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    To prepare itself for accelerated growth in Europe, Skechers is...

    2015-12-30T00:00:00Z

    To prepare itself for accelerated growth in Europe, Skechers is again raising the capacity and efficiency of its European distribution center in Belgium. A new phase of expansion will take the total warehousing surface to more than 100,000 sqm. by next April. The 13-year-old facility, which gets its products through ...

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    Robin Stalker, chief financial officer at the Adidas Group, told...

    2015-12-30T00:00:00Z

    Robin Stalker, chief financial officer at the Adidas Group, told The Financial Times that the company was not facing pressure to divest activities. Speculation has been reported about such pressure after several influential investors built up stakes in Adidas this year: Southern Asset Management (SAM) in the U.S. and investment ...

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    The Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung reported earlier this month that some...

    2015-12-30T00:00:00Z

    The Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung reported earlier this month that some creditors of Kettler, the German fitness and leisure equipment company that filed for insolvency under its own administration in June, want to study a potential sale of the company – be it only to establish a market value. With the ...

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    Bridgestone Golf has announced the closure of its sales operations...

    2015-12-30T00:00:00Z

    Bridgestone Golf has announced the closure of its sales operations in the U.K. and Ireland from March 2016. The parent company in Japan said the decision was primarily due to the prevailing market conditions, currency fluctuations and the long term outlook for sales. The move will result in the cancellation ...

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    Shares in the Iconix Brand Group took a nosedive on...

    2015-12-30T00:00:00Z

    Shares in the Iconix Brand Group took a nosedive on Monday, after the company announced that it received a formal order of investigation from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Iconix, the parent company of Umbro, Starter, Danskin and a string of other brands, added that it intended to fully ...

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    Zalando is taking over Nugg, a German company that supplies...

    2015-12-30T00:00:00Z

    Zalando is taking over Nugg, a German company that supplies targeted digital marketing solutions, from the German Post Office, in order to address specific target groups in different ways. In the U.S., meanwhile, Amazon is reportedly planning to set up its own fleet of cargo airplanes to avoid delayed deliveries ...

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    Sport Partner reports that Mizuno's French subsidiary will no longer...

    2015-12-30T00:00:00Z

    Sport Partner reports that Mizuno's French subsidiary will no longer distribute the brand in Belgium and Luxembourg from the beginning of April, and that sales in the two countries will instead be supervised from the Netherlands. The publication indicates that the change fits with wide-ranging investments by Mizuno in European ...

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    Exceeding its previously set targets, Nike has spent $380 million...

    2015-12-18T00:00:00Z

    Exceeding its previously set targets, Nike has spent $380 million to expand its world headquarters in Portland, Oregon, hiring more than 2,000 new employees there, according to the Portland Business Journal. The Swoosh had made a deal with the state of Oregon three years ago to avoid paying tax on ...

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    Adidas has announced the acquisition of a new building next...

    2015-12-18T00:00:00Z

    Adidas has announced the acquisition of a new building next to its campus in North Portland, Oregon as part of an expansion of its North American operations. It will accommodate about 150 employees on 25,000 square feet of office space, adding to the five existing buildings of the local Adidas ...

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    Implus, the acquisitive U.S. company that owns numerous sports, fitness...

    2015-12-18T00:00:00Z

    Implus, the acquisitive U.S. company that owns numerous sports, fitness and footwear accessories brands, has enlarged its fitness category to form the Implus Fitness & Wellness Division, after the purchase of Trigger Point Performance, Harbinger Fitness and Fuel Belt earlier this year. The move is meant to accelerate expansion in ...

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    Herbert Hainer, chief executive at the Adidas Group, denied a...

    2015-12-18T00:00:00Z

    Herbert Hainer, chief executive at the Adidas Group, denied a report in The New York Post that it was preparing a sale of Reebok CCM Hockey in another effort to simplify its business. He acknowledged in a press briefing earlier this month that several parties were interested in the ice ...

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    Amer Sports' board of directors has approved a Performance Share...

    2015-12-18T00:00:00Z

    Amer Sports' board of directors has approved a Performance Share Plan and a Restricted Stock Plan as incentives for key employees. The first one will allow about 250 people to earn rewards in cash and Amer shares, up to a maximum of 1.1 million shares, based on the ...

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    Spy has applied at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission...

    2015-12-18T00:00:00Z

    Spy has applied at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to deregister its shares from the OTC BB stock exchange. As a result, the American sports eyewear firm will no longer have to file quarterly or annual financial statements with the agency. Its shares should continue to be quoted on ...

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    The price of GoPro shares briefly increased earlier this month...

    2015-12-18T00:00:00Z

    The price of GoPro shares briefly increased earlier this month after an influential U.S. analyst described it as an interesting potential acquisition target for Apple. Dan Ives from FBR & Co reportedly wrote that action cameras were uniquely positioned at the intersection of Apple's smartphone, wearables and multimedia offerings. He ...

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    Polartec has decided to close its factory in Lawrence, Massachusetts,...

    2015-12-18T00:00:00Z

    Polartec has decided to close its factory in Lawrence, Massachusetts, moving its operations to its other plants in Hudson, New Hampshire and Cleveland, Tennessee. The latter was acquired by Polartec in September from United Knitting. The Lawrence factory had been rebuilt by Malden Mills 20 years ago, after being ...

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    Sergi González has left Intersport España, where he acted as...

    2015-11-30T00:00:00Z

    Sergi González has left Intersport España, where he acted as managing director, according to the Spanish trade press

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    The Australian-based Surfstitch Group has agreed to buy Surfwear Hardware...

    2015-11-30T00:00:00Z

    The Australian-based Surfstitch Group has agreed to buy Surfwear Hardware International (SHI) Holdings, parent company of four brands - FCS, Gorilla, Hydro and Softech - that stand for surfboards, SUP boards and related products and accessories. The acquisition gives SHI an enterprise value of 23.7 million Australian dollars (€16.1m-$17.1m). SHI's ...

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    A report by Duff & Phelps, which was appointed to...

    2015-11-30T00:00:00Z

    A report by Duff & Phelps, which was appointed to supervise the receivership of Direct Golf, has provided some details on the lead-up to Sports Direct's acquisition of the golf retailer's assets last month. SDI (formally Sportsdirect.com Retail Limited, in this instance) bought 25 percent of the retailer last year ...

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    The Bestseller Group, owner of Jack & Jones and other...

    2015-11-30T00:00:00Z

    The Bestseller Group, owner of Jack & Jones and other brands, has appointed Alexander Korosec as country manager for Austria and Eastern Europe

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    Selle Royal has announced it will open a new facility...

    2015-11-30T00:00:00Z

    Selle Royal has announced it will open a new facility in Ogden, Utah, north of Salt Lake City, within Utah's bike industry cluster. The group, which is headquartered in Pozzoleone, near Vicenza, in Italy, owns the Brooks, Fizik and Crank Brothers brands. Selle Royal was founded in 1956 to make ...