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The Outdoor Retailer Winter Market set a record last month,...
The Outdoor Retailer Winter Market set a record last month, selling 349,950 square feet of exhibition space. Preliminary figures show that attendance was up by 11 percent for buyers and by 16 percent overall, consistent with the increases seen at last year's Summer Market. The All-Mountain Demo drew more than ...
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Bread & Butter announced record attendance at its show in...
Bread & Butter announced record attendance at its show in Berlin last month, but its organizers continue to withhold precise figures. They would only say that they received more than 90,000 registrations from professional visitors and sent out the corresponding number of tickets to over 100 countries. A large number ...
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The B.A.S.E. Workshop, a new trade event in Biarritz, France,...
The B.A.S.E. Workshop, a new trade event in Biarritz, France, opened yesterday, serving as a meeting for professionals in boardsports and street culture. More than 60 brands are showing their collections through Thursday, and there will be an accompanying exhibition of international artists specializing in surf art and art featuring ...
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The seventh edition of the world conference on snow and...
The seventh edition of the world conference on snow and mountain tourism (Congrès Mondial du Tourisme de Neige et de Montagne) will be held in the French town of Grenoble on April 28-29 during the trade show Salon Interprofessionnel International de la Montagne. The conference is organized every two years ...
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Outdoor Sports Valley has announced that the next European Outdoor...
Outdoor Sports Valley has announced that the next European Outdoor Forum will again be held in Annecy on Oct. 11 and 12. The big dinner evening will be on Oct. 11 rather than on the eve of the show, making it possible for the delegates to attend all the activities ...
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Mario Chesi has passed away at the age of 76....
Mario Chesi has passed away at the age of 76. The Italian executive was instrumental in building up Arena as a major swimwear brand, especially on the Italian and French markets, after being approached by the late Horst Dassler in 1973. He left the business in 1996, following a serious ...
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Usg Is Branching Out Throughout Europe
Unlimited Sports Group (USG), the leading Dutch sports retailer and wholesaler, is spreading throughout Europe at breakneck speed. The company just revealed that it is branching out northward with the extension of its licensing deal with Le Coq Sportif, and southward with the acquisition of Valsport and the opening of ...
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Abc Group Sets The Pace In Europe's Outdoor Specialty Retail
The ABC group, consisting of A.S. Adventure in Belgium, Bever in the Netherlands and Cotswold Outdoor in the U.K., firmed up its lead as Europe's largest specialist outdoor retailer last year. Its sales reached about €291.1 million, up by an impressive 22 percent. While this includes a spate of store ...
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Jd Sports Books Better-than-expected Christmas Sales
JD Sports Fashion posted higher-than-expected sales during the Christmas period despite difficult weather conditions in the U.K. Comparable store sales were up by 2.5 percent in the five weeks to Jan. 1. In the 48 weeks to Jan. 1, comparable revenues rose by 3.1 percent compared with a 2.8 percent ...
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Go Sport Continued Its Sales Recovery In The Last Quarter
Groupe Go Sport increased comparable sales by 10.6 percent in the fourth quarter of 2010, confirming the turnaround experienced at the beginning of the second half of the year. Comparable sales dropped by 6.9 percent and 12.5 percent respectively in the first and second quarter, and rose by 1.9 percent ...
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Fair Play Members Join German Sport 2000
Effective Jan. 1, 34 retail members of Fair Play, the international sports buying group controlled by Garant Schuh + Mode, joined Sport 2000 Germany as new members. As of Jan. 18, 40 retailers had changed sides. This move came after Sport 2000's parent company, ANWR, acquired last May a vast ...
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New Leader For Irish Buying Group
John Riordan, former sales manager for Asics U.K.'s performance running department, is starting at the end of this month as coordinator of Isra, the Irish buying group for independent retailers. He will take over from Tom Foley, the group's founder, who was recently appointed general manager of Intersport U.K. ...
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Nike Pays A Lot For Sponsorships
Mark Parker, president and chief executive of Nike, came all the way over to Paris to present last Monday the innovative new kits designed by the company for the national French football team and the French Football Federation (FFF). The uniforms will make their on-pitch debut in a friendly match ...
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Derby Cycle Plans Ipo
Derby Cycle is ready to hold a stock market listing on the Frankfurt stock exchange to finance its international development and expand in e-bikes. The company is Germany's largest bicycle manufacturer by revenue and focuses on mid- to top-tier models. In the financial year ended last Sept. 30, the group ...
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Quiksilver Makes Several Moves In Portugal
Quiksilver is moving from a distributor model in Portugal to handling its own business there. Now, the European headquarters in Saint-Jean de Luz, France, will take over for Luis Falcao LDA, which has been Quiksilver's distributor for 25 years. Other actions in the country include bringing Tiago Pires ...
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Quiksilver Has A Plan For India
Quiksilver confirms that it signed a long-term licensing agreement with Reliance Brands to introduce the Quiksilver and Roxy brands in the Indian market as well as in Sri Lanka, Nepal and Bangladesh. Quiksilver is the first leading action sports company to move into the potentially appetizing Indian market. Reliance ...
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New Licenses For Conte Of Florence
Born as a hatmaker in Florence, this Italian brand of golf and winter sports clothing has finally gone for a total look, head to toe. Along with a more structured skiwear line, the Conte of Florence stand in the Ispovision section of the Ispo fair in Munich next month will ...
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Tomasoni Focuses On North Sails And Henri Lloyd With A New Structure
Two key longtime managers of Tomasoni Topsail have acquired a 5 percent stake in the Italian company, which has decided to focus again on sports clothing. The two managers are Massimo Palazzi, head of operations with responsibilities for product development and production, and Michele Bernardi, head of sales with responsibility ...
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Oakley Wants To Double In Size Europe In Next Four Years
That's the goal set for Frank Heissat, the 42-year-old French manager who was appointed last May as vice president of Oakley EMEA, responsible for Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Strong growth is expected in both the optical and sports retail channels, which currently have roughly a 50-50 split in ...
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Hdfs Takes Full Ownership Of Elmec
Shares in Elmec, the Greek sports distribution and retail company, stopped trading on the Athens Stock Exchange at the end of last year and they are to be suspended. This comes after the approval of the company's full absorption by Hellenic Duty Free Shops (HDFS). Folli Follie, the jeweler that ...
