News Briefs – Page 460
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Ispo will organize the first Ispo Munich Night Run on...
Ispo will organize the first Ispo Munich Night Run on Jan. 27. The 5 or 10-km trail run contest will start at 6 pm on the eve of the trade show in Munich's Olympia Park. Paying €20 for snacks, drinks and medical coverage, the participants will receive a certificate and ...
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Assosport, the Italian sporting goods industry association, has launched the...
Assosport, the Italian sporting goods industry association, has launched the third edition of Dote in Movimento (Movement Dowry), an initiative intended to promote sports participation among children aged 6-11. The initiative is organized in collaboration with the Veneto Region and CONI, the Italian Olympic Committee. Dote in Movimento was launched ...
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Downlite, the U.S.-based specialist in down processing, will be introducing...
Downlite, the U.S.-based specialist in down processing, will be introducing new down-fill products and sustainability initiatives at the forthcoming 2018 Outdoor Retailer Winter Market and the Ispo trade show. Among the new products is a new certified re/charged down based on the Global Recycled Standard (GRS) which is said to ...
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Inov-8 is targeting sales of about £20 million (€22.5m-$27.0m) for this...
Inov-8 is targeting sales of about £20 million (€22.5m-$27.0m) for this year.
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Our international calendar of sports-related trade shows had one error...
Our international calendar of sports-related trade shows had one error and one important omission. We are running a modified version of the calendar in this issue.
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Zai, the Swiss brand of high-end skis, is ceasing production...
Zai, the Swiss brand of high-end skis, is ceasing production at its own site in the Swiss town of Disentis, but the company's new investors are reportedly planning to outsource it elsewhere in Switzerland. The company's founder and designer, Simon Jacomet, is leaving. Benedikt Germanier, a former global strategist for ...
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Roeckl is coming out of voluntary insolvency proceedings, which started...
Roeckl is coming out of voluntary insolvency proceedings, which started last May. Annette Roeckl, chief executive of the German producer of sports gloves and other accessories, says her family injected new equity into the company, allowing it to remain its property. This came after a reorganization of the business that ...
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Billabong International‘s shares gained more than 15 percent after the...
Billabong International‘s shares gained more than 15 percent after the group's annual shareholders' meeting this week, where investors heard about numerous initiatives to improve Billabong's business in the Asia-Pacific region. Billabong's results for the full year until the end of June showed major improvements in some indicators in the Americas ...
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Lynx Golf has announced the acquisition of the global Lynx...
Lynx Golf has announced the acquisition of the global Lynx trademark portfolio from Dick's Sporting Goods. The move will allow the British, family-owned golf equipment company to expand globally, beyond its current U.K. and European markets. The trademarks have been purchased for an undisclosed amount. Lynx Golf reportedly seeks a ...
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Skechers has appointed a new chief financial officer, John Vandermore....
Skechers has appointed a new chief financial officer, John Vandermore. He takes over the related responsibilities from David Weinberg, who will continue as chief operating officer of the company. Vandermore spent the last two years as CFO of Mattel. He previously worked for 12 years with the Walt Disney Company ...
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Merrell has appointed a new chief marketing officer, Strick Walker,...
Merrell has appointed a new chief marketing officer, Strick Walker, and a new senior product director for active lifestyle, Johanna Koeberle. Walker comes from Spindrift Beverage company, where he had a similar job. He worked previously for Patagonia and Converse. Koeberle is an Adidas veteran who has also worked for ...
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Lululemon Athletica has reportedly appointed a new “brand creative director”...
Lululemon Athletica has reportedly appointed a new “brand creative director” who may or may not take the place of Lee Holman, the creative director who has announced his resignation from the end of this year. The new manager, Rémi Paringaux, is expected to supervise product design as well as branding. ...
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The European Outdoor Group has formally started inviting applications for...
The European Outdoor Group has formally started inviting applications for the position of secretary general, which has been filled until now by Mark Held. The candidate should have a minimum of ten years of experience in the wider outdoor sector, among other prerequisites. More in our Outdoor Industry Compass.
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Gumercindo Moraes Neto has resigned as president of Asics for...
Gumercindo Moraes Neto has resigned as president of Asics for Latin America, with effect from Nov. 1. Alexandre Fiorati, the chief financial officer of Asics do Brasil, is said to be taking over his place. A veteran of the Brazilian sporting goods industry, Gumercindo plans to take a six-month sabbatical, ...
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Decathlon has opened its first store in Tunisia and contracted...
Decathlon has opened its first store in Tunisia and contracted a local logistics provider, Tanger Med, to handle its shipments to the growing number of stores it has in Africa. Covering more than 1,500 square meters in the Tunis City shopping mall, the store is reportedly set to be followed ...
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Sports Direct International (SDI) is apparently developing a new retail...
Sports Direct International (SDI) is apparently developing a new retail brand, selling almost anything from dental floss to screwdrivers and household gloves (progressively classified as men's products, while the women's section features underwear calendars along with chocolate ring dog chews and a teenage ninja turtles scooter). “The brands you love for ...
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As part of the partnership between Adidas and Zalando, customers...
As part of the partnership between Adidas and Zalando, customers can create their own sneakers through Zalando.de. This has been an option for several years on the Adidas brand's online store with Miadidas, which enables consumers to pick their own colors, materials and soles. That same option has become available ...
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Adidas, Nike and Rapha Racing were among the winners this...
Adidas, Nike and Rapha Racing were among the winners this year at the International Retail Property Market (Mapic) in Cannes earlier this month. Nike was named “Retailer of the Year.” Adidas' new flagship store on New York's Fifth Avenue was crowned for “Best Store Design.” Rapha's “clubhouse” cycling stores were ...
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Xebio reports a 51.6 percent increase in net income to...
Xebio reports a 51.6 percent increase in net income to 3,724 million yen (€28.2m-$33.2m) for the first half ended Sept. 30. While the total floor space remained flat at 193,098 square meters, the Japanese sporting goods retailer's sales were up by 3.4 percent to ¥116.8 billion (€884.6m-$1,042.3m) during the period, with an ...
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Suffering in particular from the increasingly popular bike sharing programs...
Suffering in particular from the increasingly popular bike sharing programs in China, Giant Bicycle reported a one percent drop in revenues to 14.9 billion Taiwan dollars (€420.1m-$495.3m) in the third quarter ended Sept. 30. The company performed better in Europe and the U.S., thanks to new models introduced in July. The ...
