News Briefs – Page 547
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Les Sportives is the title of the new print magazine...
Les Sportives is the title of the new print magazine in France dedicated to women's sports. The first issue of the magazine was available at newsstands on April 8, at a price of €4.99. The contents is a blend of news, surveys, portraits and various sport-related subjects including health and ...
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Volcom, which belongs to Kering's Sport & Lifestyle segment since...
Volcom, which belongs to Kering's Sport & Lifestyle segment since 2011, has sold Electric through a management buyout to a group led by the brand's chief executive, Eric Crane. The asset deal became effective on March 16. In reporting its 2015 results, Kering said that Electric's sales declined due to ...
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Quiksilver has completed an exchange offer for the debt of...
Quiksilver has completed an exchange offer for the debt of its European Boardriders subsidiary. It has managed to exchange 91.1 percent of Boardriders' outstanding €200 million worth of 8.875 percent senior notes, due in 2017, with a combination of cash and new 9.5 percent senior notes, due in 2020. Boardriders ...
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Kettler, the German fitness equipment company that went into self-administered...
Kettler, the German fitness equipment company that went into self-administered receivership in June, said it would exit the proceedings and resume business without restrictions from the start of April. Kettler already moved closer to the end of the proceedings in February when its insolvency plan was approved by creditors. The ...
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Erima has budgeted investments of around €25 million to build...
Erima has budgeted investments of around €25 million to build a new head office and logistic center due to go onstream in the second half of 2017, occupying about 19,000 square meters at Kirchentellinsfurt near Tübingen. Called the Home of Teamsport, it will be located 10 km away from the ...
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Mårten Nydahl, CEO of Cycleurope Sverige, told the Hallands Nyheter...
Mårten Nydahl, CEO of Cycleurope Sverige, told the Hallands Nyheter newspaper in Sweden that the Cycleurope group achieved a turnover of nearly €500 million in 2014 and its profit increased €23.7 million, up from €18.6 million in 2014. As reported in Bike Europe, Nydahl added that Cycleurope moved some of ...
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Acting through a German bank, Landesbank Hessen-Thüringen, Amer Sports has...
Acting through a German bank, Landesbank Hessen-Thüringen, Amer Sports has issued €100 million in loan agreements with both fixed and floating tranches and lending periods of five and seven years. Like those that the company had already issued a few years ago, these so-called Schuldschein loans are certificates of indebtedness, ...
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Jean-Philippe Bailly has been appointed chief operating officer for the...
Jean-Philippe Bailly has been appointed chief operating officer for the Kering group, starting on April 1, with responsibility for the supply chain, logistics and industrial activities. Replacing Karlheinz Hofer, he will report to Jean-François Palus, deputy managing director of the group, which owns Puma and Volcom along a cohort of ...
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Newell Rubbermaid, which agreed last December to acquire Jarden Corp....
Newell Rubbermaid, which agreed last December to acquire Jarden Corp. through a merger, has appointed Russ Torres to the newly-created position of chief transformation officer, starting on April 1. Reporting to Mark Tarchetti, who will become president of Newell Brands after the deal is completed, Torres will be in charge ...
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VF Corp. has named Scott H. Baxter as president of...
VF Corp. has named Scott H. Baxter as president of its outdoor and action sports group in the Americas, which includes Eagle Creek, Eastpak, JanSport, Kipling, Lucy, Napapijri, Reef, SmartWool, The North Face, Timberland and Vans. Baxter previously held the same role at VF's Jeanswear Americas. The new role is ...
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Johnathan Nielsen has been confirmed as chief executive of Backcountry.com,...
Johnathan Nielsen has been confirmed as chief executive of Backcountry.com, starting on March 11. He had been named interim chief executive last December after the former CEO chief executive, Jill Layfield, left in the wake of Liberty Interactive's sale of the American e-commerce company to TSG Consumer Partners last July. ...
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Linda Balfour has been appointed global director of marketing for...
Linda Balfour has been appointed global director of marketing for Superfeet on the eve of its biggest product launch to date – outdoor sandals with inbuilt insole support. Prior to this, Balfour spent 10 years in the marketing department of Keen Footwear with responsibilities ranging from overseeing field services, retail ...
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Diffusion Sport reports that Toni Amat started as sales director...
Diffusion Sport reports that Toni Amat started as sales director at Compressport at the beginning of March, after working at other specialist companies such as Precisport and Elements. Amat told the Spanish publication that the objective is to continue the Swiss brand's fast expansion of the last five years. The ...
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Implus has appointed Mary Hannah Statham as marketing manager. She...
Implus has appointed Mary Hannah Statham as marketing manager. She will be responsible for all marketing efforts for the Implus family of footwear accessory brands which includes Sof Sole, Sof Comfort, Sneaker Balls, Penguin, ForceField, Apara and Airplus. Statham worked as the director of marketing and communications for Springs Creative ...
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John Haugh, a former executive of Luxottica and Mars, will...
John Haugh, a former executive of Luxottica and Mars, will be the new president and chief executive of Iconix Brand Group, the company that owns many sports and fashion brands including Umbro, Starter, Ocean Pacific and Danskin. On April 1, he will take the place left vacant last August by ...
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Kering has announced the appointment of Béatrice Lazat as its...
Kering has announced the appointment of Béatrice Lazat as its new human resources director, effective March 3. She replaces Belen Essioux-Trujillo, who has left to pursue other opportunities, the company said. Most recently, Lazat was based in Shanghai and worked at L'Oréal as human resources director for the Asia-Pacific region. ...
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One Way has a new distributor in Sweden, which will...
One Way has a new distributor in Sweden, which will also handle sales in Norway. The Finnish cross-country ski company had stopped a distribution contract with Nordic Trade for the Swedish market at the end of 2014 and handled the market directly, but the exercise proved to be tougher than ...
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Intersport France managed a retail sales increase of 10 percent...
Intersport France managed a retail sales increase of 10 percent to about €1.7 billion including VAT last year, with a comparable sales rise of 5.3 percent. The turnover covers its affiliated stores in France and Belgium, although the Belgian share is tiny with only five stores. Intersport estimated that its ...
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The Greek Fourlis Group reports improved results for its retail...
The Greek Fourlis Group reports improved results for its retail operations under the Intersport and The Athlete's Foot in five countries. Their sales increased by 5.6 percent to €129.2 million last year, and they generated slightly improved operating earnings before amortization (Ebitda) of €10.93 million. Fourlis currently operates 106 Intersport ...
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L'Equipe, the French daily sports newspaper, has launched an internet...
L'Equipe, the French daily sports newspaper, has launched an internet marketplace for the sale of sporting goods as part of its efforts to capitalize on a huge audience with interest in sports. About one month after its launch in February, L'Equipe Store lists around 300 brands covering over 20 sports ...
