All Corporate articles – Page 79
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Philippe Joffard, the former chief executive of Lafuma Group, who...
Philippe Joffard, the former chief executive of Lafuma Group, who sold his shares in the company to Calida and left it more than one year ago, is now the CEO of Peek-a-Boo, a French producer of children's items with an annual turnover of €50 million that markets its products under ...
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The Fenix Outdoor Group is about to open an office...
The Fenix Outdoor Group is about to open an office in Hong Kong in charge of coordinating the activities of the distributors and licensees of its brands in the Far East region, excluding the Republic of China. The main markets that the new office will supervise are Japan, South Korea, ...
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GoPro, the big American supplier of action video cameras,...
GoPro, the big American supplier of action video cameras, has filed a confidential request for an initial public offering and opened a European head office in Munich (more in SGI Europe)
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After it came under the control of Bollin Group last...
After it came under the control of Bollin Group last July and appointed Mark Billing as the new managing director, Trekmates, the British brand of outdoor and adventure travel accessories and vclothing, signed a cooperation agreement with Go System, the British brand of portable gas appliances, for the distribution and ...
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Golden Gate Capital has agreed to sell Eddie Bauer, the...
Golden Gate Capital has agreed to sell Eddie Bauer, the well-known American outdoor and fashion retailer, for $564 million in cash and 4.7 million shares in the chain's new owner, Jos. A. Bank, a men's apparel retailer that has 570 stores in the U.S. The acquisition price is a multiple of ...
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JD Sports Fashion has taken over yet another British...
JD Sports Fashion has taken over yet another British outdoor retailer, Ultimate Outdoor, which operates three stores under its own name in Northern England and Wales, plus a Planet Fear store in Keswick. Based in Lancaster, it has been running in its present form since 1999, but its roots reportedly ...
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Essilor International, the world's biggest supplier of ophthalmic lenses, has...
Essilor International, the world's biggest supplier of ophthalmic lenses, has announced the completion of its acquisition of Costa Inc., producer of the Costa and Native brands of sunglasses. The French company says that Costa has become the fastest-growing brand of performance sunglasses in the U.S. As a group, Costa Inc. ...
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The Lafuma Group has reported the successful completion of an...
The Lafuma Group has reported the successful completion of an equity increase of €10 million, but the company had not yet published the new structure of the capital as of today. In a preliminary report, the group has indicated that its sales inched up by 2.8 percent in the quarter ...
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Jarden Corp. sold its minority stake in the Rossignol Group...
Jarden Corp. sold its minority stake in the Rossignol Group for $50 million in the fourth quarter of 2013, but the size of its equity has not been disclosed
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Lorpen, the high-performance sock maker from Spain, faced financial problems...
Lorpen, the high-performance sock maker from Spain, faced financial problems during 2013, but is currently in discussions with a potential investor and the deal should be finalized in the next few months. As it turns out, the company recorded last year 10 percent growth in sales in the U.S. and ...
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Sympatex Holding has completed the sale of bonds worth €13...
Sympatex Holding has completed the sale of bonds worth €13 million, with a coupon of 8 percent and maturing in five years' time. They are trading on the Open Market of the Deutsche Börse. The management says that 30 percent of the proceeds will be invested in product development and ...
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Two American paddlesports company, Wenonah Canoe Inc. and C4 Waterman, announced...
Two American paddlesports company, Wenonah Canoe Inc. and C4 Waterman, announced their merger at the Outdoor Retailer Winter Market in Salt Make City on Wednesday. Wenonah's international distribution network will take care of C4's products.
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Nano-Tex has been acquired by Crypton Fabrics from private equity...
Nano-Tex has been acquired by Crypton Fabrics from private equity and venture capital investors. Sellers included WL Ross and Co. LLC, Norwest Venture Partners, Masters Capital Nanotechnology Fund, Firelake Capital Management and Masters Capital Management. Nano-Tex employs a proprietary nanotechnology approach to enhance textiles that provides permanent performance attributes such ...
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Ploucquet, an affiliate of Sympatex Holding in Germany, will move...
Ploucquet, an affiliate of Sympatex Holding in Germany, will move all activities to its production site in Zittau. In addition to the existing “Tection” division, which covers technical textiles and applications, all the activities of the “Textiles” business area, which also includes fashion textiles, will also be operated in Zittau, ...
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Noting that he is a runner himself, Angel Martinez, president...
Noting that he is a runner himself, Angel Martinez, president of Deckers Outdoor Corp., tells Footwear News that he sees the recently acquired Hoka One One brand of trail running shoes hitting an annual turnover of $100 million within a short time. The company told investment analysts at the ICR ...
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Hydrapak, the U.S.-based producer of innovative hydration systems, has announced...
Hydrapak, the U.S.-based producer of innovative hydration systems, has announced that it has doubled the size of its headquarters in Oakland, California. The expansion comes on the heels of its new partnership with REI, as the retailer selected Hydrapak's award winning SoftFlasks to headline its “First to Market” program, selling ...
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Dachstein has moved its head office from Kufstein to Salzburg....
Dachstein has moved its head office from Kufstein to Salzburg. According to the Austrian company, the new headquarters and its new collection reflect a new image. The office includes a showroom. The collection will be presented at the Ispo Munich show, where the brand is returning following its relaunch under ...
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NRS, the Idaho-based manufacturer of rugged paddling gear and high-performance...
NRS, the Idaho-based manufacturer of rugged paddling gear and high-performance inflatable watercraft, announced that, as of 2014, the company is 100-percent owned by its employees. The staff have assumed full ownership of the company after purchasing all outstanding stock from its independent shareholders. The move tops a bold year for ...
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Sympatex Holding has completed the sale of bonds worth €13...
Sympatex Holding has completed the sale of bonds worth €13 million, with a coupon of 8 percent and maturing in five years' time. They are trading on the Open Market of the Deutsche Börse. The management says that 30 percent of the proceeds will be invested in product development and ...
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POW of Seattle has acquired Holden Outerwear, another American company...
POW of Seattle has acquired Holden Outerwear, another American company that was founded by a professional snowboarder, Mike LeBlanc, and a designer, Scott Zergebel, to bring street fashion to a mountain environment. POW is the parent company of POW Gloves and Spacecraft Collective, a brand that stands for very artistic ...
