All Distribution articles – Page 32
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Haglöfs will be distributed in Switzerland from next Jan. 1...
Haglöfs will be distributed in Switzerland from next Jan. 1 on by Montane Sport, which is already the successful distributor of its own new parent company, Asics. The partnership is expected to lead to new synergies. In a press release, Haglöfs pays tribute to its current Swiss distributor, ACE Alpine ...
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While retailing its Dutch office for the wider range of...
While retailing its Dutch office for the wider range of its activites, Tropicare is outsourcing its sales operations in the outdoor and leisure sector in the Netherlands to Elements bvba, a Belgian company that has been acting as a distributor and agent for its anti-malaria Care Plus products in Belgium ...
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JCP, the French distributor of outdoor products, has been renamed...
JCP, the French distributor of outdoor products, has been renamed Eleven Outdoor effective Jan. 1. The decision follows the acquisition of the company by Jean-Marc Decloitre and Bruno Giusti last July. Decloitre is still running the company and Giusti, commercial director, has also retained his role. JCP has distributed Ferrino ...
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Victorinox Swiss Army, the watch division of the famous maker...
Victorinox Swiss Army, the watch division of the famous maker of multipurpose knives, has signed a partnership deal with Eberhard Italia for the marketing of its watches on the Italian market starting March 2014. In a joint statement, the two Switzerland-based companies said that the new collaborative synergy will not ...
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André-Pierre Bonamy, the former European sales manager of Columbia Sportswear...
André-Pierre Bonamy, the former European sales manager of Columbia Sportswear who worked more recently as European general manager for Dakine, has set up his own sales agency, working for Ternua for France and Benelux. He is also representing a Swedish brand of skiwear, 8848 Altitude.
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Aliens Bergsport & Arbeitssicherheit, German distributor of Singing Rock, has...
Aliens Bergsport & Arbeitssicherheit, German distributor of Singing Rock, has taken on the distribution of Kong, the Italian brand of climbing equipment. Kong was previously distributed by Bergzeug. The latter's founder and managing director, Peter Gruber has left the company to work for the new Germany subsidiary of Petzl, taking ...
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Improve Business Scandinavia has become the new general agent for...
Improve Business Scandinavia has become the new general agent for Treksta, the Korean brand of outdoor shoes. Improve is run by Mats Bengtsson, who was formerly the managing director for Viking Footwear in Sweden. Improve has hired two new experienced employees, Peter Patrickson, a former sales reepresentative for Viking, and ...
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Salewa's German office is no longer responsible for the distribution...
Salewa's German office is no longer responsible for the distribution of Briko in the country. Two former Uvex managers, Oliver Heimbach and Kristian Otsa, are now taking care of the Italian brand (more in Sporting Goods Intelligence Europe).
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Trespass has hired Rick de Meijer, who was previously working...
Trespass has hired Rick de Meijer, who was previously working for Timberland and Columbia, as sales agent and manager for the Dutch market
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Didriksons, the Swedish company specialized in rainwear and outdoor...
Didriksons, the Swedish company specialized in rainwear and outdoor garments that has its own sales subsidiary in the U.K., signed a sales cooperation with Cotswold Outdoor and Blacks, two British outdoor retail chains
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Pinguin, Czech outdoor brand, signed distribution contracts with Gangasinc in...
Pinguin, Czech outdoor brand, signed distribution contracts with Gangasinc in Colombia and Loustas Adventure in Greece.
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Berg Outdoor, owned by the Portuguese Sonae Group, has signed...
Berg Outdoor, owned by the Portuguese Sonae Group, has signed several new distribution agreements in South America and Europe. Berg Outdoor appointed Javier González as the new sales manager, replacing Pedro Lopez, in June 2013. González has previously worked for Merida as sales manager and for Scott bikes and Johnson ...
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Oboz, the six-year-old American brand of outdoor shoes from Bozeman,...
Oboz, the six-year-old American brand of outdoor shoes from Bozeman, Montana, is entering the Japanese market for the autumn/winter 2014/15 season through a distribution agreement with Itochu Corporation. The big Japanese trading company had been distributing another brand of outdoor footwear, Keen, for nine years. It is still the distributor ...
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Original Buff, the Spanish brand, has appointed C-2 as its...
Original Buff, the Spanish brand, has appointed C-2 as its new distributor in Sweden and Wenaas in Norway
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Martes Sport, the Polish sports wholesaler and retailer, has obtained...
Martes Sport, the Polish sports wholesaler and retailer, has obtained a distribution agreement to start selling Icepeak in the country from the start of this year. The Finnish outdoor brand was previously distributed in Poland by Ski Team, a specialist retail chain. Martes is the Polish distributor for Arena, Colmar, ...
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GSI Outdoors takes on new distributors in Europe: Künzi for...
GSI Outdoors takes on new distributors in Europe: Künzi for Italy and Ravenoutdoor for Poland
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Vertical Sports has taken on the distribution of Grivel in...
Vertical Sports has taken on the distribution of Grivel in Spain, replacing Esportiva Aksa. The Spanish distributor will also start representing Silva. The decision to work with these brands of climbing equipment and head lamps are related to the termination of Vertical's long-standing distribution agreement with Petzl, which has set ...
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The Chinese joint venture between Columbia Sportswear and Swire Resources,...
The Chinese joint venture between Columbia Sportswear and Swire Resources, which has acted as Columbia's exclusive distributor in China since 2004 commenced operations as planned on Jan. 1 under the leadership of Samson Wong and other people who held comparable roles at Swire. It will service a network of 51 ...
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Brands & BND Sport Company has become the distributor of...
Brands & BND Sport Company has become the distributor of Mojo backpacks in Spain, Anodorra and Portugal
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Oboz Footwear, the fast-growing American brand of outdoor shoes known...
Oboz Footwear, the fast-growing American brand of outdoor shoes known for its special footbeds, has signed a distribution agreement with the Bollin Group for the U.K., effective immediately. This will allow the brand to show in Europe for the first time at Ispo Munich, in Hall A6, in the next ...