News Briefs – Page 288
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Sherpa Adventure Gear has released its Impact Report for 2017,...
Sherpa Adventure Gear has released its Impact Report for 2017, discussing its social achievements last year. The company has many of its garments and accessories made in Nepal. Sherpa claims that many of its handcrafted items are made by cooperatives of knitters in Bhaktapur, just outside of Kathmandu. For every ...
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Nikwax has launched a #DoMoreWithNikwax challenge. Throughout the month of...
Nikwax has launched a #DoMoreWithNikwax challenge. Throughout the month of July, three female athletes who have biked around the world will each ride on a bicycle for over 2,000 km, camp across ten countries and hike up the highest three peaks in the U.K., Germany and Scandinavia. Together, they will ...
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The Leatherman Tools Group launched on June 13 the Leatherman...
The Leatherman Tools Group launched on June 13 the Leatherman Grant Program, offering to donate $100,000 to support non-profit organizations around the world that “aim to inspire, prepare and develop the next generation of problem solvers,” to make the world a better place. The American company has launched the program ...
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Calida Holding, the Swiss lingerie company that has controlled Lafuma...
Calida Holding, the Swiss lingerie company that has controlled Lafuma since December 2013, has announced the acquisition of a further 8.54 percent stake in the company, by taking over all the shares held by a minority investor, CDC Entreprises Elan PME. With this transaction, Calida's stake rises to 87.70 percent. ...
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Keen Footwear is planning to adopt a new manufacturing process...
Keen Footwear is planning to adopt a new manufacturing process for its shoes that requires no stitching, no lasting and no assembly, called 3D bonding. Using an injection machine, a 3D mold and a countermold, the process takes only a few seconds and can be applied to all kinds of ...
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Eddie Bauer and Pacific Sunwear, two struggling American retail chains...
Eddie Bauer and Pacific Sunwear, two struggling American retail chains that together have a total of 700 stores, are being merged into a single operation for all their back-office functions. They were both taken over by Golden Gate Capital through bankruptcy auctions.
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IDC Capital, a New York-based investment fund that has already...
IDC Capital, a New York-based investment fund that has already made many important investments in Chinese companies, has acquired a stake of nearly 20 percent in the Rossignol Group. One of the goals is to help the French company to optimize its penetration of the growing Chinese market for winter ...
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Matthias Jendryschik is leaving the position of German marketing manager...
Matthias Jendryschik is leaving the position of German marketing manager for all the brands of Amer Sports, which he has held for three years, to return to Salomon as the new brand manager for Central Europe. He will be replaced by Julia Schehl, who has been working as Salomon brand ...
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Kyle Gendreau, former executive director and chief financial officer at...
Kyle Gendreau, former executive director and chief financial officer at Samsonite International, has been appointed as chief executive for the owner of the Gregory and High Sierra brands. He takes over from Ramesh Dungarmal Tainwala, who resigned after about four years in charge. This came after an attack from a ...
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In the autumn, Jens Nyström will make a switch from...
In the autumn, Jens Nyström will make a switch from Haglöfs to Björn Borg, where he will assume the comparable position of chief financial officer at the Swedish sportswear and underwear brand. Nyström has a varied resumé, having held the same position with a pharmaceutical company, Sanofi, in Sweden. Previously, ...
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Christian Fischer has been appointed as the new product manager...
Christian Fischer has been appointed as the new product manager for Central Europe at Ecco. From July, the 41-year-old replaces Annette Wächtler, who will continue to work as senior category manager for Ecco's shoe collection for women at the company's headquarters in Denmark. Before joining Ecco, Fischer worked for the ...
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Bernd Wodarz, formerly a senior executive at Mammut Sports Group,...
Bernd Wodarz, formerly a senior executive at Mammut Sports Group, has become interim brand development manager for Berghaus. Providing maternity cover for Elisabeth Greiner, his home-based assignment is to support the British outdoor brand's sales in Germany and Austria, particularly with key accounts. Wodarz is a high-caliber executive in the ...
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Haglöfs has reinforced its global marketing department with the appointment...
Haglöfs has reinforced its global marketing department with the appointment of Amanda Kähler as Nordic marketing manager, and Spencer Shander as global public relations and social media specialist. Both are new positions at the Swedish outdoor company. Kähler previously worked as business manager at Valio, after other leading functions at ...
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Christina Völlinger has been appointed as head of marketing at...
Christina Völlinger has been appointed as head of marketing at Deuter, after about ten years at the Adidas Group. She spent nearly five years as senior global communication manager in the group's outdoor division, and briefly worked as brand communication strategy consultant for Adidas Terrex. Völlinger joined the German backpack ...
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Dam, a brand of Svendsen Sport, has appointed Michael Unger...
Dam, a brand of Svendsen Sport, has appointed Michael Unger as its new managing director. Unger is a well-known name within the European fishing tackle industry. He has previously served as general manager of Pure Fishing Deutschland for the Germany, Austria and Switzerland (DACH) region.
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Columbia Sportswear has announced the appointment of Andrew Burns to...
Columbia Sportswear has announced the appointment of Andrew Burns to the new role of “director of investor relations and competitive intelligence.” He takes on some of the responsibilities of Christian Buss, who was named director of investor relations at the beginning of this year and recently left the group to ...
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Deuter has rolled out its range of products online to...
Deuter has rolled out its range of products online to nine countries, with other countries scheduled to follow soon, particularly in the Spanish-speaking world. The German backpack producer is using the Loadbee platform to host the product information and disseminate it among its dealers. Deuter has created a “product profile” ...
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Bradshaw Taylor, the U.K.-based distributor, expects to sign soon a...
Bradshaw Taylor, the U.K.-based distributor, expects to sign soon a new European distribution agreement to make up for the loss of its contract for Royal Robbins. In view of this and the strong growth of its business with Sherpa Adventure in Central Europe, it is boosting the management of its ...
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Canada Goose is making a big pitch for the Chinese...
Canada Goose is making a big pitch for the Chinese market, where another Canadian sports outerwear brand, Arc'teryx, enjoys a strong position and a high status. Canada Goose will soon open a regional headquarters for Greater China in Shanghai that will be run by Scott Cameron, former executive vice president, ...
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Descente reported a slightly improved net profit of 5.77 billion...
Descente reported a slightly improved net profit of 5.77 billion yen (€44.5m-$52.4m) for the financial year ended March 31 on 7.3 percent higher net sales of ¥141.1 billion (€1.1bn-$1.3bn). The operating margin rose by 0.4 percentage points to 6.9 percent. Sales increased in all the segments and virtually all the regions, ...
