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Authentic Brands Group (ABG) has completed the acquisition of Spyder...
Authentic Brands Group (ABG) has completed the acquisition of Spyder Active Sports, the snow-wear brand from Boulder, Colorado, for an undisclosed price, from the private equity firm Apax Partners, which had bought the brand in 2004 for about $100 million. In connection with the acquisition, ABG and LF USA, the ...
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Deckers Ourdoor Corporation, which had already acquired a minority stake...
Deckers Ourdoor Corporation, which had already acquired a minority stake in Hoka One One in July 2012, has bought the balance of the shares for an undisclosed amount. Jim Van Dine, president of Deckers' Ahnu and Tsubo brands, will act as president of Hoka One One. The company's founders, Jean-Luc ...
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Jack Wolfskin has appointed Philipp Prechtl to the new post...
Jack Wolfskin has appointed Philipp Prechtl to the new post of head of retail, reporting to Markus Bötsch, chief sales officer. The 35-year-old worked most recently with Ernst & Young, after acting as regional sales manager of Aldi.
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Wolverine Worldwide has appointed Gene McCarthy as president of the...
Wolverine Worldwide has appointed Gene McCarthy as president of the Merrell brand, reporting to Jim Zwiers, president of the company's Performance Group. His experience of more than 30 years in the footwear and apparel industry includes leadership roles as senior vice president of footwear at Under Armour, co-president of Timberland, ...
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IC Companys, parent of Peak Performance and other sportswear brands,...
IC Companys, parent of Peak Performance and other sportswear brands, has appointed a new chief financial officer shortly after naming Mads Ryder as its chief executive officer. The new CFO is Rud Trabjerg Pedersen, who has been in charge of finance for Levi Strauss' operations in Europe, the Middle East ...
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Jarden Corporation is raising the number of shares in its...
Jarden Corporation is raising the number of shares in its secondary offering from 11.6 to 15 million, priced at $47 each. The proceeds of $678.7 million, which would increase to $781.4 million if an overallotment option is exercised, would help finance the group's newly announced acquisition of Yankee Candle Investments, ...
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Wolverine Worldwide has promoted Jodi K. Watson to the new...
Wolverine Worldwide has promoted Jodi K. Watson to the new position of president of consumer direct operations, reporting directly to Blake W. Krueger, chairman, chief executive and president of the growing American footwear group, which is committed to expanding the online and retail operations of its brands around the world. ...
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Earlier this year, Kailas, the second-largest Chinese outdoor brand after...
Earlier this year, Kailas, the second-largest Chinese outdoor brand after Toread, launched a secondary brand named Udjat. The aim is to attract customers who go for more fashionable and less technical apparel and footwear in lower price ranges rather than for the Kailas brand. According to Kenneth Chen, the manager ...
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Tony Wong, area sales manager for Asia at Sympatex Technologies,...
Tony Wong, area sales manager for Asia at Sympatex Technologies, told this publication at the recent Asia Outdoor show in Nanjing that this German supplier of waterproof and breathable laminates recently sealed some supply deals with various outdoor-oriented brands in the region. Starting with the upcoming winter season, Sympatex will ...
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NKD, which has been licensing the Wild Roses brand of...
NKD, which has been licensing the Wild Roses brand of women's outdoor apparel from its Swiss owners, has presented a business plan to get over its own financial problems. In collaboration with a consulting firm, Ziems, its parent company, Daun, has developed a cost reduction program with the banks and ...
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(Already published in the Asia Outdoor issue) Timbuk2 has consolidated...
(Already published in the Asia Outdoor issue) Timbuk2 has consolidated the ownership structure as a group controlled by the company's management and by Timbuk2 Investors, a group of investors led by Ken Pucker, former chief operating officer at Timberland. The equity base has been expanded and Timbuk2 has repurchased shares ...
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(Already published in the Asia Outdoor issue) Baffin is investing...
(Already published in the Asia Outdoor issue) Baffin is investing $2.8 million on a new 67,000-square-foot global distribution warehouse as well as an energy-efficient retrofit of the 100,000-square-foot original building. The addition will help contain energy-related costs, with eventual savings from 36 percent to 48 percent in electricity bills. The ...
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(Already published in the Asia Outdoor issue) Thule has appointed...
(Already published in the Asia Outdoor issue) Thule has appointed Johan Hedberg as vice president of sales for the Europe, the Middle East and Africa for the company's business unit outdoor. He succeeds Frank Feiland. Hedberg worked for Suunto as business director from August 2003 to July 2005. Previously, he ...
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(Already published in the Asia Outdoor issue) Mont-bell, the big...
(Already published in the Asia Outdoor issue) Mont-bell, the big Japanese producer of premium outdoor products, opened a new office in Tokyo on June 27 in order to manage its expansion in the Japanese market; but its headquarters remain in Osaka. The new office in downtown Tokyo incorporates a mono-brand ...
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(Already published in the Asia Outdoor issue) GE, the marketer...
(Already published in the Asia Outdoor issue) GE, the marketer of the waterproof and breathable laminates, has announced a strategic partnership with the Dishang Group, a major original manufacturer and exporter of textiles. Dishang has agreed to provide completely integrated eVent solutions for the design, sourcing and production of apparel. ...
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NRS, a manufacturer and distributor of inflatable watercraft and paddling...
NRS, a manufacturer and distributor of inflatable watercraft and paddling gear, is taking over WRSI, which has developed and patented a range of medium-priced whitewater helmets, in combination with John Hopkins University. WRSI is said to have set a new industry standard for impact and anti-rotational safety. NRS will sell ...
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SmartWool has transferred its European headquarters from the U.K. to...
SmartWool has transferred its European headquarters from the U.K. to the office of VF Corporation (VFC) Europe in Lugano, Switzerland. Chris Hahn, who has headed SmartWool Europe for almost five years and has spent nine years with SmartWool in total, has relocated to Lugano. Some other executives have left the ...
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Wolverine Worldwide has decided to carry out a two-for-one stock...
Wolverine Worldwide has decided to carry out a two-for-one stock split. Shareholders registered by Oct. 1 will receive one new share for each one that they own, and their market price will be cut in half. After the stock split, they will receive a dividend of 6 cents per share, ...
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We hear that a Norwegian equity investor has taken over...
We hear that a Norwegian equity investor has taken over the Rossignol Group from the Australian Macquarie investment fund and from Jarden Corporation. More in the next issue of Sporting Goods Intelligence Europe.
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The Tecnica Group is restructuring the distribution of Blizzard, Tecnica...
The Tecnica Group is restructuring the distribution of Blizzard, Tecnica and Nordica in Germany and Austria. It is also placing a new general manager at the head of its operations in France. From Oct. 1, Lucien Hateville will assume the position as general manager for Tecnica France, succeeding Michel Rayot, ...
