News Briefs – Page 461
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The Maier Sports and Gonso brands will be run from...
The Maier Sports and Gonso brands will be run from the start of next year by a new managing director: Sascha Kautschitsch, an executive from the fashion business, will take over the helm of Maier Sports, the German snow, outdoor and bicycle apparel company that owns both brands. Kautschitsch is ...
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Boyd Rogers, a vice president at VF Corporation, president of...
Boyd Rogers, a vice president at VF Corporation, president of the supply chain and member of VF's operating committee, has announced that he will be retiring effective Dec. 31, ending his 40 years of service to the company. He started out at VF Corp. in 1971 at Blue Bell. He ...
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Brasher, the leading outdoor walking brand, is appointing an operations...
Brasher, the leading outdoor walking brand, is appointing an operations manager, a sales manager and a finance manager to beef up its management team as it tries to promote future growth. Dave Ballantine will handle customer service, supply chain, planning and after sales in his role as operations manager. Neil ...
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The German subsidiary of Garmin has a new chief: Stefan...
The German subsidiary of Garmin has a new chief: Stefan Bernard. The 42-year-old has been with the company for five years, most recently as director of sales and marketing for Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Before, Bernard worked for other high-tech companies like Hewlett-Packard and Apple.
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Jochen Lagemann, European sales and marketing director for Primaloft, has...
Jochen Lagemann, European sales and marketing director for Primaloft, has appointed Birgitte Norenberg European trade marketing manager. Born in Norway, Norenberg will operate from the company's European office Munich. During the past six years she served as export coordinator at Norrøna. Additionally, the company has hired Giulia Franceschini to take ...
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Fjällräven concentrates its Austrian key account management under the responsibility...
Fjällräven concentrates its Austrian key account management under the responsibility of Gerhard Liebl. He continues to be the Swedish brand's sales representative in the western part of the country while Hannes Kocher remains in the field for the eastern regions.
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Brunton Europe, like Fjällräven a part of the Swedish Fenix...
Brunton Europe, like Fjällräven a part of the Swedish Fenix Outdoor group, has picked Erik Wiren to run the accessories brand's purchasing, sales and customer service. The 33-year-old has worked for the last two years on the retail arm of Fenix, running Fjällräven's factory outlet and one of the Naturkompaniet ...
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Ariane Maria Malfertheiner is Salewa's new manager in charge of...
Ariane Maria Malfertheiner is Salewa's new manager in charge of public relations. She will act from the new headquarters in Bolzano, Italy, whereas this job used to be managed from the group's branch in Munich. Malfertheiner has worked for large PR agencies such as Edelman, handling big accounts including Motorola, ...
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Mammut has opened its 11th brand store in Germany, located...
Mammut has opened its 11th brand store in Germany, located in downtown Frankfurt. The 240-square-meter location is directly run by the company itself following its simple philosophy: Mammut prefers to have stores run through franchisees, but takes business into its own hands when the company fails to find an appropriate ...
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Almost simultaneously, Mammut has opened its first store in Spain....
Almost simultaneously, Mammut has opened its first store in Spain. This one is is handled by a local retailer and is located in Benasque, in the northern comunidad autónoma of Aragón. The location in the Pyrenees is worth of note since it is also the headquarters of Barrabés, Spain's leading ...
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Tatoo Adventure Gear, the specialty outdoor retailer in South America,...
Tatoo Adventure Gear, the specialty outdoor retailer in South America, has opened its 15th store on the continent in Quito, Ecuador. It adds new categories to the company's portfolio, including kayaks, bikes, electronics and optics, and includes such services as a bike workshop, an auditorium and an 800-square-foot climbing wall. ...
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Black Diamond Equipment, which is distributing Fritschi's alpine ski touring...
Black Diamond Equipment, which is distributing Fritschi's alpine ski touring bindings in the U.S. since 1996, will also act as its primary distributor in Canada by May 2012. Black Diamond has already been servicing the Canadian market with all its product lines for ski and climbing for nearly 20 years.
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Bamboo Bottle Company has enlisted the help of Athena Marketing...
Bamboo Bottle Company has enlisted the help of Athena Marketing International to help it grow globally. Bamboo Bottle Co. makes the Flip-Top and Original reusable bottles and hopes to expose them to a wide audience. Athena Marketing is a marketing, business development and consulting firm with an international network of ...
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An Italian distributor, Amorini, continues to collect national distribution contracts...
An Italian distributor, Amorini, continues to collect national distribution contracts for foreign outdoor brands. The latest ones to have joined its portfolio are Mad Rock, the American brand of climbing shoes and related accessories, and Brunngard, a Swedish brand of shoe care products and accessories whose “Ice-Grippers” are regarded as ...
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Columbia Sportswear is recalling rechargeable batteries that came with 220...
Columbia Sportswear is recalling rechargeable batteries that came with 220 of its Omni-Heat jackets because of the risk of them overheating. The defective batteries were sold with three styles of jackets between July and September: the Electric Wader Widgeon, Electric Big Game and Gale Warning Interchange styles. When the problem ...
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Ibex Outdoor Clothing will start buying merino wool from a...
Ibex Outdoor Clothing will start buying merino wool from a sheep ranch in Montana that is family owned and operated, thus filling all the stages of its apparel supply chain. Ibex will be able to make its autumn 2012 collection of Shak Lite clothes from all American sources, from farm ...
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Pontetorto, the Italian company that makes fabric for activewear, says...
Pontetorto, the Italian company that makes fabric for activewear, says that its new Dryfast Adaptive fabric reacts to body temperature. The fabric, intended to go next to the skin, works with the body's own methods of moisture evaporation that it uses to adjust its temperature. Dryfast Adaptive uses a hydrofunctional ...
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Calcados Paredes, the Spanish brand of outdoor shoes, has launched...
Calcados Paredes, the Spanish brand of outdoor shoes, has launched a unique limited edition of retro-inspired shoes in association with DYC 8, a Spanish brand of whiskey. They will all be selling at a price of €70 on Paredes' online shop and a few stores on Madrid's calle Fuencarral. Both ...
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The EM Lyon business school has formally launched a 16-month...
The EM Lyon business school has formally launched a 16-month international master's of science program in sports and outdoor industry management, intended for students from all over the world, which will be conducted in English at three locations from September 2012. Organized in partnership with the Outdoor Sports Valley (OSV), ...
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Aku has relaunched its website, presenting a series of photographs...
Aku has relaunched its website, presenting a series of photographs intended to portray the mountain as a place full of life and humanity. It also illustrates the various initiatives taken by the Italian producer of outdoor shoes to protect the environment. The portal has a full catalog of Aku's collection ...
