News Briefs – Page 494
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Dynafit has appointed Maria Englhart to the newly created position...
Dynafit has appointed Maria Englhart to the newly created position of an operational marketing manager international. The 29-year-old will operate from the Salewa group’s German subsidiary where she worked in the product management from 2001 to 2005. Since then she has served as fellow editor of the Allmountain magazine and ...
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Rosker stops barking. The U.K. and Ireland distributor for various...
Rosker stops barking. The U.K. and Ireland distributor for various brands such as Hanwag, Light My Fire! and Primus, has announced to discontinue RuffWear, the specialty brand of dog performance gear. The distribution of RuffWear has been handed over to Accapi U.K.
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The outdoor/fitness segment at Garmin had a big 32 percent...
The outdoor/fitness segment at Garmin had a big 32 percent increase in sales to $142.3 million in the second quarter ended June 26. All four categories within the unit (outdoor, golf, cycling and running) saw growth. The operating income of the segment rose by 24 percent to $62.8 million, but ...
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Jetboil has filed a lawsuit in federal court in Delaware...
Jetboil has filed a lawsuit in federal court in Delaware alleging patent infringement over Primus’ EtaSolo integrated canister stove, which was presented at the Outdoor Retailer Summer Market in Salt Lake City earlier this month. The action was taken against the Swedish brand; its parent company Fenix Outdoor; a sister ...
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Vibram took the opportunity of the Outdoor Retailer show in...
Vibram took the opportunity of the Outdoor Retailer show in Salt Lake City, Utah, to discuss its ongoing efforts to fight counterfeiters who sell fake FiveFingers toed running shoes. The fake shoes are usually sold online or through vendors such as eBay. A Google search for cheap FiveFingers can bring ...
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The North Face has launched the Trailhead App, an iPhone...
The North Face has launched the Trailhead App, an iPhone application that is powered by EveryTrail. Trailhead allows hikers to find trails and track their progress, and includes more than 300,000 trails around the world for mountain biking, hiking and running. Users can look up trips based on location, activity ...
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Patagonia has decided to use again Gore-Tex and Windstopper in...
Patagonia has decided to use again Gore-Tex and Windstopper in parts of its collection. The products of W.L. Gore will be used from the fall/winter collection 2011 for alpine, snow sports and lifestyle apparel. For other parts of its offer, however, Patagonia will stick to its own membrane, H2No.
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Coleman was one of the winners of the 2009 Partner...
Coleman was one of the winners of the 2009 Partner of Excellence Award from Target Corporation. This big American mass merchant selects a group of suppliers each year based on consumer insight, new product innovation, strategic partnership, and flawless execution and service.
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The EOG Association for Conservation has announced that it raised...
The EOG Association for Conservation has announced that it raised €20,000 for conservation efforts at this year’s OutDoor show in Friedrichshafen. It had a fund-raising event at its own stand every day, where it asked for minimum contributions to buy products donated by members including sleeping bags, head torches, recycled ...
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Brands and retailers are invited to register for the first...
Brands and retailers are invited to register for the first edition of the European Outdoor Forum, a new event being held on the lake in Annecy, France, where members of the industry can network and discuss issues important to them. The first night of the event, Oct. 11, will open ...
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Décathlon is expanding very rapidly in Italy, where it had...
Décathlon is expanding very rapidly in Italy, where it had 56 stores at the end of 2009. Five new ones have already been opened so far this year and five others are expected before the year is over. Décathlon already has 75 stores in Spain, where it has announced that ...
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Extreme Group is selling Extremepie.com, a British online youth-focused shop...
Extreme Group is selling Extremepie.com, a British online youth-focused shop specializing in extreme sports, and the Extreme Sports Companies’ online retail division. The parent company has decided to focus on licensing instead of selling. Extremepie.com sells surf, skate and snow sports brands, with about 250,000 customers in its database. Its ...
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Adam Brånby, chief executive of Woolpower, and his brother Daniel...
Adam Brånby, chief executive of Woolpower, and his brother Daniel entirely took over this Swedish maker of outdoor socks and base layers from their father, Gabriel, at the beginning of this year. The brothers acquired nearly all the assets under the Gränsfors holding company, which owns Woolpower along with Gränsfors ...
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Montane, the British outdoor apparel brand, has moved into two...
Montane, the British outdoor apparel brand, has moved into two new countries in Scandinavia as it starts to build up a more complete network of distributors around Europe. Four months ago Montane paved the way for its introduction in Sweden through a distribution deal with Gear for Fear, a Swedish ...
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Wolverine World Wide is getting more orders than expected for...
Wolverine World Wide is getting more orders than expected for its stylish new Merrell Barefoot collection of shoes, forcing the company to twist the arms of its Asian suppliers to plan higher production runs. Deliveries of the first collection will be in the hundreds of thousands of pairs, company officials ...
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Sales slumped by 11 percent in the second quarter at...
Sales slumped by 11 percent in the second quarter at LaCrosse Footwear, falling to $26.6 million. Net income plunged by 92 percent to $101,000 for the three months ended June 26. Outdoor sales declined by 2 percent to $8.0 million because of capacity limitations at Chinese factories, and revenues from ...
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The newly launched Lasse Kjus spring/summer line 2011 is garnering...
The newly launched Lasse Kjus spring/summer line 2011 is garnering very positive feedback. Following the same strategy adopted for the successful launch of its first skiwear collection nine years ago, the Swiss company has selected retailers in the 10 leading Kjus markets (Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Italy, U.S., Belgium, the Netherlands, ...
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While it continues to grow on the Spanish market, TrekSta,...
While it continues to grow on the Spanish market, TrekSta, the big Korean brand of outdoor shoes, has signed up Moxter Sporthaus and Warp as distributors for the Swedish and Czech markets, respectively. Moxter already represents the more expensive Meindl brand in Sweden. Warp represents Italy’s Kefas in the Czech ...
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Richard Lohner, so far chief financial officer of Sympatex’ parent,...
Richard Lohner, so far chief financial officer of Sympatex’ parent, Plouquet, will leave the company by July 31. He will take on another CFO position within apparel trade after he put the company on financially healthy feet during his six-odd months serving Plouquet. He will be replaced by Jürgen Steffensen, ...
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We hear that Adidas Outdoor will target the U.S. market...
We hear that Adidas Outdoor will target the U.S. market with a presence at the Outdoor Retailer show in Salt Lake City next year. Official spokespeople declined to confirm, but hinted that more news on that can be expected later this summer.
