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Dr. Martens Sold to PE Firm
Permira Funds, a private equity firm that owns Hugo Boss and New Look, has bought R Griggs Group, the parent company and licensee of the Dr Martens brand, for £300 million (U.S. $486 mm)…
Planet Dog Obtains License to Make Life is Good Branded Pet Products
Planet Dog has procured an exclusive license to design, develop and manufacture a complete line of pet products for Life is Good that will be sold through both companies' dealers in the United States, Canada and the Caribbean…
Nordstrom Rack To Open In Dublin, CA
Nordstrom, Inc. plans to open a Nordstrom Rack at the Village at Dublin in Dublin, CA. The approximately 35,000-square-foot store is scheduled to open in fall 2015…
NRF Survey Foreshadows Dip in Holiday Spending Budgets
U.S. consumers will spend slightly less on average this holiday season, according to a holiday consumer spending survey conducted for the National Retail Foundation since the federal government shutdown began Oct. 1…
Calida Group Seeks Control of Lafuma
Calida Group, which is listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange, is seeking a majority stake in Lafuma, the struggling French company that owns the Lafuma, Millet and Eider outdoor apparel brands…
World T.E.A.M. Sports Board Adds Capital One Bank Executive
World T.E.A.M. Sports, a 20-year-old national sports management company, announced the appointment of Capital One Bank executive John Villar as a member of the non-profit’s board of directors…
Asics to Sponsor Australian Rugby Union
Asics signed up as an official apparel and footwear partner of the Qantas Wallabies and sponsor of Australian Rugby Union from 2014…
OBIT: Earth Brands CEO Miichel Jean Meynard
Miichel Jean Meynard, who formed Earth Brands in 2002 to help revive the Earth wellness shoe, has passed away at the age of 73. The company is the parent of Kalso Earth Shoes, Earth and Earthies. According to an OBIT in the Boston Globe, Meynard left Fran
South Korea’s Black Yak Acquires Nau From Horny Toad
Black Yak Co. Ltd, one of South Korea's leading outdoor companies, has acquired the Portland, OR-based apparel brand Nau from Horny Toad and retained Nau Founder and GM Mark Galbraith to help run the company as an independent, wholly-owned subsidiary
Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Buys Stake in Zalando.de
Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan joined the list of heavy weight investors buying stakes in Zalando, which has quickly emerged as Europe’s leading online retailer of fashion and a major sporting goods dealer…
Chariot Brand Sunsets as Thule Launches Active with Kids Category
Thule has rebranded the Chariot line of bike trailers and carriers it acquired in 2011 under the Thule name and tucked that business into its new Active with Kids category, which it will now develop alongside its bike and outdoor gear carriers…
Toms to Open Haiti Factory in 2014
Toms will be opening a manufacturing plant in Haiti by the first quarter of 2014. The news was revealed by Toms Founder Blake Mycoskie at the Clinton Global Initiative’s annual meeting this week in New York…
Sustainable Packaging Coalition Seeks Input on Green Marketing Practices, Litigation
The Sustainable Packaging Coalition (SPC) is seeking examples of FTC Green Guide enforcement, third-party lawsuits on green marketing claims, examples of meaningful claims, and consumer research in its quest to help marketers promote the sustainable attri
Fila to be Introduced to Bata Shoe Museum Sneaker Exhibit
On Saturday Sept. 28, 2013, Fila will be formally introduced to the “Out of the Box: The Rise of the Sneaker Culture” exhibit at the Bata Shoe Museum in Toronto, Ontario. This exhibit, which was launched in April 2013, was the first North American exhibit
Solomon’s Ragnar Trail Relay Race Coming to Atlanta in 2014
Ragnar Trail Relays presented by Salomon will come to Georgia for the first time next year as Ragnar Trail Atlanta. The April 4-5, 2014 event marks the seventh Ragnar Trail event launched since the inception of the new trail race series in 2013…
