News Briefs – Page 335
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Hi-Tec Sports has denied a report in OCC Outdoor that...
Hi-Tec Sports has denied a report in OCC Outdoor that a deal was struck for the Dutch-based footwear company's acquisition by Cherokee, a U.S. clothing and licensing group. Hi-Tec belongs to its founder, Frank van Wezel, after he took the company private again in 2000. Hi-Tec's chief executive and Frank ...
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In its third high-profile hire in recent months, Keen has...
In its third high-profile hire in recent months, Keen has appointed Tyler LaMotte to the new position of global vice president of brand marketing. Prior to Keen, LaMotte served as Apple's senior marketer, in charge of worldwide product marketing. He also worked at Patagonia as global business unit director for ...
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Nemo Equipment has made several appointments in its product department....
Nemo Equipment has made several appointments in its product department. Zack Kamen has been named product development manager and Chris Reynolds as product line manager. Kamen comes from the industry design group of Apple Corp., where he is said to have focused on making micron-accurate prototypes for the company. Reynolds ...
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Rüdiger Fox has been appointed as the new chief executive...
Rüdiger Fox has been appointed as the new chief executive of Sympatex Technologies, taking the place of Michael Kamm, who is leaving by mutual consent after six years in the post. Like Kamm, he will also act as speaker for the management. Haiko Stüting will remain as joint managing director ...
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Brian Jung has been confirmed as the new managing director...
Brian Jung has been confirmed as the new managing director of the global business division of Black Yak, South Korea's leading outdoor brand. As we already reported, he takes the place of Jun Suk Kang, who held that position for about four years and is the son of the company's ...
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Dachstein, the Austrian brand of outdoor shoes, is selling in...
Dachstein, the Austrian brand of outdoor shoes, is selling in Switzerland through a sales agency, Win Collection, as of autumn/winter 2016/17. In the U.S., Dachstein signed a distribution deal with Jim Chi, which has been sales agent for Dachstein since the end of last year. In a trial phase, the ...
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Maier Sports, the German snow sports and outdoor apparel brand...
Maier Sports, the German snow sports and outdoor apparel brand that has become the property of Schwan-Stabilo, the German group that owns Deuter and Ortovox, signed a distribution agreement with Hej International in June. The British distribution company, managed by Tomas Torstensson, will start selling Maier Sports' spring/summer 2017 collection. ...
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Ortovox signed a distribution agreement with the Hong Kong Mountaineering...
Ortovox signed a distribution agreement with the Hong Kong Mountaineering Training Center, effective from July 1. For the previous 4-5 years, Funn Snow sold the brand in Hong Kong. Ortovox is also about to sign a deal with a distributor for sales in the Australian market. Sales in Ortovox' main ...
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Edelrid, the leading German supplier of climbing gear, will stop...
Edelrid, the leading German supplier of climbing gear, will stop distributing the well-known Diamir line of touring ski bindings that are made and marketed by Fritschi, the Swiss specialty manufacturer of ski bindings, after the next winter season. Fritschi decided to go directly onto the Swiss market in order to ...
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Ruffwear, the Oregon-based supplier of outdoor performance gear for dogs,...
Ruffwear, the Oregon-based supplier of outdoor performance gear for dogs, has signed AF distribution for its sales in Costa Rica, effective from the beginning of this year. Bomber, a local distributor from Argentina, is also on board from the beginning of this year. During the first half of this year, ...
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Caribee, the Australian brand of backpacks, is attempting a re-launch...
Caribee, the Australian brand of backpacks, is attempting a re-launch in the U.S. this summer, exhibiting at the Outdoor Retailer show in Salt Lake City. The brand was already sold in the U.S. up to 2008, when its distributor went bankrupt. Caribee recently started to sell via a local distributor, ...
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Red Chili, the German brand of climbing products, has been...
Red Chili, the German brand of climbing products, has been sold in the U.S. by Camp USA since August last year. Spicy Climbing has taken care of the distribution in the Netherlands and Belgium since May last year.
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ExOfficio is starting to use Marmot Mountain's existing sales network...
ExOfficio is starting to use Marmot Mountain's existing sales network to sell its products to specialty sporting goods and outdoor retailers in Germany, Austria, the U.K., the Benelux, France, Switzerland and Italy from spring/summer 2017. ExOfficio was previously sold mainly to selected clients in those countries like Globetrotter and Larca ...
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Dachstein has launched a new transactional website. It is connected...
Dachstein has launched a new transactional website. It is connected with its registered retail partners, who will get full profit margins if the order is placed by a customer in their neighborhood, unless they don't have the item in their inventories. In that case, the order is directly handled by ...
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Stubai, the Austrian brand of mountaineering equipment, has drawn criticism...
Stubai, the Austrian brand of mountaineering equipment, has drawn criticism for a much-contested sales agreement with a supermarket chain in South Tyrol for a period of eight weeks between June and August of this year. MPreis, which operates about 200 stores in Austria and Northern Italy, has installed a stand-up ...
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Due to the indoor climbing trend in Germany and other...
Due to the indoor climbing trend in Germany and other European markets as well as in the U.S., where it is called vertical fitness, the share of sales generated by boulder halls is steadily increasing. Red Chili, the German brand of climbing products, already gets 20 percent of its sales ...
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Fjällräven plans to take its “Fjällräven Classic” long-distance trekking event,...
Fjällräven plans to take its “Fjällräven Classic” long-distance trekking event, which currently takes place in northern Sweden, to Hong Kong and Colorado in the autumn of 2017. Currently about 2,200 people from up to 35 countries take part in the event, which is organized once a year in August.
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Calzados Boreal, the Spanish producer of rugged outdoor footwear, launched...
Calzados Boreal, the Spanish producer of rugged outdoor footwear, launched a new brand image at the beginning of the year, which is used for its whole collection of outdoor and climbing shoes. The planned expansion of the company's head office and manufacturing site near Alicante from 4,500 to 7,500 sqm ...
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The European Outdoor Group announced that Alastair Humphreys, an adventurer...
The European Outdoor Group announced that Alastair Humphreys, an adventurer and author, will be the opening speaker at the European Outdoor Summit (EOS) next September. Delegates still have time until Friday, June 22 to book their place at the event at the discounted early-bird rate.Germany, Russia and China.
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Please contact Finn Carlsen or Charlotte Steadman at the UK...
Please contact Finn Carlsen or Charlotte Steadman at the UK Head Office, naturally in total confidence.
