News Briefs – Page 299
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Doug Gurr, U.K. country manager of Amazon, has been confirmed...
Doug Gurr, U.K. country manager of Amazon, has been confirmed as a keynote speaker at next conference of the Outdoor Industries Association (OIA), due to be held in Cheshire on March 14-15. The high-profile manager was previously in charge of Amazon in China before he assumed his present role in ...
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Vibram is one of the sponsors of Milano Climbing Expo,...
Vibram is one of the sponsors of Milano Climbing Expo, a brand new international climbing event in Milan. The first edition of the show will take place at Rockspot Nordovest in Pero, one of the largest climbing gyms in Europe, on Jan. 19-21. The event will host renowned climbers such ...
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The catalog of exhibitors at Ispo Munich is already available...
The catalog of exhibitors at Ispo Munich is already available on its website, and so is the list of conferences, workshops and other programs, some of which will be directed at consumers. For the first time, sport-minded consumers will be invited to participate in workshops and presentations organized inside the ...
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Lee Young, the long-time project leader of the Asia Outdoor...
Lee Young, the long-time project leader of the Asia Outdoor fair in Nanjing, is taking responsibility also for the Asia Bike, which will take place simultaneously from June 28 to July 1, 2018 in the Chinese city.
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The Scandinavian Village is heading to the Outdoor Retailer +...
The Scandinavian Village is heading to the Outdoor Retailer + Snow Show in Denver at the end of this month, with eight participating companies. The village has become a familiar sight at Ispo Munich and at the OutDoor fair in Friedrichshafen, since it was launched by the Scandinavian Outdoor Group ...
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Norway has pledged to phase out all fur farms by...
Norway has pledged to phase out all fur farms by 2025. The Conservative government of Prime Minister Erna Solberg has agreed to shut fox and mink farms that produce about one million pelts a year as part of a deal with the anti-fur Liberal Party, which is supposed to join ...
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Vaude's Green Shape Core Collection, a selection of sustainable gear,...
Vaude's Green Shape Core Collection, a selection of sustainable gear, is the heart of Vaude's broader Green Shape Collection for winter 2018/19. The Green Shape Core Collection comprises 19 multi-use sustainable products designed for outdoor activities, including apparel, shoes and backpacks. About 90 percent of the materials used to make ...
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Oeko-Tex has announced a series of new regulations as part...
Oeko-Tex has announced a series of new regulations as part of the annual update of its standards and guidelines. The process to acquire the Made in Green label has been simplified. The scope of STeP assessments for the survey of required company data has been significantly reduced by condensing the ...
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Original Buff has announced the death of its founder, Joan...
Original Buff has announced the death of its founder, Joan Rojas, after a determined fight against cancer. He was 72 years old. With his unconventional spirit, he invented a seamless bandana in microfiber to protect himself from the wind and the cold while driving his motorcycle. He used his family's ...
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Local investors are trying to put together a bid for...
Local investors are trying to put together a bid for Ibex, a producer of merino wool outdoor garments in Vermont. An auction is scheduled for Jan. 15. Ibex had announced a few days earlier that it had laid off 12 of its employees and that it was going to cease ...
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The management of Deckers Brands, parent company of Ugg, Teva,...
The management of Deckers Brands, parent company of Ugg, Teva, Sanuk and Hoka One One, won a 10-month fight against one of its investors at the company's annual meeting on Dec. 14, where all its directors were re-elected. The activist investor, Mercator Capital Management, had proposed that some or all ...
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Icebreaker, the New Zealand-based outdoor brand which is soon to...
Icebreaker, the New Zealand-based outdoor brand which is soon to become part of VF Corp., has announced a ten-year deal with New Zealand merino wool growers. The agreement is designed to grant Icebreaker a long-term supply of merino wool, while providing the brand's consumers with a traceable link back to ...
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Markus Meister has been appointed as sales director at Holmenkol,...
Markus Meister has been appointed as sales director at Holmenkol, the ski wax brand. Since the start of November he has been in charge of sales and marketing as well as the development of export markets. Meister was German cross-country skiing champion in the junior category. He was previously commercial ...
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Daniel Larsson, director of strategic key accounts at The North...
Daniel Larsson, director of strategic key accounts at The North Face in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA), has left the outdoor company to switch to another entity at VF Corp. Larsson became senior director of sales in EMEA for VF Jeanswear at the start of this month, covering ...
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Stephanie Tham has been appointed to the position of sales...
Stephanie Tham has been appointed to the position of sales manager for Germany, Austria and Switzerland at Isbjörn of Sweden, the 12-year-old specialty brand of functional apparel for children. Tham was previously working as purchasing manager at Addnature, the outdoor retail specialist from Sweden. Tham replaces Louise Fell, who from ...
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Columbia Sportswear has announced a new series of management appointments....
Columbia Sportswear has announced a new series of management appointments. David Soriano has been named as the new vice-president of footwear manufacturing. Soriano has served as Columbia's general manager of Asia footwear since early 2016. He will report to Tom Cusick, executive vice-president and chief operating officer. Prior to joining ...
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Garmont International has teamed up with AC Agency for its...
Garmont International has teamed up with AC Agency for its distribution in France. The Italian outdoor footwear brand was previously sold in the country by Nord Ouest, an outdoor distribution company selling brands such as Eagle Creek, Pieps, Klean Kanteen, Mountain Equipment and others. Last year Nord Ouest acquired a ...
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Sport Partner reports that C.J. Agencies is taking over the...
Sport Partner reports that C.J. Agencies is taking over the distribution of the Prana brand in the Benelux countries. The publication adds that the transition has been arranged on friendly terms with Essential Basics, which previously handled sales of the yoga and outdoor apparel brand owned by the Columbia Sportswear ...
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The Katadyn Group has transferred the distribution of its own...
The Katadyn Group has transferred the distribution of its own outdoor brands in Switzerland to Naturzone, starting on Jan. 1. The brands are Katadyn, Trek'n Eat, SteriPen, Micropur and Optimus. Naturzone is also taking over the Swiss distribution of Aku, Deejo, Teko, Klean Kanteen and Opinel, which was previously handled ...
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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 ...
