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News briefsIndoor pickleball franchiser raises its valuation
Pickleball Inc. has led a Series B round of funding for The Picklr, a North American franchise of indoor pickleball courts, with free leagues, tournaments and clinics. The company has now brought in $9 million, raising its valuation to about $59 million. In a little more than a year, The ...
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News briefsOrthoLite expands European hub
OrthoLite, the insole and footwear solutions brand, has expanded its European hub, OrthoLite Europa (OEU), in Almansa, Spain. The expansion enhances capacity, innovation and local-for-local insole production solutions for OrthoLite’s European brand partners, the company explained. The factory will add more automation, expand lean line production, and modernize the facility ...
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News briefsTeijin Frontier and Save the Duck jointly establish Save the Duck Japan
The Italian Trade Agency (ITA) has reported that the Japanese company Teijin Frontier Co., Ltd. founded the joint venture Save the Duck Japan Ltd. based in Tokyo together with the Milan-based clothing company Save the Duck, a brand of animal-free outerwear. Kenichi Haruta of Teijin Frontier was appointed president. The ...
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News briefsHas Shein already filed for an IPO?
We have been waiting for Shein to file for an IPO somewhere. According to Reuters, however, the filing appears already to have happened, in early June. It was done confidentially and in London. It seems, Reuters writes, that Shein has “updated China’s securities regulator officially about its change of listing ...
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ArticleUnrivaled Sports invests in indoor action sports center alongside White
US-based youth sports holding company Unrivaled Sports, founded in March by David Blitzer, Josh Harris and The Chernin Group (TCG), has made a strategic investment in Snöbahn, the operator of indoor action sports centers with two locations in Colorado. In addition, the company announced a strategic investment in its action ...
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News briefsItalian sportswear firm Macron opens US office
Bologna-based teamwear brand Macron has opened a US office in Bridgeport, Connecticut. Giovanni Maruzzi, the company’s Chief Sales Officer and CEO of Macron US, and Angelo Marino, Macron’s Director of Communications, attended the official ceremony. Macron’s new US headquarters has an area of approximately 2,000 sqm. It includes a ...
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ArticleAltor buys Renewcell and starts Circulose
Swedish textile recycling company Renewcell, founded by innovators from Stockholm’s KTH Royal Institute of Technology in 2012, has been looking for a new owner to safeguard and advance its patented process to produce Circulose pulp from 100 percent textile waste ever since it filed for bankruptcy in February 2024. The ...
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ArticleTaiwan’s fitness equipment giant Dyaco opens e-bike factory
Around two years ago, Taiwanese fitness equipment provider Dyaco International Inc. took over the bicycle factory of ODM and OEM manufacturer Iuvo in Dajia. In doing so, the company invested in its own young e-bike business, including the newly created e-bike brand Cikada. Because the Iuvo factory was located on ...
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ArticleGolden Goose IPO postponed
Golden Goose, the Italian luxury sneaker brand that initially wanted to go public on June 21, announced the postponement of its IPO “as a result of European market volatility.” While the IPO process was generally very well received, with strong support from the entire investor community, including Invesco, which acted ...
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News briefsEchelon acquires ThriveX
Echelon, which produces connected fitness machines and sells subscriptions for on-demand classes, has acquired ThriveX, a producer of app-controlled compression boots, sauna blankets and cold-immersion products. ThriveX serves both the B2C and the B2B markets, with gyms, hotels and other such businesses among its customers. According to Echelon’s CEO, Lou ...
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ArticleUnder Armour to begin move to new HQ
Under Armour said it will start moving into its new global headquarters in November, the Baltimore Sun reports. By then, a first wave of employees will relocate from the current Tide Point headquarters to a signature, five-story building on the Baltimore Peninsula, which the company bought eight years ago for ...
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News briefsSuperdry shareholders vote in favor of restructuring plan
Superdry’s shareholders said yes to the proposed rescue plan at an extraordinary general meeting on June 14. The vote follows the creditors’ approval of the plan on June 10, with 99 percent of them voting in favor of measures included in the plan, said the fashion company. Superdry will now ...
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News briefsPlanet Fitness secures $800m for strategic refinancing
Planet Fitness, Inc. announced that it has completed its previously announced refinancing transaction. The new series of securitized notes consists of $800 million of Class A-2 senior secured notes issued in two tranches: Class A-2-I senior secured notes with an expected redemption date of five years, a principal amount of ...
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News briefsCaleb Williams launches new investment firm
American football quarterback Caleb Williams is launching an investment firm named 888 Midas. The new entity will target “like-minded associations and select private equity, venture capital and real estate funding opportunities,” 888 Midas said in a statement. Williams is the first player selected in the 2024 National Football League (NFL) ...
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News briefsComing next year: a new women’s basketball league
A professional league for women’s three-on-three basketball will debut in January 2025 – and in Miami, to judge by its placeholder website. Called Unrivaled, the league was co-founded by WNBA players Breanna Stewart and Napheesa Collier. According to Sportico, it has just undergone a round of seed ...
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News briefsLotto becomes first athletic brand to co-own a professional pickleball team
Lotto has announced a strategic partnership with the Brooklyn Aces, joining owners Kevin Durant, Rich Kleiman, Drake and Michael B. Jordan. The Italian footwear and sportswear supplier will become the first athletic brand in the ownership group of a professional pickleball team. Additionally, Lotto branding will be integrated into the ...
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News briefsTaylorMade inaugurates expanded golf ball plant in South Korea
TaylorMade Golf has announced the official opening of its expanded golf ball plant facility at TaylorMade Golf Ball Korea (TMBK). It is the company’s third golf ball plant globally, joining its facilities in Liberty (South Carolina) and Taiwan. TaylorMade created TMBK following the acquisition of Nassau Golf Co. Ltd ...
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ArticleSports fashion giant rises as New Era takes over ’47
New Era and ’47, a privately held premium sports lifestyle brand, have announced an agreement under which New Era acquires ’47.
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News briefsWIT Fitness’ founders return to the brand
The original founders of specialist training brand WIT Fitness, Sam Kitching and Daniel Williams, are returning to the brand. Frasers Group acquired WIT Fitness in January 2024 out of administration. Kitching and Williams have now bought back a majority stake through Friday&, where Kitching serves as Managing Partner. Frasers will ...
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News briefsNYC-based investment manager acquires Outdoor Voices
New York City-based consumer-focused investment manager Consortium Brand Partners (CBP) has announced the acquisition of Outdoor Voices, an athleisure lifestyle brand founded in 2013 by Tyler Haney, also from New York City. This is CBP’s second acquisition, following the announcement of a majority stake in Reese Witherspoon’s fashion and lifestyle ...
