News Briefs – Page 507
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Blacks Leisure, the leading British outdoor retailer, wants to raise...
Blacks Leisure, the leading British outdoor retailer, wants to raise £22 million (€25.2m-$34.9m) through a private placement and an open offer, to be invested in the company’s turnaround plan and on up to 35 store openings. Some 40,740,742 ordinary shares are to be issued for this purpose (for a placing ...
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Schöffel reports stable figures for 2009 at a level of...
Schöffel reports stable figures for 2009 at a level of some €75 million. The core Schöffel brand increased by almost 10 percent, but this success was offset by declining sales with corporate customers such as Porsche and BMW. With both of them, business was apparently really weak in the last ...
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Genfoot Marketing Europe, the German distributor of Kamik, is taking...
Genfoot Marketing Europe, the German distributor of Kamik, is taking on the distribution of Aku as well in the country. This goes to the disadvantage of Trezeta which was sold through the same company in the region. The switch came, however, without any surprise as an old deal between Kamik ...
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OutDry, the Italian marketer of waterproof and breathable membranes for...
OutDry, the Italian marketer of waterproof and breathable membranes for gloves and footwear, has created a new corporate claim called “Water not included.” A new customer of OutDry is Wenger which is going to use the membrane in its footwear.
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Mammut has created a new division for category management in...
Mammut has created a new division for category management in charge of international sales. The new department is structured into three categories - equipment, apparel and footwear - to synchronize the entire work flow for the three segments from market introduction over the whole supply chain until the point of ...
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Odlo, the brand of underwear, outdoor apparel and cross-country clothing,...
Odlo, the brand of underwear, outdoor apparel and cross-country clothing, reports global sales of 159.6 million Swiss francs (€108.6m-$148.7m) for 2009, up by 10.5 percent compared with the previous year. The company, which sells into 20 countries, benefited from two consecutive strong winters in some of its core markets, including ...
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Salewa has merged its Dynafit and Silvretta business units for...
Salewa has merged its Dynafit and Silvretta business units for touring ski into a single business unit run by Dynafit’s brand manager, Benedikt Böhm. The company emphasizes that the naming of the Silvretta products will remain unchanged, but all activities in terms of distribution, marketing and product management will be ...
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Filing an eight-page legal complaint, the Chinese government yesterday announced...
Filing an eight-page legal complaint, the Chinese government yesterday announced its decision to request consultations with the World Trade Organization to challenge the process by which the European Union decided on Dec. 22 to extend its anti-dumping measures on leather shoes from China and Vietnam for 15 more months. It ...
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Woodburn, Oregon, is to be the site of the first-ever...
Woodburn, Oregon, is to be the site of the first-ever factory outlet store of Icebreaker, the New Zealand brand of Merino apparel.
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The Italian buying group Sport Alliance has signed a five-year...
The Italian buying group Sport Alliance has signed a five-year contract as exclusive distributor of Völkl’s sports clothing on the Italian market. The retail members of the group, which is dominated by the Sportler and Sportland chains, will carry the line exclusively in the areas where they trade, but Sport ...
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Maurice Brenninkmeijer is moving across the Atlantic to serve as...
Maurice Brenninkmeijer is moving across the Atlantic to serve as the director of sales in Europe for Outdoor Research. Previously he was the company’s sales manager for Canada. Outdoor Research has traditionally used a distribution model in Europe, but after a year of watching the market, it is going in ...
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Black Diamond, the manufacturer or ski and climbing equipment, is...
Black Diamond, the manufacturer or ski and climbing equipment, is starting off 2010 with some changes. It has launched its new business website that includes a blog with news from the industry and will be available in English, German and French, with content specific to the country of the user. ...
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Brasher, the British footwear supplier, has said that its 2009...
Brasher, the British footwear supplier, has said that its 2009 sales set a record, climbing by 9 percent from 2008. In addition, orders for spring/summer 2010 are up by 90 percent. The company attributed the growth to its Lithium GTX model, multi-activity and lifestyle ranges, the reactivation of its premier ...
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Lundhags has started a Norwegian subsidiary and is now directly...
Lundhags has started a Norwegian subsidiary and is now directly steering the activities in the Norwegian market via Lundhags A/S. Until December the Swedish company’s outdoor products had been sold by a Norwegian distributor, Nordic Outdoor, that represents many other outdoor and fishing tackle brands, including Coleman and Chiruca, and ...
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Compared with the same time last year, registrations for the...
Compared with the same time last year, registrations for the OutDoor trade fair in Friedrichafen are up by 3 percent to 619, representing 36 countries. The show, being held July 15-18, welcomes back The North Face, which skipped OutDoor last year, but Helly Hansen has indicated that it will not ...
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Icebreaker, the specialty Merino brand from New Zealand,has opened its...
Icebreaker, the specialty Merino brand from New Zealand,has opened its first European single-brand door. Located in Chamonix, France, the store is operated by a retailer called Travel Store. Lisa Thompson, the former general manager for Icebreaker in New Zealand, has been named vice president for U.S. sales at the company. ...
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Columbia Sportswear’s German operations are separating the distribution of the...
Columbia Sportswear’s German operations are separating the distribution of the Columbia and Sorel brands, which used to be represented by the same sales force. It has now appointed Uwe Käthler as the only sales manager of Sorel – a footwear brand that is developing strongly in the fashion segment - ...
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Patagonia has appointed a new agency for the Swedish market...
Patagonia has appointed a new agency for the Swedish market effective immediately. The Roswi company run by Christopher Carlander already has a large portfolio of outdoor brands, especially in accessories, such as Light My Fire!, Nalgene, Maglite, Sigg, Victorinox and Katadyn, as well as the latter’s affiliated brands, Optimus and ...
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66° North, the Icelandic brand of outdoor gear, continues its...
66° North, the Icelandic brand of outdoor gear, continues its expansion across Europe and has added the Netherlands and Switzerland to its markets. The new Dutch agent is Karin Holscher while the Swiss market is covered by CC Trading, which also takes care of Colmar in the country.
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Vaude has created a sustainability team headed by Jan Lorch,...
Vaude has created a sustainability team headed by Jan Lorch, the company’s sales director. The idea behind the task force is to bundle single environmental and social activities to a comprehensive corporate strategy. Separately, the German company is opening its fourth franchise store in cooperation with a retailer of Nuremberg ...
