News Briefs – Page 508
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The Australian Financial Review reports that L Capital Asia, a...
The Australian Financial Review reports that L Capital Asia, a private equity arm for the LVMH group, is eying the Tigerlily brand of swimwear owned by Billabong International. L Capital already has stakes in other Australian brands including 2XU, which specializes in compression garments, and Seafolly, another swimwear brand. Billabong ...
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Shimano has announced plans to open a new distribution center...
Shimano has announced plans to open a new distribution center near the French city of Lyon to enhance its service to French and Italian customers. It will be Shimano's third European distribution center, along with Nunspeet in the Netherlands and Pozna? in Poland. For the Turkish market, the company operates ...
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Reebok has announced that its new home in the city...
Reebok has announced that its new home in the city of Boston will be located at 25 Drydock Avenue, in Boston's Seaport District. In November, the company announced it would move from its current location in Canton, Massachusetts. The new Reebok headquarters will house around 700 employees. The 220,000-square-foot location, ...
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Björn Borg has signed an agreement to acquire Baseline Group,...
Björn Borg has signed an agreement to acquire Baseline Group, the current distributor of Björn Borg products in the Benelux. The Benelux region is the largest market for the Swedish brand, ahead of Sweden, accounting for 26 percent of the total brand sales in 2015. Baseline Group had a turnover ...
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Fitbit has announced the acquisition of key assets of Pebble,...
Fitbit has announced the acquisition of key assets of Pebble, which is set to close down, It was one of the pioneers in the manufacturing of connected watches. The company has reportedly delivered more than two million units since 2012. Fitbit stated in a press release that it will take ...
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Swink Media, the publisher of Golf Retailing, has announced the...
Swink Media, the publisher of Golf Retailing, has announced the acquisition of Pro Shop Europe from the Mark Allen Group. The amount of the transaction has not been disclosed. Swink Media said that further details on how Pro Shop Europe will complement Golf Retailing will be announced in the coming ...
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Poc, the Swedish producer of innovative helmets, eyewear, body armor...
Poc, the Swedish producer of innovative helmets, eyewear, body armor and apparel, will have a new chief executive, Jonas Sjögren, from next Feb. 1. He will join the company, which was bought by Investcorp and merged with the Dainese group in October 2015, after 15 years of experience in the ...
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Two executives will share the management of Burton Europe in...
Two executives will share the management of Burton Europe in Innsbruck upon the retirement next Jan. 31 of Hermann Kapferer, general manager and senior vice president, after more than 30 years with the group. His responsibilities will be divided between Oliver Zaletel and Franck Waterlot. Zeletel, who is currently vice ...
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Corinne Gensollen has been confirmed as the new general manager...
Corinne Gensollen has been confirmed as the new general manager of Intersport France, responsible also for Belgium. She has taken the place of François Neukirch, the French industry expert, who is planning to open the biggest Intersport store in the Paris region, located at Herblay. Gensollen, 48, started her career ...
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Intersport Germany has rearranged its product management functions, splitting private...
Intersport Germany has rearranged its product management functions, splitting private labels and strategic brands between two executives at the same level. The buying group has thus created two new functions: Thomas Scheck is in charge of product management for private labels, while Tim Bielohoubeck holds the same function for strategic ...
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Frank Doherty, chairman of Reydon Sports, the British sports wholesaler,...
Frank Doherty, chairman of Reydon Sports, the British sports wholesaler, and Nigel Carter, managing director, are both retiring. Doherty's son, whose name is also Frank, will take over as chairman. David Sanderson will replace Carter. Richard Vimpany will remain in his role as finance director.
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In a further change of management at Rapala VMC, Arto...
In a further change of management at Rapala VMC, Arto Nygren will become executive vice president in charge of lure manufacturing as of Jan. 1, taking the place of Juhani Pehkonen and reporting to Stanislas de Castelnau, executive vice president of manufacturing operations and global supply chain development for the ...
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Ralf Kindermann, chief operating officer at Internetstores, informed his business...
Ralf Kindermann, chief operating officer at Internetstores, informed his business contacts that he would be leaving at the end of the year. He spent eight years with the online retailer specializing in cycling and outdoor products, which was taken over a few weeks ago by Signa Retail, the Austrian holding ...
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Dam has hired André Akkermans, the former European managing director...
Dam has hired André Akkermans, the former European managing director of Fox International, as its new managing director. Akkermans left Fox in 2015 to launch his own fishing consulting business. He has now joined the business with full responsibility for all operations, including product development, marketing and sales. He replaces ...
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Thule Group has hired Jim Matthews as director of product...
Thule Group has hired Jim Matthews as director of product development of soft goods. In his new role, he will lead product development and execution of all soft goods under the Thule and Case Logic brands. Matthews brings more than 25 years of product management and development, marketing and sales ...
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Marmot has appointed Patrice Christensen as its new director of...
Marmot has appointed Patrice Christensen as its new director of brand. Most recently, Christensen managed key components of marketing at VF Corp.'s Lucy brand, which specializes in women's athleisure apparel. She has also served in marketing management positions at The North Face, PowerBar and Chevron. Christensen is herself an outdoor ...
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K-Swiss has appointed Mike Miringoff as its new global director...
K-Swiss has appointed Mike Miringoff as its new global director of tennis. He will report directly to Barney Waters, K-Swiss' brand president. In his new role, Miringoff will be responsible for the sales, marketing, products and all aspects of the performance tennis business in North America. He brings to K-Swiss ...
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Jamie Cygielman has been appointed from Jan. 3 as executive...
Jamie Cygielman has been appointed from Jan. 3 as executive vice president and chief marketing officer at Iconix Brand Group, the U.S. company that has rights to brands from Umbro to Danskin, Starter, Pony and Ocean Pacific. She joins after marketing and business development functions at companies such as The ...
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Andy Steel has started as international sales manager in charge...
Andy Steel has started as international sales manager in charge of the U.K. and the European Union at Bern Unlimited, the U.S. supplier of action sports helmets. Steel is based in the U.K. and he is already familiar with the brand since he has been the Bern brand manager for ...
