News Briefs – Page 413
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Daniel Larsson, who has been country manager of The North...
Daniel Larsson, who has been country manager of The North Face for the Nordic and Baltic countries since July 2007, has a new job at the brand as head of sales for Eastern Europe, the Middle East and Africa, based at the European headquarters in Switzerland. Jonas Andersson has taken ...
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Jack Wolfskin engaged Michael Vogel as senior manager e-commerce and...
Jack Wolfskin engaged Michael Vogel as senior manager e-commerce and digital from Aug. 1. He reports to the chief marketing officer of the company, Elke Stein. Vogel worked previously as e-commerce manager for Peek & Cloppenburg in Hamburg, where he was responsible for the development of the company's online business. ...
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Hans Rafael Meier is the new marketing manager of Sigg...
Hans Rafael Meier is the new marketing manager of Sigg Switzerland, replacing Günther Dchoberth-Schwingenstein. He comes from Swatch.
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A French distributor specializing in the bicycle sector, Royal Velo...
A French distributor specializing in the bicycle sector, Royal Velo France (RVF), has come under the control of Esteem, a group controlled by Peter Hughes. Christian Soenen will continue to run the company, with a minority stake, reporting to Hughes in his new role of president. RVF, which is expected ...
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With the beginning of 2014, Optimus, the Swedish stove brand...
With the beginning of 2014, Optimus, the Swedish stove brand owned by the Swiss Katadyn group, will be distributed by Robijns B.V., in the Benelux countries. The move will bundle the distribution of all Katadyn-owned brands - Katadyn for water purification, Trek'n Eat for outdoor nutrition and Optimus - in ...
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Serac Aventura, described as one of the iconic outdoor stores...
Serac Aventura, described as one of the iconic outdoor stores in Zaragoza, Spain, has shut down. According to the Spanish press, 10 percent of the 12 major outdoor and ski specialty stores in Spain have closed their doors in the last few months, due to the tough economic conditions in ...
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As the two brands are now owned by the same...
As the two brands are now owned by the same group, it makes some sense that Haglöfs is sharing, for the first time, a store with Asics, in Chamonix, France. It was opened at the beginning of last month. Besides Haglöfs' range of outdoor products, the store offers Asics' line ...
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Karstadt will set up 50 Timberland shop-in-shops of up to...
Karstadt will set up 50 Timberland shop-in-shops of up to 40 square meters in its department stores throughout Germany, offering either shoes or clothing or both. The first such area has already opened in Karstadt's store in Essen, where the retailer has its head office. Another one is due to ...
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Alexey Grebtzov has been elected as the new chairman of...
Alexey Grebtzov has been elected as the new chairman of the Russian Outdoor Group, replacing Alexander Glushkovskiy. Grebtzov is the managing director of Start 1, a company that distributes the products of La Sportiva and Tatonka in Russia. It also has its own brand of outdoor products, Alexika, which produces ...
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H.S. Trask, an iconic American brand of rugged outdoor footwear...
H.S. Trask, an iconic American brand of rugged outdoor footwear that was taken over by Genesco in 2011, is being reportedly revived in the U.S. with an extensive line of technical and leisure shoes for men and women, starting with the present autumn/winter season. It has been taken up by ...
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VF Corp. announced its plan to create three global “innovation...
VF Corp. announced its plan to create three global “innovation centers” to speed up the development of “game-changing” products in technical apparel, footwear and jeans. Sharing know-how and research into materials, technologies, consumption trends and other subjects, they will consist of international teams of scientists, engineers and technical designers, most ...
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Teva, a division of Deckers Outdoor Corporation, has signed a...
Teva, a division of Deckers Outdoor Corporation, has signed a multi-year partnership agreement with the Mammoth Mountain Bike Park, in support of its summer bike program. The partnership came to life on Sept. 4–8, through the the Kamikaze Bike Games, the premier summer bike event on the mountain. The Mammoth ...
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Neptune Mountaineering has almost completed the redesign of the museum...
Neptune Mountaineering has almost completed the redesign of the museum created by the company's founder, Gary Neptune, housed within its 15,000-square-foot store at 633 South Broadway, Boulder, Colorado, in the Table Mesa shopping center. A formal unveiling of the remodeled museum is expected on September 30. The larger part of ...
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Guangzhou Grandeur Exhibition Services has issued an invitation to the...
Guangzhou Grandeur Exhibition Services has issued an invitation to the 2014 edition of the China International Outdoor Trade Show at the China Import and Export Fair Pazhou Complex in Guangzhou. The show is set to take place on March 1-3. At its last edition, the show gathered some 338 companies ...
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A group of 53 people including Steve Rendle, president of...
A group of 53 people including Steve Rendle, president of VF Corporation's Outdoor Coalition for the Americas, went on a four-day, 380-mile bicycle journey starting at SmartWool's headquarters in Steamboat Springs, Colorado, on July 26 and ending up in Park City, Utah just before joining the neighboring Outdoor Retailer Show ...
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A group of sports-oriented engineering students will participate in the...
A group of sports-oriented engineering students will participate in the first Raid Innovation in the Savoy region of France next Oct. 11-12. It will be a rather unusual challenge as they will have to develop a technical product idea within 36 hours, based on a subject proposed by a jury ...
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Chaco raised over $7,000 at the fourth edition of its...
Chaco raised over $7,000 at the fourth edition of its annual flip sale, which took place at the Outdoor Retailer Summer Market trade show, in August. All proceeds were donated to the Conservation Alliance, a group of outdoor industry companies that fund community-based campaigns to protect North America's threatened wild ...
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Expanding on their collaboration for the production of 100 percent...
Expanding on their collaboration for the production of 100 percent recyclable sandals made with PLUSfoam material, Patagonia Footwear and PLUS Compound Technologies have now launched incentive programs to encourage consumers to recycle their used PLUSfoam flip flops. In view of the end of the summer season, Patagonia is offering consumers ...
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NKD, which has been licensing the Wild Roses brand of...
NKD, which has been licensing the Wild Roses brand of women's outdoor apparel from its Swiss owners, has presented a business plan to get over its own financial problems. In collaboration with a consulting firm, Ziems, its parent company, Daun, has developed a cost reduction program with the banks and ...
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Earlier this year, Kailas, the second-largest Chinese outdoor brand after...
Earlier this year, Kailas, the second-largest Chinese outdoor brand after Toread, launched a secondary brand named Udjat. The aim is to attract customers who go for more fashionable and less technical apparel and footwear in lower price ranges rather than for the Kailas brand. According to Kenneth Chen, the manager ...
