All Corporations articles – Page 151

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    The Lafuma Group reports the successful completion of an equity...

    2014-02-10T00:00:00Z

    The Lafuma Group reports the successful completion of an equity increase of €10 million, but the company had not yet published the new structure of the capital as of today. In a preliminary report, the group has indicated that its sales inched up by 2.8 percent in the quarter ended ...

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    Keller Sports, a German-based online retailer specializing in running, fitness...

    2014-02-10T00:00:00Z

    Keller Sports, a German-based online retailer specializing in running, fitness and tennis, has received a new seven-digit financial investment from Christian Mangstl, who co-founded Scout24, a German online marketplace for the sale and purchase of cars, real estate, financial services and other types of items. The additional money will be ...

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    Specialty sporting goods and outdoor retailers in Germany and some...

    2014-02-10T00:00:00Z

    Specialty sporting goods and outdoor retailers in Germany and some other countries are suffering from rising competition from pure online retailers like Zalando, a company that we generally cover only through Shoe Intelligence, our publication on the non-athletic shoe market, because of its emphasis on this sector. According to a ...

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    Finn Carlsen, who ran Sport 2000 International between 2001 and...

    2014-01-25T00:00:00Z

    Finn Carlsen, who ran Sport 2000 International between 2001 and 2004, will gradually become the new owner of two leading European recruitment consultancies, International Sports Marketing (ISM) and Sports Brokers (SB), and he will run both of them. Carlsen, who is now 59 years old, had bought half of the ...

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    Sports Direct International has resold a share of 4.6 percent...

    2014-01-25T00:00:00Z

    Sports Direct International has resold a share of 4.6 percent that it had acquired in Debenhams, the big department store operation in the U.K. The British sporting goods and lifestyle retailer, which operates about 400 stores in the country and more and more in the rest of Europe, had bought ...

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    The North American subsidiary of Accell Group in Kent, Washington...

    2014-01-25T00:00:00Z

    The North American subsidiary of Accell Group in Kent, Washington has integrated Seattle Bike Supply and Raleigh North America. The changes will raise the range of services that Accell North America will provide to independent bike dealers, including improved ease and efficiency in the processing of orders, stronger fill rates, ...

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    Sugoi Performance Apparel, a brand of Dorel Industries, has acquired...

    2014-01-25T00:00:00Z

    Sugoi Performance Apparel, a brand of Dorel Industries, has acquired Sombrio, the mountain bike and lifestyle apparel brand with Freeride at its core. The purchase price was not disclosed. Sombrio was founded in 1998 by Dave Watson, an early pioneer of Vancouver's North Shore gravity-fueled Freeride movement. For Sugoi, the ...

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    Two well-known former sports champions are among the investors in...

    2014-01-25T00:00:00Z

    Two well-known former sports champions are among the investors in Hyperice, one of the start-ups that won the right to a free stand at this year's Ispo Munich show in the context of the Ispo Brandnew Awards. They are Bixente Lizarazu, the former French International team player and defender for ...

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    Dorel Industries has announced that it will close its assembly...

    2014-01-25T00:00:00Z

    Dorel Industries has announced that it will close its assembly and testing facility in Bedford, Pennsylvania towards the end of the year, and lay off 100 employees as part of a global restructuring of its Recreational/Leisure segment. The segment owns the Cannondale, Schwinn, GT, Mongoose and Sugoi bike brands. Operations ...

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    Hero Cycles, the Indian bicycle manufacturer, is building a new...

    2014-01-25T00:00:00Z

    Hero Cycles, the Indian bicycle manufacturer, is building a new plant in the state of Bihar, in India's northeast. The investment is worth nearly INR370 million (€4.3m-$5.9m) and is supposed to allow for the production of one million bicycles per year, expandable by 50 percent after two or three years. ...

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    Head has extended once more the offer period for the...

    2014-01-25T00:00:00Z

    Head has extended once more the offer period for the buyback of its shares until Feb. 7. It continues to propose payment of €1.90 per share if at least 19,214,042 are tendered. The company had initially given a deadline of Dec. 27, but only 15,908,018 shares were committed by then. ...

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    Sympatex Holding has completed the sale of bonds worth €13...

    2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

    Sympatex Holding has completed the sale of bonds worth €13 million, with a coupon of 8 percent and maturing in five years' time. They are trading on the Open Market of the Deutsche Börse. The management says that 30 percent of the proceeds will be invested in product development and ...

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    Head, which is the parent company of Mares, has acquired...

    2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

    Head, which is the parent company of Mares, has acquired Scuba Schools International (SSI), an ISO-certified provider of teaching material and education concepts for scuba diving instructors. Using 30 languages, it offers its services to some 2,600 diving schools and resorts in 110 countries. Founded in 1970 in Schwarzenbruck, Germany, ...

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    Nano-Tex has been acquired by Crypton Fabrics from private equity...

    2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

    Nano-Tex has been acquired by Crypton Fabrics from private equity and venture capital investors. Sellers included WL Ross and Co. LLC, Norwest Venture Partners, Masters Capital Nanotechnology Fund, Firelake Capital Management and Masters Capital Management. Nano-Tex employs a proprietary nanotechnology approach to enhance textiles that provides permanent performance attributes such ...

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    Trek Bicycle has acquired Electra Bicycle Company for an undisclosed...

    2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

    Trek Bicycle has acquired Electra Bicycle Company for an undisclosed amount. The move will expand Trek's market share in the cruiser and leisure market while Electra will benefit from Trek's financial, supply chain, distribution, and sales support. The Electra brand will continue to be managed and marketed out of its ...

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    POW of Seattle has acquired Holden Outerwear, another American company...

    2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

    POW of Seattle has acquired Holden Outerwear, another American company that was founded by a professional snowboarder, Mike LeBlanc, and a designer, Scott Zergebel, to bring street fashion to a mountain environment. POW is the parent company of POW Gloves and Spacecraft Collective, a brand that stands for very artistic ...

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    Ploucquet, an affiliate of Sympatex Holding in Germany, will move...

    2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

    Ploucquet, an affiliate of Sympatex Holding in Germany, will move all activities to its production site in Zittau. In addition to the existing “Tection” division, which covers technical textiles and applications, all the activities of the “Textiles” business area, which also includes fashion textiles, will also be operated in Zittau, ...

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    Benetton Group plans to divest its Killer Loop and Playlife...

    2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

    Benetton Group plans to divest its Killer Loop and Playlife brands to concentrate on its core business

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    Jones Global Sports, the owners of the golf brand Bobby...

    2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

    Jones Global Sports, the owners of the golf brand Bobby Jones, has announced that as from Dec. 2013, the design and sourcing departments for the brand have become internally managed. The move aims at helping execute purchases more efficiently and make it easier for the company to adhere closely to ...

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    Sympatex Technologies has set up a subsidiary in Seoul for...

    2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

    Sympatex Technologies has set up a subsidiary in Seoul for the Korean market, in an apparent recognition of its importance in the outdoor sector. It plans to expand the presence of its brand name in the country through a big sales campaign orchestrated with one of its clients, Trespass, on ...