News Briefs – Page 360
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Jeff Lasher, who has been chief financial officer of Crocs...
Jeff Lasher, who has been chief financial officer of Crocs since 2011, is leaving the company in early November to occupy a similar position at West Marine. Mike Smith, a former executive of Collective Brands and Wolverine Worldwide who joined Crocs earlier this year as senior vice president of finance, ...
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Bergans of Norway has announced a change in its Swiss...
Bergans of Norway has announced a change in its Swiss distribution, which has been handled so far by its Germany subsidiary Hamburg. Effective Nov. 1, Ace Alpine & Climbing Equipment will be in charge of distribution. The pre-orders for summer 2016 will still be taken care of by the German ...
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Hults Bruk axes are to be distributed in the U.S....
Hults Bruk axes are to be distributed in the U.S. market on a small scale after their introduction to retail customers at the Outdoor Retailer fair in August. Hults Bruk is more than three centuries old and a leading manufacturer of hand-forged axes in Sweden. The range sold in the ...
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Carving Sport, the Spanish distributor of Asolo, has taken on...
Carving Sport, the Spanish distributor of Asolo, has taken on the distribution of EB Escalade, the French company that claims to have put its name for the first time on climbing shoes in 1950. Founded in the 1930s by a shoemaker, Pierre Allain, EB has gone through many changes of ...
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Calzados Boreal is taking on the distribution in its Spanish...
Calzados Boreal is taking on the distribution in its Spanish home market of Rock Technologies, an Austrian brand of magnesium carbonate chalk balls and other climbing accessories, founded in 2008. Its range is a neat complement to Boreal's climbing shoes.
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Migros, the large Swiss retail cooperative, intends to open eight...
Migros, the large Swiss retail cooperative, intends to open eight more Outdoor by SportXX stores within its SportXX general sports stores by the end of the year. The strategy of installing specialty outdoor shop-in-shops was tested at a shopping mall outside Zurich in March 2014, and then at two other ...
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As planned, working through franchisees, Vaude has opened its 15th...
As planned, working through franchisees, Vaude has opened its 15th German store in Tübingen and its first one in Belgium, in Liège. They measure 260 and 220 square meters, respectively.
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The NPD Group reports that U.S. sales of camping-related products...
The NPD Group reports that U.S. sales of camping-related products such as coolers and hammocks have soared in the year until June, tying in with the requirements of outdoor consumers who increasingly seek the comforts of home for their outdoor experiences. This particularly applies to millennials, according to NPD. Sales ...
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The closure of various polluting viscose fiber plants in China...
The closure of various polluting viscose fiber plants in China helped to raise viscose fiber prices and contributed to lift the demand for Lenzing's wood-based Modal and Tencel fibers in the first half of this year. Combined with positive currency effects and a better product mix, this led the Austrian ...
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Reporting on some preliminary results before and during an investors'...
Reporting on some preliminary results before and during an investors' conference, Wolverine Worldwide's management indicated that its revenues declined by between 4 and 5 percent in the second quarter. They were flat in terms of local currencies and excluding the phase-out of the Patagonia license and the closure of retail ...
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The British government has launched a public consultation in the...
The British government has launched a public consultation in the country to find out what can be done to increase participation in sport. The consultation will run for just under nine weeks, from Aug. 4 until Oct. 2. Figures from Sport England for the 12 months to March 2015 show ...
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The North Face (TNF) has entered into a four-year license...
The North Face (TNF) has entered into a four-year license deal with Intelligent Fabric Technologies to use ProTX2 in its outdoor apparel, footwear and equipment products. Under the terms of the agreement, TNF will exclusively use ProTX2 in all its products that integrate antimicrobial technologies. The deal also provides for ...
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Jack Wolfskin launched a major new TV campaign in the...
Jack Wolfskin launched a major new TV campaign in the German-speaking countries on Aug. 26. A 30-second spot will run on major German TV networks through to the end of November. A similar 20-second spot will be aired in Austria and Switzerland. Asking viewers the question “Do you feel it, ...
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Oboz has announced it is now a major sponsor of...
Oboz has announced it is now a major sponsor of the Banff Mountain Film and Book Festival's 2016 Radical Reels Tour. Additionally, the Montana-based outdoor footwear brand is a presenting sponsor of the Radical Reels People's Choice Award. The festival, which will be held at the Banff Centre in Banff, ...
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Pep Guardiola has signed a personal endorsement deal with Gore-Tex...
Pep Guardiola has signed a personal endorsement deal with Gore-Tex as brand ambassador. The Spanish football coach, who is currently the trainer of FC Bayern München, will represent the Gore-Tex brand and Gore branded apparel and footwear globally for the next four years. During this period, Guardiola will also be ...
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Hi-Tec Sports Canada was a sponsor of the Trekking for...
Hi-Tec Sports Canada was a sponsor of the Trekking for Rhinos event on Sept. 19, at the Toronto Zoo, which included an unusual behind-the-scenes experience with the zoo's rhinos. Trekkers were encouraged to collect pledges, and Hi-Tec offered a pair of its Altitude V hiking boots to the top three pledge ...
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The European Outdoor Conservation Association (Eoca) said that four new...
The European Outdoor Conservation Association (Eoca) said that four new organizations signed up to be involved in the association's work at the recent OutDoor show in Friedrichshafen, Germany, on July 15-18. Eoca also met the target of reaching €30,000 in fundraising at the event. The companies that joined or partnered ...
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Ispo Munich, which has made no major changes to its...
Ispo Munich, which has made no major changes to its basic layout in six years, is re-distributing the exhibition space in 11 of its 16 halls for the next Jan. 24-27 edition, creating better synergies between some segments and improving walking distances. The Action Sports segment will move to Halls ...
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Timberland has reported on its corporate social responsibility (CSR) performance...
Timberland has reported on its corporate social responsibility (CSR) performance for the second quarter of 2015. Of the 320 active factories working for the brand at the end of the quarter, 36 percent were rated “accepted,” as compared to 31 percent in the first quarter. With regard to leather sourcing, ...
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Timberland has recently marked the planting of two million trees...
Timberland has recently marked the planting of two million trees in the Horqin Desert, in Northern China, a new milestone in its ongoing program to tackle desertification in Inner Mongolia. The initiative was launched in 2001 after one employee suggested that Timberland play a role in reforesting the Horqin Desert, ...
