News Briefs – Page 565
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Spy has applied at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission...
Spy has applied at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to deregister its shares from the OTC BB stock exchange. As a result, the American sports eyewear firm will no longer have to file quarterly or annual financial statements with the agency. Its shares should continue to be quoted on ...
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Reiner Pichler will become on April 1 the new chief...
Reiner Pichler will become on April 1 the new chief executive of Calida Holding, the Swiss lingerie group that controls Lafuma with 59.9 percent of the shares. He will replace Felix Sulzberger, who spent 14 years at the helm of Calida and engineered the takeover of the French group. According ...
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Paul Fowler has been appointed as Animal's managing director, starting...
Paul Fowler has been appointed as Animal's managing director, starting from the beginning of next year, after several years as an executive director in the branded apparel and fashion business, with brands such as Ben Sherman and Nicole Farhi. Fowler said in a statement that he was taking up the ...
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Todd Hymel took over as chief executive of Volcom earlier...
Todd Hymel took over as chief executive of Volcom earlier this month as Jason Steris left the action sports company after many years. Hymel moved from Paris to California in June to become the chief executive of action sports brands at Kering, the French company that owns Volcom along with ...
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Robert Marcovitch is taking the place of Tim Petrick as...
Robert Marcovitch is taking the place of Tim Petrick as chief executive of K2. Marcovitch had already run the American ski company between 2006 and 2011, before moving to the position of CEO at The Coleman Company, which is also owned by Jarden Corporation. He had previously run K2's ski, ...
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Vista Outdoor has recruited Kelly T. Grindle, a senior executive...
Vista Outdoor has recruited Kelly T. Grindle, a senior executive of Johnson Outdoors, to act as president of its outdoor products segment, comprising Camelbak and Jimmy Sykes as well as Bushnell. He will take up his new functions on Jan. 4, reporting directly to Mark De Young, chairman and chief ...
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Alexander Nehls has been appointed international marketing director for Dynafit,...
Alexander Nehls has been appointed international marketing director for Dynafit, based at the company's head office in Ascheim, Germany. He was previously the global senior sports marketing manager for Adidas Outdoor.
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Dorel Sports has appointed Morgan Meredith as Cannondale's global mountain...
Dorel Sports has appointed Morgan Meredith as Cannondale's global mountain bike marketing manager. He will drive the global marketing and communication strategy for the Cannondale mountain bike segment and Cannondale suspension technology. Meredith joins Dorel Sports from Mission Workshop, where he was the marketing director. In addition, the company has ...
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Johan Lindeberg, who gave his name to the J. Lindeberg...
Johan Lindeberg, who gave his name to the J. Lindeberg brand, is returning to the Swedish company as creative director in January, after eight years away from the firm. He will remain in New York but work closely with the Stockholm-based team at J. Lindeberg, which sells fashion as well ...
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Starting on Jan. 1, Zoggs International will sell, market and...
Starting on Jan. 1, Zoggs International will sell, market and ship its products directly to clients in Germany, Austria and Luxembourg, following the termination of a distribution contract with a triathlon specialist, Filser Sports & Marketing. The orders will be taken by Zoggs' existing network of agents. In an unusual ...
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Jorcani Sports is going to take over the distribution in...
Jorcani Sports is going to take over the distribution in Spain of the Luhta collection of L-Fashion Group in January from the Moskito sales agency, which specializes in the fashion retail channel. Jorcani is already the Spanish distributor of Icepeak, the lower-priced sports apparel collection of the Finnish group.
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Björn Borg has terminated partnerships with distributors for the Netherlands,...
Björn Borg has terminated partnerships with distributors for the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg. It wants to directly handle distribution in these markets, which are significant for the Swedish brand of underwear and sports apparel. The rights are currently held by the Baseline Group, consisting of Dutch Brand Management (DBM) in ...
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Adidas has plans to open a flagship store opposite the…
Adidas has plans to open a flagship store opposite the Selfridges department store on Oxford Street in London. Pre-letting agreement has been inked and consultations have started with the local community and stakeholders. If the plans are approved, the flagship store in this prestigious location could open in 2018. The ...
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The German Ski Federation, DSV, has launched a new web...
The German Ski Federation, DSV, has launched a new web store that allows its members to get a 15 percent discount on many items. Besides its own line of DSV-branded winter jackets and other fan items, the new DSVShop.de website offers a selection of more than 150 items by Adidas, ...
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Rome may be the next spot for a new series...
Rome may be the next spot for a new series of European Havaianas flagship stores, like the 120-square-meter location that was opened in Barcelona in July. They are intended to offer a wider range of products from 2017 on, including beachwear, than the traditional Havaianas outlets, which focus on rubber ...
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On the back of relatively strong trading in the last...
On the back of relatively strong trading in the last two months, the board of the JD Sports Fashion group predicts that its profit before tax and exceptional items for the current financial year is likely to reach £10 million more than market expectations of £125 million (€172.1m-$189.5m). The board ...
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Intersport PSC Holding, the Swiss licensee of Intersport International Corporation,...
Intersport PSC Holding, the Swiss licensee of Intersport International Corporation, reports a 31.8 percent improvement in its net profit to 1,926,000 Swiss francs (€1,786,000-$1,791,000) for the financial year ended last Sept. 30 in spite of an 18.8 percent decrease in its revenues to CHF 161.7 million (€149.9m-$162.2m), due in part ...
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Lululemon has reduced its full-year guidance due to a sharp...
Lululemon has reduced its full-year guidance due to a sharp decline in profit margins for the third quarter of its fiscal year, ended Nov. 1. The group's turnover advanced by 14 percent to $479.7 million for the quarter. Sales were up by 9 percent in comparable terms and in constant ...
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Johnson Outdoors turned around to a net profit of $1,167,000...
Johnson Outdoors turned around to a net profit of $1,167,000 in its fourth quarter ended Oct. 2 from a loss of $876,000 in the year-ago period. Sales increased by one percent to $85.7 million in the seasonally slow period, but they were flat at $47.6 million in outdoor and fell ...
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Belle International reports a same-store increase of 6.0 percent in...
Belle International reports a same-store increase of 6.0 percent in the third quarter through the end of November for its sportswear and apparel business, which consisted of 6,796 directly operated stores for major sports brands in Mainland China, mostly single-brand, at the end of the period. With 20,506 stores at ...
