All Short stops articles – Page 12
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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 , ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 : ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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Retail
+++ On April 29, Decathlon opened its largest store in Bavaria with a focus on mountain and winter sports, cycling and water sports in Unterföhring near Munich under lockdown conditions (currently only offering Click Collect and express pickup) +++ Lululemon has opened a 2,800-square-feet store at the Southgate ...
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Distribution
+++ The European Union is allowing duty-free entry of cotton garments and other products from Uzbekistan , which is building up its apparel and footwear manufacturing industry +++ The Rugby Football League (RFL) , the governing body for rugby in the U.K., is partnering with Leeds Beckett University ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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TRADE SHOWS & OTHER EVENTS
+++ According to a new poll by Kyodo News, 39.2% of Japanese citizens want the Tokyo 2020 Games to be cancelled while 32.8% would like another delay +++ The European Tour will return to Belgium next season with the staging of the Soudal Open at the Rinkven International Golf Club ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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CSR & Sustainability
+++ With the return of grassroots sports in England, Adidas will donate, through the Manchester United Foundation, 2,000 boxes with around 4,500 pieces of kit to 63 Foundation partner schools and colleges in the Manchester area +++ Schoeller Textil says it used 85% of the erergy produced from the solar ...
