News Briefs – Page 355
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The Accell Group has sold off the last piece of...
The Accell Group has sold off the last piece of its former business in the U.S. According to Bicycle Retailer, a group of investors has taken over Beeline, a former mobile bike service franchisor that the Dutch group had acquired last year to develop a software program for scheduling bike ...
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Sequential Brands is on the look-out for a new chief...
Sequential Brands is on the look-out for a new chief executive as it considers a range of strategic options following the sale of the Martha Stewart and Emeril Lagasse brands earlier this year. Sequential has hired the investment bank Stifel to help it explore additional brand divestments, potential acquisitions, stock ...
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Blackrock, a major asset management firm, has raised its stake...
Blackrock, a major asset management firm, has raised its stake in Moncler from 4.794 percent to 5.016 percent. The company's president, Remo Ruffini, is still the major shareholder with a stake of 26.75 percent. Another major shareholder is Morgan Stanley with about 3 percent of the shares. As of last ...
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Alfred Eichblatt is stepping down as chief executive of Hervis...
Alfred Eichblatt is stepping down as chief executive of Hervis Sport, one of the major Austrian sporting goods chains, with operations also in various East European countries. The 57-year-old manager has been in the post since December 1997. Hervis' parent company, Spar, indicates a difference of opinions for the separation, ...
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Stadium, the Swedish sports retailer, has promoted Åsa Steen, making...
Stadium, the Swedish sports retailer, has promoted Åsa Steen, making her its new country manager for Sweden. She has been with the company in various positions for almost 25 years. As previously reported, the outgoing Swedish country manager, Daniel Löfkvist, is taking over as chief executive of the Stadium Outlet ...
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Willy Bogner, founder and main shareholder of the eponymous German...
Willy Bogner, founder and main shareholder of the eponymous German fashion and sports apparel brand, is apparently preparing his succession. His 34-year-old daughter, Florinda Bogner, who holds a minority share in the company, has joined its supervisory board. Taking the place of Alexander Liegl, she will represent the interests of ...
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Following his reinstatement to Superdry's board and appointment to interim...
Following his reinstatement to Superdry's board and appointment to interim CEO in April, Julian Dunkerton, co-founder and a major shareholder of the British sportswear company, is now officially taking on the position of chief executive officer until April 2021. He is to guide Superdry through a turnaround while the board ...
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Moritz Hahn, who currently oversees supply and demand functions at...
Moritz Hahn, who currently oversees supply and demand functions at Zalando in his role as senior vice president of the company, is leaving in December. His responsibilities will be taken over by two managers, Barbara Daliri-Freyduni and Boris Ewenstein. Daliri-Freyduni, who previously held positions at Google, Netflix and Microsoft, took ...
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Tradebyte, the German internet marketplace specialist owned by Zalando since...
Tradebyte, the German internet marketplace specialist owned by Zalando since 2016, has elevated Kathrin Hösl to the position of chief operating officer. She will be a member of the management board along with the chief executive, Matthias Schulte, and the chief financial officer, Thorsten Barth. Hösl, who previously worked for ...
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Wolverine Worldwide has hired Angelo Ng to be its first...
Wolverine Worldwide has hired Angelo Ng to be its first chief merchant officer. He will be aligning market research, trends and strategy with respect to merchandising and innovation for Wolverine's portfolio of brands. Ng turned away from vending about two years into his career with a post at Boxer, where ...
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Jim Murphy – former president of Hardy North America, former...
Jim Murphy – former president of Hardy North America, former vice president of sales at R.L. Winston Rod Company and founder of Redington – has returned to Pure Fishing in a brand-new post: director of fly fishing. Working in the U.S., Murphy will be overseeing production and sales at the ...
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As it celebrates it 100th anniversary, Hudora has added Marc...
As it celebrates it 100th anniversary, Hudora has added Marc Schiefelbusch to the management of the German sports and leisure equipment company to build up the brand's international presence and expand its online business. Schiefelbusch comes from a German start-up, Shoepassion, where he grew the company's U.S. presence. Before that, ...
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Steve Furniss is stepping down as team management director at...
Steve Furniss is stepping down as team management director at Tyr Sport, the company he co-founded in 1985 and has worked for ever since. Furniss was an Olympic swimmer and set two world records before he embarked on a business career. Horst Dassler, then the owner of Adidas, hired him ...
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Carl Davies, who has been working for the Pentland Group...
Carl Davies, who has been working for the Pentland Group for ten years, has left it following its recent management reshuffle. He was the president for EMEA and the Americas at Pentland Brands, whose brand portfolio includes Berghaus. As previously reported, a veteran of the group, Richard Newcombe, is now ...
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Shimano Europe's Nordic division will be handling the sale and...
Shimano Europe's Nordic division will be handling the sale and distribution of its fishing tackle products for the region as of October 2020. Its team, headquartered in Uppsala, Sweden, will thus be expanded. The Nordic region is the third to receive a plan for the overhaul of Shimano's distribution. The ...
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Executing on its omni-channel strategy, Decathlon has inaugurated two-hour home...
Executing on its omni-channel strategy, Decathlon has inaugurated two-hour home delivery for online orders in Spain. The initiative took shape in early 2019 and was tested with good results in Madrid, Valencia, Vigo and Tenerife. The French sporting goods retailer has now set up permanent systems in Madrid, Barcelona, Tarragona, ...
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Go Sport has extended the policy of its loyalty card...
Go Sport has extended the policy of its loyalty card with a system called Mercure. Customers can now accumulate up to €50 per year on their card by meeting certain fitness goals within a day. For now, their options are running, hiking and cycling, with threshold distances of 7 km, ...
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Vans has opened its first European “boutique” in Covent Garden...
Vans has opened its first European “boutique” in Covent Garden in London. Conceived in-house to reflect the skate brand's “Off The Wall” slogan, the 4,359-square-foot store carries premium footwear, apparel and accessories, including Vault by Vans and items designed by Vivienne Westwood. The basement features an activation space for installations, ...
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Rossignol is opening a 100-square-meter store in New York's SoHo...
Rossignol is opening a 100-square-meter store in New York's SoHo district in December. The opening follows that of a new store in Innsbruck, Austria, in June. As reported by sportguide.com, the French brand is not planning to expand its retail presence much further unless in strategic locations. Rossignol also has ...
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On Oct. 1, Signa acquired a 49.99 percent stake in...
On Oct. 1, Signa acquired a 49.99 percent stake in Hudson's Bay Company (HBC), thereby attaining a 100 percent stake in Galeria Kaufhof Karstadt. HBC remains the owner of the deficit-ridden Hudson's Bay stores in the Netherlands. In December 2018, Signa and HBC agreed to a joint venture to run ...
