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Eurobuild cee invites cee cyclists in fill in a questionnaire

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Eurobuild Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) is inviting cyclists in CEE to fill in a questionnaire so that it can create a report to better understand cycling to work demand in the region.

German fitness health club market showing lower churn

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The German health club market is experiencing a lot lower cancellation rate when compared to other Europe countries with a reduction of just below 12% of members during the covid lock down.

Medicover Adds Holmes Place to its Fitness clubs

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At the beginning of March 2021, the well-known chain of fitness clubs Holmes Place joins the Medicover portfolio, which acquired 100% of the company's shares.

Sales growth for Winter Sports equipment in Russia

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With Winter Sports being greater effected by covid Russia has seen positive growth in 2021 for Winter Sports equipment due to substantial snow and more lacks quarantine limitations so ski facilities have been able to continue to operate.

Amazon pushes the Polish market

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With the launch of amazon.pl the worlds leading e-commerce company looks to develop further in the Polish market and take on Polands local e-commerce retailer Allegro.

E-bike Tender opens in Hungary

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Hungary has just opened the 4th opportunity for a tender for ebikes, in the previous 3 rounds 2214 ebikes were purchased using these grants worth a total of HUF 238 million.

Increased bike demand in Russia for 2020

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Demand for bikes has been growing in Russia even before the  Covid-19 pandemic, with the demand for e-bikes being the leading growing bike sector in 2020.

Dutch Special needs bike manufacturer buys factory in Poland

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Van Raam the Special needs bike manufacturer from the Netherlands has just brought a factory in Poland so that it can meet the growing demand for its bikes.

Hungary is thinking about bidding to host 2032 Olympics

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In January 2021 Hungary established a committee to assess feasibility of hosting the IOC event in its capital Budapest.

Growth in outdoor sporting goods in Russia

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In 2020 there was over 14% growth in demand for outdoor sporting and leisure goods in Russia a lot of this increase was due to restrictions for Covid 19 with most hotels resuming operations in July 2020. Some of the biggest sellers were Tents, Sleeping Bags, camping utensils, survival kits and stoves.There was also strong growth in other outdoor sports such as cycling, fishing, horse riding skate

Russia, Sportmaster launches a new PRO format store

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Russia’s leading sporting goods retailer Sportmaster has just opened a new retail concept PRO format focusing on professional athletes.

4F Opens new store in Ukraine

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4F the leading Polish Sports Apparel brand owned by OTCF has opened its first monobrand store in the Ukrainian capital of Kiev at the Retroville shopping center.

Garmin sets up manufacturing plant in Poland

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Garmin the sports technology company has opened a new factory and distribution facility in Wroclaw, Poland.

Slinger agrees distribution channel for Russia

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Slinger Bag has recently agreed a 5-year distribution agreement with Neva Sport LLC to be their distribution partner in the Russian market. Slinger Bag is a brand that mainly focuses on innovating game improvement equipment for tennis and as Neva Sport is one of Russia’s top tennis equipment distributors then it’s a good match. Neva Sport is also the exclusive distribution partner fo

Sailfish to sponsor IRONMAN events in Poland

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German wetsuit brand, Sailfish, has signed up to become a new sponsor of IRONMAN events in Poland. The sponsorship agreement is initially for one year, with an option to extend for another two years.

Overview of Sports nutrition market in Poland

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Over the last 5 years the sports nutrition market in Poland has experience impressive growth of over 30% but in 2020 the market contracted by 5% due to covid and the restrictions brought in to counter it.

New German distributor for Fila skates

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Fila skates has a new distributor for Germany Schanner Eisehockeyartikel which focuses on the ice hockey and ice skating market.

Bike sales expected to grow in Germany in 2021

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The German bicycle market is expecting 20% growth in 2021 according to David Eisenberger representing the German industry association ZIV

CEO of eMAG takes over Romanian Bike manufacturer Pegas

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The 5 shareholders of leading Romanian bicycle manufacturer Pegas have agree to sell the company to Network One Distribution (NOD), a company 100% owned by Iulian Stanciu, the CEO of the biggest local online retailer in Romania - eMAG.ro.

Demand for cross-country skis skyrockets as Czech winter centres remain closed

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Closed ski centres have forced Czechs to switch from downhill to cross country-skiing, Hospodářské noviny reports.

Medicover buys Poland's Fitness World clubs

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Polish medical insurance outfit, Medicover, Polish medical insurance company has purchased Fitness World out of administration. Fitness World has 15 clubs in Poland which were placed in bankruptcy by previous owner, Pure Gym, on 17 November.

The largest bike factory in Europe is being built in Romania

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Europe’s largest bike factory is under construction in Timisoara Romania, its expected to be finished in September 2021. The bike factory is being built by Sport Mechanical Workshop who is a partner of Decathlon.

Sports performance and Healthcare Monitoring devices demand in Poland

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Sports performance and Healthcare Monitoring devices demand in Poland is increasing with a focus on a more patient-focused approach, with sport performance technology and products for healthcare are now becoming ever more B2C than ever before COVID-19.

Bulgaria is 5th largest bike manufacturing country in Europe

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Bulgaria is being described as the EU bike valley, due to its impressive growth in bike manufacturing. Its estimate that Bulgaria supplies EU countries over 1 million bikes per year with 90% of all bikes manufactured in the country are for export.

A Leading Scandinavian Manufacturer of sporting shoes and accessories Seeks Distributors in Central Europe

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A manufacturer of high quality sports shoes and accessories from Scandinavia is looking for distributors and agents to represent their products in Poland, Czech, Hungary, Slovakia, Slovenia, Croatia and the Baltic States.
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