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Breaking the symbolic €1 billion barrier, France’s Groupe Intersport, which...
Breaking the symbolic €1 billion barrier, France’s Groupe Intersport, which is also responsible for Belgium and Luxembourg, reports a 5.7 percent sales increase in 2005 to €1,027 million. Sales in France grew by 5.9 percent, indicating further gains in market share, with increases of 11 percent for the Intersport stores ...
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Globetrotter inaugurated Europe’s largest outdoor superstore in Cologne last week,...
Globetrotter inaugurated Europe’s largest outdoor superstore in Cologne last week, indicating that four other large stores will follow in Germany over the next few years. The Cologne store, the sixth one in the German retailer’s network, measures 7,000 square meters on four floors and employs about 100 persons. Besides the ...
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Karstadt has appointed Christian Wilk as sales manager for all...
Karstadt has appointed Christian Wilk as sales manager for all its remaining 90 department stores as well as its 32 Karstadt Sporthouses, working together with Abram Nette who joined the group in a similar function in January. They will both report to Helmut Merkel, who runs the Karstadt Warenhaus subsidiary ...
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Seven, a large Italian supplier of daypacks, has signed a...
Seven, a large Italian supplier of daypacks, has signed a definitive agreement for the acquisition of Invicta from Diadora. The financial terms of the deal, which was partly handled by Bain & Co., were not revealed. Diadora, which has struck a licensing agreement with Seven in the apparel sector, says ...
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Accell Group has completed the acquisition of Seattle Bike Supply,...
Accell Group has completed the acquisition of Seattle Bike Supply, the leading American distributor and supplier of BMX bikes. Details on the purchase price were not disclosed. Seattle Bike Supply is described as a profitable company with 90 employees and an annual turnover of about $36 million. It has been ...
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Nike opened last week a store entirely dedicated to soccer...
Nike opened last week a store entirely dedicated to soccer on Amsterdam’s central shopping street, the Kalverstraat. The 90-squatre-meter outlet replaces a fan store of the Ajax football club, which endorses Adidas. Operated by Sport Shop, the Nike football store is offering football performance products as well as so-called off-pitch ...
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Quiksilver has decided to shut down its 130-square-meter Roxy store...
Quiksilver has decided to shut down its 130-square-meter Roxy store in the Les Halles district of Paris and to look for a new location elsewhere in the city. It will test out a new concept for the brand in Lyon. The new Quiksilver mega-store at Anglet is performing well, and ...
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In view of Billabong’s expanding door count in Europe, the...
In view of Billabong’s expanding door count in Europe, the company recently appointed Steve Hazell to the newly created position of retail manager for Northern Europe, which includes the UK. He was recruited from Ex Stores where he was managing director. Philippe Anglade, who has been with Billabong for about ...
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Stefan Engers will be leaving VauDe at the end of...
Stefan Engers will be leaving VauDe at the end of next week, just months after his position as marketing manager was taken over by Antje von Dewitz, daughter of the company’s founder. At the time Engers was appointed as technical manager, a new position which was meant to reflect VauDe’s ...
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Stride Rite Corp., which recently took over Saucony, has promoted...
Stride Rite Corp., which recently took over Saucony, has promoted Shawn Neville, who has been president of its Keds brand, to the position of group president for Keds as well as Saucony. He will get assistance from Michael Metcalfe, who has been named general manager of the Saucony brand, overseeing ...
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Nike has appointed Sandy Bodecker to vice president of sport...
Nike has appointed Sandy Bodecker to vice president of sport culture, a new position within the group. Bodecker, who aided the sports giant’s establishment in the realms of football and skate, will be in charge of Nike’s new sport-inspired footwear, apparel and equipment unit and will report to Charlie Denson, ...
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VF Corp. has promoted Eric Wiseman, former executive vice presidnet...
VF Corp. has promoted Eric Wiseman, former executive vice presidnet of its global brands division, as president and chief operating officer. He had started off in 1995 as head of JanSport. In another move,Martin Schneider, formerly with Gillette, has been named global chief information officer at VF. On the other ...
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A new chief executive will soon be appointed at Keen,...
A new chief executive will soon be appointed at Keen, which recently moved its headquarters to Portland, replacing Jim Van Dyne. As reported, Kirk Richardson has been named as president of the fast-growing brand. Contrary to our earlier report on Keen.
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Mark Nenow, previously global product director for footwear at Nike...
Mark Nenow, previously global product director for footwear at Nike ACG and world record holder in the 10,000 meters, has been named vice president of global footwear merchandising at Brooks, a new property of Russell
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Corporation. Nenow, who has also worked at ASICS, brings more...
Corporation. Nenow, who has also worked at ASICS, brings more than 20 years of experience in the athletic footwear industry to the company.
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Russell Corporation has combined its Spalding and Russell Athletic businesses...
Russell Corporation has combined its Spalding and Russell Athletic businesses to form a consolidated Russell/Spalding Team Sports Group, described as one of the largest integrated uniform and equipment providers in the team sports industry. Sales, marketing and customer service for the Russell Athletic, Spalding, Dudley and Bike Athletic brands will ...
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Corinne Sundermeier replaces Till Nöthel as head of the Venice...
Corinne Sundermeier replaces Till Nöthel as head of the Venice Beach division of Hucke AG, the German apparel group. During the last six months of 2005, sales of Venice Beach products declined to €6.8 million, or €1.4 million below the score of the year-ago period, reportedly due to reduced sales ...
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Lotto Sport Italia has appointed PT Mitra Adiperkasa Tbk (MAP)...
Lotto Sport Italia has appointed PT Mitra Adiperkasa Tbk (MAP) as its exclusive licensee for Indonesia through December 2010. Lotto’s goal is to reach turnover of $15 million in the country within 3 years’ time , giving it a global market share of 10 percent for the company, and to ...
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JJB Sports has just signed an exclusive 10-year licensing deal...
JJB Sports has just signed an exclusive 10-year licensing deal with the Glasgow Rangers worth £48 million (€70m-$83m) which will see the UK retailer source, design, develop and retail all the club’s kits and official merchandise in its 439 store across the country. JJB has similar agreements in place with ...
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A Spanish court decided that, for the time being, Lionel...
A Spanish court decided that, for the time being, Lionel Messi can wear Adidas footwear, but Nike stated that it will appeal the ruling. The court lifted an injunction that Nike had won in the same court after Messi, a star football player with the Barcelona team sponsored by the ...
