News Briefs – Page 273
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Schöffel has appointed Peter Sontheimer to lead product development. Before...
Schöffel has appointed Peter Sontheimer to lead product development. Before joining Schöffel, Sontheimer worked for Ziener, where he was chief executive and head of product management, design and purchasing. Sontheimer also worked for over two decades at Vaude. At Schöffel, he will both lead the product management, design, technical development ...
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David Orr, an industry veteran who has worked for Keen,...
David Orr, an industry veteran who has worked for Keen, Timberland and Adidas, has been hired as general manager of Dakine, overseeing all aspects of sales, product creation and operations. He will report to Jonathan Hirshberg, the head of JR286, the company that has been contracted to operate Dakine by ...
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Timberland appointed Marc Martin to the newly created position of...
Timberland appointed Marc Martin to the newly created position of field sales manager for Germany, Austria and Switzerland on Jan. 1. In addition to overseeing all product categories sold in specialist stores in those countries, Martin will lead Timberland's entire specialist trade team for German-speaking countries. He will report directly ...
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The Oberalp Group has streamlined the distribution of its brands...
The Oberalp Group has streamlined the distribution of its brands in the U.K. by appointing Angus McKendrick as U.K. sales manager. He will take care of all its brands except for Wild Country, which has been taken up by a territorial distributor, Beta Climbing Designs. McKendrick, who had previously worked ...
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Fritschi Swiss recently took over distribution for Chillaz International, a...
Fritschi Swiss recently took over distribution for Chillaz International, a specialist in climbing apparel, in Switzerland. Fritschi Swiss will start selling Chillaz International to retailers for the 2019/20 winter collections. Adrian Lehmann and Thierry Clerc will be the new contacts for the trade. The climbing-apparel brand was previously distributed by Ibex ...
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Kavu, a Seattle-based maker of outdoor apparel and other accessories,...
Kavu, a Seattle-based maker of outdoor apparel and other accessories, including the Strap Cap and the Rope Bag, will be exhibiting at this year's Ispo Munich show, on Feb. 3-6, to seek distributors for Germany, Austria, Switzerland and the Benelux countries. It has just finalized deals for the U.K. and ...
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Vibram, inventor of the glove-like FiveFingers shoe, has made Burten...
Vibram, inventor of the glove-like FiveFingers shoe, has made Burten Distribution the exclusive U.S. distributor for its Furoshiki line of footwear. The Furoshiki shoe, also known as the Wrapping Sole, takes inspiration from the Japanese art of furoshiki, in which a given object is wrapped with a single length of ...
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Columbia Sportswear has announced the opening of its European flagship...
Columbia Sportswear has announced the opening of its European flagship store in London in early 2019. The 230-square-meter store, on two levels, will be located on the iconic Carnaby Street. The company, which celebrated its 80th anniversary last year, said it will provide further details on the store prior to ...
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Mammut is collaborating with Braun Hamburg, a German retailer of...
Mammut is collaborating with Braun Hamburg, a German retailer of luxury brands like Bottega Veneta, Moncler, Maison Margiela and Santoni. Braun is now managed by a third generation of the Braun family in the person of Lars Braun. It runs two stores in Hamburg, which opened in 1933 and 1976, ...
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In a move that resembles the pull-out of Sport Eybl...
In a move that resembles the pull-out of Sport Eybl from Intersport Austria a few years ago, before its sale to Sports Direct International, Bründl Sports, one of the major Austrian sports retailers, has decided to stop working with Intersport Austria, as of next Sept. 1 (more in the Jan. ...
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In the first half of 2019, Norrøna, the Norwegian brand...
In the first half of 2019, Norrøna, the Norwegian brand of outdoor outerwear, will be opening its first brand store in the U.S. on Pearl Street in Boulder, Colorado. In addition to carrying the brand's full range of technical outerwear, Norrøna Boulder will have a repair shop, a community space ...
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JD Sports Fashion, whose holdings including Go Outdoors, Black, Millets...
JD Sports Fashion, whose holdings including Go Outdoors, Black, Millets and other outdoor retail chains in the U.K., is making significant progress in its international development. The British retailer is increasingly optimistic about the international potential of its JD banner, which is already operating in 14 countries outside of the ...
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At the Outdoor Retailer Snow Show, running from Jan. 30...
At the Outdoor Retailer Snow Show, running from Jan. 30 to Feb. 1 in Denver, the Outdoor Industry Association (OIA), Snowsports Industries America (SIA) and the National Ski Areas Association (NSAA) announced that they were forming the Outdoor Business Climate Partnership. This is the first broad coalition of trade groups ...
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The European Outdoor Conservation Association (Eoca) is planning to launch...
The European Outdoor Conservation Association (Eoca) is planning to launch a new project to reduce everyday single-use plastics, called Plastic Free – Mountain to Sea. It has convened its members to an extraordinary meeting during the Ispo trade show in Munich to vote about the proposed addition of two new ...
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The Scandinavian Outdoor Group (SOG) reports that all its 67...
The Scandinavian Outdoor Group (SOG) reports that all its 67 member brands have individually signed the Sustainability Charter of the European Outdoor Group (EOG). The SOG, which was the first trade association that signed it collectively last year, says it will provide advice, insights and guidance to help the brands ...
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Geo-blocking, selective distribution and other issues related to e-commerce have...
Geo-blocking, selective distribution and other issues related to e-commerce have already been tackled by organizations like the German Cartel Office and the European Federation of the Sporting Goods Industry (Fesi), which has a working group together with the World Federation of the Sporting Goods Industry (WFSGI) on such topics. These ...
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Odlo is one of the numerous companies that have received...
Odlo is one of the numerous companies that have received this year's Ispo Gold Award. Its new intelligent thermal regulation technology, I-Thermic, had already received an innovation award in the wearable technologies category at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas in January along with Clim8, a French software ...
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Treksta, the big manufacturer of outdoor shoes based in South...
Treksta, the big manufacturer of outdoor shoes based in South Korea, has developed the first shoes that incorporate retractable crampons in the soles, using a specially engineered mechanism that works with a small dial. The grip spikes are controlled in and out by simply turning a dial at the side. ...
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Garsport is resurrecting the San Marco brand of hiking boots,...
Garsport is resurrecting the San Marco brand of hiking boots, starting with its relaunch for the autumn/winter 2019/20 season, under a licensing agreement with Head. The Italian brand was very popular in the 1980s and 1990s, before it was acquired by the Austrian company, which is now considering a move ...
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Ecco has teamed up with Dow Chemical and Dassault for...
Ecco has teamed up with Dow Chemical and Dassault for a project called Quant-U. With Dow supplying elastomer and Dassault supplying software, the three companies have come up with a midsole that is made of liquid silicone rubber. It can be produced with a 3D printer, fitting the shape and ...
