All Corporations articles – Page 134

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    Fred Perry plans to move its head office to...

    2015-10-19T00:00:00Z

    Fred Perry plans to move its head office to a refurbished Victorian warehouse with 30,000 square feet of space at Mount Pleasant in London in the first quarter of 2016

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    Gordon Stanley Merchant, founder of Billabong, has purchased 104,131 shares...

    2015-09-30T00:00:00Z

    Gordon Stanley Merchant, founder of Billabong, has purchased 104,131 shares in the Australian company at a price of 67,570.61 Australian dollars (€42,476.92-$47,495.48). He thus owns 109,036,051 shares in Billabong, giving him a stake of a little over 11 percent. Oaktree Capital Management and Centerbridge Partners are still the largest shareholders, ...

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    Goldwin has agreed to buy a 12 percent stake in...

    2015-09-30T00:00:00Z

    Goldwin has agreed to buy a 12 percent stake in Spiber worth ¥3 billion (€22.2m-$25.0m) to commercialize its synthetic spider-web-like material, which derives from biomass and is therefore eco-friendly. The value of the company is nearly ¥25 billion (€185.4m-$208.7m). Qmonos, the name of the synthetic spider-web-like fiber, derives from the ...

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    Sports Direct International has bought a stake of 18.9 percent...

    2015-09-30T00:00:00Z

    Sports Direct International has bought a stake of 18.9 percent in Findel, a British multi-channel retailer that owns an online sports retailer, Kitbag, specializing in the sale of replica kits for major football teams. Reportedly, Findel previously refused an offer by Mike Ashley to buy Kitbag alone. It turns out ...

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    IC Group raised its equity on Sept. 18 by 485,900...

    2015-09-30T00:00:00Z

    IC Group raised its equity on Sept. 18 by 485,900 Danish kroner to DKK170,562,470 (€22,861,806-$25,562,392) through an exercise of warrants. The new capital consists of 17,056,247 shares and voting rights. IC Group, which is the parent company of Peak Performance, has also signed a market maker agreement with Danske Bank ...

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    Seth Wescott, a 39-year-old American pro snowboard rider who has...

    2015-09-30T00:00:00Z

    Seth Wescott, a 39-year-old American pro snowboard rider who has collected many medals, has made an unspecified investment in Winterstick Snowboards as the American company plans to set up its first workshop to make customized snowboards. The company will transform an old barn on the western side of Sugarloaf Mountain, ...

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    Harbinger, a U.S. supplier of performance strength and fitness accessories,...

    2015-09-30T00:00:00Z

    Harbinger, a U.S. supplier of performance strength and fitness accessories, has been acquired by Implus, a multi-brand company specializing in athletic, fitness and outdoor products. Established in 1988, Harbinger supplies a wide range of products such as gloves, belts, straps, strength training aids and functional fitness items. Implus, which has ...

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    Acushnet, which is the parent company of Titleist and Footjoy,...

    2015-09-30T00:00:00Z

    Acushnet, which is the parent company of Titleist and Footjoy, is holding discussions with various investment banks in preparation for a possible return to the stock market, according to Bloomberg. The company, which has been performing better than TaylorMade-Adidas Golf and other golf majors in a difficult market, was sold ...

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    Adidas France is to transfer its French head office to...

    2015-09-30T00:00:00Z

    Adidas France is to transfer its French head office to Strasbourg toward the end of 2017, in the new business area of Wacken. It will thus leave the village of Landersheim near Saverne, where it was established in 1973. Despite repeated renovations, the office complex was apparently no longer suitable. ...

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    Lost International, the American brand of surfboards, skateboards and related...

    2015-09-30T00:00:00Z

    Lost International, the American brand of surfboards, skateboards and related apparel and accessories launched in 1985, is switching to a licensing model for its sales in the U.S., Europe and many other territories. An investment group based in Chino, California and led by Nick Agakanian will reportedly take care of ...

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    Infront Sports & Media, the Swiss-based sports marketing company, has...

    2015-09-30T00:00:00Z

    Infront Sports & Media, the Swiss-based sports marketing company, has sealed an agreement to buy and integrate Gsport and Sport09 into Infront Italy. Gsport is one of Italy's leading companies for marketing rights management in national club football, while Sport09 is one of the country's major media agencies for sport. ...

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    Andrew Vara, the trustee appointed to oversee the bankruptcy of...

    2015-09-30T00:00:00Z

    Andrew Vara, the trustee appointed to oversee the bankruptcy of Quiksilver in the U.S., has appointed a committee to represent the company's unsecured creditors in the court hearings due to be held next week. They are Justin Shearer from Global Corporate Trust Services, Baily Dent of New Generation Advisors, Ian ...

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    Life Fitness, a division of Brunswick Corp., has announced a...

    2015-09-30T00:00:00Z

    Life Fitness, a division of Brunswick Corp., has announced a 50,000-square-foot expansion for its factory in Ramsey, Minnesota, which will bring the surface of the facility to more than 330,000 square feet. The expansion was decided after production at the factory nearly doubled over the last six years. The addition ...

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    Signa Holding, the Austrian-base real estate company that controls Karstadt...

    2015-09-30T00:00:00Z

    Signa Holding, the Austrian-base real estate company that controls Karstadt and Karstadt Sports, has some new shareholders. Textilwirtschaft mentions the Falcon Private Bank of Abu Dhabi with a stake of 24.9 percent and Ernst Tanner, chief executive of Lindt & Sprüngli, with 10 percent of the shares. They take the ...

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    Thule Group has inaugurated an expanded global testing center in...

    2015-09-30T00:00:00Z

    Thule Group has inaugurated an expanded global testing center in Hillerstorp, Sweden. The new lab features a doubling of space - from 600 to 1,200 square meters - and additional tools that enable the testing of all products in Thule's expanding product portfolio, thanks to an additional investment of SEK20 ...

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    Nick Woodman, founder and chief executive of GoPro, has denied...

    2015-09-30T00:00:00Z

    Nick Woodman, founder and chief executive of GoPro, has denied a possible sale of his company to Apple

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    The Mammut Sports Group has decided to outsource the labor-intensive...

    2015-09-30T00:00:00Z

    The Mammut Sports Group has decided to outsource the labor-intensive manufacture of its ropes at its facility in Seon by Sept. 1, 2016, but the Swiss company will continue to use the site to design, develop, test and market its ropes. The new contractor is an Austrian family-owned company, Teufelberger. ...

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    Johnson Health Tech (JHT), the Taiwanese fitness equipment maker that...

    2015-09-30T00:00:00Z

    Johnson Health Tech (JHT), the Taiwanese fitness equipment maker that owns the Matrix, Vision and Horizon brands, has acquired Stak Fitness, a leading distributor of fitness gear in Canada. It will operate as a separate subsidiary for JHT, with current management and staff. Established in 2004 by Karim Toupin-Chaieb, Stak ...

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    Nike has a new $2.0 billion revolving credit facility with...

    2015-09-21T00:00:00Z

    Nike has a new $2.0 billion revolving credit facility with Bank of America, Citibank, Deutsche Bank and HSBC. Replacing a $1.0 billion line of credit, it matures in July 2020, with option for a two-year extension. At the end of the last quarter, Nike had cash and short-term investments worth ...

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    Sports Direct International has acquired a 25% stake in Four...

    2015-09-21T00:00:00Z

    Sports Direct International has acquired a 25% stake in Four Marketing, the British distributors of various fashion brands including Stone Island, CP Company and 7 For All Mankind