News Briefs – Page 496
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In its fiscal year 2009-10, which ended Feb. 28, SportScheck,...
In its fiscal year 2009-10, which ended Feb. 28, SportScheck, Germany’s largest specialty sporting-goods retailer, increased its sales by 5.5 percent to €323 million after VAT. Online sales reached a share of 23 percent of total sales and increased by 4.0 percent. The brick-and-mortar business comprising 15 doors across the ...
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For the first time ever, Vaude will offer an entire...
For the first time ever, Vaude will offer an entire range of ecological products throughout its product range for spring/summer 2011, from apparel through sleeping bags and backpacks. This is meant as an ideal platform for the establishment of ecologically themed POS concepts, called “Öko-Welten” (Eco-Worlds) at retail. As indicated ...
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High Sierra Sport Company of the U.S. is going to...
High Sierra Sport Company of the U.S. is going to expand its product line with the help of Global Icons, a licensing and brand merchandising firm. Representing High Sierra, Global Icons will look for and cultivate licensing partnerships in the outdoor market. High Sierra, a 32-year-old American company, offers branded ...
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Allcord, a British distribution company with brands from Camp to...
Allcord, a British distribution company with brands from Camp to Tendon and more, has just started selling Karrimor in the U.K. The British outdoor brand owned by the Sports Direct Internationl group had been handling its own sales in this market since last year, after the failure of its former ...
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Viper will be the distributor of Garmont in Spain, Andorra...
Viper will be the distributor of Garmont in Spain, Andorra and Portugal, replacing Altitud Sport Evasion, starting with the spring/summer 2011 collection. Viper represents also Berghaus, Leki, Osprey and Prana on the Iberian market.Iberian market.
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Ogio International has signed Action to Sport (A2S) as its...
Ogio International has signed Action to Sport (A2S) as its exclusive distributor of packs, motor sports and speciality action sports gear in Italy. Demand for adrenaline driven activities has grown dramatically in recent years and consumers have responded positively to Ogio’s bags and gear. A2S is a new company founded ...
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Andreas Söffker is new managing director for marketing and sales...
Andreas Söffker is new managing director for marketing and sales at X-Technology, the maker of X-Socks and X-Bionic apparel. The 50-year-old comes from Falke, where he was first in charge of the sports division and later on the overall general manager. Between 2001 and 2003, Söffker served as product and ...
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Montura, the Italian high-end brand, will present its first collection...
Montura, the Italian high-end brand, will present its first collection using Gore products at the OutDoor show. The range includes mountaineering and trekking jackets equipped with Gore-Tex Pro Shell and Paclite. The brand intends to extend the Gore-equipped offer for the winter season 2010-11.
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Manu Ibarra, a well-known French mountain climber and mountain guide,...
Manu Ibarra, a well-known French mountain climber and mountain guide, has become the French agent of Aku. He has also been engaged as technical advisor by Blue Ice, a young French brand of backpacks and climbing equipment.
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A total of 140 shoe companies are among the 868...
A total of 140 shoe companies are among the 868 exhibitors booked for this week’s OutDoor show in Friedrichshafen, or 14 percent more than one year ago. This can be partly explained by the explosion of trail running and the development of urban outdoor styles. One out of six pairs ...
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Simon Blaseby is replacing Julia de Swert as manager of...
Simon Blaseby is replacing Julia de Swert as manager of Sports Unlimited Valencia, a very special Spanish workshop held by Reed Exhibitions in the last three years that focuses on outdoor, running, fitness and a few other sport. The Englishman organized more than 18 events in various sectors for Haymarket ...
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Madrid will host a new fair for trade professionals and...
Madrid will host a new fair for trade professionals and consumers for extreme and adventure sports in May 2011. Called LXS, which stands for Living Xtreme Sports, it will be organized by the Madrid fair, Ifema, and Lauda Amazing Events.
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Nikwax, the U.K.-based vendor of care products, has appointed a...
Nikwax, the U.K.-based vendor of care products, has appointed a new distributor for China, Beijing Travel Mouse Outdoor Company (BTMOC). The company is run by Zhang Heng, the founder of Sanfo, the Chinese outdoor specialty retail chain with 30 doors across the country. At this OutDoor show, Nikwax will present ...
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Berghaus will be opening a new store in the city...
Berghaus will be opening a new store in the city center of Bristol, England, at the end of September. The 1,800-square-foot store will be the fourth one in the U.K., after on in the MetroCenter in 2007, a flagship at Covent Garden in 2008, and one in Manchester last year, ...
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Icebreaker is presenting its first collections specifically developed for running...
Icebreaker is presenting its first collections specifically developed for running and cycling. After the Kiwis have already marketed its “GT” line of technical sportswear among runners, they now have “GT Run” which targets the core target group of running enthusiasts. The collection “GT Bike” aims to attract both road cyclists ...
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Eagle Creek is reinventing itself, and as part of its...
Eagle Creek is reinventing itself, and as part of its new direction it has a new logo. Other changes include new leadership, a new corporate headquarters, a state-of-the-art distribution center for VF Corporation, its parent company, and common systems platform. Factory Design Labs of Denver helped shape Eagle Creek’s rebirth, ...
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Rich Weight has moved up from his position as director...
Rich Weight has moved up from his position as director of sales at Teko to become the company’s new chief executive. He replaces Chip Coe at the helm at the maker of performance socks. Before Weight joined Teko, he worked in sales and product development at companies including Chaco and ...
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John Spotts has joined the executive team at Eddie Bauer...
John Spotts has joined the executive team at Eddie Bauer as the new vice president for licensing, international and corporate sales, expanding the brand by category and by region. He was formerly the senior vice president of international at FranklinCovey Products. Earlier companies he worked with include the Coleman Company ...
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Reimar Freitag has stepped down as secretary general of the...
Reimar Freitag has stepped down as secretary general of the Oeko-Tex Association. He will stay on as an adviser to the group while Jean-Pierre Haug, chief operating officer of the Swiss textile testing institute Testex, takes over his responsibilities at the helm. Freitag had overseen the association for more than ...
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Burton McCall is the new distributor of Stanley and Aladdin...
Burton McCall is the new distributor of Stanley and Aladdin food and beverage containers in the U.K. and Ireland. PMI, manufacturer of those two brands, will shut down its U.K. subsidiary, and Burton McCall’s area sales managers will contact all existing stockists in the coming weeks. John Wilkins, the managing ...
