News Briefs – Page 477
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Vans has moved its headquarters from Cypress, California to a...
Vans has moved its headquarters from Cypress, California to a new building in Costa Mesa, California, 13 miles away. The move was first announced in June 2015. The new building is environmentally-friendly and larger than the previous headquarters. The facility features a solar panel array on the carport, which is ...
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Accell Group has announced the appointment of Ton Anbeek as...
Accell Group has announced the appointment of Ton Anbeek as its new chief executive officer and chairman of the board of directors, effective Nov. 1. Anbeek is currently the CEO of Beter Bed Holding. A pan-European group of companies operating in the area of beds and mattresses at wholeslae and ...
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Fitness News Europe reports that Yan Martin has been appointed...
Fitness News Europe reports that Yan Martin has been appointed to take over from Chris Froio as vice president of Reebok for Western Europe from the start of August. Martin will lead the fitness apparel and footwear brand's market strategy in Western Europe, and he will report directly to Alain ...
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Monique Matheson, a woman who has spent 19 years at...
Monique Matheson, a woman who has spent 19 years at Nike in various roles, has been promoted to the position of executive vice president in charge of global human resources. Reporting directly to Mark Parker, chairman, president and chief executive of Nike, she is replacing David Ayre who will retire ...
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The Falke Group has appointed Martin Winkler as its new...
The Falke Group has appointed Martin Winkler as its new chief executive. The 48-year-old will replace Uwe Bergheim who has stepped down with his retirement. Winkler joins the German hosiery company from LG Electronics where he was chief operating officer responsible for the German consumer business. Previously, he worked for ...
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Lars Oolberg has been appointed to a new position as...
Lars Oolberg has been appointed to a new position as chief operating officer of Rapala VMC. He will be in charge of all its businesses except Russia, Japan and the Hooks division of the group, which handles manufacturing of fishing hooks. These other operations will report directly to Jussi Ristimäki, ...
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Davide Bertuzzi is taking over in October as the new...
Davide Bertuzzi is taking over in October as the new chief financial officer of Decathlon Italia. He joined Decathlon in Italy almost 20 years ago, but spent the last few years in finance management in France and Turkey. Returning to Italy, Bertuzzi will take the place of Lorenzo Mian, who ...
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Creating a new position, Peak Performance has hired Miklos von...
Creating a new position, Peak Performance has hired Miklos von Pronay as urban sales representative for Central Europe. His job will be to expand the brand's sales in the fashion sector. Von Pronay comes from Tiger of Sweden, where he covered the German-speaking countries. He previously worked for Closed as ...
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CEP has appointed Lena Heinrich as its new apparel manager....
CEP has appointed Lena Heinrich as its new apparel manager. Heinrich, a trained textile designer and a successful triathlete, will join the clothing team of the compression brand led by Jochen Seitz. After completing her training as a seamstress, Heinrich studied design at the University of Hof. Her last position ...
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Asics has sealed an exclusive distribution deal with Olka Spor...
Asics has sealed an exclusive distribution deal with Olka Spor Malzemeleri Ticaret in Turkey, after the end of its relationship of more ten years with European Fashion & Sport Investment (Efsi). The contract with Olka took effect from the start of July, to sell Asics products that will hit the ...
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Hardly a week goes by without a Decathlon store opening,...
Hardly a week goes by without a Decathlon store opening, and the latest batch includes its expansion in three relatively small markets. The French retailer opened a store in Maribor earlier this month, its second in Slovenia after Ljubljana last year. Another opening occurred in Romania, where Decathlon has been ...
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Textilwirtschaft reports that Decathlon intends to open a shop in...
Textilwirtschaft reports that Decathlon intends to open a shop in the basement of a C&A store in Düsseldorf before the end of the year. The store would cover about 2,000 square meters in the fashion apparel retailer's flagship store in the city. A spokesman told the newspaper that the partnership ...
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Stag, the British buying group for independent retailers, reports a...
Stag, the British buying group for independent retailers, reports a record turnover of £275 million (€307m-$361m) for its retail members in the U.K. and €80 million for its retail members in the Republic of Ireland. Sales increased from £250 million and €78 million, respectively, in spite of a small decline ...
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Yet another Spanish buying group, Anzamar, is launching a chain...
Yet another Spanish buying group, Anzamar, is launching a chain of sneaker stores, called Black Laces. The first one opened earlier this month in the Bahia Plaza shopping mall of Cádiz. Another buying group, Atmósfera Sport, has launched a similar concept, Atmósfera Sport Black, as an internet store. A bigger ...
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Carl-August Seibel and Philip Seibel will open a sneaker store,...
Carl-August Seibel and Philip Seibel will open a sneaker store, called Fourty Tree, in Hauenstein on July 22. Covering 200 square meters, the store will feature apparel and shoes of brands such as Adidas, Puma, Nike, Reebok and Diadora. Carl-August Seibel is the chief executive of the Josef Seibel Group, ...
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Havaianas opened its first store in the German market earlier...
Havaianas opened its first store in the German market earlier this month. Located in the famous Berlin shopping avenue, the Ku'damm, the shop occupies 70 square meters of retail space. There are now 30 Havaianas stores throughout Europe, as well as 40 concessions and 80 franchise shops.
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Puma's good results for the second quarter were again partly...
Puma's good results for the second quarter were again partly offset by weaker results at Volcom and other parts of Kering's Sport & Lifestyle segment, which continued to struggle in a difficult retail environment in the U.S. The total revenues of the segment increased by 15.7 percent to $1,022.4 million ...
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The Thule Group reported a 13.3 percent increase in sales...
The Thule Group reported a 13.3 percent increase in sales to 1,955 million Swedish kronor (€205.0m-$241.0m) for the second quarter ended June 30, up by 8.6 percent in local currencies. The operating margin reached 24.3 percent, improving by 1.2 percentage point on a currency-neutral basis. Net income went up to ...
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Brunswick Corp. says the performance of its Fitness division will...
Brunswick Corp. says the performance of its Fitness division will begin to be favorably impacted by new product introductions, changes in manufacturing and further cost realignment actions from the second half of 2017. In the second quarter ended June 30, the division posted a 9 percent sales increase to $250.5 ...
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Erima recorded a plus of 1.5 percent in sales to...
Erima recorded a plus of 1.5 percent in sales to nearly €30 million for the first half of 2017. The company has grown strongly over the last three years, particularly in its home market of Germany. After a dip in the early part of the year, sales rebounded in the ...
