Latest Short Stops – Page 12
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May 24-27 Short Stops: CMP – Coral Eyewear - Fanatics - Frasers - Gymshark – Intersport Drucks – On - Polar - Sanuk – Slinger Bag - SportScheck – UEFA- Huub - Zoggs
Corporate: +++ Frasers Group, which is already a minority shareholder in Hugo Boss, denies rumors that it plans to made a bid for the German fashion company Legal & Institutional: +++ The state court of Nordrhein-Westfalen has rejected a claim for damages by a Germany ...
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May 20/21 Short Stops: Foot Locker – Kylie Jenner - RiminiWellness - Under Armour
Corporate: +++ Under Armour is raising the minimum wage of its 8,000-plus hourly workers in North America to $15 from $10n affecting about 90% of those involved in retail and distribution +++ Foot Locker says it has updated and amended its revolving credit agreement with Wells ...
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May 18/19 Short Stops: Amazon - Callaway – Gymshark – Hyperice - On - Slinger Bag – Sundried - Supreme – Sweaty Betty - TaylorMade - Thule
Management: +++ Drapers reports that Danielle Petesic has left Lululemon, where she served as vice president of product development, to become chief product officer at Gymshark +++ Brendon Babenzien, co-founder of Noah and former design director for Supreme, has been appointed creative director for J.Crew’s men’s collections. ...
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May 17 Short Stops: Afydad – Decathlon – Luanvi - Macron – Puma – Santini - Selle Royal – Therabody – Titleist - Unicorn - Webuycycle - Zalando
Corporate: +++ U.K. retailers undergoing bankruptcy proceedings accounted for 39% of all mergers and acquisitions in 2020, up from 20% in 2019, according to an international law firm, RPC +++ A Milan-based private equity firm, Wise Equity SGR, has acquired a 33% stake in the Selle Royal Group, ...
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May 14 Short Stops: Ben Sherman - Black Diamond – Champion – Puma - Rapala - Skechers
Corporate: +++ Champion has moved its Swedish office from Tyresö to the center of Stockholm, opening a new office and showroom of 600 square meters Management: +++ Anthony Rivera, a former executive at Vans and Burton Snowboards who worked most recently as senior manager ...
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May 10/11/12 Short Stops: Adidas - Asics - Castore - Duca del Cosma - Ecco - Macron - Nike – O’Neill – Puma – Rossignol Group – Sequential Brands Group - sportdays.ch – Supreme – Umbro – Zoggs
Management: +++ Roelof de Leeuw, a shoe industry veteran who worked for as Crocs, Gant, Maruti, O’Neill, Diesel and Pony, has been named CEO of Hengst Footwear, an important Dutch family-owned trading company Retail: +++ Ecco has opened a new flagship store of 442 ...
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May 5/6/7 Short Stops: Bianchi – Eurojersey –Hoka One One - Jordan - New Balance – Puma - Real Madrid – Speedo - Uhlsport – Umbro - United Sports Brands – UYN - Vans
Management: +++ Dirk Henrik Lehner has joined the executive board of Uhlsport, taking over some of the functions of Melanie Steubhilber, who will focus on the most important cross-divisional issues +++ United Sports Brands has named Brian Hutchinson as sports sales manager in Ireland ...
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May 3/4 Short Stops: Adidas – Body Glove – Castore - Hummel – Sports Direct – Stadium - Wildberries
Management: +++ After working for the Swedish Stadium chain for 15 years, the last four as general manager of its successful Stadium Concept chain, Magnus Wählander is leaving to become the CEO of Coop Mitt, a Swedish chain of about 800 grocery stores Retail: +++ ...
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April 30 Short Stops: Babolat – IOC –New Balance - Nike – Orca - Superdry/ Helly Hansen - Tapestry/VF - TaylorMade
Management: +++ Scott Roe, who resigned as chief financial officer of VF Corp. a few days ago, after spending 25 years with the group, will become on June 1 the CFO of Tapestry, parent company of Coach, Kate Spade and Stuart Weitzman +++ Peter Sjölander, who led Helly Hansen ...
