All Corporations articles – Page 151

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    Direct Golf UK is investing in new storage and distribution...

    2014-04-01T00:00:00Z

    Direct Golf UK is investing in new storage and distribution systems. The Yorkshire-based specialist golf retailer has outgrown its existing home in an old textile mill in Huddersfield and has joined forces with Mosaic Fulfilment Solutions (MFS) to move its outdated storage and distribution center to Wetherby. MFS will provide ...

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    Calida Holding of Switzerland has ended up with 59.92 percent...

    2014-03-13T00:00:00Z

    Calida Holding of Switzerland has ended up with 59.92 percent of the shares in the Lafuma Group, up from 53.07 percent as of last Dec. 31, after a series of refinancing measures that have cut down its debt drastically and boosted equity to $56.88 million. A positive operating cash flow ...

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    Jarden Corp. intends to market $600 million worth of senior...

    2014-03-13T00:00:00Z

    Jarden Corp. intends to market $600 million worth of senior convertible notes and to use $250 million out of the net proceeds to buy back some of its shares

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    Accell Group announced that its shares will be included in...

    2014-03-13T00:00:00Z

    Accell Group announced that its shares will be included in the Midcap index (AMX) of Euronext Amsterdam beginning March 24. The AMX index is made up of 25 medium-sized listed companies on Euronext Amsterdam. It is the first time the Accell Group enters the AMX index since the company's listing ...

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    Nautilus is said to searching for a “modest” new acquisition...

    2014-03-13T00:00:00Z

    Nautilus is said to searching for a “modest” new acquisition while spending more time developing its international business by working more closely with distributors in key regions. The company saw its net income from continuing operations leap to $47.9 million last year from $16.9 million the year before as total ...

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    To better define sales and marketing activities, Swix Sports has...

    2014-03-13T00:00:00Z

    To better define sales and marketing activities, Swix Sports has reorganized its company into two separate internal organizations – Sport and Outdoor. Though retailers and consumers will not be able to tell any difference, all Swix and Toko activities now fall under the Sport organization, while the brands Lundhags and ...

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    Hickies, the two-year-old American company that has launched an innovative...

    2014-03-13T00:00:00Z

    Hickies, the two-year-old American company that has launched an innovative elastic lacing system for shoes, has raised $4.2 million in funding through the Collaborative Fund and the venture arm of an unnamed global footwear brand. Based in Brooklyn, New York, the company intends to use the proceeds for the development ...

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    Dahon, the folding bike company based in California, is planning...

    2014-03-13T00:00:00Z

    Dahon, the folding bike company based in California, is planning to go public on the Taiwan Stock Exchange. It has also formed a new subsidiary in Taiwan that wil handle R&D, purchasing and the distribution of its products in Taiwan. Founded by David Hon, a physicist who had been working ...

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    Pure Fishing, the global provider of fishing tackle brands such...

    2014-03-13T00:00:00Z

    Pure Fishing, the global provider of fishing tackle brands such as Penn and Berkley, has acquired substantially all of the assets of Cutting Edge Lures, an Australian provider of tropical and freshwater fishing lures marketed under the Rob Gaden brand name. Based in the Australian town of Coffs Harbour, in ...

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    Singapore is building up as an important development hub for...

    2014-03-13T00:00:00Z

    Singapore is building up as an important development hub for sporting goods companies in Asia (see also the article on Oxylane in this issue). Mizuno Corporation has set up an office in Singapore to coordinate its activities in Southeast Asia, India and New Zealand. Kiyoshi Tatani has been appointed president ...

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    Nike has taken a minority stake in California-based Reflektion, an...

    2014-03-13T00:00:00Z

    Nike has taken a minority stake in California-based Reflektion, an e-commerce start-up that uses analytics to predict shopping habits. Reflektion announced this week it has secured an $8 million series B round of venture capital for its technology that helps retailers personalize the online shopping experience for consumers. Intel Capital ...

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    Head NV has extended one more time its conditional share...

    2014-03-13T00:00:00Z

    Head NV has extended one more time its conditional share buyback offer until March 31, stating that this will be a final opportunity for shareholders to tender their shares. The Dutch holding company of the Head group needs acceptances for more than 2.7 million shares for the buyback to go ...

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    The Merkur Shoe Group (MSG), a German cooperative of shoe...

    2014-03-13T00:00:00Z

    The Merkur Shoe Group (MSG), a German cooperative of shoe retailers, is taking over 23 of the 50-odd stores of Fink Schue + Sport, the insolvent German retailer. Members of MSG will be running them as licensees of Fink. The receivers are looking for investors who would like to acquire ...

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    El Corte Inglés, the Spanish department store group that remains...

    2014-03-13T00:00:00Z

    El Corte Inglés, the Spanish department store group that remains one of the major sporting goods retailers in its domestic market, is gearing up to launch a special web store in the U.K., Ireland and the Netherlands, proposing to become the biggest marketplace for Spanish brands in Europe. Desigual, which ...

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    Prince Global Sports is relocating its world headquarters from New...

    2014-03-13T00:00:00Z

    Prince Global Sports is relocating its world headquarters from New Jersey to the Buckhead area of Atlanta following its 2012 acquisition by Waitt Company, which has installed Mike Ballardie as its chief executive. Ballardie, who has moved there from the U.K., feels that Atlanta is a natural site for the ...

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    An Italian fund, Finsea, acquires a 30% stake in Slam,...

    2014-02-27T00:00:00Z

    An Italian fund, Finsea, acquires a 30% stake in Slam, the Italian brand of nautical clothing, which is said to be heavily indebted

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    French court authorities are soliciting applications by March 31 for...

    2014-02-27T00:00:00Z

    French court authorities are soliciting applications by March 31 for the ownership of Duarig, which went into receivership last October 

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    Dorotennis, the French brand of women's activewear owned by Max...

    2014-02-27T00:00:00Z

    Dorotennis, the French brand of women's activewear owned by Max Azria, has been placed in receivership by a French court, three years after being placed in bankruptcy proceedings. Reports indicate that its turnover fell to €9.5 million in the financial year ended on Jan. 31, 2013 from €11.7 million in ...

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    Head has once again extended its conditional offer to buy...

    2014-02-27T00:00:00Z

    Head has once again extended its conditional offer to buy back its own shares until 5 PM on Feb. 28, keeping the same price. It set the new date on Feb. 11 in reporting that only 16,440,287 shares had been tendered, 14.4 percent short of the minimum of 19,214,042 shares ...