News Briefs – Page 322
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Mammut Sports has appointed Adrian Margelist as its new chief...
Mammut Sports has appointed Adrian Margelist as its new chief creative officer, and Matthias Hanny as head of B2C. Margelist and Hanny will both join Mammut's executive management team. They replace Michael Gyssler and Joachim Wallishauser, who are leaving the company. Margelist, whose appointment is effective Apr. 1, has extensive ...
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Salomon, a subsidiary of Amer Sports, has appointed Guillaume Meyzenq...
Salomon, a subsidiary of Amer Sports, has appointed Guillaume Meyzenq as vice president in charge of the brand's footwear category. Meyzenq has been with Salomon since 1996. Most recently, he held the position of vice president of commercial footwear. In his new role, he will be responsible for innovation, design, ...
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Lance Allega will be the new vice president of investor...
Lance Allega will be the new vice president of investor relations for Under Armour. He was vice president of investor relations and strategic accounts at VF Corp. for the past five years. A former manager at Andersen Consulting, he has been handling investor relations, marketing and other operations at other ...
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VF Corp. has announced the appointment of Joe Alkire as...
VF Corp. has announced the appointment of Joe Alkire as vice president of investor relations and financial planning & analysis, with immediate effect. In this role, he will report to Scott Roe, VF's chief financial officer. He replaces Lance Allega, the former vice president of investor relations & strategic accounts, ...
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Bergans of Norway has sealed an agreement with the GAEA...
Bergans of Norway has sealed an agreement with the GAEA Group in Canada to distribute the Norwegian brand in North America. The deal comes after Bergans decided last year to shut down its sales organizations in the U.K., France, the U.S. and Canada, to focus its product and marketing investments ...
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Singing Rock has enlisted a new distributor for the Italian...
Singing Rock has enlisted a new distributor for the Italian market, Amorini, starting from the beginning of this year. It will cover the country with three regional agents for the Czech brand of climbing equipment, cooperating intensively in marketing activities. Sport Alliance, the Italian voluntary group of retailers that counts ...
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Scandic Outdoor, a German distribution company specializing in sales of...
Scandic Outdoor, a German distribution company specializing in sales of Nordic outdoor products, is complementing its offering with an agreement for the distribution in its country of Röjk, a Swedish outdoor apparel brand, starting with deliveries in September. Röjk is a relatively young company with a range of outdoor garments ...
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The retailers affiliated with Intersport around the world raised their...
The retailers affiliated with Intersport around the world raised their sales by only 2.1 percent in euros and by 3.2 percent in local currencies in the course of 2016 according to preliminary estimates, reaching a total level of €11.12 billion. With its cooperative structure, Intersport consolidated its position as the ...
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Lowa has launched a new web store in Germany where...
Lowa has launched a new web store in Germany where customers can order items from 15 percent of its collection. The items will be shipped by the nearest Lowa-Schöffel store that has them in stock. The customers can get advice at the stores, exchange the shoes or give them back. ...
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Red Fox, the big Russian brand of outdoor clothing, has...
Red Fox, the big Russian brand of outdoor clothing, has rejigged its retail presence outside the Russian market, which is finally giving signs of stabilizing, albeit at a low level. It has opened a new store in Switzerland, in a very good spot in the resort of Pontresina. The brand's ...
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Chiruca, the Spanish outdoor footwear brand, generated a nearly stable...
Chiruca, the Spanish outdoor footwear brand, generated a nearly stable turnover last year, with a reasonably strong performance in Spain and growing sales in several other countries including Greece, Romania, South Korea and Russia, according to Diffusion Sport. The group's commercial director, Fernando Castiella, told the publication that Chiruca met ...
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The practice of sport climbing has been growing rapidly around...
The practice of sport climbing has been growing rapidly around the world, and the momentum is likely to continue with its inclusion in the Olympic Games. Celebrating the tenth anniversary of its foundation by 57 national federations in Frankfurt on Jan. 27, 2007, the International Federation of Sport Climbing (IFSC) ...
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The North Face and other outdoor brands have formed a...
The North Face and other outdoor brands have formed a new non-profit, membership-based association to help promote participation in outdoor activities across Europe. The names of the founding members and the association's program will be unveiled at the Ispo show in Munich on Sunday. The association, which has already secured ...
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Thorlo is introducing a dedicated Outdoor Collection of socks. Based...
Thorlo is introducing a dedicated Outdoor Collection of socks. Based on extensive research, it features distinct sock gear solutions for the Outdoor Fanatic, the Outdoor Athlete, the Outdoor Explorer and the Outdoor Travelers. Many styles use Primaloft yarns for insulation. The line was presented at Outdoor Retailer in Salt Lake ...
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Trangoworld is sponsoring the Spanish Trangoworld Winter Triathlon Cup, involving...
Trangoworld is sponsoring the Spanish Trangoworld Winter Triathlon Cup, involving participants in trail running, cycling and cross-country ski races. It started on Jan 29 at Vinuesa and is set to finish on March 12 in the Roncal Valley.
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The Outdoor Retailer Winter Market ended on Jan. 12 with...
The Outdoor Retailer Winter Market ended on Jan. 12 with total attendance by about 20,000 registered visitors, down from the figure of 22,576 people that was reported for the trade show in Salt Lake City one year ago. The number of brands on the show floor increased slightly to 1,075 ...
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Declining an invitation to show their products at Surf Expo...
Declining an invitation to show their products at Surf Expo in Orlando, Florida on Sept. 7-9, leading manufacturers of canoes and kayaks in the U.S. who have been exhibiting at the Outdoor Retailer Summer Market in Salt Lake City have formed an informal “coalition” that has decided to support a ...
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Icebug, which is launching new outdoor-oriented shoe models at Ispo...
Icebug, which is launching new outdoor-oriented shoe models at Ispo Munich this weekend, is organizing a collective winter run together with Silva to raise funds for Outdoor Against Cancer, a German association that is building up a network of cancer patients seeking recovery through sport. Icebug will supply participants with ...
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The Outdoor Academy of Scandinavia (OAS) will repeat its successful...
The Outdoor Academy of Scandinavia (OAS) will repeat its successful OAS Kids event this year. It will be held in the Swedish resort of Åre from Apr. 1 to 4 with the support of Viking, Thule, Isbjörn and Reima, which will supply the gear for the 25-odd international retailers and ...
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Patagonia is expanding its garment repair and recycling program, Worn...
Patagonia is expanding its garment repair and recycling program, Worn Wear, by adding an online platform for the resale of the products. This means that old garments brought in by consumers to the program may be repaired and resold on Patagonia's website – while the consumers who delivered the old ...
