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    The German sporting goods industry federation, BSI, has launched the...

    2017-02-22T00:00:00Z

    The German sporting goods industry federation, BSI, has launched the “BSI Sport Clearing Center,” an EDI interface for the sporting goods industry. The aim is to work together and optimize processes by organizing a common platform for retailers and suppliers. BSI wants to accelerate data exchange between retailers and suppliers ...

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    The European Parliament has approved a “Report on an integrated...

    2017-02-03T00:00:00Z

    The European Parliament has approved a “Report on an integrated approach to Sport Policy: good governance, accessibility and integrity.” In line with the vision advocated by the Federation of the European Sporting Goods Industry (Fesi), the document stresses the importance of sport as a driver of growth for the European ...

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    The European Platform for Sport Innovation (Epsi) hosted a meeting...

    2017-02-03T00:00:00Z

    The European Platform for Sport Innovation (Epsi) hosted a meeting in Brussels on Jan. 25, to secure sport as a thematic area under the Smart Specialisation Platform for Industrial Modernisation (S3P- Industrial Modernisation). During the meeting, Alberto Bichi, in his capacity as Epsi's co-executive director, stressed the role that Epsi ...

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    The European Cyclists' Federation (ECF) is preparing to launch a...

    2017-02-03T00:00:00Z

    The European Cyclists' Federation (ECF) is preparing to launch a Europe-wide Platform on Bicycle Sharing & Systems (PEBSS), on the back of the strong interest generated by its Smarter Cycling initiative. The platform is to be launched as part of the group's Cycling Industry Club (CIC) network. The federation says ...

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    A Norwegian news service, Dagens Næringsliv, reports that Active Brands...

    2017-02-03T00:00:00Z

    A Norwegian news service, Dagens Næringsliv, reports that Active Brands has decided to pull the Johaug brand of sports apparel out of the Finnish market due to unwanted exposure in connection with the doping scandal affecting Therese Johaug. In Sweden, the brand will continue with a select number of retailers. ...

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    Elzbieta Bienkowska, the European Union's commissioner for the internal market,...

    2017-01-26T00:00:00Z

    Elzbieta Bienkowska, the European Union's commissioner for the internal market, industry, entrepreneurship and small & medium-sized enterprises, has agreed to participate in a CEO meeting organized by the Federation of the European Sporting Goods Industry (Fesi) during the Ispo Munich show next month. The purpose of the meeting is to ...

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    Assosport, the Italian sporting goods industry association, has launched a...

    2017-01-26T00:00:00Z

    Assosport, the Italian sporting goods industry association, has launched a new version of its institutional website to communicate about its services and its projects. It has decided to present the contents in both Italian and English because of its increasing collaboration with foreign institutions. Assosport is led by Luca Businaro, ...

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    As part of its digital single market strategy, and its...

    2017-01-26T00:00:00Z

    As part of its digital single market strategy, and its action plan on value added tax (VAT), the European Commission has proposed measures that should make it easier and cheaper for companies to trade online. The Commission estimates that the measures could lead to annual savings of about €2.3 billion ...

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    Michael Tseng, president and chief executive of Merida Industry, is...

    2017-01-26T00:00:00Z

    Michael Tseng, president and chief executive of Merida Industry, is taking over from Tony Lo as chairman of the Taiwan Bicycle Association (TBA), after Lo retired from his job as chief executive of Giant Manufacturing last year. Lo had been the TBA's chairman for the last six years but the ...

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    Erwin and Krystian Markowski were reportedly sentenced to six years...

    2017-01-26T00:00:00Z

    Erwin and Krystian Markowski were reportedly sentenced to six years in prison at Nottingham's crown court earlier this week for luring men from Poland to work at Sports Direct International's warehouse in Shirebrook and then stealing part of their earnings. The brothers apparently employed a “spotter” in Poland to identify ...

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    The World Trade Organization (WTO) has received a complaint filed...

    2017-01-26T00:00:00Z

    The World Trade Organization (WTO) has received a complaint filed by China on the European Union's rules on calculating what constitutes dumping. The document says that, since China acceded to the WTO, it had been agreed that specific price-comparison rules would apply for the country for a transitional period of ...

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    The World Trade Organization (WTO) has received a complaint filed...

    2016-12-26T00:00:00Z

    The World Trade Organization (WTO) has received a complaint filed by China on the European Union's rules on calculating what constitutes dumping. The document says that, since China acceded to the WTO, it had been agreed that specific price-comparison rules would apply for the country for a transitional period of ...

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    Sport England has announced it will invest £88 million (€104.2m-$108.7m)...

    2016-12-26T00:00:00Z

    Sport England has announced it will invest £88 million (€104.2m-$108.7m) of funding coming from the National Lottery and the government in grassroots sports across 26 national governing bodies of sport. Cycling is supposed to get more than £17 million (€20.1m-$21.0m), the highest amount. Other recipients include hockey with £9 million ...

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    Sports Direct is facing parliamentary demands for an explanation after...

    2016-12-01T00:00:00Z

    Sports Direct is facing parliamentary demands for an explanation after six members of Parliament (MPs) turned up unannounced at its head office and warehouse in Shirebrook, and an attempt was allegedly made to record their private discussion in one of the group's meeting rooms. The allegation is that a recording ...

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    The Adidas Group is opposing a pending trademark registration by...

    2016-12-01T00:00:00Z

    The Adidas Group is opposing a pending trademark registration by Barcelona football club in the U.S., for a design with seven blue and red stripes. As reported by several Spanish newspapers, the Adidas group has filed an opposition document with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) last month, claiming ...

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    Willy Bogner obtained a preliminary injunction against a German animal...

    2016-12-01T00:00:00Z

    Willy Bogner obtained a preliminary injunction against a German animal protection association, Deutsches Tierschutzbüro. A court in Bonn forbade the association from organizing, soliciting or implementing an anti-fur campaign within a 50-meter radius of the ten Bogner stores operating in Germany. However, the judgment has not yet become final. The ...

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    GoPro is facing class action suits from shareholders who feel...

    2016-12-01T00:00:00Z

    GoPro is facing class action suits from shareholders who feel misled by the action-camera company's claims about the demand and the sales potential for its new Karma drones. Three law firms announced the legal action after GoPro recalled about 2,500 drones on Nov. 8 after discovering that they can lose ...

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    Fesi's secretary general, Alberto Bichi, joined the EU-China Intellectual Property...

    2016-12-01T00:00:00Z

    Fesi's secretary general, Alberto Bichi, joined the EU-China Intellectual Property (IP) Working Group meeting on Nov. 10 to exchange views with an inter-ministerial delegation from China and EU officials on intellectual property rights (IPR) infringements impacting the sporting goods industry, especially through the online sales of counterfeit products. In China, ...

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    Three major French trade associations – Fifas, FPS and Univélo...

    2016-11-08T00:00:00Z

    Three major French trade associations – Fifas, FPS and Univélo – are set to merge on Nov. 24 following a decision by the respective boards of directors. While Fifas groups sporting goods vendors, FPS represents sporting goods retailers and Univélo the bike dealers. Fifas had resisted the move for many ...

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    Anne Schott will replace Remi Forsans as executive director of...

    2016-11-08T00:00:00Z

    Anne Schott will replace Remi Forsans as executive director of Outdoor Sports Valley (OSV), the French trade association based in Annecy, after the end of this year. Schott has accompanied Forsans as the association's general manager for the past six years. Forsans is said to be planning to start a ...