EVENTS – Page 53
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Performance Days, the trade show held in mid-May in Annecy...
Performance Days, the trade show held in mid-May in Annecy and Munich, reports a record in terms of exhibitors and visitors. The number of visitors increased by 65 percent compared with April last year and by 5 percent compared with the events in November. In Munich, the number of exhibitors ...
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CORRECTION: Contrary to what was reported in our previous issue,...
CORRECTION: Contrary to what was reported in our previous issue, the 12.3 percent sales increase achieved by Asics in Europe did not include Haglöfs, the Swedish outdoor brand it acquired last July. Haglöfs is included in the global turnover reported by the Japanese company for the fiscal year ended last ...
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Biretco, the second-largest organization of bike dealers in Europe, has...
Biretco, the second-largest organization of bike dealers in Europe, has agreed to invite its members to visit Bike Expo, the bicycle exhibition scheduled to be held in Munich on July 21-24. It is planning to have its own booth at the show in the future. Collateral events during the fair ...
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A total of 435 people have registered on Facebook to...
A total of 435 people have registered on Facebook to attend the Sneakerness convention in Cologne on May 21-22, which is open to trade visitors and the general public. It was going to be held for only one day on Saturday, but the organizers have decided to extend it for ...
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Sportjam, the Spanish action sports fair at Irun, on the...
Sportjam, the Spanish action sports fair at Irun, on the border with France, will move this year from September to the weekend of Nov. 19-20
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Pat Hus, a former executive of Cannondale, Easton-Bell and other...
Pat Hus, a former executive of Cannondale, Easton-Bell and other companies in the U.S., has been named managing director of Interbike, the bike trade show in Las Vegas
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Messe München, the organizer of Ispo Beijing, formerly known as...
Messe München, the organizer of Ispo Beijing, formerly known as Ispo China, has decided to run the next edition of the show over four days rather three as it was the custom over the past years. The organizers said they were making this move in response to requests from exhibitors ...
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In Munich, Bike Expo, the new bicycle show organized by...
In Munich, Bike Expo, the new bicycle show organized by Messe München, will be held on July 21-24 at its main fairgrounds. As a new event, the show operators offer a demonstration day at Samerberg Bikepark to give retailers a chance for intensive testing of street bikes, pedelecs and mountain ...
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Nivalia, the consumer-oriented snow sports show, is due to be...
Nivalia, the consumer-oriented snow sports show, is due to be held again in Barcelona next Nov. 4-6, after a pause of four years. Fira de Barcelona, which previously acted as a partner in the event with another firm, will hold 100 percent of the shares in the operation, which will ...
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The organizers of the OutDoor show in Friedrichshafen said one...
The organizers of the OutDoor show in Friedrichshafen said one month ago that they had enlisted 748 exhibitors from 39 countries and that by the time of the show in July the total should reach a new record
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The Scandinavian Outdoor Summit organized by the Scandinavian Outdoor Group...
The Scandinavian Outdoor Summit organized by the Scandinavian Outdoor Group (SOG) in Åre earlier this month turned into a packed and vibrant event, with nearly 300 industry people from 15 countries and an impressive line-up of speakers. They included Thomas Lipke, managing partner of Globetrotter, along with Frederic Hufkens, chief ...
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This year's Bike Expo in Munich will start with the...
This year's Bike Expo in Munich will start with the event's first-ever Demo Day on July 20, the day before the show starts, July 20, at Samerberg Bike Park. It will allow retailers and journalists to test mountain, road and electric bikes as well as helmets and accessories. Trails within ...
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Stockholm Outdoor Dagar, to be held on Aug. 13-15, changes...
Stockholm Outdoor Dagar, to be held on Aug. 13-15, changes name and location this year. The new name, Inköpsdagar Outdoor (IOD), emphasizes the focus of the fair, which is buying. The new location, the much larger Edsviks Art Hall in Sollentuna, not only accommodates more visitors but facilitates the testing ...
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It has been confirmed that Paris will be the venue...
It has been confirmed that Paris will be the venue of the European fishing tackle show, EFTTEX, in 2012. The dates of the fair are going to be June 1-3, earlier than usual
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The March 14-16 edition of Sport-Achat, the French sporting goods...
The March 14-16 edition of Sport-Achat, the French sporting goods fair in Lyon, marked a 4 percent increase in attendance, attracting a total of 3,472 visitors who represented 1,533 stores. They fair hosted more than 550 brands on more than 18,000 square meters of exhibition space.
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Inviting members and non-members, the European Sunglass Association is organizing...
Inviting members and non-members, the European Sunglass Association is organizing its annual conference next May 19-20 at the Green Park Resort in Pisa, Italy. Aside from networking opportunities across the eyewear sector, including sports eyewear, delegates will get market intelligence from GfK, which is going to hold a speech on ...
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Sports Unlimited, the sporting goods fair in Valencia, is organizing...
Sports Unlimited, the sporting goods fair in Valencia, is organizing a round table on running on May 18 during the show, with the participation of executives from Adidas, Polar Electro, Kelme, Runnersworld España and Laister Sport. The same day will see the first meeting at the fair of a new ...
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A new partnership between the city of Manchester, England, the...
A new partnership between the city of Manchester, England, the NBA and USA Basketball will see professional American basketball played in Manchester. It will kick off on May 29, when the Atlanta Dream of the Women's National Basketball Association plays, the first WNBA game held in Europe. In July 2012, ...
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The National Ski & Snowboard Retailers Association (NSSRA) in the...
The National Ski & Snowboard Retailers Association (NSSRA) in the U.S. is unhappy with the dates chosen for the SIA Snow Shows starting in 2013 planned by SnowSports Industries America. The 2013 show is scheduled for Jan. 12-15, two weeks earlier than usual, and following shows will also be held ...
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The Outdoor Retailer Summer Market has opened registration under www.outdoorretailer.com...
The Outdoor Retailer Summer Market has opened registration under www.outdoorretailer.com for its next event, scheduled for Aug. 4-7 in Salt Lake City
