News Briefs – Page 378
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John Sanchez has left as president of Zeal Optics after...
John Sanchez has left as president of Zeal Optics after two years with the company, which was acquired by Maui Jim three years ago, to join Costa Sunglasses, the U.S. company recently purchased by Essilor International, in the position of vice president of product development. He will gradually take over ...
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Achim Löffler, a 12-year veteran of W.L. Gore & Associates...
Achim Löffler, a 12-year veteran of W.L. Gore & Associates who has been running its sports and outdoor footwear business since May 2013, is now officially in charge of Gore-Tex' global shoe business, including casual and formal shoes. The 43-year-old took charge of the whole sector a few months ago, ...
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Felix Geiger will join the executive board of Schöffel in...
Felix Geiger will join the executive board of Schöffel in January in the position of managing director in charge of finance, general organization and IT. He will also run the German company's Professional Wear division. The 42-year-old comes from Escada, where he acted lately as executive vice president for finance. ...
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Nicolas Pelletier is set to replace Stéphane Saigre in March...
Nicolas Pelletier is set to replace Stéphane Saigre in March as general manager of Décathlon France, according to sport-guide.com. Pelletier has been involved with Décathlon's private running brand, Kalenji, since its launch ten years ago. He has been the brand's manager for the past six years. Saigre, who has been ...
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Massimo Fregonese, who resigned six months ago as international sales...
Massimo Fregonese, who resigned six months ago as international sales and marketing director of Camelbak, has joined Masters in the new role of brand director, charged of developing the Italian brand of ski, trekking and Nordic walking poles, and to increase its international presence. Masters is already a leader in ...
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Patrick Boom has been appointed global director of marketing and...
Patrick Boom has been appointed global director of marketing and e-commerce for Hi-Tec and Magnum. He has been running Clockwork, a Dutch advertising agency specializing in digital marketing and based. He has participated in the development of global marketing campaigns for brands such as Ikea, McDonalds and Senseo.
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Nelson Chan, a former chief executive of Magellan, has been...
Nelson Chan, a former chief executive of Magellan, has been appointed to Deckers Brands' board of directors, replacing Maureen Conners. Chan is currently chairman of Outerwall, the company behind the well-known Redbox and Coinstar operations. He acts as chairman or director at various other companies including Synaptics, described as a leading developer ...
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Ward Collins has been appointed by Icebug to the newly created...
Ward Collins has been appointed by Icebug to the newly created position of U.S. national sales and key project manager, in response to the Swedish company's continued growth in the U.S. market. He reports to Evan Wert, president of Icebug USA. Collins comes from a shoe insole company, Superfeet, where he worked for ...
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Berghaus has confirmed details of a new distribution agreement with...
Berghaus has confirmed details of a new distribution agreement with Catrade, which is replacing Montana Sport for the Swiss market. Catrade has already started to market the company's autumn/winter 2015 collection with a dedicated team to its 700+ retail clients in the country. Founded in 1976, Catrade has 22 employees, ...
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Eleven Outdoor has become the exclusive importer for Houdini Sportswear...
Eleven Outdoor has become the exclusive importer for Houdini Sportswear in France, where the Swedish company didn't have a distributor before. Run by Jean-Marc Delcroitre, who took it over at the beginning of this year, Eleven Outdoor was previously called JCP. It is still the distributor of Ferrino and Camelbak in ...
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Bogs it taking over the distribution of its footwear in...
Bogs it taking over the distribution of its footwear in the U.K. from Anatom. From the start of the new year, it will have its own distribution, warehousing and inventory management in the country. Based in Oregon, Bogs is a brand of outdoor shoes owned by Weyco Group, an American ...
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Lowa, the German-based producer of outdoor shoes, will be distributing...
Lowa, the German-based producer of outdoor shoes, will be distributing the technical apparel collection of the Bandavej brand in Germany from autumn/winter 15/16. The collection is designed by Fillippo Tessitore and developed and manufactured in Italy. The functional sportswear is based on a patented dihedral cord construction with polypropylene on ...
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Arc'teryx has opened its fourth store in the U.S., located...
Arc'teryx has opened its fourth store in the U.S., located in the city center of Washington, D.C. The brand owns three other mono-brand stores in Canada, one in China and one in Japan, in addition to almost 20 partner stores in North America, the U.K. and Korea. It plans to ...
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Amer Sports will have 260 mono-brand stores, 150 partner stores...
Amer Sports will have 260 mono-brand stores, 150 partner stores and 62 e-commerce sites in operation around the world by the end of the year. Salomon will have the biggest presence at the direct-to-consumer level with 196 branded stores and 29 web stores. It opened its first virtual store in ...
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The outdoor shoe and apparel market in the U.K. reached...
The outdoor shoe and apparel market in the U.K. reached a level of £460 million (€590m-$717m) at the retail level in the 12 months ended in June 2014, according to the online consumer panel conducted by the NPD Group. It was 14 percent higher than five years ago, when the ...
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Running has become the number two sport in terms of...
Running has become the number two sport in terms of participation in the U.K., and a quarter of the 10.5 million people who are involved in the sport in the country do at at least one third of their running offroad, according to a study by Sports Marketing Survey. The ...
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The SportsOneSource Group is acquiring the VantagePoint retail point-of-sale data-reporting...
The SportsOneSource Group is acquiring the VantagePoint retail point-of-sale data-reporting platform from the Outdoor Industry Association (OIA). The transaction is expected to close on Dec. 31. SportsOneSource, an American publishing and market research company, is introducing new branding and technology across its various data products in 2015, and the inclusion ...
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Following the European Outdoor Group's (EOG) announcement earlier this year that...
Following the European Outdoor Group's (EOG) announcement earlier this year that the federation would also welcome retailers as members, the first retail chains have now joined the association. They are SportScheck, Transa, the big Swiss outdoor retailer, Sport 2000 and STMI, the buying group comprising Go Sport, Hervis, SportXX, Forum Sport, Twinner ...
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Lowa will introduce its own line of technical socks during...
Lowa will introduce its own line of technical socks during thespring/summer 2015 season. Called Eightsox, the line is made in Italy. It is starting off with specific socks for trekking, running and cycling. An expanded collection of 23 styles is being developed for autumn/winter 2015/16.
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Gregory Mountain Products, which was taken over by Samsonite International...
Gregory Mountain Products, which was taken over by Samsonite International in July, says it has no intention of developing an apparel collection for Europe under its brand name. Meanwhile, Gregory has hired a new designer in the U.S., Rawmin Ehyai, who worked previously as a designer for Camelbak, Lululemon and ...
