News Briefs – Page 428
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Tropicare, the Netherlands-based supplier of the Care Plus range of...
Tropicare, the Netherlands-based supplier of the Care Plus range of travel health care products, has announced that it has brought the entire range in line with new EU Biocides Product Regulations well ahead of the official deadline. Announced in June 2012, the new EU biocide regulations will come into force ...
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The European Outdoor Conservation Association (EOCA) will once again support...
The European Outdoor Conservation Association (EOCA) will once again support three environmental projects this year, which are not selected by the association's members but through public voting on EOCA's own website and on the websites of partner consumer magazines in the U.K., Germany and the Netherlands. They feature a short ...
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Montane, the British brand of outdoor apparel, and specialty retailer...
Montane, the British brand of outdoor apparel, and specialty retailer George Fisher in Keswick are joining forces to raise funds for the maintenance of hiking trails in the Lake District, one of the U.K.'s hotspots for outdoor activities. The two partners are supporting the Fix the Fells initiative to repair ...
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Oboz Footwear has become the 186th member of the Conservation...
Oboz Footwear has become the 186th member of the Conservation Alliance, a group of companies in the outdoor industry that work to protect the environment. Oboz will now be able to help select recipients for the Conservation Alliance's grants – the group gave out $1.3 million last year to organizations ...
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Tecnica Group and its advisors have stopped looking...
Tecnica Group and its advisors have stopped looking for companies that may be interested in buying its 60 percent interest in Lowa. They are currently evaluating the opportunity to accept the offer of an unnamed strategic investor. While the sale of Lowa could bring in fresh money, Tecnica would lose ...
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Grifone, the Spanish sports outerwear company, has reported...
Grifone, the Spanish sports outerwear company, has reported a change of ownership and management intended to foster its international development, with a focus on Asia, the U.S., and central and northern Europe. Sandro Rosell, president of FC Barcelona, along with Eugenio Padrés and Pepe Navarro, are now co-owners with Ramón Cierco, ...
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Raidlight is planning to raise €500,000 in new equity by...
Raidlight is planning to raise €500,000 in new equity by bringing in some of its suppliers, clients and end customers as new shareholders with a combined stake of 12 percent. Benoit Laval, the trail-runner who set up the French outdoor company in 1999, currently owns 42 percent of the shares. ...
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The North Face will be moving to a...
The North Face will be moving to a new EMEA office of VF Corporation at Stabio, near the Swiss city of Lugano, in April this year. After transferring its European operations from Montebelluna, Italy, to its current office in Lugano, it will now combine them with those of the other ...
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The Wolverine 1883 shoe collection is the first collection of...
The Wolverine 1883 shoe collection is the first collection of Wolverine Worldwide to be produced in Portugal. Last autumn, the company added Portugal as new sourcing country. The 1883 collection will be available from autumn this year. The company aims to expand the production in Portugal if it proves to ...
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Shortly after Columbia Sportswear's 2012 results were reported with significant...
Shortly after Columbia Sportswear's 2012 results were reported with significant declines in the region of Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA, see story above), it became known that Christian Finell has stepped down as the company's general manager in charge of the EMEA region. Talking to this publication, Finell confirmed ...
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Oliver Wieser, formerly managing director of Stiefelkönig, a big Austrian...
Oliver Wieser, formerly managing director of Stiefelkönig, a big Austrian shoe retail chain that recently changed ownership, has been appointed head of the Dachstein brand, an old Austrian brand of outdoor boots. The 40-year-old will be supported by Marlene Lumpi, formerly with The North Face, and Christian Wolsegger, sales manager, ...
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Creating a new position, Icebreaker has appointed a country manager for...
Creating a new position, Icebreaker has appointed a country manager for France and Spain, Benoit Gazagnes. He will be based at the Icebreaker office in Annecy, France, and will oversee the brand's wholesale, retail and e-commerce activities in the two countries. Gazagnes has been in the industry for about 20 years including nine ...
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Vaude has created a few new positions in its management....
Vaude has created a few new positions in its management. René Bethmann has been hired as head of material development for apparel and is set to additionally take over similar responsibilities in the equipment department. The 32-year-old has served in comparable positions at Norrøna and Helly Hansen. Mario Schlegel has ...
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Benedikt Böhm, until now the business unit manager...
Benedikt Böhm, until now the business unit manager of Dynafit International, has been appointed joint managing director of Salewa's German subsidiary, effective April 1. He will share the work with Stefan Rosenkranz, a former executive at Fischer who joined Salewa as head of the German operations in 2007. Bähm continues ...
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After eight years in office, Edwin Haid has decided to...
After eight years in office, Edwin Haid has decided to step down as managing director of Lafuma's German subsidiary at his own request effective mid-March. He will remain within the sporting goods industry, but declined to mention the name of his new employer at this point. The 51-year-old is being ...
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Cober, an Italian manufacturer of ski, trekking and...
Cober, an Italian manufacturer of ski, trekking and Nordic walking poles, has appointed Vinicio Rossi to the new position of commercial director, responsible for domestic and foreign markets. For Cober, which has been working on an OEM basis for big companies such as Décathlon, Head and Elan, the move signals ...
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Evernew, the Japanese brand of high-end titanium dishes for outdoor...
Evernew, the Japanese brand of high-end titanium dishes for outdoor use, is making it into the European market. A few weeks ago, a European headquarters and a warehouse were opened outside Gothenburg, Sweden, to run the operations there even though the managing director, a Japanese executive, will operate from Japan. ...
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Johnson Outdoors has created new positions in its Johnson Outdoors...
Johnson Outdoors has created new positions in its Johnson Outdoors Gear (JOG) and Watercraft divisions. Aside from two regional appointments for the U.S. market, Johnson has named Chris Lussier senior regional and international sales manager for JOG and the newly acquired Jetboil brand. Lussier, a former vice president for sales ...
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Igloo Products has named David C. Thornhill new executive vice...
Igloo Products has named David C. Thornhill new executive vice president and chief operating officer. He will report to Gary Kiedaisch, the company's chairman and chief executive, who made the announcement. A graduate of the University of South Florida with a bachelor of science in marketing, Thornhill brings 26 years ...
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VF Corporation has announced the election of Matthew J. Shattock,...
VF Corporation has announced the election of Matthew J. Shattock, Beam's president and chief executive, to its board of directors. Shattock, 50, will serve on the compensation and finance committees of VF's board. He has been at the head of Beam, a leading premium spirits company, since 2009, first as ...
