News Briefs – Page 429
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Black Diamond is expected to appoint Aaron Kuehne to the...
Black Diamond is expected to appoint Aaron Kuehne to the position of interim chief financial officer, effective March 15, to serve as the company's principal financial officer and principal accounting officer. Kuehne, who is currently the company's vice president of finance, has been with Black Diamond for two years. He ...
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Houdini, the Swedish outerwear brand, will be distributing its products...
Houdini, the Swedish outerwear brand, will be distributing its products in Finland directly from its company headquarters in Nacka near Stockholm, starting from autumn 2013. It is also looking into the Benelux and U.K. markets, where it plans to sell its products from 2014. Houdini currently distributes its collections in ...
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Dale of Norway, the Scandinavian specialty manufacturer of...
Dale of Norway, the Scandinavian specialty manufacturer of knitwear, is making inroads into the Russian market, where it has picked a distributor that also handles brands such as Icebreaker, Hanwag, Fjällräven, Tierra, Rossignol, Kästle, Sea to Summit and Eagle Creek. Based in Moscow, NordSport will start distributing Dale in the ...
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Technolyt in the Netherlands has become the distributor of...
Technolyt in the Netherlands has become the distributor of Original Buff for the Benelux countries. The Dutch company already sells several brands of outdoor accessories, including Nathan, Timex, Sea to Summit, Bynolyt and Zeiss. The Spanish brand was previously distributed in both the Netherlands and Belgium by R.A. Company, which ...
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Snowgoose has become the distributor of Trespass in the...
Snowgoose has become the distributor of Trespass in the Netherlands. The company, headed by Marcel Koomen, is strongly established in the outdoor and ski markets as the former Dutch distributor of Haglöfs, La Sportiva and Dale of Norway, among others. Snowgoose temporarily halted its activities two years ago, when Haglöfs ...
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After opening new corporate stores in Lyon, France and...
After opening new corporate stores in Lyon, France and Cologne, Germany, at the end of last year, The North Face will be opening four additional corporate stores in Germany, France and Poland in 2013. In March, a new store directly operated by TNF will be inaugurated in Düsseldorf, to be followed by ...
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For its 2012 financial year, Crocs has reported an increase...
For its 2012 financial year, Crocs has reported an increase in turnover of 12 percent to $1.12 billion, which equals a 14 percent increase in constant currencies. The shoe brand improved its gross margin by 0.5 percentage points to 54.1 percent. The net income soared by 17 percent to $131.3 million ...
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Reima, the Finnish specialty brand of outerwear for children, recorded...
Reima, the Finnish specialty brand of outerwear for children, recorded sales of €62 million in 2012, up by 6 percent compared with the previous business year. The domestic market accounts for 35 percent of the company's global sales. The biggest export market for the brand is Russia, where Reima is ...
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Leki Lenhart filed a patent infringement suit on Jan....
Leki Lenhart filed a patent infringement suit on Jan. 30 in Buffalo, New York, against Dick's Sporting Goods, the American sporting goods retailer's licensing arm and Synergy Sportz, which operates as Yukon Charlie. The federal lawsuit alleges that the defendants infringed on Leki's patent for an adjustable-length tube for trekking poles.
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Lestra, the French brand of sleeping bags and backpacks, has...
Lestra, the French brand of sleeping bags and backpacks, has decided to concentrate more of its manufacturing in Europe. This was confirmed by Alpex Outdoor, which not only acts as Lestra's distributor in the German-speaking countries, but also as the center of the brand's global product management. Beginning with the ...
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Falk Outdoor Navigation, the German producer of GPS devices and...
Falk Outdoor Navigation, the German producer of GPS devices and navigation systems, has teamed up with a U.S. company, Rand McNally, a publisher of maps, travel information and navigation solutions. Rand McNally will introduce the device “Foris 850,” which is based on Falk's navigation technology. European customers also benefit from ...
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Meindl, the German manufacturer of outdoor boots, has decided...
Meindl, the German manufacturer of outdoor boots, has decided to pull out of the cross-country shoe business. An executive of the company told this publication that sales of the line were small compared with hiking and mountaineering footwear. The cross-country collection would have needed a complete relaunch with a major ...
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Rab, the U.K. marketer of apparel and sleeping bags, and Nikwax,...
Rab, the U.K. marketer of apparel and sleeping bags, and Nikwax, the British company for product care supplies, have joined forces to create a new hydrophobic down that will be used in all down items offered by Rab as well as its sister company, Lowe Alpine, starting with autumn/winter 2013-14. The ...
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W.L. Gore presented at Ispo a new patent-pending...
W.L. Gore presented at Ispo a new patent-pending multi-layer membrane technology, called Gore-Tex Pro, that consists of 100 percent ePTFE-based microstructures, bonded to the outer material, and a specially developed inner lining. After working on this project for four and a half years, extensive testing with mountain guides showed that the ...
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OutDry, the marketer of waterproof breathable laminates for gloves and...
OutDry, the marketer of waterproof breathable laminates for gloves and footwear, is exploring new business opportunities for its membranes. At Ispo Munich, the Italian company, owned by Columbia Sportswear, presented a new application designed to make backpacks waterproof. There had been multiple attempts to create this sort of product over the past decades, ...
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TSL, the French snowshoe specialist, presented its first flexible...
TSL, the French snowshoe specialist, presented its first flexible model of snowshoes at this year's Ispo Munich show. Due to the flexible structure of the frame and the bindings, the new product, called Symbioz, adapts to the foot and the terrain, while independent claws provide for traction and holding. The ...
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IC Companys, the Danish parent company of Peak Performance and...
IC Companys, the Danish parent company of Peak Performance and other brands, has joined the likes of Nike, Patagonia and Timberland as a member of the Sustainable Apparel Coalition. The organization is seeking to build a common approach for measuring and evaluating performance in the area of corporate responsibility, spotlighting ...
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Dale of Norway has received the prize of honor at...
Dale of Norway has received the prize of honor at this year's Norwegian Fashion Awards. The specialty manufacturer secured the award thanks to its business strategy of combining tradition and a modern, progressive approach to its company culture and collections.
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Hi-Tec Sports won a prize as “outdoor footwear brand of...
Hi-Tec Sports won a prize as “outdoor footwear brand of the year” at the latest edition of the UK Industry Footwear Awards. Organized by Datateam Business Media for the industry, with the support of the British Footwear Association, the Society of Shoe Fitters and the magazine Footwear Today, the awards ...
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Bill Sweasy, who is leaving as chief executive of Red...
Bill Sweasy, who is leaving as chief executive of Red Wing Shoe Company later this year, after 21 years at its helm, was awarded the Outdoor Inspiration Award during the Outdoor Retailer Winter Market in Salt Lake City, Utah, on Jan. 24. Based in Red Wing, Minnesota, the company markets ...
