All about events in the sporting goods industry – Page 54
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GBsport TV, a free digital sports channel that will stream...
GBsport TV, a free digital sports channel that will stream sports live in the U.K., is preparing to launch in September. The channel has the backing of the sports production company Input Media; the brand engagement specialist Kameleon; the Telegraph Media Group; and Convers Sports Initiatives, a fast-growing sports, media ...
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Sports, tourism and sporting goods industry officials in Munich, Germany,...
Sports, tourism and sporting goods industry officials in Munich, Germany, and Annecy, France, were sad to hear that Pyeongchang has been chosen to host the Winter Olympic Games in 2018. The South Korean city got 63 out of the 95 votes cast at a session of the International Olympic Committee ...
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The World Federation of the Sporting Goods Industry has published...
The World Federation of the Sporting Goods Industry has published the branding guidelines for the 2012 London Olympic Games on its website. They cover general definitions, principles and their specific implementations for all kinds of product categories. They will apply to all the athletes, officials and other persons accredited to ...
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The World Federation of the Sporting Goods Industry has extended...
The World Federation of the Sporting Goods Industry has extended its partnership with Messe München, organizer of Ispo, so that the federation's members will continue to benefit from the tie-up. The agreement encompasses the Ispo fairs in Munich and Bejing, Bike Expo, Golf Europe and Sports Source Europe.
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The International Olympic Committee has added three new events that...
The International Olympic Committee has added three new events that will make their debuts at the 2014 Winter Olympics: slopestyle skiing, slopestyle snowboarding and snowboarding parallel slalom. These come on top of halfpipe skiing and women's ski jumping, which the committee added in April. The executive board of the IOC ...
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Two new industry meetings are to take place in France...
Two new industry meetings are to take place in France this summer for companies in the board sports business. To be held in Biarritz at the start of July, B.A.S.E. Workshop consists of four buying days for boardsports apparel and footwear, with about 200 brands represented. Organized by Brotherhood Communication, ...
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The association of the German sporting goods industry (BSI) has...
The association of the German sporting goods industry (BSI) has awarded its gold honor to Manfred Wutzlhofer, the retired chief of Messe München, the organizer of the Ispo trade fair. Wutzlhofer received the award for his outstanding services to the industry. The BSI pointed out that Messe München consistently supported ...
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Asia Bike, which will be integrated into the Asia Outdoor...
Asia Bike, which will be integrated into the Asia Outdoor fair for its inaugural edition in Nanjing at the end of July, will thereafter become independent and be held after the Eurobike show in Friedrichshafen. The first show of its kind in China, Asia Bike is expected to draw about ...
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MyStromer from Switzerland is the overall winner of the second...
MyStromer from Switzerland is the overall winner of the second BrandNew Award of Bike Expo Munich, for an e-bike with a fully integrated battery system: Hidden in the frame of the bicycle, it may be exchanged conveniently with one press of a button. Energy is recovered during braking, yielding increased ...
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The European Boardsports Industry Manufacturers Association (Eurosima), the Surfrider Foundation...
The European Boardsports Industry Manufacturers Association (Eurosima), the Surfrider Foundation and SAS, two organizations dedicated to the protection of the environment, are holding International Surfing Day on June 19, with more than 180 events on beaches around the world
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GLM Shows/DMG Events, which produces the Surf Expo fair in...
GLM Shows/DMG Events, which produces the Surf Expo fair in Orlando, Florida, twice a year, is announcing the organization of a new show, Action Sports Asia, to be held in Singapore on April 13-15, 2012. It will be co-located with Asia Dive Expo, which already draws more than 21,000 participants ...
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CORRECTION: Contrary to what was reported in our previous issue,...
CORRECTION: Contrary to what was reported in our previous issue, the 12.3 percent sales increase achieved by Asics in Europe did not include Haglöfs, the Swedish outdoor brand it acquired last July. Haglöfs is included in the global turnover reported by the Japanese company for the fiscal year ended last ...
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EuroSIMA, the European Boardsports Industry Manufacturers Association, is getting ready...
EuroSIMA, the European Boardsports Industry Manufacturers Association, is getting ready for this year's Surf Summit, where leaders and staff of European boardsports companies will come together for conferences, discussions and meetings, as well as a surf session. It is slated for Oct. 5 and 6 at the Casino in Hossegor, ...
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The European Outdoor Forum, which was held in Annecy, France,...
The European Outdoor Forum, which was held in Annecy, France, last year, will continue. The next event is set for October 11-12. After last year's success with some 220 attendants from mainly France, the German-speaking countries, the U.K., the U.S., the Netherlands and Italy, this year's conference will feature speakers ...
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Performance Days, the trade show held in mid-May in Annecy...
Performance Days, the trade show held in mid-May in Annecy and Munich, reports a record in terms of exhibitors and visitors. The number of visitors increased by 65 percent compared with April last year and by 5 percent compared with the events in November. In Munich, the number of exhibitors ...
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Alain Sevellec, founder of the former Glissexpo fair, and Rémi...
Alain Sevellec, founder of the former Glissexpo fair, and Rémi Bertoche, a surfer and artist who founded Freesurfing Magazine, are going to organize a new European boardsports exhibition focusing on hardware with the blessing of EuroSIMA, the European surf industry association. Called Salon des Glisseurs, it will be held in ...
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Pat Hus, a former executive of Cannondale, Easton-Bell and other...
Pat Hus, a former executive of Cannondale, Easton-Bell and other companies in the U.S., has been named managing director of Interbike, the bike trade show in Las Vegas
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Biretco, the second-largest organization of bike dealers in Europe, has...
Biretco, the second-largest organization of bike dealers in Europe, has agreed to invite its members to visit Bike Expo, the bicycle exhibition scheduled to be held in Munich on July 21-24. It is planning to have its own booth at the show in the future. Collateral events during the fair ...
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Sportjam, the Spanish action sports fair at Irun, on the...
Sportjam, the Spanish action sports fair at Irun, on the border with France, will move this year from September to the weekend of Nov. 19-20
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A total of 435 people have registered on Facebook to...
A total of 435 people have registered on Facebook to attend the Sneakerness convention in Cologne on May 21-22, which is open to trade visitors and the general public. It was going to be held for only one day on Saturday, but the organizers have decided to extend it for ...
