News Briefs – Page 525
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Klättermusen has a new part-time agent in Italy, Mike Larsson,...
Klättermusen has a new part-time agent in Italy, Mike Larsson, who is working hard to gain notoriety for the brand in the country. Larsson, based in Andonno, visited 72 different retailers in the north of the country on his bike last autumn to showcase the brand’s products, which he pulled ...
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Sätila of Sweden, a brand of ski hats founded in...
Sätila of Sweden, a brand of ski hats founded in 1896, joined the Scandinavian Outdoor Group recently in order to gain visibility and grow its business in markets outside Scandinavia. At Ispo it sealed an agreement with a new French distributor who will develop the brand’s sales possibilities in France’s ...
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Tamara Schlemmer, currently German distributor of SOS skiwear from Sweden,...
Tamara Schlemmer, currently German distributor of SOS skiwear from Sweden, adds Montane to her portfolio. The British high-end brand for technical outdoor apparel has handled the German market from its U.K. headquarters so far and has now appointed Schlemmer as local sales agent. The former professional climber has worked before ...
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Halti is reporting an operating profit of €1.6 million for...
Halti is reporting an operating profit of €1.6 million for 2008, a huge improvement over the loss of €800,000 in 2007. Sales for 2008 were €29.2 million. Revitalization measures by the company during the year, such as discontinuing unprofitable product groups and honing capital management, helped the return to profit. ...
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Again more partners have adopted the Swiss Bluesign standard: Synnix...
Again more partners have adopted the Swiss Bluesign standard: Synnix Industries, a Taiwanese dyer of polyester and nylon, and Carol Textile, a textile manufacturer from the same island. Kolon Fashion Material, the big yarn mill from South Korea, has agreed to have the company screened to meet the Bluesign standard.
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Schöffel has hired Birgit Delfs as new head of product...
Schöffel has hired Birgit Delfs as new head of product management after Stefan Lörke quit after 13 years with the outerwear brand. Lörke has switched to Adidas. Delfs worked before in textile-oriented retail companies such as the Otto Group and Charles Vögele. Joe Stocker fills the newly created position of ...
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Peak Performance has opened a general store in My Zeil,...
Peak Performance has opened a general store in My Zeil, a new shopping mall on Frankfurt’s prestigious shopping street Zeil. The store has a selling surface of 180 square meters and is run by Dieter Schätzel, a local retailer. Schätzel was a pioneer in the local retailing scene when ...
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Vaude has appointed Stefan Krause as the new manager of...
Vaude has appointed Stefan Krause as the new manager of the brand’s apparel division in which he will oversee the entire textile segment and will concentrate on Vaude's mountain sports collection. Most recently he worked as head of design, product management and sales at Steiner, an Austrian textile manufacturer. Before ...
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Sold in the Benelux countries by the same Dutch distributor,...
Sold in the Benelux countries by the same Dutch distributor, Schöffel and X-Bionic have reached an agreement to jointly outfit the VPZ speed-skating team in the Netherlands, including the Dutch racing ace Bob de Jong, who won the gold medal for the 10 kilometers at the Olympic Games in Turin. ...
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With profound sadness, Berghaus confirms the death of Lisa Marriner,...
With profound sadness, Berghaus confirms the death of Lisa Marriner, née Smith, who lost her long-lasting battle with cancer at the age of 37. Marriner. who died on Feb. 12 leaves her husband, Tim Marriner, who also works within the Pentland group, along with close family and many friends and ...
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Intersport Germany announced a tremendous sales score by its affiliated...
Intersport Germany announced a tremendous sales score by its affiliated retailers for the month of January. Sales were up by 27 percent, largely due to splendid weather conditions. Usually such increases are recorded when the comparable month of the previous year saw poor results, but sales in January 2008 showed ...
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Justin McCarthy, who joined Illuminite as vice president for apparel,...
Justin McCarthy, who joined Illuminite as vice president for apparel, has been named its acting president. Illuminite, based in Massachusetts, is owned by ReFlec of the U.K. It sells its own label performance running and cycling apparel in addition to marketing its patented reflective fabrics to industrial and commercial firms. ...
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As incredible as it might seem, Fjällräven is becoming a...
As incredible as it might seem, Fjällräven is becoming a favorite among wealthy British football fans. The British brand manager, Geoff Walters, believes that the company might have just found a niche market, and is carefully selecting new retailers to carry its T-shirts and sweatshirts to encourage this trend. Five ...
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Jarden Corporation's Outdoor Solutions division, which includes brands such as...
Jarden Corporation's Outdoor Solutions division, which includes brands such as Camping Gaz, Coleman, Marmot, Tubbs, Atlas and others, reports sales of $494 million for the fourth quarter of 2008 compared with $570.2 million in the previous year's period. Operating loss improved from $21.5 million to $0.4 million. For the full ...
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Johnson Outdoors, the owner of the Eureka! brand, reports sales...
Johnson Outdoors, the owner of the Eureka! brand, reports sales that declined by 8.2 percent to $69.8 million and included 3.1 percent from foreign currencies for the first quarter ended Jan. 2. Operating loss was $6.9 million compared with $3.6 million the year prior. (Read more in the last issue ...
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Merrell has named Louis Carlton creative director for apparel and...
Merrell has named Louis Carlton creative director for apparel and Melora McGilligan materials manager for the unit. Both of them will report to Jordan Wand, the vice president and general manager for Merrell Apparel. Carlton and McGilligan will have input on Merrell designs starting with the autumn 2010 collection. For ...
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IWA & Outdoor Classics, Europe’s leading trade show for hunting,...
IWA & Outdoor Classics, Europe’s leading trade show for hunting, will take place in Nuremberg from March 13 through 16. Messe Nürnberg expects more than 1,000 exhibitors and 31,000 trade visitors from more than 100 countries. This year’s IWA will put a focus on optical accessories with a show within ...
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Bluesign, the Swiss company that has developed its own standard...
Bluesign, the Swiss company that has developed its own standard for environment, health and safety for entire supply chains, continues to be busy contracting brands and manufacturers that are ready to join the standard. The latest adherent is Deuter, the big German player in backpacks and sleeping bags. Deuter introduced ...
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After more than three decades in use, Nikwax has presented...
After more than three decades in use, Nikwax has presented an eco-friendly new version of the brand’s legendary “Waterproofing Wax for Leather,” which has been the basis of the brand since its introduction to the market by Nick Brown in 1977. The new version of the Nikwax is water-based and ...
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Paul Petzl, the founder, owner and president of Petzl, has...
Paul Petzl, the founder, owner and president of Petzl, has appointed Romain Lecot as new managing director. Lecot previously worked for a company making its money out of packaging processing. He succeeds to Pascal Bonino, who left the company to accept new challenges.
