News Briefs – Page 431
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Accell Group has increased its stake in Velosophy from 35...
Accell Group has increased its stake in Velosophy from 35 percent to 100 percent. Velosophy, the owner of Babboe, is a specialist in e-cargo bike solutions for consumers and the business market. The acquisition is meant to increase Accell's involvement with the development of urban mobility solutions, an evolution that ...
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Bench, the streetwear label founded in Manchester in 1989, has...
Bench, the streetwear label founded in Manchester in 1989, has been sold to an investment company based in Boston, Gordon Brothers. It had recently started insolvency proceedings in the U.K. The new owners want the brand to phase out its German sales subsidiary and to close all its 14 stores ...
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Clarus Corporation, the parent company of Black Diamond, has raised...
Clarus Corporation, the parent company of Black Diamond, has raised $3,337,896 through a Dutch auction to retire about 1.4 percent of its outstanding shares. The company had offered to pay between $7.20 and $8.00 per share for up to $7.5 million worth of its equity, but then accepted only the ...
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Boa Technology has opened a new global headquarter in the...
Boa Technology has opened a new global headquarter in the Zeppelin Development Flight building in Denver. The space of 85,000 square feet is more than three times bigger than its previous location, and it doubles the capacity of its R&D operations. Founded in 2001, the specialist in technical shoe lacing ...
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Calvin McDonald, who has spent the last five years as...
Calvin McDonald, who has spent the last five years as president and chief executive of Sephora in the Americas, has been appointed as Lululemon Athletica's chief executive from Aug. 20. Lululemon said that Sephora, the perfume and cosmetics retailer in the LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton group, delivered double-digit growth ...
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Christoph Frechen has been appointed as global general manager of...
Christoph Frechen has been appointed as global general manager of marketing at Intersport International Corporation (IIC), after nearly 16 years in the Adidas Group. The function was previously held by Franz Penka. Frechen has held several positions at the Adidas Group, mostly working as brand director and marketing manager, at ...
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Eric Cuenot, general manager at Nike France since October 2012,...
Eric Cuenot, general manager at Nike France since October 2012, has been appointed to lead several key sports categories in Latin America and Asia Pacific, Sport-guide.com reports. Cuenot already obtained extra responsibilities as vice president and general manager for Nike France as well as Northern Europe from October 2016. He ...
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Nike has appointed Noel Kinder as vice president and chief...
Nike has appointed Noel Kinder as vice president and chief sustainability officer from Sept. 5. He has already been with the company for the last 19 years, most recently as vice president in charge of sustainable manufacturing and sourcing. Kinder was also general manager at Nike Vietnam, in charge of ...
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Cathleen Benko, vice chairman and managing principal of Deloitte Consulting,...
Cathleen Benko, vice chairman and managing principal of Deloitte Consulting, has joined Nike's board of directors to help the group in its new digital transformation strategy. The 59-year-old expert has spent more than 30 years with the consultancy. She was appointed by Deloitte in 1998 as its first global e-business ...
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Karen Reuther has been assigned to the position of global...
Karen Reuther has been assigned to the position of global creative director at Reebok, responsible also for brand identity and design implementation. Reuther will work together with the product development and marketing teams of Reebok. From 1998 to 2010, Reuther worked for Nike, ending up as its global creative director. ...
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Ulf Santjer, who has been in charge of Puma's corporate...
Ulf Santjer, who has been in charge of Puma's corporate communications for more than two decades, is leaving the company as part of the re-organization of its global communications department. Santjer built up this entity as he accompanied Puma's rise, slump and rise again over the years, working under three ...
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O.Mustad & Son has announced the appointment of Anders Nygård...
O.Mustad & Son has announced the appointment of Anders Nygård as global brand manager, to further develop the brand's offering in the global recreational fishing tackle market. Nygård has spent the last six years with Mustad and Rapala VMC.
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Michael D. Christensen has become the new general manager of...
Michael D. Christensen has become the new general manager of Ecco for Central Europe, taking over from Frank Dissmann who had been responsible for the region since January 2017. He will work with new product manager for Central Europe, Christian Fischer, who comes from the Mammut Sports Group, replacing Annette ...
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Thomas Lange, who started Keen Europe together with Richard Litzel...
Thomas Lange, who started Keen Europe together with Richard Litzel and two other managers 13 years ago, is leaving the company in mid-October to become the new general manager of GEB, a German voluntary group of shoe retailers specializing in higher-end footwear. The members include big names like Prange and ...
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Spofact assumed the distribution of Nautilus' lines of Bowflex fitness...
Spofact assumed the distribution of Nautilus' lines of Bowflex fitness equipment in Germany, starting on July 1, completing the range of Nautilus products in its portfolio. Previously, Nautilus was using a Swiss-based company, Trisport, for the distribution of the Bowflex Max Trainer in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. It will work with ...
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The integration between Sport Zone and JD Sprinter in Iberia...
The integration between Sport Zone and JD Sprinter in Iberia is moving ahead, with several of the Portuguese retailer's stores in Spain reportedly having adopted the green color of the Sprinter retail brand. This comes after JD Sprinter and Sport Zone completed an Iberian tie-up earlier this year under a ...
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Just as Sports Direct International (SDI) publicized a sharp decline...
Just as Sports Direct International (SDI) publicized a sharp decline in profits caused primarily by its investment in Debenhams (see full coverage in this issue), the company's chief executive and majority shareholder lashed out at the department store group in The Telegraph, saying that he would be “smashing into [Debenhams]” ...
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An entity fully owned by Sports Direct International (SDI), Lovell...
An entity fully owned by Sports Direct International (SDI), Lovell Sports, has invested in the British field hockey and cricket market by buying a specialist retailer out of bankruptcy proceedings. It purchased Barrington Sports, which is described on its website as a retail partner for Lord's Cricket Ground, England Cricket, ...
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Keller Sports launched a new online shop, called Keller X,...
Keller Sports launched a new online shop, called Keller X, earlier this month. The German high-end online retailer aims to sell selected lifestyle products and accessories by brands like Nike, Adidas, Puma, New Balance and Asics on its new web store. The number of brands will be expanded in the ...
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Decathlon has opened a 300-square-meter “Connect Store” in the central...
Decathlon has opened a 300-square-meter “Connect Store” in the central railroad station of Berlin. Like two similar stores opened in Munich and Stuttgart in the last two years, it allows passersby to order items online and to collect them. It's Decathlon's fifth store in the German capital and its 52nd ...
