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STAG sets sights on Ireland
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he STAG Buying Group has announced it will hold its inaugural buying
show in Ireland this year, from October 31-November 1.
The show will be held at the Tullamore Court Hotel, which is centrally
located in County Offaly, to the west of Dublin, and the STAG
Made in
group is expecting a contingent of 35 suppliers to exhibit, and
around 120 invitation-only retailers.“We are inviting every Irish
the UK
STAG member to the show from both the Republic and
Northern Ireland, which we expect to total around 85
members,” Ward Robertson, joint managing director of STAG,
tells Sporting Goods Business. “While in our UK shows we only
invite STAG retailers, for our first Irish show we are going to
make it as busy as possible for the suppliers by inviting a
selection of non-STAG sports, outdoor and shoe retail businesses, but on a written, invitation-only basis. We have
to ensure that the retailers that attend are of a certain quality, as it would be no good bringing retailers that have a
track record of not paying their bills.”
Invitations to suppliers were sent out at the end of February.
“We are in no doubt that we will be fully booked in terms of suppliers,” adds Robertson. “To make a successful
trade show we estimate you need three retailers to attend for every exhibitor. If the show receives 35 exhibitors
and 105 retailers, that would be fine. The ratio of independent retailers to the population in Ireland is far higher
than it is in the UK, so we think we can be more ambitious with the retailer numbers at our show. If 120 attend,
that is a really good number.
“Over the past year Stag has become the largest buying group in Ireland by a country mile. We have 25
members in Northern Ireland, and while a year ago we had one member in the Republic of Ireland, we now have
35. We expect our Republic of Ireland membership to grow to between 50-60 by October - I have no doubt about
that. Our track record speaks for itself and we are in talks with quite a few retailers, and I will be spending two
weeks in Ireland this month, speaking to retailers and suppliers.”
www.stagbuyinggroup.com
Italy unveils World Cup strip
T
he Italian Football Federation, in collaboration with Puma,
introduced the 2010 World Cup team kit for the reigning
champions on March 1, in Coverciano, Italy.
Italy’s ‘home’ kit for the World Cup in South Africa will combine its
Superior Optical Assets
traditional colours with new technology, as the Azzuro Blue shirts with
White trim are part of Puma’s PowerCat 1.10 collection. The shirts are
Light-Reacting Polarisation
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made with a ‘body-fit’ shape and ‘battle skin’ graphic which has been
designed specifically for Italy, and Italy’s White ‘away’ shirts are made
Reflected Light Blocking in the same design. The entire World Cup strip is available at retail
immediately.
Colour Stability
“This kit encapsulates the essence and heritage of the Azzuri, and represents
a symbol to celebrate the Centenary of the national team, defending our title in
Impact Resistance
South Africa,” said Giancarlo Abete, president of the Italian Football
100% UV Protection
Federation, of the strip that features four stars on the Italy badge
representing the four World Cups won by the
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country.
Puma says the PowerCat
Anti-Scratch Coating
technology used to design
the shirts
Light-Weight
incorporates 3D
motion analysis, to design the figure-hugging
Panoramic View
shirts according to human movement.
Italy wore the new kit in action for the first
Extreme Durability
time in a friendly against Cameroon on March
3, while the new Puma World Cup kits for
Switzerland, the Czech Republic and Uruguay were
also released at the beginning of March.
The release of the Italy World Cup strip follows hot on the heels of Puma’s latest football boot, also called the
PowerCat 1.10. Made from kangaroo leather, the PowerCat 1.10 comes with an RRP of £125 and it is being worn
by top-flight players including Manchester United duo Michael Carrick and Nemanja Vidic.
www.pumafootball.com
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