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April 29 Short Stops: Allbirds – Aqualung – Canterbury – Callaway - Crocs – Decathlon - Hyperice – Klarna - New Balance - Olympics – Omnit - Ping – Stadium – Tecnica - Vibram
Corporate: +++ Unilever has agreed to take over Omnit, an 11-year-old supplier of wellness supplements based in Austin, Texas +++ Allbirds, the B Corp-certified Californian brand of shoes and apparel, is planning to go public, according to The New York Times Retail: +++ On April 29, Decathlon ...
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April 26/27 Short Stops: Arsenal - Body Guard – Craft – Fila – Kappa – Mizuno – New Balance – Quiksilver - Yonex
Corporate: +++ Spotify’s founder, Daniel Ek, is planning to acquire the English Arsenal football club from the Kroenke Sports & Entertainment group, with assistance in his attempt by three former Arsenal players: Thierry Henry, Patrick Vieira and Dennis Bergkamp +++ Marketing: +++ Replacing Dæhlie Sportswear, Craft ...
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April 21/22/23 Short Stops: Callaway - Castore - Decathlon – CUORE – Hyperice - Teijin
Retail: +++ Castore has relocated to a larger 2,600-square-foot retail space at Liverpool One, which the English sportswear brand had entered in August 2020 Marketing: +++ Kipsta, the private brand of Decathlon for team sports, will supply the official matchball for the first and second divisions of the ...
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April 19/20 Short Stops: 361° - Adidas - Blu Smooth Wetsuits – Brooks – Converse - German lockdown – Herschel - Leclerc - Lululemon – Nike – Technogym – Therabody - Under Armour – Uzbekistan
Retail: +++ Lululemon has opened a 2,800-square-feet store at the Southgate shopping center in the English town of Bath, which will also host weekly yoga and fitness classes +++ Under Armour is planning to open a new Brand House of 270 square meters in the autumn in the ...
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April 16 Short Stops: Canada Goose – European Tour – Kronos - RFL - Salewa – Slinger Bag – Smith – Stadium – TYR Sport
Retail: +++ Canada Goose will open shortly its second German store in an A1 location of Frankfurt, close to Chanel, Gucci and Louis Vuitton stores, and covering 500 sqm. on two floors +++ Lacoste has opened a 270-sqm store on the Theatinerstrasse in downtown Munich, offering a customization service ...
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April 15 Short Stops: Chamatex - Johnson Outdoors - New Balance - Superdry
Corporate: Philippe Joffard, a former CEO and controlling shareholder of the Lafuma Group, has sold Toptex Cube, a French manufacturer of seamless clothing and luggage, to the French Chamatex Group Marketing: +++ Superdry has signed a global three-year partnership with Neymar jr. for sustainable ...
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April 12 Short Stops: 11teamsports - Aliexpress - La Sportiva - Lycra – Noble Materials - Nova – Pentland - Rewoolution - Rossignol – Sena Technologies – Sportler - Zeal Optics
Corporate: +++ 11teamsports, which is affiliated with Intersport Germany, announced the takeover of Cawila, a German brand of football equipment, from the Wiegmann family along with its online shop and a brick-and-mortar Absolute Teamport store in Niederlangen that was franchised by Sport 2000 +++ Hummel has started construction ...
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APRIL 9 : Acerbis - CMP – EFTTA - Garmont – Galvin Green – Lululemon - New Balance – Oakley - On - Woolpower
Corporate: +++ Woolpower is building a new factory of 10,000 square meters in Östersund, Sweden, that will be double the size of the present one +++ Garmont International confirms the closing of Riello Investment Partners’ acquisition of a 65% stake in the Italian company +++ Management: +++ Galvin Green has ...
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RECENT SHORT STOPS: Arena - Crocs - Huub - Kjus - Nautilus - Nike - Reebok - Speedo - Wilson - North Korea
MANAGEMENT: +++ Nautilus has a new chief supply chain officer, John Goelz, who previously had a similar responsibilities at Master Lock +++ Crocs has promoted Heidi Cooley, who has been in charge of marketing since 2016, by giving her the new title of chief marketing officer +++ Eric Sprunk, ...
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RECENT SHORT STOPS: Nike – Absolut Run – Luanvi – Wimbledon – Olympics -Hyperice
Retail : +++ Taking the place of a former Nike store in Valencia, JD Sports is opening a flagship store of 650 sqm. in the center of the Spanish city +++ The fourth Absolut Run store of Sport 2000 in Germany has opened on 200 square meters in Augsburg, replacing ...
