News Briefs – Page 367
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AG Motors has inaugurated a factory for aluminum bicycle frames...
AG Motors has inaugurated a factory for aluminum bicycle frames – Europe's second such facility – in the Polish city of Podgrodzie. According to Bike Europe, this makes the 10-year-old company the first producer able to manufacture a complete aluminum frame in a single uninterrupted welding process, thanks to developments ...
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Li & Fung has sold a 21.7 percent stake in...
Li & Fung has sold a 21.7 percent stake in its rather sophisticated LF Logistics business to a Singapore-based investment company, Tomaskek, for $300 million to help expand its operations in Asia and improve its own capital structure. The group saw its revenues decline by 8.4 percent on an organic ...
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Accell Group has sold the e-bike development brands Protanium and...
Accell Group has sold the e-bike development brands Protanium and Diavelo to a new Swiss company. Protanium GmbH, based in Zurich and headed by Karin Vogelsanger as chief executive and managing partner, has been founded for this take-over. Protanium GmbH will continue to operate the Diavelo e-bike brand. The company ...
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Sports Direct has announced that Grant Thornton, its auditor since...
Sports Direct has announced that Grant Thornton, its auditor since 2007, has decided to quit. Grant Thornton's resignation will come into effect on Sept. 11, the date of Sports Direct's next annual shareholders meeting.
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LIR, the family holding company that controls Geox and Diadora...
LIR, the family holding company that controls Geox and Diadora as well real estate assets through Domicapital, has confirmed a report that it is now open to targeted acquisitions. In an interview with the Italian daily Il Gazzettino, Mario Moretti Polegato, chairman and founder of Geox, said that LIR, which ...
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Alpargatas, the Brazilian owner of such brands as Havaianas, Osklen...
Alpargatas, the Brazilian owner of such brands as Havaianas, Osklen and Dupé, is selling its Argentinian subsidiaries for the equivalent of about €3.3 million. The deal follows an agreement that the Brazilian footwear manufacturer reached in September 2018 to sell 22.5 percent of the businesses behind its Topper brand, both ...
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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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Günter Althaus, the 51-year-old German executive who has been the...
Günter Althaus, the 51-year-old German executive who has been the chief executive of the ANWR Group for the past ten years, has informed the board of directors that he will not renew his contract after it expires at the beginning of 2021, as he is envisaging new professional challenges. ANWR ...
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Emma Stjernlöf will be taking charge of Röhnisch Sportswear as...
Emma Stjernlöf will be taking charge of Röhnisch Sportswear as chief executive in 2020. She will be replacing Fredrik Röhnisch, who is relinquishing his operational duties after 19 years with the Swedish sports apparel company, nine of them as CEO. He will remain a partner and board member. Stjernlöf has ...
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Lennart Mauritzson will be stepping down as chief financial officer...
Lennart Mauritzson will be stepping down as chief financial officer of the Thule Group, giving six months' notice from August. He has accepted the post of chief executive at Backahill, a privately owned family company in Ängelholm, Sweden. Mauritzson, who will soon have been with the company for eight years, ...
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On Aug. 12, Anton Magnusson became managing director of Hestra-Handsken...
On Aug. 12, Anton Magnusson became managing director of Hestra-Handsken and Martin Magnusson & Co. He has been working for the Swedish family-owned glove maker since 2013, with oversight of its factories in various parts of the world. He was notably managing director of the factory in Hungary and recently ...
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Altra, the running brand recently acquired by VF Corp., has...
Altra, the running brand recently acquired by VF Corp., has hired Andrew Conley as its director of global product. Conley has spent his entire career in running shoes. He was most recently with Hoka One One, helping to expand the women's line and overseeing the launch of the Carbon X ...
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Armada Skis, the American manufacturer of ski gear and apparel...
Armada Skis, the American manufacturer of ski gear and apparel acquired by Amer Sports two years ago, has appointed Matt Rihm as director of product & innovation. Rihm will be laying out the global product roadmap and design strategy; heading up all R&D, product development, manufacturing and operations; and coordinating ...
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Alpargatas, which owns the Havaianas brand of rubber shoes, has...
Alpargatas, which owns the Havaianas brand of rubber shoes, has appointed Ivo van Ierland Fred Gregarek to the recently created position of sales manager for Central Europe. For the past five years, the 42-year-old Gregarek has been sales manager for Germany and Austria at Toms. He has also worked in ...
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Julbo has appointed Stefano Finazzi as its new country manager...
Julbo has appointed Stefano Finazzi as its new country manager for Italy, where the French company took over the distribution in April. He worked previously for an Italian importer of sports products, Socrep. He then took care of the Italian market for two of Oberalp's brands, Dynafit and Pomoca, before ...
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Canada Goose has appointed Woody Blackford to oversee global design...
Canada Goose has appointed Woody Blackford to oversee global design and merchandising, with a focus on category expansion and innovation, as the company is considering opportunities in new product categories, including footwear. Blackford will join Canada Goose this autumn as executive vice-president of design and merchandising. He has more than ...
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Prana has appointed Marcie Peters as vice-president of global sales....
Prana has appointed Marcie Peters as vice-president of global sales. Peters has 20 years of sales and leadership experience in the wholesale apparel, footwear and accessories sectors. Before joining the American brand owned by Columbia Sportswear, she served as director of department store sales at Under Armour. Prior to that, ...
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Zalando, the Berlin-based online retailer, will be delivering parcels for...
Zalando, the Berlin-based online retailer, will be delivering parcels for Adidas in Paris. Orders that are placed on Adidas' French website will be delivered on the same day or the following day, as customers decide. Initial trials with partners of the so-called Zalando Fulfillment Solutions (ZFS) will probably start at the ...
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Alpina Sports, the helmet and eyewear manufacturer that is part of...
Alpina Sports, the helmet and eyewear manufacturer that is part of the Uvex Group, processes approximately 74,400 orders per year. Instead of paper lists, the sporting goods manufacturer now relies on voice control. In the past, the company has preferred manual order picking in its 9,500-square-meter central warehouse in the Swabian ...
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Munich, the Barcelona-based footwear brand, has settled on a single...
Munich, the Barcelona-based footwear brand, has settled on a single distributor in Portugal for both its fashion and the sports collections. Bedivar, as the company is called, has its headquarters and an extensive logistical network in the country, distributing important brands like Crocs, Fila, Merrell and New Era, in addition ...
