Our colleagues from OCC Outdoor, the British trade publication, have...

Our colleagues from OCC Outdoor, the British trade publication, have more interesting stuff to report: AMG Group, the owner of the Vango and Force 10 brands, has a new distributor for the Benelux countries. CJ Agencies, the company based in Baarn, the Netherlands, is already responsible in the region for The North Face, Black Diamond and the brands of Cascade Designs +++ The Mountain Boot Company has taken on the distribution of the Lorpen socks from Spain for the U.K. +++ In the same country, Lowe Alpine will take care of the distribution of Komperdell poles +++ Chris Coomber is the new U.K. agent of Ice Peak after the retirement of Mike Gutteridge.