All Corporations articles – Page 132
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Athos, a U.S. start-up specializing in smart fitness apparel, has...
Athos, a U.S. start-up specializing in smart fitness apparel, has raised $35.5 million in investments led by Social Capital. Other investors in the fundraising are MAS Holdings, an apparel manufacturer from Sri Lanka, Lightspeed Venture Partners and Felix Capital, along with existing shareholders DMC, True Ventures and Joe Lacob, the ...
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Authentic Brands, the company that owns Prince Sports and Tretorn,...
Authentic Brands, the company that owns Prince Sports and Tretorn, among other properties, is said to be targeting a public offering in the course of 2016
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Nassef Sawiris, the Egyptian billionaire whose investment fund directly and...
Nassef Sawiris, the Egyptian billionaire whose investment fund directly and indirectly controls 6 percent of voting rights in Adidas, told Reuters that he wants “constructive dialogue” with the German company. Herbert Hainer, the group's chief executive, said in a conference call earlier this month that Adidas was always open to ...
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Bondholders of Sympatex Holding have rejected a proposal to get...
Bondholders of Sympatex Holding have rejected a proposal to get their bonds redeemed ahead of their maturity for 101 percent of their value, and this should make it more difficult for shareholders to sell parts of the group to interested parties. Only creditors representing 21.6 percent of the €13 million ...
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Rudy Project has promoted a former triathlon champion, Johnny Vu,...
Rudy Project has promoted a former triathlon champion, Johnny Vu, as North American event sales director
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A Hong Kong-based financial service company registered in the Seychelles...
A Hong Kong-based financial service company registered in the Seychelles islands, Yucheng International, has agreed to acquire the 64.15 percent stake held by Pegasus Footgear Management in its shoe factory in Guangzhou, Pegasus International Holding, subject to various conditions. It would subsequently make a bid for the remaining shares of ...
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Julie Karsenti, marketing coordinator for Go Sport in France, has...
Julie Karsenti, marketing coordinator for Go Sport in France, has become marketing director of Courir, the sister chain of athletic footwear shops
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Sports Direct International (SDI) has reportedly held talks with the...
Sports Direct International (SDI) has reportedly held talks with the Chinese owners of House of Fraser, the Sanpower group, to deploy the Lillywhites banner in some of the group's department stores. The Sunday Telegraph reported that talks are at an early stage and that Nigel Oddy, House of Fraser's chief ...
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Misfit, the U.S. maker of wearable fitness trackers, is to...
Misfit, the U.S. maker of wearable fitness trackers, is to be taken over for $260 million by Fossil Group, a watchmaker based in Texas. Fossil sells its own brands, Fossil and Skagen, and it holds licenses for several others, from Adidas to Michael Kors and Diesel. Sonny Vu, chief executive ...
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Oaktree Capital Management, which has lent $175 million to Quiksilver...
Oaktree Capital Management, which has lent $175 million to Quiksilver to keep operating while its U.S. business is in bankruptcy proceedings, has reportedly retained Alix Partners as an advisor for the possible acquisition of the entire company. Quoting unnamed sources, Bloomberg says that other investors may be interested in Quik ...
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Adidas is offering design resources and financial assistance to high...
Adidas is offering design resources and financial assistance to high schools in the U.S. that want to change their mascot names and identities, to move away from mascots with “potentially harmful” Native American imagery or symbolism. Aligned with the Adidas Group's “open source” strategy, the voluntary initiative was announced in ...
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As planned, Kevin Plank, Under Armour (UA)'s chairman and chief...
As planned, Kevin Plank, Under Armour (UA)'s chairman and chief executive, has entered into a pre-arranged stock trading plan to sell up to 1,125,000 shares of UA's class B common stock that he personally owns and up to 125,000 shares of the class B stock held by his charitable trust. ...
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Bench, which is now run by Bruno Salzer out of...
Bench, which is now run by Bruno Salzer out of its Munich office, has cut by half the team at its head office in Manchester, previously made up of 120 people, and expanded operations in Germany. Roles across various areas, among which are “design and communication” and other important functions, ...
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The board of directors of Intersport PSC Holding, which is...
The board of directors of Intersport PSC Holding, which is the Swiss licensee of Intersport, has decided to apply for de-listing on the SIX Swiss stock exchange by the summer of 2016 because of the small volume of transactions with its shares and the cost of remaining a public company. ...
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Implus, a U.S. company that owns a lot of brands...
Implus, a U.S. company that owns a lot of brands relating to sports, fitness and footwear, has added Fuelbelt, which specializes in hydration belts and running accessories. Acquired at an undisclosed price, Fuelbelt is to be included in the specialty category of Implus, alongside Balega socks, Triggerpoint and Sof Sole. ...
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Le Chameau has decided to shut down its French manufacturing...
Le Chameau has decided to shut down its French manufacturing plant at Cahan near Flers, which employs 55 workers. The factory makes some of the high-end hunting boots in rubber and leather sold by the company. The production is expected to be transferred to another plant owned by the company ...
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The Scott Sports group continues its strong external growth strategy....
The Scott Sports group continues its strong external growth strategy. We understand that it is already working on another acquisition, which may be sealed before the end of this year, after striking a preliminary agreement last month for the takeover of Dolomite from the Tecnica Group. Scott's management indicates that ...
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Sport Eco reports that Go Sport, the French sports retailer,...
Sport Eco reports that Go Sport, the French sports retailer, has acquired Tool Sport, a French online retailer that went into receivership earlier this year. Go Sport declined to comment but the customer service department at Tool Sport said that the company has been renamed Go Sport Développement. For the ...
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Mizuno has inaugurated the head office of its new Spanish...
Mizuno has inaugurated the head office of its new Spanish subsidiary, which covers 250 square meters in El Prat de Llobregat, near Barcelona and close to many other sports companies
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The Saarbrücker Nachrichten published an unconfirmed report that ZEG, the...
The Saarbrücker Nachrichten published an unconfirmed report that ZEG, the German-based buying group for bicycle dealers, could purchase the bicycle production unit of Kettler, the German supplier of fitness and garden equipment, which went into self-administered receivership in June. As reported in our previous issue, Kettler said it was working ...
