News Briefs – Page 471
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Sport 2000 Deutschland gave an incorrect figure to the press...
Sport 2000 Deutschland gave an incorrect figure to the press yesterday. The retailers affiliated to the German cooperative had an estimated sales decline of 1.1 percent in the first six months of this year
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The North Face will be the new title sponsor of...
The North Face will be the new title sponsor of the Freeski Open of New Zealand, being held Sept. 1 to 18. Völkl, the former (and founding) title sponsor, will still be the event's presenting sponsor. This year's event, the seventh annual Freeski Open, includes slopestyle, halfpipe and big mountain ...
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Starting with summer 2013, Columbia Sportswear will take care of...
Starting with summer 2013, Columbia Sportswear will take care of its own distribution in Norway for the Columbia and Sorel brands. The current distributor, Portland Norge, will continue to distribute the group's sister brands, Mountain Hardwear and Montrail, in that Nordic country.
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The German section of Sport 2000 has created the new...
The German section of Sport 2000 has created the new position of a brand manager in charge of its own outdoor label, High Colorado. Effective July 4, Maik Spieker joined the group's headquarters to optimize consistent marketing strategies and to develop new ones. Over the past decade, the 37-year-old worked ...
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Magellan, the specialist in outdoor navigation, restructured its sales team...
Magellan, the specialist in outdoor navigation, restructured its sales team at the start of the summer season. Christian Lukas has been appointed new sales manager for Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Before starting at Magellan, Lukas handled the retail business at various companies including Mio, Palm, Tiscali and Kabel Deutschland. He ...
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Levi Strauss & Company has named Paul Zadoff to be...
Levi Strauss & Company has named Paul Zadoff to be its new senior vice president for wholesale commercial operations. He comes from Patagonia, where he was vice president for global sales. Before that, he was in charge of global footwear product creation at Li Ning, and also held several leadership ...
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Brax, the German apparel brand specializing in pants, is moving...
Brax, the German apparel brand specializing in pants, is moving into the outdoor market with Brax Active, a functional range that will be launched next year in Germany, Austria, Switzerland and the Benelux countries. The privately owned company, which reached a turnover in the range of €250 million last year, ...
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Seeland International, a Danish company specializing in hunting apparel and...
Seeland International, a Danish company specializing in hunting apparel and footwear, is exploring the outdoor market with its two brands: Seeland for rubber boots and Härkila for other outdoor footwear, using technical membranes. The company has more than 30 sales representatives all around Europe, dealing with about 2,000 retail customers ...
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A new brand called Grüezi-Bag is presenting its first collection...
A new brand called Grüezi-Bag is presenting its first collection of down sleeping bags at this year's OutDoor trade fair. The owner and founder of the brand, Markus Wiesböck, has worked in the outdoor sector for 10 years. Wiesböck manages a sporting goods and outdoor store in Kolbermoor in Germany, ...
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Vaude has been nominated for this year's German sustainability award...
Vaude has been nominated for this year's German sustainability award among the top three small and medium-sized enterprises in the category “Germany's most sustainable strategies for the future.”
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Petzl America is recalling 375,000 lanyards worldwide because of a...
Petzl America is recalling 375,000 lanyards worldwide because of a missing safety stitch on the attachment loop, which could cause the lanyard to unhook from the climbing harness and cause the user to fall. One climber in France has already fallen. The brand names are the Scorpio and Absorbica shock ...
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Bushnell Outdoor Products has created the Bushnell Eyewear Division, which...
Bushnell Outdoor Products has created the Bushnell Eyewear Division, which will be in charge of the Bollé, Bollé Safety, Cébé and Serengeti eyewear brands. Olivier Ciaravino is the head of the new division and will be based in the eyewear business' headquarters in Suresnes, France. It will have regional business ...
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The Marine Electronics division of Johnson Outdoors has acquired the...
The Marine Electronics division of Johnson Outdoors has acquired the assets of Waypoint Technologies, maker of LakeMaster, a brand of high-definition electronic lake charts in the U.S. The deal includes Pro Map Technologies, the inland water survey techniques and bathymetric data processing technology of LakeMaster, providing future exclusivity of an ...
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As 180s prepares to relaunch the brand, the apparel and...
As 180s prepares to relaunch the brand, the apparel and accessories provider has also named Lester Lee to be its new chief executive. He has more than two decades of management experience with companies such as Philips, Pacific Bell Wireless, Rayovac and Remington. As the company focuses more on athletes, ...
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Merrell, the biggest brand in the portfolio of Wolverine World...
Merrell, the biggest brand in the portfolio of Wolverine World Wide, is adjusting the structure in its German office in Munich to suit the increasing significance of the German market for the company. Ulf Jensen, who was the company's sales representative for southern Germany, will be taking over the support ...
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Odlo has appointed two key managers for its German subsidiary....
Odlo has appointed two key managers for its German subsidiary. Philipp Hartmann is the new marketing manager. The 33-year-old used to be in charge of trade marketing, lifestyle and events at Puma, where he was responsible for marketing the last football World Cups in retail in the German-speaking and Benelux ...
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Jack Wolfskin has appointed Hartmut Klein, who has worked for...
Jack Wolfskin has appointed Hartmut Klein, who has worked for the company since 1994, to be senior manager for European sales. Previously, he oversaw the brand's sales in the German-speaking countries. He will now take care of all of Europe with a special focus on France, Scandinavia and Eastern Europe. ...
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The brand Icebreaker from New Zealand will be strengthening its...
The brand Icebreaker from New Zealand will be strengthening its team in Starnberg outside Munich, which is in charge of Central Europe and parts of Scandinavia. Stephan Dellinger will be assuming all responsibilities of the newly created post of demand planner for Germany, Norway and Sweden. The 41-year-old will be ...
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Since the beginning of July, Matthias Hatt has had the...
Since the beginning of July, Matthias Hatt has had the job as new sales manager for Germany at Leki. He will be responsible for the poles and accessories segments. Hatt has longtime experience in the sector and had worked at Lowa since 2002, assuming diverse positions. In the beginning he ...
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Garmont, the producer of performance footwear for skiing, mountaineering, hiking...
Garmont, the producer of performance footwear for skiing, mountaineering, hiking and other outdoor activities, has named two new distribution partners. The 20-year-old Trendline Brande APS will handle all Garmont footwear on the Danish market, where it is already a specialist in ski and outdoor products. Importadora y Comercial Tam Limitada ...
