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The latest edition of Surf Expo, scheduled for Sept. 5-7,...
The latest edition of Surf Expo, scheduled for Sept. 5-7, and its pre-show outdoor festival Waterfest, scheduled for Sept. 4, were cancelled. Both were to be held at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Florida, which at the time was under threat from Dorian, the hurricane that ravaged the ...
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The 2019 edition of Wheels and Fins, the music and...
The 2019 edition of Wheels and Fins, the music and action sports festival scheduled for Sept. 7-8 in the British county of Kent, was canceled for lack of funds. The event typically combines the music of DJs with skateboarding, yoga, surfing and paddle-boarding. The organizers are currently working with legal ...
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Ispo Brandnew, purportedly the “world's largest and oldest international start-up...
Ispo Brandnew, purportedly the “world's largest and oldest international start-up competition in the sports business,” is celebrating its 20th anniversary by providing a total of €400,000 in start-up funding. This will be divided into 50 “support packages” of €25,000 each. In addition to the funding, these packages will provide booth ...
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Fibo, the leading European trade fair for the fitness sector,...
Fibo, the leading European trade fair for the fitness sector, will continue to be held in the German city of Cologne through the year 2032. Reed Exhibitions Deutschland, the show's organizer, and Koelnmesse Ausstellungen, the venue, have agreed to an early, 10-year extension of their current agreement. The forthcoming edition ...
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Sportswear Pro Event, a new trade show dedicated to sportswear...
Sportswear Pro Event, a new trade show dedicated to sportswear manufacturing, will make its debut on March 24-27, 2020 at Feria de Madrid, Spain. The event is being launched by Fespa, the organizer of the annual Fespa Global Print Expo. Sportswear Pro Event will host exhibitors specializing in various areas ...
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Afydad, the Spanish sporting goods industry association, is organizing an...
Afydad, the Spanish sporting goods industry association, is organizing an event about “Marketplaces 4sport” in Barcelona on Sept. 26, at the facilities of the Barcelona Moda Centre (BMC). The timing will coincide with that of the European Week of Sports (EWoS), the initiative of the European Commission to promote sport ...
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The Outdoor Retailer show cancels Winter Market
Emerald Expositions, the organizer of the Outdoor Retailer show, has decided to cancel the Winter Market that was scheduled to take place for the second time on Nov. 5-7 and to concentrate all the product offerings for the next autumn/winter season at the Outdoor + Snow Show on Jan. 19-31. ...
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Sport 2000 will organize its first order show for team...
Sport 2000 will organize its first order show for team sports on the ANWR Campus in Mainhausen, near Frankfurt, on Sept. 8-9. According to the company, almost all leading team-sports suppliers as well as niche suppliers, such as textile finishers and cup and goal providers, will participate in the new ...
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With the family of Ispo shows continuing to grow with...
With the family of Ispo shows continuing to grow with the addition of OutDoor by Ispo, and probably in view of other projects, Messe München has appointed Jeanette Loos to the newly created position of global head of the Ispo Group. The 36-year-old manager earned a doctorate in communications and ...
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Messe München, which organizes the Ispo Beijing and Ispo Shanghai...
Messe München, which organizes the Ispo Beijing and Ispo Shanghai fairs in China, has announced the appointment of a new leadership team for its Chinese subsidiary, Messe München Shanghai. Xu Jia, who has been its chief operating officer since 2013, has been promoted to the role of chief executive, replacing ...
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The Eurosima Beach Party is back for 2019 in a...
The Eurosima Beach Party is back for 2019 in a new format. It will be held on Sept. 13 on the beaches of Seignosse, France. Initially launched in 2006, this competition for surf professionals was revived under a new format in 2018, with competitors spending more time in the water ...
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The Accell Group will not be taking part in this...
The Accell Group will not be taking part in this year's edition of Eurobike, the usual venue for the company's product introductions in Friedrichshafen, where it has been one of the major exhibitors. This year, for the first time, the Dutch-based group introduced its new collections directly to its dealers ...
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Roughly coinciding with the 70th anniversary of its foundation on...
Roughly coinciding with the 70th anniversary of its foundation on Aug. 18, 1949, Adidas celebrated the opening of its new headquarters in Herzogenaurach last Friday with the participation of some high-profile guests such as Pharrell Williams, Stan Smith, Philipp Lahm, Laura Dahlmeier and Magdalena Neuner. A daughter of the late ...
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A Waffle Moon shoe made by Bill Bowerman, the late...
A Waffle Moon shoe made by Bill Bowerman, the late co-founder of Nike, with a waffle iron for the 1972 Olympics fetched a record price of $437,000 at a special auction organized on Sotheby's website in partnership with Stadium Goods, the American sneaker consignment reseller. The shoe was reportedly bought ...
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For its 50th anniversary, Micam will feature a new space,...
For its 50th anniversary, Micam will feature a new space, called the Players District, dedicated to sports and outdoor shoes. The next edition of the Milan trade show, which will take place on Sept. 15-18, will therefore host brands such as Skechers, Dolomite and Joma Sport in Hall 7. The ...
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Messe Friedrichshafen has decided not to go ahead with the...
Messe Friedrichshafen has decided not to go ahead with the premiere of Outdoor Friedrichshafen, a new trade show scheduled to take place on Sept. 17-19, 2019, and to postpone the new format, after the success of the new OutDoor by Ispo show (see our previous issue). The organizer of the ...
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We liked the first OutDoor by Ispo fair because of...
We liked the first OutDoor by Ispo fair because of its atmosphere and its convenience. While using a lot of wood and cutting down on the use of paper in the name of sustainability, the open spaces did not place any brand in the foreground as at Ispo Munich, leading ...
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The European fishing tackle show, EFTTEX, attracted a total of...
The European fishing tackle show, EFTTEX, attracted a total of 1,636 visitors at its latest session in Brussels last month, down slightly from 1,674 last year, when the show was held in Amsterdam. The event hosted 182 companies. Exhibitors and visitors came from 71 countries.
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BasicNet, the company founded by Marco Boglione in 1994 through...
BasicNet, the company founded by Marco Boglione in 1994 through the acquisition of a former knitwear company, got a special prize at the Pitti Uomo fair in Florence earlier this month as “the first marketplace in the history of clothing.” Today, BasicNet, which owns and licenses Kappa, K-Way, Sebago, Superga ...
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The 3rd edition of the Sea Otter Europe Costa Brava-Girona...
The 3rd edition of the Sea Otter Europe Costa Brava-Girona Bike Show, which took place from May 31 to June 2, attracted 6,100 cyclists from different disciplines and more than 60,000 visitors, surpassing the 50,000 visitors of last year's edition. Exhibitors and cyclists came from more than 50 countries, highlighting ...
