News Briefs – Page 407
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A consortium of investors led by Anta Sports Products, China's...
A consortium of investors led by Anta Sports Products, China's largest sporting goods company, commenced a public cash tender offer for all the shares of Amer Sports on Dec. 20, following the approval of their bid by Amer's board of directors and. unanimously recommending that its shareholders should accept the ...
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Crocs has agreed to repurchase the preferred convertible shares of...
Crocs has agreed to repurchase the preferred convertible shares of Blackstone Capital Partners, which had acquired them in 2014 as part of a $200 million investment in the company. Crocs will buy back half of the preferred shares at $26.64 each for a total of $183.7 million. The other half ...
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Confirming a report in Angling International, the JD Sports Fashion...
Confirming a report in Angling International, the JD Sports Fashion group said it is taking over Fishing Republic, a chain of 14 fishing tackle stores in the U.K. The management pointed out, however, that the group has only acquired the trade and assets from the administrators of the chain, which ...
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Polygiene is planning to open a new subsidiary in Hong...
Polygiene is planning to open a new subsidiary in Hong Kong. The Swedish odor-control specialist said the move is aimed at further strengthening its presence in Asia, which it considers an important market both for now and the future.
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Newell Brands has announced the completion of the divestiture of...
Newell Brands has announced the completion of the divestiture of Pure Fishing to Sycamore Partners and of Jostens to Platinum Equity. The total expected net proceeds of $2.5 billion after taxes will be used to pay down debt and buy back shares. The remaining assets include the Coleman Group and ...
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Sport 2000 International has hired an experienced, business analyst, Erika...
Sport 2000 International has hired an experienced, business analyst, Erika Schuh, to help the group to evaluate the big data collected by its national retail organizations in order to make better decisions through an analysis of internal processes and market developments. Schuh had already helped the group with data analysis ...
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Thierry Lavigne, one of the retail members of Sport 2000...
Thierry Lavigne, one of the retail members of Sport 2000 France, has taken the place of Frédéric Poux as chairman of the voluntary group following the exit of the Activa Capital investment fund. Poux, who formerly ran a chain of franchised optical retail shops, Alain Afflelou, had been appointed to ...
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Forum Sport will be changing the structure of its upper...
Forum Sport will be changing the structure of its upper management during the first quarter of 2019, recasting five departments as six and shifting around its executives in consequence. The Spanish sports retailer is fusing its purchasing and own-brand departments into one. To lead this new, combined department Forum Sport ...
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SportScheck, the leading German sporting goods retailer, appointed Axel Puhlmann...
SportScheck, the leading German sporting goods retailer, appointed Axel Puhlmann to the position of marketing director on Jan. 7. He succeeds Paul Stahala, who had held the position since September 2016 and joined Karstadt as marketing director in November of last year. Puhlmann began his career as a consultant for ...
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G. Scott Uzzell is leaving the Coca-Cola Company to become...
G. Scott Uzzell is leaving the Coca-Cola Company to become the new president and chief executive of Converse from Jan. 22, replacing the retiring David Grasso. The Nike group, which owns Converse, said that his nomination is expected to help the brand to move into new spaces by reconnecting to ...
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Schöffel has appointed Peter Sontheimer to lead product development. Before...
Schöffel has appointed Peter Sontheimer to lead product development. Before joining Schöffel, Sontheimer worked for Ziener, where he was chief executive and head of product management, design and purchasing. Sontheimer also worked for over two decades at Vaude. At Schöffel, he will both lead the product management, design, technical development ...
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Cycling Sports Group (CSG), a division of Dorel Industries, has...
Cycling Sports Group (CSG), a division of Dorel Industries, has appointed Eugene Fierkens as general manager of CSG Europe. He replaces Adriano Nascentes, who has been named chief operating officer of Dorel Juvenile Europe. Fierkens joins CSG from Specialized, where he has worked since 2004 and held various roles, including ...
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The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has announced that Pere Miró,...
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has announced that Pere Miró, who has been director of National Olympic Committee (NOC) relations and of Olympic Solidarity for 26 years, will now focus exclusively on his role as deputy director general for relations with the Olympic Movement. In this function, he will maintain ...
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Sram, the Chicago-based maker of bicycle components, has appointed Ken...
Sram, the Chicago-based maker of bicycle components, has appointed Ken Lousberg as chief executive. He is replacing a co-founder of the company, Stan Day, who served for 31 years and is now becoming chairman of the board of directors. Lousberg has been serving as chief operating officer for the past ...
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Michael Dannhauser has been appointed to the new position of...
Michael Dannhauser has been appointed to the new position of chief operating officer for the Uvex Sports Group, joining its chief executive, Christophe Weissenberger, on its executive board. Besides supervising its factories and other operational processes, he will also have responsibility for finance and controlling, following the departure last February ...
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François Letterade has been appointed by Boardriders to the new...
François Letterade has been appointed by Boardriders to the new position of Quiksilver EMEA brand manager. He started at Quiksilver as European product manager for men's and youth products in 2009. Three years later he became global product manager for technical snow products under the Quiksilver, Roxy, DC, Lib Tech ...
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David Orr, an industry veteran who has worked for Keen,...
David Orr, an industry veteran who has worked for Keen, Timberland and Adidas, has been hired as general manager of Dakine, overseeing all aspects of sales, product creation and operations. He will report to Jonathan Hirshberg, the head of JR286, the company that has been contracted to operate Dakine by ...
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Munich, the sports and lifestyle shoe brand based in Barcelona,...
Munich, the sports and lifestyle shoe brand based in Barcelona, has made Xavier Artigas its new export sales manager. Artigas has previously worked, in both retail and wholesale, for the jewelers Majorica and Carrera y Carrera, the shoemaker Castañer and the watchmaker Grupo Cadarso/Ice-Watch, mostly as a director of national ...
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Chi Lo-Jen is being promoted to be the new chief...
Chi Lo-Jen is being promoted to be the new chief executive of Stella International on Jan. 1, taking the place of Lawrence Chen, who will continue as an executive director and a member of the executive committee of the Chinese shoe company. Chi has 23 years of experience in the ...
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Stefan Mues has assumed the newly created position of chief...
Stefan Mues has assumed the newly created position of chief digital officer and become a member of the executive board at the Calida group, which owns the Calida, Aubade, Millet, Oxbow, Eider and Lafuma brands. The 44-year-old will be responsible for the digitization of the group. He will report directly ...
