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Admitting that it is in preliminary discussions with several parties...
Admitting that it is in preliminary discussions with several parties regarding a possible offer to buy the company or some of its activities and assets, Blacks Leisure said last week that it has hired a corporate finance adviser, McQueen Ltd., to oversee a potential bidding process. It declined to comment ...
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The Lynx Golf brand is making a comeback after several...
The Lynx Golf brand is making a comeback after several years of obscurity. Kevin Woolgar returns as the company’s chief in the U.K., intending to reinvent the brand and reawaken its commercial viability. To this end, the company has spent the last two years in R&D, market analysis and negotiations ...
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Intersport International and AIS are looking for a new general...
Intersport International and AIS are looking for a new general manager for Intersport UK following the departure of Barry Mellis, who has become the new managing director of Asics for the U.K. and Ireland. Prior to his job at Intersport UK, where he led many initiatives including the annexation of ...
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Gregory Andrews is the newest member of the board of...
Gregory Andrews is the newest member of the board of directors of Orange 21. He is the chief financial officer of Ramco-Gershenson Properties Trust, a publicly traded real estate trust, which he joined this year. Before that he was a principal at Green Street Advisors, an investment research and advisory ...
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Lacoste has announced its third “Save Your Logo” project in...
Lacoste has announced its third “Save Your Logo” project in Anhui province in China. It is designed to support the release and breeding of the Chinese alligator, which is threatened with extinction. The latest figures estimate that there might be 120 of these alligators left in the wild, a number ...
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Craft has announced that Charlotte Kalla, the Swedish star of...
Craft has announced that Charlotte Kalla, the Swedish star of cross-country skiing, will continue being a testimonial for the company for at least three more seasons. In addition, Craft has signed on with the Finnish cross-country team, and its star, Aino-Kaisa Saarinen, is also a testimonial.
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UEFA is inviting any sporting goods companies interested in the...
UEFA is inviting any sporting goods companies interested in the match ball rights for its Champions League, Europa League and Super Cup to request an ISO document from the organization’s team marketing unit by Nov. 25. Adidas, which has the rights through June 2012, says it will participate in this ...
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Fritz Radinger has been appointed head of marketing of Intersport...
Fritz Radinger has been appointed head of marketing of Intersport Austria. The 47-year-old will oversee all marketing activities of the group in Austria, Slovakia, Hungary and the Czech Republic. Radinger used to work for leading ad agencies in Austria and served for clients such as the Aldi discount chain.
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Devanlay, the major distributor of Lacoste around the world, declines...
Devanlay, the major distributor of Lacoste around the world, declines to comment on a report that it is negotiating the acquisition of a 50 percent stake in the distribution of the brand in Spain. Basi, a Spanish company that also markets its own Armand Basi collection, has been the national ...
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Volcom has bought the strategic assets from its distributor in...
Volcom has bought the strategic assets from its distributor in Spain, and so will start directly distributing its products there. Spain joins the U.K., France and Switzerland as countries where Volcom has direct operations. The financial terms of this latest deal were not disclosed.
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Head has assigned the distribution of its tennis racquets in...
Head has assigned the distribution of its tennis racquets in Sweden to GSL, a company set up by a former tennis champion, Magnus Gustavsson, that also markets the products of Lotto and Fred Perry. The previous distributor was Ramverket, a smaller operation run by Sven Sixtensson.
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EuroSIMA, the European Boardsports Industry Manufacturers Association, and the EuroSIMA...
EuroSIMA, the European Boardsports Industry Manufacturers Association, and the EuroSIMA Cluster have handed out their innovation awards. Völkl won the 2010 Ecological Innovation Prize, worth €5,000, for its Cashew, Yavana and Vice eco-friendly snowboards. Sport Contrôle took the Technological Innovation Prize, also €5,000, for its Sorky protective earplugs developed with ...
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Babolat has set up a single subsidiary for the German,...
Babolat has set up a single subsidiary for the German, Austrian and Swiss markets following the departure of its previous German country manager, Helmut Leick, after a short period in office. Based in Salzburg, the new subsidiary is being run by Michael Schwarz, formerly in charge of Austria alone.
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Bios, a distributor that has represented Rossignol in Sweden since...
Bios, a distributor that has represented Rossignol in Sweden since 1986, has given up on the contract to concentrate on fishing tackle, following its recent merger with Nordic Outdoor in Norway. Starting with the fall/winter 2011-12 season, the new Swedish distributor of Rossignol is JO Sport (unrelated to the French ...
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Sportmanship will take over the distribution of Dalbello’s ski boots...
Sportmanship will take over the distribution of Dalbello’s ski boots in Sweden from Jan. 1. The company, which is run by Magnus Liljeblad, already distributes the products of Völkl, Marker and Tecnica. Dalbello already works with the distributors of Völkl and Marker in many other countries.
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Karl-Heinz Müller, the boss of Bread & Butter, has promoted...
Karl-Heinz Müller, the boss of Bread & Butter, has promoted Sebastian Hennecke to vice president of the Berlin fashion fair and his official, fully authorized representative. The 29-year-old started to be involved in the fair nearly eight years ago. He will continue to take care of sales and marketing and ...
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Eden Park is the first French brand to outfit English...
Eden Park is the first French brand to outfit English rugby players under a new six-year deal with the Rugby Football Union. Eden Park, with help from the players Ugo Monye and Danny Care, came up with a line of exclusive custom-made formal wear for the rugby union. The company ...
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Fight for Fashion, a British fashion distribution company, will launch...
Fight for Fashion, a British fashion distribution company, will launch a range of Ultimate Fighting Championship apparel including T-shirts, hoodies, shorts and training pants. It will sold in larger JD Sports stores at first, then moving into other outlets and online, finally being sold from fashion and music stores. The ...
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Burton Snowboards has launched a new online tool on www.burton.com...
Burton Snowboards has launched a new online tool on www.burton.com that allows riders to virtually create, view and remix their outerwear for the season. One of the features of the tool, called The Great Outfitter, is a “gallery” where riders can choose to show their original creations, eventually sharing them ...
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Icon Health & Fitness is at the center of two...
Icon Health & Fitness is at the center of two lawsuits. Interactive Fitness Holdings of Sunnyvale, California, which bought the assets of Expresso Fitness out of foreclosure in November 2009, is seeking a declaratory judgment that it does not infringe on two patents issued to Icon, one involving adjusting exercise ...
