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Life Fitness To Expand Minnesota Factory
Life Fitness, the maker of fitness equipment, broke ground at its Ramsey, MN, factory to make way for a nearly 50,000-square-foot expansion…
N12 Technologies Raises $23 Million
N12 Technologies Inc., the nanotechnology start-up, closed on a financing totaling over $23 million…
Holiday Sales Expected to See Modest Rise
Deloitte said it expects revenues to climb 3.5 to 4 percent during the November-to-January holiday period. The gain represents a pullback from a 5.2 percent gain seen over the same period a year ago…
REI Names Lightenberg VP of Retail
REI promoted veteran employee Rachel Ligtenberg to VP of Retail, adding retail operations to her current responsibilities of leading store design, visual merchandising and the co-op’s flagship strategy…
N12 Technologies Raises $23M in Equity Funding
N12 Technologies Inc., the nanotechnology company with a focus on composite materials, has closed on a financing totaling over $23 million…
Frilufts Retail Europe AB Appoints COO
Frilufts AB appointed Henrik Hoffmann as chief operating officer of Frilufts Retail Europe AB to replace Thomas Lipke, who resigned from the position, but remains a managing director at its German subsidiary Globetrotter…
Active Junky Acquired by Purch
Active Junky, a loyalty platform and online shopping community that rewards and incentivizes users for their passion for gear and the outdoors, has been acquired by Purch, a digital content and commerce company…

Ugg Opens Men’s Pop-Up Shop in San Francisco
The Ugg brand, a division of Deckers Brands, announced the opening of an Ugg for Men pop-up shop in the heart of San Francisco…
Hearst Acquires Minority Stake in Complex
Hearst invested $21 million to acquire a minority stake in Complex. Now reaching over 57 million diverse millennial males monthly across its destination and partner sites, Complex generates some of the strongest engagement metrics amongst leading digital
Poler Outdoor Stuff Nets Equity Investment
Poler Inc. of Porland, OR, has received a $4.5 million minority investment from a large international strategic investor with help from Seattle-based Cascadia Capital LLC…
Kathmandu Holdings Repels Hostile Takeover Bid
Briscoe Group Limited's hostile takeover bid for Kathmandu Holdings Limited expired Sept. 17 after the New Zealand retailer's shareholders tendered just 3.6 percent of their shares…
Rebel Sports New Zealand Sales Up 9.2 Percent in Fiscal Q2
Briscoe Group Limited reported unaudited sales at its Sporting Goods segment, which operates the Rebel Sports franchise in New Zealand, increased by 9.22 percent in the fiscal second quarter ended July 26…
Goldwin to Invest $30 Million in Spiber
Goldwin Inc. has agreed to invest nearly $30 million in Spiber Inc. to commercialize its synthetic spider silks for a new generation of high-performance sports apparel….
Merida Growth Slows by Half in Second Quarte
Merida Industry Co. Ltd, the Taiwanese company that manufactures bicycles for Specialized and many other U.S. and European brands, reported net revenue growth slowed by more than half in second quarter ended June 30…