News Briefs – Page 413
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Sport Zone España has been removed from the Spanish corporate...
Sport Zone España has been removed from the Spanish corporate registry following its merger with JD Sports Fashion and Sprinter in the Iberian Sports Retail Group, in which Sonae, the Portuguese parent of Sport Zone, has a 50 percent stake. JD holds 35 percent of the shares and Sprinter 15 ...
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As expected, the retailers affiliated with Sport 2000 in France...
As expected, the retailers affiliated with Sport 2000 in France approved their acquisition of the 52 percent stake held by Activa Capital in their company at an extraordinary shareholders' meeting on Nov. 22. Supported by bank loans, the retailers will finance the acquisition in different ways, changing the status of ...
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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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Don Lane is the new chief marketing officer at Saucony,...
Don Lane is the new chief marketing officer at Saucony, the running shoe brand of Wolverine Worldwide. Reporting to Anne Cavassa, Saucony's president, Lane is responsible for brand positioning, direct-to-consumer (DTC) advertising and digital strategy. Until just recently, he had been senior vice president of “brand and creative” at DraftKings, ...
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Christopher “Chris” H. Peterson will become executive vice president and...
Christopher “Chris” H. Peterson will become executive vice president and chief financial officer of Newell Brands on Dec. 3. He will be reporting Michael Polk, the president and chief executive, replacing Ralph Nicoletti, who will be retiring at the end of the year. Peterson has held senior roles in financial ...
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Columbia Sportswear has announced the appointment of John Soh as...
Columbia Sportswear has announced the appointment of John Soh as vice-president and general manager of China. The appointment will be effective in mid-February 2019. In his new role, he will report to Doug Morse, senior vice-president of emerging brands and APAC. Soh joins Columbia from Lego, where he was a ...
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Nike has announced that John W. Rogers, Jr. has been...
Nike has announced that John W. Rogers, Jr. has been appointed as a new member of the company's board of directors. Rogers, 60, is the founder, chairman, chief executive and chief investment officer of Ariel Investments. He founded Ariel Investments in 1983, with a focus on undervalued small and medium-sized ...
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VF Corp. has appointed Todd Dalhausser to the position of...
VF Corp. has appointed Todd Dalhausser to the position of brand president of the Altra brand, effective immediately. He will report to Steve Murray, VF's vice-president of strategic products. Dalhausser joins VF from Wolverine Worldwide, where he served as senior vice-president of sales for Saucony North America. Dalhausser is a ...
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Lowa has announced that Alexander Nicolai will join the top...
Lowa has announced that Alexander Nicolai will join the top management on Jan. 1 as joint managing director alongside Werner Riethmann, the German company's longtime chief executive, and Rudolf Limmer and Matthias Wanner, the commercial director and international sales manager. Nicolai has been heading up design and product development at ...
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Zalando appointed two new vice presidents this month. Sara Diez,...
Zalando appointed two new vice presidents this month. Sara Diez, previously working as senior buying director for Europe and the Middle East at Nike, became vice president for Zalando's product line for woman. Diez succeeds Dalbir Bains, who left Zalando after four years. Before her career at Nike, Diez worked ...
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Guillaume de Monplanet has become again the general manager of...
Guillaume de Monplanet has become again the general manager of Adidas France, according to sport-guide.com. He had already held the post between 2012 and last year, when he moved to Herzogenaurach to serve as senior vice president of the Adidas brand in Europe. Nicolas Favre, who ran France in the ...
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The Aligro Group, the Swedish company that took over Henri...
The Aligro Group, the Swedish company that took over Henri Lloyd earlier this year (SGI Europe Vol. 29 N° 21+22 of July 3), had appointed new managers with experience at companies like Musto and Peak Performance. One of them is Tomas Frydebo, who previously worked for Trendmark, the Swedish distributor ...
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David Crothers has been appointed as the new chief executive...
David Crothers has been appointed as the new chief executive of Julbo's U.S. subsidiary. Reporting to Pierre Burgelin, Julbo's international sales director, he is taking the place of Nick Yardley. Crothers has been working for the French brand of sports eyewear as U.S. marketing manager since 2015. In 2008, he ...
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Pentland Brands is relaunching Ellesse in the U.S. through its...
Pentland Brands is relaunching Ellesse in the U.S. through its own subsidiary, headed up by Robert Dundon since last March, starting with limited releases of shoes and clothing at Foot Locker, Urban Outfitters and other selected retailers. The Italian vintage brand of sports apparel, which is enjoying strong momentum, has ...
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Arc'teryx, a division of Amer Sports, has opened a new...
Arc'teryx, a division of Amer Sports, has opened a new mono-brand store in Japan, its largest in-mall store in the country. The new 264-square-meter store, on two floors, is located in Fukuoka Momochi, the largest commercial facility in western Japan. The store, which was inaugurated on Nov. 21, sells Arc'teryx's ...
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Bogner, the German luxury sports brand, has expanded into China,...
Bogner, the German luxury sports brand, has expanded into China, where it has opened its first franchise space. The store is located in the Thaiwoo ski resort, northwest of Beijing and a three-hour drive from China's capital city. The shop will be open seven days a week. Thaiwoo will play ...
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In December, with a soft launch scheduled for the 21st,...
In December, with a soft launch scheduled for the 21st, Rossignol is set to open its first American pop-up store at the Benton building in Aspen, Colorado. It will be a seasonal concept store with a decor recalling both Rossignol's 110-year history in winter sports and its rooster logo. The ...
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Zalando is launching a new strategy, called Connected Retail, to...
Zalando is launching a new strategy, called Connected Retail, to integrate online and offline channels as part of its evolution from an online retailer to an open ecosystem, or platform. Through Connected Retail, Zalando's fashion partners can take orders from Zalando customers themselves and ship the goods directly from their ...
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El Corte Inglés has entered a wide-ranging cooperation with the...
El Corte Inglés has entered a wide-ranging cooperation with the Alibaba Group, covering cloud computing, trading, logistics and smart payments. The Spanish department store chain, which is a major player in the domestic sporting goods market, will have access to Alibaba's software solutions for large data analysis and customer relationship ...
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Zalando booked a net loss of €41.7 million in the...
Zalando booked a net loss of €41.7 million in the third quarter, up sharply from €11.1 million in the year-ago period, while sales growth slowed down to 11.7 percent from 28.7 percent. The adjusted operating profit (Ebit) sank to a negative level of €38.9 million on total turnover of €1.2 ...
