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Canada Goose is making a big pitch for the Chinese...
Canada Goose is making a big pitch for the Chinese market, where another Canadian sports outerwear brand, Arc'teryx, enjoys a strong position and a high status. Canada Goose will soon open a regional headquarters for Greater China in Shanghai that will be run by Scott Cameron, former executive vice president, ...
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Columbia Sportswear is reassessing its business structure in the Nordics,...
Columbia Sportswear is reassessing its business structure in the Nordics, in view of the planned departure of Martin Kaggestad as regional manager at the end of July. Meanwhile, Columbia is opening a Spanish subsidiary in Barcelona, led by José Manuel Arrojo, who was previously country manager for Geox, for 14 ...
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The Oberalp Group has agreed to distribute the highly technical...
The Oberalp Group has agreed to distribute the highly technical Swiss X-Bionic and X-Socks brands of X-Technology in the Italian market under a new five-year contract, starting on May 1 with orders for the spring/summer 2019 season. The two Swiss brands were previously distributed in Italy and some other markets ...
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Perry Ellis International has signed a license agreement for its...
Perry Ellis International has signed a license agreement for its Gotcha brand in North Africa with Kennek FZE, a Morocco-based sourcing and retail business specializing in surf and skate products. The deal allows Kennek to source and distribute a full range of products under the Gotcha label, from surf boards ...
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Aldo Servadio replaces Stefan Heiniger as chief executive of Montana...
Aldo Servadio replaces Stefan Heiniger as chief executive of Montana Sport, the Swiss distribution company. Servadio has been working for the company for 25 years. He has held several positions, most recently as distribution and marketing manager for Asics and the company's lifestyle division. From this May, he will follow ...
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Amer Sports cuts back on footwear distribution
Sales of outdoor shoes declined at the Amer Sports group in the first quarter, as the owner of the Salomon brand continued to clean up its distribution, in an effort to reduce promotional sales.Footwear sales were down by 9 percent to €141.1 million for the three months, which was a ...
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Iconix Brand Group, the owner of Umbro, has signed a...
Iconix Brand Group, the owner of Umbro, has signed a new master license agreement for Italy with NewAge, which has led to the creation of the Umbro Italy business unit. The launch of Umbro Italy's first collection is scheduled for autumn/winter 2018/19. NewAge is a manufacturer specializing in underwear, beachwear ...
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Shiner, the leading U.K.-based distributor of skateboards and other action...
Shiner, the leading U.K.-based distributor of skateboards and other action sports products, has become the new strategic European licensee for Body Glove, which a goal to sell its apparel collections at 1,000 points of sales throughout the region. Marquee Brands acquired a majority stake in the Californian surf brand at ...
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Elan has taken over the distribution of its products in...
Elan has taken over the distribution of its products in the U.S. from Alpina Sports Corporation (ASC), the U.S. subsidiary of the eponymous Slovenian manufacturer of shoes and skis boots. The two Slovenian companies are switching roles in the U.S. ASC has been distributing Elan's snow sports products there since ...
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Action Sports Sportartikel is taking over the distribution of 2XU...
Action Sports Sportartikel is taking over the distribution of 2XU in Germany, Austria, Switzerland and the Benelux countries. Matthias Filser, who handled sales of the Australian brand of functional sports clothing in a similar territory through his own company, Filser Sport & Marketing, has been made head of triathlon for ...
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Protest, the Dutch action sports apparel brand, is gearing up...
Protest, the Dutch action sports apparel brand, is gearing up to move into the U.S. market. The Dutch company said that its business in the European market was stable, with subsidiaries in the German-speaking countries, France and the U.K., which allows it to start exploring the U.S. market. Peter Korver, ...
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Interski has become the new distributor of Falke products in...
Interski has become the new distributor of Falke products in Sweden, starting with orders for the next autumn/winter season The German brand of socks was previously sold in Sweden by Matthew Wise, who has decided to leave the sporting goods industry.
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Fjällräven has decided to make a strategic change in distribution,...
Fjällräven has decided to make a strategic change in distribution, investing more in retailers classified as specialized outdoor stores, where it believes that it can offer better support. The brand will review the channels in which its products are sold, with major changes coming in Sweden, the rest of Europe ...
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The Swiss Sport 2000 retail organization has signed exclusive distribution...
The Swiss Sport 2000 retail organization has signed exclusive distribution agreements for two lines of products. One is a special line of skiwear under the Marc Girardelli line that Sport 2000 members can only sell to companies and sports clubs under an agreement with the brand's licensee, Liegeling. The other ...
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In time for the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, Halti...
In time for the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, Halti signed a distribution agreement with the PVS Company for sales in South Korea from the autumn/winter 2018/19 season. PVS is also selling the products of Poc Sweden and Völkl in the South Korean market. Halti was previously working with another ...
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Ziener has started to sell in Japan through a distribution...
Ziener has started to sell in Japan through a distribution agreement with Ski Mente. The company launched the brand at the beginning of the 2017/18 winter season in Japanese stores. In Slovakia, Ziener works now with Exi Sport, with which it signed a distribution agreement during 2017.
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Accell North America (ANA) has announced a new omni-channel strategy,...
Accell North America (ANA) has announced a new omni-channel strategy, designed to offer independent bicycle dealers (IBDs) various options in the fulfilment of online orders. The strategy is comprised of different levels of partnership. A first option enables an IBD to sign up as a preferred fulfiller, committing to zero ...
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Mons Royale has announced the opening of a new European...
Mons Royale has announced the opening of a new European office in Innsbruck, Austria, and the appointment of Holger Blomeier as its new European sales and marketing director. Mons Royale, which specializes in merino base layers and clothing, is based in Lake Wanaka, New Zealand, and the new European headquarters ...
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Michael Plank, the German recruitment specialist, has launched a new...
Michael Plank, the German recruitment specialist, has launched a new digital matchmaking platform, called Supreme Contacts, covering 15 European countries in combination with local experts in Scandinavia, Russia, Poland, Spain and Italy. Plank claims that this platform enables contacts for sales partnerships with more than 30,000 decision-makers in the sports ...
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Amplifi Coalition, a partner of Active Brands from Norway, has...
Amplifi Coalition, a partner of Active Brands from Norway, has assumed the distribution of the Bula brand in Germany and Austria from the autumn/winter 2018/19 order season. As previously reported, Active Brands bought in 2016 the rights for the Bula brand all over Europe, including Russia. Amplifi Coalition is a ...
