News briefs - Corporate and M&A – Page 63
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Last April Snipes, the sneaker retail chain that has belonged...
Last April Snipes, the sneaker retail chain that has belonged to the Deichmann group since 2011, took over Kicks USA, a retail chain specializing in sneakers, athletic shoes and clothing, with 64 stores in eastern part of the U.S. Now it has acquired Mr. Alan's Men's Bootery, another sneaker chain based in ...
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The District Court of Dortmund ordered the opening of insolvency...
The District Court of Dortmund ordered the opening of insolvency proceedings and the continuation of Sport Voswinkel's self-administration on July 25. Sport Voswinkel is a chain of 72 stores throughout Germany. It has been a member of Intersport Germany since 1989 and a subsidiary of the voluntary group since 2003. ...
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Nike has announced that it is going ahead with the...
Nike has announced that it is going ahead with the construction of a new Nike Air Manufacturing Innovation (Air MI) facility in Goodyear, Arizona, generating more than 500 full-time jobs in a state that has shown hostility toward the company's commitment to diversity. The state's governor, Doug Ducey, withdrew a ...
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Nike is reportedly contemplating strategic options including the divesture of...
Nike is reportedly contemplating strategic options including the divesture of Hurley, the group's boardsports apparel brand. The information came just after that of the appointment of John Schweitzer as Hurley's chief executive and chief financial officer. He is replacing Bob Coombes, who was made general manager in 2015, with the ...
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Didriksons has recently invested in a new headquarters in Borås, Sweden,...
Didriksons has recently invested in a new headquarters in Borås, Sweden, as well as in a new warehouse. The Swedish brand of rain and functional apparel was taken over in August 2018 by Adelis Equity Partners, an investment fund that acquired a majority stake from another fund managed by Herkules Capita. The parent company ...
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Just as we are going to press, we hear that...
Just as we are going to press, we hear that Kjus, the premium Swiss brand of ski and golf clothing, is being acquired by Acushnet Holdings, the golf equipment group controlled by Fila Korea. Kjus' founder, Didi Serena, and his son Nico are expected to continue to be involved in ...
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Anta Sports Products, the new owner of Amer Sports, has...
Anta Sports Products, the new owner of Amer Sports, has denied once again allegations of falsifying its accounts. The latest claim came from a U.S.-based short seller, Muddy Waters, which said that the Chinese company had fraudulently boosted its reported profit margins through the control it has on its distributors. ...
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Amer Sports has completed the divestment of Mavic, which is...
Amer Sports has completed the divestment of Mavic, which is now the property of a private equity firm, Regent. The sale will have no impact of Amer's results. The group's cycling business was already listed as discontinued in its financial results for 2018.
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KjK Sports, the investment fund that recently acquired Elan, has...
KjK Sports, the investment fund that recently acquired Elan, has signed a definitive agreement to take over Baltic Bicycle Trade, a maker of e-bikes based in Lithuania. The deal should be completed in the third quarter. The fund previously bought a 50 percent stake in an Estonian water sports company, ...
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Puma is folding three companies that it owns into a...
Puma is folding three companies that it owns into a single new entity, called Stichd. Prime among these is Dobotex, which Puma acquired in 2012 and which designs and manufactures bodywear, legwear, swimwear and fanwear for multiple international brands. The company makes Puma socks, while working for other brands. Since ...
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New Balance plans to inaugurate a new factory in Methuen,...
New Balance plans to inaugurate a new factory in Methuen, Massachusetts, in 2020. The 80,000-square-foot facility, whose building was purchased in April, will be the American multinational's sixth in New England and its first to open in two decades. It is costing about $33 million. The Boston Globe reports that ...
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Acting through an investment subsidiary called Asics Ventures, Asics Corp....
Acting through an investment subsidiary called Asics Ventures, Asics Corp. has acquired a stake in Curv Labs, a Canadian start-up whose software uses artificial intelligence vision technology to turn the cameras of mobile devices into motion capture tools. This technology allows smartphones and other devices to measure and analyze user ...
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Active Brands has acquired the rights to Greater Than A,...
Active Brands has acquired the rights to Greater Than A, the brand of underwear and leisure clothing launched in the spring of 2018 by a Norwegian alpine ski star, Aksel Lund Svindal. The agreement takes effect on November 1, 2019. Active Brands plans to expand the range and to distribute ...
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Mips, the Swedish company behind the Mips BPS (Brain Protection...
Mips, the Swedish company behind the Mips BPS (Brain Protection System) supplied to helmet brands, has acquired GlideWear from Tamarack Habilitation Technologies of Blaine, Minnesota. The deal, worth about $1 million, covers the brand name and its associated patents. Tamarack is to retain an eight-year, royalty-free license to use GlideWear ...
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Rapala VMC Corp. has agreed to acquire a 49 percent...
Rapala VMC Corp. has agreed to acquire a 49 percent interest in DQC International Corp., known also as 13 Fishing, in exchange for at least $3.1 million in cash and 225,000 treasury shares in Rapala. The cash payment can be raised to a maximum of $5 million based on an ...
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Shimano Nordic just opened a new office complex in Uppsala,...
Shimano Nordic just opened a new office complex in Uppsala, Sweden. The grand opening event gave visitors a look at the new facility as well as information about the company's product portfolio, which also includes the brands Lazer, Pearl Izumi, Vittoria, Kryptonite and Elite.
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Go Sport has sold Tool Fitness to Netquattro, a French...
Go Sport has sold Tool Fitness to Netquattro, a French company specializing in the design and marketing of fitness equipment, training apparel and food supplements. Tool Fitness is a B2B and B2C online retailer of fitness equipment. Go Sport had acquired it in 2015.
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XXL ASA, the highly leveraged Norwegian-based sports retailer, says it...
XXL ASA, the highly leveraged Norwegian-based sports retailer, says it has agreed on a new covenant with its bank consortium for its third-quarter results. Last February, it had renegotiated covenants for the first and second quarters of this year. The covenant for the third quarter sets a debt/Ebitda target of ...
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Puma completed its planned stock split on June 10, giving...
Puma completed its planned stock split on June 10, giving shareholders nine new shares for each one in their possession. The idea is to make the stock more attractive. It closed today at €54.90 a share compared with about €540 before.
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The battle for control of Netshoes, the Brazilian e-tailer specializing...
The battle for control of Netshoes, the Brazilian e-tailer specializing in athletic footwear, has ended. Its shareholders approved on Friday Magazine Luiza's latest improved offer of $3.70 a share, valuing the company at $115 million. The Brazilian omni-channel retailer had initially made a bid for Netshoes at $2.00 per share, ...
