All Corporate articles – Page 59
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Pittards, a major supplier of leather to the sporting goods...
Pittards, a major supplier of leather to the sporting goods sector, says it refused a cash offer for the acquisition of its shares
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Reckitt-Benckiser, which took over SSL International, parent company of Scholl,...
Reckitt-Benckiser, which took over SSL International, parent company of Scholl, in July 2010, has informed all the European shoe retailers that have been selling Scholl footwear that they will not be able to order them anymore, starting with the spring/summer 2014 season. According a top official of Scholl in Milan, ...
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Netrada Europe, a German company that has supplied e-commerce services...
Netrada Europe, a German company that has supplied e-commerce services to more than 80 brands, has filed for insolvency, due apparently to a cash squeeze caused by its rapid development. Sources indicate that it has the backing of the banks and that it plans to continue to operate normally, going ...
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Clariant, the Swiss maker of specialty chemicals, is in exclusive...
Clariant, the Swiss maker of specialty chemicals, is in exclusive talks to sell its leather services business to Stahl. The deal could close in 2014. Clariant announced its intention to sell the business in Nov. 2012. Under the terms of the proposal, Clariant would receive a 23 percent stake in ...
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Two candidates have been invited to present their offers for...
Two candidates have been invited to present their offers for the acquisition of Jallatte, the French work boot manufacturer owned by the JAL group
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Adidas has decided to stop marketing SLVR, its premium fashion...
Adidas has decided to stop marketing SLVR, its premium fashion brand of clothing and footwear, after the current autumn/winter collection. It had been showing the line, introduced at the beginning of 2009, at Micam and other fairs. Starting in spring 2014, Adidas will come up with a new approach for ...
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The Merchant House International Group is moving a footwear production...
The Merchant House International Group is moving a footwear production line from China to the U.S., in response to strong U.S. retail demand for its men's leather boots and shoes. The sourcing group will open its first U.S. footwear manufacturing facility in Jefferson County, Tennessee, replacing a footwear line from ...
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One Distribution, the producer of Supra footwear, has opened a...
One Distribution, the producer of Supra footwear, has opened a new sourcing and development facility in Dongguan, China. The new 3,000-square-foot office facility has a staff of 17 and is headed by Udi Shiloah, Supra's vice president of footwear, who has moved to China to supervise operations. ODR will oversee ...
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While relinquishing the role of chief executive of Manas, the...
While relinquishing the role of chief executive of Manas, the Italian family-owned shoe company in which he still holds shares (see the related article in this issue), Cleto Sagripanti is launching a new company together with other Italian investors to take over small Italian firms specializing in fashion and accessories. ...
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Lorbac, an Italian brand of women's shoes manufactured at Castelfranco...
Lorbac, an Italian brand of women's shoes manufactured at Castelfranco di Sotto near Pisa, is planning to shut down its local factory, resulting in temporary layoffs for some 80 employees. The workers have been demonstrating in front of the factory and the house of the Bachini family, which started the ...
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Two private investment companies, KKR & Co and Sycamore Partners,...
Two private investment companies, KKR & Co and Sycamore Partners, are considering a bid for Jones Group, according to The Wall Street Journal. Other strategic and institutional investors have reportedly shown interest in parts of the company, which could then see its footwear retail and wholesale operations split off. ...
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RG Barry may go private, too. The American producer of...
RG Barry may go private, too. The American producer of footwear and other accessories has received a takeover offer from a private investment firm, Mill Road Capital Management, which already owns 8.6 percent of its shares. It is proposing to pay out the remaining shareholders at a price of $20.00 a ...
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Fratelli Rossetti has mandated a financial advisor, Carretti & Associati,...
Fratelli Rossetti has mandated a financial advisor, Carretti & Associati, to find a strategic or institutional investor who may be willing to put more equity into the Italian footwear company. The main goal is to enable the company to make major investments in the Chinese market and other parts of ...
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An unnamed investor is in advanced talks for a possible...
An unnamed investor is in advanced talks for a possible sale of Dr. Martens, according to an unconfirmed report in The Wall Street Journal. The British owner of the brand, R. Griggs, had mandated Rothschild Trust Holding more than a year ago to sound out potential buyers. Some investment funds ...
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Belle International has agreed to acquire Longhao Tiandi, a Chinese...
Belle International has agreed to acquire Longhao Tiandi, a Chinese footwear company positioned in the high-end casual and luxury footwear market, that owns SKAP, Dragonsea and other brands of shoes and designer handbags. Belle will pay the equivalent of $17 million in the transaction, which is due to close in ...
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Prada is getting ready to invest €10 million in Ancona,...
Prada is getting ready to invest €10 million in Ancona, in the Italian region of the Marche. The luxury firm has chosen the industrial area of Baraccola, where other brands like Bally already have their offices, to set up its creative hub for fashion collections as well as its logistics ...
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Heelys is undergoing a makeover under the ownership of Sequential...
Heelys is undergoing a makeover under the ownership of Sequential Brand Group, which acquired the brand of wheeled footwear at the beginning of this year. A TV commercial due to be broadcast in October in the Americas as well as in Europe and Asia will mark the launch of a ...
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The owners of Neiman Marcus, a group of private equity...
The owners of Neiman Marcus, a group of private equity investors led by TPG and Warburg Pincus, have agreed to sell the luxury retail chain to Ares Management LLC and Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB), in a deal worth $6 billion. TPG and Warburg Pincus paid about $5.1 billion ...
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There is increasing evidence that Wolverine Worldwide will shut down...
There is increasing evidence that Wolverine Worldwide will shut down the European office of Collective Brands in the Netherlands, which currently employs about 100 people. Noting that the integration process in the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region is going well, company officials recently told us that they have ...
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Collonil, the German supplier of shoe polish, has invested in...
Collonil, the German supplier of shoe polish, has invested in a new logistics center in Mühlenbeck, near Berlin, from where it plans to take care of about 2,000 orders per day, to be delivered to about 100 markets worldwide. With the opening of the new distribution center, 30 to 60 ...
