News Briefs – Page 313
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Hydro Flask has appointed three new managers. Alan Kissell, a...
Hydro Flask has appointed three new managers. Alan Kissell, a former national sales manager of footwear for Columbia Sportswear who worked also for Adidas and Superfeet, will serve as director of sales for the sport and outdoor channels. Tor Brown, formerly with Nike and Black Diamond, where he was the ...
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Angel Martinez, who retired as chief executive of Deckers Brands...
Angel Martinez, who retired as chief executive of Deckers Brands a year ago, after 11 years in the post, had decided to run for mayor of his home town, Santa Barbara, California. The election will be held next November. Martinez, who left Cuba in 1958 to emigrate to the U.S., ...
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Richard Tooby has been designated as the new chairman of...
Richard Tooby has been designated as the new chairman of Polygiene, the Swedish developer of odor control solutions for garments. Tooby, who comes from the chemicals industry, has been an independent director of the board since October 2015. He will take the place of Lennart Holm, who became chairman at ...
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Implementing a previously conceived succession plan, Rocky Brands has promoted...
Implementing a previously conceived succession plan, Rocky Brands has promoted Jason Brooks to the role of president and chief executive of the company, which owns brands such as Durango, Georgia Boot, Lehigh and Creative Recreation, besides a license for Michelin footwear. The 46-year-old manager takes the place of his father, ...
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Salomon has a new manager in charge of e-commerce and...
Salomon has a new manager in charge of e-commerce and digital operations, Axel Dutreil, with global responsibilities. The 37-year-old has worked for Kusmi Tea, The Kooples, L'Oréal and most recently for Célio, a French chain of apparel stores.
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Ibex Sport has begun to sell Montane's products in Switzerland....
Ibex Sport has begun to sell Montane's products in Switzerland. Ibex already represents many other outdoor companies including Chillaz, Climbing Technology, Garmont, Hagan, Nemo and Tenaya.
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Panorama Sports Diffusion has taken on the distribution of Hydro...
Panorama Sports Diffusion has taken on the distribution of Hydro Flask in Italy. Panorama has been involved in the Italian outdoor market as an agent or as a distributor for 30 years. Its first major brands were Meindl and Vaude, and they still are. Other brands in its portfolio are ...
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Norway's Alfa Shoes has made the decision to increase its...
Norway's Alfa Shoes has made the decision to increase its presence in Sweden, establishing a sales subsidiary in the country. It will be run by Jonas Karlsson and Ola Henningsson, who have previously worked for Haglöfs. According to Sportfack, the brand has a limited presence in Sweden, where its products ...
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A cluster of outdoor retail stores is taking shape in...
A cluster of outdoor retail stores is taking shape in a new section of Oriocenter, the big shopping center next to Bergamo's international airport near Milan. The North Face recently opened a monobrand store there, next to a big multi-brand sporting goods store belonging to the DF Sport Specialist chain. ...
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Schöffel and Lowa will open a new joint store in...
Schöffel and Lowa will open a new joint store in Passau, Germany, this August. The store will be managed by a franchisee. Schöffel and Lowa together run 31 dual-brand stores, of which 26 are located in Germany, four in Austria and one in Italy.
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Canada Goose has announced the opening of two new flagship...
Canada Goose has announced the opening of two new flagship stores and a larger e-commerce reach. The maker of luxury artic apparel will open its first European flagship store in London this autumn. It will be the brand's largest retail space to date. The company will also open a two-level ...
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Cherokee, which bought Hi-Tec Sports last year and licensed it...
Cherokee, which bought Hi-Tec Sports last year and licensed it out, reported revenues of $7.8 million from the brand for the fourth quarter ended Jan. 28, comprising licensing revenues of $1.2 million and $6.6 million worth of indirect product sales related to distribution and government contracts. The business generated a ...
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Polygiene, the Swedish company specializing in anti-odor treatments for garments,...
Polygiene, the Swedish company specializing in anti-odor treatments for garments, reported a 30 percent boost in its sales to 17.4 million Swedish kronor (€1.78m-$1.98m), with a growth of 24 percent in constant currencies. However, the company booked a net loss of SEK3.1 million (€0.32m-$0.35m) for the period, up from SEK1.3 million ...
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The Outdoor Industry Association (OIA) has condemned President Donald Trump's...
The Outdoor Industry Association (OIA) has condemned President Donald Trump's decision to withdraw the U.S. from the Paris Climate Agreement, joining numerous companies and heads of state around the world. Noting that the outdoor industry is directly affected by climate change, Amy Roberts, executive director of the OIA, said President ...
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Outdoor Sports Valley (OSV) is launching a call for projects...
Outdoor Sports Valley (OSV) is launching a call for projects to support the creation of jobs related to nautical sports in France's Upper Savoy region, in partnership with Pôle Métropolitain du Genevois Français and Chablais Léman Développement. Project proposals can be submitted by entrepreneurs, companies and associations. The initiative will ...
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Black Diamond is set to introduce its first line of...
Black Diamond is set to introduce its first line of climbing shoes at the OutDoor show. According to Italy's Outdoor Magazine, it consists of nine styles including a women's model with a knit upper.
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On the first two days of the OutDoor show in...
On the first two days of the OutDoor show in Friedrichshafen, Gregory will organize a number of clinics for its backpacks for dealers and journalists, but they will have to pre-register at gregory@k-g-k.com.
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Among other novelties, Garmont is introducing a new Double Damper...
Among other novelties, Garmont is introducing a new Double Damper technology in its Sticky collection of shoes for fast ascent and descent, which will be presented at the Grassroots Outdoor Alliance show in Albuquerque, New Mexico in the U.S. on June 14-15, and then at the OutDoor show in Friedrichshafen, ...
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Dachstein has switched from eVent to Gore-Tex for the membranes...
Dachstein has switched from eVent to Gore-Tex for the membranes of its mountaineering shoes. Starting with the spring/summer 2018 collections, all its waterproof and breathable shoes will use Gore-Tex membranes. This will include Dachstein's special line of shoes with 3D-knit uppers and shoes that use high-quality suede leather and Cordura ...
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Norrøna is launching Unstad, a range of wetsuits intended for...
Norrøna is launching Unstad, a range of wetsuits intended for arctic surfing, which will become available after the summer. The Norwegian outdoor and winter sports apparel and footwear company acknowledges that the potential of the latest range is quite small in terms of sales, but it consistently targets the more ...
