News Briefs – Page 414
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Tony Wong, area sales manager for Asia at Sympatex Technologies,...
Tony Wong, area sales manager for Asia at Sympatex Technologies, told this publication at the recent Asia Outdoor show in Nanjing that this German supplier of waterproof and breathable laminates recently sealed some supply deals with various outdoor-oriented brands in the region. Starting with the upcoming winter season, Sympatex will ...
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Keen Footwear's new president, Mike Abbott, who had joined the...
Keen Footwear's new president, Mike Abbott, who had joined the company as its president at the beginning of July, has already left the company. The former chief executive officer of Specialized Bicycles and Burton Snowboards was going to fill a void left by the departure one year ago of James ...
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Big Agnes, the U.S. brand of tents, sleeping bags and...
Big Agnes, the U.S. brand of tents, sleeping bags and other outdoor equipment, has announced various management appointments to meet the demands of its recent fast growth. The new position of the chief financial officer has been filled by Greg Fritz. Linda Curzon is the first customer service manager in ...
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Teva, a division of Deckers Outdoor Corp., has hired Lorie...
Teva, a division of Deckers Outdoor Corp., has hired Lorie Pointer as senior product line manager for its water category of men's, women's and kid's footwear. She will report to Juerg Geser, senior director of global product/merchandising. With more than 15 years of experience in the footwear industry, Pointer will ...
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Lizard, the Italian brand of sports sandals run by Luca...
Lizard, the Italian brand of sports sandals run by Luca Pedrotti, has appointed a new distributor for the U.K., Anatom. Besides its own Anatom brand of waterproof shoes “designed in Scotland,” the company is already a distributor of Dynafit and Bogs shoes as well as Teko sports socks. It also ...
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Confirming rumors that have been around since the last OutDoor...
Confirming rumors that have been around since the last OutDoor show in Friedrichshafen, Sea to Summit, the Australian brand of equipment and accessories, has announced that its Zhong Shan-based subsidiary will take on the Chinese distribution of Camelbak effective from Nov. 1. Sea to Summit is already Camelbak's distributor for ...
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Beijing Jiarunhang Business Trade has taken on the distribution of...
Beijing Jiarunhang Business Trade has taken on the distribution of Mico in the Chinese market. Mico is an Italian brand of functional sports underwear, socks and accessories that showed at Asia Outdoor in Nanjing for the first time in July. The company shared a booth with the other brands that ...
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ABS, the German marketer of avalanche rescue balls, has picked...
ABS, the German marketer of avalanche rescue balls, has picked The Mountain Lab as its new partner in charge of distribution for North America. The Mountain Lab will also assume responsibilities for customer relationships and brand management in the region. ABS' own subsidiary in Langley, Canada will continue to take ...
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Schöffel and Lowa have now opened their first joint store...
Schöffel and Lowa have now opened their first joint store in Switzerland. The dual-branded shop is located in the outdoor arena of Flims, occupying the premises of a store that used to be run by a local retailer, Rudolf Sport. The new banner is operated by a recently founded company, Rudolf ...
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The Oberalp/Salewa Group is projecting an 8 percent improvement to...
The Oberalp/Salewa Group is projecting an 8 percent improvement to €194 million in this year's turnover, with increases of between 3 and 5 percent for Salewa and more than 10 percent for Dynafit. The revenues of the Italian company, which owns or represents several other brands, rose by 3 percent ...
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Adidas Outdoor recorded a 25 percent sales increase in the...
Adidas Outdoor recorded a 25 percent sales increase in the second quarter, according to a presentation of company results made by Adidas Group last week. Earlier, company officials confirmed reports that Adidas Outdoor grew by 20 percent in 2012 to around €350 million and said it still projects a turnover ...
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In reporting its results for its first financial quarter, ended...
In reporting its results for its first financial quarter, ended on June 30, Asics Corporation said that its “Other Business” segment, which includes Haglöfs, suffered an operating loss of ¥176 million (€1.37m-$1.82m) versus a profit of 25 million in the period a year ago. Divisional sales went up by 17.5 percent ...
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At a party celebrating the 20th anniversary of the OutDoor...
At a party celebrating the 20th anniversary of the OutDoor show in Friedrichshafen last month, John Jansen, managing director of Keen Europe and president of the European Outdoor Conservation Association (EOCA), publicly expressed a wish that the European Outdoor Group (EOG) should open itself up to outdoor retailers. He has been ...
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Jennifer Mull has been elected as the new chair of...
Jennifer Mull has been elected as the new chair of the Outdoor Industry Association (OIA) of the U.S., taking the place of Will Manzer, chief executive of Eastern Mountain Sports, following the end of his two-year term. Mull is chief executive and president of Backwoods Inc., a manufacturer and retailer ...
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Adidas has decided that the proprietary Stealth Rubber soles of...
Adidas has decided that the proprietary Stealth Rubber soles of Five Ten will only be used in Adidas and Five Ten products in the future. The technology is featured in a range of Adidas outdoor shoes that has been presented to the trade for the spring/summer 2014 season. In the ...
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Allied Feather & Down, a company based in Los Angeles...
Allied Feather & Down, a company based in Los Angeles that describes itself as the largest supplier of down for the outdoor industry, has developed a new antimicrobial treatment, called Allied Refined Down, to protect apparel and equipment used in rough environmental conditions, including camping, hunting and fishing, against the ...
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In yet another effort to strengthen its collection with more...
In yet another effort to strengthen its collection with more functionality and technology, Kailas, the big Chinese outdoor brand, has teamed up with Polygiene, the Swedish supplier of anti-odor technology. The new partnership was announced at the last Asia Outdoor show in Nanjing, China, by Christian von Uthmann, chief executive ...
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Gerber Legendary Knives has announced the recall of about 2,900...
Gerber Legendary Knives has announced the recall of about 2,900 Gerber Uppercut Fixed Blade Knife and Sheath Sets in the U.S., warning that the rigid plastic sheath that holds them doesn't fasten them securely inside, posing a laceration risk. The company said that one consumer was reported to have suffered ...
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Nick Cienski, a 47-year-old mountaineer and an award-winning designer for...
Nick Cienski, a 47-year-old mountaineer and an award-winning designer for Under Armour, plans to set a new record by climbing to the summit of the 14 tallest mountains in the world in only 24 months. He will be aided by large teams of sherpas and by helicopters that will fly ...
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Inov-8 will act as the footwear sponsor for the Royal...
Inov-8 will act as the footwear sponsor for the Royal Parks Foundation Ultra race in London next Oct. 6. The event, which is taking place for the second year in a row, is expected to attract some 700 runners who will follow a 50-kilometer route across five royal parks in ...
