All Sporting Goods Intelligence articles in Volume 28, Issue 20-21
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Sergio Tacchini will be the official supplier of the tennis...
Sergio Tacchini will be the official supplier of the tennis coaches of the Aspria Harbour Club in Milan for the next three years
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J&F Investimentos has terminated the negotiations over the sale of...
J&F Investimentos has terminated the negotiations over the sale of a controlling stake of 86 percent in Alpargatas, the parent company of Havaianas and the licensee of Mizuno for Brazil and Argentina, apparently because it could not agree on the price of the transaction. The company was in exclusive talks ...
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Umbro is the official kit supplier for the inaugural Star...
Umbro is the official kit supplier for the inaugural Star Sixes tournament, the six-a-side indoor football competition where former international players represent a senior national team for which they played. The inaugural tournament will take place at the O2 Arena in London on July 13-16. The brand is already the ...
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Nike has reportedly opened a new head office in New...
Nike has reportedly opened a new head office in New York City, as part of its move to focus on a dozen key cities. Covering six floors, the new office is situated on Sixth Avenue in lower Midtown Manhattan, making it a central location for the brand's stores in the ...
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Helly Hansen reorganizes in the U.S.
Helly Hansen has appointed Waypoint Outdoor as its master sales representative across the U.S. market, for both its sportswear and workwear wholesale activities. The Norwegian sailing and outdoor brand says the new business model is to accelerate its U.S. business after a clean-up in the last two years, with a ...
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Sportleader, one of the major sporting goods retailers in the...
Sportleader, one of the major sporting goods retailers in the Levante region of Spain, has decided to switch over to Intersport from another voluntary group, Base Detall Sport, that operates only in Spain. With its seven stores, it will raise the number of points of sale affiliated with Intersport España ...
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The situation of Italy's sporting goods industry is improving, and...
The situation of Italy's sporting goods industry is improving, and the industry is mainly investing in innovation, internationalization and digitalization. This is what emerged from the recent General Assembly of Assosport, the Italian sporting goods industry association, which was held in Vicenza on June 29. The industry is worth €8.6 ...
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Peter Sontheimer, a former manager of Vaude who was placed...
Peter Sontheimer, a former manager of Vaude who was placed in charge of product management, design and purchasing at Ziener, the German producer of sports gloves, has been made a member of the company's executive board
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Targeting mainly young women with its sports fashion offerings, the...
Targeting mainly young women with its sports fashion offerings, the Printemps group has celebrated the long-awaited opening of a 1,664-square-meter Citadium store at 65, avenue des Champs-Elysées in Paris, next to Nike's store on the famous shopping street
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JD Sports Fashion informed investors at its shareholders meeting on...
JD Sports Fashion informed investors at its shareholders meeting on June 29 that its comparable store sales and significant growth in online sales have been in line with expectations since it reported its results for the fiscal year up to Jan. 28. Peter Cowgill, chief executive of the sports and ...
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The European Fishing Tackle Trade Exhibition (Efftex) will return to...
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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Munich will be the site of the fifth edition of...
Munich will be the site of the fifth edition of the World Manufacturers Forum of the World Federation of the Sporting Goods Industry (WFSGI) on Nov. 14-15. It will be organized together with Messe München and the Ispo Academy. Registrations are already open for the conference, whose central topic will ...
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JD Sports Fashion plans to double the size of its...
JD Sports Fashion plans to double the size of its flagship store in Glasgow to nearly 13,000 square feet on two floors by November, using the new store design of its recently opened flagship in Newcastle
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Sports Direct International (SDI) has slightly reduced its interest in...
Sports Direct International (SDI) has slightly reduced its interest in Finish Line, the U.S. sports retailer. It previously amassed contracts amounting to an interest of 19.9 percent in Finish Line through 19 purchases, from May 6 to June 19, but the seven transactions thereafter were all sales and the latest ...
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As predicted, Denver has won the race to replace Salt...
As predicted, Denver has won the race to replace Salt Lake City after 22 years as the host of both the winter and summer editions of the Outdoor Retailer trade show between 2018 and 2022. The outdoor industry asked for a new venue with similar access to the mountains after ...
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Decathlon expands its sustainability targets
Decathlon will release a new production Code of Conduct this year. The French group has outlined the move in its latest Sustainable Development Report. The new Code of Conduct will strengthen the company's commitment on a number of issues, including the environmental management of production facilities, chemicals management, respect for ...
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Decathlon is reportedly negotiating the installation of one of its...
Decathlon is reportedly negotiating the installation of one of its small-surface Decathlon City stores in a landmark building at 16 Calle Fuencarral, the famous shopping street in the center of Madrid. Decathlon already operates 12 Decathlon City stores in the Spanish capital and 15 regular, large Decathlon stores in the ...
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The families of John Wardle and David Makin, founders of...
The families of John Wardle and David Makin, founders of JD Sports, are reported by The Sunday Times to be offering the sale of a 40 percent stake in Footasylum for £40 million (€44.8m-$51.4m). The chain operates 58 physical stores in the U.K., plus a web shop. Footasylum reported a ...
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Converse is opening its first stand-alone store in the U.K....
Converse is opening its first stand-alone store in the U.K. It will be an outlet store located in Wembley Park's London Designer Outlet center. Converse already has a corner in Nike's outlet in the same center. Vans and Dr. Martens are also coming to the center with their own outlet ...
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Megasport has signed a contract for the distribution of Lolë...
Megasport has signed a contract for the distribution of Lolë in Spain, the 15-year-old Canadian brand of women's sports clothing
