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The board of directors of the European Fishing Tackle Association...
The board of directors of the European Fishing Tackle Association (Eftta) has unanimously decided on Brussels as the venue for the 2014 edition of Efttex, the European angling show. The Belgian capital, which already hosted the fair in 2006, beat off competition from Amsterdam, Budapest, Warsaw and Birmingham, mainly for ...
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The Taiwan Bicycle Exporters' Association said it is investigating the...
The Taiwan Bicycle Exporters' Association said it is investigating the merits of a proposal to shift the dates of the Taipei International Cycle Show from March to July. The latest edition of the fair welcomed a total of 7,179 visitors from 107 countries. More than half of the visitors came ...
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Louisa Smith, Ispo's partner for the Textrends Forum which premiered...
Louisa Smith, Ispo's partner for the Textrends Forum which premiered at this year's Ispo Munich, has put together the Trendbook which is complementary to Ispo's on-show exhibition of the latest trends in the world of fibers and fabrics. The book describes a wide range of trends for the autumn/winter 2014-15 ...
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Angela Merkel will attend the opening of the Eurobike fair in...
Angela Merkel will attend the opening of the Eurobike fair in Friedrichshafen on Aug. 28. The Federal Chancellery of Germany has announced that the Chancellor will take about two hours to officially open the fair and to get to know the latest trends in the biking world during a tour of ...
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A spokesman for Nielsen Holdings declined to comment on a...
A spokesman for Nielsen Holdings declined to comment on a report that his company has mandated Credit Suisse to find potential buyers for its trade show business, including major American trade shows such as Outdoor Retailer, Interbike and the Health + Fitness Business Expo. With 28 fairs in its portfolio, ...
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As initiator and supporter of a new series of conferences...
As initiator and supporter of a new series of conferences called European Outdoor Summits (EOS), the European Outdoor Group has announced some details about the first edition of the event, which will take place in Stockholm on Oct 16-18, 2013. It will be organized by the Scandinavian Outdoor Group and will take place at ...
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The Sport Achat trade show attracted 3,682 visitors this year,...
The Sport Achat trade show attracted 3,682 visitors this year, 3 percent more than one year ago. The event was again held in the French city of Lyon on March 18-20. Intersport participated for the first time in the fair, with a stand and two offices. Sources from the Intersport, ...
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The latest edition of Modacalzado+Iberpiel, the Spanish shoe and leathergoods fair which...
The latest edition of Modacalzado+Iberpiel, the Spanish shoe and leathergoods fair which took place on March 9-11 in Madrid, featured an exhibition titled “Stepping Over the Finish-Line” and organized by the Footwear Museum of Elda. It offered visitors an insight into the origins of sports shoes, based on some 100 models of sports footwear dating back to ...
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Messe Friedrichshafen, the organizer of the Eurobike trade show, reports...
Messe Friedrichshafen, the organizer of the Eurobike trade show, reports that its VeloBerlin consumer expo for bicycles has been a success. Last weekend 13,000 visitors came to the event to see products for the upcoming season, to buy products, and to book bicycle trips and vacations. This compares with 9,000 ...
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UBM Asia has acquired a controlling stake of 60 percent...
UBM Asia has acquired a controlling stake of 60 percent in Novomania, a Chinese young fashion show that resembles in many ways Bread & Butter in Berlin. Based in Hong Kong, UBM Asia is the Asian subsidiary of United Business Media (UBM) of the U.K. and has 12 agencies in ...
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Messe München has formally announced the appointment of David Badalec...
Messe München has formally announced the appointment of David Badalec as exhibition director for Ispo Bike, replacing Eva Schlangenotto who is taking maternity leave. Effective immediately, José Moreno-Tapia will take over Badalec's responsibilities for the Action Sports segment of Ispo Munich. In turn, Constanze Fuchs will replace Moreno-Tapia as the ...
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Outdoor Retailer is introducing a new process for booking hotel...
Outdoor Retailer is introducing a new process for booking hotel rooms during the Summer Market, which is scheduled to run in Salt Lake City from Wednesday, July 31 (open air demo on July 30) through Saturday, Aug. 3. In the coming weeks, qualified retailers, exhibitors, their reps and the working ...
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Paris will host the first edition of eBike Tec, a...
Paris will host the first edition of eBike Tec, a special platform dedicated to electric bikes, on April 16-18 at the Porte de Versailles exhibition center. Organized by ExtraEnergy, the association for the promotion of lightweight vehicles, the event will take place simultaneously with eCar Tec, which showcases electric vehicles ...
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The next edition of Golf Europe, the 20th overall and...
The next edition of Golf Europe, the 20th overall and the second one to be held in Augsburg, Germany, will take place from Sept. 29 through Oct. 1. The registration for trade visitors is now live at www.golf-europe.com. Last year, its organizer, Messe Augsburg, welcomed 1,948 visitors from 34 countries ...
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Last month's Outdoor Retailer Winter Market in Salt Lake City...
Last month's Outdoor Retailer Winter Market in Salt Lake City featured a total of 950 brands, or 8 percent more than a year earlier. According to the organizers, who continue to vet new registrants to check their qualifications, preliminary figures indicate that attendance levels were strong.
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China's rising interest in surfing was on display at the...
China's rising interest in surfing was on display at the International Surfing Association's second ISA China Cup, held in Wanning, Hainan, in the last week of January. The event was attended by eight national teams with 48 surfers, to compete for individual and team gold medals. About 1,000 spectators watched ...
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Sympatex Technologies is preparing two information sessions at Ispo Munich...
Sympatex Technologies is preparing two information sessions at Ispo Munich about the topical issue of fluorocarbons and their eco-friendly alternatives. A report published by Greenpeace a few weeks ago pointed to the damaging environmental impact of some PFCs, which are used on a small scale in the outdoor industry to ...
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Wed'ze, the skiing and snowboarding brand of Oxylane, will be...
Wed'ze, the skiing and snowboarding brand of Oxylane, will be the new official partner of the X Games in Tignes, France, on March 14-16. The brand participated in the 2012 edition and following that experience, it will now upgrade to official partner of the event. Based on the American Winter ...
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Sports and health-related companies are preparing to take part in...
Sports and health-related companies are preparing to take part in the Health Forum organized by Ispo Munich to explore the so-called healthstyle market: This is a fast-growing segment that could be regarded as the intersection of sports and health care. The forum will bring together representatives of sports retailers, sporting ...
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Pitti Uomo, which has remained the only Italian trade show...
Pitti Uomo, which has remained the only Italian trade show where sporting goods brands continue to exhibit, reports a 6 percent drop in the number of Italian buyers as compared to one year ago for its latest session, which took place in Florence until Jan. 11. They fell to 12,800. ...
