News Briefs – Page 297
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Dune, a British shoe retail chain, has joined Nike and...
Dune, a British shoe retail chain, has joined Nike and Steiner Outdoor to donate overstocked shoes and boots to Goods For Good for refugee camps in Kurdistan and the Ukraine, and families in the Philippines. Goods For Good is a U.K.-based charity that sends goods donated by businesses and individuals ...
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Josef “Sepp“ Wagner, former chief executive of Hanwag, passed away...
Josef “Sepp“ Wagner, former chief executive of Hanwag, passed away at the age of 96 on Jan. 26. Wagner joined the company in 1936 when it was controlled by his uncle, Hans Wagner, whose name was the inspiration for the name “Han-Wag.” After he returned to Vierkirchen from captivity in ...
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Alpkit, a British outdoor brand and retailer which opened two...
Alpkit, a British outdoor brand and retailer which opened two stores last year, has secured a loan of £200,000 (€227,065-$277,905) from Mercia Fund Managers to support its growth. Alpkit makes its own brand of performance outdoor garments and equipment, along with custom-made titanium bikes under the Sondor brand. Established in ...
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Hamburger Morgenpost reported that Globetrotter faced protests last month from...
Hamburger Morgenpost reported that Globetrotter faced protests last month from some employees impacted by the projected move of its logistical services near Hamburg to a new distribution center in Ludwigslust, further east in the state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. Thirty of the 150 warehouse employees reportedly protested in front of the Globetrotter ...
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Wayne Edy, the founder of Inov 8, has acquired a...
Wayne Edy, the founder of Inov 8, has acquired a 25 percent stake in Garmont International from Veneto Sviluppo, the regional investment fund that joined Prisma 2 in its takeover in 2014. Edy has been successfully distributing Garmont's military boots in the U.S. for many years through a firm in ...
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The Thule Group has opened a new assembly facility of...
The Thule Group has opened a new assembly facility of 13,500 square meters at Pila, in the western part of Poland, to expand its own production capacities in the Sport & Cargo Carriers category and to handle the manufacture of products that were previously subcontracted in the Active with Kids ...
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While benefiting from the recently announced reduction in the U.S....
While benefiting from the recently announced reduction in the U.S. federal corporate tax from 35 percent to 21 percent from now on, Amer Sports will have to take a $13 million charge in 2017 to write down $40 million in deferred tax assets in the U.S. as part of the ...
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Ortlieb Sportartikel has appointed Jürgen Siegwarth as its new chief...
Ortlieb Sportartikel has appointed Jürgen Siegwarth as its new chief executive, with immediate effect. Siegwarth will be principally responsible for the marketing and sales divisions. He will be in charge of management alongside Hartmut Ortlieb, the company's founder, who will continue to head the technology and production division. Most recently, Siegwarth ...
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Dan Green has been promoted to the new position of...
Dan Green has been promoted to the new position of vice president of design at Arc'teryx Equipment after 17 years with the brand. He started at the Canadian company by designing packs, then gloves and then equipment for law enforcement and the Armed Forces before taking the leadership of the ...
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Elias J. Sabo is going to become the new chief...
Elias J. Sabo is going to become the new chief executive of Compass Diversified (Codi) on May 3, replacing Alan B. Offenberg who is retiring after 20 years in the post. Sabo is a founding partner of Codi's management company, Compass Group Management. He was instrumental in the takeover and ...
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Scandic Outdoor has expanded its top management with the promotion...
Scandic Outdoor has expanded its top management with the promotion of Jesper Rodig as joint chief executive, joining Jan Molander in the position. Rodig has been working since 2008 for the German company, which distributes many Scandinavian brands such as Baffin, Nokian, Sätila and Woolpower. He has been handling sales, ...
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The finance director of the Calida Group, Thomas Stöcklin, will...
The finance director of the Calida Group, Thomas Stöcklin, will leave the Swiss company at the end of June 2018. Calida has started the search for a successor to the 47-year-old manager, who joined as a controller in 2005. The Calida Group owns the Calida, Aubade, Millet, Oxbow, Eider and ...
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Columbia Sportswear has announced the appointment of Christian Buss as...
Columbia Sportswear has announced the appointment of Christian Buss as director of investor relations, reporting to Jim Swanson, senior vice president and chief financial officer of the group. Buss, who has been involved in equity analysis since 2005, comes from Credit Suisse, where he was director of global apparel research. ...
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Jason Boling has resigned from Cherokee Global Brands, the new...
Jason Boling has resigned from Cherokee Global Brands, the new owner of Hi-Tec, after five years in the position of financial director. Steven Brink has been appointed as his replacement. Brink previously worked as head of finance for an assortment of public and private apparel companies including seven years at ...
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Eagle Creek has strengthened its European team with the addition...
Eagle Creek has strengthened its European team with the addition of three new managers in key positions at its headquarters in Midleton, Ireland. The producer of travel bags and backpacks from southern California has appointed Parvati Sauer to the newly created position of eCom specialist, Benjamin Rex as its new ...
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As part of a personnel reshuffle ahead of a planned...
As part of a personnel reshuffle ahead of a planned expansion, Polygiene has promoted its chief financial officer, Ulrika Björk, to the position of chief executive, taking over the post from Christian von Uthmann. The former CEO will now fill the position of vice president of new ventures and strategies ...
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Gregory Mountain has a new agent for the Spanish outdoor...
Gregory Mountain has a new agent for the Spanish outdoor retail channel, starting with the autumn/winter 2018/19 season, taking the place of Climb Tools. It's Fermun Sports, the agency of Josep Muntal, which already took on recently the representation of Dachstein in the country. Its brand portfolio already includes Guidetti's ...
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Blackyak has reorganized its sales in Germany, adding three agencies...
Blackyak has reorganized its sales in Germany, adding three agencies to cover the country. This comes just a few weeks after the appointment of Harald Siebold as European sales director. The German market was previously covered by the Blackyak team in Munich, with Marcus Ehlig as sales manager for Germany ...
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Garmin has opened its first dedicated retail space in Europe,...
Garmin has opened its first dedicated retail space in Europe, in the center of Barcelona, to showcase the full range of sports and outdoor products it offers. The store consists of a sizeable shop-in-shop in the department store of El Corte Inglés in Portal de l'Angel, one of the busiest ...
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The It's Great Out There Coalition has announced a new...
The It's Great Out There Coalition has announced a new partnership with Unsplash to promote the outdoors through an online photography community. Unsplash is a website where more than 60,000 photographers post their work openly and for everyone to use freely. Outdoor enthusiasts from around the world will submit inspirational ...
