All Distribution articles – Page 23
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After a long absence, Slazenger is returning to France. The...
After a long absence, Slazenger is returning to France. The move back across the English Channel will occur in the spring/summer of 2020. Global Sportswear Services (GSS) will be handling the footwear license for France and plans to begin with a mid-tier line of about ten models and a higher-end ...
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Brandfusion is taking on the distribution of Reef in the...
Brandfusion is taking on the distribution of Reef in the Benelux countries
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VF Corp. has entered into a partnership with Tmall, the...
VF Corp. has entered into a partnership with Tmall, the Chinese B2C e-commerce platform and marketplace owned by Alibaba Group. VF is hoping to glean insights into the Chinese market in terms of buyers, growth opportunities, product design and assortment. This is not the American company's first collaboration with the ...
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Lorpen has made a number of strides recently to extend...
Lorpen has made a number of strides recently to extend the reach of its technical socks. In the U.S., the Spanish brand has signed a marketing deal with Recreational Equipment Inc. (REI), the outdoor cooperative website based in Sumner, Washington, and has been working with the retailer Dunham's Sports. In ...
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Callaway Golf has agreed to pay 2 billion yen (€16.4m-$18.5m)...
Callaway Golf has agreed to pay 2 billion yen (€16.4m-$18.5m) for the 48 percent stake it does not already own in its Japanese joint venture with TSI Groove & Sports Co. The price gives a valuation of nine times projected Ebitda for 2019 for the operation, which includes a subsidiary ...
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Action Sports Sportartikel of Germany will take on the distribution...
Action Sports Sportartikel of Germany will take on the distribution of the Teva brand of shoes in Germany and Austria from the spring/summer 2020 season. Yendis Engelbertz, sales manager at Action Sports Sportartikel, will take care of the distribution of the brand, which belongs to Deckers Brands, working with a ...
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Like Polygiene of Sweden (see the article in this issue),...
Like Polygiene of Sweden (see the article in this issue), HeiQ of Switzerland is expanding its international operations. It has just announced the establishment of subsidiaries in Shanghai and Taiwan to serve clients in the region. The two operations will be led by officials who have had close to 20 ...
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Raoul Ferenschild, a former Benelux country manager for Bergans, has...
Raoul Ferenschild, a former Benelux country manager for Bergans, has started his own agency for the same region, called Rafertrading, with a showroom in Leusden. One of his first clients will be Alchemy Equipment, the New Zealand-based company, which was previously working the market through another agent, Yves Sarto, ...
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Devold of Norway has expanded the territory covered by its...
Devold of Norway has expanded the territory covered by its German sales subsidiary to distribute its merino wool products not only in Germany, Austria, Slovenia and Croatia, but also in Italy and France. Devold will use agents in both new markets. In Italy, it will work with Panorama Diffusion, which ...
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Epika Sports has taken on the distribution of Gipron poles...
Epika Sports has taken on the distribution of Gipron poles in Spain and Andorra
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Odex, the European distributor of Aclima headquartered in Denmark, has...
Odex, the European distributor of Aclima headquartered in Denmark, has hired an industry expert, Günter Almberger, for the distribution of this Norwegian brand of wool clothing in Austria. Almberger, an Austrian native living in Southern Germany, is an industry veteran who has worked for Skylotec, Gecko Bergsport, Sport Scheck and ...
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The Authentic Brands Group has concluded a multi-year deal with...
The Authentic Brands Group has concluded a multi-year deal with Eleven After Eleven, a Chinese manufacturer of skateboarding apparel, for one of its 50-odd brands, Airwalk. The Chinese company will be designing, manufacturing and distributing Airwalk apparel, footwear and accessories in Greater China. There are also plans to establish some ...
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On April 1, New Balance acquired the distribution of the...
On April 1, New Balance acquired the distribution of the brand in Poland from Tarmax, which had been handling it for more than 20 years. In a press release, New Balance said the deal will enable it to “connect more closely with its target consumer by continuing to build on ...
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PLAE, the Georgia-based athletic flooring manufacturer, has established PLAE Europe,...
PLAE, the Georgia-based athletic flooring manufacturer, has established PLAE Europe, a new division in the U.K., and to celebrate the move, it is hosting a one-day lab for strength and conditioning coaches on April 13 at Loughborough University in Loughborough, U.K.
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X-Bionic has signed a landmark deal in China, naming Beijing...
X-Bionic has signed a landmark deal in China, naming Beijing Sanfo Outdoor Products as its exclusive strategic partner for the launch of a new X-Bionic 4.0 collection in the country's market. The two partners have also agreed to set up their own research and development center, the Nature Mimicry Research ...
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Germany's Sourceplan has taken over the exclusive distribution of the...
Germany's Sourceplan has taken over the exclusive distribution of the Californian brand Body Glide for Germany and Austria
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Iconix Brand Group has signed an exclusive licensing agreement with...
Iconix Brand Group has signed an exclusive licensing agreement with One Step Up for Pony, one of 30 brands in Iconix' portfolio of consumer brands. Under the three-year agreement, One Step Up and its subsidiaries – Fashion Footwear, Aggressive Apparel and Kidz Concepts – will design and manufacture Pony footwear ...
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Thule Germany, the German subsidiary of the Swedish specialist for...
Thule Germany, the German subsidiary of the Swedish specialist for bags and transport solutions, took charge of distributing its own “travel luggage and bags” segment this February. It is also managing sales in Austria from its headquarters in Neumarkt. Aqipa, the Austrian distributor, had been handling sales in Germany and ...
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Distributors wanted for a back-pain relief system
Percko, a French company that makes an unique line of apparel designed to reduce back pain, is about to launch a new connected device called Wavii. It consists of a sensor placed on the upper back, linked to a proprietary smartphone app, that is intended to analyze the person's posture ...
