All Sporting Goods Intelligence articles in Volume 28, Issue 20-21 – Page 3
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As previously reported, Marco Boglione, chairman of BasicNet, was going...
As previously reported, Marco Boglione, chairman of BasicNet, was going to raise from 90 to 99.98 percent his stake in Basic World, owner of 36.65 percent of BasicNet's shares (SGI Europe, vol. 20, N° 15+16), with the departure of his two brothers Enrico and Francesco, who each own 4.7 percent ...
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Keller Sports, the German multi-channel retailer based in Munich, won...
Keller Sports, the German multi-channel retailer based in Munich, won the German Brand Award 2017 at the end of June. Other bands that were given with the award were Uvex, Lowa and Led Lenser. Among the sporting goods retailers that participated, Keller Sports was the only company that won an ...
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Salomon has hired Axel Dutreil as its new director of...
Salomon has hired Axel Dutreil as its new director of e-commerce and digital marketing. He will oversee the brand's digital strategy and e-commerce on a global level. Dutreil, 37, was most recently director of e-business and digital marketing at Celio. He has previously worked at Kusmi Tea and The Kooples ...
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Poc Sweden will close in the autumn its first and...
Poc Sweden will close in the autumn its first and only single-brand store, which it had opened in the French ski resort of Chamonix in 2006
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Erima has signed a contract with the Austrian SK Vorwärts...
Erima has signed a contract with the Austrian SK Vorwärts Steyr football team, with which it had a successful partnership at the end of the 1980s. The German company will also outfit another Austrian team, WSG Swarowski Wattens, from the coming season.
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Der Standard, an Austrian newspaper, reports that Intersport Austria has...
Der Standard, an Austrian newspaper, reports that Intersport Austria has taken over large selling surfaces from Sports Direct International (SDI) in the country. The report says that the British retailer intends to close down all of its unprofitable stores in Austria, and to keep just 20 of them. When SDI ...
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Joma will be the official supplier of Atalanta BC, the...
Joma will be the official supplier of Atalanta BC, the Italian first-division football team from Bergamo, during the 2017/18 playing season
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Asics has signed a four-year endorsement deal with Penny Olistkiak,...
Asics has signed a four-year endorsement deal with Penny Olistkiak, a 17-year-old swimmer who is the first Canadian athlete to have won four Olympic gold medals in one year
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Frisk takes charge of Under Armour’s operations
Under Armour has appointed Patrik Frisk as its president and chief operating officer, starting this week, as part of a broader executive reshuffle to streamline the group's management, aimed at optimizing its product assortment and at reinforcing its sales and marketing strategies.Thus, Frisk is making a comeback to the sporting ...
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Oberalp, which recently got the distribution of Under Armour in...
Oberalp, which recently got the distribution of Under Armour in Italy, has opened its first brand store in the peninsula. It's located in the Orio shopping mall near Bergamo's airport, close to Foot Locker and many other sports stores. Under Armour has also taken advantage of the settlement of a ...
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Under Armour has inked a new licensing contract for teamwear...
Under Armour has inked a new licensing contract for teamwear in the U.K. with Dreamsport, which will develop and sell customized UA teamwear for schools, universities and clubs in a wide range of sports, starting in October 2017. Dreamsport will take the place of Ninety9, with which UA has had ...
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The shareholders of the Arena Group have confirmed Giuseppe Musciacchio...
The shareholders of the Arena Group have confirmed Giuseppe Musciacchio and Luca Selvatici as joint chief executives of the Italian-based swimwear company
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Christian Singer has been appointed as international general manager for...
Christian Singer has been appointed as international general manager for Tennis Point from the start of next year. This specialist retailer was taken over at 78 percent around the end of last year by Signa Retail, the Austrian entity that owns Karstadt. Singer will work together with Christian Miele, who ...
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Nikwax has appointed Brian Davison, current director of sales, as...
Nikwax has appointed Brian Davison, current director of sales, as its new president. He replaces Rick Meade, who will be leaving the company to seek new opportunities after three years in that role. In addition, Heidi Allen, the current marketing director, has been promoted to vice-president of marketing. She will ...
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Rossignol has appointed François Goulet as the new president of...
Rossignol has appointed François Goulet as the new president of its North America division, effective July 17. He replaces Ron Steele, who is to retire after 40 years with the company. Steele will remain until September 2018 in an advisory capacity. Goulet was most recently vice-president and general manager of ...
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Morten Mosland has been appointed as marketing and business development...
Morten Mosland has been appointed as marketing and business development manager at Viking Footwear, after a few months working with the Norwegian footwear brand on a consultancy basis. Mosland previously spent nearly ten years with the Carlsberg Group. He is replacing Karl Henrik Felde, who left to become international marketing ...
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Intersport Austria has updated the appearance as well as the...
Intersport Austria has updated the appearance as well as the functions of its online store as part of the relaunch of intersport.at. The Austrian buying group says it has introduced new tools to reinforce the integration between its online and stationary business, comprising 272 stores at the end of June. ...
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Xendera, a French company that has developed a free app...
Xendera, a French company that has developed a free app converting physical activities into vouchers, said its eponymous app has taken the lead of the Apple Store's Health and Fitness ranking. The company also said the app will soon be partnering with various brands including Le Coq Sportif, Skullcandy, Deliveroo ...
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The ANWR Group, which manages the centralized purchasing operations for...
The ANWR Group, which manages the centralized purchasing operations for its affiliated shoe retailers and the retail members of Sport 2000 and Fairplay International Sports in Germany, will launch a new concept for its in-house trade shows, starting this autumn. ANWR plans to organize four trade shows on a quarterly basis. ...
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Umbro has signed a sponsorship contract with yet another German...
Umbro has signed a sponsorship contract with yet another German football club, the FC Schalke 04, starting in July 2018, for an estimated price of €6 million a year. Located in Gelsenkirchen and known also as the S04 club, it is currently sponsored by Adidas. It is aiming for revenues ...
