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The European Outdoor Conservation Alliance's (EOCA) public online voting for...
The European Outdoor Conservation Alliance's (EOCA) public online voting for an environmental project that will receive its funding has already selected a winner in the category “outdoor.” The winning project in that category was proposed by Vaude. Altogether €35,000 will go to the Adept Foundation, which is active in sustainable tourism ...
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Crocs has announced the donation of 1,300 pairs of shoes...
Crocs has announced the donation of 1,300 pairs of shoes for child refugees from Syria under its six-year-old Crocs Care program, in cooperation with KLM, Schiphol and Speksnijder. The company has been working with other institutions to help disadvantaged children and their families, including Kind Direct, The Children, World Emergency Relief ...
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The Lafuma Group has warned that its business is suffering...
The Lafuma Group has warned that its business is suffering a substantial decline, which will significantly affect its results and the worth of its assets for the current fiscal year, running until the end of September. The French outdoor and action sports company said that in this context, its supervisory ...
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Mammut has inaugurated its biggest investment by far in the...
Mammut has inaugurated its biggest investment by far in the company's 150-year-history, the European warehouse near Memmingen, Germany. The 40,500 square meters, of which 8,200 square meters are under one roof, house European logistics, the subsidiary for the German market and an outlet store. There is an option to extend ...
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Sympatex Technologies has created the new position of sales manager...
Sympatex Technologies has created the new position of sales manager in charge of the U.K., the Netherlands and Eastern Europe. Kay Heldsdörfer will be in charge of the existing brands in the mentioned regions as well as of new business. The 40-year-old has held various positions in marketing and distribution, ...
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Andreas Klotz has reportedly resigned as chief financial officer of...
Andreas Klotz has reportedly resigned as chief financial officer of Jack Wolfskin. The responsibilities of this former official of Fitness First and Puma have been taken over by the company's chief operating officer, Christian Brandt, which had already taken care of finance until October 2011.
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Effective Sept. 1, Pascal Schweizer will become country manager in...
Effective Sept. 1, Pascal Schweizer will become country manager in charge of Odlo's operations in the German market, which is the largest one for the Swiss company. The 41-year-old worked for Nike Germany in various positions for eight and a half years before he switched to Kettler, the fitness company, ...
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Christian Stoll, sales director in Germany and Austria for Canada...
Christian Stoll, sales director in Germany and Austria for Canada Goose, the specialty brand of down apparel, has appointed Ines-Maria Dangl sales manager in charge of the German market. Before, 32-year-old Dangl worked for the Chiemsee brand of board sports apparel, and for Sport Schuster, the large Munich-based sports and ...
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Amer Sports' division for winter and outdoor sports in the...
Amer Sports' division for winter and outdoor sports in the Americas has named Mark McCambridge to act as USA outdoor brand manager. As such, he is tasked with adapting strategies for the Salomon and Suunto brands and getting the product, digital, community marketing, in-store and public relations teams all on ...
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Ortlieb, the German manufacturer of waterproof bags and packs, has...
Ortlieb, the German manufacturer of waterproof bags and packs, has split its French distribution into two entities, as it did before in some other markets. Cyfac International continues to cover the distribution channel for bicycles in France, whereas a new partner is now in charge of outdoor retailers: ESM Sport, based ...
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Montane, the British brand of high-end mountaineering apparel, has sealed...
Montane, the British brand of high-end mountaineering apparel, has sealed an exclusive distribution deal with Sportpulsion for the French market, taking the place of BC Equipment. Sportpulsion already distributes high-ranking outdoor and sports brands in France such as Osprey, Lowa, Giro, Nidecker and Northwave. Meanwhile, Vertical Trade has signed on ...
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Lundhags is expanding to the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg. The...
Lundhags is expanding to the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg. The Swedish outdoor company, founded in 1932 by the shoemaker Jonas Lundhag, will be represented in these areas by Zopfi Sustainable Business Development, a new company founded by John and Rob Zopfi. John Zopfi has worked with various well-known outdoor brands ...
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Falk Outdoor Navigation, the German marketer of GPS and navigation...
Falk Outdoor Navigation, the German marketer of GPS and navigation solutions, has joined forces with Evoc, a young brand of backpacks and bags for cycling and skiing. Their jointly developed product is called “Backpack GPS Case.” The two companies intend to create a wider collection of GPS bags and related ...
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Au Vieux Campeur is going to open next autumn a...
Au Vieux Campeur is going to open next autumn a store of 1,900 m² in Toulouse, replacing a smaller one, according to sport-guide.com. The leading French chain of outdoor specialty stores is predicting a high single-digit increase for the financial year ending next September as compared to €143 million in ...
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The North Face is reportedly planning to open its first...
The North Face is reportedly planning to open its first flagship store in Paris next autumn, and to take over the management of a franchised store in Munich. Other important store openings are in the pipeline in Germany, the U.K., Italy and Poland. All in all, the number of corporate ...
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Marmot has opened its first factory outlet in Germany in...
Marmot has opened its first factory outlet in Germany in the town of Metzingen, which is well known in the southern region of the country for its large number of outlet stores. The interesting thing about the point of sale is that the U.S. brand shares the 200 square meters ...
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According to preliminary unaudited figures, Scarpa managed to increase its...
According to preliminary unaudited figures, Scarpa managed to increase its sales by 10 percent to about €55 million in 2012. The improvement was partly fueled by good business in some eastern Asian markets, notably Japan. However, according to Sandro Parisotto, chief executive of the Italian footwear brand, sales in Italy ...
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The general assembly of the European Outdoor Group has brought...
The general assembly of the European Outdoor Group has brought on John Jansen as a new additional member of its board. Jansen is managing director of Keen in Europe, the Middle East and Africa as well as president of the European Outdoor Conservation Association (EOCA). Jansen joins the incumbent members, ...
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The British Outdoor Industries Association has announced major changes on...
The British Outdoor Industries Association has announced major changes on its board of directors. At OIA's annual meeting last week, Corry Taylor of Bradshaw Taylor stepped down from his post as chairman of the U.K. industry's federation, effective March 31, after a full term of service. Simultaneously, Stephen Newlands was ...
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The North Face has joined the China Outdoor Association (COA),...
The North Face has joined the China Outdoor Association (COA), a working group of Chinese brands that has been formed to promote and develop outdoor activities in the country. The North Face is the first non-domestic company on the committee. The COA's name is still unofficial, since institutions whose names ...
