News Briefs – Page 384
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Petzl America has opened the Petzl Technical Institute in Salt...
Petzl America has opened the Petzl Technical Institute in Salt Lake City, a 15,000-square-foot technical training center featuring customizable and job-specific training facilities that recreate a variety of real-world scenarios. The institute includes a 55-foot tall climbing wall with midway ledge for multi-pitch simulation as well as more than 5,000 ...
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Brian Thomson has been appointed general manager of Ex Officio,...
Brian Thomson has been appointed general manager of Ex Officio, one of the technical apparel brands of Jarden Corporation. He brings 15 years of industry experience, most recently as director of sales and marketing at Toad & Co., the American firm previously called Horny Toad. He previously spent 13 years ...
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Steve Murray has been designated to succeed David Suddens as...
Steve Murray has been designated to succeed David Suddens as the chief executive of Dr. Martens at the end of this year. Suddens, who has led the company for 12 years, will act as non-executive chairman. Murray has lately been running Deckers Outdoor's operations in Europe, the Middle East and ...
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Crocs has appointed Michelle Poole as its senior vice president...
Crocs has appointed Michelle Poole as its senior vice president of global merchandising, a newly-created position in the company. Poole, who started her new role on Aug. 25, is based at the company's product creation and global shared-services center in Niwot, Colorado. She will report directly to Andrew Rees, president ...
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In October, Haglöfs' product manager for hardware, Håkan Nyström, will...
In October, Haglöfs' product manager for hardware, Håkan Nyström, will be stepping down, triggering new management changes after the recent departure of the company's chief executive, Nicolas Warchalowski. Viktor Wramdemark, the current director of footwear, will take over Nyström's position and will thus be also responsible for hardware. For ...
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Cocona, the company behind the high-performance fabric 37.5, has announced...
Cocona, the company behind the high-performance fabric 37.5, has announced a new European sales team. Liam Gallagher will take the helm in the U.K. He brings more than 20 years of experience across different textile industries and markets. He worked for 12 years at Polartec, where he held a number of ...
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Keen has hired Michael Minter as its first in-house vice...
Keen has hired Michael Minter as its first in-house vice president of creative. Minter was most recently global creative director/global director of marketing at Sanuk. He brings years of experience from the outdoor, action sports, surf and footwear industries. At Sanuk, he led the design and development process as global ...
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Timbuk2 has appointed a Norwegian company, Tre Pluss, as its...
Timbuk2 has appointed a Norwegian company, Tre Pluss, as its distributor for the Nordic countries plus the U.K. and Germany. Tre Pluss will start distributing the products of this American supplier of backpacks, messenger bags, travel bags and other accessories this autumn and will be opening some brand stores in ...
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GSI Outdoors, the U.S. company specializing in outdoor cookware, has...
GSI Outdoors, the U.S. company specializing in outdoor cookware, has made several adjustments to its European distribution in the last months. It sealed an agreement with Venta Sport in Germany, starting from the beginning of 2015 and replacing a partnership with Relags, a big trading company. Venta Sport, which already ...
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For the first time, Jack Wolfskin will be represented in...
For the first time, Jack Wolfskin will be represented in the important Norwegian market, starting with the spring/summer 2015 season. The German brand has not focused seriously on the Norwegian market in the past, but has now partnered with a local agent, Jawo AS. The company, which has its own ...
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UV-Buddy has secured an agreement for Ed & Phil Active...
UV-Buddy has secured an agreement for Ed & Phil Active to distribute its UV-sensitive bracelets in the U.K. Cornwall-based UV-Buddy produces a selection of reactive jewelry and accessories that warn people out in the sun when they are being exposed to high levels of UV. Bracelets are designed with beads ...
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Fjällräven, the Swedish outdoor brand, continues to make rapid strides...
Fjällräven, the Swedish outdoor brand, continues to make rapid strides in the U.S. market, with multiple store openings and a thriving wholesale business. The brand's U.S. turnover is set to increase more than four-fold this year. Its wholesale account base has increased by 20 percent and it has already opened ...
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Amer Sports will inaugurate a new Amer Sports Brand Store...
Amer Sports will inaugurate a new Amer Sports Brand Store at the group's headquarters in Helsinki, at Aleksis Kiven katu 17 A, on Aug. 29. The 280-square-meter store will offer a comprehensive selection of products representing the various brands of the group. The store offering will include sports and lifestyle ...
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The board of directors of the European Federation of the...
The board of directors of the European Federation of the Sporting Goods Industry (Fesi) has unanimously elected Luca Businaro as its new president until October 2016, taking the place of Bruno Alves who has left Nike to join the European Commission in Brussels. Businaro was recently re-elected as president of ...
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Skins has announced a partnership with Tecnu Adventure Racing, a...
Skins has announced a partnership with Tecnu Adventure Racing, a multisport adventure racing team in North America. Skins is providing the team with an assortment of compression wear including A400 Compression Long Tights, A200 Compression Long Tights, RY400 Compression Long Tights for Recovery and the Unisex Compression Calf Tights MX. ...
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Published by Spain's Sport Panel, which also puts out the...
Published by Spain's Sport Panel, which also puts out the Tradesport magazine, the fifth edition of the Biblia del Outdoor (= Outdoor Bible), has just come out with a total of more than 400 pages of product information and practical tips for participants in outdoor activities. With an initial circulation ...
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Hi-Tec Sports is supporting Alexandre Poussin and his family as...
Hi-Tec Sports is supporting Alexandre Poussin and his family as they make a 16-month trek by foot through Madagascar. The travel writer and his family are using Hi-Tec's latest lightweight hiking range to make the 2,500km journey and are publicly sharing their experience on a dedicated Hi-Tec microsite at www.hi-tec.com/gl/madatrek/, ...
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Jack Wolfskin launched a new advertising campaign for end consumers...
Jack Wolfskin launched a new advertising campaign for end consumers in Germany, Austria and Switzerland on Aug. 18. The campaign includes a TV spot, which has been available on the campaign's website, draussen-ist-ueberall.com, since Aug. 18 and which was aired for the first time on TV on Aug. 25. Together ...
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Primaloft is launching a completely redesigned website, at www.primaloft.com, as...
Primaloft is launching a completely redesigned website, at www.primaloft.com, as part of a change in branding the company announced in January this year. Along with new brand visuals, the website features multiple platforms dedicated to educating the consumer about all aspects of the company. The “Performance Guide” includes, among other ...
