News Briefs – Page 509
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Mike Brooks is again the chief executive of Rocky Brands...
Mike Brooks is again the chief executive of Rocky Brands on a permanent basis. He has been chairman of the board since 1991. He served as CEO between 1991 and 2011. Last Sept. 8, he took over the post again on an interim basis, following the resignation of David Sharp.
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Ritchie International is switching over to a dealer-direct distribution model...
Ritchie International is switching over to a dealer-direct distribution model for its bicycles and frames in Europe, according to Bike Europe. For this purpose, it has set up a new logistic operation at Multisped, a logistics provider in Singen, Germany. The new sales structure will reinforce its partnership with three ...
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Cavida-Sports will act as the exclusive distributor in Germany for...
Cavida-Sports will act as the exclusive distributor in Germany for Miller Division's skateboard and longboards, starting next year. The company already distributes products by Osprey, Santa Cruz, Seawag and SharkBanz.
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Decathlon is preparing to deploy urban stores of about 1,000...
Decathlon is preparing to deploy urban stores of about 1,000 square meters in France as part of a plan to expand in medium-sized cities, it was reported in Les Echos earlier this month. The French retailer will start by converting 25 existing Decathlon Easy into Decathlon Essential stores, and then ...
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Signa Retail, the owner of Karstadt Warenhaus and Karstadt Sports,...
Signa Retail, the owner of Karstadt Warenhaus and Karstadt Sports, is acquiring a 78 percent stake in Tennis-Point, which it describes as the leading multi-channel retailer in the tennis category in Europe, with 12 stores and 19 online shops in ten languages. The Austrian company has already sealed three purchases ...
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Business Insider reports that Adidas has opened what the publication...
Business Insider reports that Adidas has opened what the publication describes as Europe's first interactive virtual-reality store, in conjunction with the re-opening of the brand's flagship store in central Stockholm. The accompanying website, 360conceptstore.com, is in Swedish. It takes the viewer on a tour of the flagship store filmed with ...
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Nike has reportedly signed a lease for a store of...
Nike has reportedly signed a lease for a store of nearly 6,500 square meters on Fifth Avenue, New York, comprising the lower level and the six floors of a building. The Real Deal, a publication about real estate, described the lease as one of the most expensive retail deals ever ...
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Keller Sports has become a retail member of the Sport...
Keller Sports has become a retail member of the Sport 2000 buying group in Germany. The partnership will give the company access to the private label offerings and special make-ups of Sport 2000. With a premium positioning in the market, Keller Sports offers a narrow selection of branded products online ...
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Blue Tomato has opened another store in Münster, expanding the...
Blue Tomato has opened another store in Münster, expanding the action sports retailer's network to 30 stores in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Owned by Zumiez since 2012, the group has been multiplying store openings in the last years: It moved into Vienna, Salzburg, Innsbruck, Munich, Stuttgart, Hamburg and Berlin, and ...
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Engelhorn, the German sports and fashion retailer based in Mannheim,...
Engelhorn, the German sports and fashion retailer based in Mannheim, has started to sell its products online through Zalando's marketplace. Since Dec. 15, Engelhorn has been a member of Zalando's partnership program. Zalando will start by selling ski and snowboard products that were not available for purchase from the e-tailer's ...
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The new “Vibram Paris Academy” opened its doors at 20,...
The new “Vibram Paris Academy” opened its doors at 20, rue des Petits-Champs in Paris on Dec. 6. The 50-square-meter shop is Vibram's first in France, while it is the third in the world, after the Vibram “academies” in Athens and London. This store concept combines a selling area with ...
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Philipp Plein has recently opened its first boutique dedicated to...
Philipp Plein has recently opened its first boutique dedicated to sport in Paris. The Plein Sport shop, which occupies a surface of 102 square meters, is located at 250 rue de Rivoli, not far from the Parisian flagship of the main brand, Philipp Plein. The new store has been designed ...
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The World Trade Organization (WTO) has received a complaint filed...
The World Trade Organization (WTO) has received a complaint filed by China on the European Union's rules on calculating what constitutes dumping. The document says that, since China acceded to the WTO, it had been agreed that specific price-comparison rules would apply for the country for a transitional period of ...
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Sport England has announced it will invest £88 million (€104.2m-$108.7m)...
Sport England has announced it will invest £88 million (€104.2m-$108.7m) of funding coming from the National Lottery and the government in grassroots sports across 26 national governing bodies of sport. Cycling is supposed to get more than £17 million (€20.1m-$21.0m), the highest amount. Other recipients include hockey with £9 million ...
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Adidas has launched the first versions of its ACE and...
Adidas has launched the first versions of its ACE and X soccer boots for female players. Using the insights provided by players, both boots have been designed to fit the female foot through a combination of shape and traction, according to the German brand. The tests showed, for example, that ...
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Umbro has received an outpouring of orders for the shirts...
Umbro has received an outpouring of orders for the shirts of the Chapecoense club after an air crash killed nearly the whole team in early December. Only three players survived the crash outside Medellin, which occurred on the eve of their Copa Sudamericana final against Atletico Nacional. Umbro representatives met ...
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Gore has developed a new technology for running shoes that...
Gore has developed a new technology for running shoes that is said to offer the benefits of protective footwear technology with the feeling of regular road running shoes. In the Gore Invisible Fit shoe, wrinkles and folds have been eliminated and pressure marks are reduced. Heel and ankle abrasion is ...
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Fischer and Rossignol, two prominent brands in the Nordic skiing...
Fischer and Rossignol, two prominent brands in the Nordic skiing market, have joined forces to produce cross-country boot soles and bindings under the Turnamic brand. To be launched for the 2017/18 season, the soles and bindings are compatible with Rottefella's NNN system. More broadly, the Austrian and French companies have ...
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Rossignol has put on the back-burner its previous project to...
Rossignol has put on the back-burner its previous project to come out with a line of lifestyle-oriented sunglasses under its own name following a French court's decision to liquidate the assets of its prospective licensee, Logo Eyewear, after its failure to lure a new investor. Logo went bankrupt in May ...
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Oxbow, the surf and surf-inspired apparel brand of the Lafuma...
Oxbow, the surf and surf-inspired apparel brand of the Lafuma Group, is adding a line of stand-up paddle boards that will be made by Bic Sport based on its own designs. Oxbow already has a specific line of SUP apparel. Martin Vitry, an 18-year-old French athlete who became the French ...
