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Ploucquet, an affiliate of Sympatex Holding in Germany, will move...
Ploucquet, an affiliate of Sympatex Holding in Germany, will move all activities to its production site in Zittau. In addition to the existing “Tection” division, which covers technical textiles and applications, all the activities of the “Textiles” business area, which also includes fashion textiles, will also be operated in Zittau, ...
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Maier Sports, the German sports apparel firm acquired by the...
Maier Sports, the German sports apparel firm acquired by the Findos Investor equity firm in August 2011, reports a strong increase of 29 percent in pre-orders for the coming spring/summer season. Most noticeable, exports to Russia, Austria and Switzerland will increase considerably as compared to the same period of the ...
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Stefanie Gruber has been promoted by Sportalm to be in...
Stefanie Gruber has been promoted by Sportalm to be in charge of international sales, following the departure of the former sales manager, Andreas Gotschke. In her new position, Gruber will also develop store franchising and shop-in-shop solutions. Before joining the Austrian sports apparel company, she worked for Strenesse, René Lezard, ...
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Vaude has appointed Rafael Erath junior product manager for footwear....
Vaude has appointed Rafael Erath junior product manager for footwear. He held a similar position at Adidas and will now report to Michael Mühlberg, head of Vaude's business unit in charge of shoes.
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Terry Stephenson, who had been hired as marketing and communications...
Terry Stephenson, who had been hired as marketing and communications manager for the Outdoor Industries Association (OIA) of the U.K. at the beginning of 2012, is leaving to take up a marketing position at Montane. The British OIA plans to make an announcement next week about his successor.
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Kate Saunders, an industry veteran, is joining Neve Design in...
Kate Saunders, an industry veteran, is joining Neve Design in the new role of director of merchandising and development. She will oversee general operations within the Colorado-based sports and lifestyle apparel company as Tom Irvine, one of its co-founders, is leaving the position of chief executive to pursue an undisclosed ...
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Granite Gear, a very technical American brand of backpacks and...
Granite Gear, a very technical American brand of backpacks and other outdoor products that recently came under new ownership (see our electronic archives), has hired Benjamin Landry as associate product designer. He is said to have more than 20 years of experience as a research & development buyer and customer ...
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Lifemarque, a British travel and outdoor brand, has hired Richard...
Lifemarque, a British travel and outdoor brand, has hired Richard Codgbrook as marketing manager. He left as European marketing manager of Smartwool following the relocation of its European operations to the European office of VF Corp. in Switzerland.
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Steve Bracewell, former managing director of Gelert, has become chief...
Steve Bracewell, former managing director of Gelert, has become chief executive of Animal, a British brand of action sports clothing. He had left the British supplier of camping equipment after its acquisition by Sports Direct International earlier this year.
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Oboz Footwear has added Elizabeth Sinclair to its customer service...
Oboz Footwear has added Elizabeth Sinclair to its customer service team. She was worked for the Madison River Fishing Company, a well-known fly-fishing specialty retailer, among other positions.
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At 563 million Swedish kronor (€62m-$84m), sales in the Sports...
At 563 million Swedish kronor (€62m-$84m), sales in the Sports & Leisure segment were virtually unchanged in the third quarter for New Wave Group, parent company of Craft, Cutter & Buck and other brands, but their operating results before amortization (Ebitda) were SEK6.4 million better than a year ago at ...
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Primaloft has taken over the distribution of its products in...
Primaloft has taken over the distribution of its products in the U.K. and Scandinavia from Concept III, a British textile marketing company that had been working with the American insulation specialist for ten years. Chris Humphris, who was taking care of Primaloft at Concept III, is now a full-time employee ...
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K2 Europe has announced that it is taking on the...
K2 Europe has announced that it is taking on the European distribution of Backcountry Access (BCA). As previously reported, K2 acquired the U.S. brand of safety equipment for touring skiers from its founders, Bruce McGowan and Bruce Edgerly earlier this year.
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Equip Deutschland, the subsidiary of the British company that owns...
Equip Deutschland, the subsidiary of the British company that owns Lowe Alpine, Rab, Outdoor Designs and Integral Designs, has merged the distribution of the Rab and Lowe brands in Switzerland: Flagrant Sports Trading, the long-time distributor of Eagle Creek in the country, has taken on Rab's distribution, in addition to ...
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Edgar Tremmel Marketing, the distributor of Mons Royale in Germany...
Edgar Tremmel Marketing, the distributor of Mons Royale in Germany and Austria, has appointed Martin Schwaiger sales agent in Austria for this merino wool brand from New Zealand. The 38-year-old will cover the market from his office in Kitzbühel and from two showrooms in Salzburg and Innsbruck, supported by an ...
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ABS, the German marketer of avalanche airbags, expands into Asia....
ABS, the German marketer of avalanche airbags, expands into Asia. The company has picked RCT Systems Japan, Inc., as its Japanese distributor starting with the autumn/winter 2013-14 season. The Japanese company, led by Yoshiyuki Fukushima, was founded in 1997. It represents brands like Peak Performance, Isbjörn and Douchebag.
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BNS Bergal, Nico and Solitaire signed a joint venture with...
BNS Bergal, Nico and Solitaire signed a joint venture with Granger's, the British manufacturer of shoe-care products, in April 2013, for the German-speaking market. The company has now engaged a dedicated sales team for the German, Austrian and Swiss markets. Oliver Nobbe has been working as chief executive of Granger's ...
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The North Face has opened a partner store in Valencia,...
The North Face has opened a partner store in Valencia, Spain, through a local travel agency. TNF already has stores that are operated by Barrabès, the big Spanish online and offline outdoor retailer, in Benasque, Andorra, Barcelona and Madrid. Meanwhile, Barrabès has just opened a third store in Madrid on ...
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On Nov. 15, Patagonia opened a new franchised store in...
On Nov. 15, Patagonia opened a new franchised store in Germany. The outlet is located in Aschau near lake Chiemsee south of Munich and is run by Condition Steigenberger, a local retailer. The sales area is 120 square meters.
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Schöffel is setting up its first shop-in-shop in France, using...
Schöffel is setting up its first shop-in-shop in France, using a format that it has already used at about 130 locations in Germany, Austria, Switzerland and the Benelux countries. The French soft shop is located in a store at Clermont-Ferrand called D'Aventure en Aventure (From Adventure to Adventure). The German ...
