News Briefs – Page 529
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Amer Sports is hiring Simon Sjöberg as the Swedish sales...
Amer Sports is hiring Simon Sjöberg as the Swedish sales manager for Salomon hardware at the end of January 2009. He will replace Peter Hulander, who has moved to Kask, where he is the brand’s new chief executive officer. Sjöberg has worked with Salomon before, but has spent recent years ...
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Cloudveil was started 11 years ago by Brian Cousins and...
Cloudveil was started 11 years ago by Brian Cousins and Stephen Sullivan, and now Sullivan is stepping into the presidency as Cousins departs to pursue other interests. Sullivan has been in charge of the company’s product, marketing, sales and retail divisions. He is also a member of the American Fly-Fishing ...
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Crocs has appointed a global creative director and a vice...
Crocs has appointed a global creative director and a vice president of global e-commerce, both with considerable experience. The newly created position of global creative director has been filled by Charlie Johnson, who has spent more than 20 years in the footwear industry, eight of them with Adidas. Chris Ladd, ...
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A raft of new executives has been installed in new...
A raft of new executives has been installed in new positions at Cannondale Sports Group, a division of Dorel Industries. They will oversee all four of the brands in the Cannondale group – Cannondale, Schwinn, GT and Mongoose – which will continue to be led by Bob Baird, acting president. ...
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Garmin is concluding the acquisition of its Swedish distributor, Sportmanship...
Garmin is concluding the acquisition of its Swedish distributor, Sportmanship International, this month, renaming it Garmin Sweden. Negotiations have gone on since October, when the distribution of portable navigation products, Cannon, Humminbird and Minnkot, was first taken over by Garmin from Sportmanship Invest, the former owner of Sportmanship International. Management ...
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Vanbestco, the owner of the Swedish Icebug brand of ice...
Vanbestco, the owner of the Swedish Icebug brand of ice grips for footwear, will launch a new system of footwear padding at the upcoming Swesport trade fair in 2009. The Arch Flex System is a concept invented by Ortolab, a company that has a running agreement with Vanbestco for patents ...
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Umarex finally walks out of the business with outdoor accessories...
Umarex finally walks out of the business with outdoor accessories and packs for cycling after 25 years in that business. The company recently skipped the distribution of Blue Desert, the Israeli marketer of the SmarTube hydration systems, for Germany. While the name Umarex may not necessarily be well known, it ...
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Maier Sports, the German marketer of outdoor and ski apparel,...
Maier Sports, the German marketer of outdoor and ski apparel, filed for receivership last Friday. The receiver is Reinhard Schmid, a lawyer from Stuttgart. Sources say that Maier has been in trouble for a while, partially due to its price-driven but low-profile offer of functional outerwear. Another reason for the ...
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Kettner, the retail chain for hunting equipment, is, again, in...
Kettner, the retail chain for hunting equipment, is, again, in new hands. Waffenmarkt Intern, the leading German trade journal for this sector, reports that Kettner Austria has acquired Kettner International, which is basically the group’s German operations, with the consent of the company’s receiver. Kettner used to be the big ...
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The North Face has recently opened its 39th single-brand store...
The North Face has recently opened its 39th single-brand store in the region of Europe, Middle East and Africa. The 192-square-meter surface in the heart of Innsbruck, the capital of Tyrol, Austria, marks the seventh opening of a TNF door in Europe this year. The store is operated by a ...
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According to unconfirmed information, Klaus Öllerer, so far European head...
According to unconfirmed information, Klaus Öllerer, so far European head of marketing at Keen, has left the company. THE COMPASS hears that Öllerer’s decision to leave should be seen in the context of Keen’s move to concentrate its European headquarters in Rotterdam in the Netherlands. For the time being, his ...
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Once is not enough for Marco Stenico, who will return...
Once is not enough for Marco Stenico, who will return to Aicad, where he started his career 15 years ago. He is its new global sales manager of the Italian company, which markets the Lizard line of sports sandals, starting Dec. 8. It’s a new position with responsibilities for export ...
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Lafuma’s director of international sales garden furniture and school bags,...
Lafuma’s director of international sales garden furniture and school bags, Georges Pequignot, is leaving France’s leading outdoor company. Romain Passot, sales director of the brand for its other product lines, is taking over his responsibilitities. Pequignot for all the product lines. Pequignot told us that he did not leave to ...
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Pierre Comte is taking charge of the French sales subsidiary...
Pierre Comte is taking charge of the French sales subsidiary of The North Face after four years as sales director in charge of strategic accounts. He previously worked for Lafuma. Reporting to Timo Schmidt-Eisenhart, sales director of TNF for Europe, the Middle East and Africa, Comte takes the place of ...
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Thomas Stumpp, formerly head of Rossignol in Germany, is new...
Thomas Stumpp, formerly head of Rossignol in Germany, is new managing partner of the Munich-based subsidiary of the Swiss Chris Sports Europe, local distributor of Bjørn Dæhlie, Alfa, Bailo and others.
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Berghaus’ German distributor since November 2007, Brandconnection, hired Walter Bichler...
Berghaus’ German distributor since November 2007, Brandconnection, hired Walter Bichler of Graz as its new representative for Austria. Bichler used to be in charge of Columbia in the country for six years.
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THE COMPASS hears from usually well-informed sources that Icebreaker, the...
THE COMPASS hears from usually well-informed sources that Icebreaker, the Kiwi brand for Merino-based functional sportswear, is about to reshuffle its European distribution. In August 2008, the New Zealanders acquired Rockline Nature Zone, which was then its distributor for France and Switzerland, and opened an Eastern European office in the ...
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Leki, the big brand for trekking, walking, alpine and cross-country...
Leki, the big brand for trekking, walking, alpine and cross-country ski poles, is making a major effort to improve in the Scandinavian countries. The company has announced that it will join the pool of brands that sponsors the top Swedish snowsports athletes. We reported in the last issue of this ...
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Ullfrotté has officially been renamed Woolpower after its main brand...
Ullfrotté has officially been renamed Woolpower after its main brand in order to make it easier for the company to expand its foreign sales. Of the 55 million Swedish kronor (€5.35m-$6.9m) generated in turnover last year, 70 percent came from sales made in 27 markets outside Sweden. Turnover that year ...
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Asia Outdoor, the trade show in Nanjing backed by Messe...
Asia Outdoor, the trade show in Nanjing backed by Messe Friedrichshafen, the organiser of the European OutDoor show, has opened a European sales office. European exhibitors fall under the charge of the Agendum agency, led by Oliver Schmitt and Juliane Jähnke, who have been working for Messe Friedrichshafen on a ...
