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One of the first sporting legacies from the 2012 Olympics...
One of the first sporting legacies from the 2012 Olympics has been announced with the launch of RideLondon, a cycling festival that aims to become the largest charity fund-raising cycle ride in the world. The event, which will take place over the weekend of Aug. 3, 2013, is set to ...
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More than 10,000 people on every continent have signed up...
More than 10,000 people on every continent have signed up to play squash in a single event on Saturday, Oct. 20. This year's World Squash Day will be staged in support of a new bid by the World Squash Federation to get the sport included in the agenda of the ...
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Rolf Schmid, the chief executive of Mammut Sports Group, will...
Rolf Schmid, the chief executive of Mammut Sports Group, will be the keynote speaker at the Ispo Dinner during the next European Outdoor Forum, due to be held in Annecy, France, on Oct. 16 and 17. He follows Paul Petzl (Petzl) and Heiner Oberrauch (Salewa), who gave their speeches in the previous ...
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Billabong, Santa Cruz and a few other brands have signed...
Billabong, Santa Cruz and a few other brands have signed up to participate in FLIP, a new urban, street and action sports trade show taking place in Birmingham's NEC exhibition center on Aug. 12-14. Animal, Boxfresh, Buff, Kangol, Quiksilver, Timezone and many other lesser-known brands have agreed to show there.
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Bread & Butter is going to start one day earlier,...
Bread & Butter is going to start one day earlier, on Tuesdays instead of Wednesdays, from next January on. It will continue to run for three days. The organizers said they wanted to optimize its position between the dates of other major fashion-related trade shows in Florence, Milan and Paris. ...
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The BASE Workshop, a French action sports show whose fourth...
The BASE Workshop, a French action sports show whose fourth edition was supposed to take place in Bordeaux on Aug. 26-28, has been canceled, citing financial and market difficulties. Organized by Brotherhood Communications, a French agency specializing in alternative sports and lifestyle, the event was to gather brand professionals and ...
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The organizers of the Eurobike fair in Friedrichshafen are looking...
The organizers of the Eurobike fair in Friedrichshafen are looking forward to another record-breaking edition at the end of August, in spite of reports about three prominent companies pulling out of the show. Trek Europe already confirmed early this year that it would not attend Eurobike and that it would ...
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After months of speculation, a decision was made by organizers...
After months of speculation, a decision was made by organizers to merge the European Freeride World Tour, the North American Freesking World Tour and The North Face Masters of Snowboarding into one, unified global championship series. The new world tour will be named the “Swatch Freeride World Tour by The ...
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To the surprise of many exhibitors, Messe Friedrichshafen, the organizer...
To the surprise of many exhibitors, Messe Friedrichshafen, the organizer of the OutDoor show, which closed on Sunday afternoon, has reported another increase in trade visitors, saying that their number grew by 210 to a total of 21,730. According to German standards, the figure should be interpreted as daily visits. ...
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After a one-year pause, the Golf Europe trade show is...
After a one-year pause, the Golf Europe trade show is back, this time in the city of Augsburg after Messe München divested the golf business. The next edition of the fair will be held at Messe Augsburg with the support of the Professional Golfers Association (PGA) of Europe on Sept. 16-18. ...
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The fourth Sports Unlimited trade exhibition in Valencia last month...
The fourth Sports Unlimited trade exhibition in Valencia last month was hailed a success. Reed Exhibitions invited and hosted more than 600 selected buyers. It organized more than 2,000 meetings between them and more than 100 exhibitors representing about 500 brands.
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Outdoor and running were again among the focal points...
Outdoor and running were again among the focal points of Sports Unlimited, the Spanish trade show held in Valencia last week, but only a few companies from these sectors participated this time, including Merrell, Original Buff and Regatta. Major running specialist brands said the dates were in conflict with their ...
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Benedikt Lex, the director of the Ösfa and Bike &...
Benedikt Lex, the director of the Ösfa and Bike & Trimm shows in Salzburg, Austria has decided to leave Brandboxx, operator of the two fairs. The news on Lex' departure came shortly after Brandboxx' decision to cancel the Bike & Trimm cycle and fitness show. Lex will become sales director ...
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Five Italian companies that belong to Assosport, the Italian sporting...
Five Italian companies that belong to Assosport, the Italian sporting goods industry association, participated a few days ago in a trade mission organized by the Italian government in Seoul, in preparation for the Asian Games in 2014 and the 2018 Winter Olympics in Peyong Chang. The five companies were Athesis, ...
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Reed Exhibitions has decided to move the dates of Sports...
Reed Exhibitions has decided to move the dates of Sports Unlimited, the leading Spanish sporting goods fair, to March 5-7 next year, and to launch a new internationalization program of its “professional business club” concept for brands and retailers. About 1,000 trade professionals are expected at this year's event, which ...
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Madrid Golf, which remains the biggest consumer-oriented golf show in...
Madrid Golf, which remains the biggest consumer-oriented golf show in southern Europe, will move its dates to March 15-17 next year, positioning itself ahead of the high season in the sector. The Spanish show, which has been taking place in Madrid since 2006 during the month of November, attracted 18,000 ...
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The Outdoor Retailer Winter Market in Salt Lake City, Utah,...
The Outdoor Retailer Winter Market in Salt Lake City, Utah, will start next January on a Tuesday and end on a Saturday to give retailers an extra day over the weekend to spend in their own stores. Instead of running from Wednesday to Sunday, OR will run from Tuesday, Jan. ...
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Brandboxx, the international Netherlands-based operator of trade shows and order...
Brandboxx, the international Netherlands-based operator of trade shows and order centers, has decided to cancel this year's edition of Bike & Trimm, a combined show for bicycles and fitness gear that has been taking place in Salzburg, Austria, annually in September. Brandboxx, which also runs the more general Austrian sports ...
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A total of 228,543 visitors were counted at the 7th...
A total of 228,543 visitors were counted at the 7th edition of the annual Rimini Wellness fair in the Italian resort of Rimini on May 10-13, or 9 percent more than one year ago. Some 400 companies participated in the event, whose scope has been widening beyond the health and ...
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Companies that had been planning to exhibit at the 2013...
Companies that had been planning to exhibit at the 2013 Snow Show held by Snow Sports Industries America but hadn't booked a booth yet are out of luck. The SIA announced at its spring board of directors meeting that the exhibition space for next year's show, slated for Jan. 31-Feb. ...
