All Sporting Goods Intelligence articles in Volume 26, Issue 31-32 – Page 5

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    IC Group raised its equity on Sept. 18 by 485,900...

    2015-09-30T00:00:00Z

    IC Group raised its equity on Sept. 18 by 485,900 Danish kroner to DKK170,562,470 (€22,861,806-$25,562,392) through an exercise of warrants. The new capital consists of 17,056,247 shares and voting rights. IC Group, which is the parent company of Peak Performance, has also signed a market maker agreement with Danske Bank ...

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    361° reports a 15 percent increase in orders taken at...

    2015-09-30T00:00:00Z

    361° reports a 15 percent increase in orders taken at its recent summer in-house fair at its industrial complex in Jinjiang City. The growth was driven by an increase of 9 percent in volume and 14 percent in average selling prices for the company's footwear products, especially in the running ...

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    Goldwin has agreed to buy a 12 percent stake in...

    2015-09-30T00:00:00Z

    Goldwin has agreed to buy a 12 percent stake in Spiber worth ¥3 billion (€22.2m-$25.0m) to commercialize its synthetic spider-web-like material, which derives from biomass and is therefore eco-friendly. The value of the company is nearly ¥25 billion (€185.4m-$208.7m). Qmonos, the name of the synthetic spider-web-like fiber, derives from the ...

  • Short stops

    Daniel Nedess, who has been working for Killtec for 12...

    2015-09-30T00:00:00Z

    Daniel Nedess, who has been working for Killtec for 12 years; joins the executive board of the German company as managing director responsible for sales

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    Gordon Stanley Merchant, founder of Billabong, has purchased 104,131 shares...

    2015-09-30T00:00:00Z

    Gordon Stanley Merchant, founder of Billabong, has purchased 104,131 shares in the Australian company at a price of 67,570.61 Australian dollars (€42,476.92-$47,495.48). He thus owns 109,036,051 shares in Billabong, giving him a stake of a little over 11 percent. Oaktree Capital Management and Centerbridge Partners are still the largest shareholders, ...

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    England Rugby aims to get 10,000 more women playing the...

    2015-09-30T00:00:00Z

    England Rugby aims to get 10,000 more women playing the sport by 2017. The Rugby Football Union (RFU), which is the national governing body for grassroots and elite rugby in England, is holding a countrywide series of free rugby sessions called Pitch up and Play, open to women of all ...

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    Go Sport has collected nearly €40,000 to support the tennis...

    2015-09-30T00:00:00Z

    Go Sport has collected nearly €40,000 to support the tennis section of the French Handisport Federation (FFH), which promotes tennis for disabled people in France. The sporting goods retailer had recently proposed its clients donate €1 in cash for this cause. In 2014, when the initiative was first launched, Go ...