News Briefs – Page 587
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Kempa, the handball and volleyball brand of Uhlsport, has announced...
Kempa, the handball and volleyball brand of Uhlsport, has announced two new sports marketing contracts. It has signed up Martin Ströbel, a member of the Germany's national handball team who plays for the Balingen-Weilstetten club. It has also signed a two-year partnership with the United Volleys club, in combination with ...
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Deuter has finalized the roster of its “brand ambassadors” for...
Deuter has finalized the roster of its “brand ambassadors” for the 2015/16 marketing season. Mirroring the variety of the company's backpack users, the 21 members of the team are hikers, mountain bike racers, skiers and other outdoor enthusiasts. They will share their travels and outdoor adventures on Deuter's informative and ...
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Patagonia's wool supplier, Ovis 21, is at the center of...
Patagonia's wool supplier, Ovis 21, is at the center of an investigation by Peta (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) after the release of a graphic video which shows sheep and lambs on two Argentine ranches being skinned while they are still alive. Ovis 21 is one of the ...
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Sole, the Canadian maker of footbeds, has joined One Percent...
Sole, the Canadian maker of footbeds, has joined One Percent for the Planet, the global network of businesses financially committed to creating a healthy planet. The members of the network donate one percent of their annual sales directly to approved environmental non-profit bodies. One Percent for the Planet evaluates the ...
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The organizers of the Outdoor Retailer show have decided to...
The organizers of the Outdoor Retailer show have decided to keep it in Salt Lake City for an additional two years, through the summer of 2018. The short extension will put pressure on the city and the state of Utah to alleviate the hotel situation. Earlier dates have also been ...
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The World Federation of the Sporting Goods Industry (WFSGI) has...
The World Federation of the Sporting Goods Industry (WFSGI) has announced two new keynote speakers for the third WFSGI Manufacturers Forum, due to be held in Hong Kong on Dec. 2-3. Alex Thomas, vice president of supply chain and manufacturing/engineering strategy at VF Corporation, will cover topics around the reduction ...
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The European Outdoor Group, which organizes the European Outdoor Summit...
The European Outdoor Group, which organizes the European Outdoor Summit (EOS) taking place on Oct. 13-15 in Sheffield, England, have announced that Nick Clegg, a former U.K. deputy prime minister, will present the closing speech of the convention. A multi-lingual politician, he worked for five years for the European Commission ...
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Amer Sports has announced the acquisition of the main assets...
Amer Sports has announced the acquisition of the main assets of Queenax, a provider of modular, functional fitness training machines based near Teramo, in central Italy. Queenax will be integrated into Precor as a component of Amer's fitness division. The inclusion of functional training, one of the fastest growing segments ...
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New Balance and Berkshire Partners have closed the transaction for...
New Balance and Berkshire Partners have closed the transaction for the acquisition of Rockport from the Adidas Group. They have formed a new company, called The Rockport Group, that combines Rockport with the former Drydock Footwear Group, the company formed by New Balance to group its comfort shoe brands: Dunham, ...
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Quiksilver has hired an adviser, Peter J. Solomon, to help...
Quiksilver has hired an adviser, Peter J. Solomon, to help obtain additional financing from lenders, says Bloomberg. With its stock trading at around 50 cents a share and a warning by the New York Stock Exchange that it may be delisted, Quiksilver is unlikely to raise additional equity. The company ...
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Intersport France is investing an additional €6 million in Manufacture...
Intersport France is investing an additional €6 million in Manufacture Française du Cycle, its own bike factory at Machecoul, in western France. Intersport took over the plant from Cycleurope in 2013 and since then it has invested more than €10 million in the facility, according to Usine Nouvelle, a French ...
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JD Sports Fashion has bought The Cuckoo's Nest. This British...
JD Sports Fashion has bought The Cuckoo's Nest. This British men's streetwear brand, best known for its graphic T-shirts, had been put into administration prior to the purchase. No details were given on the reasons for the administration. Lila Thomas and David Acland of Begbies Traynor, an insolvency firm based ...
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Nike's chief executive, Mark Parker, saw his compensation increase by...
Nike's chief executive, Mark Parker, saw his compensation increase by nearly 15 percent to $16,819,730 in the financial year ended last May. The greater part of the rise came from incentive compensation, which grew to more than $4 million from $2.5 million in the previous year, in direct relation to ...
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Adidas is looking for a successor for Jan Brecht, who...
Adidas is looking for a successor for Jan Brecht, who became chief information officer and head of its global supply chain last November, is returning to Daimler in the role of chief information officer. Brecht had already worked for Daimler for 12 years. He joined Adidas as CIO in 2009, ...
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Alibaba, the huge Chinese-based internet company that owns Tmall.com, the...
Alibaba, the huge Chinese-based internet company that owns Tmall.com, the Taobao marketplace and a dozen other operations, has hired a Canadian-born executive, Michael Evans, as president in its bid to expand internationally. He reports to Daniel Zhang, the group's chief executive who succeeded Jonathan Lu in May. His initial task ...
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Pawan Verma has become the new senior vice president and...
Pawan Verma has become the new senior vice president and chief information officer of the Foot Locker group, succeeding Peter Brown who retired in April after 38 years with the company. Verma comes from Target Corp., where he was most recently in charge of digital and marketing technologies and the ...
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John McCarvel, who retired as president and chief executive of...
John McCarvel, who retired as president and chief executive of Crocs last April, has become lead investor and chairman of Xero Shoes, a U.S. company that produces versatile and lightweight performance and recreation sandals. Dennis Driscoll, who joined Xero three years ago and is now acting as its chief product ...
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Edwin Haid is leaving as chief executive of Gonso, the...
Edwin Haid is leaving as chief executive of Gonso, the German bikewear brand, after nearly two years in the job. Simone Mayer and Lothar Baisch, who head up Gonso's parent company, Maier Sports, are taking over his reponsibilities.
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Patagonia has hired Alex Beasley as its new country manager...
Patagonia has hired Alex Beasley as its new country manager for the U.K. & Ireland. The announcement has come after a series of recent hires and reorganizations as the company continues its restructuring across Europe. Beasley will manage Patagonia's wholesale business and support its retail and e-commerce strategy in the ...
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Callaway Golf has named Linda Segre to the company's board...
Callaway Golf has named Linda Segre to the company's board of directors. Segre, 55, is executive vice president of chief strategy and people officer at Diamond Foods, a role she took up in March 2014. Segre first joined the San Francisco-based food company in 2009 as senior vice president of ...
