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Aku, the Italian brand of hiking and mountaineering footwear, has...
Aku, the Italian brand of hiking and mountaineering footwear, has moved all of its production to company-owned facilities this year, meaning that all Aku shoes are made in Europe starting from this spring's range. The outdoor footwear maker based in Montebelluna previously outsourced about 10 to 15 percent of its ...
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After its sale to Investcorp in October, Poc has relocated...
After its sale to Investcorp in October, Poc has relocated its North American head office from Salt Lake City to Park City, Utah. The Swedish supplier of ski and cycling helmets, apparel and accessories was previously owned by the Black Diamond group and its North American team was working from ...
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Johnson Outdoors has acquired the key assets of Northport Systems,...
Johnson Outdoors has acquired the key assets of Northport Systems, a Canadian digital cartography company. Northport's technologies bring new cartography capabilities to Johnson Outdoors that have potential application in its fishing sonar products. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
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Patagonia has moved its London showroom to its new U.K....
Patagonia has moved its London showroom to its new U.K. office in Manchester
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Yeti will move its headquarters to a new and larger...
Yeti will move its headquarters to a new and larger site in southwest Austin next year. The maker of coolers and beverage containers has signed an agreement with Lincoln Property Company to build a new 175,000-square-foot complex at Lantana Ridge, off Southwest Parkway, less than two miles from the current ...
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GoPro has completed the acquisition of Replay and Slice, two...
GoPro has completed the acquisition of Replay and Slice, two mobile video editing apps. Merging Replay and Splice into GoPro's mobile strategy will allow GoPro to deliver improved mobile editing solutions. Splice, developed by Vemory in Austin, Texas, is a mobile editor that allows users to create customized edits with ...
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Thule Group says the number of shares and votes in...
Thule Group says the number of shares and votes in the company has risen to 1,036,455 following the exercise of warrants
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Sympatex Holding is changing its name this month to Smart...
Sympatex Holding is changing its name this month to Smart Solutions Holding – albeit only at the level of the holding company. Its two subsidiaries, Sympatex and Ploucquet subsidiaries, will continue to operate under those names. The group said in a press release that the change of name was meant ...
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The North Face has moved its office and showroom for...
The North Face has moved its office and showroom for the German-speaking countries from the MOC to the German office of VF Corporation in the northern part of the city, along with other group brands such as Smartwool, Napapijri, Timberland, Vans and Wrangler.
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Seven executives of Thule Group including Magnus Welander and Stefan...
Seven executives of Thule Group including Magnus Welander and Stefan Jacobsson, who are respectively chief executive and chairman of the Swedish company, have exercised warrants issued since 2014, paying 84.90 Swedish kronor (€9.05-$9.88) per share. The transaction raises the total number of shares by 1,036,455 to 101,036,455, resulting in net ...
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Garmin International has acquired Pulsed Light, a company specializing in...
Garmin International has acquired Pulsed Light, a company specializing in optical distance measurement technology, boasting that the sensor boards from the firm in Oregon are particularly accurate, small and lightweight. Pulsed Light developed and owns the intellectual property that enables this technology. The multiple applications could include products such as ...
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The shareholders of Pelican International,have sold a minority share in...
The shareholders of Pelican International,have sold a minority share in the Canadian maker of water sport equipment to Fonds de solidarité FTQ, a Montreal-based development capital fund. The investment will help the company to open a second factory in Quebec with a view to boosting its production capacity. The current ...
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Lancaster University has joined forces with the Pentland Group, the...
Lancaster University has joined forces with the Pentland Group, the owner of Berghaus and many other brands and retail interests, to open the Pentland Centre for research into sustainable business. The center is meant to draw on expertise from all faculties within Lancaster University, including the Lancaster University Management School, ...
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Newsquest has sold TGO, a consumer-oriented outdoor magazine in the...
Newsquest has sold TGO, a consumer-oriented outdoor magazine in the U.K., to Kelsey Media, which already publishes Outdoor Fitness and Triathlon. The magazine is said to have a lower circulation than the market leaders, Trail and Country Walking.
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Polartec has decided to close its factory in Lawrence, Massachusetts,...
Polartec has decided to close its factory in Lawrence, Massachusetts, moving its operations to its other plants in Hudson, New Hampshire and Cleveland, Tennessee. The latter was acquired by Polartec in September from United Knitting. The Lawrence factory had been rebuilt by Malden Mills 20 years ago, after being ...
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Deckers Brands' French subsidiary has taken over full ownership of...
Deckers Brands' French subsidiary has taken over full ownership of Hoka Europe
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Bondholders of Sympatex Holding have rejected a proposal to...
Bondholders of Sympatex Holding have rejected a proposal to get their bonds redeemed ahead of their maturity for 101 percent of their value, and this should make it more difficult for shareholders to sell parts of the group to interested parties. Only creditors representing 21.6 percent of the €13 million ...
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The board of directors at Cabela's said it had started...
The board of directors at Cabela's said it had started exploring a range of strategic alternatives for the U.S. fishing, hunting and outdoor retailer, to drive value for its shareholders. After some investor rumblings in the last few weeks, Cabela's chief executive, Thomas Millner, said in a statement that the ...
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IC Group's board of director has decided to initiate a...
IC Group's board of director has decided to initiate a new program that will grant up to 61,113 performance shares to the members of its global management team and other selected executives, for a total of 23 participants. They will have an opportunity to get one-quarter of the shares depending ...
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Berghaus has completed the refurbishment of its head office in...
Berghaus has completed the refurbishment of its head office in Sunderland, which had been originally built in 1999, using sustainable materials and methods. The two-floor structure can accommodate up to 140 employees, including those involved in product development. A “sky rail” on the ceiling of the first floor holds current ...
