News Briefs – Page 375
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Christian Benedikt, 35, has become sales manager of Hilleberg The...
Christian Benedikt, 35, has become sales manager of Hilleberg The Tentmaker for the German-speaking countries and the Netherlands, directly reporting to the Swedish company's managing director, Göran Svensk. As reported in the following article, the German native comes from Bridgedale, where he worked for the last two and a half ...
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Taking over some of Christian Benedikt's functions (see the previous...
Taking over some of Christian Benedikt's functions (see the previous article), Maxime Guillaumond, who comes from Raidlight, is joining Bridgedale as business development manager, based in Eurasburg, Germany. One key focus of his role will be to support OSC, the group's distributor for Germany, Austria and Italy. He will also ...
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Prana generated only 5 percent of its sales outside the...
Prana generated only 5 percent of its sales outside the U.S. by the time the brand was acquired by Columbia Sportswear last year. Prana has now reported the creation of a new position of director of international sales. Starting on Feb. 2, it will be filled by Pacho Bedoya, who ...
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Liberty Interactive Corporation, parent company for Backcountry.com and Bodybuilding.com, has...
Liberty Interactive Corporation, parent company for Backcountry.com and Bodybuilding.com, has announced the extension of the employment contract of its president and chief executive, Gregory B. Maffei, through 2019. Last November, Liberty Interactive indicated that it was planning to expand further the European operations of Backcountry.com in 2015, entering two or ...
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Salewa North America has announced two new appointments. Steve Kropf...
Salewa North America has announced two new appointments. Steve Kropf will act as director of sales for the company's various brands: Salewa, Dynafit, Pomoca and Wild Country, and Dan Fiore will serve as product line manager for apparel. They will report to Chris Sword, president of Salewa North America. Kropf ...
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Hydro Flask, the 7-year-old American supplier of stainless steel bottles,...
Hydro Flask, the 7-year-old American supplier of stainless steel bottles, has two new executives. Leanne Champion has been the company's director of marketing since last Dec. 18, and Jon Smith started as director of product on Jan. 5. Smith comes from Black Diamond Equipment, where he has been in charge ...
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Joe Prebich has been appointed by Fjällräven to the new...
Joe Prebich has been appointed by Fjällräven to the new position of director of marketing for North America. He is going to report to Nathan Dopp, vice president of marketing and sales for Fjällräven North America, one of the fastest-growing operation of the Fenix Outdoor group worldwide. Prebich has been ...
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Schuyler Horton, who has been with the Thule Group in...
Schuyler Horton, who has been with the Thule Group in the U.S. as director of national accounts since 2006, has been promoted to the position of vice president of sales and service for its outdoor and bags business in the Americas. He replaces Tripp Wycoff, who is leaving the Swedish ...
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Colin Lantz, former president of La Sportiva North America, has...
Colin Lantz, former president of La Sportiva North America, has been appointed by Brandforce to the new position of vice president for North America. Based in Boulder, Colorado, he will support the existing brand partners of HeiQ and handle the development of new business in the western half of the ...
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Pentland Brands has announced a series of senior leadership appointments....
Pentland Brands has announced a series of senior leadership appointments. Sean Hastings, vice president of product and marketing for Speedo, has been appointed Pentland's global marketing director. Jamie Cornforth, currently Speedo's head of category strategy & planning, product & marketing, becomes Speedo's interim vice president of product and marketing. Carl ...
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ExOfficio, part of Jarden Corp.'s Outdoor Solutions segment, has appointed...
ExOfficio, part of Jarden Corp.'s Outdoor Solutions segment, has appointed Julie Snow as vice president of design and product development. Snow has over 20 years of experience in the apparel industry. She was vice president of design and merchandising for eight years at Cutter & Buck and prior to that, ...
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Pacific Market International (PMI) has acquired Aladdin South America, the...
Pacific Market International (PMI) has acquired Aladdin South America, the supplier of insulated vacuum bottles in Brazil owned by the Agostini family. Among other assets, the takeover covers two ISO-9001 certified manufacturing factories in the country. They will make thermoses and other food and beverage containers under the group's Stanley ...
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Polar Bottle says it has secured distributors in key European...
Polar Bottle says it has secured distributors in key European territories as the 20-year-old brand intends to make a push in the European market with a booth at next week's Ispo Munich show. Its high-performance insulated water bottles and hydration systems are already sold in 49 different countries. They are ...
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Tittallon, a highly technical and colorful Chinese brand of ski...
Tittallon, a highly technical and colorful Chinese brand of ski and outdoor clothing, has started to be sold in about 40 stores in Germany and other parts of Europe, according to the European distributor of the brand, Conel. It has recruited agents in Germany and distributors for the Czech Republic ...
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Ruffwear, the Oregon-based manufacturer of canine outdoor gear, has partnered...
Ruffwear, the Oregon-based manufacturer of canine outdoor gear, has partnered with Jsk Global to manage distribution in South Korea, a new Asian market for the brand, and a country where hiking and camping are national pastimes. The agreement is effective as of Jan. 15. Ruffwear will also launch a new ...
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Società Italia has signed an exclusive agreement with WP Lavori...
Società Italia has signed an exclusive agreement with WP Lavori in Corso for the distribution of all collections in the countries of the former Soviet Union, effective autumn-winter 2015/2016. WP Lavori in Corso, based in Bologna, Italy, holds the international license for Woolrich John Rich & Bros. The countries in ...
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Keen has opened an enlarged mono-brand store in Atrium Flora,...
Keen has opened an enlarged mono-brand store in Atrium Flora, a premium shopping center in Prague, through its successful Czech distributor, Outdoor Concept. Replacing a smaller outlet that was opened on the same site three years ago, it's the third Keen store in the city.
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Camino Sport, a Spanish retailer specializing in running and outdoor...
Camino Sport, a Spanish retailer specializing in running and outdoor products, has shut down the last of its four stores and its e-commerce site. It was closely associated with Camino de Santiago, the pilgrimage route to Santiago de Compostella. Its main store, which measured about 500 square meters, was located ...
