News Briefs – Page 251
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Camelbak's new director of softgoods and sport is Mike Valvano,...
Camelbak's new director of softgoods and sport is Mike Valvano, who will be based out of the hydration specialist's headquarters in Petaluma, California. Valvano, who ran his own brand management agency, Graphite, will oversee product management and strategy in domestic and international markets. Graphite helped active lifestyle brands such as ...
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Adidas Outdoor has beefed up its marketing department with the...
Adidas Outdoor has beefed up its marketing department with the appointment of Sonja Michels as manager of European brand communications, responsible for the Adidas Terrex brand the Five Ten sub-brand. She has produced adventure films for Globetrotter, Deuter and other brands. She has also been working for the annual European ...
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Johnson Outdoors has hired Larry Baab as group vice president...
Johnson Outdoors has hired Larry Baab as group vice president of its camping and watercraft divisions. He will be overseeing the camping brands Eureka and Jetboil and the watercraft brands Old Town, Ocean Kayak and Carlisle, with operations in Binghamton, New York; Manchester, New Hampshire; and Old Town, Maine. He ...
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An outdoor industry veteran, Steve Fowler, has become the general...
An outdoor industry veteran, Steve Fowler, has become the general manager of HDWool, a British supplier of wool sourced from British farmers. He takes the place of Genady Fedotov, who has become a self-employed wool trader, the original business of H.Dawson, parent company of HDWool. Fowler's appointment follows a recent ...
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McTrek, the German-based outdoor retail chain acquired by the AS...
McTrek, the German-based outdoor retail chain acquired by the AS Adventure Group in mid-2017, has appointed Marc Rietbrock to the newly created position of marketing and omni-channel manager. The 51-year-old manager reports directly to Dominik Poley, chief executive of McTrek. Rietbrock comes with 20 years of experience in e-commerce and ...
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5.11 Tactical has appointed Felipe Zardo as senior vice-president and...
5.11 Tactical has appointed Felipe Zardo as senior vice-president and general manager of omni-channel retail. Zardo was previously the company's vice-president of digital commerce. Prior to joining 5.11 Tactical, Zardo led Nike's digital commerce in Europe and Brazil and served as the global general manager for Nike's SNKRS app. Prior ...
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Targeting international expansion, Pentland Brands announced a new executive team...
Targeting international expansion, Pentland Brands announced a new executive team structure today. Richard Newcombe, who is now in charge of the group's footwear division, will add the responsibility of president for Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) across the whole brand portfolio, which includes Berghaus, Ellesse and Speedo, among ...
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Jack Wolfskin, which was recently acquired by Callaway Golf Co....
Jack Wolfskin, which was recently acquired by Callaway Golf Co. at the end of last year, has appointed Diana Seung as general manager for its North American subsidiary in Salt Lake City. She was previously executive vice president of merchandising at Backcountry.com. She also worked as vice president of e-commerce ...
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The Hohenstein Group has announced Lutz Lehmann as chief executive...
The Hohenstein Group has announced Lutz Lehmann as chief executive of global strategies. In his new role, he will directly oversee Hohenstein's sales, marketing and business-development teams. For the past eight years, Lehmann served as chief executive of Hermes Hansecontrol Group. Prior to Hansecontrol, he held various roles at TÜV ...
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Wolverine Worldwide has elevated Chris Hufnagel to the role of...
Wolverine Worldwide has elevated Chris Hufnagel to the role of global brand manager of Merrell, the largest brand in its portfolio. He replaces Sue Rechner, who is leaving the company after two years in the post. Hufnagel is a 10-year veteran of the American group. Among other roles, he served ...
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After taking over the distribution for Deuter in China, the...
After taking over the distribution for Deuter in China, the Schwan-Stabilo Group has set up a subsidiary for its Ortovox brand in France, called Schwan Stabilo Outdoor. As of Sept. 1, Alizés Montagne is no longer Ortovox' distributor in the country. Deuter will continue to work in the French market ...
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Canada Goose has opened a 400-meter branded store on Milan's...
Canada Goose has opened a 400-meter branded store on Milan's 10 Via della Siga, its second in Europe after London and its 15th worldwide. Set in the heart of Milan's luxury shopping district, the shop covers two floors and, like the brand's other stores, has a cold room that allows ...
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Woolrich, the American outdoor brand, has opened a new flagship...
Woolrich, the American outdoor brand, has opened a new flagship store in the SoHo neighborhood of New York City. Designed by the architect Andrea Caputo, and located at 121 Wooster Street, the store measures 4,000 square feet and its layout is modular. The variety of possible configurations makes it suitable ...
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Naturkompaniet has signed an agreement to purchase next April the...
Naturkompaniet has signed an agreement to purchase next April the Gävle Adventure Store, run by one of its franchisees in the Swedish town of Uddevalla, according to Sportfack magazine. The store's founder, Esa Kuosku, will continue part-time with the store after 25 years of management. Naturkompaniet has also decided to ...
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Sport 2000 Germany has reported the opening of a second...
Sport 2000 Germany has reported the opening of a second specialized Absolute Run store in the city of Singen. The cooperative also held for the first time a house fair completely focused on team sports, with the participation of big players like Adidas, Nike and Puma as well as smaller ...
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Nordiska Kompaniet (NK), the Swedish company with department stores in...
Nordiska Kompaniet (NK), the Swedish company with department stores in Gothenburg and Stockholm founded in 1902, has opened an NK Sport department on the third floor of its main store in Stockholm. The multi-brand department covers more than 1,500 square meters on the men's fashion floor on the third floor. ...
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Gregory continued to grow strongly in the first six months...
Gregory continued to grow strongly in the first six months of Samsonite's financial year, ended on June 30. The technical backpack company's sales rose by 22.1 percent on a constant-currency basis, and they were up in dollars by 19.7 percent to $34.9 million. By contrast, High Sierra, a more lifestyle-oriented ...
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France's mountain resorts recorded an uptick in visitors during the...
France's mountain resorts recorded an uptick in visitors during the summer of 2019, Jean-Pierre Rougeaux, secretary general of France's National Association of Mayors of Mountain Resorts, said at the recent Sport Achat trade show in Lyon. Mountain resorts recorded an average occupancy rate of more than 60 percent overall during ...
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Two new members have joined the Scandinavian Outdoor Group this...
Two new members have joined the Scandinavian Outdoor Group this past summer. They are Nordisk from Denmark and Øyo from Norway. Founded in 1901, Nordisk has diversified in the past 40 years from the production of sleeping bags into tents, tent mats and other accessories. Founded in 1882, Øyo is ...
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Margo de Lange, who joined the Great Out There Coalition...
Margo de Lange, who joined the Great Out There Coalition earlier this month as policy officer, launched the first issue of her newsletter, writing about, among other things, the European Week of Sport, scheduled for Sept. 23-30, where she will be involved in official events. She mentions in the newsletter ...
