News Briefs – Page 572
-
News briefs
Odlo has completed the reorganization of its management structure with...
Odlo has completed the reorganization of its management structure with the appointment of Antoine Sathicq as chief sales officer. The position is new, but it covers most of the functions of the previous sales director, Claes Broqvist, who left the company a few weeks ago. The other members of the ...
-
News briefs
Haglöfs has hired a number of key people in recent...
Haglöfs has hired a number of key people in recent weeks. The latest recruit is Robert Olsson, who has become the company's new senior designer for apparel. In the ‘90s, Olsson was one of Sweden's biggest freeride skis stars. At the peak of his career, he began designing garments for ...
-
News briefs
After sitting for a few months on its board of...
After sitting for a few months on its board of directors, Tom Zelenovic has become the new chief executive of Bowtech, the American manufacturer of archery equipment. He previously acted as CEO of Gold Tip, a supplier of archery-related arrows, bolts, components and clothing. At Bowtech, Zelenovic takes the place ...
-
News briefs
Mountain Hardwear has appointed Steve Adams and Eric Betz as...
Mountain Hardwear has appointed Steve Adams and Eric Betz as product line managers for outerwear and equipment, respectively. Adams was most recently senior product manager for winter sports at Quiksilver. Betz acted as outerwear product developer at Marmot, and then as merchandise manager at Any Mountain and Vail Resorts for ...
-
News briefs
Jorcani Sports will distribute the Polaroid line of sunglasses produced...
Jorcani Sports will distribute the Polaroid line of sunglasses produced by Safilo in the sporting goods channel in Spain and Andorra. Jorcani is already the Spanish distributor of Safilo's higher-end lines of Smith and Carrera sports glasses.
-
News briefs
Orage has opened its first flagship store in Montreal, Canada....
Orage has opened its first flagship store in Montreal, Canada. The new 1,000-square-foot space is called Le Chalet and is supposed to visually reflect modern mountain culture, with crisp whites, warm woods, soaring ceilings and natural light spilling in through large windows. The new retail space has been conceived as ...
-
News briefs
Selfridges Group is taking over Arnotts, an iconic department store...
Selfridges Group is taking over Arnotts, an iconic department store in one of Dublin's busiest shopping streets. Selfridges bought it at an undisclosed price from Fitzwilliam Finance Partners, the private equity firm of an Irish businessman, Noel Smyth, after a battle for ownership. Selfridges already owns another Irish retailer, the ...
-
News briefs
The North Face has opened its newest flagship store at...
The North Face has opened its newest flagship store at 290 Regent Street in London. The 400-square-meter location features on-site lockers to allow customers to leave their belongings and “explore” London freely. Screens will show the latest adventure films. Sponsored athletes will make appearances at the store.
-
News briefs
Haglöfs is launching an online store in Sweden and preparing...
Haglöfs is launching an online store in Sweden and preparing to open others across the Nordic markets and Europe. The company described the Swedish online store as part of a wider digital initiative for the company, with Europe to be covered shortly and online stores to be opened in all ...
-
News briefs
Working through its new Japanese distributor, SSK Corporation, Schöffel has...
Working through its new Japanese distributor, SSK Corporation, Schöffel has opened three stores in the cities of Osaka, Nagoya and Tokyo. Two more are planned for next year. In addition to Schöffel's apparel collections, the stores carry Lowa shoes and Deuter backpacks.
-
News briefs
Crocs reported a net loss of $27.8 million for the...
Crocs reported a net loss of $27.8 million for the third quarter, compared with net earnings of $12.0 million in the year-ago period. The loss came after non-recurring and special charges of $8.6 million in the latest period, compared with charges of $17.4 million a year earlier. Revenues declined ...
-
News briefs
The sports & leisure segment of Uvex Winter Holding, which...
The sports & leisure segment of Uvex Winter Holding, which produces eyewear and helmets under the Uvex and Alpina brands, raised its sales by 6 percent in the financial year ended June 30, reaching a level of €117.2 million, accounting for 29 percent of the group's total turnover. Weak sales ...
-
News briefs
Nautilus saw its revenues increase by 19.7 percent to $70.7...
Nautilus saw its revenues increase by 19.7 percent to $70.7 million for the third quarter. An increase of 24.3 percent in direct sales to $42.9 million was driven by demand for the Bowflex Max Trainer range, while cardio products and Select Tech dumbbell sales supported a retail sales gain of ...
-
News briefs
Fitbit reported sales of $409.3 million for the third quarter,...
Fitbit reported sales of $409.3 million for the third quarter, which was more than double the turnover of $152.9 million reached in the same quarter last year. The U.S. maker of connected health and fitness products said it sold 4.8 million devices during the quarter, but its net income shrank ...
-
News briefs
The average number of rounds of golf played in the...
The average number of rounds of golf played in the U.K. during the third quarter of this year is down by 7 percent compared with the third quarter of 2014. The total since the beginning of the year remains up by 1 percent thanks to a good first half. Scotland ...
-
News briefs
Dutch sports retailers who took part in the Inretail Sport...
Dutch sports retailers who took part in the Inretail Sport Monitor raised their sales by 2.5 percent for the third quarter, Sport Partner reports, compared with smaller rises of 0.7 percent in the first quarter and 0.8 percent in the second quarter. The third quarter got off to a promising ...
-
News briefs
The Brazilian sporting goods market increased by 6.7 percent to...
The Brazilian sporting goods market increased by 6.7 percent to 15.1 billion reais (€3,693.7m-$3,974.6m) in 2014, according to a local market research company, Iemi, which studies mainly the footwear and apparel segments. The growth is expected to soften to 2.5 percent this year. About one-third of the turnover is being ...
-
News briefs
The “sport system” in the industrial cluster of Montebelluna, which...
The “sport system” in the industrial cluster of Montebelluna, which includes many large and small outdoor-related companies, generated total sales of €1.44 billion in 2014, up from €1.28 billion in 2007, just before the latest economic crisis. The number of companies involved in the sector declined from 491 to 487, ...
-
News briefs
According to The Daily Mail, Sports Direct is one of...
According to The Daily Mail, Sports Direct is one of several British retailers that are facing the risk of an investigation by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) of the U.K. over allegations that they blocked negative reviews on their websites, cherry-picking instead positive comments made by customers. The reports ...
-
News briefs
A German private-sector watchdog, the Centre for Protection against Unfair...
A German private-sector watchdog, the Centre for Protection against Unfair Competition, has filed a suit in a regional court in Berlin against Zalando, accusing the e-tailer of false advertising. The suit alleges that Zalando had made customers believe that they had to act to buy certain clothing items on its ...
