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Short Stops Week 24, 2025
EXECUTIVE CHANGES +++ GoPro has appointed Mike Dennison, CEO of Fox Factory Holding Corp., and Emily Culp, Chief Brand and Strategy Officer of BodyHealth, to its Board of Directors +++ Cooling fabric developer Brrr has announced David Ludd, most recently Chief Global Sales and Marketing Officer at Coolcore, as ...
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Short Stops Week 23, 2025
FINANCIAL RESULTS +++ Bike24 has raised its 2025 revenue forecast to €248–261 million while confirming its adjusted Ebitda outlook of €7.0–12.1 million +++ EXECUTIVE CHANGES +++ The Lycra Company has hired Khuyen Busin as Senior Strategic Account Manager, Brand & Retail for France and Benelux +++ Benedikt Schuster, ...
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Short Stops Week 22, 2025
CORPORATE +++ Stif Mountain Bikes, a UK company with locations in Bristol and North Yorkshire, will close in September, concluding its long-standing presence in the country’s cycling scene +++ Specialty chemical producer Huntsman Corporation has relocated its Global Business Services center in Kraków to a new, future-ready office space to ...
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Short Stops Week 21, 2025
TECHNOLOGY +++ Klarna’s CEO Sebastian Siemiatkowski used an AI-generated avatar to present earnings, highlighting the fintech company’s deepening reliance on AI for communication, efficiency and growth +++ MARKETING +++ Shimano has become the title sponsor of Sea Otter Europe by Garmin, which will be officially renamed Shimano Sea ...
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Short Stops Week 20, 2025
TRADE SHOWS & EVENTS +++ The third edition of Skimofestival, the Italian festival of ski mountaineering, is scheduled to take place on March 6-8, 2026, in Santa Caterina Valfurva +++ Cycling (“Pitti Bikes”) has been unveiled as the theme of the summer 2025 fairs of Pitti Immagine in Florence ...
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Short Stops Week 19, 2025
LEGAL +++ The EU has fined TikTok €530 million for violating data protection laws related to the handling of children’s personal information +++ MARKETING +++ Swiss performance brand On has become the first company from Switzerland to enter the Lyst Index’s Top 20 Hottest Fashion Brands, driven by ...
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Short Stops Week 18, 2025
CSR & SUSTAINABILITY +++ Decathlon has joined Ellen MacArthur’s The Fashion ReModel project alongside brands like eBay and John Lewis to scale circular business models and reduce reliance on new garment production +++ EXECUTIVE CHANGES +++ The WFSGI General Assembly appointed four new board members – Anne Larilahti ...
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Short Stops Week 17, 2025
MARKETING +++ Xtratuf has been named the Official Boot of the 2025 Sport Fishing Championship, outfitting competitors at 14 tournaments in the US, including April’s NFL-angler event “The Catch” in Fort Lauderdale +++ Mammut has been named the official Performance Mountain Outerwear Partner of PSIA-AASI, supplying uniforms and gear to ...
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Short Stops Week 16, 2025
EXECUTIVE CHANGES +++ Trade show organizer Munich Fabric Start has appointed a new management team that consists of Peter C. Dumont and Florian Klinder, following the departure of the previous Managing Director, Sebastian Klinder, who will remain as a shareholder +++ Carola Schömig has been appointed as the new DACH ...
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Short Stops Week 15, 2025
M&A +++ Oiselle, the US-based women’s running brand founded in 2007, is now officially woman-owned following a majority investment by runner and longtime supporter Margo Cramer +++ E-COMMERCE +++ US-based teleshopping and e-commerce company QVC is turning to TikTok to rejuvenate its live shopping business and attract a ...
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Short Stops Week 14, 2025
DISTRIBUTION +++ New Heights has secured exclusive UK distribution rights for Tatonka backpacks, expanding its outdoor gear portfolio with the renowned German brand +++German company air up has launched its new 20-ounce Click Bottle in the US, offering a compact, leak-proof hydration solution for kids, powered by scent-based flavor technology ...
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Short Stops Week 13, 2025
OBITUARY +++ The outdoor industry is mourning the deaths of The North Face Global Sports Marketing Manager Alex Pashley, Dinosaurs Will Die co-founder Jeff Keenan and Stellar Heli Skiing’s Jason Remple, who died in an avalanche in British Columbia, Canada, on March 24, 2025 +++ EXECUTIVE CHANGES +++ ...
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Short Stops Week 12, 2025
TRADE SHOWS & EVENTS +++ The second edition of Mile & Stone / Connect, the B2B event dedicated to trail running, will be held at Novotel Atria in Annecy, France, on March 25, 2025 +++ M&A +++ US-based payments and financial tech company Fiserv has acquired CCV, a ...
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Short Stops Week 11, 2025
RETAIL +++ Buff has opened a new store of 18 sqm at Barcelona’s L’Illa Diagonal, where it has been doing business since 2008, and for six of those years through a pop-up MARKETING +++ Oakley has extended its deal with Spain’s Royal Federation for Winter Sports (RFEDI) to ...
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Short Stops Week 10, 2025
EXECUTIVE CHANGES +++ Angling Direct has appointed former French Connection COO, Neil Williams, as a non-executive director, effective immediately +++ US sporting goods and outdoor recreation retailer Academy Sports + Outdoors has appointed Sumit Anand as Executive Vice President and Chief Information Officer, overseeing enterprise technology operations +++ ...
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Short Stops Week 09, 2025
EXECUTIVE CHANGES +++ North American sporting goods retailer Lids has appointed long-time executive Greg Cox as CFO to lead finance, loss prevention, HR and IT initiatives and drive strategic growth and operational efficiencies +++ Eyewear brand Wiley X has expanded its sales leadership team, appointing Seth Quackenbush, Jack Schindler and ...
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Short Stops Week 08, 2025
EXECUTIVE CHANGES +++ Salomon has appointed exercise physiology expert Aitor Viribay as Global Sports Performance Director +++ Riese & Müller has appointed Johannes Herre as Head of Total Quality Management to oversee supplier quality, production processes and environmental management +++ Alexander Esser has joined the Bike & Outdoor Company (B.O.C.) ...
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Short Stops Week 07, 2025
CORPORATE AND M&A +++ Outside Interactive Inc. has acquired Inntopia, combining its outdoor content and mapping with Inntopia’s booking technology to create a comprehensive adventure travel platform +++ finanzen.ch reports that Germany-based Bike24 Holding AG has successfully extended its €40 million syndicated loan with three banks, enhancing financial stability and ...
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Short Stops Week 06, 2025
CSR & SUSTAINABILITY +++ Halti’s headquarters in Sipoo, Finland, has been re-certified as a WWF Green Office, reaffirming its commitment to sustainability and reducing its carbon footprint +++ CORPORATE AND M&A +++ Unifi Inc., the manufacturer of Repreve recycled yarns, announced plans to close its Madison, North Carolina, ...
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Short Stops Week 05, 2025
CORPORATE AND M&A +++ The shares of Descente Ltd. have now been delisted from the Tokyo Stock Exchange following the completion of the takeover by Itochu Corp +++ Finnish biomaterials company Spinnova has joined the International Textile Manufacturers Federation (ITMF) as a new corporate member +++ Intersport Sweden strengthens its ...
