EVENTS – Page 51
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The number of visitors to the French bicycle fair, Salon...
The number of visitors to the French bicycle fair, Salon du Cycle, increased by 73 percent to 69,251 last month, as compared to the last edition in 2009, which took place in the midst of the economic crisis. The number of exhibitors nearly doubled to almost 500. Some 2,000 trade ...
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More than 23,000 visitors attended Interbike 2011 in Las Vegas...
More than 23,000 visitors attended Interbike 2011 in Las Vegas in September. More than 11,000 buyers attended, representing almost 4,000 stores; over 1,300 buyers were from outside the U.S. The two-day Outdoor Demo, held Sept. 12-13 outside Las Vegas, let riders test out the latest products, and seminars discussed such ...
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Sporaltec, a group of French sports and leisure companies aided...
Sporaltec, a group of French sports and leisure companies aided by public authorities near the Alps, is joining forces with Numélic, a similar group of companies involved in digital technologies, in a program to share knowledge and experiences about older people
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With Golf Europe canceled for this year, BSI, the German...
With Golf Europe canceled for this year, BSI, the German sporting goods industry association, has decided to organize a series of Golf Buying Days for German retailers. Each running for three days, they are going to take place at three different locations near Hamburg, Düsseldorf and Munich between Oct. 15 ...
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For the first time ever, Sport 2000 Austria has organized...
For the first time ever, Sport 2000 Austria has organized its own in-house trade show. Altogether 70 brands offered their collections to visitors from the pool of 203 affiliated retailers in Austria (not counting the retailers in the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary, which are another 59). The buying group ...
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+++ Andy Rubin, chief executive of Pentland Brands, was part...
+++ Andy Rubin, chief executive of Pentland Brands, was part of a delegation of 25 top U.K. executives who accompanied British Prime Minister David Cameron on a trade mission to Russia +++
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In a bold move, Who's Next, the young fashion show...
In a bold move, Who's Next, the young fashion show in Paris, has announced its decision to change the dates of its summer session from the beginning of September to the end of June, a few days before Bread & Butter, its powerful rival in Berlin. The change of schedule ...
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Sport-Achat continues to be a strong trade show in France...
Sport-Achat continues to be a strong trade show in France for pure sporting goods brands, but its latest session suffered a 14 percent decrease in attendance to a total of 1,390 visitors. It is not clear whether this may have been partly due to the organizers' decision to hold the ...
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Eurobike enjoyed a buoyant 20th anniversary, as nearly 1,200 exhibitors...
Eurobike enjoyed a buoyant 20th anniversary, as nearly 1,200 exhibitors and more than 40,000 visitors from over 100 countries thronged to the bike fair in Friedrichshafen earlier this month – about the same as the previous year. The organizers had increased the space dedicated to the fair by using the ...
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TaiSPO, the Taipei International Sporting Goods Show, is the second-largest...
TaiSPO, the Taipei International Sporting Goods Show, is the second-largest sporting goods trade show in Asia. Its 38th edition held in April drew 1,892 international visitors from 75 countries, its largest international visitor count yet and an increase of 2 percent from the year before. The countries with the largest ...
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This year's third edition of Sweden's largest mountain bike race,...
This year's third edition of Sweden's largest mountain bike race, Cykelvasan, had a record number of 7,187 competitors. Cykelvasan has three levels: 90, 45 and 30 kilometers. The majority of bikers, 5,555 participants, chose the 90-kilometer race. The event is regarded as a means of raising awareness about mountain biking ...
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The World Federation of the Sporting Goods Industry will host...
The World Federation of the Sporting Goods Industry will host a public forum on the globalization of the industry at the Geneva headquarters of the World Trade Organization next Sept. 21 from 11:15 AM to 1:15 PM. Admission will be free. The purpose of the conference, titled “Made in the ...
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The Spanish sporting goods industry federation, Afydad, will be organizing...
The Spanish sporting goods industry federation, Afydad, will be organizing a seminar about radio frequency identification in cooperation with the Barcelona Moda Center, BMC. The event will take place on Sept. 29 at the facilities of the BMC near Barcelona, in Sant Quirze del Vallès. The event program includes a ...
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Reports indicate that the dates of Ösfa, the Austrian sporting...
Reports indicate that the dates of Ösfa, the Austrian sporting goods show in Salzburg, will likely be moved next year from the end of August to the end of July
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Messe München, the organizer of Ispo Munich and Ispo Beijing,...
Messe München, the organizer of Ispo Munich and Ispo Beijing, has created a special project management division for its cycle show, Ispo Bike, formerly known as Bike Expo. The new unit will be headed by Eva Schlangenotto, a 30-yeazr-old official who has already worked for both Ispo and Bike Expo ...
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Two Swedish sports retailers – Sportringen, with about 50 stores,...
Two Swedish sports retailers – Sportringen, with about 50 stores, and Jaktia, with about 20 stores – have entered a collaboration agreement on buying days and for marketing purposes. The first common fair will be organized in early September in Borås, Sweden. About 30 sport suppliers, 10-15 fishing suppliers, and ...
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The organizers of the Moscow Ski & Board Salon, scheduled...
The organizers of the Moscow Ski & Board Salon, scheduled for next Oct. 21-23, are proposing the creation of a Child Art-Sport Zone, featuring sport contests, a drawing clinic and contest, a blow-up rock climbing wall, a slide, and other amusements for children up to the age of 12. This ...
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EuroSIMA, the European Boardsports Industry Manufacturers Association, is launching the...
EuroSIMA, the European Boardsports Industry Manufacturers Association, is launching the 2011 Innovation Awards. A jury of professionals and experts will meet on Sept. 16 to pick winners of the Technological Innovation of the Year Award and the Ecologica l Innovation of the Year Award. They will be announced on Oct. ...
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Attendance increased by an estimated 10% at the Outdoor Retailer...
Attendance increased by an estimated 10% at the Outdoor Retailer Show ended on Aug. 7 in Salt Lake City (additional data should become available later)
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The Kanumesse, which claims to have become the most important...
The Kanumesse, which claims to have become the most important trade show for canoes and kayaks in the world, reports another record in the number of exhibitors at its next session, scheduled for Sept. 18-20 in Nuremberg, Germany. There will be more than 170 exhibitors on a gross surface of ...
