News Briefs – Page 399
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After it came under the control of Bollin Group last...
After it came under the control of Bollin Group last July and appointed Mark Billing as the new managing director, Trekmates, the British brand of outdoor and adventure travel accessories and vclothing, signed a cooperation agreement with Go System, the British brand of portable gas appliances, for the distribution and ...
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The Fenix Outdoor Group is about to open an office...
The Fenix Outdoor Group is about to open an office in Hong Kong in charge of coordinating the activities of the distributors and licensees of its brands in the Far East region, excluding the Republic of China. The main markets that the new office will supervise are Japan, South Korea, ...
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Golden Gate Capital has agreed to sell Eddie Bauer, the...
Golden Gate Capital has agreed to sell Eddie Bauer, the well-known American outdoor and fashion retailer, for $564 million in cash and 4.7 million shares in the chain's new owner, Jos. A. Bank, a men's apparel retailer that has 570 stores in the U.S. The acquisition price is a multiple of ...
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Essilor International, the world's biggest supplier of ophthalmic lenses, has...
Essilor International, the world's biggest supplier of ophthalmic lenses, has announced the completion of its acquisition of Costa Inc., producer of the Costa and Native brands of sunglasses. The French company says that Costa has become the fastest-growing brand of performance sunglasses in the U.S. As a group, Costa Inc. ...
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Schöffel has assigned Patrick Schmollinger, 40, for the newly created...
Schöffel has assigned Patrick Schmollinger, 40, for the newly created position of sales manager for the company's core market, Germany. Before joining Schöffel, Schmollinger worked as strategic account manager buying groups at Puma Germany. Born in Germany but rooted in Austria, Schmollinger, former professional breaststroke swimmer, represented Austria at the ...
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Norrøna, the Norwegian outdoor brand, has appointed Christian Marsch to...
Norrøna, the Norwegian outdoor brand, has appointed Christian Marsch to the newly created position of sales manager for Germany, Austria, Switzerland and the Netherlands. The passionate 34-year-old freerider, cyclist and climber previously worked as key account manager for Canon. Jochen Hoffmann remains as account manager for Central and Northern Germany. ...
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After nearly six years as sales manager at Zamberlan, the...
After nearly six years as sales manager at Zamberlan, the Italian manufacturer of high-end outdoor footwear, Fabio Miotto has moved to another shoe company, Aku, where he now serves as export manager. Miotto, who previously spent six years at Tecnica, has collected much experience in exporting shoes from Italy, and ...
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Shareholders of Conzzeta, the parent company of Mammut Sports Group,...
Shareholders of Conzzeta, the parent company of Mammut Sports Group, will be asked on April 29 to approve the election of two new directors in addition to Ernst Bärtschi, the recently announced candidate for the chairmanship of the Swiss group (see issue 6-19+20 of The Compass, Oct. 16, 2013). The ...
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Berg Outdoor, owned by the Portuguese Sonae Group, has signed...
Berg Outdoor, owned by the Portuguese Sonae Group, has signed several new distribution agreements in South America and Europe. Berg Outdoor appointed Javier González as the new sales manager, replacing Pedro Lopez, in June 2013. González has previously worked for Merida as sales manager and for Scott bikes and Johnson ...
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Salewa's German office is no longer responsible for the distribution...
Salewa's German office is no longer responsible for the distribution of Briko in the country. Two former Uvex managers, Oliver Heimbach and Kristian Otsa, are now taking care of the Italian brand (more in Sporting Goods Intelligence Europe).
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Oboz, the six-year-old American brand of outdoor shoes from Bozeman,...
Oboz, the six-year-old American brand of outdoor shoes from Bozeman, Montana, is entering the Japanese market for the autumn/winter 2014/15 season through a distribution agreement with Itochu Corporation. The big Japanese trading company had been distributing another brand of outdoor footwear, Keen, for nine years. It is still the distributor ...
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The Red Fox group started its retail expansion outside Russia...
The Red Fox group started its retail expansion outside Russia and the other CIS countries with the opening last week of a corporate mono-brand store in the Swiss mountain resort of Pontresina. Another one is scheduled for May at Lyons, Colorado. A Red Fox store that was going to be ...
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Woodland plans to open a chain of large-format stores to...
Woodland plans to open a chain of large-format stores to sell camping and trekking gear in India. The company will spend about Rs. 500 crore (€58.5m-$80.4m) in three years to open eight large-format stores across the country to sell rigs, ropes, poles, tents and sleeping bags, among other products. The shops ...
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In April, Salewa will open a flagship store in Munich...
In April, Salewa will open a flagship store in Munich on a selling surface of about 400 square meters. The outlet named “Salewa World” follows the shop concept at Salewa's headquarters in Bolzano, Italy, and highlights the entire collections of the Salewa core brand and its sister label, Dynafit. The ...
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A new 330-square-meter Woolrich store is being opened in the...
A new 330-square-meter Woolrich store is being opened in the Neustadt area of Hamburg through a local agent. It is located in a 19th century building close to the stores of other major brands such as Giorgio Armani and Prada. The American brand continues to be sold in Europe by ...
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After introducing its selective distribution concept in Germany last year,...
After introducing its selective distribution concept in Germany last year, Mammut separated from about 200-300 retailers in the course of 2013, representing about 20-25 percent of its sales. The selective distribution concept will now also be implemented in Switzerland and Austria, followed by the rest of the world, in the ...
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The “other business” segment of Asics Corporation, which consists mainly...
The “other business” segment of Asics Corporation, which consists mainly of Haglöfs, recorded a sales increase of 4.8 percent in local currencies in the first nine months of the Japanese company's financial year, ended last Dec. 31. In terms of yen, segment sales rose by 31.5 percent to ¥7.9 billion ...
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The European Outdoor Group estimates at this stage that the...
The European Outdoor Group estimates at this stage that the European outdoor industry's total wholesale value increased by between 0.5 to 3 percent in 2013 as compared to the previous year. According to the market research report that it published last October, the industry recorded a wholesale value of €4.9 ...
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Jack Wolfskin admits that its sales fell by 7.9 percent...
Jack Wolfskin admits that its sales fell by 7.9 percent to €324 million in the past year. The company is blaming mainly the difficult market situation in Germany and Austria. The brand performed well in foreign markets in contrast, rising by 45 percent in the U.K., by 13.7 percent in ...
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Frank Dassler, general counsel and chief compliance officer at the...
Frank Dassler, general counsel and chief compliance officer at the Adidas Group, was unanimously elected for a three-year term as president of the World Federation of the Sporting Goods Industry (WFSGI) during the organization's annual assembly just before the recent Ispo Munich fair, as expected. Dassler was most recently the ...
