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66° North sealed a distribution deal for Canada with Rick...
66° North sealed a distribution deal for Canada with Rick Lalande, a long-time sales director of Head in the same country. Besides North America and Iceland, 66° North sells into ten European countries (including Greenland and the Faröe Islands). Fizan, the Italian brand of poles, is now covering the German ...
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Sub Zero Technology, the British brand of technical baselayers, down...
Sub Zero Technology, the British brand of technical baselayers, down and waterproof apparel, is eyeing the Chinese market and is about to seal various distribution deals there. The plan is to have not just one general distributor for the country, but to divide it into different regions for which the ...
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Helly Hansen has restructured its North American management structure by...
Helly Hansen has restructured its North American management structure by promoting Gary Davis to vice president of Canadian operations and appointing Filio Francke to the new position of vice president of U.S. operations. Davis had been acting as general manager of Helly Hansen North America. Francke served most recently ...
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Patrick Baboin, a 16-year veteran of Timberland, has retired...
Patrick Baboin, a 16-year veteran of Timberland, has retired as part of a reorganization of the management. Aged 62, he plans to continue to be involved in the sporting goods and outdoor sector as a consultant. As general manager of Timberland's French subsidiary, he relocated its office from the ...
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Mountain Force, the Swiss brand of snow and outdoor apparel,...
Mountain Force, the Swiss brand of snow and outdoor apparel, has created the new position of international sales manager. Effective Oct. 1, the new job will be handled by Sabine Weissbacher. Previously, the 51-year-old ran the international sales of Airfield, a brand of higher-end sports fashion and skiwear. Before her ...
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Leki has hired Matthias Boss as new product manager for...
Leki has hired Matthias Boss as new product manager for gloves and softgoods. Boss is a real glove expert: He worked in the product management of Reusch before he switched to an Asian glove producer. Most recently, he served at Gore-Tex in various positions in sales and product management.
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Arc'teryx Equipment has appointed two new top managers to its...
Arc'teryx Equipment has appointed two new top managers to its Vancouver-based team: Jon Hoerauf is new vice president and senior director of global commercial sales, while Adam Ketcheson is vice president and senior director of global marketing and B2C, both reporting to Vincent Wauters, general manager. In his previous career, ...
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Daniel Rothmeier has been appointed coordinator for marketing and PR...
Daniel Rothmeier has been appointed coordinator for marketing and PR at Maier Sports, the German snow and outerwear company, replacing Claudia Steeb who has left for a maternity break. Most recently, Rothmeier was part of the sports communication division at Mercedes-Benz.
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G3, a Canadian company specializing in ski mountaineering equipment, has...
G3, a Canadian company specializing in ski mountaineering equipment, has hired Gord Bailey for the new position of vice president in charge of sales and marketing. For 15 years Bailed worked for Garmont North America in various positions, among them vice president of sales and marketing. Before his time at ...
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Urs Egli will join, effective Nov. 5, LK International as...
Urs Egli will join, effective Nov. 5, LK International as product manager for skiwear. In that position, the 36-year-old will oversee the strategy of the Kjus brand in regard to both the collections and the brand. He will report to Nico Serena, chief of design and product development. Most recently, ...
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LaCrosse's chief executive, Joseph Schneider, and the company's chief financial...
LaCrosse's chief executive, Joseph Schneider, and the company's chief financial officer, David Carlson, have resigned from the company on their own terms. They had both occupied their positions for more than a decade. The announcement comes nearly three months after the Portland-based manufacturer of boots for the outdoor, work and ...
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Stormberg, a Norwegian outdoor apparel brand, is to open its...
Stormberg, a Norwegian outdoor apparel brand, is to open its first store in Sweden before the end of this year. Stormberg has 25 stores around Norway (15 of them franchised), and it chalked up sales of 254 million Norwegian crowns (€34.3m-$44.4m) last year but it has not yet moved into ...
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Blacks Leisure, the large British outdoor retail chain acquired by...
Blacks Leisure, the large British outdoor retail chain acquired by JD Sports Fashion earlier this year, has signed a contract to become the U.K. National Trust's first national outdoor retail partner. National Trust's rangers will be invited to test and review the clothing, footwear and outdoor gear provided by Blacks ...
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The North Face has opened a corporate store in downtown...
The North Face has opened a corporate store in downtown Lyon, on a sales surface of 240 square meters. It is located in the large Part Dieu shopping center, where Jack Wolfskin also has one of its four corporate stores in France. TNF's new store opening came shortly after a ...
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Salomon is opening its first store in Montreal. It is...
Salomon is opening its first store in Montreal. It is adjacent to an older store by Arc'teryx, which has been renovated for the occasion.
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Working through its European distributor and licensee, WP Lavori in...
Working through its European distributor and licensee, WP Lavori in Corso, Woolrich has opened a store in the downtown shopping area of Lille. It is now the only French store of the brand, which is much more popular in Italy. WP had opened a Woolrich store in Paris several years ...
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Vibram booked total sales, including the FiveFingers brand, of roughly...
Vibram booked total sales, including the FiveFingers brand, of roughly €200 million in 2011. This corresponds to an increase by some 10 percent from the previous year on a comparable basis, considering the fact the new figure includes the sales of the North American operations taken over by the Italian ...
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In its 2011-12 financial year, which ended July 31,...
In its 2011-12 financial year, which ended July 31, Kathmandu, the specialty outdoor retailer operating in New Zealand, Australia and the U.K., reached a sales increase of 13 percent to 347.1 million New Zealand dollars (€219.1m-$283.7m), with 5.7 percent growth in local currencies. Net profit declined, however, by 11 ...
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According to the 2012 American Camper Report, the leading study...
According to the 2012 American Camper Report, the leading study tracking participation in camping in the U.S., almost 43 million Americans participated in camping last year, equating to 14.9 percent of Americans over the age of six and 2.6 million more participants against the previous year. The study was released ...
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Led by brands such as Clarks and Timberland, the global...
Led by brands such as Clarks and Timberland, the global market for branded casual footwear grew in 2011 by 12.2 percent in terms of dollars, according to an exclusive annual survey by one of our sister publications, Shoe Intelligence. Thus, it performed a little less well than the rugged outdoor ...
