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El Corte Inglés has agreed to sell a 51 percent...
El Corte Inglés has agreed to sell a 51 percent stake in its consumer finance business, Financiera El Corte Inglés, to Santander, one of its major lenders. According to Reuters, the bank is paying €140 million for the profitable operation, which generated revenues of €168.4 million last year. If regulatory ...
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Accell Group is expected to undergo a new round of...
Accell Group is expected to undergo a new round of restructuring, which should affect, in particular, its Dutch companies. According to a report in Bike Europe, the staff of the Accell's companies in the Netherlands was informed on Oct. 2 of the proposed changes, but the details of the new round ...
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On Oct. 5, Gazelle, the Dutch bicycle company, suffered a...
On Oct. 5, Gazelle, the Dutch bicycle company, suffered a fire that destroyed its parts and accessories warehouse in Dieren. The causes of the fire are under investigation. Other buildings were saved and production was not disrupted. The warehouse, which is now reduced to ruins, had been opened in 2005. ...
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Sergio Tacchini has a new head office in Milan, on...
Sergio Tacchini has a new head office in Milan, on Via Savona 97. It is located in a former industrial area that has been renovated, becoming one of the new landmarks in town for fashion and design. The brand moved its showroom from a lakeside town to Milan last July ...
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Nike has reportedly acquired a minority stake in a Californian...
Nike has reportedly acquired a minority stake in a Californian start-up, called Grabit, for less than $600,000. Grabit is described as a company that develops machinery in the fields of manufacturing and logistics and offers special products such as grippers and smart conveyors based on electrically controlled adhesion technologies. Grabit's ...
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Netrada Europe, a German company that has supplied e-commerce services...
Netrada Europe, a German company that has supplied e-commerce services to more than 80 brands, has filed for insolvency, apparently due to a cash squeeze caused by its rapid development. Sources indicate that it has the backing of the banks and that it plans to continue to operate normally, going ...
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Cannondale has acquired a controlling interest in the Cannondale Pro...
Cannondale has acquired a controlling interest in the Cannondale Pro Team by taking a majority stake in Brixia Sports, which has owned the team since August 2012. The team was previous known as the Liquigas Pro Cycling Team, and Cannondale became its technical sponsor in 2007. It became the Liquigas-Cannondale ...
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NPD Group is taking over the retail sales tracking and...
NPD Group is taking over the retail sales tracking and consumer research business of Leisure Trends, an American market research firm that has been providing statistical data in the sports, outdoor and recreation industries. The combined operation will be based in Boulder, Colorado, collecting information from over 26,000 stores in ...
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Sports Marketing Surveys USA (SMS USA) has entered into a...
Sports Marketing Surveys USA (SMS USA) has entered into a partnership agreement with AA Data Company, the California-based provider of retail information to the surf and skateboard industry. AA Data has developed proprietary data collection and translation software systems to produce the ActionWatch market intelligence program. The two companies will ...
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Golf Datatech, the Florida-based market research company, and Yano Research...
Golf Datatech, the Florida-based market research company, and Yano Research Institute of Japan have announced a strategic alliance aimed at aggregating consistent data on the golf industry worldwide. The alliance will release a “US/Japan Golf Market Report” in January 2014, which will compare the relative size and scope of the ...
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Bauer Performance Sports has announced that Kohlberg & Co., the...
Bauer Performance Sports has announced that Kohlberg & Co., the company's largest shareholder, has agreed to hold a secondary offering of 3.2 million shares of Bauer stock at 12.15 Canadian dollars (€8.67m-$11.74m) each. In addition, a syndicate of the underwriters that has entered into an agreement with the Kohlberg funds, ...
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Pittards, a major supplier of leather to the sporting goods...
Pittards, a major supplier of leather to the sporting goods sector, says it refused a cash offer for the acquisition of its shares
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Confirming earlier reports, Moncler announced on Oct. 14 that it...
Confirming earlier reports, Moncler announced on Oct. 14 that it had formally submitted a request for quotation on the Italian stock exchange and for approval of the related prospectus for its public offering
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Osprey Europe has adopted the iVendix B2B e-commerce platform of...
Osprey Europe has adopted the iVendix B2B e-commerce platform of Centerstone Technologies
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Permira has acquired Dr. Martens (more on this in Shoe...
Permira has acquired Dr. Martens (more on this in Shoe Intelligence)
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Austro Holding, the majority shareholder of Deeluxe, has pulled out...
Austro Holding, the majority shareholder of Deeluxe, has pulled out of its investment in this brand of snowboard boots. The people now controlling Deeluxe Sportartikel Handels GmbH are Klaus Brandstätter, the chief executive of the company since its foundation in 2002, and Friedrich Obholzer, an Austrian investor and tax consultant. ...
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A Swedish venture capital firm, Scope, has become the majority...
A Swedish venture capital firm, Scope, has become the majority owner of Klättermusen, a Swedish producer of outdoor clothing, investing 30 million Swedish kronor (€34.9m-$47.2m) into the company. Jonas Meerits, a former chief executive of J.Lindeberg and a co-investor in Scope, will be the new chairman of the board. Staffan Rönn, ...
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Erhard Sport, which had filed for insolvency, has been taken...
Erhard Sport, which had filed for insolvency, has been taken over by a company in Frankfurt called Deutsche Mittlestandsholding (DMH). Clemens Weigand, a former country manager of Columbia Sportswear, continues to run Erhard with a reduced staff of 131 people, down from 173 before.
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Invista is taking back a license that it had granted...
Invista is taking back a license that it had granted to Advansa for its polyester-based Coolmax and Thermolite brands of fibers, which covered Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA), allowing it to market these brands globally. In addition, Invista, which continues to own other brands such as Lycra and Cordura ...
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Jack Wolfskin is gearing up for a rebound in sales,...
Jack Wolfskin is gearing up for a rebound in sales, as it begins to fully implement a wide range of structural and strategic changes, and to invest further in international markets. On the back of sharply increased orders, the German outdoor company predicts that its sales will pick up at ...
