Fila

ABOUT FILA: Established in Italy in 1911, Fila is a leading manufacturer of footwear and apparel for sport and leisure that has developed excellent brand recognition by marketing products with a high design and style content that are endorsed by professional athletes from around the world.

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Björn Borg put Fila on the map in the '70s, most notably with the pinstripe polo shirt still available and known as the Fila BB1 and Guillermo Vilas did the same for Ellesse in the '80s.

Serving an Ace on the Courts Tina Gaudoin 2011

At the other end of the spectrum are established sports brands like Fila, which is still consistently turning out chic, understated, classic tennis gear, but attracts little of the attention of the more flamboyant Nike or Adidas.

Serving an Ace on the Courts Tina Gaudoin 2011

His climbing jacket was plastered with "Fila" and other sponsors 'logos.

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But if the acquisition by a relatively small company like Fila Korea of well-known foreign brands is successful, other big Korean firms could be emboldened to do the same, he said.

Korea Takes a Fresh Swing at M&A Se Young Lee 2011

A smooth merger between the Fila Korea consortium and its overseas target could also boost confidence in Korean buyers among foreign companies, which may be worried about potential culture clashes or the ability of the Korean bidders to close deals in a reasonable time frame.

Korea Takes a Fresh Swing at M&A Se Young Lee 2011

Sadly by that stage the centre-forward had reached that terrible point when he "couldn't buy a goal" and all the money he received went not on snapping up a few gilt-edged opportunities, but on Fila tracktops and a big night out in that pub in Manchester that used to have the women's knickers hanging from the ceiling and may still do for a all I know.

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On Friday, a South Korean consortium led by Fila Korea, a sports apparel maker, completed a deal to buy Acushnet Co., the maker of the popular golf balls and footwear, for $1.23 billion from Fortune Brands Inc. of Deerfield, Ill.

Korea Takes a Fresh Swing at M&A Se Young Lee 2011

Speaking the day before the wrestling test event was due to start at the ExCeL centre, the president of the International Federation of Associated Wrestling Styles Fila, Raphaël Martinetti, was fiercely critical of British Wrestling's policy of recruiting athletes from overseas and its post‑Games planning, which he described as "totally stupid".

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Lee In-young , a partner at law firm McDermott Will & Emery, who advised Fila in the Acushnet transaction, said while Korean companies have grown more sophisticated in their hunt for overseas assets, most international acquisitions by local firms have been in the resources area because hard assets like mines are easier to manage than a big brand-name company.

Korea Takes a Fresh Swing at M&A Se Young Lee 2011