capture the youth market. He will take the example of how action sports have made themselves appealing to young people ...
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Heiner Oberrauch, president of the Salewa/Oberalp group, will be the...
Heiner Oberrauch, president of the Salewa/Oberalp group, will be the keynote speaker at a dinner sponsored by Ispo during the European Outdoor Forum, scheduled to be held in Annecy, France, on Oct. 11-12. Like last year, where the keynote speaker was Paul Petzl, the dinner will take place on a ...
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Forty suppliers exhibitors showed at the latest trade show of...
Forty suppliers exhibitors showed at the latest trade show of ISRA, the Irish buying group, including Harrows, Ridge 53, Reusch, Mizuno, Asics, Fitness-Mad, Precision Training and Wacky Sox. The event, held July 11-12 in Killenard, drew 30 retailers. John Riordan, ISRA's coordinator, said that the number of orders placed at ...
