EVENTS – Page 23

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    A new international advisory committee has been set up to...

    2019-01-28T00:00:00Z

    A new international advisory committee has been set up to further develop the offer of the Ispo Beijing show, bringing it more in line with the needs of the market, exhibitors and visitors. At its first meeting on the eve of the 15th edition of the show, held on Jan. ...

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    Emerald Expositions, which recently announced that it was canceling its...

    2019-01-28T00:00:00Z

    Emerald Expositions, which recently announced that it was canceling its 2019 Interbike Expo, is reportedly considering two options for bikes in its trade shows as soon as this year. According to reports in Bicycle Retailer and Industry News (BRAIN), one option would be to have a bike trade show element ...

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    Snowleader was honored at the Annecy Showroom avant Première (ASAP)...

    2019-01-28T00:00:00Z

    Snowleader was honored at the Annecy Showroom avant Première (ASAP) on Jan. 14 with the award for best digital strategy among outdoor retailers. Snowleader is a French e-shop, created ten years ago, and specializes in the sale of outdoor products. The company posted revenues of around €23 million in 2018.

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    The organizers of Ispo Beijing 2019 said they expect 400...

    2019-01-11T00:00:00Z

    The organizers of Ispo Beijing 2019 said they expect 400 exhibitors representing 700 brands to take part in the trade show. Around half of the brands are from outside China, including regular attendees such as Marmot, Fjällräven, Rossignol and Scarpa. New European exhibitors at the Asian event include Active Sportswear ...

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    Manchester United will open a series of “entertainment and experience...

    2019-01-11T00:00:00Z

    Manchester United will open a series of “entertainment and experience centers” in China through a leading property developer based in Shenyang, Harves. The first ones are due to come on stream in Beijing, Shanghai and Shenyang before the end of 2020. They will feature interactive and immersive experiences for fans ...

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    While no data were actually provided, attendance figures fell below...

    2019-01-11T00:00:00Z

    While no data were actually provided, attendance figures fell below expectations at last month's new Outdoor Retailer Winter Market in Denver, said the Outdoor Industry Association (OIA). The new dates were supposed to respond to the need by softgoods companies for earlier orders, yet major brands like Patagonia and The ...

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    At the opening of an international underwater swimming show in...

    2019-01-11T00:00:00Z

    At the opening of an international underwater swimming show in Paris today, Aqua Lung announced that Philippe Cousteau and his wife, Ashlan Gorse Cousteau, will become its new brand ambassadors in 2019. Philippe is the grandson of Jacques-Yves Cousteau, the French underwater explorer, film-maker and member of the Académie Française ...

  • Short stops

    More than 70 Spanish exhibitors will participate in the Ispo...

    2019-01-11T00:00:00Z

    More than 70 Spanish exhibitors will participate in the Ispo Munich show early next month

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    Special help is being made available to a larger number...

    2018-12-18T00:00:00Z

    Special help is being made available to a larger number of sports retailers from several countries wishing to go to Ispo Munich, the international trade show scheduled to take place on Feb. 3–6, 2019. The program, called “Altogether to Munich,” is intended to support sports retailers from Austria, Italy, Poland, ...

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    Outdoor Retailer has announced that all three shows in 2019...

    2018-12-18T00:00:00Z

    Outdoor Retailer has announced that all three shows in 2019 will only last three days. The Summer Market in June and the Winter Market in November will move from four days to three, while the Snow Show in January remains a three-day event. All three shows will take place at ...

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    There will be no Interbike show in Reno, Nevada as...

    2018-12-18T00:00:00Z

    There will be no Interbike show in Reno, Nevada as planned next September. The organizer of the major North American bike trade show, Emerald Expositions, justified the move with a difficult market for bicycles in the U.S. over the past four years, compounded by substantial increases in U.S. import tariffs ...

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    SportScheck will be honoring certain sports personalities with the newly...

    2018-12-18T00:00:00Z

    SportScheck will be honoring certain sports personalities with the newly created “Made for More Award” on Feb. 2, 2019. The award ceremony will be broadcast via the free-TV channel of the Sport1 online platform. The live show will be recorded at the ziegelei101 in Munich. SportScheck has invited more than ...

  • Short stops

    Only about 100 exhibitors participated in the first Fibo show...

    2018-12-18T00:00:00Z

    Only about 100 exhibitors participated in the first Fibo show in the U.S., staged in Orlando, Florida, reportedly triggering low attendance

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    Zalando announced that it would not organize the Bread &...

    2018-12-04T00:00:00Z

    Zalando announced that it would not organize the Bread & Butter by Zalando fashion festival in 2019, leaving the door open for similar events in selected cities. The online retailer launched the consumer-oriented marketing event for the first time three years ago at the former Tempelhof airport in Berlin, after ...

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    Ulli Ehrlich, creative director and managing director of Sportalm, has...

    2018-12-04T00:00:00Z

    Ulli Ehrlich, creative director and managing director of Sportalm, has received the Brand Award from the European Brand Institute. The annual awards ceremony took place for the tenth time in Vienna, honoring founders of sustainable companies. Sportalm is based in Kitzbühel, Austria, and manufactures and markets fashion and ski apparel ...

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    Karl-Heinz Müller, the founder of the Bread & Butter show,...

    2018-12-04T00:00:00Z

    Karl-Heinz Müller, the founder of the Bread & Butter show, has canceled the L.O.C.K. trade show that was scheduled to take place on Jan. 15-17, 2019, at the former Tempelhof airport in Berlin. In a statement, Müller says that there were uncertainties surrounding the rental of the airport's Hangar 7 ...

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    Visitors to the next edition of Ispo Beijing, which will...

    2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

    Visitors to the next edition of Ispo Beijing, which will celebrate its 15th anniversary at a new venue on Jan. 16-19, will be offered a two-day guided tour of ski resorts in preparation for the 2022 Winter Olympic Games. The E-Commerce Matchmaking Program and the Asia Pacific Snow Conference will ...

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    The Bright show, regarded as the leading European trade show...

    2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

    The Bright show, regarded as the leading European trade show for streetwear, sneakers and skateboarding, which was acquired by the Premium Group in July 2015 and is held at the Arena Berlin fairgrounds, will not take place next January. According to the organizers of the show, the break will be ...

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    Markus Hefter, who has been in charge of Ispo Munich...

    2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

    Markus Hefter, who has been in charge of Ispo Munich for the past ten years, has become personally responsible also for the new OutDoor by Ispo fair as exhibition group director. He had already served as outdoor project director for Ispo between January 2006 and October 2008. Hefter reports to ...

  • Short stops

    The second Fibo Global Fitness Africa fair, held in Johannesburg...

    2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

    The second Fibo Global Fitness Africa fair, held in Johannesburg on Oct. 26-27, hosted more than 100 exhibitors and welcomed about 5,600 visitors