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KDM International, an organizer of international fairs based in Bologna,...
KDM International, an organizer of international fairs based in Bologna, is proposing the launch of two new consumer-oriented fairs for cycling and other sports in Kiev, the capital of Ukraine. Called Activesport and BikeExpo, they will be held next Apr. 26-29, coinciding with the existing Motobike Expo (sic) show. Last ...
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Afydad, the Spanish sporting goods industry association, says that 37...
Afydad, the Spanish sporting goods industry association, says that 37 of its member companies will show in its Spanish Outdoor Village at the next Ispo fair, running from Jan. 29 to Feb. 1. Afydad and the Sports Unlimited fair in Valencia, which has signed a new partnership with the association ...
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The British Golf Industry Association, which represents the U.K.'s industry...
The British Golf Industry Association, which represents the U.K.'s industry of golf products and services, has announced that it will be returning to the PGA Merchandise Show in January 2012. This year's presence at the show was deemed a success, with the BGIA's business lounge being well-used among members in ...
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Ispo Munich is again setting new milestones. Four months before...
Ispo Munich is again setting new milestones. Four months before it opens its doors next Jan. 29, the number of registered exhibitors has already grown by 2.8 percent as compared to this time one year ago, and the rented exhibit space has risen by 3.2 percent. The outdoor section, in ...
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The Outdoor Retailer show in Salt Lake City continues to...
The Outdoor Retailer show in Salt Lake City continues to expand into other categories. As at its summer session in August, it is moving more forcefully into the action sports segment at its winter session, scheduled for next Jan. 19-22. Burton Snowboards is going to exhibit there for the first ...
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The second edition of the European Outdoor Forum, held in...
The second edition of the European Outdoor Forum, held in Annecy on Oct. 11-12, brought together more than 200 leading executives from the outdoor industry for two days of intense discussions and presentations. With a more international and interactive format than last year, the forum tackled many topical issues, from ...
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Four hundred people, including business leaders, celebrities and surfing legends,...
Four hundred people, including business leaders, celebrities and surfing legends, attended the annual Waterman's Ball organized on Oct. 6 by EuroSIMA, the European boardsports industry manufacturers' group. Held at the Hossegor Casino in France, the gala dinner had a “60s Rockabilly” dress code and raised money for EuroSIMA's sustainability projects. ...
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Andy Rubin, chief executive of Pentland Brands, was one of...
Andy Rubin, chief executive of Pentland Brands, was one of 25 top executives from the U.K. who accompanied British Prime Minister David Cameron on a trade mission to Russia. One of Pentland's brands, Berghaus, is entering the country through a distributor (more in our Outdoor Industry Compass).
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Messe München was going to rename Golf Europe as Ispo...
Messe München was going to rename Golf Europe as Ispo Golf, but then it decided to cancel this year's event because of continued losses due to insufficient backing from the industry and a lack of consensus about the dates. Messe München has now announced to exhibitors that it has sold ...
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A total of 36 companies affiliated with Afydad, the Spanish...
A total of 36 companies affiliated with Afydad, the Spanish sporting goods industry association, will participate in the Spanish Outdoor Village at next year's Ispo Munich show. In collaboration with Icex, the Spanish export promotion agency, Afydad is also going to organize trade missions next year to Dubai, Qatar and ...
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The number of visitors to the French bicycle fair, Salon...
The number of visitors to the French bicycle fair, Salon du Cycle, increased by 73 percent to 69,251 last month, as compared to the last edition in 2009, which took place in the midst of the economic crisis. The number of exhibitors nearly doubled to almost 500. Some 2,000 trade ...
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More than 23,000 visitors attended Interbike 2011 in Las Vegas...
More than 23,000 visitors attended Interbike 2011 in Las Vegas in September. More than 11,000 buyers attended, representing almost 4,000 stores; over 1,300 buyers were from outside the U.S. The two-day Outdoor Demo, held Sept. 12-13 outside Las Vegas, let riders test out the latest products, and seminars discussed such ...
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With Golf Europe canceled for this year, BSI, the German...
With Golf Europe canceled for this year, BSI, the German sporting goods industry association, has decided to organize a series of Golf Buying Days for German retailers. Each running for three days, they are going to take place at three different locations near Hamburg, Düsseldorf and Munich between Oct. 15 ...
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For the first time ever, Sport 2000 Austria has organized...
For the first time ever, Sport 2000 Austria has organized its own in-house trade show. Altogether 70 brands offered their collections to visitors from the pool of 203 affiliated retailers in Austria (not counting the retailers in the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary, which are another 59). The buying group ...
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+++ Andy Rubin, chief executive of Pentland Brands, was part...
+++ Andy Rubin, chief executive of Pentland Brands, was part of a delegation of 25 top U.K. executives who accompanied British Prime Minister David Cameron on a trade mission to Russia +++
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In a bold move, Who's Next, the young fashion show...
In a bold move, Who's Next, the young fashion show in Paris, has announced its decision to change the dates of its summer session from the beginning of September to the end of June, a few days before Bread & Butter, its powerful rival in Berlin. The change of schedule ...
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Sport-Achat continues to be a strong trade show in France...
Sport-Achat continues to be a strong trade show in France for pure sporting goods brands, but its latest session suffered a 14 percent decrease in attendance to a total of 1,390 visitors. It is not clear whether this may have been partly due to the organizers' decision to hold the ...
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Eurobike enjoyed a buoyant 20th anniversary, as nearly 1,200 exhibitors...
Eurobike enjoyed a buoyant 20th anniversary, as nearly 1,200 exhibitors and more than 40,000 visitors from over 100 countries thronged to the bike fair in Friedrichshafen earlier this month – about the same as the previous year. The organizers had increased the space dedicated to the fair by using the ...
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TaiSPO, the Taipei International Sporting Goods Show, is the second-largest...
TaiSPO, the Taipei International Sporting Goods Show, is the second-largest sporting goods trade show in Asia. Its 38th edition held in April drew 1,892 international visitors from 75 countries, its largest international visitor count yet and an increase of 2 percent from the year before. The countries with the largest ...
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This year's third edition of Sweden's largest mountain bike race,...
This year's third edition of Sweden's largest mountain bike race, Cykelvasan, had a record number of 7,187 competitors. Cykelvasan has three levels: 90, 45 and 30 kilometers. The majority of bikers, 5,555 participants, chose the 90-kilometer race. The event is regarded as a means of raising awareness about mountain biking ...
