All Germany articles – Page 7
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ArticleGerman consumers won’t save on Christmas gifts
According to the latest GfK survey, consumers in Germany plan to spend an average of €330 on Christmas gifts this year, which translates into a potential sales volume of €19.8 billion for this important year-end sales period. The second wave of Covid-19 is unsettling consumers in terms of economic ...
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ArticleAre we going to ski this winter? An Update
As previously reported , despite the German, Italian and French governments’ efforts to reach a uniform regulatory framework, there is still no joint European roadmap for the opening of ski resorts during the Covid-19 pandemic. In addition to Switzerland, Sweden, and Bulgaria, which refuse to restrict ski lift operations, the ...
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German sports crowdfunding platform breaks €10 million mark
Germany’s largest sports crowdfunding platform, fairplaid.org , has reached a record, with a total of €10 million distributed to athletes, sports clubs and regional projects throughout the country. The sum was achieved with more than 1,700 fairplaid projects and more than 125,000 supporters. According to a spokesperson for the platform, ...
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Stefan Rosenkranz appointed new BSI managing director
Source: BSI Stefan Rosenkranz The board of the Federal Association of the German Sporting Goods Industry ( BSI ) has appointed Stefan Rosenkranz as its new managing director. Rosenkranz will take up his new position on Feb. 1, 2021. Most recently, Rosenkranz worked ...
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ArticleAre we going to ski this winter?
Europe is dividedWith the ski season approaching, a discussion about winter sports during the Corona crisis has flared up. Italy’s Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte wants to keep ski resorts closed at least until Jan. 10, 2021. The German Chancellor Angela Merkel is calling for a joint decision by the member ...
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News briefsVaude receives New Work Award 2020
Because of its ”value-oriented corporate culture with a focus on trust and self-efficacy,” Vaude now has been awarded the German New Work Award 2020 . The outdoor brand convinced both an expert jury and the online community. Due to Covid-19 restrictions, the originally planned award ceremony in Hamburg’s Elbphilharmonie ...
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News briefsGerman consumer climate declines with second Corona wave
According to the GfK consumer climate study for November 2020, the mood among German consumers in November was considerably dampened by the second, partial lockdown. As in the previous month, both economic and income expectations and the willingness to buy declined. “The renewed closure of the hotel, restaurant ...
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News briefsBlack Friday: German union calls for strikes at Amazon
Just in time for Black Friday , the labor union Verdi calls on employees in Germany to go on a three-day strike at seven of Amazon ’s German distribution centers. This is intended to persuade the online retailer to participate in tariff wages. With the start of the night ...
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News briefsGlobetrotter: “Greener Week” instead of Black Friday
The German outdoor retail chain Globetrotter , which belongs to the Swedish Fenix Outdoor Group , is calling for the “Greener Week” from Nov. 23 to 27 as a sustainable alternative to Black Friday . The German Hiking Association ( DWV ) will receive ten percent of the ...
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News briefsGlobetrotter opens city store in Dortmund
Globetrotter , the German outdoor retail chain, which opened its first store in Hamburg in 1979 and was bought by the Swedish Fenix Group in 2014, is opening a new city branch in the city of Dortmund in spring 2021. On almost 800 square meters of sales space across ...
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News briefsNew chairmen for German BSI’s Outdoor specialist group
The Outdoor group within the Federal Association of the German Sporting Goods Industry ( Bundesverband der Deutschen Sportartikel-Industrie e.V. , BSI ) elected a new chairman and deputy chairman to represent the interests of the outdoor industry within the association. Jan Lorch , managing director sales CSR ...
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News briefsPandemic spoils German consumer sentiment
A monthly survey by the German Retail Association ( HDE ) indicates a deterioration in German consumer sentiment in November. Following the recovery process after the first corona lockdown, so the index is falling for the first time in six months. Consumers are worried by the rising number of ...
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Tecnica Group Germany reorganizes sales team
Tecnica Group Germany is reorganizing the sales team for the Blizzard , Tecnica and Tecnica Outdoor brands. On Nov. 1, freelance sales representative Andreas Bockshecker will take over Eastern Germany from Uwe Rabenstein . Holger Dörsam and Uwe Weyrich will travel Northern Bavaria in ...
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“German Outdoor Brands” retail training goes digital
In 2019, the German brands Deuter , Lowa and Leki launched joint training courses for their retail partners under the name “ German Outdoor Brands .” Since the planned 2020 roadshow with corresponding clinics at eight locations throughout Germany could not take place due to the pandemic, video ...
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News briefsMountain Hardwear with new distribution partner for Germany, Austria
Edgar Tremmel Marketing, based in Ravensburg, Germany, is taking over the exclusive distribution of the American mountain sports brand Mountain Hardwear for Germany and Austria for five years with immediate effect. Mountain Hardwear was founded in California in 1993 and is wholly-owned subsidiary of Columbia Sportswear Comany and its products ...
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News briefsDecathlon Germany benefits from multi-channel model
Decathlon Germany will close the 2020 fiscal year with seven new openings and two expansions. In addition, André Weinert , chairman and chief executive officer since September 2019, reports an unspecified increase in sales for the year and the fact that not a single employee had to be laid ...
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Stefan Herzog appointed president of German VDS
Stefan Herzog , who has been secretary general of the German sporting goods retailers’ federation ( VDS ) since 2018 and president since last spring of Fedas , the European umbrella organization of the specialist sports retail trade, has moved to the top of the German association. He was appointed ...
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Germany to admit foreign participants in trade shows
Foreign visitors are expected to be able to attend the next Ispo Munich show, scheduled for Jan. 31 to Feb. 3.The government of Germany has decided to grant entry into its territory – even from outside the EU, the Schengen area or Germany’s list of approved countries – to ...
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ArticleGerman bicycle and e-bike industry defies the Corona crisis
In its latest “sentiment barometer” for the first half of 2020, the German Bicycle Industry Association ( Zweirad-Industrie-Verband e.V.; ZIV ) comes to the conclusion that bicycles and e-bikes have been the winners of the coronavirus crisis in Germany, while many other industries have suffered as a result ...
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News briefsSecond annual SUP Cleanup in Germany Sept. 5-6
According to Boardsport Source , the outfitter SUPscout and the paddle board e-tailer Starboard SUP are coordinating a nationwide effort to clean up the lakes, rivers and beaches of Germany this weekend, Sept. 5-6. The second annual SUP Cleanup provides a list of meeting points for ...
