Sports Business Trade Fairs: from Trade- to Networking Platforms
2,800 exhibitors and 80,000 visitors. The ISPO Munich is known as the world’s largest trade fair for sports business. Although experts were still predicting the demise of trade fairs a few years ago, their consistent visitor numbers paint a different picture. Margit Gosau, CEO of SPORT 2000 International and SPORT 2000 GmbH is convinced that […]
Women in sports retail: Female Retailers at SPORT 2000 Lead the Way
Commerce is female – at least when looking at the sales floor, where women are often responsible for customer service. However, if you take a look at the management levels of some retailbranches, this picture changes: sports retail, in particular, is clearly male-dominated. Marion Dockal-Kurz and Eldrid Sode, two determined women at SPORT 2000 who […]
Plus size: Sport knows no dress size
The beauty ideal of women is changing – slowly but surely. In glossy magazines, social media channels, such as Instagram, as well as in ads, clichés and stereotypes of ideal women’s bodies are being done away with. Until recently, the fitness industry remained relatively unaffected by this. The image is anchored too firmly in our […]