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| Struggling Reebok cuts 65 jobs at Canton headquarters
Reebok International Ltd. said Tuesday it's cutting approximately 65 positions in the Canton headquarters, just under 7 percent in the struggling athletic apparel maker workforce there, in a restructuring.
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The layoffs come months after Reebok German parent, Adidas AG, slashed its longterm sales forecast at Reebok from about $3.9 billion in 2015 to $2.6 billion a bigger decline than some analysts had expected.
Reebok is facing multiple challenges, for example the damage to its contract to give Nba apparel together with the ongoing Nhl lockout, though company spokesman Dan Sarro said the layoffs usually aren't in connection with Reebok relationship <a href=http://www.barnetvt.org/nike.htm>http://www.barnetvt.org/nike.htm</a> with league.
In September, the business made broad organizational changes to sharpen its direct attention to developing and selling fitness products, and dumped the duty of global president together with an administration shakeup.
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We are convinced Reebok will emerge a greater and eventually an extra desirable brand for all our fitness lifestyle consumer following today announcement, this is the difficult day for people, Matt O Reebok chief marketing officer, said in a very statement.
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Matt Powell, an analyst at SportsOne Source, said Reebok generated about $250 million in NFL purchases in 2010 down on a peak of roughly $500 million.
money they will replace, Powell said. business happens to be tough. Anytime your organization isn good, you must pull expenses on get involved line. won the NFL contract this holiday season by means of the league $1.1 billion over 5yrs, an arrangement that took effect regarding who the winner. Reebok paid $250 million over Few years for rights.
Reebok continues to be NHL partner for uniforms and fan apparel, but Powell estimated the corporate pro hockey firm is down about Fifty percent because of labor dispute between franchise owners and players that already has harmed 33 % of this year.
Increasingly, Reebok is positioning itself more to provide a maker of fitness gear. In 2010, the company signed a 10year sponsorship work with CrossFit Inc., the designer of a typical popular fitness regimen.
Within a announcement made separately by reviewing the layoff notice , Reebok opened a competition where by fitness buffs can post their workout photos on Twitter, using the hashtag getafterit.
The most notable votegetter in online balloting will win a $500 Reebok gift cards, and nine runnersup will get Tshirts.
But Reebok rebranding process has quite often been rocky.
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