News briefs – Page 22

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    The number of visitors to the recent Taipei Cycle Show...

    2017-03-31T00:00:00Z

    The number of visitors to the recent Taipei Cycle Show increased by 5 percent to 41,892, fueled by a 7 percent increase in domestic visitors to 33,220. A total of 8,672 international buyers attended the show, coming from 97 countries, especially China and other parts of Asia. Next year, the ...

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    The organizers of Poland's Snow Expo are holding a new...

    2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

    The organizers of Poland's Snow Expo are holding a new Bike Expo show in the National Stadium in Warsaw next week. Its dates have been changed from March 4-5 to March 18-19. The new consumer-oriented show will start with about 50 exhibitors, including Scott, Specialized, a couple of Czech and ...

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    Sportair, the organizer of the twice-annual Sport Achat trade show...

    2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

    Sportair, the organizer of the twice-annual Sport Achat trade show in Lyon, has hired an experienced agent in Spain to help find new exhibitors and visitors from that country, which doesn't have a similar trade show at the moment. The agent is Stan Polo, who has had leading roles for ...

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    Booked to capacity, last month's Ispo Beijing welcomed more than...

    2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

    Booked to capacity, last month's Ispo Beijing welcomed more than 40,000 visitors, up from 38,600 a year ago. The number ofn exhibitors was up by 7 percent to a record of 502 companies, representing 728 brands, and 83 percent of them came from China.

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    At its next edition, due to take place on June...

    2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

    At its next edition, due to take place on June 18-21, the OutDoor show in Friedrichshafen will add two new segments, a “running center” for trail running shoes in Hall B4 and an area for lifestyle-oriented brands of outdoor shoes, apparel and accessories in Hall A6. A “community area” will ...

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    The states of Colorado, Montana and Oregon have all expressed...

    2017-02-22T00:00:00Z

    The states of Colorado, Montana and Oregon have all expressed interest in hosting the Outdoor Retailer show after the Outdoor Industry Association (OIA) announced that it was looking for a new venue as soon as possible. A final decision to withdraw OR from Salt Lake City could be made within ...

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    Booked to capacity, last week's Ispo Beijing show hosted a...

    2017-02-22T00:00:00Z

    Booked to capacity, last week's Ispo Beijing show hosted a record of 502 exhibitors, seven percent more than a year ago. They represented 728 brands. Eighty-three percent of them came from China.

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    After a dip in the number of exhibitors in the...

    2017-02-03T00:00:00Z

    After a dip in the number of exhibitors in the past couple of years, the Norwegian sporting goods trade fair, Norspo, reported a successful session. The show, which took place on Jan. 22 and 23, hosted 100 exhibitors, of which 25 were new. A special “ski village” had a relatively ...

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    The SIA snow show, which had been held in Las...

    2017-02-03T00:00:00Z

    The SIA snow show, which had been held in Las Vegas until 2009, will remain in Denver until 2030. The extension of the contract, which was scheduled to expire in 2020, coincided with a new invitation by the state to host the Outdoor Retailer show, following strong reactions by outdoor ...

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    The Outdoor Retailer Winter Market ended on Jan. 12 with...

    2017-02-03T00:00:00Z

    The Outdoor Retailer Winter Market ended on Jan. 12 with total attendance by about 20,000 registered visitors, down from the figure of 22,576 people that was reported for the trade show in Salt Lake City one year ago. The number of brands on the show floor increased slightly to 1,075 ...

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    Icebug, which is launching new outdoor-oriented shoe models at Ispo...

    2017-02-03T00:00:00Z

    Icebug, which is launching new outdoor-oriented shoe models at Ispo Munich this weekend, is organizing a collective winter run together with Silva to raise funds for Outdoor Against Cancer, a German association that is building up a network of cancer patients seeking recovery through sport. Icebug will supply participants with ...

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    Première Vision, the big fabrics trade show in Paris, is...

    2017-01-26T00:00:00Z

    Première Vision, the big fabrics trade show in Paris, is adding a “Wearable Lab” at its next session on Feb. 7-9. Too bad that it's going to overlap with Ispo Munich, where wearables will again be a big topic. Digitsole, which already showed its technology at Ispo last year, will ...

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    Madrid Golf, the annual golf trade show in Madrid, will...

    2017-01-26T00:00:00Z

    Madrid Golf, the annual golf trade show in Madrid, will change its name to Unigolf, starting with its next session on April 20-22. It will address only trade visitors on its first day and also consumers on the following two days. The event will be organized by the local trade ...

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    The Active Collective Trade Show, an event focusing on athleisure,...

    2017-01-26T00:00:00Z

    The Active Collective Trade Show, an event focusing on athleisure, made its debut in New York City, at the Metropolitan Pavilion, on Jan. 16-27. The event will also feature a west-coast version at Huntington Beach, California later this year. The Active Collective trade show started out as a subsection of ...

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    Ispo is inviting bloggers to get accredited as journalists at...

    2016-12-26T00:00:00Z

    Ispo is inviting bloggers to get accredited as journalists at its next session in February. It will also set up a dedicated Influencer's Clublounge at the fair for them to exchange ideas with each other and with industry representatives. Bloggers are also being invited to participate in the Ispo Open ...

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    Ispo Beijing is getting bigger. Messe München said on Dec....

    2016-12-26T00:00:00Z

    Ispo Beijing is getting bigger. Messe München said on Dec. 14 that 439 exhibitors had already registered by then to participate in its next session of the fair, or 7 percent more than at the same time a year earlier. On Feb. 15-18, the next show will feature a Start-Up ...

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    Sports Tech Asia is a new trade show for the...

    2016-12-26T00:00:00Z

    Sports Tech Asia is a new trade show for the presentation of innovative machinery and technologies for the manufacture of sports garments. Organized by Messe München in a joint venture with Adsale Exhibition Services, it will be held in a space of 2,000 square meters next to Ispo Shanghai on ...

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    World Snow Day is scheduled for Jan. 15, 2017. More...

    2016-12-26T00:00:00Z

    World Snow Day is scheduled for Jan. 15, 2017. More than 586,000 children aged four to 14 participated in the 2016 series of 625 events in 42 countries around the world. The final report from the last World Snow Day predicted that 93 percent of them will want to participate ...

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    An Outlet y Ocasión Sport & Fitness fair will take...

    2016-12-01T00:00:00Z

    An Outlet y Ocasión Sport & Fitness fair will take place for the first time on Dec. 16-18 in Madrid. The show is aimed at end consumers who have the chance to purchase cheap sporting goods directly at the site and to take courses in various activities like cheerleading, hip-hop, ...

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    More than 250 people attended the Ispo Academy held for...

    2016-12-01T00:00:00Z

    More than 250 people attended the Ispo Academy held for the first time in Seoul earlier this month. Organized at the Textile Center on Nov. 7-8, in partnership with the Korea Outdoor & Sports Industry Association (KOIA), it brought together brand owners and retailers to hear about the development of ...