News Briefs – Page 352
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Vaude has acquired Epiclist, the iPhone-compatible outdoor travel application developed...
Vaude has acquired Epiclist, the iPhone-compatible outdoor travel application developed over the past three years by Epic Peaks. Epiclist allows users to post travel and outdoor stories, which they can share with their friends. By documenting travels and outdoor activities, this app aims to inspire other users to plan their ...
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The board of directors at Cabela's said it had started...
The board of directors at Cabela's said it had started exploring a range of strategic alternatives for the U.S. fishing, hunting and outdoor retailer, to drive value for its shareholders. After some investor rumblings in the last few weeks, Cabela's chief executive, Thomas Millner, said in a statement that the ...
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Newsquest has sold TGO, a consumer-oriented outdoor magazine in the...
Newsquest has sold TGO, a consumer-oriented outdoor magazine in the U.K., to Kelsey Media, which already publishes Outdoor Fitness and Triathlon. The magazine is said to have a lower circulation than the market leaders, Trail and Country Walking.
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Bondholders of Sympatex Holding have rejected a proposal to...
Bondholders of Sympatex Holding have rejected a proposal to get their bonds redeemed ahead of their maturity for 101 percent of their value, and this should make it more difficult for shareholders to sell parts of the group to interested parties. Only creditors representing 21.6 percent of the €13 million ...
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IC Group's board of director has decided to initiate a...
IC Group's board of director has decided to initiate a new program that will grant up to 61,113 performance shares to the members of its global management team and other selected executives, for a total of 23 participants. They will have an opportunity to get one-quarter of the shares depending ...
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Polartec has decided to close its factory in Lawrence, Massachusetts,...
Polartec has decided to close its factory in Lawrence, Massachusetts, moving its operations to its other plants in Hudson, New Hampshire and Cleveland, Tennessee. The latter was acquired by Polartec in September from United Knitting. The Lawrence factory had been rebuilt by Malden Mills 20 years ago, after being ...
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Implus, the acquisitive U.S. company that owns numerous sports, fitness...
Implus, the acquisitive U.S. company that owns numerous sports, fitness and footwear accessories brands, has enlarged its fitness category to form the Implus Fitness & Wellness Division, after the purchase of Trigger Point Performance, Harbinger Fitness and Fuel Belt earlier this year. The move is meant to accelerate expansion in ...
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Amer Sports' board of directors has approved a Performance Share...
Amer Sports' board of directors has approved a Performance Share Plan and a Restricted Stock Plan as incentives for key employees. The first one will allow about 250 people to earn rewards in cash and Amer shares, up to a maximum of 1.1 million shares, based on the ...
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Patrick Diller has been appointed marketing manager for MSR Global...
Patrick Diller has been appointed marketing manager for MSR Global Health, an initiative launched earlier this year by Mountain Safety Research (MSR), an outdoor equipment supplier owned by Cascade Designs. His assignment is to assist Jane Mauser, MSR marketing director, in developing marketing plans and leading cross-functional teams for their ...
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Rand Whitney has been appointed as director of sales at...
Rand Whitney has been appointed as director of sales at the U.S. subsidiary for Original Buff, the Spanish provider of bandanas and other performance headwear for runners, cyclists and outdoor enthusiasts. The company said in a press release that Whitney has been in leadership functions in the general sporting goods ...
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Eagle Creek, the brand of travel equipment owned by VF...
Eagle Creek, the brand of travel equipment owned by VF Corporation, hired Lisa Buco as marketing director from the middle of December. She is to manage all aspects of marketing and to supervise seasonal key account business plans and business development. Buco was previously head of digital marketing at Condé ...
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Alexander Nehls is switching from Adidas Outdoor to become international...
Alexander Nehls is switching from Adidas Outdoor to become international marketing director for Dynafit from the start of next year, reporting directly to Benedikt Böhm, managing director of the ski touring and mountain sports brand. Nehls will manage the international marketing team from the company's head office in Aschheim near ...
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Nemo Equipment, the U.S. supplier specializing in tents and other...
Nemo Equipment, the U.S. supplier specializing in tents and other outdoor equipment, has hired three people to expand its small team. Previously at General Electric, in global research as a materials scientist, Patrick McCluskey has been appointed product manager at Nemo. His Ph. D. from Harvard in Engineering Sciences sits ...
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Liz Robbins, co-founder of Royal Robbins and its former head...
Liz Robbins, co-founder of Royal Robbins and its former head of design, is coming back to the company as an adviser. She will work closely with Michael Millenacker, who himself returned to Royal Robbins as its chief executive in September. Liz and Royal Robbins are famous Sierra Nevada climbers. In ...
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Confluence Outdoor, the U.S. watersports equipment company, appointed Hastings Blumer...
Confluence Outdoor, the U.S. watersports equipment company, appointed Hastings Blumer as director of product management for its surf, stand-up paddleboard and paddle brands, Boardworks and Adventure Technology. He previously led strategic product line development for Adventure Technology, which is the company's performance paddle brand, as the product manager. Boardworks is ...
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Previously senior field sales manager at the Adidas Group in...
Previously senior field sales manager at the Adidas Group in Norway, Stian Sunde has been hired as Norwegian country manager for Haglöfs, starting from the beginning of February. This comes after the departure of Bjarne Budal, who led the Swedish outdoor brand's business in Norway for many years. At the ...
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Vaude has appointed a new product manager in charge of...
Vaude has appointed a new product manager in charge of its footwear division, Oliver Korden, with the aim of boosting the share of its revenues coming from this sector. Shoes represent only 3 percent of the company's turnover, but their sales grew by 15 percent this year, and the company ...
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Jill Layfield left Backcountry.com on Dec. 10 as chief executive,...
Jill Layfield left Backcountry.com on Dec. 10 as chief executive, after four years at the head of the American company, giving no reasons for her departure. A replacement has not yet been announced, but Jim Holland, a co-founder of Backcountry.com and her predecessor, remains as president. Since joining this e-commerce ...
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White Sierra says it has hired Haiqin “Jenny Chen,” who...
White Sierra says it has hired Haiqin “Jenny Chen,” who has spent 10 years as a designer for Nike, to head up its product creation team. The American brand is also investing in veteran talent at its development office in Shanghai. Its staff includes employees who have worked with Nike, ...
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Reiner Pichler will become on April 1 the new chief...
Reiner Pichler will become on April 1 the new chief executive of Calida Holding, the Swiss lingerie group that controls Lafuma with 59.9 percent of the shares. He will replace Felix Sulzberger, who spent 14 years at the helm of Calida and engineered the takeover of the French group. According ...
