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Grifone, a Spanish brand of outerwear that is regarded as...
Grifone, a Spanish brand of outerwear that is regarded as a local version of Moncler, is reportedly looking again for new investors. Its sales were last reported at €2.1 million in 2011, down from a peak of €6 million around 2010, and they have probably gone down further lately following ...
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Another minority shareholder of Deckers Brands has called for a...
Another minority shareholder of Deckers Brands has called for a sale of the company, charging that it has underperformed in the past three to five years. Mountain Capital Partners, which owns 3.3 percent of the equity, complained in particular about poor capital allocation decisions by Deckers' management, adding that there ...
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In a conference call with financial analysts ahead of the...
In a conference call with financial analysts ahead of the release of its first-quarter financial results later this month, GoPro promised to cut its operating expenses this year by $200 million through various measures including the elimination of 270 jobs, or about 17 percent of its staff. The company, which ...
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VF Corp. is integrating its Lucy brand of activewear and...
VF Corp. is integrating its Lucy brand of activewear and its 44 single-brand stores in the U.S. into the operations of The North Face
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Bergzeit, the German multichannel outdoor retailer, has acquired Outdoor Broker,...
Bergzeit, the German multichannel outdoor retailer, has acquired Outdoor Broker, an online retailer based in Munich that specializes in selling closeout merchandise. Outdoor Broker works with the so-called “liveshopping” concept, implying that a new auction starts every day at noon and remains available for about 2-7 days. The remaining quantities ...
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Samsonite has agreed to acquire eBags, a U.S.-based online retailer...
Samsonite has agreed to acquire eBags, a U.S.-based online retailer for travel bags, for $105 million in cash. The takeover coincides with indications that Samsonite wants to push the growth of its own e-commerce operations globally. Separately, the parent company of Gregory Mountain Products and High Sierra announced that it ...
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A total of 285 employees participated benefitted from the latest...
A total of 285 employees participated benefitted from the latest share incentive program of Amer Sports, receiving a total 1,313,386 treasury shares in the group, representing 1.11 percent of its equity. Amer listed among the participants various senior managers: Robert Barker, Michael Dowse, Sebastian Lund, Bernard Millaud, Jean-Marc Pambet, Kaisa ...
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The number of outstanding shares in the Thule Group will...
The number of outstanding shares in the Thule Group will increase by 1,036,455 to 102,072,910 as a result of an exercise of warrants. All the newly subscribed shares have been sold, resulting in proceeds of about 109.6 million Swedish kronor (€11.6m-$12.2m). The warrants were held by eight senior executives of ...
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Sport Press, the Italian publishing company, has launched a new...
Sport Press, the Italian publishing company, has launched a new trade magazine for wearable technologies in our sector, Sportech Magazine, accompanied by a dedicated website, a newsletter and a social network. It joins its other magazines: Point Break, Outdoor Magazine, Running Magazine, Bike4Trade and Sport4Trade.
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Andy Gugenheimer, the well-known sporting goods industry expert and head-hunter,...
Andy Gugenheimer, the well-known sporting goods industry expert and head-hunter, has launched a kickstarter campaign for “the most functional travel backpack”
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Amer Sports has decided to repurchase up to ten million...
Amer Sports has decided to repurchase up to ten million of its own shares between Feb. 13 and Sept. 7, based on the authorization given by its annual general meeting last March 6
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Invista has announced that it is exploring alternatives for its...
Invista has announced that it is exploring alternatives for its Apparel & Advanced Textiles business. The company might either sell it or retain it and further invest in the business from within. Goldman Sachs is assisting the company in exploring strategic alternatives. Details about the exploration process are not being ...
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Vaude has opened a new €2 million production facility at...
Vaude has opened a new €2 million production facility at its company headquarters in Tettnang, in southern Germany. The blond wood façade of the Vaude Manufaktur building is meant to immediately suggest the role that sustainability plays in the facility, which has been designed to offer energy-efficient solutions and healthy ...
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Lyon Equipment, one of the leading distributors of outdoor products...
Lyon Equipment, one of the leading distributors of outdoor products in the U.K., has acquired Totaloption, a much smaller British distribution firm specializing in water sports products. Lyon is the employee-owned company that sells brands from Petzl to La Sportiva, Exped, Ortlieb, Julbo and more, while Totaloption has distribution agreements ...
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Norrøna, the Norwegian outdoor company, has launched an entity focusing...
Norrøna, the Norwegian outdoor company, has launched an entity focusing on innovation, Norrøna Q, to complement its wholesale and retail activities. Norrøna Q primarily consists of a research and development center established at the group's head office in Lysaker, near Oslo. The company explains that the entity is meant to ...
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Callaway Golf Co. is taking over Ogio International for $75.5...
Callaway Golf Co. is taking over Ogio International for $75.5 million in cash, equal to about 7.6 times projected incremental Ebitda after integration costs. Major synergies are expected in the supply chain and go-to-market strategies with Ogio, a specialist supplier of golf bags and apparel that also sells travel luggage, ...
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Hilco Vision is acquiring Croakies, a 40-year-old American specialist in...
Hilco Vision is acquiring Croakies, a 40-year-old American specialist in rather cool eyewear retainers and related accessories for outdoor lifestyle pursuits. Hilco, which has made many other acquisitions lately, will keep Croakies' manufacturing unit in Bozeman, Montana, and will try to expand the brand's presence internationally. The details of the ...
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Heiner Oberrauch, president of the Oberalp Group and Salewa, has...
Heiner Oberrauch, president of the Oberalp Group and Salewa, has reportedly decided to help refugees by giving them work in the fields that belong to his family. They will help cultivate organic fruits and vegetables that will be sold locally. He will start with about 20 refugees with the idea ...
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Sport Partner, Hike & Trekking, Bike & Trekking, E-Bike &...
Sport Partner, Hike & Trekking, Bike & Trekking, E-Bike & Trekking, The Right Size and other Dutch trade magazines are been published by a new company, 333 Media, following the bankruptcy in November of Maruba Sports & Travel Publishers. The new company was started by Maas van Drie, former owner ...
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Slackline Industries relocated to Boulder, Colorado following an agreement by...
Slackline Industries relocated to Boulder, Colorado following an agreement by the city to allow slacklines in some of its public parks
