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    The European Fishing Tackle Trade Exhibition (Efftex) will return to...

    2017-07-13T00:00:00Z

    The European Fishing Tackle Trade Exhibition (Efftex) will return to Brussels in 2019, after an absence of five years. The other cities under consideration for the event included Helsinki, Prague, Vienna, Madrid, Rimini, Hannover and Nuremberg. The 38th edition of Efftex will take place on June 13-15, 2019. It will ...

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    Bread & Butter, the three-day consumer-oriented style and culture festival...

    2017-06-26T00:00:00Z

    Bread & Butter, the three-day consumer-oriented style and culture festival held in Berlin, Germany, will expand this year to feature more than 40 brands, up from 25 at its first new-style session last year. Adidas, Converse, Fila, Nike, Puma, Reebok and Vans will be among the brands displaying their products ...

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    Pitti Uomo attracted fewer attendees this June as compared to...

    2017-06-26T00:00:00Z

    Pitti Uomo attracted fewer attendees this June as compared to the June edition last year. Around 19,000 buyers attended the 92nd edition for the spring/summer collections, down from 20,500 in June 2016. The edition which was held in Florence on June 13-16, 2017 attracted more than 30,000 visitors overall. The ...

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    Interbike, the largest annual bike show in North America, has...

    2017-06-26T00:00:00Z

    Interbike, the largest annual bike show in North America, has unveiled a number of new initiatives and changes for its 2017 edition. The Incubator, a new crowd-funding area, will feature the latest innovations for the bicycle industry on crowdfunding platforms such as Kickstarter. The purpose of the Incubator, which will ...

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    The European Outdoor Group has opened registrations for the next...

    2017-06-26T00:00:00Z

    The European Outdoor Group has opened registrations for the next European Outdoor Summit (EOS), which will be held in Treviso, Italy on Oct. 4 and 5. The early bird rate of €500 per delegate will be kept until July 31. It will also cover participation in a Networking Evening on ...

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    Original Buff, which is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year,...

    2017-06-26T00:00:00Z

    Original Buff, which is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year, will organize a new family event, the Buff Mountain Festival. It will be held for the first time on July 7-9 in Vall de Boi, a valley in northern Spain. The festival will feature various competitive and non-competitive activities including ...

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    The latest edition of the European OutDoor show, held in...

    2017-06-26T00:00:00Z

    The latest edition of the European OutDoor show, held in Friedrichshafen from Sunday June 18 through Wednesday June 21, went relatively well, with only a small dip in the number of visitors in spite of its earlier dates. It will again be held on Lake Constance next June, but it ...

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    Ispo has agreed to act as Gold Sponsor of the...

    2017-06-01T00:00:00Z

    Ispo has agreed to act as Gold Sponsor of the Sport Solutions Day that will be organized by Diffusion Sport in Madrid next Oct. 24, where more than 150 delegates are expected to attend. Ispo and Diffusion Sport have also agreed to work together in the future for the Ispo ...

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    Emerald Expositions, which owns Outdoor Retailer, Interbike and many other...

    2017-06-01T00:00:00Z

    Emerald Expositions, which owns Outdoor Retailer, Interbike and many other trade shows, has completed the acquisition of the SIA Snow Show from the Snow Sports Industries Association (SIA) of the U.S., reportedly for $16.7 million, following approval by the SIA's board of directors. The takeover paves the way for a ...

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    Ispo has released a study of the rapidly changing perception...

    2017-06-01T00:00:00Z

    Ispo has released a study of the rapidly changing perception of the traditional sports sector among consumers in the German-speaking countries, based on a survey of more than 3,500 sporting goods consumers between the ages of 16 and 79. The digitalization process and the issue of sustainability are influencing their ...

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    Unigolf, the annual golf trade show in Madrid formerly known...

    2017-06-01T00:00:00Z

    Unigolf, the annual golf trade show in Madrid formerly known as Madrid Golf, recorded 8,179 visitors at its first show under this name, which was held on April 20-22 and organized by the local trade show company, Ifema. The show addressed only trade visitors on its first day and consumers ...

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    Ispo is organizing for the first time a six-hour seminar...

    2017-05-18T00:00:00Z

    Ispo is organizing for the first time a six-hour seminar in Munich on May 31 on the constraints and opportunities of the Chinese market, with presentations by Martin Kössler, initiator of Ispo's Market Introduction Program for China, and executives of Lowa, Point 65 Kayak Sweden and Fenix Outdoor. The seminar ...

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    The latest edition of Performance Days went well, with rising...

    2017-05-18T00:00:00Z

    The latest edition of Performance Days went well, with rising numbers for both exhibitors and visitors. A total of 1,520 visitors from 49 countries attended the two-day fabrics show in Munich last month, up from 1,340 visitors from 44 countries in April 2016. The number of exhibitors increased to 177 ...

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    Afydad, the Spanish sporting goods industry association, will present a...

    2017-05-18T00:00:00Z

    Afydad, the Spanish sporting goods industry association, will present a study of the Spanish sporting goods market, conducted by Sport Panel, in Barcelona on May 23. Sport Panel, which conducted similar studies in the past, will also present a study of the bike market in Madrid on May 30. On ...

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    Diffusion Sport, the Spanish news service, is organizing a “Sport...

    2017-05-18T00:00:00Z

    Diffusion Sport, the Spanish news service, is organizing a “Sport Solutions Day” in a Madrid hotel next Oct. 24. The initiative is similar to the relatively successful Sport Business Day that it staged in Madrid last September, and this time it will be supported by Afydad, the Spanish sporting goods ...

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    Organized by the Management Forum Starnberg, the first European Ingredient...

    2017-05-18T00:00:00Z

    Organized by the Management Forum Starnberg, the first European Ingredient Branding Summit will be held in Munich on Nov. 8 to 9, 2017. The speakers will include Christian Langer from W.L. Gore & Associates and Manuel Dürmoser from Recco.

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    The OutDoor show in Friedrichshafen will feature a dedicated running...

    2017-04-29T00:00:00Z

    The OutDoor show in Friedrichshafen will feature a dedicated running section at its next session, which will take place earlier than usual on June 18-21, considering that many brands of running footwear have now shoes for trail running as well as road running. Even Salomon, the leading brand of trail ...

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    Sport-Achat, the French sporting goods fair in Lyon, will have...

    2017-04-29T00:00:00Z

    Sport-Achat, the French sporting goods fair in Lyon, will have a dedicated section for water sports at its new session in Nantes next Sept. 18 and 19. Its regular Sept. 11-12 edition in Lyon will focus more on the outdoor segment, complemented by a simultaneous Bikexpo fair.

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    Emerald Expositions Events, the company formerly known as Nielsen Expositions...

    2017-04-21T00:00:00Z

    Emerald Expositions Events, the company formerly known as Nielsen Expositions that owns Outdoor Retailer, Surf Expo, Interbike and some 50 other B2B trade shows in the U.S., has filed to go public on the New York Stock Exchange, boasting excellent figures. Its revenues in the sports segment grew to $71 ...

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    The number of visitors at the French Sport-Achat show in...

    2017-03-31T00:00:00Z

    The number of visitors at the French Sport-Achat show in Lyon was down slightly at its latest edition on March 6-8. The organizers report a total of 3,600 “decision-makers” from 1,526 companies who visited the 620 brands represented at the fair.