News Briefs – Page 441
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The Hobie Cat Company, the producer of kayaks and sailboats...
The Hobie Cat Company, the producer of kayaks and sailboats based in Oceanside, California, has acquired Hobie Cat Europe, which is based in Toulon, France. Founded by Hobie Alter in 1968, the U.S. company was acquired by Coleman in 1975. In 1989, Coleman split the operation into two parts, one ...
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On Oct. 24, the British Outdoor Industries Association (OIA) will...
On Oct. 24, the British Outdoor Industries Association (OIA) will launch the biggest campaign that it has ever run in its history. The initiative is called “Britain on Foot” (BoF) and will be supported by the British Mountaineering Council and various politicians. With this political support, OIA aims to encourage ...
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Sport Partner reports that Pieter Saman, who started at Bever...
Sport Partner reports that Pieter Saman, who started at Bever in April as multi-channel manager, has just added the function of marketing manager for the leading Dutch outdoor retailer. He replaces Stijn van Hees, who became marketing coordinator and remains the operational point of contact for marketing. However, marketing as ...
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Peter Weaver, a highly respected American executive with an...
Peter Weaver, a highly respected American executive with an international background, will act as the new chief executive of the Italian-based Tecnica Group, starting next week. Weaver, who is 59 years old, will take the place of 74-year-old Giancarlo Zanatta, the hyperactive dean of the family that controls the ...
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Thomas Brock, who has been with Mammut Sports Group as...
Thomas Brock, who has been with Mammut Sports Group as sales director for equipment and footwear in Germany since 2003, was appointed head of Mammut's operations in the Swiss market. He will replace Bernhard Bolliger, the longtime country manager in Switzerland, who decided to go into retirement and to spend ...
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Canada Goose, the marketer of rugged down jackets, has appointed...
Canada Goose, the marketer of rugged down jackets, has appointed Christian Stoll sales director for Austria and Germany. Most recently, he worked for Puma, where he introduced the company's sailing category. In his career of 25 years within the fashion and performance sector, Stoll served also for Murphy & Nye.
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Columbia Sportswear has appointed Stefan Gmeiner as country manager for...
Columbia Sportswear has appointed Stefan Gmeiner as country manager for Germany, the Netherlands and Slovenia for the Columbia and Sorel brands from the start of this month. He replaces Mike Kaier, who left to join Falke. Gmeiner was previously category sales manager for apparel, performance layers and accessories for the ...
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Michael McCormick, executive vice president of global sales and...
Michael McCormick, executive vice president of global sales and marketing at Columbia Sportswear, has resigned from the company for personal reasons. Tim Boyle, the company's chief executive, will take over on an interim basis. McCormick joined Columbia in August 2006 as vice president of sales and was named to ...
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Michael Martin, until now vice president at Vibram North America,...
Michael Martin, until now vice president at Vibram North America, has been appointed general manger for the Italian company's FiveFingers brand and finished goods in the same region. Simultaneously, Michael O'Brien, who recently served as senior retail marketing associate, has been promoted to the role of marketing manager.
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Donna Fitch, the previous director of men's merchandising at Woolrich,...
Donna Fitch, the previous director of men's merchandising at Woolrich, has been promoted to vice president for merchandising. She's been with the company since January. In addition, Woolrich has hired Karuna Scheinfeld to be its new vice president for design. She was previously at W.P. Lavori, where she was the ...
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Patagonia has announced a change in its Austrian distribution: Since...
Patagonia has announced a change in its Austrian distribution: Since the beginning of this month, it is no longer Agentur Berner in charge of the U.S. brand, but the agency of Christian Prindl, which has been recently created. Before, Prindl was part of the Austrian sales force of Under Armour ...
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Camelbak has decided to merge its German distribution for both...
Camelbak has decided to merge its German distribution for both outdoor and cycle products under the roof of Hermann Hartje KG, the important wholesale trader for the local bike business with branches in Denmark, Austria and the Netherlands. Hartje has been the German distributor of Camelbak for bike-relevant retail channels ...
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Reportedly, Fenix Outdoor, the parent company of Fjällräven, Primus, Hanwag,...
Reportedly, Fenix Outdoor, the parent company of Fjällräven, Primus, Hanwag, Brunton and Tierra, will open its own subsidiary for Austria and Italy with headquarters in Innsbruck at the beginning of next year. The company will be run by Reinhard Schwarzenberger, formerly part of the local sales force of POC, as ...
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This Thursday, Jack Wolfskin will open its seventh store in...
This Thursday, Jack Wolfskin will open its seventh store in the U.K. at Trinity Square in Leeds on a selling surface of 1,238 square feet. This latest opening follows existing doors in York, Birmingham and the Lake District as well as three stores in London. Jack Wolfskin's most recent store ...
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Jack Wolfskin is about to revamp its in-store concept with...
Jack Wolfskin is about to revamp its in-store concept with completely new shop-building. The new concept is inspired by the way of life of nomads in the desert with their philosophy of mobility and being close to nature. Step by step, the new shop design will be realized globally and ...
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Under the presence of Tim Emmett, the extreme mountaineer, Mountain...
Under the presence of Tim Emmett, the extreme mountaineer, Mountain Hardwear has opened its own retail surface in the U.K. The 200 square meters are located as a shop-in-shop in the Cotswold store in Glasgow's West End Retail Park.
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Timberland has opened another franchised store in the German city...
Timberland has opened another franchised store in the German city of Freiburg. The selling surface of 82 square meters is located downtown and run by Schuh Lüke, a local footwear retailer.
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Icebreaker will open another TouchLab store in Bethesda, Maryland, outside...
Icebreaker will open another TouchLab store in Bethesda, Maryland, outside Washington, D.C., next March. The selling surface will be 1,200 square feet and will be located near Lululemon and The North Face stores. The brand from New Zealand currently operates eight stores in North America: Portland, San Francisco, San Jose ...
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On Oct. 20 and 21, Arc'teryx will organize its Climbing...
On Oct. 20 and 21, Arc'teryx will organize its Climbing Days under the roof of the International Mountain Summit in South Tyrol, Italy. Absolute beginners and advanced climbers are both invited to this climbing workshop, where they will get a chance to be coached by top athletes from the global ...
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Instead of leaving their old Haglöfs products at the back...
Instead of leaving their old Haglöfs products at the back of a closet, consumers will get a chance to bring them to a thrift store within the Swedish outdoor brand's store in Stockholm from next week. As part of the project, called Swapstories, the consumers will be asked to write ...
