News Briefs – Page 450
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Oliver Lang has been appointed vice president in charge of...
Oliver Lang has been appointed vice president in charge of product of The North Face in the Europe, the Middle East and Africa region (EMEA), taking the place of René Skytte. The 42-year old Lang has 23 years of experience in the industry. Among other positions, he worked for Karstadt ...
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While we already reported about the opening of a Bergans...
While we already reported about the opening of a Bergans subsidiary in the U.S. earlier this year, it turns out that the Norwegian outdoor company launched its own business in Russia earlier this year as well. The brand was previously sold there by Janus AS, the Russian subsidiary of Janus, ...
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Combistyle has become the new distributor for Mons Royale in...
Combistyle has become the new distributor for Mons Royale in Sweden and has already received orders from retailers like Addnature, Alpingaraget, Åre Skidsport and Hägglunds. Located on Lake Wanaka in New Zealand, Mons Royale produces underwear and first-layer garments in merino wool.
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Wolverine Worldwide is setting up a new office in Spain...
Wolverine Worldwide is setting up a new office in Spain to run the distribution of Merrell, Patagonia Footwear, Cushe and Caterpillar Footwear, and to coordinate the Spanish sales activities for the 14 other brands of the group that are currently handled by distributors. It's a new business model for the ...
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Patagonia has signed up a new distributor in Poland, Raven...
Patagonia has signed up a new distributor in Poland, Raven Outdoor, in a deal arranged by Michael Plank's Sports-Contacts agency. Based in Krakow and founded seven years ago, Raven Outdoor has launched international brands such as Smartwool and Black Diamond on the Polish market. Andrea Tomasini, who has been heading ...
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Lurbel, the Spanish producer of technical outdoor clothing, has signed...
Lurbel, the Spanish producer of technical outdoor clothing, has signed a distribution deal for the Chilean market with a local importer, Empresa Comercial Cabo de Hornos. The company plans to use this contact to enter the Bolivian and Peruvian markets as well.
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Sportler, the Italian sporting goods retail chain owned by the...
Sportler, the Italian sporting goods retail chain owned by the Oberrauch family, has opened a new, innovative store across from its renovated store in downtown Brunico. Spread over 785 square meters on five floors, the new store is the company's seventh Alpinhaus, specializing in outdoor and winter sports products. It ...
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Globetrotter, the big German specialty outdoor retailer, is looking into...
Globetrotter, the big German specialty outdoor retailer, is looking into alternatives to traditional retailing and investing in new projects, notably in tourism: While it has been operating mega stores with a selling surface of several thousand square meters in seven big cities around Germany, it is now trying smaller surfaces ...
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CMD reports the opening in Barcelona of the first store...
CMD reports the opening in Barcelona of the first store exclusively dedicated to female mountaineers. Called Annapurna and run by two outdoor sports enthusiasts, Esther Ariete and Marga Nadal, it is located at Calle Rosselló 48. It has only 80 square meters of net sales space, but it plans to ...
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The Swedish Trade Federation and the newspaper Dagens Handel have...
The Swedish Trade Federation and the newspaper Dagens Handel have named Naturkompaniet “Chain of the Year.” The award, which was presented as part of the 2012 Retail Awards in Stockholm, is open to retailers from all industries. Naturkompaniet, the chain of outdoor stores owned by Fenix Outdoor, won because of ...
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Right in time to benefit from an exceptional exposure during...
Right in time to benefit from an exceptional exposure during the Olympic Games in London, Marmot Mountain has opened its flagship store in the British capital, in the direct vicinity of the Olympic venues. Located in the large new Westfield Stratford City shopping mall, the corporate store features the whole ...
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Kathmandu Outdoor & Travel, a famous outdoor store in the...
Kathmandu Outdoor & Travel, a famous outdoor store in the center of Utrecht, has opened a mono-brand store of about 150 square meters for Icebreaker in the same town. It will sell a range of about 300 products by the New Zealand wool specialist, the widest offer of Icebreaker products ...
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Schöffel and Lowa have opened their second joint store in...
Schöffel and Lowa have opened their second joint store in Berlin and the 12th in Germany. The door, located in a shopping mall called Wilmersdorfer Arcaden, has a selling surface of 180 square meters and will be run by the franchisees Frank and Kurt Rohrmeier. Meanwhile, Schöffel has announced that ...
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Scarpa has announced its victory in a patent infringement suit...
Scarpa has announced its victory in a patent infringement suit that was launched against it in November 2010 by another Italian company, La Sportiva. The suit attacked four models of hiking and trekking shoes sold by Scarpa – the “Mont Blanc GTX,” the “Mont Blanc GX WMN,” the “Grand Dru ...
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Montane, the U.K. brand of high-end apparel, has collected some...
Montane, the U.K. brand of high-end apparel, has collected some £15,000 (€18,760-$23,500) to be donated to the Mountain Rescue England & Wales (MREW) for its excellent work. In a U.K. showroom, the effort, which took two years of fundraising, was celebrated in early May. MREW is basically carried by volunteers. ...
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In the last issue of this publication, we congratulated Regatta...
In the last issue of this publication, we congratulated Regatta and Aquapac International for winning the prestigious “Queen's Award for Enterprise: International Trade 2012.” We overlooked, however, that Powertraveller, the U.K. company specializing in portable power and solar charges, walked away with the award as well. In fact, Powertraveller won ...
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Deuter is already back to school: The backpack company has...
Deuter is already back to school: The backpack company has launched a website, fitfuerdenschulstart.de (“fit to go to school”), which is dedicated to schoolkids and their parents. The site is not only for the presentation of product, but gives advice on health, nutrition and other issues. It even includes recipes ...
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Pentland Brands, the parent company of Berghaus, Ellesse, Speedo and...
Pentland Brands, the parent company of Berghaus, Ellesse, Speedo and other brands, has been recognized as one of the best places to work in the U.K., ranking higher than any other sports company in the country. It took the 16th spot on the list established annually by the Great Place ...
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Odlo announced a contract to be the official supplier of...
Odlo announced a contract to be the official supplier of underwear for about 470 people involved with all the German national ski teams. The contract has been signed initially for two years. It will cover all the German athletes competing at all levels in all the disciplines covered by the ...
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Jack Wolfskin will act as the main sponsor of the...
Jack Wolfskin will act as the main sponsor of the IBU World Cup series for the next two years, starting with the 2012-13 winter season, under a contract signed through Infront Sports & Media. Additionally, the German outdoor company will be the top sponsor of the IBU World Championships to ...
