News Briefs – Page 523
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With a trail-running event in Munich’s Olympic Stadium today, Salomon...
With a trail-running event in Munich’s Olympic Stadium today, Salomon is promoting the sport as an Olympic discipline. Known as track & field racing, the originally English sport has a tradition of more than a century. Great athletes such as the legendary Haile Gebrselassie supported this idea last year by ...
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Hamm Market Solutions, the German company that was formerly the...
Hamm Market Solutions, the German company that was formerly the licensee of Tommy Hilfiger footwear, has been picked by Peak Performance, the Swedish sports and lifestyle apparel label, as its European licensee for footwear. Hamm is in charge of design, product development and distribution throughout Europe. The sporty collection will ...
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Mammut has secured two high-ranking awards at the same time:...
Mammut has secured two high-ranking awards at the same time: The prestigious Red Dot Design Award went to “Smart,” a climbing safety tool. The company’s website most recently won the golden prize of Best of Swiss Web Awards in the category online marketing and won over the Swiss Post and ...
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SportScheck, Germany’s largest specialty sporting goods retailer, is celebrating the...
SportScheck, Germany’s largest specialty sporting goods retailer, is celebrating the 20th anniversary of O.C.K., its exclusive brand for outdoor goods, with a big marketing campaign. In Scheck’s three distribution channels, mail-order, online and brick-and-mortar, the label will be promoted through lotteries, special discounts and presentations. Additionally, Scheck will highlight O.C.K. ...
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Fairpoint Outdoors, one of the leading players in the Scandinavian...
Fairpoint Outdoors, one of the leading players in the Scandinavian sport-fishing world, has started Move Mountains, a brand of apparel for outdoor sports and fishing. The Danish company’s biggest Scandinavian market is currently Norway, where it generates turnover of 30 million Danish kronor (€4.03m-$5.32m) annually, out of a total annual ...
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China’s textile and garment industry is getting a helping hand...
China’s textile and garment industry is getting a helping hand from the government in the form of higher export rebates. To help the industry get through the tough economic times, the tax rebates are being raised by another percentage point, the fourth increase since last August. The new rate of ...
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The EOG Association for Conservation has helped to save the...
The EOG Association for Conservation has helped to save the Verle forest, an old-growth forest 50 kilometers northeast of Gothenburg, Sweden. The forest was threatened by logging and will now be preserved for future generations. Thanks to a grant from the association and the fund-raising of Ett Klick for Skögen ...
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Timberland has begun to apply its retail concept called “The...
Timberland has begun to apply its retail concept called “The Market Place” to the brand’s shop-in-shop systems in the outlets of its retail customers. The Market Place is an eco-friendly and energy-saving shop design. Timberland currently operates such marketplaces in 160 single-brand stores worldwide. The first shop-in-shop in Europe was ...
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Mammut Sports Group will open another single-brand store in Berlin...
Mammut Sports Group will open another single-brand store in Berlin on April 3. As is Mammut’s habit, the 190-square-meter door will not be a corporate store. It will be operated by two local retailers, Andreas Langer and Manfred Hartung, who already run a store in a factory outlet center outside ...
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Lafuma has decided to sell the rights to the Millet...
Lafuma has decided to sell the rights to the Millet brand in Korea to its local licensee, Edelweiss, for €5.8 million. The brand generated sales of €6.2 million in that country last year. The transaction will help Lafuma to reduce its high indebtedness. The French group says it has concluded ...
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Naxo, the Swiss manufacturer of touring ski bindings, has filed...
Naxo, the Swiss manufacturer of touring ski bindings, has filed for insolvency. The company is a 100 percent subsidiary of Rottefella, the big Norwegian manufacturer of bindings for cross-country and telemark skiing. According to Rotefella, Naxo did not reach the necessary volume in the production of units to become profitable. ...
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Tourisport, a leading French agency for sports travel, was taken...
Tourisport, a leading French agency for sports travel, was taken over earlier this year by Chlorophylle, an investment fund set up by Michel Leclercq, the founder of Décathlon, which is now known as Oxylane. Chlorophylle acquired 80 percent of Tourisport from three of its managers in January. The remaining 20 ...
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Burton McCall, the distribution company within the British Bollin Group,...
Burton McCall, the distribution company within the British Bollin Group, is the new distributor of Pacific Outdoor Equipment an American brand that markets outdoor hardgoods such as sleeping mats, waterproof baggage and accessories. Burton McCall distributes in the U.K. and – partially - in the Republic of Ireland brands like ...
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Nigor Net, an Amsterdam-based company, has taken on the distribution...
Nigor Net, an Amsterdam-based company, has taken on the distribution of SolHuma in Europe. SolHuma is a Canadian specialty brand for stoves. Founded in 2006 by Martin Rheault, an engineer from Québec, SolHuma is specialized in sustainable products such as the “Vital Stove,” a stove that consumes dry biomass such ...
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Fiskars, the Finnish group that trades home, garden and outdoor...
Fiskars, the Finnish group that trades home, garden and outdoor goods as well as boats and real estate, increased its turnover significantly in 2008: Sales grew from €647 million to €697 million. Earnings before interests and taxes, however, slipped from €106.9 million to €70.9 million. The outdoor division, which makes ...
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Strong from its 21 percent growth in turnover for 2008,...
Strong from its 21 percent growth in turnover for 2008, Haglöfs is preparing to enter the Slovenian, Polish, Czech and Slovakian markets in a bid for international recognition. The Swedish outdoor brand is especially strong in Germany, and will use its office in the eastern part of the country to ...
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Camp, the Italian mountaineering brand, which is celebrating its 120th...
Camp, the Italian mountaineering brand, which is celebrating its 120th anniversary this year, is moving into the business of plastic-based snowshoes. The base of “Snow³” is polypropylene while the heels and toes are made of polyamide. The model features an aluminum front crampon and steel lower crampons. Thanks to its ...
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Wells Fargo & Company has extended LaCrosse Footwear’s three-year line...
Wells Fargo & Company has extended LaCrosse Footwear’s three-year line of credit agreement, providing the same borrowing levels as the prior three-year agreement. The new agreement is effective through June 30, 2012. As with the prior agreement, the new agreement allows LaCrosse to borrow up to $17.5 million from January ...
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Cabela’s has appointed Thomas L. Millner to serve as the...
Cabela’s has appointed Thomas L. Millner to serve as the big U.S. retailer’s new chief executive and president, and as a member of the board, effective April 6. Millner, formerly CEO of Freedom Group, the parent company of Remington Arms Company, will succeed Dennis Highby, who will assume the position ...
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The Outdoor Group of Wolverine World Wide has a new...
The Outdoor Group of Wolverine World Wide has a new president in James D. Zwiers, who has been with the company since 1998. In this position, he will be in charge of the company’s Merrell, Patagonia Footwear and Chaco businesses, while Scott Sible will focus on Merrell as president ...
