All Distribution articles – Page 31
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Timbuk2 has appointed a Norwegian company, Tre Pluss, as its...
Timbuk2 has appointed a Norwegian company, Tre Pluss, as its distributor for the Nordic countries plus the U.K. and Germany. Tre Pluss will start distributing the products of this American supplier of backpacks, messenger bags, travel bags and other accessories this autumn and will be opening some brand stores in ...
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MGM, which took over Kayland from Novation in the past...
MGM, which took over Kayland from Novation in the past year, has developed five styles of soft-heel shoes specifically for the English market. The company has decided to upgrade the Kayland brand, using only Gore-Tex membranes and Vibram outsoles, and to produce the whole collection in Italy or Romania. Some ...
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Meindl, the German footwear manufacturer, has a new set-up for...
Meindl, the German footwear manufacturer, has a new set-up for the distribution of its range in China. Kailas, one of the leading domestic outdoor brands in the country, will continue to take care of Meindl's technical hiking, trekking and mountaineering lines. Under the helm of Kailas, Meindl's functional gear is ...
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Viking Fottoy, the Norwegian producer of Gore-Tex boots and shoes,...
Viking Fottoy, the Norwegian producer of Gore-Tex boots and shoes, is looking for suitable distribution in North America after settling trademark disputes with companies in the U.S. and Canada that have been using the Viking brand name for other types of shoes. The U.S. company, Alliance Mercantile, is going ...
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Ferrino moved to a stand with a better location at...
Ferrino moved to a stand with a better location at last month's OutDoor show in Friedrichshafen. The move followed the signing of a contact with a new agency for the German market, HMWHV, which had been working for ten years with Gelert, the British producers of tents and sleeping bags ...
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Sea to Summit, the Australian company of outdoor equipment and...
Sea to Summit, the Australian company of outdoor equipment and accessories, has taken on the distribution of Smartwool, the Timberland-affiliated brand of merino socks and garments, for China. At Asia Outdoor, it was said that its former distributor Hill Rock, a major retailer and distributor from Hong Kong, wanted to ...
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Instead of serving the Asian markets from one centralized office,...
Instead of serving the Asian markets from one centralized office, Primaloft has decided to use agencies to ensure distribution in the various markets of the Far East and Oceania. In Nanjing, the company's managing director for Europe, Jochen Lagemann, who has been appointed head of the Asian operations as well, ...
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Footbalance, the Finnish brand for molded insoles and computer-aided analysis...
Footbalance, the Finnish brand for molded insoles and computer-aided analysis tools, has just started to sell in the Chinese market through a local distributor. The deal was signed with Mile Technology last October. At Ispo Beijing in February Footbalance set up an agreement with Tutwo, the Chinese outdoor retail chain ...
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A Swedish distributor, Granitbiten, has added Chaco and Clifbar to...
A Swedish distributor, Granitbiten, has added Chaco and Clifbar to its portfolio. Chaco is the brand of sandals taken over by Wolverine Worldwide a few years ago. Clifbar, a U.S. company that markets energy bars and energy gels, uses IC Enterprises as its master distributor in Sweden, and Granitbiten will ...
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Kozi Kidz, the U.K.-based marketer of children's snow and outdoor...
Kozi Kidz, the U.K.-based marketer of children's snow and outdoor apparel, is going into the Japanese market. For this purpose, the brand has hired Luke Sakaguchi as its local representative. Sakaguchi has worked, among others, for brands such as Fulton Umbrellas, a British umbrella maker, for the golf industry, and ...
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Kailas, one of the leading Chinese outdoor brands, is looking...
Kailas, one of the leading Chinese outdoor brands, is looking overseas for new business opportunities. For this purpose, the brand showed for the first time at the OutDoor fair. No distribution deals have been sealed so far, but the company considered it as important to have a presence in Europe. ...
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Osprey, who won the OutDoor Gold Award for its backpack...
Osprey, who won the OutDoor Gold Award for its backpack “Atomos AG65,” started to sell through a sales agency in Sweden at the beginning of the year. Roswi will take care of training and sales in the Swedish market, which was previously covered directly by Osprey. The company also presented ...
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Páramo, the apparel brand owned by Nick Brown, the founder...
Páramo, the apparel brand owned by Nick Brown, the founder and managing director of Nikwax, was showing for the first time at the OutDoor fair as it is moving into Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Páramo focuses on sustainability, with a range that is entirely free of PFC and sewed by ...
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Footbalance, the Finnish brand for molded insoles and computer-aided analysis...
Footbalance, the Finnish brand for molded insoles and computer-aided analysis tools, has just started to sell in the Chinese market through a local distributor. The deal was signed with Mile Technology last October. At Ispo Beijing in February Footbalance set up an agreement with Tutwo, the Chinese outdoor retail chain ...
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Currex, the German brand of insoles and computer-aided analysis tools,...
Currex, the German brand of insoles and computer-aided analysis tools, recently hired 12 new sales representatives for its U.S. subsidiary, which was set up last September, for the sale of its insoles. In Austria in April, Currex recruited a new sales agency, Berg & Lauf, for the distribution of its ...
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Montane is expanding to several new markets. Start1, a distributor...
Montane is expanding to several new markets. Start1, a distributor from Russia, will be selling Montane's product range in that country from this autumn/winter. Further Faster started last month as the British brand's distributor in New Zealand, while a new sales agent, Joe Cotter from Camp4, has been selling the ...
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Martes Sport, the Polish distribution and retail group, has expanded...
Martes Sport, the Polish distribution and retail group, has expanded its licensing and distribution agreement with Hi-Tec Sports to 19 countries around Eastern Europe. While it previously covered Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and the Ukraine, another 15 countries were added, from the Baltics to the former Yugoslav republics, Bulgaria, ...
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GSI Outdoors, the U.S. marketer of cooking and camping equipment,...
GSI Outdoors, the U.S. marketer of cooking and camping equipment, has re-arranged its distribution in the German-speaking countries. In the future, it will be handled in Germany by Venta Sport, run by Manuel Matthes. There will also be changes in Austria and Switzerland. While new agents or distributors have not ...
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Mountain Force, the Swiss brand of higher-end snow and outdoor...
Mountain Force, the Swiss brand of higher-end snow and outdoor wear, has founded a sales subsidiary for the Austrian market. Mountain Force Austria will be led by Bent Jensen as managing director from Aug. 1. The Dane has worked as a sales representative in Austria for Peak Performance for over ...
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X-Function Benelux has taken on the distribution of Sigg's bottles...
X-Function Benelux has taken on the distribution of Sigg's bottles in the Benelux countries. The company represents other brands including X-Socks, X-Bionic, Sidas, Nordica and Rollerblade. Earlier this year, the Swiss manufacturer of aluminum drinking bottles launched a line of plastic bottles.
