News Briefs – Page 315
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KL Outdoor is merging with GSC Technologies to form a...
KL Outdoor is merging with GSC Technologies to form a single, vertically integrated manufacturing company that is being described as the world's largest supplier of kayaks. The merger of the two North American firms, whose details were not disclosed, is being funded by New Water Capital, an investment company in ...
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Polartec is reportedly going to auction off its former textile...
Polartec is reportedly going to auction off its former textile factory in Lawrence, Massachusetts. The sale had been expected for quite some time. According to media reports, the start-up bid has been set at $1.5 million by the company's owner, Versa Capital Management. Polartec has already moved its production of ...
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Emerald Exposition Events, which owns Outdoor Retailer, Surf Expo, Interbike...
Emerald Exposition Events, which owns Outdoor Retailer, Surf Expo, Interbike and many other trade shows in the U.S., closed with a share price of $21.01 on the New York Stock Exchange yesterday, giving it a market capitalization of $1.49 billion. The company and some of its shareholders started offering 15.5 ...
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Andy Ernst has been appointed as head of central Europe...
Andy Ernst has been appointed as head of central Europe for the Mammut Sports Group from the start of May. Ernst was previously supervising the Swiss outdoor group's sales in all European markets other than the German-speaking countries, but he has taken over the supervision of its business in Switzerland, ...
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Dean Polic has been appointed by Oase Outdoors as country...
Dean Polic has been appointed by Oase Outdoors as country manager for Germany, Austria and Switzerland. He spent the last 17 years with the Mammut Sports Group in senior marketing and sales positions. Polic's new role was previously held by Karl Hansmann, who has been promoted by Oase to fill ...
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John Twomey, former regional sales manager at Adidas in Ireland,...
John Twomey, former regional sales manager at Adidas in Ireland, has reportedly been appointed manager in charge of European distributor sales and marketing at Cascade Designs, the holding company for Thermarest, MSR, Platypus, Sealline and PackTowl. Apart from nearly ten years at Adidas, Twomey has held various sales and marketing ...
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Camp has announced the promotion of Adrien Nonglaton to general...
Camp has announced the promotion of Adrien Nonglaton to general manager of Camp France. He replaces Pascal Ducros, who had been at the helm of the French branch since 2000. Ducros will be retiring at the beginning of May. Nonglaton has worked alongside Ducros for 12 years as commercial manager ...
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Sonia Prior has been named as sales director for the...
Sonia Prior has been named as sales director for the brands marketed by Bradshaw Taylor in the U.K. and various other European countries, including Black Diamond, Icebreaker, Keen, Royal Robbins, Sherpa Adventure Gear and Schöffel Ski. Taking the place of Peter Rostron, she is joining the British distributor from Amer ...
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Ledlenser, the German supplier of headlamps and rechargeable lights that...
Ledlenser, the German supplier of headlamps and rechargeable lights that is looking at opportunities in sports and outdoor sectors for its new headlamps and flashlights, has appointed Inge Heinsius as vice president of product and marketing, based at the company's head office in Solingen. She will report directly to Thomas ...
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Sigg Switzerland Bottles has appointed Stuart Theobald as head of...
Sigg Switzerland Bottles has appointed Stuart Theobald as head of sales for the U.K. and Ireland. He comes from Leatherman Tools, where he served as sales manager for the whole Europe, Middle East and Africa region.
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Lifestraw, the Swiss-based brand of water filtration products, has hired...
Lifestraw, the Swiss-based brand of water filtration products, has hired Matt DeWitte as head of marketing, based in the Washington, D.C. area. He worked most recently as vice president of marketing for Boxed Water is Better. He was previously involved in U.S. and international marketing for consumer brands such as ...
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With Martin Schneider set to retire as chief information officer...
With Martin Schneider set to retire as chief information officer of VF Corp. at the end of this year, the group has designated Sandra Harris, currently vice president of global business technology, to take over his place next Jan. 1. She has been with VF for the last eight years, ...
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Oboz Footwear has hired Dawson Westenskow to work as its...
Oboz Footwear has hired Dawson Westenskow to work as its product line manager, helping to establish the company's vision, strategies and seasonal and longterm product concepts as part of a five-person product creation team. He worked for the Thule Group's bags division prior to joining REI in August 2015 as ...
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Sportamore, the Swedish online sports retailer, raised its sales by...
Sportamore, the Swedish online sports retailer, raised its sales by 18.1 percent to 173.5 million Swedish kronor (€18.0m-$19.6m) and more than doubled its adjusted operating profit (Ebitda) to SEK 3.4 million (€0.35m-$0.38m) for the first quarter. The company points out that this occurred while the Swedish market was under considerable pressure at ...
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Jacobs & Turner, the company that owns Trespass, benefitted from...
Jacobs & Turner, the company that owns Trespass, benefitted from a two-year investment program as it reported a sales rise of 8.2 percent to £95.1 million (€112.7m-$122.9m) for the financial year to June 26, 2016, with pre-tax profit soaring by more than 70 percent to £4.7 million (€5.6m-$6.1m). The Glasgow-based company ...
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Ecco says in its recently released annual report that it...
Ecco says in its recently released annual report that it wants to become one of the five major suppliers of outdoor shoes through a tenfold increase in its sales in this segment over the next three to five years. It estimates the value of the total rugged outdoor footwear market ...
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Compass Diversified (Codi) reported that two of its companies, 5.11...
Compass Diversified (Codi) reported that two of its companies, 5.11 Tactical and Liberty Safe, took bad debt reserve charges of $1.3 million and $1.4 million, respectively, in the first quarter of this year because of the bankruptcy of Gander Mountain, a U.S. retail chain that is now in liquidation proceedings. ...
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Helly Hansen has won a “Red Dot: Best of the...
Helly Hansen has won a “Red Dot: Best of the Best” award for product design of its Icon jacket. The international Red Dot design competition has existed since 1954. Its design prize is awarded each year by the Design Zentrum Nordrhein Westfalen in Essen, Germany. More than 5,500 submissions from ...
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HeiQ is launching the Fresh NKU, a new product in...
HeiQ is launching the Fresh NKU, a new product in its odor control HeiQ Fresh Tech technology family. According to the Swiss company, the Fresh NKU can eliminate odors such as the plastic smell generated by its monomeric components, the smell from bacterial sweat or that of body hormones from ...
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Cordura, a brand of Invista, has announced a collaboration with...
Cordura, a brand of Invista, has announced a collaboration with Südwolle, the global wool yarn producer, to develop a performance nylon/wool blend. The yarn, which will combine nylon 6.6 fibres with Merino wool, is supposed to offer enhanced abrasion resistance, tensile strength performance and strong tear resistance. Details of the ...
