News Briefs – Page 352
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Nike has agreed to sell Hurley for an undisclosed amount...
Nike has agreed to sell Hurley for an undisclosed amount to a private equity fund, Bluestar Alliance. Nike had purchased the surfwear brand from its founder, Bob Hurley, in 2002. Bluestar, which owns many other consumer brands, including Bebe and English Laundry, says it wants to build Hurley into a ...
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Salomon has opened a Performance Center next to its existing...
Salomon has opened a Performance Center next to its existing Design Center in the French city of Annecy. The 820-square-meter facility is open – by appointment only – to skiers on the World Cup and regional racing circuits. In the words of Véronique Rémy, head of marketing, the move is ...
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Formosa Taffeta will acquire a 50 percent stake in Schoeller...
Formosa Taffeta will acquire a 50 percent stake in Schoeller Textil in March of next year, after receiving the approval of its board of directors. The companies have been partners in the Hong Kong-based joint-venture Schoeller FTC for 18 years. According to the Taipei Times, Formosa plans to invest up ...
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Sports Direct has appointed RSM UK as its auditors with...
Sports Direct has appointed RSM UK as its auditors with immediate effect. The appointment follows the recent split with Grant Thornton, which withdrew from the role at Sports Direct's AGM in September. Grant Thornton had been the company's auditor since 2007. As a listed company, the sporting goods retailer must ...
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Mike Kerbage, 35, joined Sport 2000 International in September in...
Mike Kerbage, 35, joined Sport 2000 International in September in the new position of marketing manager. In addition to serving as the nexus between Sport 2000 countries and Sport 2000 International, Kerbage has taken charge of international brand management, brand development and brand communications. He is also developing Sport 2000's ...
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Trek Bicycle has promoted Harald Schmiedel from sales director for...
Trek Bicycle has promoted Harald Schmiedel from sales director for Europe to vice president for Europe. He is replacing Malcolm Davies, who is due to retire at the end of this year and will in the meantime oversee the retail department. Schmiedel has been with Trek since 2003, when he ...
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With an eye to both its direct-to-consumer and retail channels,...
With an eye to both its direct-to-consumer and retail channels, Rossignol Group North America has overhauled its management for apparel and retail operations in the U.S. and Canada. Devon Cruickshank, general manager and vice president of apparel, has relocated to the group's North American headquarters in Park City, Utah. He ...
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Tom Wilson-North, former owner of the freeride snowboard shop Zero...
Tom Wilson-North, former owner of the freeride snowboard shop Zero G in Chamonix, France, is joining the Nidecker Group in the new role of digital transformation manager. Wilson-North has been senior snowboard writer at Boardsport Source, key advisor to Protect Our Winters Europe and a member of the snow sports ...
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Dahu, the Swiss brand of ski boots recently acquired by...
Dahu, the Swiss brand of ski boots recently acquired by the Swiss company NB NewBoots, has engaged Progression Brands Group (PGB), the Minnesota-based equity investment and operating company, as its global operating partner. As a part of the partnership, PGB has appointed Clark Gundlach as executive director of Dahu and ...
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Vista Outdoor has hired Chris Sword as president of the...
Vista Outdoor has hired Chris Sword as president of the cycling brands Bell and Giro. He is responsible for expanding the action sports business unit and reports to Chris Metz, the chief executive. Sword was previously president of Pearl Izumi, the brand of cycling and triathlon apparel. Before then, he ...
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Sigma Sports, the German specialist in sports electronics, has appointed...
Sigma Sports, the German specialist in sports electronics, has appointed Thomas Seifert as general manager, responsible for sales, marketing, finances and administration. Until the end of 2017, Seifert worked for four years as chief executive for Polar Electro Germany, responsible for the Finnish company's business in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. ...
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Gore Wear appointed Erman Aykurt to the position of creative...
Gore Wear appointed Erman Aykurt to the position of creative lead on Nov. 1. The 46-year-old was previously a creative director for Puma's sportstyle division. His successor at Puma has not yet been announced. Aykurt has spent the past 20 years in the sporting goods business, working for such companies ...
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Hervis Sport, one of the major Austrian sporting goods chains,...
Hervis Sport, one of the major Austrian sporting goods chains, with operations in various East European countries, appointed Werner Weber as its new chief executive on Nov. 1. Until June, Weber was chief executive of Leder & Schuh, the Austrian parent company of the Humanic and Shoe4You retail chains, with ...
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After a 10-year stint, Günter Althaus, 51, will be stepping...
After a 10-year stint, Günter Althaus, 51, will be stepping down as chief executive of the ANWR Group, earlier than planned on Nov. 30 for personal reasons. He had informed the German buying group's board of directors in August that he would not renew his contract after it expires at ...
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Julbo has appointed Stéphanie Dugas as its new marketing director,...
Julbo has appointed Stéphanie Dugas as its new marketing director, replacing Benjamin Thaller who left a few months ago to become the managing director of Outdoor Sports Valley, the French cluster of outdoor companies. Dugas spent the last 20 years at Nikon Corporation, starting as product manager in France before ...
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Julbo has appointed Erhard Kappel as its new sales manager...
Julbo has appointed Erhard Kappel as its new sales manager for Germany. Kappel has worked at Julbo since 2012, initially as account manager and from 2016 as key account manager Germany. In his new position, he will be responsible for Julbo's sales team in Germany and brand development in the ...
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O'Neill has appointed Christian Hecht as the new country manager...
O'Neill has appointed Christian Hecht as the new country manager for Germany, Switzerland and Austria. He succeeds Andreas Rauter, who left the company in May. Meanwhile, Sébastian Lounis will start in December as sales manager for western Switzerland. Hecht will manage the team that oversees the entire DACH region from ...
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Lowa says it has signed a new long-term agreement with...
Lowa says it has signed a new long-term agreement with its Chinese partner, BC Sports China in Nanjing, to consolidate and accelerate the strategic internationalization of the brand. Lowa has been present in China since 2005. Thanks to its distribution partner, BC Sports, Lowa has been able to build up ...
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Zalando, the Berlin-based online retailer, is currently testing same-day delivery...
Zalando, the Berlin-based online retailer, is currently testing same-day delivery with electric cars. The online retailer recently started a pilot project in Hamburg with 24 electric cars, which are operated on 100 percent green electricity. Zalando works with various logistics partners. Hamburg's urban area has 600 charging stations for electric ...
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Decathlon is expanding its presence in Berlin. The sporting goods...
Decathlon is expanding its presence in Berlin. The sporting goods retailer will be opening an eighth store this month, having opened two others earlier this year. The new branch will have a sales floor of 1,400 square meters. With the Mydecathlon membership card, customers will receive a bonus of €10 ...
