News Briefs – Page 581
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Vaude has announced the departure of Peter Sontheimer, product manager,...
Vaude has announced the departure of Peter Sontheimer, product manager, after working for the company for more than 21 years. He says he decided to leave Vaude to be closer to his family in the area of Garmisch-Partenkirchen. Sontheimer became a member of Vaude's executive board last year. The company ...
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Reebok's efforts to expand in Europe have become more harmonized...
Reebok's efforts to expand in Europe have become more harmonized since Chris Froio was appointed to head up the fitness brand's business around Western Europe in February. Based in Herzogenaurach, he reports directly to Gil Steyaert, managing director of the Adidas Group for Western Europe. This regional layer was created ...
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Rapala has expanded its executive board from five to seven...
Rapala has expanded its executive board from five to seven members and created the new position of deputy chief executive officer, which will be filled by Jussi Ristimäki. In addition to his current role as chief financial officer, Ristimäki will have the overall responsibility of group's supply chain and working ...
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Gianni Crespi, 56, is reportedly going to act as the...
Gianni Crespi, 56, is reportedly going to act as the new chief executive and vice chairman of Basicnet from next May, when the company's chairman and founder, Marco Boglione, will turn 60. Basicnet, which is the parent company of Kappa, Robe di Kappa, K-Way and Superga, is not confirming or ...
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Marti Batalla, who founded Grifone in 1984, is leaving the...
Marti Batalla, who founded Grifone in 1984, is leaving the Spanish outerwear company after more than 20 years at its helm. His departure is related to the acquisition of a controlling stake in the company by Ramón Cierco, who began to invest in Grifone in 2011. Other shareholders are Sandro ...
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Claes Broqvist, who has resigned after six years as sales...
Claes Broqvist, who has resigned after six years as sales director of Odlo Sportswear, is moving from Switzerland to Italy next January to fill a new position at Oberalp, parent company of Salewa, Dynafit and other brands, as regional general manager in charge of North America, Asia, the U.K. and ...
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Patagonia has appointed Lisa Pike Sheehy to the newly-created role...
Patagonia has appointed Lisa Pike Sheehy to the newly-created role of vice-president of environmental activism. She will report directly to Patagonia's chief executive, Rose Macario. Pike Sheehy is also on the board of the Outdoor Industry Association. This year Patagonia has donated $6.2 million to 741 grassroots environmental groups. The ...
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Zeal Optics has a new president, Ben Peters, who was...
Zeal Optics has a new president, Ben Peters, who was appointed in July to take the place of Joe Sanchez, who became vice president of product development at Costa Sunglasses last December. Like Sanchez, Peters has worked for many years at Zeal's parent company, Maui Jim Sunglasses. He started as ...
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Authentic Brands Group (ABG) and the Global Brands Group (GBG)...
Authentic Brands Group (ABG) and the Global Brands Group (GBG) are expanding the Spyder brand in the South Korean market, with the planned opening of about 25 stores by the end of the year. A wide and colorful range of Spyder products is being launched through shop-in-shops at prominent department ...
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Sunset Sport is taking on the distribution in France of...
Sunset Sport is taking on the distribution in France of SIC, a 10-year-old Hawaiian brand of stand-up paddle boards that was recently named Brand of the Year by SUP Connect. Sunset Sport already distributed the wetsuits of Mormaii, Elan's skis and snowboards, Colmar's clothing and Uvex' sports glasses, ski goggles ...
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Bergans of Norway has announced a change in its Swiss...
Bergans of Norway has announced a change in its Swiss distribution, which has been handled so far by its Germany subsidiary Hamburg. Effective Nov. 1, Ace Alpine & Climbing Equipment will be in charge of distribution. The pre-orders for summer 2016 will still be taken care of by the German ...
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Sport Partner reports that all Telstar Megastores are to remain...
Sport Partner reports that all Telstar Megastores are to remain open, on the back of an agreement between unnamed investors and the Dutch sports retailer's receiver. The stores will continue trading under the Telstar name but the group will work closely together with Daka Sport, another Dutch sports retailer, which has actively ...
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Textilwirtschaft reports that Stadium, the Swedish sporting goods retailer with...
Textilwirtschaft reports that Stadium, the Swedish sporting goods retailer with stores in Sweden, Denmark, Finland and more recently in Germany, has started trading through a German-language online store, www.stadium.de. Stadium opened its first German store on about 1,650 square meters in Hamburg last year and added a second store in ...
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Go Sport has launched Go Sport Occasion, a new online...
Go Sport has launched Go Sport Occasion, a new online platform for second-hand sporting goods of all sorts, including equipment. The platform is open to both private customers and professionals and can be accessed via the retailer's e-commerce site at www.go-sport.fr under “Services.” Ads are grouped by region and city ...
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Go Sport has collected nearly €40,000 to support the tennis...
Go Sport has collected nearly €40,000 to support the tennis section of the French Handisport Federation (FFH), which promotes tennis for disabled people in France. The sporting goods retailer had recently proposed its clients donate €1 in cash for this cause. In 2014, when the initiative was first launched, Go ...
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Arc'teryx has opened its fifth U.S. store in Denver and...
Arc'teryx has opened its fifth U.S. store in Denver and plans to add two others in New York City and Boston by the end of this year. The fast-growing brand, which is said to have a potential for total sales of €500 million, already opened new stores in London and ...
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361° reports a 15 percent increase in orders taken at...
361° reports a 15 percent increase in orders taken at its recent summer in-house fair at its industrial complex in Jinjiang City. The growth was driven by an increase of 9 percent in volume and 14 percent in average selling prices for the company's footwear products, especially in the running ...
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Noting that consumer confidence is improving in Japan, Himaraya is...
Noting that consumer confidence is improving in Japan, Himaraya is predicting increases in its current financial year of 5 percent in sales, 9 percent in operating income and 13 percent in net profit. For the financial year ended Aug. 31, the Japanese sporting goods retailer has reported a 44 percent ...
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The sale of the Elan Group to Wiltan Enterprises and...
The sale of the Elan Group to Wiltan Enterprises and Merrill Lynch (see SGI Europe No. 26-25+26 of Aug. 10) has been completed with the return of state aid to the Slovenian government following a resolution by the European Commission, which challenged the legality of a €10 million subsidy given ...
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Wolverine Worldwide remains interested in acquisitions, but while there are...
Wolverine Worldwide remains interested in acquisitions, but while there are plenty of actionable assets in the market, the valuations are a bit high. Wolverine would prefer a good brand with heritage with at least $75 million in revenues - ideally between $200 million and $600 million. An acquisition outside the ...
