EVENTS – Page 25

  • News briefs

    Surf Demo Days, a new three-day event for the surf...

    2018-06-07T00:00:00Z

    Surf Demo Days, a new three-day event for the surf industry and consumers, will be launched on June 15-17 in Soorts-Hossegor, in France's southwest. The location, only 20km north of Biarritz, is at the heart of the European surf industry. Industry leaders, manufacturers, pro surfers and retailers will be given ...

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    Messe München, which won the bid to host the European...

    2018-06-07T00:00:00Z

    Messe München, which won the bid to host the European OutDoor show from 2019 on just before the Ispo Munich show last January, is inviting industry professionals to register to attend free of charge a conference in Munich on June 27 to introduce the new concept of the fair, which ...

  • Short stops

    Sportjam, the Spanish action sports fair, is going to move...

    2018-06-07T00:00:00Z

    Sportjam, the Spanish action sports fair, is going to move to San Sebastiàn on Nov. 2-4, addressing professional visitors as well as consumers

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    As it did at the last Ispo Munich show, Amer...

    2018-05-18T00:00:00Z

    As it did at the last Ispo Munich show, Amer Sports announced that Salomon will not participate in next month's edition of the OutDoor show in Friedrichshafen, the last one before the European show's move to Munich next year, as part of its new omni-channel strategy

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    Kasper Rorsted, chief executive of the Adidas Group, has agreed...

    2018-05-04T00:00:00Z

    Kasper Rorsted, chief executive of the Adidas Group, has agreed to be one of the speakers at the Ispo Digitize Summit, the event organized by Messe München in June around the digital economy. Other confirmed speakers include Günther Althaus, chief executive of the ANWR Group, Philipp Roesch-Schlanderer, co-founder and chief ...

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

    2018-05-04T00:00:00Z

    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, has restructured its management team. Katharina Schreiber and Dennis Scholz, both active skateboarders who are said to ...

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    The new European Cup of Padel Clubs, or Euro Padel...

    2018-05-04T00:00:00Z

    The new European Cup of Padel Clubs, or Euro Padel Cup, will make its debut on Nov. 9-11 in Paris, at Casa Padel. The tournament is organized by AECP, the European Association of Padel Clubs, based in Toulouse, France. The new event is to promote the sport across the continent ...

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    For the fifth consecutive year, Stormberg is ranked among the...

    2018-05-04T00:00:00Z

    For the fifth consecutive year, Stormberg is ranked among the top three sustainable businesses in Norway. The ranking is based on the Sustainable Brand Index, which is the largest Nordic brand study on sustainability, based on consumer assessment of 225 Norwegian businesses. Stormberg came in third place, increasing its score ...

  • Short stops

    The first Ispo Academy in Switzerland will take place on...

    2018-05-04T00:00:00Z

    The first Ispo Academy in Switzerland will take place on June 12 at Olten, in collaboration with Sportbiz.ch, and will center on digitalization

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    Digitization in the sports business is the central topic of...

    2018-04-12T00:00:00Z

    Digitization in the sports business is the central topic of the Ispo Academy Scandinavia, scheduled in Stockholm on April 17 and 18. The organizers said that specialists from Sweden and other countries will provide exclusive insights into the digital prospects of the industry at the two-day event. “Digital transformation is ...

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    Inov-8 has announced the launch of a new downhill running...

    2018-04-12T00:00:00Z

    Inov-8 has announced the launch of a new downhill running race down the Streif, the legendary ski slope on the Hahnenkamm mountain in Kitzbühel, Austria, widely considered as the world's toughest ski slope. The Streif features blind drops, high speed jumps, curves, and steep slopes with a gradient of up to ...

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    Sport 2000 Germany has created two additional house fairs, called...

    2018-03-09T00:00:00Z

    Sport 2000 Germany has created two additional house fairs, called Top 5, where its retail members can order between 50 and 70 percent of the merchandise from the five major suppliers – Adidas/Reebok, Nike, Puma, Asics and Under Armour – which all require early commitments from retailers. It will take ...

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    The Italian sporting goods industry association, Assosport, organized a few...

    2018-03-09T00:00:00Z

    The Italian sporting goods industry association, Assosport, organized a few days ago an event in Treviso involving 12 Italian producers of bicycles and related products and 32 foreign buyers selected and invited by Ice, the Italian export promotion agency. The buyers came from Switzerland, Spain, the Netherlands, the U.K., Poland, ...

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    Eurobike has announced a new look and slogan. The Eurobike...

    2018-02-28T00:00:00Z

    Eurobike has announced a new look and slogan. The Eurobike Team worked closely with Steven Cook, creative director, and Daniel Lepik, motion designer, to develop a new style that features reduced lines, modern colors and a futuristic design, to represent the combination of reality with technical innovations. The organizers of ...

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    Taichung Bike Week is moving dates. The organizers of the...

    2018-02-28T00:00:00Z

    Taichung Bike Week is moving dates. The organizers of the fair have announced in a press release that after discussions between Taichung City government and the Taiwan Bicycle Association, and considering some feedback in the industry, it was decided that the 2018 Taichung Bike Week would be shortened to three ...

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    There will be a new U.S. edition of Fibo, the...

    2018-02-28T00:00:00Z

    There will be a new U.S. edition of Fibo, the trade show. The first Fibo USA will be held on Dec. 6-8, 2018 at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Florida. The U.S. is the largest fitness market in the world, with 57.2 million members in 36,540 gyms and ...

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    The founders of Bright, the German trade show dedicated to...

    2018-02-28T00:00:00Z

    The founders of Bright, the German trade show dedicated to skate brands, have announced they are stepping down at the end of February. Thomas Martini and Marco Aslim launched the event in 2005. Their move follows the arrival of a new majority shareholder, Clarion Events. Bright was acquired by Premium ...

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    More than 30,000 visitors attended the Ispo Beijing show, which...

    2018-02-10T00:00:00Z

    More than 30,000 visitors attended the Ispo Beijing show, which took place just before Ispo Munich on Jan. 24 to 27. The show featured 463 exhibitors presenting 745 brands, and more than half of them came from outside China. One of the highlights was the Start-Up Village. Fueled by the ...

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    More than 500 people participated in the first Ispo Munich...

    2018-02-10T00:00:00Z

    More than 500 people participated in the first Ispo Munich Night Run in the Olympic Park on the eve of the Ispo Munich trade show. The 10-kilometer trail run, which took them over the 552-meter-high Olympic Mountain, was won by a Polish orienteer, Krzysztof Wolowczyk. Rental shoes were offered by ...

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    The new Outdoor Retailer + Snow Show in Denver was...

    2018-02-10T00:00:00Z

    The new Outdoor Retailer + Snow Show in Denver was described as a success because of the venue and the complementarity of the two segments. Hosting more than 1,000 brands, it drew more than 29,000 visitors including 7,500 “verified” retail buyers from 60 countries. That was more than the sum ...