All Sporting Goods Intelligence articles in Volume 24, Issue 21-22 – Page 3
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Sergei Bubka has announced that he will stand to succeed...
Sergei Bubka has announced that he will stand to succeed Jacques Rogge as the president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC). Bubka, 49, who won six pole vault world titles along with his Olympic gold, will be the youngest candidate in the running. He is a member of the IOC ...
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Macron has announced a new four-year deal to outfit the...
Macron has announced a new four-year deal to outfit the top club of Croatian soccer, Hajduk Split. The Bologna-based sportswear company will take over from Umbro as the club's official technical sponsor.
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As announced earlier this year, Jack Wolfskin wants to increase...
As announced earlier this year, Jack Wolfskin wants to increase massively its visibility in English football stadia. The outdoor brand has now settled terms and signed a couple of sponsoring agreements. The “Paw” will be associated over the next two seasons with several Premier League teams, either as an official supplier or ...
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New Era, the American marketer of headwear, has appointed Laurence...
New Era, the American marketer of headwear, has appointed Laurence Joslin marketing director for Europe, the Middle East and Africa. In this position he will report to Paul Gils, New Era's vice president in charge of the EMEA region. Joslin has a long record in the sporting goods industry. Over ...
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Reydon Sports, a big British wholesaler, has agreed to distribute...
Reydon Sports, a big British wholesaler, has agreed to distribute Li-Ning's products in the U.K. and Ireland. The Chinese brand is now featured in Reydon's latest product catalog, which has just come out with a new look. Reydon guarantees shipment of all the products in the catalog within 48 hours ...
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GPG, the French agency of Patrick Genestier, has become the...
GPG, the French agency of Patrick Genestier, has become the general agent of Diadora in France for all its product categories excluding football, where the Italian brand will continue to work directly with key accounts such as Intersport. For other products, such as its active lifestyle range, Diadora had been ...
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Nike is again the only sports brand to have made...
Nike is again the only sports brand to have made it into this year's edition of BrandZ, which ranks the world's 100 most valuable brands. However, the Swoosh fell from number 44 to #56. Its brand value fell by 3 percent to $15.8 billion. The 2013 ranking is led by Apple, ...
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Once again, W.L. Gore & Associates' German operations has been...
Once again, W.L. Gore & Associates' German operations has been awarded by the Great Place to Work Institute as one of the country's most employee-friendly companies. This year, Gore walked away with the third position in the category for medium-sized companies with 501 to 2,000 employees. On top of that, ...
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Nike has re-signed Andre Agassi, eight years after the retired...
Nike has re-signed Andre Agassi, eight years after the retired American tennis champion defected to Adidas. He played under the Swoosh between 1988 and 2005. His wife, the German Steffi Graf, has been with the Three Stripes all her career. The 43-year-old Agassi will play a role in Nike's campaign ...
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Christian Tourres, member of Adidas Group's supervisory board and former...
Christian Tourres, member of Adidas Group's supervisory board and former partner of the late Robert Louis-Dreyfus at the top of its executive board, cashed in €2.85 million a few days ago by selling 32,710 shares at a price of €87.00 each. He was taking advantage of record high values for ...
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Adidas has recovered the sponsorship of Flamengo, the highly popular...
Adidas has recovered the sponsorship of Flamengo, the highly popular football team from Rio de Janeiro, signing a new deal for the next ten years ahead of the 2014 Fifa World Cup in Brazil. The Three Stripes had been the official supplier of the team for 12 years until 1992, ...
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BJ Sport, the subsidiary of Active Brands that has the...
BJ Sport, the subsidiary of Active Brands that has the rights to the Bjørn Dæhlie brand of cross-country skiwear, will be the new supplier of clothing to the Norwegian Cross-Country Ski Association, following Swix' previously reported decision not to extend its contract and focus instead on biathlon. Active Brands will ...
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Zumiez, the American action sports retail chain that took over...
Zumiez, the American action sports retail chain that took over Blue Tomato last year, posted net income of $2.5 million in its fiscal first quarter ended last May 4, down by 44.4 percent from a year earlier, due especially to charges of $1.7 million associated with the acquisition of the ...
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The organizers of Glissexpo, the action and board sports fair...
The organizers of Glissexpo, the action and board sports fair on the French Basque Coast, have decided to cancel the trade show. Alain Sevellec and Rémi Bertoche had tried to revive the event, which was then called Salon des Glisseurs, two years ago. Renamed Glissexpo for its second edition, in ...
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According to The Australian Review, Billabong is considering the sale...
According to The Australian Review, Billabong is considering the sale of West 49, the Canadian-based action sports retail chain it acquired in mid-2010 for about $93 million, to help refinance itself. Since the takeover, West 49 has been downsized from 138 mall stores to 70, not including six locations operating ...
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Puma has appointed Andy Koehler, 56, as its new chief...
Puma has appointed Andy Koehler, 56, as its new chief operating officer, effective June 1. Based at its head office in Herzogenaurach, he will be in charge of such operations as supply chain management, logistics and IT. He will thus take over the functions of the former COO, Klaus Bauer, ...
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Goldwin's sales increased by 8 percent to 52,510 million yen...
Goldwin's sales increased by 8 percent to 52,510 million yen (€398.5m-$517.3m) in the financial year ended last March 31, but the company's net income dropped by 5 percent to ¥3,168 million (€24.0m-$31.2m). Goldwin is projecting small increases in sales and profits for the current financial year to ¥53 billion (€402.2m-$522.1m) and ...
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Sales shrink by 66.3% at Exceed
The cleanup of the Chinese sports market badly hurt the quarterly performance of Exceed Company, the group that markets the Xidelong brand of shoes and apparel, which targets the mass market. Its sales shrank to 301.1 million renminbi (€38.0m-$49.1m) for the three months until the end of March, which was ...
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Sequential Brands recorded a loss of $21.5 million for the...
Sequential Brands recorded a loss of $21.5 million for the first quarter ended March 31, largely due to one-off charges related to its acquisitions of Heelys, Ellen Tracy and Caribbean Joe, which compares to a $400,000 loss in the same period last year. Excluding costs related to the acquisitions and ...
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Intersport International continues its association with Fifa for the 2014...
Intersport International continues its association with Fifa for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil. It will again act as the Official Event Shop during the tournament, setting up dedicated 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil retail corners in more than 550 stores operated by affiliated retailers in over 20 countries before ...
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