News Briefs – Page 542
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Daniela Pörner, 57, has reportedly decided to resign as head...
Daniela Pörner, 57, has reportedly decided to resign as head designer for Willy Bogner for “reasons of age.” It's not sure who will take her place after her departure on April 30. She will subsequently consult for Bogner in the area of home shopping, retail and styling. Two other managers, ...
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Pure Fishing Europe has announced the retirement of Jacques Prallet,...
Pure Fishing Europe has announced the retirement of Jacques Prallet, its director general for the past six years. He will be replaced by Grant Harris, who will be responsible for Europe alongside his current role as managing director in the U.K. Prallet started his career in the fishing industry in ...
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Yoshihiro Katsuto, who has been the logistics manager of Goldwin...
Yoshihiro Katsuto, who has been the logistics manager of Goldwin Europe for many years, has been promoted chief executive of the operation, based in Switzerland. He takes over from Ryoji Sekito, whose future role could not be determined.
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Body Glove, which specializes in wetsuits and swimwear, has teamed...
Body Glove, which specializes in wetsuits and swimwear, has teamed up with Bic Sport to move into the surf equipment and stand-up paddling market. The two parties have sealed a licensing agreement that calls for Bic to design, market and globally distribute surf and SUP boards with Body Glove branding, ...
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Decathlon opened its largest store in Paris last week, with…
Decathlon opened its largest store in Paris last week, with a selling surface of 4,600 square meters in the northeast of the French capital. Decathlon says the new store in the 19th arrondissement covers 65 sports, it sells all of its private labels and offers services such as “click and ...
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Billabong has inaugurated a new shop concept in a shopping...
Billabong has inaugurated a new shop concept in a shopping center near Toulon in France, called L'Avenue 83. It is the first of a series of store renovations that will be carried out throughout Europe. It has digital features. The atmosphere is bright. It plays on vibrant colors and the ...
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The outdoor & action sports division of VF Corp, with...
The outdoor & action sports division of VF Corp, with brands like The North Face, Vans and Timberland, raised its sales by 2 percent to $1.6 billion for the first quarter ended on April 2. They were up by 4 percent in constant currencies, with increases of 8 percent for ...
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Records were again smashed by Columbia Sportswear in the first...
Records were again smashed by Columbia Sportswear in the first quarter ended March 31, as sales increased by 10 percent to $525.1 million, up by 12 percent in constant currencies. The rise included sales growth of 7 percent to $51.3 million in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA), up ...
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Giant Manufacturing Co. reported a 17 percent drop in its...
Giant Manufacturing Co. reported a 17 percent drop in its sales in China in 2015. The big Taiwanese bicycle company said its sales were solid in the U.S. and Japan, but they improved only slightly in Europe because of the depreciation of the euro. Total revenues inched up by 0.6 ...
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The fitness segment of Brunswick Corp., led by Life Fitness,...
The fitness segment of Brunswick Corp., led by Life Fitness, reported an 18 percent increase to $218.3 million for the first quarter ended April 2, but its operating income fell by 22 percent to $20.1 million due to higher marketing expenses and $3.8 million in integration costs for the newly ...
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Johnson Health Tech suffered a drop in net income of...
Johnson Health Tech suffered a drop in net income of 90 percent to 272.5 million Taiwan dollars (€7.38m-$8.45m) for the past year on 3 percent higher revenues of NT 16.55 billion (€448.2m-$512.8m). The bottom line was pulled down by the non-recurrence of government subsidies of NT 1.7 billion (€46.0m-$52.7m). The ...
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The Thule Group's net income from continuing operations increased by...
The Thule Group's net income from continuing operations increased by 21.5 percent to 169 million Swedish kronor on 5.5 percent higher revenues of SEK 1,380 million in the first quarter. The underlying operating profit margin (Ebit) improved to 17.0 percent from 15.7 percent in the year-ago period, and it went ...
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Mild weather led to nearly stagnant sales of 520 million...
Mild weather led to nearly stagnant sales of 520 million Swedish kronor (€56.7m-$64.0m) in the first quarter for the sports and leisure division of the New Wave group, which includes the Craft, Seger, Cutter & Buck and Ahead brands, and the distribution of Speedo in Scandinavia, among other brands and ...
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Pou Sheng International, the Chinese sports retailing and distribution company,...
Pou Sheng International, the Chinese sports retailing and distribution company, reports that its net consolidated operating revenue increased by 5.2 percent to $207.4 million in March compared with the same month in 2015. This number relates to turnover less sales discount and returns. The group's net consolidated sales for the ...
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Erima announced an increase in its total sales of 19...
Erima announced an increase in its total sales of 19 percent to €14 million in the first quarter of this year. As compared to the first quarter of 2015, sales in the German team sport specialist's domestic market grew by 27 percent. Strong increases were also recorded in Austria and ...
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Sales grew by 7.2 percent on a same-store basis at...
Sales grew by 7.2 percent on a same-store basis at the franchised stores of 361 Degrees in China during the first quarter. They went up by 7.5 percent at 361° Kids stores. Inventory turns reached rates of 4.2 and 4.1 times in the two store networks, respectively. The company ended ...
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According to preliminary figures, Zalando is expected to report a...
According to preliminary figures, Zalando is expected to report a sales increase of between 22.5 percent and 24.5 percent for the first quarter, meaning a turnover in a range between €788 million and €801 million. The adjusted operating margin (Ebit) declined to between 1.5 percent and 3.5 percent, down from ...
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Trond E. Hansen is returning to the helm of Sportsbransjen,...
Trond E. Hansen is returning to the helm of Sportsbransjen, the Norwegian sporting goods industry association. He will replace the current CEO Bård Kristiansen, after he steps down at the end of August. Hansen held the same position until four years ago. He said that he is happy to return ...
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Vanessa Garcia Brito, senior director of communications & partnerships at...
Vanessa Garcia Brito, senior director of communications & partnerships at Nike has been appoint as chairperson of the Physical Activity Committee of the World Federation of the Sporting Goods Industry. She will be aided by three vice chairs: Kathleen Tullie, senior director of corporate social responsibility at Reebok International; Lars ...
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The so-called Salomon Prolink case will be taken up in...
The so-called Salomon Prolink case will be taken up in the Oslo District Court on June 13. Rottefella has sued Amer Sports for violation of marketing law and intellectual property in conjunction with the launch of Prolink. The cross-country segment was abuzz when Amer Sports launched its new binding system, ...
