All Corporations articles – Page 155
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The Hobie Cat Company, the producer of kayaks and sailboats...
The Hobie Cat Company, the producer of kayaks and sailboats based at Oceanside, California, has acquired Hobie Cat Europe, which is based in Toulon, France. Founded by Hobie Alter in 1968, the U.S. company was acquired by Coleman in 1975. In 1989, Coleman split the operation into two parts, one ...
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The second-generation owners of Ivanhoe, a Swedish brand...
The second-generation owners of Ivanhoe, a Swedish brand of outdoor and golf apparel, have started to transfer responsibilities and ownership to the third generation of the Göthager family. Anna and Anders Göthager became the majority shareholders of Ivanhoe Support AB, a new entity that will deal with marketing, ...
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Kesko Corporation of Finland issued a senior unsecured bond of...
Kesko Corporation of Finland issued a senior unsecured bond of €250 million for general corporate purposes, carrying a fixed annual interest rate of 2.75 percent and maturing on Sept. 11, 2018. The significantly oversubscribed bond issue was allocated to 87 investors. The ramp-up of the Russian Intersport operation, which Kesko ...
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Giant officially announced a the Eurobike trade show that it...
Giant officially announced a the Eurobike trade show that it was going to build a new headquarters and R&D center in the Central Taiwan Science Park in Taichung City. Giant Global Group's president, Tony Lo, said that the company needed the new facilities for product expansion. Sales of mid- to ...
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Adidas opened its new office building in Shanghai last...
Adidas opened its new office building in Shanghai last month, a step toward its goal of being China's No. 1 sports brand
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Pentland Group confirms its acquisition of Canterbury from JD Sports...
Pentland Group confirms its acquisition of Canterbury from JD Sports Fashion
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Jarden Corporation is going to issue $450 million in...
Jarden Corporation is going to issue $450 million in debt and buy back its own stock with up to $125 million of the proceeds. The debt will be offered, subject to market and other conditions, as senior subordinated convertible notes due in 2018 in a private offering to qualified institutional buyers. The ...
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Indian newspapers have reported that more than 150 retail franchisees...
Indian newspapers have reported that more than 150 retail franchisees running Reebok mono-brand stores in India held a virulent demonstration in New Delhi earlier this week. They vented their anger about the measures taken by the Adidas Group to alter its relationship with Reebok franchises, which should lead to a ...
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A top executive of Cisalfa Sport denies persistent rumors in...
A top executive of Cisalfa Sport denies persistent rumors in Italy that the family of Vincenzo Mancini, the founder and former owner of the leading Italian sporting goods retailer, has agreed to buy back the controlling stake held in the company since 2006 by an Italian equity investment firm, Investitori ...
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Callaway Golf has entered a privately negotiated exchange agreement under...
Callaway Golf has entered a privately negotiated exchange agreement under which it will issue $63,227,000 in aggregate principal amount of new 3.75 percent convertible senior notes due in 2019, and 5,866,821 shares of the company's common stock, with a par value $0.01 per share, in exchange for 982,361 shares of ...
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Some newspapers are reporting that Spyder Active Sports is up...
Some newspapers are reporting that Spyder Active Sports is up for sale by its owner, the private equity firm Apax Partners. Supposedly, Apax has enlisted Blackstone Group to look for a buyer, and hopes to sell the company for up to $150 million. Apax bought Spyder in 2004 for $100 ...
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Implus, the owner of the Yaktrax line of traction devices...
Implus, the owner of the Yaktrax line of traction devices for footwear, has bought Kako ICEtrekkers, maker of heavy-duty grips including Spikes, Chains and Diamond Grip. Kako ICEtrekkers have mostly been popular in the safety industrial market, but have been gaining in popularity at retail in recent years.
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Décathlon is reportedly in discussions with the municipality of London...
Décathlon is reportedly in discussions with the municipality of London to make use of some of the facilities built for the Olympics after the Games. Many years ago, the French sporting goods retail chain managed to convert one of the pavilions erected for the World's Fair in Hannover into a ...
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Invista inaugurated its first textile research center in mainland China....
Invista inaugurated its first textile research center in mainland China. The company is one of the world's largest producers of nylon and spandex and the creator of the Lycra and CoolMax trademarks. The China Textile Research Center (CTRC), a 3,000-square-meter facility worth $7.3 million, is built on the same site ...
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Flow Sports has bought SIC, the stand-up paddle board brand...
Flow Sports has bought SIC, the stand-up paddle board brand whose name stands for Sandwich Islands Composites. Mark Raaphorst, who founded the brand in 2005, will stay on as designer and shaper. The move will allow SIC to go from being a custom-only board supplier to one whose products can ...
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Masai International, the Singapore-based company that has been distributing MBT...
Masai International, the Singapore-based company that has been distributing MBT in Southeast Asia, has acquired the MBT brand and its global assets, but not its debt. Owned by Andy Chaw, described as a wealthy individual, the distributor was named “best in sales and execution” at MBT's international product launch meeting ...
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Probike South Africa and India has been taken over by...
Probike South Africa and India has been taken over by Scott Sports
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Berggruen Holdings has reportedly denied speculation about a possible sale...
Berggruen Holdings has reportedly denied speculation about a possible sale of Karstadt's premium department stores or its sports superstores
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While announcing a 16 percent sales increase to $213.9 million...
While announcing a 16 percent sales increase to $213.9 million for the first six months of this year, with growth of 26.5 percent in North America, Johnson Health Tech reported the acquisition of Magnum Fitness, a U.S. manufacturer of commercial fitness equipment located in Wisconsin, where its North American subsidiary ...
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After 10 years of growth in the U.S. and Canada,...
After 10 years of growth in the U.S. and Canada, Mammut Sports Group had to move to a new warehouse in Williston, Vermont. The new facility consolidates its existing headquarters and three separate warehouses on 23,000 square feet, bringing together all product categories. The company said that it would dramatically ...
