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    Calida may be looking at strategic options for its outdoor brands

    2021-03-08T07:22:00Z

    Swiss diversified group Calida said it was looking at “strategic options” for its French Millet and Lafuma outdoor brands following the already-completed sales of the Eider and Oxbow labels. The company said Millet and Lafuma “declined perceptibly” – due to Covid-19 curfews in France – ...

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    Upcoming change in Calida Group’s board of directors

    2021-01-18T08:11:00Z

    After eleven years on the board of directors, Marco Gadola will not stand for re-election at Calida Holding ’s annual general meeting in April 2022. He will continue to serve as vice-chairman of the board until April 2022. He was first elected to the board of directors in April ...

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    ​Schmidt-Eisenhart will be Calida Group’s new CEO

    2020-11-27T10:57:00Z

    The board of directors of the Swiss Calida Group , which includes the Lafuma Group with the outdoor brands Millet and Lafuma , has appointed Timo Schmidt-Eisenhart as chief executive officer of the Calida Group. Schmidt-Eisenhart will succeed Reiner Pichler in the first half of 2021. ...

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    Calida makes a formal offer for Lafuma’s remaining shares

    2020-11-16T08:55:00Z

    The Calida group has published a formal offer to buy all the shares it doesn’t own yet in the Lafuma group, with a squeeze-out provision for the minority shares that are not be tendered. The offer follows the previously reported favorable opinion expressed by Lafuma’s board of ...

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    ​Calida plans complete takeover of Lafuma SA

    2020-09-26T15:45:00Z

    The Swiss Calida Holding has announced its intention to launch a buy-out tender offer followed by a squeeze-out for all outstanding shares of its subsidiary Lafuma SA , which is listed on Euronext in Paris/France. Calida currently holds 93.50 percent of the share capital and voting rights of ...

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    Group CEO of Calida Group is stepping down

    2020-09-04T13:22:00Z

    Reiner Pichler , group chief executive of the Calida Group since April 2016, which includes the Lafuma Group with the outdoor brands Millet and Lafuma , is stepping down to take on new tasks that will give him more flexibility and no longer require a full-time presence, ...

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    Lafuma Group hit by Covid-19 amid restructuring

    2020-07-29T10:44:00Z

    Groupe Lafuma said the company was “shaken” by the Covid-19 pandemic in mid-March during a period of structuring its brand portfolio and activities. It has made efforts in the past months to adapt to structural changes in its markets and in customer consumption patterns, including investments to improve ...

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    Lafuma sells its surfwear brand

    2020-05-29T09:01:00Z

    The Lafuma Group has finalized the sale of Oxbow , its brand of surf-inspired sportswear. The move will allow the French company to concentrate on the outdoor sector with two brands, Lafuma and Millet . The group had previously sold its Eider brand to K2 ...

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    A year of restructuring for Lafuma ahead of divestitures

    2020-03-11T09:25:00Z

    (SGI+) Groupe Lafuma made efforts in 2019 to adapt to structural changes in its markets and in customer consumption patterns, with a decline in physical store traffic and an increase in online activity. The management said consumers now have higher requirements in terms of sales channels, innovation, quality, sustainability, ...

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    The Calida Group continues to slim down the Lafuma Group

    2020-02-15T18:46:00Z

    The Calida Group continues to slim down the Lafuma Group , focusing it on the Lafuma and Millet brands. It reports that Rainbow , a company founded by Emmanuel Debruères and Jean-Christophe Chetail , has offered to acquire Oxbow from Lafuma, adding that Debruères and ...