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News briefsOerlikon signs agreement to acquire Riri
The Swiss Oerlikon group, a textile technology provider, specialized in surface solutions and polymer processing solutions, has announced an agreement to acquire the zippers and accessory specialist Riri. The transaction is expected to close in the first quarter of 2023, subject to regulatory approvals and standard closing conditions. Riri supplies ...
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News briefsJD Sports divesting 15 non-core fashion brands
JD Sports is selling 15 non-core, U.K.-based fashion businesses to Frasers Group for cash consideration of up to £47.5 million (€54.9m). The divestiture will result in JD taking a non-cash exceptional charge of up to £100 million and shifting more focus to the international and digital businesses of its core ...
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ArticleDesigner Brands acquires Topo Athletic
Designer Brands Inc. announced the acquisition of Topo Athletic, expanding its reach into the performance athletic and outdoor footwear categories.
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News briefsCytech has acquired Pasasport
Cytech has announced the acquisition of a majority stake in Pasasport, an Italian manufacturer of gloves and accessories for cycling, running, skiing, sailing and other sectors. Controlled by PM & Partners and also headquartered in Italy, Cytech is the owner of the Elastic Interface padding brand for cycling shorts and ...
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News briefsBioniq acquires Vaha
Bioniq has acquired Vaha, known for its award-winning interactive fitness mirror. Bioniq is a London-based firm specializing in healthcare supplements. The move is part of the company’s mission to promote health and well-being, which will now combine bespoke supplements and personalized home fitness. The Bioniq global platform, now including Vaha, ...
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ArticleLiverpool FC up for sale?
Boston-based Fenway Sports Group (FSG) has confirmed that it is ready to listen to offers for the historic, world-renowned English soccer club Liverpool FC. This was reported by several publications, including Bloomberg and The Athletic, citing “people familiar with the matter.” According to The Athletic, the sports investment firm has ...
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News briefsPatrik Frisk acquires Swedish ski resort
Patrik Frisk, former CEO of Under Armour, has purchased a ski resort in Sweden. Branäs Group announced the sale of Ulricehamn Ski Center in Västergötland to Frisk and his family last Thursday. Frisk told Freeride magazine that he wants to give more young people, families and clubs in the region ...
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News briefsWeSports acquires Kraftmark
WeSports has completed its acquisition of Nordic fitness product brand, Kraftmark. Kraftmark will now contribute to the WeSports fitness segment, offering products to commercial gyms, company gyms, and housing association gyms, as well as strengthening WeSports’ consumer product offering. For WeSports, a Stockholm-based group of individual sports, outdoor and mobility ...
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News briefsFrasers sets deadline for investors to accept offer for MySale after acquiring 50% of shares
Following MySale’s recommendation to its shareholders to accept the takeover offer last week, Frasers Group has now announced that it acquired 524,907,830 MySale shares at the close of business on Oct. 17 – representing approximately 50.59 percent – and that the offer for Australian retailer is now unconditional after crossing ...
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News briefsFrasers Group acquires Sneakerboy
Frasers Group has acquired Sneakerboy, an Australian luxury sneaker and streetwear retailer. The financial details of the transaction have not been disclosed. Sneakerboy, founded by Chris Kyvetos in 2013, fell into administration under growing debts in July. The retailer has four stores in Australia, three in Melbourne and one in ...
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News briefsJD Sports acquires another 18% in Deporvillage, how holding 98% of the online retailer
Following the group’s announcement in June 2021, JD Sports Fashion announced that Iberian Sports Retail Group (ISRG; the group’s existing 50.02 percent intermediate holding company in Spain) has acquired an additional 18 percent holding in the issued shares of Deporvillage from co-founders Xavier Pladellorens and Àngel Corcuera for a cash ...
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News briefsMySale recommends shareholders accept Frasers buyout offer
MySale has recommended its shareholders accept Frasers Group’s offer to buy the stake in the online shopping group it does not already own, despite maintaining their belief that the bid price undervalues the company. Frasers has offered 2 pence in cash per remaining MySale share. The Australian fashion group said ...
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News briefsBollé sells Cébé
Bollé Brands Group is selling Cébé to a coalition of companies: D.MO and Racer. D.MO is devoted to project management and the industrialization of products in the outdoor sector. Both of its chief executives, Sébastien Delsaux and Maxime Bos, are former Cébé employees. Racer, meanwhile, is a French manufacturer of ...
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News briefsGolden Goose acquires Italian Fashion Team
Luxury sneakers specialist Golden Goose announced that it acquired Italian Fashion Team, a high-end sneakers producer and Golden Goose’s main supplier, for an undisclosed amount. The two companies have worked together for seven years. Based in Casarano, near the Apulian city of Lecce, Italian Fashion Team is headed by founder ...
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News briefsAsics invests in a Honda start-up
Asics Ventures, the investment subsidiary of the sportswear brand, has acquired a stake in Ashirase, a start-up that got its start in the business-creation initiative of Honda Motors, called Ignition. Asics has not disclosed the size of its investment. Ashirase’s product, also called Ashirase, is a system designed to help ...
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News briefsAcquisition of Padel Panorama canceled
Every Padel i Sverige, a subsidiary of Everysport Group, has canceled an agreement signed in June to acquire 100 percent of the shares of another Swedish company, Padel Panorama, for SEK 0.6 million (€55,000). According to a statement from the parent company, the reason is “discrepancies in the warranty provided ...
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News briefsCalifornia ski boot company seeks buyer to further expand business
The CEO of Mad Jack Snowsports, Kristin Mehiel, has announced that she intends to sell the company to give it the opportunity to grow further. The California-based company has in the past launched a novel ski boot that allows users to ski with the comfort of a snowboard boot: the ...
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ArticleThe Chouinard family transfers ownership of Patagonia: "Earth is now our only shareholder"
Source: Campbell Brewer Yvon Chouinard Nearly 50 years after founding Patagonia, Yvon Chouinard and his family (along with his children Claire and Fletcher) have decided to give away their company to ensure that all proceeds are used to fight climate change. The Chouinard family has transferred all ...
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ArticleNew Wave Group acquires B.T.C. Activewear
New Wave Group, the Swedish parent company of Craft, Seger, Auclair, Derby of Sweden, D.A.D. Sportswear, Speedo and a dozen other sports and leisure brands, as well as roughly three dozen corporate, gift and home furnishings brands, has acquired 100 percent of B.T.C. Activewear Limited, a British promotional, corporate and ...
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News briefsSports Direct’s owner wants to buy MySale
Frasers Group, the owner of Sports Direct, has made a cash offer for Australian off-price marketplace MySale, in which Frasers Group is already the largest shareholder. Frasers acquired a 28.7 percent stake in MySale earlier this summer, as reported by SGI Europe at the time. The retail group has now ...
