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Jack Wolfskin is promoting its vast range of children's outdoor...
Jack Wolfskin is promoting its vast range of children's outdoor clothing in France by becoming an official partner of the French Ski Schools (ESF) and of the first winter edition of the Teenag'Games. The ESF groups some 17,000 ski coaches at 250 ski schools throughout France. The Teenag'Games is a ...
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Arc'teryx will act as sponsor of the third Afghan Ski...
Arc'teryx will act as sponsor of the third Afghan Ski Challenge. The ski touring event will take place on March 1 around the town of Bamiyan, located 230 kilometers northwest of the capital of Kabul to promote tourism in the region. The third edition of the challenge is the first ...
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The North Face will be the official sponsor...
The North Face will be the official sponsor of the U.S. freeskiing team for the coming two Winter Olympic Games, to be held in Sochi, Russia, in 2014 and in Pyeong Chang, South Korea, in 2018. TNF will also be partnering with the Freeride World Tour from now on.
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Nicole Dörr, in charge of purchasing at Craft's operations for...
Nicole Dörr, in charge of purchasing at Craft's operations for Germany and Austria, has survived as a participant of the Yukon Arctic Ultra trail-running race. After 300 miles she reached the finish line as the fastest woman, the second athlete overall and the fourth woman in the race's history who ...
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The Scandinavian Outdoor Group, SOG, redesigned the Scandinavian village at...
The Scandinavian Outdoor Group, SOG, redesigned the Scandinavian village at Ispo Munich. Together with the Nordic School of Design, the SOG came up with a new updated visual image for the Scandinavian village, which hosted more than 30 Scandinavian brands. The SOG has 40 members, with the newest, joining in ...
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Last month's Outdoor Retailer Winter Market in Salt Lake City...
Last month's Outdoor Retailer Winter Market in Salt Lake City featured a total of 950 brands, or 8 percent more than a year earlier. According to the organizers, who continue to vet new registrants to check their qualifications, preliminary figures indicate that attendance levels were strong.
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The Ispo Munich fair welcomed more visitors than ever before....
The Ispo Munich fair welcomed more visitors than ever before. One of the reasons was probably the need for overcautious European retailers to replenish their inventories in the midst of a better-than-expected winter selling season. As reported in SGI Europe, a survey ahead of the show indicated generally higher expectations ...
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VOS Media, the organizer of the Outdoors Show in London,...
VOS Media, the organizer of the Outdoors Show in London, has been acquired by the Telegraph Media Group (TMG), the proprietor of The Daily Telegraph and other publications. The Telegraph has reportedly been the media partner of some of the events organized by VOS Media in the past. Six years ...
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OrthoLite has inaugurated its first factory in Vietnam, which is...
OrthoLite has inaugurated its first factory in Vietnam, which is set to produce about 3 million pairs of open-cell foam insoles per month. The new 13,000-square-meter facility is located in Thuan An Town, in the Binh Duong province, one of the biggest industrial areas in the country and about 45 ...
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Boa Technology, the maker of the patented Boa Closure System,...
Boa Technology, the maker of the patented Boa Closure System, has announced that it will open an office in Europe in 2013. The precise location of the new office is not yet finalized. The company currently has offices in Steamboat Springs and Denver, Colorado, as well as Chiba, in Japan, ...
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Per Wååg has been appointed category and purchasing manager at...
Per Wååg has been appointed category and purchasing manager at Primus, the Swedish brand of stoves, lamps and other accessories. The 36-year-old will act as interface between sales, marketing and product management at the subsidiary of Fenix Outdoor. He is very familiar with the Swedish industry of outdoor accessories since ...
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Christina Hanke has been appointed to the new position of...
Christina Hanke has been appointed to the new position of head of marketing communications at Odlo. The 38-year-old was, among other companies, with MBT, the shoe company, where she steered global communications. The new head of marketing at Odlo's subsidiary for Switzerland is Adrian Fuchs. Meanwhile, Odlo has chosen a new ...
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After a couple of seasons of vacancy, Mountain Hardwear is...
After a couple of seasons of vacancy, Mountain Hardwear is back in Austria. The brand of Columbia Sportswear will be handled by Florian Grimus who acts simultaneously as agent of Prana, Five Ten and Shred in the country. Before his time as an independent agent, he was involved in the distribution ...
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Kozi Kidz, the British specialty brand of outerwear for children,...
Kozi Kidz, the British specialty brand of outerwear for children, has finally picked an agency for the German market. Until now, the country was covered by the U.K. headquarters directly. The new man in charge is Andreas Radtke with his Sports Concepts agency, which also represents Craghoppers in the country.
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Dale of Norway, the specialty manufacturer of knitted functional outerwear,...
Dale of Norway, the specialty manufacturer of knitted functional outerwear, has hired Bjørn Burkhalter as new international sales manager. With this move, the 37-year-old returns to both his country, Norway, and the sporting goods business. At Dale, he will take over his position by mid-February. He replaces Lorents Tvedt, who ...
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Columbia has appointed Paul Freysoldt to be new country sales...
Columbia has appointed Paul Freysoldt to be new country sales director for Austria mainly in charge of the key accounts. Freysoldt worked for Salewa and Dynafit before and replaces Tom Czizegg, who switched to Timberland to run its footwear business in the German-speaking countries.
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Granger's, the U.K.-based supplier of maintenance products for outdoor-related equipment,...
Granger's, the U.K.-based supplier of maintenance products for outdoor-related equipment, footwear and apparel, has set up a joint venture with a German company offering complementary products, BNS Bergal, Nico & Solitaire Vertriebs GmbH. Based in Mainz, Germany, the partnership aims to strengthen Granger's distribution in Austria and Germany.However, the tie-up ...
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Sportpulsion has started to represent Montane in France. The French...
Sportpulsion has started to represent Montane in France. The French company also represents sports brands such as Giro, Nidecker and Northwave.
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Schoeller Textil has added a new business unit for knits,...
Schoeller Textil has added a new business unit for knits, and has named Stefano Tonizzo to lead it. The unit encompasses all knits for the sports sector and comes six months after Schoeller acquired the sports and technical textiles areas from Eschler. Product development and sales both are handled by ...
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Vaude will open three more single-brand stores in Germany, which...
Vaude will open three more single-brand stores in Germany, which will all be run by franchisees. On March 1, a store with a selling surface of about 300 square meters will open in Ludwigsburg outside Stuttgart, to be followed by two more doors in the cities of Paderborn and Bremen in April. ...
