All Corporations articles – Page 148
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Giant has announced that it will invest US$50 million in...
Giant has announced that it will invest US$50 million in new corporate headquarters with research and design buildings and state-of-the-art facilities. The Taiwanese company, which is recognized as the world's largest bicycle manufacturer, said it has already gained approval for the plan from the management of the Central Taiwan Science ...
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Lino Dainese is reportedly planning to sell between 70 and...
Lino Dainese is reportedly planning to sell between 70 and 80 percent of the Italian high-tech protection company that bears his name after the summer, choosing one of the candidates for the acquisition. It will probably be a strategic investor. A business plan calls for an increase in Dainese's turnover ...
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Accell Group is one of six companies listed on Euronext...
Accell Group is one of six companies listed on Euronext Amsterdam that are going to be allowed to use a new class of Spotlight Options. They will have short-term maturities of one, two or three months. Accell has been listed on Euronext Amsterdam since 1998 and joined the Amsterdam Midkap ...
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Samsonite International, the international luggage giant, which already purchased High...
Samsonite International, the international luggage giant, which already purchased High Sierra two years ago, has signed a definitive agreement to buy Gregory Mountain Products, a more technical and outdoor-oriented brand of backpacks, from Black Diamond Inc. Somewhat like Eastpak and JanSport, which are both owned by VF Corporation, the two ...
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Dennis Wilson, the founder of Lululemon Athletics, is attempting to...
Dennis Wilson, the founder of Lululemon Athletics, is attempting to regain control of the company, according to American press reports. The Wall Street Journal reported that Wilson was studying various options, together with Goldman Sachs. These include a buyout of the company but also a sale of Wilson's shareholding, placed ...
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The Fenix Outdoor Group has formally moved to Baar in...
The Fenix Outdoor Group has formally moved to Baar in Switzerland and turned into Fenix Outdoor International AG, after a series of administrative and financial changes that were set in motion about two months ago. However, the company will continue to operate from Örnsköldsvik and it remains in the hands ...
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Jarden Corporation's stable of sports brands continues to widen. Its...
Jarden Corporation's stable of sports brands continues to widen. Its K2 Sports subsidiary has signed an agreement for the takeover of an American brand of triathlon clothing, Squadra, and its business at an undisclosed price. Squadra started in 1996 as the U.S. licensee of Castelli, the Italian brand of bikewear. ...
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ISA TanTec, a German-owned tannery supplying top footwear brands globally,...
ISA TanTec, a German-owned tannery supplying top footwear brands globally, is setting up its first leather manufacturing facility in the U.S. The site will be located in Vicksburg, Mississippi and the project will be known as Mississippi TanTec Leather. ISA TanTec currently has operations in Saigon, Vietnam and Heshan City, ...
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The District Court in Kranj, in Slovenia, has reportedly launched...
The District Court in Kranj, in Slovenia, has reportedly launched debt restructuring proceedings at Alpina, which makes outdoor and skiing footwear as well as a wider range of urban shoes. It has accumulated debts worth €42 million, chiefly due to a management buyout. The company, based in the small eastern ...
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Patagonia is planning to transfer some of its European operations...
Patagonia is planning to transfer some of its European operations from its present European headquarters in the French town of Annecy to a new European office in Amsterdam. It also wants to open sales offices in London and Munich to be closer to its clients in two of its major ...
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Callaway Golf is refinancing its $230 million asset-based revolving credit...
Callaway Golf is refinancing its $230 million asset-based revolving credit on better conditions, keeping the size of the credit facility. As of March 31, the company had $141 million outstanding under its present arrangement.
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Hanesbrands has signed a deal for the acquisition of DBA...
Hanesbrands has signed a deal for the acquisition of DBA Apparel, a French producer of intimate apparel, underwear and hosiery, forming one of the largest groups in the sector, with an annual turnover of nearly $6 billion. The deal values DBA at €400 million, or 7.5 times annual earnings before ...
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Dorotennis, the French brand of women's activewear, has been placed...
Dorotennis, the French brand of women's activewear, has been placed in liquidation. Founded in 1977, it has gone through several changes of ownership in the last twenty years, each time without any spectacular results. It was bought in 1995 by Fila and then, five years later, by an equity fund, ...
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Exceed Company of China has once again adjourned an extraordinary...
Exceed Company of China has once again adjourned an extraordinary shareholders' meeting to approve a merger that would transfer full ownership to its chairman and chief executive, Shuipan Lin. It is now planned for July 29 in Hong Kong, after obtaining additional financing of US$5 million. A June 26 announcement ...
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Performance Sports Group (PSG), the company based in Exeter, New...
Performance Sports Group (PSG), the company based in Exeter, New Hampshire that was previously called Bauer Performance Sports, raised about $126.5 million in a secondary offering of 8,1561,291 shares in the U.S. and Canada, after exercising an over-allotment option. It sold the shares at $15.50 each, but they were valued ...
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Sports Direct International denies a report that it is bidding...
Sports Direct International denies a report that it is bidding for Office, the British chain of shoe stores, but buys a 4.8 percent stake in MySale, the Australian online fashion retailer
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Wiggle, the British online cycling and sporting goods store controlled...
Wiggle, the British online cycling and sporting goods store controlled by Bridgepoint, is reportedly considering a public offering on the London Stock Exchange
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Blake Mycoskie, who founded Toms Shoes in 2006, is looking...
Blake Mycoskie, who founded Toms Shoes in 2006, is looking for investors to take over his company, which may be worth as much as $600 million in spite of its generous “one for one” donations of shoes and eyewear, according to the Financial Times. The goal is to make the ...
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The British Halfords Group has acquired the Boardman bike business...
The British Halfords Group has acquired the Boardman bike business launched by Chris Boardman, former Olympic and Tour de France cyclist. Halfords already has an exclusivity deal to sell the Boardman Performance Series in the U.K. and Ireland while the Boardman Elite Series is sold at selected independent cycling retailers ...
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Bauer Performance Sports is changing its name again to Performance...
Bauer Performance Sports is changing its name again to Performance Sports Group, in connection with a $110 million secondary offering of new shares in the U.S. and Canada, intended to repay some of the money borrowed for its recent $330 million acquisition of Easton's baseball and softball business. For the ...
