All Corporations articles – Page 156

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    With company officials estimating that the snow sports market has...

    2012-07-30T00:00:00Z

    With company officials estimating that the snow sports market has contracted by 20 percent, Tecnica Group has asked public authorities to finance 118 temporary layoffs from its staff of 418 employees at Giovera del Montello, where its Italian head office and production unit is located. This would be in addition ...

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    Oxylane, the parent company of Décathlon, plans to open a...

    2012-07-30T00:00:00Z

    Oxylane, the parent company of Décathlon, plans to open a big new distribution center in the autumn of 2013 at Rouvignies, near Valenciennes and the French border with Belgium, to service its stores in Northern Europe. The new logistic platform will start on a surface of 57,000 square meters, building ...

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    The merger of Golf Town from Canada and Golfsmith from...

    2012-07-30T00:00:00Z

    The merger of Golf Town from Canada and Golfsmith from the U.S. has been completed through a $97.1 million transaction. Golfsmith has asked Nasdaq to delist its common stock.

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    Adidas is to close down the only manufacturing plant it...

    2012-07-30T00:00:00Z

    Adidas is to close down the only manufacturing plant it still owns in China. Based in the coastal town of Suzhou, in the Jiangsu province, and employing 160 people, the apparel factory will be shuttered at the end of October. This is part of the company's permanent efforts to make ...

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    Ping inaugurated a new multimillion-dollar facility, with additional office and...

    2012-07-30T00:00:00Z

    Ping inaugurated a new multimillion-dollar facility, with additional office and operational space, at the company's headquarters in Gainsborough, U.K., on July 12. The American brand of golf equipment has had its home for European operations in Gainsborough since 1973 and also owns the Gainsborough Golf Club. The opening of the ...

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    Just over half a million shares of Ming Le Sports,...

    2012-07-18T00:00:00Z

    Just over half a million shares of Ming Le Sports, a Chinese sportswear company, were listed in an initial public offering on the Frankfurt stock exchange a few days ago. The shares started trading at €13.20. The Chinese company wants to use the proceeds of about €5.8 million to invest in a new ...

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    La Sportiva, the Italian brand of mountaineering shoes, has inaugurated an expanded headquarters...

    2012-07-18T00:00:00Z

    La Sportiva, the Italian brand of mountaineering shoes, has inaugurated an expanded headquarters at Ziano di Fiemme, where some of the brand's production is also located. The new building is directly connected to the old one and contains the offices and the showrooms. The older building continues to house the manufacturing plant, the ...

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    VF Corporation has inaugurated a new, environment-friendly corporate head office...

    2012-07-18T00:00:00Z

    VF Corporation has inaugurated a new, environment-friendly corporate head office for three brands of its outdoor division – The North Face, JanSport and Lucy activewear – on a 14-acre property in Alameda, California. Accommodating more than 470 employees, the 160,000-square-foot campus comprises a fitness center, an outdoor training area, an in-house ...

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    Rapala, the Finnish company specializing in fishing products, said it...

    2012-07-18T00:00:00Z

    Rapala, the Finnish company specializing in fishing products, said it would restructure its reporting categories after the divestment of its gift business last December. This made up nearly half of the Other Group Products division. It was therefore decided to bundle the remaining parts of this division, mostly consisting of ...

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    We understand that a new investor has been found for...

    2012-07-18T00:00:00Z

    We understand that a new investor has been found for the bankrupt MBT (Masai Barefoot Technology), but the takeover proposal must still be approved by the bankruptcy court in Switzerland and the creditors. Meanwhile, the Spanish subsidiary of MBT, which is profitable and excluded from the bankruptcy proceedings, is reportedly ...

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    Holmenkol is one of the casualties from the last bad...

    2012-07-18T00:00:00Z

    Holmenkol is one of the casualties from the last bad winter season: A German court has opened bankruptcy proceedings against this company, specializing in ski wax and other maintenance products. Now in its 90th year, the company is considered to be the oldest ski wax company in the world. It has been ...

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    Manchester United is to be listed again after the football...

    2012-07-18T00:00:00Z

    Manchester United is to be listed again after the football club's owners, the Glazer family, said that they wanted to raise up to £100 million (€127.3m-$155.8m) in an initial public offering in New York. The move is partly intended to reduce the famous club's debts, which were £423 million (€538.5m-$659.1m) ...

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    Bauer Performance Sports has completed its acquisition of Cascade Helmets...

    2012-07-18T00:00:00Z

    Bauer Performance Sports has completed its acquisition of Cascade Helmets Holdings, a U.S. company that prides itself on manufacturing men's and youth lacrosse helmets in North America. Cascade's factory in Liverpool, New York, will also be used to make Bauer's hockey helmets. Bauer is financing the US$64 million acquisition with ...

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    The Jacobson Group, parent company of Gola, has reportedly acquired...

    2012-07-18T00:00:00Z

    The Jacobson Group, parent company of Gola, has reportedly acquired two brands of boardsports clothing, Dudeskin and Babeskin, from Skipton Leisure. The takeover is expected to help Gola develop three new ranges of clothing, in addition to those. A former manager of Skipton, Andrew Rhodes is joining Gola as commercial ...

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    ABC-Mart, which describes itself as Japan's leading footwear retailer, has...

    2012-07-18T00:00:00Z

    ABC-Mart, which describes itself as Japan's leading footwear retailer, has agreed to entirely take over LaCrosse Footwear, the U.S. outdoor and work footwear company, for $20 per share in cash, amounting to a purchase price of $138 million. The two parties said that the deal would enable ABC-Mart to benefit ...

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    Callaway Golf saw its share price fall by 14 percent...

    2012-07-18T00:00:00Z

    Callaway Golf saw its share price fall by 14 percent to $5.52 in early trading after the company's new management released a revised estimate of its financial performance, predicting a loss of 55 to 75 cents a share for this year. The loss will be partly due to charges associated ...

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    A report is circulating that MBT has found a buyer,...

    2012-07-02T00:00:00Z

    A report is circulating that MBT has found a buyer, but this could not be confirmed at the time of going to press. Meanwhile, following on the bankruptcy of the company in May, its Scandinavian sales organization has followed suit.

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    The Spanish group Jim Sports, based in Melida and distributor...

    2012-07-02T00:00:00Z

    The Spanish group Jim Sports, based in Melida and distributor of such brands as Slazenger and Carlton, has acquired for an undisclosed amount the Catalan brand Squba, specializing in high-performance swimwear and previously owned by Barcelona-based Mildosport. With the incorporation of Squba, Jim Sports enters for the first time the ...

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    The board of Rapala VMC Corporation has approved a new...

    2012-07-02T00:00:00Z

    The board of Rapala VMC Corporation has approved a new share-based incentive plan for key personnel. The plan includes one earning period, running from April 1, 2012, to June 30, 2013. The potential reward from the plan will be based on the development of Rapala's inventory levels and Ebitda. Any ...

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    Oriel Securities has been appointed joint corporate broker to Sports...

    2012-07-02T00:00:00Z

    Oriel Securities has been appointed joint corporate broker to Sports Direct International, alongside Merrill Lynch