All Corporations articles – Page 116

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    Eurazeo has announced the sale of 8,500,000 shares of Moncler...

    2017-11-15T00:00:00Z

    Eurazeo has announced the sale of 8,500,000 shares of Moncler S.p.A. through its subsidiary ECIP M S.A. at a price of €24.48 per share, for a total amount of around €208 million. As a result of the sale, ECIP M S.A. will hold 5.31 percent of the share capital and ...

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    Amer Sports is repurchasing up to 10,000 of its own...

    2017-11-15T00:00:00Z

    Amer Sports is repurchasing up to 10,000 of its own shares until next March 7. Meanwhile, Bruno Sälzer, who was elected chairman of the board last March, has been buying shares in the company as well.

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    Nordea Funds increased its stake in IC Group to 5.01%...

    2017-11-15T00:00:00Z

    Nordea Funds increased its stake in IC Group to 5.01% just before the company announced its results for the first quarter

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    Edelski, the 15-year-old Swiss company that makes and sells Zai...

    2017-11-15T00:00:00Z

    Edelski, the 15-year-old Swiss company that makes and sells Zai skis, has decided to stop manufacturing it at its own factory at Dissentis as of next March because of excessive costs. The company has already developed a line for the next season that will be made at another Swiss plant. ...

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    Speculation has heightened around the potential sale of Puma after...

    2017-11-15T00:00:00Z

    Speculation has heightened around the potential sale of Puma after Challenges, a French business magazine, reported that Rothschild & Co has been hired to study various options. Kering, the French luxury group, bought Puma for about €5.3 billion in 2007. The brand's performance has greatly improved in the last three ...

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    Bruno Sälzer, supervisory board chairman at Amer Sports, has told...

    2017-11-15T00:00:00Z

    Bruno Sälzer, supervisory board chairman at Amer Sports, has told Handelsblatt that the Finnish group wants to grow through organic expansion as well as acquisitions, for which it has “a few hundred million” euro at its disposal. The company owns 12 brands, and its latest acquisition was Armada, the U.S. ...

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    Conte of Florence, the Italian brand of golf clothing, has...

    2017-11-15T00:00:00Z

    Conte of Florence, the Italian brand of golf clothing, has reportedly gone again into bankruptcy proceedings after a year in which it had a loss of €3 million on sales of €28.4 million. Creditors are being offered a settlement on the basis of 20 percent of the outstanding debt. The ...

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    Sportamore, the Swedish online sporting goods retailer, has switched to...

    2017-11-15T00:00:00Z

    Sportamore, the Swedish online sporting goods retailer, has switched to a new warehouse, but the move did not quite go as planned. The start of the project was delayed by one month, causing about 35 percent of the range offered on its website not to be available for shipment. As ...

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    Insolvency proceedings were opened on Oct. 13 in Venice for...

    2017-10-31T00:00:00Z

    Insolvency proceedings were opened on Oct. 13 in Venice for MCS Cavaliere, formerly Marlboro Classics, and Industries Sportswear Company, owner of the Marina Yachting and Henry Cotton's brands. In 2013, shortly before going public, Moncler had sold Industries Sportswear to Emerisque Brands, a private equity firm set up in 2004 ...

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    WiggleCRC has announced the acquisition of Bike24, a German online...

    2017-10-31T00:00:00Z

    WiggleCRC has announced the acquisition of Bike24, a German online cycling retailer. According to The Sunday Times, who first reported the news, the deal is worth around £100 million (€112.6m-$131.7m). Bike24 will continue to trade as a separate business within the group. Bike24 posted revenues of €84.5 million in 2016. ...

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    Peter Aschauer is selling a controlling stake in his 30-year-old...

    2017-10-31T00:00:00Z

    Peter Aschauer is selling a controlling stake in his 30-year-old avalanche airbag company, ABS Peter Aschauer, to Spin Capital. The Munich-based investment company will take over operative responsibility but will continue to work with Aschauer on a partnership basis. Stefan Mohr, chief executive of Spin, which is an abbreviation for ...

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    Sports Direct International (SDI) is buying additional shares in Debenhams,...

    2017-10-31T00:00:00Z

    Sports Direct International (SDI) is buying additional shares in Debenhams, the British department store chain, paying 43 percent more than they were worth last Friday, according to The Financial Times. The acquisition is said to be based on options contracts signed through Goldman Sachs in 2015, which will force SDI ...

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    Salomon is extending its design center in Annecy with the...

    2017-10-31T00:00:00Z

    Salomon is extending its design center in Annecy with the purchase of a 1,760-square-meter administrative building adjoining its headquarters in the French alpine city, where it stopped its manufacturing activities many years ago. The management said the investment represents a great opportunity for expansion as it prepares its development plans ...

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    Woolrich has announced a new partnership with Goldwin, a Japanese...

    2017-10-31T00:00:00Z

    Woolrich has announced a new partnership with Goldwin, a Japanese firm specializing in the manufacturing and sale of sporting apparel, which will result in a new Goldwin premium outdoor collection. The first men's line will be on offer in autumn 2018 in North America, Europe and Asia. Goldwin has acquired ...

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    The concentration of European outdoor retailing is continuing apace with...

    2017-10-31T00:00:00Z

    The concentration of European outdoor retailing is continuing apace with the acquisition of Friluftsland, one of the leading Danish outdoor retailers, by the owner of Globetrotter in Germany, Naturkompaniet in Sweden and Partioaitta in Finland.  Just a few weeks after the A.S. Adventure Group bought McTrek in Germany, the Fenix ...

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    Mike Ashley has put the Newcastle football club up for...

    2017-10-31T00:00:00Z

    Mike Ashley has put the Newcastle football club up for sale for the third time. He already failed to find a buyer back in 2008, after placing some of his shares in Sports Direct on the London Stock Exchange, and again in 2009. To facilitate the sale and encourage investments, ...

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    Zanier, the Austrian glove manufacturer, completed its move from Lienz...

    2017-10-31T00:00:00Z

    Zanier, the Austrian glove manufacturer, completed its move from Lienz to Innsbruck just in time for the start of the 2018 ski season. To showcase its patented heating technology, Zanier opened a showroom in Innsbruck in 2016. The administration, accounting and management functions are now housed in the 200-square-meter location. ...

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    A factory of BH Bikes in Aveiro, between Porto and...

    2017-10-31T00:00:00Z

    A factory of BH Bikes in Aveiro, between Porto and Lisbon, has been involved in the wave of fires that have recently shaken the north of Portugal. The fire broke out in the facility during the night between Oct. 16 and 17. BH Bikes uses that factory for the assembly ...

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    Naffta Sport, a Spanish brand of swimwear and other sports...

    2017-10-31T00:00:00Z

    Naffta Sport, a Spanish brand of swimwear and other sports garments, has decided to go into liquidation. The company had gone into insolvency last May with debts of €5 million. Giving the news, CMD Sport recalls that the company had already run into financial problems in 2009. It came out ...

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    Confirming a report in our previous issue, Footasylum, the British...

    2017-10-31T00:00:00Z

    Confirming a report in our previous issue, Footasylum, the British chain of sports and lifestyle stores created by the founders of JD Sports, is going public on the Alternative Investment Market (AIM) London Stock Exchange on Nov. 2 at a price of £1.64 per share, giving it an initial valuation ...