News Briefs – Page 518
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John Jansen will join Keen in the new position of...
John Jansen will join Keen in the new position of general manager for Keen Europe. The company has made growing its business in Europe a priority, and Jansen will work from the European headquarters in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, that Keen set up last year to this end. He was most ...
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John N. Simons, the president and chief executive of Gregory...
John N. Simons, the president and chief executive of Gregory Mountain Products, has left the company to “pursue outside interests.” The company bought his equity interest for terms that were not released. Egon Zehnder International is leading the search for a replacement.
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The sock brand Wigwam will start using SmartSilver anti-microbial technology...
The sock brand Wigwam will start using SmartSilver anti-microbial technology in a new line of trail socks. The SmartSilver solution, designed by NanoHorizons, goes into the merino wool at nano level and so permanently provides comfort, protection and odor-free wear. The new “Wool Runner” socks will be shown by both ...
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Bluesign has forged deals with several Asian manufacturers. Full Color...
Bluesign has forged deals with several Asian manufacturers. Full Color Company of Taiwan, Chun Wo Ho Company of Hong Kong, Thai Eastern Industry Company of Thailand and Shin Han Ind. Company of Korea have all signed contracts to perform a Bluesign screening. In addition, Ho Chien Enterprise Company of Taiwan ...
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Eddie Bauer has gotten approval from a bankruptcy court to...
Eddie Bauer has gotten approval from a bankruptcy court to sell its assets at a July 16 auction. CCMP Capital Advisors will make an initial bid of $202 million for the outdoor apparel chain. Final court approval for the sale is scheduled for July 22.
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The Conzzeta Group has announced that it will be significantly...
The Conzzeta Group has announced that it will be significantly cutting back some production to account for lower orders in the economic downturn, but these will affect its machinery and systems engineering businesses and to a lesser degree its foam materials business. Its sporting business, Mammut Sports Group, will not ...
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Ortovox USA opens a new western U.S. sales and distribution...
Ortovox USA opens a new western U.S. sales and distribution center in Utah, near Salt Lake City. The facility will handle all shipping and receiving for U.S. accounts while serving as the headquarters for the company’s new network of sales representatives. Corporate administrative, operations and warranty service will continue to ...
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After more than two decades in office, Reinhard “Schimmi” Schymura,...
After more than two decades in office, Reinhard “Schimmi” Schymura, a news editor of SAZsport, the important German trade publication, has decided to leave the company. As a coincidence, the advertising manager of the same publication, Ulli Onnasch, will also leave after 10 years of service. Both are quitting SAZ ...
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Johnson Outdoors is consolidating its paddle sports operations into one...
Johnson Outdoors is consolidating its paddle sports operations into one of its two sites in Old Town, Maine, by the end of September. The goal is to improve profitability of its watercraft unit, and the measure is expected to save more than $4 million a year starting with the fiscal ...
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Chiruca is going to unveil its new Travel Sport collection...
Chiruca is going to unveil its new Travel Sport collection at the OutDoor show in Friedrichshafen. The new Gore-Tex-lined footwear complements its Travel Urban collection with a new rubber sole with a Phylon mid-sole. The more sporty design features different leather combinations in nubuck and split leather.
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Tatonka has dropped its Dutch distributor, Jongejans Trading, and will...
Tatonka has dropped its Dutch distributor, Jongejans Trading, and will cover the Dutch market itself from Germany with a representative based in Aachen, Ramin Poursaidi, who has a long track record in the outdoor business with Trans Globe, the local specialty retailer, X-Tend, Jack Wolfskin and Lowa
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Flori Schuster, the important sports and outdoor retailer in Munich,...
Flori Schuster, the important sports and outdoor retailer in Munich, is sending out a positive sign in troubled times: All of Schuster’s employees have been granted an increase of their salaries plus a bonus for each worth €500. This is a result of the positive financial results of the company, ...
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Crocs Europe has named a new sales director, Wim Tuijl,...
Crocs Europe has named a new sales director, Wim Tuijl, to manage sales in the European markets where the brand is traded through distributors. He has been head of sales for Rucanor Europe, Adidas Benelux and Oilily. He spent 12 years in different positions with Nike including those of Benelux ...
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Schöffel has appointed a new marketing director: As reported, the...
Schöffel has appointed a new marketing director: As reported, the current person In this position, Christiane Hoss-Nurminen, is about to leave to join Schuster, the big Munich-based retailer, as head of marketing. She will be replaced by Corinna Umbach, so far marketing director at Silhouette Germany, a subsidiary of the ...
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A 45-year-old Swedish executive, Claes Broqvist, is succeeding Rick Bühler...
A 45-year-old Swedish executive, Claes Broqvist, is succeeding Rick Bühler as sales director of Odlo International. A former sales manager at Nike, Broqvist has been responsible for the international development of Haglöfs over the past seven years. After 11 years with Odlo, Bühler is leaving for the Luisa Cerano fashion ...
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Icebreaker’s own sales operations for Germany, Norway and Sweden, which...
Icebreaker’s own sales operations for Germany, Norway and Sweden, which are headquartered in Starnberg outside Munich, officially started working on July 1. The warehouse for all three countries is run by Meyer & Meyer Logistikzentrum in Osnabrück, Westphalia. Maximilian Hofbauer, the former chief of The North Face in Central Europe ...
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Sympatex is introducing a new footwear technology, AirJet, which is...
Sympatex is introducing a new footwear technology, AirJet, which is designed to improve the breathability of the upper. The innovation will be presented at the upcoming OutDoor show and AirJet-equipped footwear is set to hit the shops in 2010. For apparel, Zimtstern, the young Swiss outerwear label, will offer the ...
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Mammut has teamed up with Remei, the manufacturer of BioRe...
Mammut has teamed up with Remei, the manufacturer of BioRe cotton, to launch a climbing apparel collection made of 100 percent organically grown cotton. The Swiss brand emphasizes the compliance of the collection with the EEC regulation No. 2092/91 on the organic production of agricultural goods.
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Cristina Castagna, the Italian mountain climber, is being outfitted by...
Cristina Castagna, the Italian mountain climber, is being outfitted by Salewa for her attempts to climb Broad Peak and Gasherbrum, 8,000-plus-meter peaks in the Himalayas. If she succeeds with both, she will have climbed six of the 14 over-8,000s. She will be wearing Salewa’s alpineXtrem PRO collection. Separately, Salewa has ...
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Sports-Contacts, the international German-based online portal for the recruitment of...
Sports-Contacts, the international German-based online portal for the recruitment of distributors and agents, is expanding its operations to Italy, working with Beniamino Bozano and Chiara Gattorno in the country. Bozano, who has more than 20 years of experience in the sports industry, began as an agent for leading sport brands ...
