All Corporations articles – Page 110

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    Intersport PSC Holding, the Swiss licensee for the Intersport banner,...

    2018-07-03T00:00:00Z

    Intersport PSC Holding, the Swiss licensee for the Intersport banner, is proposing to merge with its parent company, Zelfi Sports Holding, which owns more than 91 percent of its shares. Nothing would change for the employees and the customers. The proposal is set to be endorsed by an extraordinary meeting ...

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    Dorel Industries has sold the Sugoi and Sombrio brands to...

    2018-07-03T00:00:00Z

    Dorel Industries has sold the Sugoi and Sombrio brands to Louis Garneau Sports. For Garneau, this strategic acquisition is meant to reinforce its positioning on the West Coast of both Canada and the U.S. while providing opportunities for growth in Asia and Western Europe. Garneau will keep the sales and ...

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    The Swix Sport Group is changing its name to Brav,...

    2018-07-03T00:00:00Z

    The Swix Sport Group is changing its name to Brav, because it has turned into a company with multiple outdoor and winter sports brands. They generate annual sales in the range of one billion Norwegian kroner (€105.0m-$122.6m), about half of them outside of Norway. The Swix Sport Group was formed ...

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    Calida Holding, the Swiss lingerie company that has controlled Lafuma...

    2018-07-03T00:00:00Z

    Calida Holding, the Swiss lingerie company that has controlled Lafuma since December 2013, has announced the acquisition of a further 8.54 percent stake in the company, by taking over all the shares held by a minority investor, CDC Entreprises Elan PME. With this transaction, Calida's stake rises to 87.70 percent. ...

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    The German landscape of trade publications is getting more concentrated...

    2018-07-03T00:00:00Z

    The German landscape of trade publications is getting more concentrated with the acquisition of a national trade magazine, Sport + Mode, by Neue Mediengesellschaft from Verlag Chmielorz. Based in Ulm, Neue Medien had already acquired the leading German trade publication in our sector, SAZ Sport, at the beginning of 2016. ...

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    The Thule Group has entered into a new, more flexible...

    2018-07-03T00:00:00Z

    The Thule Group has entered into a new, more flexible and more cost-efficient financing agreement that replaces the one it had contracted in connection with its public offering in November 2014. The new revolving credit facility of €300 million has a maturity of five years with an option for a ...

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    Puma France is preparing to invest several million euros to...

    2018-07-03T00:00:00Z

    Puma France is preparing to invest several million euros to build an enlarged head office in Wacken, just across from the European Parliament in Strasbourg – and a short stroll away from the offices inaugurated by Adidas France a few weeks ago. Established in Illkirch-Graffenstaden, near Strasbourg, Puma France intends ...

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    Escalade has sold its 50% stake in the Stiga...

    2018-06-07T00:00:00Z

    Escalade has sold its 50% stake in the Stiga Sports Group to a Swedish private investor and will license back the Stiga brand for table tennis in North America

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    Accell Group has founded a new start-up called Accell Digital....

    2018-06-07T00:00:00Z

    Accell Group has founded a new start-up called Accell Digital. According to reports in Bike Europe, the Dutch bike maker is building a centralized, multi-brand online platform for direct-to-consumer sales. For its new start-up, based in Amsterdam, Accell has hired Marcus Diekmann, who is currently director of digital, e-commerce and ...

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    Acting through its strategic investment arm, Tin Shed Ventures, Patagonia...

    2018-06-07T00:00:00Z

    Acting through its strategic investment arm, Tin Shed Ventures, Patagonia has joined a $12.4 million funding round for NuMat Technologies, which develops and markets metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) that are programmed to specifically interact with targeted molecules. NuMat compares its manufacturing process to precision medicine in the health care sector.

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    Amer Sports notified the investment community that AXA, the French-based...

    2018-06-07T00:00:00Z

    Amer Sports notified the investment community that AXA, the French-based insurance company, raised its stake in the company to 5.26%, but then it said it was reduced to below 5%

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    Patrick Frisk, the new chief operating officer of Under Armour,...

    2018-06-07T00:00:00Z

    Patrick Frisk, the new chief operating officer of Under Armour, has bought a new tranche of shares in the company, indicating his growing confidence in its turnaround. After his latest purchase, his shares were worth more than $12 million.

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    Sports Direct International has launched a proxy battle in the...

    2018-06-07T00:00:00Z

    Sports Direct International has launched a proxy battle in the U.S. against the board of directors of Iconix Brands Group, the licensor of Umbro, Danskin and many other brands, in which it owns about 9 percent of the shares since the beginning of 2016. It is nominating four candidates for ...

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    The Tecnica Group is conducting a project for lean production...

    2018-06-07T00:00:00Z

    The Tecnica Group is conducting a project for lean production at its ski boot factory in Hungary

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    The Norman Group, which has replaced Trerè Innovation as the...

    2018-06-07T00:00:00Z

    The Norman Group, which has replaced Trerè Innovation as the manufacturer of X-Technology's products in Italy, is investing in a new factory in Serbia that will become operational in the spring of 2019, with a capacity of six million pieces per year. The company currently manufactures about 15 million units ...

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    Meridia Private Equity, an investment fund created in 2006 by...

    2018-05-18T00:00:00Z

    Meridia Private Equity, an investment fund created in 2006 by Javier Faus, a former manager of FC Barcelona, has acquired a significant minority stake in Fútbol Emotion, a Spanish chain of football stores, to help it to expand in Spain and abroad. Founded in 2002, Fútbol Emotion has just opened ...

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    At the company's annual shareholders' meeting a few days ago,...

    2018-05-18T00:00:00Z

    At the company's annual shareholders' meeting a few days ago, Kasper Rorsted, chief executive at the Adidas Group, reiterated that the company anticipates a “normalization” of its growth this year, after two years of strong double-digit sales expansion. As reported earlier, the group's sales growth slowed down in Western Europe ...

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    Newell Brands plans to divest Pure Fishing, a division of...

    2018-05-18T00:00:00Z

    Newell Brands plans to divest Pure Fishing, a division of the former Jarden Corporation that groups numerous brands including Berkley, Abu Garcia, Penn and Shakespeare, joining Rawlings on the selling block. It will also seek a buyer for Jostens. This means that it is likely to retain Coleman, Marmot and ...

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    Nike has completed the transfer of its Spanish subsidiary from...

    2018-05-18T00:00:00Z

    Nike has completed the transfer of its Spanish subsidiary from El Prat de Llobregat to a 4,300-square-meter office with more technical features in downtown Barcelona

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    Puma formally exited the Kering group earlier this week, with...

    2018-05-18T00:00:00Z

    Puma formally exited the Kering group earlier this week, with the distribution of Puma shares to Kering shareholders. The distribution ratio amounted to one Puma share for 12 Kering shares held, and the payment date was May 16. Puma's opening share price on the day was €429.0 but the company's ...