All Distribution articles – Page 20

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    Chris Sports has appointed a new manager in charge of...

    2019-07-19T00:00:00Z

    Chris Sports has appointed a new manager in charge of trade marketing and sales support for three of the brands it distributes in Switzerland: Bell, Giro and Evoc. He will take care of clinics, events and other forms of support for the retail clients. He has worked most recently for ...

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    Klean Kanteen, the American producer of drinking bottles, has changed...

    2019-07-19T00:00:00Z

    Klean Kanteen, the American producer of drinking bottles, has changed its distribution in France. The company's current distributor for the Benelux countries, Elements, took over the distribution in France at the beginning of this year. For the Korean market, Klean Kanteen signed a distribution contract with SNG in autumn 2018. ...

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    Contigo, the American brand of stainless-steel mugs, has beendistributed since...

    2019-07-19T00:00:00Z

    Contigo, the American brand of stainless-steel mugs, has beendistributed since June 1 in the German-speaking countries by Action Sportsartikel

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    Goitasport, which is already a strong partner of the Scott...

    2019-07-19T00:00:00Z

    Goitasport, which is already a strong partner of the Scott Sports Group in Spain, is taking over the distribution of Dolomite, Lizard and Bach in the country. Scott recently acquired Dolomite and Bach, and took over the international distribution of Lizard. The Barcelona-based company is already handling the distribution in ...

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    Adidas Outdoor harnesses the internet for sales and relevance

    2019-07-19T00:00:00Z

    Like its big parent company, Adidas Outdoor is taking many initiatives in the area of digitalization and sustainability, both of which were a focus at the recent OutDoor by Ispo show and the subsequent Ispo Digitize fair in Munich. The recent introduction by this business unit of the Adidas Group ...

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    Like Polygiene of Sweden (see our previous issue), HeiQ of...

    2019-06-28T00:00:00Z

    Like Polygiene of Sweden (see our previous issue), HeiQ of Switzerland is expanding its international operations. It has just announced the establishment of subsidiaries in Shanghai and Taiwan to serve clients in the region. The two operations will be led by officials who have had close to 20 years of ...

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    Lorpen has made a number of strides recently to extend...

    2019-06-28T00:00:00Z

    Lorpen has made a number of strides recently to extend the reach of its technical socks. In the U.S., the Spanish brand has signed a marketing deal with Recreational Equipment Inc. (REI), the outdoor cooperative website based in Sumner, Washington, and has been working with the retailer Dunham's Sports. In ...

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    VF Corp. has entered into a partnership with Tmall, the...

    2019-06-28T00:00:00Z

    VF Corp. has entered into a partnership with Tmall, the Chinese B2C e-commerce platform and marketplace owned by Alibaba Group. VF is hoping to glean insights into the Chinese market in terms of buyers, growth opportunities, product design and assortment. This is not the American company's first collaboration with the ...

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    Hydro Flask is expanding further internationally. Komax will represent the...

    2019-05-29T00:00:00Z

    Hydro Flask is expanding further internationally. Komax will represent the brand in Chile and Peru, and Distcol will sell it in Colombia. In Asia-Pacific, the Primer Group is widening its territory to include Hong Kong.

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    Epika Sports has taken on the distribution of Gipron poles...

    2019-05-29T00:00:00Z

    Epika Sports has taken on the distribution of Gipron poles in Spain and Andorra

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    Devold of Norway has expanded the territory covered by its...

    2019-05-29T00:00:00Z

    Devold of Norway has expanded the territory covered by its German sales subsidiary to distribute its merino wool products not only in Germany, Austria, Slovenia and Croatia, but also in Italy and France. Devold will use agents in both new markets. In Italy, it will work with Panorama Diffusion, which ...

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    Raoul Ferenschild, a former Benelux country manager for Bergans, has...

    2019-05-29T00:00:00Z

    Raoul Ferenschild, a former Benelux country manager for Bergans, has started his own agency for the same region, called Rafertrading, with a showroom in Leusden. One of his first clients will be Alchemy Equipment, the New Zealand-based company, which was previously working the market through another agent, Yves Sarto, ...

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    Montura has signed an agreement with Jan Erik Narvestad to...

    2019-05-29T00:00:00Z

    Montura has signed an agreement with Jan Erik Narvestad to represent the Italian brand in Norway and Sweden. Narvestad, who comes from Ultimate Nordic, has 38 years of experience in the sporting goods industry. He has been responsible for greatly developing the brands Alpina and Crispi in the Norwegian market.

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    Action Sports Sportartikel of Germany will take on the distribution...

    2019-05-29T00:00:00Z

    Action Sports Sportartikel of Germany will take on the distribution of the Teva brand of shoes in Germany and Austria from the spring/summer 2020 season. Yendis Engelbertz, sales manager at Action Sports Sportartikel, will take care of the distribution of the brand, which belongs to Deckers Brands, working with a ...

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    The Fenix Outdoor Group has gone one step further in...

    2019-04-30T00:00:00Z

    The Fenix Outdoor Group has gone one step further in its internationalization process by acquiring a 70 percent controlling stake in its Taiwanese distributor through an equity increase. The distributor, called Outdoor Gear Co., mainly sells the group's Fjällräven brand in the market.

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    Klättermusen, the Swedish producer of robust and sustainable mountaineering equipment,...

    2019-04-30T00:00:00Z

    Klättermusen, the Swedish producer of robust and sustainable mountaineering equipment, announced the strengthening of its global operations with the opening of a German office and the appointment of Patrick Kaulen as head of sales for the DACH region, covering Germany as well as Austria and Switzerland. With more than ten ...

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    X-Bionic has signed a landmark deal in China, naming Beijing...

    2019-04-30T00:00:00Z

    X-Bionic has signed a landmark deal in China, naming Beijing Sanfo Outdoor Products as its exclusive strategic partner for the launch of a new X-Bionic 4.0 collection in the country's market. The two partners have also agreed to set up their own research and development center, the Nature Mimicry Research ...

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    Odex, the European distributor of Aclima headquartered in Denmark, has...

    2019-04-30T00:00:00Z

    Odex, the European distributor of Aclima headquartered in Denmark, has hired an industry expert, Günter Almberger, for the distribution of this Norwegian brand of wool clothing in Austria. Almberger, an Austrian native living in Southern Germany, is an industry veteran who has worked for Skylotec, Gecko Bergsport, Sport Scheck and ...

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    Thule Germany, the German subsidiary of the Swedish specialist for...

    2019-03-31T00:00:00Z

    Thule Germany, the German subsidiary of the Swedish specialist for bags and transport solutions, took charge of distributing its own “travel luggage and bags” segment this February. It is also managing sales in Austria from its headquarters in Neumarkt. Aqipa, the Austrian distributor, had been handling sales in Germany and ...

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    While losing the distribution of Teva in Germany (see the...

    2019-02-28T00:00:00Z

    While losing the distribution of Teva in Germany (see the related article in this section), Tatonka has found a U.S. distributor for Tasmanian Tiger. Proforce Equipment of Miramar, in the metropolitan area of Miami, has become the exclusive U.S. distributor for this supplier of premium military, tactical and police equipment. ...