Pentland Brands, owner of Speedo and Berghaus under London-based Pentland Group, is moving its North American headquarters to Long Beach this summer.<\/p>\n
The sports fashion company \u2013 moving from Cypress \u2013 will operate out of a 25,000 square-foot hub at Aero Long Beach, accommodating more than 130 employees. The new headquarters will support brands in the Pentland portfolio and include a dedicated Speedo showroom.<\/p>\n
The move coincides with the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games in L.A., where Long Beach is hosting 11 Olympic and seven Paralympic events that include multiple aquatic competitions. <\/p>\n
\u201cWe couldn\u2019t be more excited to move to Long Beach and create a new working environment that truly enhances our vision, values, and sense of togetherness,\u201d said Joel Harris, the newly appointed president Americas of Pentland Brands, in a statement.<\/p>\n
The move positions the dominant swimwear brand Speedo \u2013 which saw more than half of the Olympic swimming medals won by athletes wearing its products in Paris in 2024 \u2013 in the forefront of the world-famous competitions. Pentland Group has owned Speedo International Limited since 1991, and in 2020 acquired Speedo North America from PVH Corp., which operated a licensee subsidiary of the Speedo trademark.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur new headquarters will bring our brands and our people closer together in the heart of a vibrant, dynamic city,\u201d Harris said. \u201cAs we look ahead to the LA28 Olympic Games, we\u2019re excited to be part of Long Beach\u2019s future and to support the incredible energy and opportunity that the Olympics will bring to this region.\u201d <\/p>\n
Long Beach Mayor Rex Richardson added: \u201cWe\u2019re thrilled to welcome Pentland to Long Beach. Their presence reinforces our city\u2019s position as a premier destination for innovative companies and reflects the momentum we\u2019re building as we prepare to host Olympic and Paralympic events in 2028.\u201d<\/p>\n
The city at the southern tip of L.A. County released its strategic roadmap last January, which includes guidelines to brace itself for tourism and attract investments that \u201calign with the city\u2019s economic development priorities, thus expanding economic opportunities.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Pentland Brands, owner of Speedo and Berghaus under London-based Pentland Group, is moving its North American headquarters to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":809,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[131,133,132,70889,70890],"class_list":{"0":"post-140284","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-long-beach","8":"tag-long-beach","9":"tag-long-beach-headlines","10":"tag-long-beach-news","11":"tag-pentland-brands","12":"tag-speedo"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140284","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=140284"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140284\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/809"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=140284"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=140284"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=140284"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}