{"id":2195,"date":"2018-06-04T15:04:58","date_gmt":"2018-06-04T13:04:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.grouperossignol.com\/en\/?p=2195"},"modified":"2018-06-15T15:05:31","modified_gmt":"2018-06-15T13:05:31","slug":"le-groupe-rossignol-s-associe-a-idg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.grouperossignol.com\/en\/le-groupe-rossignol-s-associe-a-idg\/","title":{"rendered":"Rossignol Group partners with IDG Capital"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Rossignol Group partners with IDG Capital to seize\u00a0development opportunities in the Chinese market. This partnership with IDG Capital, the leading foreign investment firm in China, reinforces the\u00a0growth strategy of the group&rsquo;s brands on the Chinese market, whose development is accelerating.\u00a0Rossignol aims to capitalize on its legendary history in winter sports and to become the reference\u00a0brand in Asia by the Beijing 2022 Olympic Games.<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2458\" src=\"http:\/\/www.grouperossignol.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/1-300x252.jpg\" alt=\"Le Groupe Rossignol s\u2019associe \u00e0 IDG Capital\" width=\"300\" height=\"252\" \/>Founded in 1992, <a href=\"http:\/\/en.idgcapital.com\/\">IDG Capital<\/a> was the first foreign investment firm to enter the Chinese market. With 26 years of<br \/>\nexperience in China, it has contributed to the growth of more than 700 major companies in China, including Baidu,<br \/>\nTencent, Xiaomi as well as to the development of international companies such as Moncler, Farfetch, Olympique<br \/>\nLyonnais FC or InFront.<br \/>\nWith this decisive support, the <strong>Rossignol Group<\/strong> will be able to offer Chinese consumers its heritage and the\u00a0excellence of its know-how in the field of winter sports, in order to become the reference for winter sports in this very\u00a0fast growing market.<br \/>\n<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Double-digit growth<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nThe Chinese sports tourism market is very dynamic, with double-digit growth since 2011 and significant\u00a0development potential. Growth forecasts over the next five years are in the order of 30%, according to a PWC study.<br \/>\nIntroduced in 1995 in China, skiing is the spearhead of this exponential development, particularly since the\u00a0announcement of the 2022 Olympic Winter Games in Beijing, which has initiated several expansion and\u00a0improvement projects of existing ski facilities and the construction of three Olympic villages planned for 2022.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2456\" src=\"http:\/\/www.grouperossignol.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/3-300x212.jpg\" alt=\"Le Groupe Rossignol s\u2019associe \u00e0 IDG Capital\" width=\"300\" height=\"212\" \/><br \/>\nThe winter sports market in China should reach 100 billion yuan, or 13.7 billion euros by 2025. The equipment alone\u00a0would represent 16 billion yuan, or 2.1 billion euros, for the same period. A considerable opportunity for the\u00a0<strong>Rossignol Group<\/strong> which continues its quest for the best experience by offering the best range of products in its\u00a0category to its customers worldwide.<br \/>\n<strong>Bruno Cercley,<\/strong> President &amp; CEO of the Rossignol Group, said: \u00ab\u00a0We are delighted to count on the expertise and\u00a0experience of IDG Capital. Together, we have a unique opportunity to serve a new wave of winter sports enthusiasts\u00a0in China. We are particularly committed to contributing to the growth of the outdoor sports market in the region,\u00a0and to taking a decisive part in it. The context is very favourable, with a multiplication of State initiatives and growing\u00a0consumer demand on the eve of the 2022 Olympic Winter Games in Beijing. We look forward to entering this new\u00a0market and are confident that with its experience and know-how, our group will become the iconic brand in the\u00a0minds of Chinese consumers, as it is elsewhere in the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2455\" src=\"http:\/\/www.grouperossignol.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/2-300x197.jpg\" alt=\"Le Groupe Rossignol s\u2019associe \u00e0 IDG Capital\" width=\"300\" height=\"197\" \/><br \/>\n<strong>Alexandre Quirici,<\/strong> Partner of IDG Capital, commented: \u201cWe are excited to join Bruno, his team and Altor in this next\u00a0phase of development, particularly in China. Rossignol Group has a portfolio of global brands with exceptional\u00a0heritage, know-how and technology in outdoor sports. We look forward to working closely with Rossignol Group to\u00a0grow further in China, where we have deep experience and where outdoor and winter sports are becoming\u00a0increasingly popular\u201d.<br \/>\n<strong>Hugo Maurstad<\/strong>, Chairman of the Rossignol Group and partner at Altor, said: \u00ab\u00a0I DG Capital will be an excellent\u00a0complement to the current minority shareholders in the group, Sandbridge Capital, the Boix-Vives family and Weber.\u00a0Together the shareholders represent a complementary set of competence and network and are very well equipped\u00a0to support management in its further development of the Rossignol Group in existing and new product areas and\u00a0geographies.\u201d<br \/>\n<strong>Altor Equity Partners<\/strong>, which has been a shareholder since 2013, will retain a majority stake in the Group. DC Advisory<br \/>\nacted as financial advisor to Rossignol Group in connection with the transaction.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rossignol Group partners with IDG Capital to seize\u00a0development opportunities in the Chinese market. This partnership with IDG Capital, the leading foreign&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2196,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[75,73,74,72],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v18.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Rossignol Group partners with IDG Capital - Rossignol Group<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.grouperossignol.com\/en\/le-groupe-rossignol-s-associe-a-idg\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"fr_FR\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Rossignol Group partners with IDG Capital - Rossignol Group\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Rossignol Group partners with IDG Capital to seize\u00a0development opportunities in the Chinese market. This partnership with IDG Capital, the leading foreign...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.grouperossignol.com\/en\/le-groupe-rossignol-s-associe-a-idg\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Rossignol Group\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2018-06-04T13:04:58+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2018-06-15T13:05:31+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.grouperossignol.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/06\/201806vignette.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"360\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"240\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"\u00c9crit par\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Aur\u00e9lie Besson\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Dur\u00e9e de lecture estim\u00e9e\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.grouperossignol.com\/en\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.grouperossignol.com\/en\/\",\"name\":\"Rossignol Group\",\"description\":\"Another Best Day\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.grouperossignol.com\/en\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"fr-FR\"},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"fr-FR\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.grouperossignol.com\/en\/le-groupe-rossignol-s-associe-a-idg\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.grouperossignol.