All Corporate articles – Page 74
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Lafuma has become an associate member of Fesi, the Federation...
Lafuma has become an associate member of Fesi, the Federation of the European Sporting Goods Industry, alongside other individual companies such as Adidas, Nike, Lotto, Puma and Tecnica. Its application for membership was unanimously accepted by Fesi's board of directors. Among other privileges, associate membership gives Lafuma the right to ...
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Spencer Frazer, founder of SOG Specialty Knives & Tools, and...
Spencer Frazer, founder of SOG Specialty Knives & Tools, and the U.S. company's chief executive, Fred Keller, have bought back the business from an equity investor, MCC Capital Partners, which stepped into the company in 2009. They have the backing of a new investment group comprising Gladstone Investment Corporation, The ...
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Jarden Corporation's board of directors has approv ed a...
Jarden Corporation's board of directors has approv ed a new program to repurchase up to $500 million of its equity, after completing a previous plan authorized in November 2007
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Amer Sports' board of directors has decided to start repurchasing...
Amer Sports' board of directors has decided to start repurchasing up to 3 million shares between Aug. 23 of this year and June 30, 2012
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Effective Aug. 1, Findos Investor has acquired Maier Sports, the...
Effective Aug. 1, Findos Investor has acquired Maier Sports, the German brand of outdoor and snow wear, along with Gonso, the company's bike wear brand. Maier Sports was owned by the Maier family, led by Gerhard Maier as managing partner, who will seek retirement probably at the beginning of next ...
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Garmont denies rumors concerning a possible sale of the company,...
Garmont denies rumors concerning a possible sale of the company, although it has reportedly received at least one takeover offer. The rumors probably originated from the departure earlier this year of Gord Bailey, the company's longtime U.S. manager. Company officials say that Garmont plans to announce a new management structure ...
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Sports Direct International has raised its stake in Blacks Leisure...
Sports Direct International has raised its stake in Blacks Leisure Group to 21.3 percent. The aggressive British retailer and brand owner had seen its stake in Blacks diluted by an equity increase in May 2010. At the end of its own financial year last Apr. 24, Sports Direct had only ...
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Correction: Moon Boots are part of Tecnica, not Dolomite, another...
Correction: Moon Boots are part of Tecnica, not Dolomite, another brand of Tecnica Group
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Maier Sports, the German brand of snow and outdoor wear,...
Maier Sports, the German brand of snow and outdoor wear, has created a new joint venture with a Chinese partner, Sunrise, in Xiamen. It is the new company's mission to sew samples and to take care of the sourcing in the Far East. The office employs 20 people who will ...
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Bushnell Outdoor Products has created the Bushnell Eyewear Division, which...
Bushnell Outdoor Products has created the Bushnell Eyewear Division, which will be in charge of the Bollé, Bollé Safety, Cébé and Serengeti eyewear brands. Olivier Ciaravino is the head of the new division and will be based in the eyewear business' headquarters in Suresnes, France. It will have regional business ...
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The Marine Electronics division of Johnson Outdoors has acquired the...
The Marine Electronics division of Johnson Outdoors has acquired the assets of Waypoint Technologies, maker of LakeMaster, a brand of high-definition electronic lake charts in the U.S. The deal includes Pro Map Technologies, the inland water survey techniques and bathymetric data processing technology of LakeMaster, providing future exclusivity of an ...
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As 180s prepares to relaunch the brand, the apparel and...
As 180s prepares to relaunch the brand, the apparel and accessories provider has also named Lester Lee to be its new chief executive. He has more than two decades of management experience with companies such as Philips, Pacific Bell Wireless, Rayovac and Remington. As the company focuses more on athletes, ...
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VF Corporation has inaugurated a new, environmentally-friendly corporate head office...
VF Corporation has inaugurated a new, environmentally-friendly corporate head office for three brands of its outdoor division – The North Face, JanSport and Lucy – on a 14-acre property in Alameda, California. Accommodating more than 470 employees, the 160,000-square-foot campus comprises a 1,000-sqft. fitness center, an outdoor training area, an ...
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Primaloft has formally become an independent company, following the completion...
Primaloft has formally become an independent company, following the completion of its management buyout from Albany International for $37.9 million. In connection with the move, Tom Seaver is joining Primaloft as chief financial officer, reporting directly to Michael Joyce, president and chief executive of the American textile insulation specialist. Seaver ...
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Haglöfs and Asics have set up a development center for...
Haglöfs and Asics have set up a development center for outdoor and trail running shoes, which will enable the two companies to implement a dual-brand strategy for this category and to share technologies. The development center is based at Asics' head office in Japan, with a relay in Europe, Abe ...
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Black Diamond has announced the completion of its acquisition of...
Black Diamond has announced the completion of its acquisition of Poc Sweden. Part of the initial takeover price of 311.3 million Swedish kronor (€36.3m-$44.3m) will be paid through 460,065 Black Diamond shares.
