All Corporations articles – Page 124
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Infront Sports & Media, the Swiss-based sports marketing company, has...
Infront Sports & Media, the Swiss-based sports marketing company, has sealed an agreement to buy and integrate Gsport and Sport09 into Infront Italy. Gsport is one of Italy's leading companies for marketing rights management in national club football, while Sport09 is one of the country's major media agencies for sport. ...
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Lost International, the American brand of surfboards, skateboards and related...
Lost International, the American brand of surfboards, skateboards and related apparel and accessories launched in 1985, is switching to a licensing model for its sales in the U.S., Europe and many other territories. An investment group based in Chino, California and led by Nick Agakanian will reportedly take care of ...
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Adidas France is to transfer its French head office to...
Adidas France is to transfer its French head office to Strasbourg toward the end of 2017, in the new business area of Wacken. It will thus leave the village of Landersheim near Saverne, where it was established in 1973. Despite repeated renovations, the office complex was apparently no longer suitable. ...
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Acushnet, which is the parent company of Titleist and Footjoy,...
Acushnet, which is the parent company of Titleist and Footjoy, is holding discussions with various investment banks in preparation for a possible return to the stock market, according to Bloomberg. The company, which has been performing better than TaylorMade-Adidas Golf and other golf majors in a difficult market, was sold ...
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Harbinger, a U.S. supplier of performance strength and fitness accessories,...
Harbinger, a U.S. supplier of performance strength and fitness accessories, has been acquired by Implus, a multi-brand company specializing in athletic, fitness and outdoor products. Established in 1988, Harbinger supplies a wide range of products such as gloves, belts, straps, strength training aids and functional fitness items. Implus, which has ...
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Seth Wescott, a 39-year-old American pro snowboard rider who has...
Seth Wescott, a 39-year-old American pro snowboard rider who has collected many medals, has made an unspecified investment in Winterstick Snowboards as the American company plans to set up its first workshop to make customized snowboards. The company will transform an old barn on the western side of Sugarloaf Mountain, ...
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Sports Direct International has bought a stake of 18.9 percent...
Sports Direct International has bought a stake of 18.9 percent in Findel, a British multi-channel retailer that owns an online sports retailer, Kitbag, specializing in the sale of replica kits for major football teams. Reportedly, Findel previously refused an offer by Mike Ashley to buy Kitbag alone. It turns out ...
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IC Group raised its equity on Sept. 18 by 485,900...
IC Group raised its equity on Sept. 18 by 485,900 Danish kroner to DKK170,562,470 (€22,861,806-$25,562,392) through an exercise of warrants. The new capital consists of 17,056,247 shares and voting rights. IC Group, which is the parent company of Peak Performance, has also signed a market maker agreement with Danske Bank ...
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Goldwin has agreed to buy a 12 percent stake in...
Goldwin has agreed to buy a 12 percent stake in Spiber worth ¥3 billion (€22.2m-$25.0m) to commercialize its synthetic spider-web-like material, which derives from biomass and is therefore eco-friendly. The value of the company is nearly ¥25 billion (€185.4m-$208.7m). Qmonos, the name of the synthetic spider-web-like fiber, derives from the ...
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Gordon Stanley Merchant, founder of Billabong, has purchased 104,131 shares...
Gordon Stanley Merchant, founder of Billabong, has purchased 104,131 shares in the Australian company at a price of 67,570.61 Australian dollars (€42,476.92-$47,495.48). He thus owns 109,036,051 shares in Billabong, giving him a stake of a little over 11 percent. Oaktree Capital Management and Centerbridge Partners are still the largest shareholders, ...
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Global Surf Industries (GSI) is now entirely owned by its...
Global Surf Industries (GSI) is now entirely owned by its founder Mark Kelly, according to reports in the Boardsport Source news service. Kelly started the company in 2002. Since then, GSI has evolved into one of the largest surfboard and stand-up paddleboard companies in the world, with domestic operations in ...
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The sale of the Elan Group to Wiltan Enterprises and...
The sale of the Elan Group to Wiltan Enterprises and Merrill Lynch (see SGI Europe No. 26-25+26 of Aug. 10) has been completed with the return of state aid to the Slovenian government following a resolution by the European Commission, which challenged the legality of a €10 million subsidy given ...
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Shimano Europe has unveiled plans to open an “Experience Center”...
Shimano Europe has unveiled plans to open an “Experience Center” in the Netherlands in the spring of 2017. The center will be built in Valkenburg, in the southern part of the country, on the site of a former brewery. The activities offered by the park will focus on cycling, fishing ...
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The share capital of IC Group, parent company of Peak...
The share capital of IC Group, parent company of Peak Performance, has been raised by 0.3 percent to 170,562,470 Danish kroner (€22.9m-$26.1m) through the exercise of warrants under two different programs that priced the new shares at DKK 136.00 and DKK 166.80, respectively. IC Group has derived gross proceeds of ...
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New Balance has moved into a new corporate head office...
New Balance has moved into a new corporate head office at the northwestern edge of Boston, close to the old one. About 700 New Balance employees occupy the new 250,000-square-foot building, which is part of the new Boston Landing development project financed by the Davis family, owner of New Balance. ...
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Transa Backpacking has a new shareholding structure as Beat Stünzi,...
Transa Backpacking has a new shareholding structure as Beat Stünzi, founder and majority shareholder of the leading Swiss outdoor retailer, decided to partly pull out, due to his age. The new majority shareholder is International Retail Corporation (IRC), a vehicle controlled by Beat Zaugg, chief executive and minority shareholder in ...
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Assos of Switzerland, the well-known maker of bikewear from Lugano,...
Assos of Switzerland, the well-known maker of bikewear from Lugano, has changed ownership. The founding Maier family has sold its shares to a pool of investors led by Phil Duff, the former chief executive of Black Diamond, the U.S. brand of outdoor and snow sports equipment. Duff will reportedly take ...
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Suunto, a subsidiary of Amer Sports, has opened a new...
Suunto, a subsidiary of Amer Sports, has opened a new Mobile Competence Center in Tampere, Finland. The facility, which was inaugurated on Aug. 10, is focused on the development of digital services and native applications for both iOS and Android. Suunto said it decided to start the center because of ...
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Alibaba Group Holding has established a new Alibaba Sports Group...
Alibaba Group Holding has established a new Alibaba Sports Group together with Sina Corporation and Yunfeng Capital. The idea is to leverage Alibaba's large e-commerce footprint in China with Sina's media resources to create an integrated, internet-based sports platform for the benefit of the sports industry, sports teams, sports fans ...
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Thule Group has signed an agreement to sell its snow...
Thule Group has signed an agreement to sell its snow chain business to an Austrian-based company, Schneeketten. The divestment will allow Thule to focus more on its core outdoor and bags segment. Its snow chain division posted sales of 136 million Swedish kronor (€14.6m-$16.5m) in 2014. Its staff of 145 ...
