News Briefs – Page 470
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Oberalp is restructuring Salewa's sales and marketing teams after promoting...
Oberalp is restructuring Salewa's sales and marketing teams after promoting one staff member and attracting an external hire. Mark Landenberger is now responsible for Salewa's sales and marketing for the entire Austrian, German and Swiss region. Martin Stolzenberger has also joined as a key account manager. Landenberger has been in ...
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Wolverine Worldwide has appointed Stewart Whitney as vice president and...
Wolverine Worldwide has appointed Stewart Whitney as vice president and managing director of its Asia-Pacific division. He comes from Timberland, where he led its Asia-Pacific business for six years before becoming president of the brand in 2014. He left Timberland in July of last year, when he was replaced by ...
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Under Armour is preparing to open a flagship store later...
Under Armour is preparing to open a flagship store later this year in Amsterdam, the first for the U.S. brand in Europe. It already has more than 20 shops in Europe, a mixture of own stores and partner stores, but the flagship will display a broader range of products across ...
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Introducing a new look and a new concept, Bogner has...
Introducing a new look and a new concept, Bogner has opened a store in Constance where it presents a selection of products from all its various lines, from activewear to women's wear and menswear on 220 square meters of space. It's the company's 12th directly operated store in Germany.
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Sweaty Betty has opened a new European flagship store on...
Sweaty Betty has opened a new European flagship store on Carnaby Street in London, replacing a store on Beak Street. Spanning three floors, the new location offers the brand's full range of clothing, accessories and fitness equipment. It also hosts a fitness and wellness studio and a Farm Girl café.
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Snow + Rock is on the expansion trail again with...
Snow + Rock is on the expansion trail again with the reported opening of a store covering about 1,200 square meters at the Bluewater shopping center in Kent in November. The outlet was described by the company as a “statement store,” which will be one of its largest in the ...
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Sport Partner reports that Daka Sport, a leading Dutch sports...
Sport Partner reports that Daka Sport, a leading Dutch sports retailer, is taking over Intersport Wim Jaquet Sports, a store of 3,500 square meters in Amersfoort, in the center of the Netherlands. Well known around the country for its assortment of winter sports equipment, the store was established by the ...
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Colmar Originals shoes are now sold in 800 multibrand stores...
Colmar Originals shoes are now sold in 800 multibrand stores in Italy as well as 12 flagship stores across Europe, eight of which are in Italy. These figures, which have recently been reported by Pambianconews, reveal the retail expansion of the brand, driven by its good results, particularly in the ...
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Macron and the Bologna Football Club have opened a new...
Macron and the Bologna Football Club have opened a new Macron-Bologna FC 1909 store in Bologna. The store is located in Galleria Cavour, an elegant shopping arcade just a few steps from Piazza Maggiore, which is the city's main square. Macron is the technical sponsor of Bologna FC. The club ...
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Operating expenses related to Hi-Tec's acquisition and other extraordinary items,...
Operating expenses related to Hi-Tec's acquisition and other extraordinary items, caused Cherokee Global Brands to post a net loss of $589,000 in the second quarter against net income of $1.9 million in the year-ago period. Boosted by indirect sales of $5.95 million from Hi-Tec, total revenues rose to $14.0 million ...
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Beating its previous guidance, Manchester United reported a 12.8 percent...
Beating its previous guidance, Manchester United reported a 12.8 percent increase in revenues to £581.2 million (€664.2m-$780.1m) for the financial year ended June 30, placing it ahead of Real Madrid as the world's N° 1 football club in terms of turnover. Ebitda grew by more than 17 percent to £199.8 ...
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Adidas has passed the Jordan brand as the second-largest sports...
Adidas has passed the Jordan brand as the second-largest sports footwear brand in the U.S. market, based on the athletic footwear report from the NPD Group for the year to date until August. The estimate marks a remarkable rise in the Adidas brand's footwear market share to 11.3 percent, compared ...
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Interbrand assigned a brand value of $27 billion to Nike...
Interbrand assigned a brand value of $27 billion to Nike for 2017, up by 8 percent from the previous year. It came in 18th place on Interbrand's list of the most powerful brands, which continued to be led by Apple. At the top of the list, higher increases were recorded ...
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GfK is predicting a recovery for the Swiss sporting goods...
GfK is predicting a recovery for the Swiss sporting goods market, after several bleak years resulting from the strong Swiss franc and the capricious winter weather. According to the market research company, the Swiss market may end the current calendar year with an increase of between two and three percent ...
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Adidas says it has placed one of its employees on...
Adidas says it has placed one of its employees on administrative leave and engaged outside counsel to conduct a thorough investigation into a case of bribery in which he has allegedly been involved. Jim Gatto, who is Adidas' director of global sports marketing for basketball, was mentioned among ten people ...
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CMD Sports reports that the Enebe group filed for bankruptcy...
CMD Sports reports that the Enebe group filed for bankruptcy protection in a court of Alicante on July 22, adding that the Spanish producer of table tennis equipment is now run by a court-appointed receiver, Vicente Puchol. In 2010, the company made a diversification into the world of paddle tennis, ...
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The European Commission has stopped negotiations with the European Parliament...
The European Commission has stopped negotiations with the European Parliament on new guidelines for the imposition of anti-dumping duties, having failed to reach an agreement on them. One of the issues under consideration is a proposal to start considering China as a market economy. The deadlock may affect the planned ...
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W.L. Gore & Associates has been imposed a fine of...
W.L. Gore & Associates has been imposed a fine of 3.67 billion South Korean Won (€2.7m-$3.2m) by the Korea Fair Trade Commission for engaging in unfair trade practices in the country, in violation of Article 23 of the Monopoly Regulation and Fair Trade Act. According to the trade regulator, between March ...
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Speedo is partnering with Samsung for its new swim training...
Speedo is partnering with Samsung for its new swim training platform, Speedo On. The swim tracking app will be pre-installed in Samsung's new Gear Sport and Gear Fit2 Pro smartwatches, which are certified for water resistance in up to 50 meters. Speedo's app measures key metrics including lap count, lap ...
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After sounding out other potential partners, Rossignol has signed a...
After sounding out other potential partners, Rossignol has signed a co-branding agreement for eyewear with Italia Independent as an accessory to its line of lifestyle apparel. The first collection will be presented at Mido, the big eyewear show in Milan, at the end of February. Italia Independent signed a license ...
