News Briefs – Page 397
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Craghoppers has produced a documentary entitled “Hope,” which highlights the...
Craghoppers has produced a documentary entitled “Hope,” which highlights the plight of the mountain gorillas in Rwanda. The 15-minute film, directed by award-winning filmmaker Pete McBride and narrated by Sir David Attenborough, takes a look back to 1967, when Dian Fossey began her work in the region. Dian Fossey was ...
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Crocs reduced volatile organic compounds by 16.5 percent per pair...
Crocs reduced volatile organic compounds by 16.5 percent per pair in 2013 and is aiming for another 10 percent reduction this year. The footwear brand, which has just released its 2013 sustainability report, said it also completed its first greenhouse gas inventory, which included manufacturing facilities and headquarters. The company ...
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Moosejaw.com and Patagonia teamed up on a charity challenge give...
Moosejaw.com and Patagonia teamed up on a charity challenge give money to give to non-profit conservation groups. Through their “Moosejaw X Patagonia Charity Challenge Thing,” and using the online fundraising site crowdrise.com, the two companies were able to multiply a joint $10,000 pledge to non-profit conservation groups 11-fold. Moosejaw.com, founded ...
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Ifema, the trade show organizer in Madrid, has announced the...
Ifema, the trade show organizer in Madrid, has announced the cancellation of the summer edition of Naturiva, which was going to take place on May 9-11. It will concentrate on the winter edition of the consumer-oriented fair, which welcomed more than 15,000 visitors last year.
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Philippe Joffard, the former chief executive of Lafuma Group, who...
Philippe Joffard, the former chief executive of Lafuma Group, who sold his shares in the company to Calida and left it more than one year ago, is now the CEO of Peek-a-Boo, a French producer of children's items with an annual turnover of €50 million that markets its products under ...
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JD Sports has acquired Ultimate Outdoors, a retail with three...
JD Sports has acquired Ultimate Outdoors, a retail with three stores in the north of England and Wales under its own name and another under the Planet Fear banner in Keswick. In addition to JD and other properties in the sports and fashion sectors, the British retailer controlled by Pentland ...
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Jos. A Bank Clothiers is not going to go ahead...
Jos. A Bank Clothiers is not going to go ahead with its proposed $825 million acquisition of Eddie Bauer, as the American menswear retail chain has agreed to be acquired instead by a competitor, The Men's Warehouse. As a result, Eddie Bauer's parent company, Everest Holdings, will get a break-up ...
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Calida Holding of Switzerland has ended up with 59.92 percent...
Calida Holding of Switzerland has ended up with 59.92 percent of the shares in the Lafuma Group, up from 53.07 percent as of last Dec. 31, after a series of refinancing measures that have cut down its debt drastically and boosted equity to $56.88 million. A positive operating cash flow ...
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To better define sales and marketing activities, Swix Sports has...
To better define sales and marketing activities, Swix Sports has reorganized its company into two separate internal organizations – Sport and Outdoor. Though retailers and consumers will not be able to tell any difference, all Swix and Toko activities now fall under the Sport organization, while the brands Lundhags and ...
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Ines Dangl, the 33-year-old former sales manager of Canada Goose...
Ines Dangl, the 33-year-old former sales manager of Canada Goose for Germany, has become German commercial director of Arc'teryx. With her appointment, Reiner Kopf, the former German agent of Arc'teryx who recently became Central European manager for the brand, has completed the establishment of its new German management team.
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Lundhags has hired a shoe designer, Niklas Karlsson, who previously...
Lundhags has hired a shoe designer, Niklas Karlsson, who previously worked for Hummel on retro-inspired sneakers. The Swedish outdoor brand is going on a product development offensive in the footwear segment, which was the second-largest category for the company when it was acquired by Swix Sport Group at the beginning ...
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Oboz Foootwear has appointed Josh Wise to the position of...
Oboz Foootwear has appointed Josh Wise to the position of marketing coordinator and graphic designer, placing him in charge of all the trade and consumer-oriented marketing communications projects of the young American outdoor footwear company. The outdoor enthusiast has worked as a graphic designer, product developer, and production manager for ...
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Timbuk2, the San Francisco-based firm best known for its customizable...
Timbuk2, the San Francisco-based firm best known for its customizable messenger bags, has announced that its chief executive, Mike Wallenfels, has resigned. The position will be covered by Ken Pucker, the company's board chairman, until a replacement is found. Wallenfels, who will continue to work with Timbuk2's board of directors ...
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Aliens Bergsport & Arbeitssicherheit, German distributor of Singing Rock, has...
Aliens Bergsport & Arbeitssicherheit, German distributor of Singing Rock, has taken on the distribution of Kong, the Italian brand of climbing equipment. Kong was previously distributed by Bergzeug. The latter's founder and managing director, Peter Gruber has left the company to work for the new Germany subsidiary of Petzl, taking ...
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André-Pierre Bonamy, the former European sales manager of Columbia Sportswear...
André-Pierre Bonamy, the former European sales manager of Columbia Sportswear who worked more recently as European general manager for Dakine, has set up his own sales agency, working for Ternua for France and Benelux. He is also representing a Swedish brand of skiwear, 8848 Altitude.
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While retailing its Dutch office for the wider range of...
While retailing its Dutch office for the wider range of its activites, Tropicare is outsourcing its sales operations in the outdoor and leisure sector in the Netherlands to Elements bvba, a Belgian company that has been acting as a distributor and agent for its anti-malaria Care Plus products in Belgium ...
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Improve Business Scandinavia has become the new general agent for...
Improve Business Scandinavia has become the new general agent for Treksta, the Korean brand of outdoor shoes. Improve is run by Mats Bengtsson, who was formerly the managing director for Viking Footwear in Sweden. Improve has hired two new experienced employees, Peter Patrickson, a former sales reepresentative for Viking, and ...
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JCP, the French distributor of outdoor products, has been renamed...
JCP, the French distributor of outdoor products, has been renamed Eleven Outdoor effective Jan. 1. The decision follows the acquisition of the company by Jean-Marc Decloitre and Bruno Giusti last July. Decloitre is still running the company and Giusti, commercial director, has also retained his role. JCP has distributed Ferrino ...
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Victorinox Swiss Army, the watch division of the famous maker...
Victorinox Swiss Army, the watch division of the famous maker of multipurpose knives, has signed a partnership deal with Eberhard Italia for the marketing of its watches on the Italian market starting March 2014. In a joint statement, the two Switzerland-based companies said that the new collaborative synergy will not ...
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With concept store locations already in Stockholm and Helsinki, Hestra...
With concept store locations already in Stockholm and Helsinki, Hestra is now opening a new store in Oslo in August. It will be located in the popular shopping street of Bogstadsveien and will display over 300 models of sports and fashion gloves.
