News Briefs – Page 429
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Vans has partnered with the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam...
Vans has partnered with the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam on a capsule collection that incorporates elements from Van Gogh's paintings. These elements are integrated into Vans products including the Classic Slip-On, Old Skool, and Authentic shoes, as well as hoodies, tees, backpacks, bombers and hats. Each footwear model features ...
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Burton and Nitro, two leading snowboarding companies, have joined the...
Burton and Nitro, two leading snowboarding companies, have joined the European Outdoor Group (EOG), widening the remit of the organization. Burton and Nitro have both become full members, and Salomon is adding its snowboard business to its existing membership. The EOG said that this highlights the alignment and synergy between ...
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Zoggs has pledged to donate 10 percent of the profits...
Zoggs has pledged to donate 10 percent of the profits from its Ecolast swimwear collection to the Healthy Seas initiative, a multi-stakeholder joint venture, which was launched in 2013 to clean the oceans and seas of marine litter such as derelict fishing nets that are responsible for the death of ...
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Hubert Schöffel, a pioneer of the outdoor industry, died at...
Hubert Schöffel, a pioneer of the outdoor industry, died at the age of 88 on Aug. 8. He played a major role at the German family-owned producer of outdoor and ski clothing, which recently celebrated 50 years in the outdoor sector. Hubert Schöffel ran the family business for three decades. ...
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Heinz Kettler, the leading German manufacturer of home fitness equipment...
Heinz Kettler, the leading German manufacturer of home fitness equipment and other products, filed for self-managed insolvency in mid-July after the company's foundation declined to endorse a sale of the company to an investment firm, Altera Capital. According to German press reports, the foundation disagrees with certain clauses in the ...
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The Accell Group has launched a German entity, Accell Bike...
The Accell Group has launched a German entity, Accell Bike Parts, which will drive the international expansion of the XLC brand of parts and accessories, Bike Europe reports. Accell Bike Parts will be part of the Winora Group, which is a German subsidiary of the Dutch-based group. Accell has formed ...
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An American investment company, Charlesbank Capital Partners, has been allowed...
An American investment company, Charlesbank Capital Partners, has been allowed by a bankruptcy court to take over the Rockport Group through an affiliate, including the Aravon and Dunham brands that previously belonged to New Balance. The deal was made possible after the settlement of claims made by the Adidas Group, ...
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Adidas and Ikea have initiated a strategic collaboration to learn...
Adidas and Ikea have initiated a strategic collaboration to learn more about people's interests in terms of active lifestyles and training, in order to possibly connect them with different housing solutions. In a press release, Ikea says that the two companies want to encourage people to choose good living patterns ...
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Nike is moving its German office from Frankfurt to Berlin,...
Nike is moving its German office from Frankfurt to Berlin, according to Handelsblatt. Located in the so-called Bikini building on Breitscheidplatz, it would combine existing operations in the German capital including a showroom in Schöneberg. Berlin is one of the 12 key cities in the world where it wants to ...
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A group of ten investors has set up a new...
A group of ten investors has set up a new market research consultancy in the U.K., the SMS Sports Consulting Group chaired by Stephen Proctor, founder and president of SMS Marketing Surveys. The investors, who include SMS and other consultants with expertise in golf, tennis, rugby and football, sports tourism, ...
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Columbia Sportswear's board of directors has authorized the company to...
Columbia Sportswear's board of directors has authorized the company to spend an additional $200 million on the repurchase of its own shares. Since 2014, Columbia has purchased back 3.4 million shares at an average price of $56 per share, equivalent to $190.4 million. Since the beginning of this year, it ...
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As a first step in its divestiture plan, last month...
As a first step in its divestiture plan, last month Vista Outdoor sold its Bollé, Cébé and Serengeti brands of sunglasses to Antelope Brands Bidco, an entity affiliated with an American private equity fund, A&M Capital Partners, which recently opened a branch in London. The transaction was closed for $158 ...
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Cab9 Eyewear, a French company formed by a team of...
Cab9 Eyewear, a French company formed by a team of snowboard instructors, has raised a total of €10,649 from 167 contributors through Kickstarter to fund the production of its new action sports sunglass, called the Edge. Based in the French alpine ski resort of Méribel, Cab9 has been turning out ...
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Glorify Unbreakable signed up its 1,000th “business rebel” in early...
Glorify Unbreakable signed up its 1,000th “business rebel” in early June as part of a crowd-funding campaign to help launch the Austrian sports and outdoor eyewear more deeply into the international market. Through the campaign, which kicked off in September 2017, the company's inventor and business owner, Christian Egger, was ...
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Schöffel has opened an office in Hanoi, Vietnam, in order...
Schöffel has opened an office in Hanoi, Vietnam, in order to strengthen its relations with production partners in Southeast Asia. Until now, Schöffel's employees were traveling to see them in Vietnam and other countries for a constant exchange of information. The majority of Schöffel's products are made in Vietnam. Through ...
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Michael Zeuch replaces Dennis Aubermann as manager of Sport 2000...
Michael Zeuch replaces Dennis Aubermann as manager of Sport 2000 Germany's team sports division, taking care of affiliated retailers that specialize in team sports under the voluntary group's new Absolute Teamsports banner. Zeuch reports directly to Hans-Hermann Deters, overall manager of the group's specialist retail formats. From 1998 to 2005, Zeuch ...
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Willi Jungen, who has been the Swiss country manager of...
Willi Jungen, who has been the Swiss country manager of Jack Wolfskin for 11 years, will become the chief executive of Snowlife, the Swiss producer of winter gloves, starting in September. He will take the place of Daniela Wenk, owner of the Swiss company, which is also the local distributor ...
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Adam Chamberlain has been appointed as U.S. sales manager at...
Adam Chamberlain has been appointed as U.S. sales manager at Norrøna, making him the Norwegian outdoor brand's first hire in the country. In more than two decades in the American outdoor industry, Chamberlain previously spent more than six years as vice president of marketing at Black Diamond Equipment, after another ...
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JD Sports is launching a 24-hour music and entertainment platform,...
JD Sports is launching a 24-hour music and entertainment platform, called JD-X. The platform, which is being developed in partnership with Immedia, will be offered in-store and in JD's mobile app as a way to blend retail with entertainment. The platform is currently being rolled out to all JD stores ...
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Blue Tomato is opening a store in the Swiss city...
Blue Tomato is opening a store in the Swiss city of Lausanne, its first one outside the German-speaking world. The new 350-square-meter store is scheduled for inauguration on Aug. 9. Based in Austria and owned by Zumiez, Blue Tomato specializes in the sale online and offline of products for snowboarding, ...
