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Kristin Versümer has been appointed to the position of chief...
Kristin Versümer has been appointed to the position of chief digital officer of Sportalm, the Austrian sports apparel firm. Sitting on its executive board, she will be responsible for Sportalm's e-commerce business, its marketing activities, sales and international expansion, in close cooperation with Wilhelm and Ulli Ehrlich, owners of the ...
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Billabong has appointed Kevin Meehan as global general manager of...
Billabong has appointed Kevin Meehan as global general manager of the RVCA brand. He replaces Bill Bettencourt, who is joining a footwear brand that has yet to be disclosed. Meehan joins the company from Volcom, where he was most recently president of the Americas. He brings 20 years of experience ...
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Promoting two of its managers, Zumiez has named Troy Brown...
Promoting two of its managers, Zumiez has named Troy Brown as president of North America and Adam Ellis as president of international. They will both report to Richard Brooks, president of the U.S. action sports retailing group, which owns Blue Tomato in Europe. Brown has been executive vice president of ...
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Icebreaker has a new European head of wholesale, Udo Heyder....
Icebreaker has a new European head of wholesale, Udo Heyder. He comes from VF Corp. , where he spent nine years as area manager for Germany and Central Europe and then three years as international sales manager for Smartwool. Based at Icebreaker's European office in Munich, Heyderreplaces Ibrahim Can, who ...
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Stefan Bernard, who was the German country manager for Garmin...
Stefan Bernard, who was the German country manager for Garmin between the end of 2011 and the end of 2015, will be in charge of strategy and sales and marketing operations for Hoka One One and Teva across Europe, the Middle East and Africa. He will be based in London. ...
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Schöffel has a new person in charge of the product...
Schöffel has a new person in charge of the product management division, Stefan Späth, succeeding German Käsmeier who is leaving the company after 12 years by mutual agreement. He will report directly to the chief executive, Peter Schöffel. Späth worked for 11 years in purchasing and sales for Sport Förg, ...
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Christian Triquet, who has been most recently president of Merrell...
Christian Triquet, who has been most recently president of Merrell in Canada, will act as interim executive in charge of the Canadian market for Inov-8, the British footwear brand taken over by Descente two years ago. Triquet has been in the sporting goods industry for 30 years, working also for ...
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Sports Direct International (SDI) is reportedly closing down the Eybl...
Sports Direct International (SDI) is reportedly closing down the Eybl store in the Plus City shopping center of Pasching in Austria. It should be shuttered at the end of June and taken over by XXL Sports & Outdoor, the Norwegian sports retailer, for a store opening in the spring of ...
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Decathlon is preparing to open a store in Neuchâtel, Switzerland...
Decathlon is preparing to open a store in Neuchâtel, Switzerland in the second half of the summer. This will be the French retailer's first outlet in Switzerland, one of the few European countries where Decathlon does not yet have a presence. The store is set to open in the Marin-Epagnier ...
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Intersport Schweiz has just launched the beta version of its...
Intersport Schweiz has just launched the beta version of its new online shop, intersport.ch. It makes use of the know-how of Brack.ch, a Swiss online retailer of household electronics and other products. End customers will initially find a selection of more than 10,000 items for running, training, team sports, racquet ...
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The North Face opened its first European lifestyle-oriented store on...
The North Face opened its first European lifestyle-oriented store on London's Carnaby Street on March 31. Placing a focus on its “Urban Exploration” range, it targets urban consumers, and it follows a successful experiment with a pop-up store in Covent Garden last year. It will feature exclusive items and limited ...
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Xpose360, a German online marketing agency, evaluated six sporting goods...
Xpose360, a German online marketing agency, evaluated six sporting goods online stores in terms of search engine optimization. With a rating of 23.92, the online visibility of SportScheck.com took first place in the ranking, followed by Decathlon.de (14.75), 11teamsports.de (5.0), Intersport.de (4.38), Cortexpower.de (0.93) and Sportbedarf.de (0.52). Xpose used the ...
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The French bike market keeps growing. It posted higher sales...
The French bike market keeps growing. It posted higher sales for the third consecutive year, driven by the double-digit growth of e-bikes. According to the French bicycle observatory, sales increased to 3,034,000 bikes sold in 2016. Sales passed the three million units for the first time since 2012. As for ...
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The Superstar was the best-selling shoe in the U.S. market...
The Superstar was the best-selling shoe in the U.S. market in dollar terms last year, based on a ranking publicized in a tweet by Matt Powell, sports industry analyst at NPD. The ranking underlined avid demand for white retro sneakers in the U.S., as well as growing demand for the ...
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The Sunday Times reported earlier this month that Mike Ashley,...
The Sunday Times reported earlier this month that Mike Ashley, the chief executive and majority shareholder of Sports Direct International (SDI), has lost a round in a legal fight with a former adviser, who claims he is owed £14 million (€16.7m-$17.9m) through a deal allegedly agreed in a pub. The ...
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Puma filed a lawsuit against Forever 21 at the end...
Puma filed a lawsuit against Forever 21 at the end of March for allegedly copying three shoe designs, the Creeper, the Bow Slide and the Fur Slide. The suit against the fast fashion retailer was filed with the United States District Court for the Central District of California and reportedly ...
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Decathlon has launched yet another private label, Subea, for underwater...
Decathlon has launched yet another private label, Subea, for underwater sports, from scuba diving to snorkeling and spear fishing. The products are developed in the port of Hendaye, on the Basque coast, which is already the head office for the Tribord brand of water sports products. The French retailer has ...
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Skechers USA has launched a women's sneakers line called “You...
Skechers USA has launched a women's sneakers line called “You by Skechers,” an athleisure collection which combines the technologies from the brand's performance shoes with the lifestyle needs of modern young women. To promote the collection, Skechers has partnered with Koya Webb, a fitness model and vegan advocate; Sophie Jaffe, ...
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Ecco has adopted Boa Technology's lacing system for two models...
Ecco has adopted Boa Technology's lacing system for two models of its Ecco Cage range of golf shoes. The system has already been used since 2006 by Footjoy and since 2011 by Adidas Golf.
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Athletes sponsored by Nike ended up as the three top...
Athletes sponsored by Nike ended up as the three top finishers among both men and women in the 121st edition of the Boston Marathon, which is sponsored by Adidas. They were followed by two men sponsored by Asics and Nike and by two women sponsored by Brooks and Adidas. Ahead ...
