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Eurosima gathered more than 250 executives and employees from the...
Eurosima gathered more than 250 executives and employees from the action sports sector for a cycle of conferences in Seignosse, France, on Oct. 8-9. A Surfing Lounge exhibiting the most creative and innovative products from around 50 action sports brands was organized alongside the conferences. Wavegarden, a Spanish company that ...
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The organizers of the London Golf Show are to introduce...
The organizers of the London Golf Show are to introduce a Women's Zone at the fair to support participation among women. It will be managed by Felicity Dunderdale of Fore! Women, an online women's guide to golf. The zone will be designed to encourage women to play golf, highlighting the sport's ...
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The next European Outdoor Summit will be held in Barcelona...
The next European Outdoor Summit will be held in Barcelona on Sept. 26-28, 2016. This year's EOS, which was held in Sheffield, England, last week, welcomed a record of 318 delegates. They heard speeches by Andy Rubin, chairman of Pentland Brands, and other managers and experts including Ulrike Luckmann, author ...
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The organizers of Fibo China boasted that the number of...
The organizers of Fibo China boasted that the number of visitors increased by 40 percent to about 6,000 for its second edition in Shanghai earlier this month, while the number of exhibitors climbed from 55 to 87. They represented more than 100 brands, with a focus on quality suppliers. The ...
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There will be no Padel Village at the next edition...
There will be no Padel Village at the next edition of Ispo Munich. This initiative was meant to promote the internationalization of this Spanish racquet sport, which has begun to acquire a certain notoriety in France and other countries. Afydad, the Spanish sporting goods industry association, indicates that the decision ...
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The organizing committee for the 2020 Summer Olympic Games in...
The organizing committee for the 2020 Summer Olympic Games in Tokyo has recommended the addition of four new sports to its programs: baseball/softball, surfing, skateboarding, karate and sports climbing. Applications made by the representatives of three other sports - bowling, squash and wushu - were not accepted. Baseball and softball, ...
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Ispo Munich, which has made no major changes to its...
Ispo Munich, which has made no major changes to its basic layout in six years, is re-distributing the exhibition space in 11 of its 16 halls for the next Jan. 24-27 edition, creating better synergies between some segments and improving walking distances. The Health & Fitness segment will spread over ...
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Klaus Dittrich, chairman of the executive board of Messe München,...
Klaus Dittrich, chairman of the executive board of Messe München, organizer of the Ispo trade shows around the world, and Rolf Schmid, chief executive of the Mammut Sports Group, made a bid for the summit of the Mont Blanc earlier this month, but didn't quite make it to the top. ...
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The number of visitors to Sport-Achat, the French trade show...
The number of visitors to Sport-Achat, the French trade show staged in Lyon on Sept. 7-8, continues to increase. It went up by 6 percent to 2,151. The simultaneous Bikexpo fair was visited by nearly 760 professionals representing 450 stores. The higher attendance contrasted with a drop in the number ...
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The 2024 Summer Olympic Games will take place in Budapest...
The 2024 Summer Olympic Games will take place in Budapest or Hamburg or Los Angeles or Paris or Rome. These five cities entered the final bids before the deadline on Tuesday night. Toronto withdrew its candidacy. As previously reported, Beijing beat Almaty by a narrow margin in the International Olympic ...
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Brunswick Bowling held a training seminar in Yancheng, China, on...
Brunswick Bowling held a training seminar in Yancheng, China, on July 21-25, on the occasion of the Chinese Bowling Foundation (CBF) Education Conference. The event offered an opportunity for bowler development, from beginner to advanced players and coaches, and included a seminar on the best practices in center operations and ...
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The organizers of the Outdoor Retailer show have decided to...
The organizers of the Outdoor Retailer show have decided to keep it in Salt Lake City for an additional two years, through the summer of 2018. The short extension will put pressure on the city and the state of Utah to alleviate the hotel situation. Earlier dates have also been ...
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The World Federation of the Sporting Goods Industry (WFSGI) has...
The World Federation of the Sporting Goods Industry (WFSGI) has announced two new keynote speakers for the third WFSGI Manufacturers Forum, due to be held in Hong Kong on Dec. 2-3. Alex Thomas, vice president of supply chain and manufacturing/engineering strategy at VF Corporation, will cover topics around the reduction ...
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The European Outdoor Group, which organizes the European Outdoor Summit...
The European Outdoor Group, which organizes the European Outdoor Summit (EOS) taking place on Oct. 13-15 in Sheffield, England, have announced that Nick Clegg, a former U.K. deputy prime minister, will present the closing speech of the convention. A multi-lingual politician, he worked for five years for the European Commission ...
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The OutDoor trade show in Friedrichshafen ended last Saturday with...
The OutDoor trade show in Friedrichshafen ended last Saturday with a small drop in the number of visitors to 21,912, but there was higher international attendance, notably from France, the U.K. and non-European countries such as China and Australia. Meanwhile, the European Outdoor Group is weighing the proposals made by ...
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Sportex, the trade fair for the Danish sports industry, which...
Sportex, the trade fair for the Danish sports industry, which was scheduled for the second week of August in Velje, has been cancelled due to a sharp drop in the number of registered exhibitors. Among the reasons behind this decline is the decision by Intersport Danmark to organize its own ...
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The Premium Group, which organizes the Premium and Seek trade...
The Premium Group, which organizes the Premium and Seek trade shows in Berlin, has acquired Bright, the streetwear and action sports fair run simultaneously in the German capital. Bright's two founders, Marco Aslim and Thomas Martini, have sold their shares but will continue to work as managing directors of the ...
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The dates of the Outdoor Retailer Winter Market have been...
The dates of the Outdoor Retailer Winter Market have been moved up by two weeks next year, to adjust to other events, the holiday calendar and final ordering deadlines. The show is to take place in Salt Lake City on Jan. 7-10, to avoid competing with the Sundance Film Festival ...
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A total of 2,843 “industry guests” attended Efftex, the European...
A total of 2,843 “industry guests” attended Efftex, the European fishing tackle show, held in Warsaw last month, which hosted about 200 exhibitors. Out of all the visitors, 1,290 didn't wear exhibitor's badges, with wholesalers and retailers taking shares of 48 and 34 percent, respectively. Predictably, Poland came at the ...
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The Bread & Butter trade show, which opened on July...
The Bread & Butter trade show, which opened on July 7 at the Tempelhof airport in Berlin, has become a shadow of its former self. About 200 companies are exhibiting at the show, most of them unknown labels with basic stands. Only few visitors found their way to the show, ...
