News Briefs – Page 364
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Discussing the concept of Green Shape at the OutDoor show,...
Discussing the concept of Green Shape at the OutDoor show, which is now based on more stringent criteria, Vaude pointed to a Havas Media/Accenture study of 30,000 consumers showing that 72 percent of the people worldwide feel that businesses are not properly taking care of the environment. It also mentioned ...
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The George Fisher outdoor store in Keswick made an April...
The George Fisher outdoor store in Keswick made an April Fool's Day joke, which we fell for, about using drones to fly lunch packages to hikers this summer, but it wasn't such a far-fetched thought after all. While U.S. authorities are preventing Amazon from using drones for safety reasons, the ...
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Vista Outdoor is not looking for a specific company size...
Vista Outdoor is not looking for a specific company size in its “aggressive” pursuit of acquisitions in the outdoor space. The company's management told investors at a recent conference that, while a $200 million takeover may require less work than a $50 million deal, Vista may add more value to ...
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Yakima, the American supplier of car racks and other cargo...
Yakima, the American supplier of car racks and other cargo systems, is to spend $20.1 million on a new headquarters at Lake Oswego, near Portland, Oregon, to cope with its strong growth. The company has boosted its staff by 21 percent so far this year and doubled its sales management ...
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Several American news outlets are reporting that Confluence Outdoor, the U.S....
Several American news outlets are reporting that Confluence Outdoor, the U.S. watersports equipment company, is preparing to shut down its Bomber Gear apparel brand and end distribution of its Wave Sport whitewater boats in North America. The move was reportedly outlined in a letter by Confluence's chief executive, Sue Rechner, to ...
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The shareholders of Conzzeta approved proposals to conduct a share...
The shareholders of Conzzeta approved proposals to conduct a share split and to spin off its real estate business at an extraordinary meeting on June 22. Each shareholder will receive four shares for each one in his or her possession. The shareholders of the Swiss group, which owns Mammut and ...
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In the autumn, Max Hofbauer will become chief executive of...
In the autumn, Max Hofbauer will become chief executive of Bergzeit.de, the Bavarian online outdoor store that was acquired by Italy's Sportler in 2012. He will gradually take the place of its founder, Klaus Lehner, who is 55 years old and plans to retire in February 2016. Hofbauer, 52, is ...
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Deckers Brands has appointed Andreas Kost to the new position...
Deckers Brands has appointed Andreas Kost to the new position of sales manager of Hoka One One for the whole Central Europe region. He will run a sales team of two account managers and several field support representatives. Kost has worked for the Adidas Group and various streetwear and lifestyle ...
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Topher Gaylord has resigned as president of Mountain Hardwear, the...
Topher Gaylord has resigned as president of Mountain Hardwear, the mountaineering brand owned by the Columbia Sportswear group. A dedicated ultra runner, Gaylord took the helm in 2010, after several years as an executive at The North Face and other parts of VF Corp. Scott Kerslake, the chief executive of ...
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After four years at the top of Garmin Germany, Stefan...
After four years at the top of Garmin Germany, Stefan Bernard is to resign as managing director at his own request, effective mid-July. He will be replaced by Kai Tutschke who has been serving the GPS specialty company since 2008. Tutschke has been in charge of product marketing and sales ...
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The Lafuma Group has appointed a new brand manager for...
The Lafuma Group has appointed a new brand manager for Eider and is in the process of recruiting a brand manager for Millet. At Eider, Aurore Calmier takes the place left vacant a few months ago by the reassignment of a manager of the group, Thibaut Cornet, to the post ...
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Dick Heckmann, a former chief executive of K2, and William...
Dick Heckmann, a former chief executive of K2, and William Grant has stepped down as director of Jarden Corp., after reaching the mandatory retirement age. One of the seats on the board will be filled until the 2017 annual meeting by Peter Hochfelder, a founder and former managing member of ...
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PrimaLoft has announced the opening in June of its first...
PrimaLoft has announced the opening in June of its first wholly-owned subsidiary in Asia, and has hired Boris Lu as operations manager. The new office is located in Xiamen, China, a busy port city where the textile sector is well established, between the key destinations of Hong Kong and Shanghai. ...
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Komperdell, the Austrian maker of poles and other sporting goods,...
Komperdell, the Austrian maker of poles and other sporting goods, has picked Hooway (Beijing Snowpeak Hooway Trade Co. Ltd.), run by Frank Gao, as its new distributor for the Chinese market. Gunter Stattmann, Komperdell's export manager, said at Ispo Shanghai that the new agreement was non-exclusive for now. Over the ...
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Chiruca, the Spanish brand of outdoor shoes, is going to...
Chiruca, the Spanish brand of outdoor shoes, is going to present its products in the booth of Relags at the OutDoor show in Friedrichshafen. Chiruca is still represented in Germany by an agent, Michael Wolf. It began to work with Relags, a major German producer, distributor and wholesaler of camping ...
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Aku Italia has teamed up with Vertical as a distributor...
Aku Italia has teamed up with Vertical as a distributor for Spain and Andorra, effective with orders taken since July 1 and with deliveries from January 2016. In the last 15 years, the Italian company has been working the market through an agent, Josep Casas, who will continue to have ...
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Scandinalp, a subsidiary of Loisiralp, will distribute the tents and...
Scandinalp, a subsidiary of Loisiralp, will distribute the tents and sleeping bags of Helsport in France. It is already the French distributor for Silva and Exel.
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Peter Cowgill, executive chairman of the JD Sports Fashion group,...
Peter Cowgill, executive chairman of the JD Sports Fashion group, told shareholders at their annual meeting earlier this week that the company has made a strong start for the first 19 weeks of its new fiscal year, started at the beginning of February. The company said it was still pleased ...
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Hudy Sport, a leading Czech outdoor retailer with stores and...
Hudy Sport, a leading Czech outdoor retailer with stores and franchises in the Czech Republic and Slovakia, joined the European Outdoor Group (EOG) earlier this month. Hudy has become part of a growing number of retail members at the association, since it decided to open up last year. The 14 ...
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Polartec and Pontetorto have announced an amicable settlement of a...
Polartec and Pontetorto have announced an amicable settlement of a lawsuit that the Italian company had filed in a German court over alleged infringement of certain intellectual property rights. The two companies say they have found more common ground than differences. They have decided to collaborate in order to develop ...
