News Briefs – Page 372

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    Freemotion has appointed Apostolos Seintis as sales director for Europe,...

    2019-08-01T00:00:00Z

    Freemotion has appointed Apostolos Seintis as sales director for Europe, and Leopoldo Torres as sales director for Latin America. Seintis has been hired to drive the growth of the commercial fitness manufacturer in Europe. Freemotion is headquartered in Logan, Utah. Seintis spent 15 years at All Sport, where he helped ...

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    Spy has announced that Tony Larson is returning to the...

    2019-08-01T00:00:00Z

    Spy has announced that Tony Larson is returning to the company as creative director. Larson was part of Spy's branding and artistic direction from 2012 to 2015, which included the launch of the Happy Lens campaign. Earlier in his career, he served as designer and art director for Girl Skateboards ...

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    Dynafit, a brand belonging to Oberalp, has appointed Silvia Loher...

    2019-08-01T00:00:00Z

    Dynafit, a brand belonging to Oberalp, has appointed Silvia Loher to the newly created position of international trade marketing manager. Dennis Forte was appointed to the position of e-commerce and digital-marketing manager, replacing Sabrina Raab, who will be on maternity and paternity leave for one year, in June. Loher, 30, was ...

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    Munich, the Barcelona-based footwear brand, has settled on a single...

    2019-08-01T00:00:00Z

    Munich, the Barcelona-based footwear brand, has settled on a single distributor in Portugal for both its fashion and the sports collections. Bedivar, as the company is called, has its headquarters and an extensive logistical network in the country, distributing important brands like Crocs, Fila, Merrell and New Era, in addition ...

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    Martini, the Austrian-based sportswear brand, has signed distribution agreements for...

    2019-08-01T00:00:00Z

    Martini, the Austrian-based sportswear brand, has signed distribution agreements for the Czech Republic and Slovakia. From the autumn/winter 2020/21 season, Martini will be distributed by Galfy in Slovakia and by Freelife in the Czech Republic. The family-owned company develops apparel for running, hiking, climbing, biking and cross-country and alpine skiing ...

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    Compressport has signed a distribution agreement for Italy with Artcrafts...

    2019-08-01T00:00:00Z

    Compressport has signed a distribution agreement for Italy with Artcrafts International, based in Florence. Artcrafts, founded in 1958 by Carla and Maurizio Ponziani, and run by Simone Ponziani, is the exclusive distributor for Italy of Teva, Crocs and Toms, as well as the exclusive distributor worldwide of Mou. It also ...

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    Pierre Cote is stepping down as general manager of Tecnica...

    2019-08-01T00:00:00Z

    Pierre Cote is stepping down as general manager of Tecnica Group Canada after 26 years with the company. Antonio Dus, chief executive of Tecnica Group SpA, the parent of Tecnica Group Canada, has decided that the time is therefore right to restructure the Canadian leadership. The overall group has already ...

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    Chris Sports has appointed a new manager in charge of...

    2019-08-01T00:00:00Z

    Chris Sports has appointed a new manager in charge of trade marketing and sales support for three of the brands it distributes in Switzerland: Bell, Giro and Evoc. He will take care of clinics, events and other forms of support for the retail clients. He has worked most recently for ...

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    Decathlon has announced plans to open a second brick-and-mortar store...

    2019-08-01T00:00:00Z

    Decathlon has announced plans to open a second brick-and-mortar store in the San Francisco area. It will be located in the Potrero Center shopping mall, at the corner of 16th Street and Bryant Street. The new 38,370-square-foot store, which is scheduled to open in November, will feature a large community ...

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    Nike has re-opened its store in Tokyo's Harajuku neighborhood, at...

    2019-08-01T00:00:00Z

    Nike has re-opened its store in Tokyo's Harajuku neighborhood, at 1 Chome-13-12 Jingumae, Shibuya City. The refurbished location features enhanced services, including a dedicated Nike Women's floor. Additionally, customers can now reserve and scan products and benefit from instant checkout, among other new services, all through Nike App at Retail, ...

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    StockX, the e-commerce platform focusing on the sneaker resale market,...

    2019-08-01T00:00:00Z

    StockX, the e-commerce platform focusing on the sneaker resale market, is launching an Italian version of its app and website. StockX was founded in Detroit in 2016, and made its European debut in October 2018.

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    21run, the German-based online store specializing in running, has been...

    2019-08-01T00:00:00Z

    21run, the German-based online store specializing in running, has been acquired by All4Sports, the Dutch online retailer that owns various online stores, including the All4Running online store. 21sportsgroup, a major German online retailer with European ambitions, said in January that it will phase out one of its online stores, 21run, ...

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    Intersport reports that it has completed about three million transactions,...

    2019-08-01T00:00:00Z

    Intersport reports that it has completed about three million transactions, with a total value of €20 million, since the introduction of its digital voucher system in Germany in 2016. The uniform digital voucher system was introduced together with Epay, a full-service provider for vouchers and prepaid solutions as well as ...

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    Fratelli Campagnolo has announced the opening of its first CMP...

    2019-08-01T00:00:00Z

    Fratelli Campagnolo has announced the opening of its first CMP stores outside Italy, after the inauguration in April of its 20th Italian store in Florence. The first one was inaugurated in a pedestrian area of Salzburg, Austria, a few weeks ago, followed by one in Chamonix, France, which replaced a ...

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    Garmin has opened a new directly operated store at a...

    2019-08-01T00:00:00Z

    Garmin has opened a new directly operated store at a shopping center in Madrid called Plaza Norte 2. It's the brand's second store in Spain, after the one it opened in Barcelona last September.

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    In preliminary statements, several public Chinese sports brands have indicated...

    2019-08-01T00:00:00Z

    In preliminary statements, several public Chinese sports brands have indicated that they had higher sales in the second quarter of this year. Anta Sports Products, the new owner of Amer Sports, said its sales grew at a mid-teen rate in its Anta stores, while the revenues of the other brands ...

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    Amer Sports has announced that its half-year financial results will...

    2019-08-01T00:00:00Z

    Amer Sports has announced that its half-year financial results will be released on Sept. 30. The publication date had originally been scheduled for July 25. The change follows the recent change in ownership of the company. Amer Sports was acquired by a consortium led by Anta Sports earlier this year.

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    Descente has reported revenues of 142.443 billion yen (€1.2bn-$1.3bn) for the fiscal...

    2019-08-01T00:00:00Z

    Descente has reported revenues of 142.443 billion yen (€1.2bn-$1.3bn) for the fiscal year ended March 2019, representing a record high and an increase of 0.9 percent on an annualized basis. Meanwhile, profit was down by 12.8 percent to 8.458 billion yen (€73.3m-$81.8m). The decline in the net profit was attributed to non-fulfillment ...

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    Original Buff, the main entity of the Buff group, rounded...

    2019-08-01T00:00:00Z

    Original Buff, the main entity of the Buff group, rounded off its most recent fiscal year, ended April 30, with sales of €38.4 million, up by 8 percent from 2017. The Barcelona-based group's consolidated sales, subsidiaries included, moved some six million units worldwide and brought in €48.5 million, up by ...

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    After a brief truce in the dispute between the U.S....

    2019-08-01T00:00:00Z

    After a brief truce in the dispute between the U.S. and Chinese government, President Donald Trump announced today that the U.S. will impose extra duties of 10 percent on $300 billion worth of annual imports from China as of Sept. 1. The list of the affected products has not yet ...