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News briefsCalida Group sells last of its non-lingerie brands
The Swiss Calida Group, which sold the outdoor brands Lafuma and Millet in 2022, has received a binding offer from Peugeot Frères Industrie for the sale of Lafuma Mobilier.
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Article50 years after the sale of the brand, the Millet family has taken back the lead
Source: Millet Jean-Pierre Millet Millet Mountain Group, formerly part of the Swiss Calida Group and owner of the brands Lafuma and Millet, has completed its acquisition by the new main shareholder Jean-Pierre Millet (grandson of the brand Millet’s founders) and Inspiring Sport Capital, a private equity fund ...
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News briefsCalida finalizes sale of Millet
The Swiss Calida Group has finalized the sale of Millet Mountain Group on April 20, 2022. Jean-Pierre Millet, investor and grandson of Millet’s founder, and Inspiring Sport Capital, a private equity firm specializing in sports investments, have acquired the Millet Mountain Group with the Millet and Lafuma Outdoor brands, returning ...
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ArticleCalida Group posts record profit of CHF 24.3 million
The Swiss Calida Group has announced its 2021 financial statements without details about the Millet Mountain Group segment, which has been sold earlier this year to the grandson of Millet’s founder together and Inspiring Sport Capital as part of its focus on the core underwear and lingerie segment (“Accelerate Strategy”). ...
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ArticleCalida completes sale of Millet Mountain Group
As previously reported, the Calida Group in late December received a binding offer from Jean-Pierre Millet, together with Inspiring Sport Capital, to sell the Millet Mountain Group, which includes the Millet and Lafuma Outdoor brands. Calida now reports that it has received the final approval of the French work council ...
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ArticleGrandson of Millet founder to buy Millet Mountain Group from Calida
In an announcement on Dec. 24, Calida Group said it has received a binding offer from Jean-Pierre Millet, together with Inspiring Sport Capital, to sell Millet Mountain Group, which includes the Millet and Lafuma Outdoor brands. Jean-Pierre Millet is an investor and grandson of the founder of the Millet brand. ...
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ArticleCalida Group posts H1 sales growth of 30.2 percent
For the first half period of 2021, Calida Group reported a 30.2 percent increase in sales to CHF 153.9 million (€142.8m-$169.3m) in currency-adjusted terms, which beat the pre-pandemic levels. The company said in a release that Millet Mountain Group, with net sales proceeds of CHF 37.2 million (€34.5m-$40.9m) and a ...
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ArticleCalida Group to sell Millet Mountain Group
Following the successful divestments of Oxbow and Eider, the Swiss Calida Group now intends to continue its strategic focus and concentrate on its core lingerie and underwear business with a sharpened brand portfolio by selling off the rest of its outdoor brands. Recent business developments have illustrated, the company said, ...
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ArticleCalida may be looking at strategic options for its outdoor brands
Swiss diversified group Calida said it was looking at “strategic options” for its French Millet and Lafuma outdoor brands following the already-completed sales of the Eider and Oxbow labels. The company said Millet and Lafuma “declined perceptibly” – due to Covid-19 curfews in France – as it reported its 2020 ...
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Upcoming change in Calida Group’s board of directors
After eleven years on the board of directors, Marco Gadola will not stand for re-election at Calida Holding’s annual general meeting in April 2022. He will continue to serve as vice-chairman of the board until April 2022. He was first elected to the board of directors in April 2011. The ...
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Schmidt-Eisenhart will be Calida Group’s new CEO
The board of directors of the Swiss Calida Group, which includes the Lafuma Group with the outdoor brands Millet and Lafuma, has appointed Timo Schmidt-Eisenhart as chief executive officer of the Calida Group. Schmidt-Eisenhart will succeed Reiner Pichler in the first half of 2021. As reported earlier, Pichler will continue ...
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Calida makes a formal offer for Lafuma’s remaining shares
The Calida group has published a formal offer to buy all the shares it doesn’t own yet in the Lafuma group, with a squeeze-out provision for the minority shares that are not be tendered. The offer follows the previously reported favorable opinion expressed by Lafuma’s board of directors and the ...
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Group CEO of Calida Group is stepping down
Reiner Pichler, group chief executive of the Calida Group since April 2016, which includes the Lafuma Group with the outdoor brands Millet and Lafuma, is stepping down to take on new tasks that will give him more flexibility and no longer require a full-time presence, which is most likely an ...
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ArticleLafuma Group hit by Covid-19 amid restructuring
Groupe Lafuma said the company was “shaken” by the Covid-19 pandemic in mid-March during a period of structuring its brand portfolio and activities. It has made efforts in the past months to adapt to structural changes in its markets and in customer consumption patterns, including investments to improve the customers’ ...
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News briefsLafuma joins 1% for the Planet
According to its website, the French outdoor brand Lafuma has become a member of 1% for the Planet this June. Lafuma will donate 1 percent of the sales of its equipment range to partner associations approved by the initiative. Lafuma also says on its website that the step to join ...
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Calida Group helps with all its brands
The Calida Group announced that it wants to support nurses and doctors quickly and efficiently with the possibilities available from all its brands. For this purpose, the Millet Mountain Group started producing medical protective clothing made of cotton at its Hungarian production facility. The garments will be distributed to hospitals ...
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Calida to revise board leadership
To weather the storm of Covid-19, the Calida Group is withholding its financial forecasts and asking its shareholders not to pay a dividend for the 2019 financial year. The Swiss owner of the Lafuma, Millet and Oxbow brands has also nominated Hans-Kristian Hoejsgaard for the presidency of its board of ...
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The Calida Group continues to slim down the Lafuma Group
The Calida Group continues to slim down the Lafuma Group, focusing it on the Lafuma and Millet brands. It reports that Rainbow, a company founded by Emmanuel Debruères and Jean-Christophe Chetail, has offered to acquire Oxbow from Lafuma, adding that Debruères and Chetail seek to raise Oxbow toa new stage ...
