News Briefs – Page 516
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Karl-Heinz Maurer, the long-time managing director of Salewa Germany until...
Karl-Heinz Maurer, the long-time managing director of Salewa Germany until June, has founded a headhunting firm specializing in the outdoor industry. He continues to work for Salewa on a freelance basis on issues such as intellectual property rights.
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The 17 member companies of the Italian Outdoor Group are...
The 17 member companies of the Italian Outdoor Group are staging the first Italian trade-only outdoor show in Trento next Sept. 20-22, inviting their Italian retail customers to attend. The initiative, which is likened to the Sport-Achât show in France, follows the failure by the group to organize a bus ...
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Dan Templin, the chief financial officer for VF Outdoor, is...
Dan Templin, the chief financial officer for VF Outdoor, is the newly elected chairman of the American Outdoor Industry Association (OIA) board. Mike Wallenfels, president of Mountain Hardwear, will continue to serve on the board for one year in a past chair role. Newly elected OIA board members serving three-year ...
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The Targi Kielce fairground is preparing for the third edition...
The Targi Kielce fairground is preparing for the third edition of the Polish Kielce Sport-Lato trade show. The international sport and outdoor equipment show starts on Aug. 21 and runs through Aug. 23, covering outdoor sports as well as fitness and wellness. More information at www.lato-sport.pl.
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Heavily impacted by the unabated rise of Quechua, Décathlon’s private...
Heavily impacted by the unabated rise of Quechua, Décathlon’s private label for outdoor products, the French outdoor market requires fresh impetus. The in-depth research report on the French sports market compiled by EDM Publications, which is the publisher of this newsletter as well as Sporting Goods Intelligence Europe, contains a ...
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FAMOUS LAST WORDS: At the last Ispo, it was the...
FAMOUS LAST WORDS: At the last Ispo, it was the big news that The North Face would not show at OutDoor. In fact, that is not 100 percent true. Globetrotter, the big specialty retailer, strongly recommended that the brand should be around in Friedrichshafen when everybody met at Lake Constance, ...
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Nike ACG has decided to take its distribution in Germany...
Nike ACG has decided to take its distribution in Germany back in-house after it had farmed it out for a brief time to a local distributor. The outdoor brand will now be distributed by Nike’s own sales force in combination with other action sports sub-brands, SB and 6.0. Altogether, Nike ...
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In September, Schöffel and Lowa will open their sixth joint...
In September, Schöffel and Lowa will open their sixth joint brand store in Oberstorf, in the Bavarian Alps. The 240-square-meter store is run by Schratt, a local franchiser. Currently, the two brands operate three corporate doors in Frankfurt, Berlin and Düsseldorf and two franchises in Leipzig and on Sylt, an ...
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Eric Leemens, an executive from outside the outdoor industry, was...
Eric Leemens, an executive from outside the outdoor industry, was recruited last month as general manager of AS Adventure, the leading Belgian outdoor retailer. The company was established in 1995 by Emiel Lathouwers and it later acquired Cotswold in the UK, and Bever Zwerfsport, the largest outdoor specialist in the ...
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Harald Heim, former regional director for Central Europe and for...
Harald Heim, former regional director for Central Europe and for the Germanic countries at Helly Hansen, has been named to the new position of export manager for Eastern Europe at Fenix Outdoor, owner of Fjällräven, Primus, Hanwag and Naturkompaniet. This could particularly benefit Fjällräven, which is not sold in any ...
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A former executive at Procter & Gamble and Red Bull,...
A former executive at Procter & Gamble and Red Bull, Nicolas Warchalowski, has started at the beginning of June as international sales and marketing manager at Haglöfs, the Swedish outdoor company. He succeeds Claes Broqvist, who is switching to Odlo. Warchalowski joins Haglöfs as the company continues to enjoy remarkable ...
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Bergans has appointed Thilo Schmidt-Arras as its new manager for...
Bergans has appointed Thilo Schmidt-Arras as its new manager for Switzerland, reporting to the German sales director of the Norwegian brand, Bernd Taube. Schmidt-Arras has already been in charge of the Swiss market for Columbia and Fjällräven. He also served as a sales manager for Schöffel.
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Dick Wijsman is no longer running Crocs Europe, although he...
Dick Wijsman is no longer running Crocs Europe, although he is taking care of the brand’s distribution in the Benelux countries together with a partner, along with that of Teva. In the U.S., meanwhile, Ron Snyder, the former chief executive of Crocs, has resigned from the company’s board of directors. ...
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Tatonka announced a 1.3 percent sales decrease in the first...
Tatonka announced a 1.3 percent sales decrease in the first nine months of its financial year through June, but Andreas Schechinger, managing director, is confident that he will achieve a 3 percent increase for the full year to €18.3 million at the end of the fiscal year. The decrease so ...
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Odlo is back in the bikewear business. A collection of...
Odlo is back in the bikewear business. A collection of 25 pieces is being presented at the OutDoor show. The Swiss brand pulled out of that segment, mainly because it did not have a sales force for bicycle retailing then. Now Odlo is back and intends to sell the collection, ...
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Starting with spring-summer 2010, the END brand, which stands for...
Starting with spring-summer 2010, the END brand, which stands for “Environmental Neutral Design,” has decided to work with OutDry, developer of a patented laminate membrane technology for waterproof, windproof and breathable footwear and gloves used by Kamik, Lafuma and other brands of footwear. END will use OutDry in two styles ...
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Edelrid is the first manufacturer of ropes to have adopted...
Edelrid is the first manufacturer of ropes to have adopted the environmental standards of Bluesign Technologies, joining a long list of producers of outdoor clothing and equipment and suppliers of chemicals and fabrics. Based in St. Gallen, across the Lake of Constance from Friedrichshafen, Bluesign organized its first conference for ...
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Geocaching is the name of the game at Garmin’s booth...
Geocaching is the name of the game at Garmin’s booth at the OutDoor show: The company is promoting the new game heavily, with some caches even hidden on the venue to make retailers familiar with this trendy GPS-based game. Garmin will support retailers with extensive point of sale material to ...
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The Polish outdoor industry is about to join forces into...
The Polish outdoor industry is about to join forces into the POG, the Polish Outdoor Group, a federation which is open to Polish brands, retailers and distributors of foreign brands. The founding meeting will take place in Cracow on Aug. 3. The goals of the new federation comprise market research, ...
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This year’s OutDoor show will see the premier of the...
This year’s OutDoor show will see the premier of the OutDoor Innovation Lab, a panel discussion of top-notch speakers from the brands, retailers, suppliers and other industry players. The moderator of the event is going to be Mark Held, secretary-general of the European Outdoor Group. The participants in the discussion ...
