News Briefs – Page 480
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Salomon has hired Axel Dutreil as its new director of...
Salomon has hired Axel Dutreil as its new director of e-commerce and digital marketing. He will oversee the brand's digital strategy and e-commerce on a global level. Dutreil, 37, was most recently director of e-business and digital marketing at Celio. He has previously worked at Kusmi Tea and The Kooples ...
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Rossignol has appointed François Goulet as the new president of...
Rossignol has appointed François Goulet as the new president of its North America division, effective July 17. He replaces Ron Steele, who is to retire after 40 years with the company. Steele will remain until September 2018 in an advisory capacity. Goulet was most recently vice-president and general manager of ...
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The European Outdoor Group (EOG) formally announced at the OutDoor...
The European Outdoor Group (EOG) formally announced at the OutDoor show that Mark Held has decided to step down as its secretary general as soon as his successor is found. We understand that he would like to leave in one or two years – possibly by the middle of next ...
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Bernd Mayer, international sales manager at Leki, has left at...
Bernd Mayer, international sales manager at Leki, has left at his own request after 30 years with the German supplier of poles. Mayer was responsible for Leki's sales in Asia and Eastern Europe. Leki aims to focus more intensely on North America, Asia and Scandinavia in the near future. Michael ...
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Morten Mosland has been appointed as marketing and business development...
Morten Mosland has been appointed as marketing and business development manager at Viking Footwear, after a few months working with the Norwegian footwear brand on a consultancy basis. Mosland previously spent nearly ten years with the Carlsberg Group. He is replacing Karl Henrik Felde, who left to become international marketing ...
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Puma is reorganizing the distribution of its products in Canada....
Puma is reorganizing the distribution of its products in Canada. Its national head office is being moved from Montreal to Toronto, but the company will retain a showroom in Montreal. Some back-office functions will be moved to its North American headquarters in the U.S. The logistics will be outsourced to ...
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Hang Ten, the classic American surf wear brand, has entered...
Hang Ten, the classic American surf wear brand, has entered the Swedish market after a decade-long absence, according to Sportfack. It will be run by Peter Lenerius, formerly with Rehband, the Swedish brand of crossfit apparel. He has chosen to produce his own collection for the Swedish market, and in ...
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Intersport Austria has updated the appearance as well as the...
Intersport Austria has updated the appearance as well as the functions of its online store as part of the relaunch of intersport.at. The Austrian buying group says it has introduced new tools to reinforce the integration between its online and stationary business, comprising 272 stores at the end of June. ...
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Der Standard, an Austrian newspaper, reports that Intersport Austria has...
Der Standard, an Austrian newspaper, reports that Intersport Austria has taken over large selling surfaces from Sports Direct International (SDI) in the country. The report says that the British retailer intends to close down all of its unprofitable stores in Austria, and to keep just 20 of them. When SDI ...
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Sports Direct International (SDI) has slightly reduced its interest in...
Sports Direct International (SDI) has slightly reduced its interest in Finish Line, the U.S. sports retailer. It previously amassed contracts amounting to an interest of 19.9 percent in Finish Line through 19 purchases, from May 6 to June 19, but the seven transactions thereafter were all sales and the latest ...
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Sportleader, one of the major sporting goods retailers in the...
Sportleader, one of the major sporting goods retailers in the Levante region of Spain, has decided to switch over to Intersport from another voluntary group, Base Detall Sport, that operates only in Spain. With its seven stores, it will raise the number of points of sale affiliated with Intersport España ...
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Oberalp, which recently got the distribution of Under Armour in...
Oberalp, which recently got the distribution of Under Armour in Italy, has opened its first brand store in the peninsula. It's located in the Orio shopping mall near Bergamo's airport, close to Foot Locker and many other sports stores. Under Armour has also taken advantage of the settlement of a ...
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Converse is opening its first stand-alone store in the U.K....
Converse is opening its first stand-alone store in the U.K. It will be an outlet store located in Wembley Park's London Designer Outlet center. Converse already has a corner in Nike's outlet in the same center. Vans and Dr. Martens are also coming to the center with their own outlet ...
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Decathlon is reportedly negotiating the installation of one of its...
Decathlon is reportedly negotiating the installation of one of its small-surface Decathlon City stores in a landmark building at 16 Calle Fuencarral, the famous shopping street in the center of Madrid. Decathlon already operates 12 Decathlon City stores in the Spanish capital and 15 regular, large Decathlon stores in the ...
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Decathlon is expanding its store at the Alexanderplatz in Berlin...
Decathlon is expanding its store at the Alexanderplatz in Berlin by increasing the sales surface from 6,000 to 8,500 sqm. New sports categories like rugby, fun wheels, tennis for kids and yoga for men, have been added to the existing product offer. The number of employees has been increased by ...
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Foot Locker is aiming for A1 locations in the major...
Foot Locker is aiming for A1 locations in the major European cities. It plans to open a new store measuring 550 square meters at Alexanderplatz, in the center of Berlin, next spring. According to sport-guide.com, the American banner is also negotiating a lease for a store of 1,500 sqm. on ...
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Banking on the athleisure trend, Supergroup has announced plans to...
Banking on the athleisure trend, Supergroup has announced plans to launch directly-owned or franchised stand-alone stores and shop-in-shops for its 18-month-old Superdry Sport range, in a move that is aimed at accelerating what it calls its “global lifestyle” strategy. The British sportswear brand is already sold in 60 countries. After ...
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JD Sports Fashion informed investors at its shareholders meeting on...
JD Sports Fashion informed investors at its shareholders meeting on June 29 that its comparable store sales and significant growth in online sales have been in line with expectations since it reported its results for the fiscal year up to Jan. 28. Peter Cowgill, chief executive of the sports and ...
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The situation of Italy's sporting goods industry is improving, and...
The situation of Italy's sporting goods industry is improving, and the industry is mainly investing in innovation, internationalization and digitalization. This is what emerged from the recent General Assembly of Assosport, the Italian sporting goods industry association, which was held in Vicenza on June 29. The industry is worth €8.6 ...
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The sale ski passes at Swedish alpine ski areas increased...
The sale ski passes at Swedish alpine ski areas increased by almost 6 percent to nearly 1.5 billion Swedish kronor (€155.8m-$178.6m) during the winter 2016/2017 season. The number of ski days also increased and was just over nine million. This is good news for the alpine ski market and the ...
