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Moody's has assigned a Ba3 credit rating and a speculative...
Moody's has assigned a Ba3 credit rating and a speculative grade liquidity rating of SGL-2 to the proposed $480 million senior secured term loan that Callaway Golf is set to use to finance its acquisition of Jack Wolfskin (see our previous issue). It has also assigned a corporate family rating ...
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Parker Bows, an American archery company based in Stainton, Virginia,...
Parker Bows, an American archery company based in Stainton, Virginia, ceased operations on Dec. 17 after exploring all options to keep on operating
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Woolrich has announced that it will be closing its ancient...
Woolrich has announced that it will be closing its ancient wool mill in Woolrich, Pennsylvania. The mill dates back to 1845, and is currently the oldest continuously operated mill in the U.S. The fabric manufacturing operations will cease by Jan. 1, affecting up to 40 jobs. The company said that ...
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Newell Brands has announced the completion of the divestiture of...
Newell Brands has announced the completion of the divestiture of Pure Fishing to Sycamore Partners and of Jostens to Platinum Equity. The total expected net proceeds of $2.5 billion after taxes will be used to pay down debt and buy back shares. The remaining assets include the Coleman Group and ...
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Sandro Parisotto, president of Calzaturificio Scarpa, his sister Cristina and...
Sandro Parisotto, president of Calzaturificio Scarpa, his sister Cristina and a cousin, Davide Parisotto, have taken over the shares of two other members of the Parisotto family in the Italian maker of ski mountaineering and outdoor shoes. The sellers are two cousins of Sandro, Andrea and Piero Parisotto. The terms ...
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Polygiene is planning to open a new subsidiary in Hong...
Polygiene is planning to open a new subsidiary in Hong Kong. The Swedish odor-control specialist said the move is aimed at further strengthening its presence in Asia, which it considers an important market both for now and the future.
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PlumRiver Technologies, the B2B e-commerce software company, has agreed to...
PlumRiver Technologies, the B2B e-commerce software company, has agreed to acquire CenterStone Technologies, a competitor that is well known as the operator of the iVendix B2B platform for wholesale transactions with users in 127 countries. Between them, PlumRiver and CenterStone serve a large number of high-profile clients in the outdoor, ...
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Hydrapak has announced its acquisition of Polar Bottle. The financial...
Hydrapak has announced its acquisition of Polar Bottle. The financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed. Polar Bottle, created in 1994 by Robert Heiberger and Judy Amabile, offered the first reusable water bottle addressing the problem of heat loss during long rides. Polar Bottle will continue to operate ...
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Cherokee, the American licensing firm whose brands include the eponymous...
Cherokee, the American licensing firm whose brands include the eponymous Cherokee, Tony Hawk and Hi-Tec, has filed a registration statement to offer unspecified units of stock, warrants, debt securities and preferred stock and to sell some 2.8 million shares valued at $1.7 million. Short of cash, the firm hopes to ...
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Decathlon entered yet another new country, Cambodia, with a store...
Decathlon entered yet another new country, Cambodia, with a store in Phnom Penh this past August. It plans to move for the first time into Egypt next January and Chile in April with stores in Cairo and Santiago. The Cairo store will be supplied from Morocco and the Santiago unit ...
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Conzzeta, the Swiss holding company that owns the Mammut Sports...
Conzzeta, the Swiss holding company that owns the Mammut Sports Group, says it is evaluating the divestment of its glass processing segment
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Yeti's initial public offering on the stock exchange didn't go...
Yeti's initial public offering on the stock exchange didn't go as well as expected. Its shares were initially priced at $18, below the target range of $19 to $21, and the price declined to $17 and has remained at that level, valuing the company at around $1.5 billion. Also, the ...
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Invicta, the Italian backpack specialist, is reportedly about to be...
Invicta, the Italian backpack specialist, is reportedly about to be sold to Green Arrow Capital, the investment firm chaired by Luisa Todini. According to reports in L'Economia, the economy supplement of Corriere della Sera, Green Arrow is ready to acquire a 55 percent stake in Seven, the holding company that ...
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There is still no word about the position of Amer...
There is still no word about the position of Amer Sports' board of directors on the proposed all-cash bid for the group by Anta Sports Products and FountainVest Partners (see our previous issue). Amer reported on Sept. 17 that one of its major shareholders, the AXA insurance group, reduced its ...
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L-Gam Advisors, a company based in Luxembourg, has struck an...
L-Gam Advisors, a company based in Luxembourg, has struck an agreement to buy a majority stake in Woolrich International. The sellers are the Rich family, which owned the Woolrich brand, and WP Lavori in Corso, the brand's long-time licensee and distributor based in Italy that became the majority shareholder in ...
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VF Corp. has announced that it has chosen Denver for...
VF Corp. has announced that it has chosen Denver for its new global headquarters. Building renovations are scheduled to start early next year with a completion date in early 2020. The new 285,000-square-foot headquarters will be located in the Lower Downtown, or LoDo, district, Denver's oldest neighborhood and the home ...
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Newell Brands is expected to complete the sale of Pure...
Newell Brands is expected to complete the sale of Pure Fishing within a month, said Angling International a few days ago, without mentioning the final candidate to the acquisition. Meanwhile, Newell announced its intention to retire about $1 billion in debt by using the proceeds of its most recent divestitures, ...
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Royal Robbins is reportedly going to close its distribution center...
Royal Robbins is reportedly going to close its distribution center in Modesto, California, following the recent sale of the company to Fenix Outdoor, which has its own warehouse for the U.S. market in Colorado
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VF Corp. denies speculation that tax reasons may have led...
VF Corp. denies speculation that tax reasons may have led it to relocate some customer service functions from Stabio in Switzerland to Nottingham in the U.K. last year. Citing business optimization reasons, VF points out that it also decided last year to move Timberland's apparel design center from London to ...
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Hestra has opened a new factory in Hai Phong, Vietnam....
Hestra has opened a new factory in Hai Phong, Vietnam. The factory will complement the manufacturing units already operated by the Swedish sports glove manufacturer in Hungary and China. The new Vietnamese factory is meant to respond to a high volume of orders. The company has invested 32 million Swedish ...