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/06\/201806vignette.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.grouperossignol.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/06\/201806vignette.jpg\",\"width\":360,\"height\":240},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.grouperossignol.com\/en\/le-groupe-rossignol-s-associe-a-idg\/#webpage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.grouperossignol.com\/en\/le-groupe-rossignol-s-associe-a-idg\/\",\"name\":\"Rossignol Group partners with IDG Capital - Rossignol Group\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.grouperossignol.com\/en\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.grouperossignol.com\/en\/le-groupe-rossignol-s-associe-a-idg\/#primaryimage\"},\"datePublished\":\"2018-06-04T13:04:58+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2018-06-15T13:05:31+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.grouperossignol.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/e1e2b3c557af5f485721fe34d270137d\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.grouperossignol.com\/en\/le-groupe-rossignol-s-associe-a-idg\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"fr-FR\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.grouperossignol.com\/en\/le-groupe-rossignol-s-associe-a-idg\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.grouperossignol.com\/en\/le-groupe-rossignol-s-associe-a-idg\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.grouperossignol.com\/en\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Rossignol Group partners with IDG Capital\"}]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.grouperossignol.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/e1e2b3c557af5f485721fe34d270137d\",\"name\":\"Aur\u00e9lie Besson\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"fr-FR\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.grouperossignol.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/896327c85155a9da9dc9d35123340c1a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/896327c85155a9da9dc9d35123340c1a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Aur\u00e9lie Besson\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.grouperossignol.com\/en\/author\/aurelieb\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Rossignol Group partners with IDG Capital - Rossignol Group","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.grouperossignol.com\/en\/le-groupe-rossignol-s-associe-a-idg\/","og_locale":"fr_FR","og_type":"article","og_title":"Rossignol Group partners with IDG Capital - Rossignol Group","og_description":"Rossignol Group partners with IDG Capital to seize\u00a0development opportunities in the Chinese market. This partnership with IDG Capital, the leading foreign...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.grouperossignol.com\/en\/le-groupe-rossignol-s-associe-a-idg\/","og_site_name":"Rossignol Group","article_published_time":"2018-06-04T13:04:58+00:00","article_modified_time":"2018-06-15T13:05:31+00:00","og_image":[{"width":360,"height":240,"url":"https:\/\/www.grouperossignol.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/06\/201806vignette.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"\u00c9crit par":"Aur\u00e9lie Besson","Dur\u00e9e de lecture estim\u00e9e":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.grouperossignol.com\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.grouperossignol.com\/en\/","name":"Rossignol Group","description":"Another Best Day","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.grouperossignol.com\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"fr-FR"},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"fr-FR","@id":"https:\/\/www.grouperossignol.com\/en\/le-groupe-rossignol-s-associe-a-idg\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.grouperossignol.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/06\/201806vignette.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.grouperossignol.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/06\/201806vignette.jpg","width":360,"height":240},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.grouperossignol.com\/en\/le-groupe-rossignol-s-associe-a-idg\/#webpage","url":"https:\/\/www.grouperossignol.com\/en\/le-groupe-rossignol-s-associe-a-idg\/","name":"Rossignol Group partners with IDG Capital - Rossignol Group","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.grouperossignol.com\/en\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.grouperossignol.com\/en\/le-groupe-rossignol-s-associe-a-idg\/#primaryimage"},"datePublished":"2018-06-04T13:04:58+00:00","dateModified":"2018-06-15T13:05:31+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.grouperossignol.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/e1e2b3c557af5f485721fe34d270137d"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.grouperossignol.com\/en\/le-groupe-rossignol-s-associe-a-idg\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"fr-FR","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.grouperossignol.com\/en\/le-groupe-rossignol-s-associe-a-idg\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.grouperossignol.com\/en\/le-groupe-rossignol-s-associe-a-idg\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.grouperossignol.com\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Rossignol Group partners with IDG Capital"}]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.grouperossignol.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/e1e2b3c557af5f485721fe34d270137d","name":"Aur\u00e9lie Besson","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"fr-FR","@id":"https:\/\/www.grouperossignol.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/896327c85155a9da9dc9d35123340c1a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/896327c85155a9da9dc9d35123340c1a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Aur\u00e9lie Besson"},"url":"https:\/\/www.grouperossignol.com\/en\/author\/aurelieb\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grouperossignol.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2195"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grouperossignol.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grouperossignol.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grouperossignol.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grouperossignol.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2195"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.grouperossignol.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2195\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2198,"href":"https:\/\/www.grouperossignol.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2195\/revisions\/2198"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grouperossignol.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2196"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grouperossignol.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2195"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grouperossignol.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2195"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grouperossignol.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2195"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}