Purchase, sale and brokerage of sports and leisure articles and clothing, in particular shoes and sports shoes; acquisition, disposal, holding and management of participations in companies in Switzerland and abroad; acquisition, disposal, holding and management of real estate; registration and exploitation of patents and trademarks as well as licenses, know-how and intellectual property in general, and trade in such rights; carrying out all commercial, financial and industrial operations, including with securities or real estate, which are connected with the aforementioned objectives; granting of direct or indirect financing to group companies or third parties and providing security of any kind for liabilities of such other companies, including by way of pledges on or fiduciary transfers of the company's assets or guarantees of any kind.