EVENTS – Page 24

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    As previously reported, Performance Days, the 10-year-old trade show for...

    2018-10-31T00:00:00Z

    As previously reported, Performance Days, the 10-year-old trade show for functional fabrics, will be moving from the MOC to the main fairgrounds of Messe München for its next session, scheduled for Nov. 28-29. Taking advantage of the larger floorspace in Hall C1, it will host a total of 296 exhibitors ...

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    The World Federation of the Sporting Goods Industry (WFSGI) will...

    2018-10-31T00:00:00Z

    The World Federation of the Sporting Goods Industry (WFSGI) will be holding its sixth World Manufacturers Forum (WMF) on Dec. 11-12 in Ho Chi Minh City. The theme is “Manufacturing 4.0: Steps towards a Future Vision.” In keeping with this theme, the WMF will be dividing the program into four ...

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    Sports retailers are being given preferential rates for attending the...

    2018-10-05T00:00:00Z

    Sports retailers are being given preferential rates for attending the Ispo Munich show next Feb. 3-6, supplementing various services that are already available to this important target group. Exhibitors are already being given free tickets for their key retail customers. The others will have to pay only €19 for a ...

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    Ispo started to accept applications for the 2019 Ispo Awards...

    2018-10-05T00:00:00Z

    Ispo started to accept applications for the 2019 Ispo Awards on Oct. 1, establishing Dec. 7 as the deadline for receiving them. In the previous contest, the deadline had been set much later, on Jan. 10, leaving little time for the jury to make its selections.

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    Eurobike's organizers have teamed up with counterparts in Thailand to...

    2018-10-05T00:00:00Z

    Eurobike's organizers have teamed up with counterparts in Thailand to set up a new trade fair targeting the cycling business in South East Asia. Aseanbike powered by Eurobike will be held for the first time next year, over three days starting on Oct. 3, at the Impact Exhibition and Convention ...

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    A new national B2B and B2C trade show, Surf Out...

    2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

    A new national B2B and B2C trade show, Surf Out Portugal, will make its debut in Portugal on Sept. 15 and 16. It will be held at Estoril near Cascais, the surf spot north of Lisbon. Rusty and Lightning Bolt are mentioned among the 45 exhibitors along with local surf ...

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    Paying tribute to the new athleisure trend, Première Vision, the...

    2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

    Paying tribute to the new athleisure trend, Première Vision, the world's largest fabrics fair, is launching a new Sport & Tech section at its next show on Sept. 19-21, accompanied by conferences on the subject. The initiative has led Polartec and Primaloft to exhibit at the fair, joining 73 other ...

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    The third edition of the Bread & Butter by Zalando...

    2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

    The third edition of the Bread & Butter by Zalando fashion festival in Berlin registered 35,000 visitors, 16 percent more than in the previous year. It ran from Aug. 31 to Sept. 2, and the marketing event organized by the online retailer was apparently sold out every day. The festival ...

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    Burton and Nitro, two leading snowboarding companies, have joined the...

    2018-08-17T00:00:00Z

    Burton and Nitro, two leading snowboarding companies, have joined the European Outdoor Group (EOG), widening the remit of the organization. Burton and Nitro have both become full members, and Salomon is adding its snowboard business to its existing membership. The EOG said that this highlights the alignment and synergy between ...

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    Polartec said it will show for the first time at...

    2018-08-17T00:00:00Z

    Polartec said it will show for the first time at Première Vision, the big textile show in Paris, on Sept. 19-21, to make a statement in what it calls the “tech casual” segment

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    The European Platform for Sports Innovation (EPSI) plans to hold...

    2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

    The European Platform for Sports Innovation (EPSI) plans to hold its annual conference in Ghent, Belgium, on Oct. 25 and 26, with the support of Pinnacle and Ghent University Victoris. In June, the organization has reached its goal of doubling the number of members in one year. Continuing to provide ...

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    Micam, the world's leading footwear exhibition held in Milan twice...

    2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

    Micam, the world's leading footwear exhibition held in Milan twice a year, has decided to stage for the first time a consumer event for sneaker fans, targeting millennials, in 2019. Inspired by sneaker conventions like the Complexcon festival in Los Angeles or Atlanta's KixFair, Micam's “Plug-Mi, The Sneakers Culture Experience” ...

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    The July 5-7 edition of Ispo Shanghai attracted over 14,500...

    2018-07-25T00:00:00Z

    The July 5-7 edition of Ispo Shanghai attracted over 14,500 visitors, four percent more than one year ago. The organizers estimate that nearly half of the visitors to the show tend to come from the retail and distribution segment, and that more than 80 percent of them are decision-makers. A ...

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    Messe München says that its Ispo Digitize Summit attracted a...

    2018-07-25T00:00:00Z

    Messe München says that its Ispo Digitize Summit attracted a total of 443 participants, 20 percent from outside Germany, at its first edition outside the Ispo show in Munich last June 28 and 29. We plan to report on some of the highlights in a forthcoming edition of SGI Europe. ...

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    Changing their minds, the organizers of the Eurobike show in...

    2018-07-25T00:00:00Z

    Changing their minds, the organizers of the Eurobike show in Friedrichshafen have decided to take it back to its older end-of-season schedule. Messe Friedrichshafen had proposed to stage the show next year from July 31 to Aug. 3, but it gave in to the requests for later dates by Shimano ...

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    The new Outdoor by Ispo show in Munich, which will...

    2018-07-03T00:00:00Z

    The new Outdoor by Ispo show in Munich, which will take the place of the OutDoor show in Friedrichshafen, will occupy nine halls on the eastern side of the main fairgrounds. It will be divided into three segments: Core Outdoor, Outdoor Plus and X Industries. The third segment will be ...

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    Oberalp has decided to start exhibiting again at the Ispo...

    2018-07-03T00:00:00Z

    Oberalp has decided to start exhibiting again at the Ispo Munich show, after an absence of two years. It will have a corporate stand for all its brands – Salewa, Dynafit, Pomoca and Wild Country – but it will continue to hold its sales conventions in late October and May. ...

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    Fila will be presenting its first ever runway show at...

    2018-07-03T00:00:00Z

    Fila will be presenting its first ever runway show at the next Milan Fashion Week, which is scheduled for September 18-24. The specific venue and date of Fila's show have yet to be confirmed. On that occasion, the brand will be unveiling its spring/summer 2019 womenswear collection. Fila's debut runway ...

  • Short stops

    Eurosima's traditional annual beach party at Seignosse, on the Basque...

    2018-07-03T00:00:00Z

    Eurosima's traditional annual beach party at Seignosse, on the Basque coast of France, has been postponed from June 27 to Sept. 7 because of poor weather conditions for surfing

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    Sport Achat will not have an edition in the city...

    2018-06-07T00:00:00Z

    Sport Achat will not have an edition in the city of Nantes this coming September. The B2B event in France's West, organized by Sportair, was originally launched in 2016. At its inaugural edition, it saw the participation of 243 brands and 576 visitors, but the 2017 Nantes show registered a ...