All Distribution articles – Page 33
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Burton has acquired DNA Distribution, which includes the skateboarding brands...
Burton has acquired DNA Distribution, which includes the skateboarding brands Alien Workshop, Habitat and Reflex, for an undisclosed amount following discussions between the two companies that began more than a year ago. DNA Distribution will continue to operate in Dayton, Ohio, in the USA, and Chris Carter, its chief executive ...
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Tecnica Group has given the distribution of Blizzard skis in...
Tecnica Group has given the distribution of Blizzard skis in France to JCP, the agency of Jean-Claude Petzl that distributes its Dolomite line of boots. JCP previously distributed Elan’s skis in France, but that contract is going to be taken over by Sunset, French distributor of Dalbello. Petzl is also ...
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The Italian touring-ski specialist Ski Trab has a new distributor...
The Italian touring-ski specialist Ski Trab has a new distributor in Germany, Huka, which also supplies the products of Degré 7, Maplus, Vertical, Terra Nova and, since most recently, One Way Sport.
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Shimano Europe moved to acquire its Polish distributor R&P Pawlak...
Shimano Europe moved to acquire its Polish distributor R&P Pawlak last month as the country noticeably becomes an important location for manufacturing bicycles. The group said that the decision came after a few years of steady growth in the country’s consumption of bicycles and their components. It was also strongly ...
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Michael Menzel, so far German distributor for Amer’s ski brands...
Michael Menzel, so far German distributor for Amer’s ski brands Volant and Dynamic, will quit by the end of the year to take care of Vist, a South Tyrolian brand of ski bindings and skiwear.
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Wipeout Distribution, a retailer and distributor in Göteborg, Sweden, has...
Wipeout Distribution, a retailer and distributor in Göteborg, Sweden, has taken over the distribution of Liquid Force wakeboards in the country.
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Umbro has been rejigging its distribution in southeastern Europe, with...
Umbro has been rejigging its distribution in southeastern Europe, with the appointment of new licensees in Greece and Croatia. Mikis Papakyriakou, the Greek distributor for Speedo and formerly Reebok, obtained a license to sell Umbro in Greece as well as Cyprus and Albania from July 2008. His company, SPD Hellas, ...
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Puma will take over the distribution in Croatia and Romania...
Puma will take over the distribution in Croatia and Romania from next Jan. 1, installing new management in the two new subsidiaries. of the brand in both countries. In Croatia, Tomislav Coga, a Nike veteran, will run the operation along with a sales manager, Mladen Strangjar, who already holds that ...
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Hi-Tec has signed a distribution and licensing agreement for the...
Hi-Tec has signed a distribution and licensing agreement for the North American market with Bordan Shoe Company, based in Los Angeles, which describes itself as the major reseller of branded athletic footwear in the USA. The company specializes in selling excess or discontinued inventory from premium brands such as ASICS, ...
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British Knights has a new distributor in Switzerland. West Style,...
British Knights has a new distributor in Switzerland. West Style, a company founded in 2006 by Daniel Elsener that also imports a racquet brand, Karakal.
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Berghaus And Speedo Sign New Distributorships
These two subsidiaries of Pentland Group are trying to capture the advantages of working through multi-brand distributors in certain countries, considering that they can sometimes offer higher operating efficiencies in data exchange and other back-office functions by levering them across multiple brands, while strengthening their relationships with multi-brand accounts. This ...
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Berghaus has signed a license and distribution agreement with E-Land,...
Berghaus has signed a license and distribution agreement with E-Land, a top Korean retailer with more than 4,000 stores. E-Land will be the exclusive distributor of the Berghaus brand in Korea, where the British brand has 30 stand-alone stores and sells to multi-brand retailers. The 5-year agreement, with a possible ...
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Hi-tec Enters New Partnerships For Wider Distribution
As part of its ongoing effort to streamline European operations, Hi-Tec is closing down more subsidiaries to replace them with distribution agreements. While Hi-Tec’s Italian subsidiary was already shuttered last year, the Benelux and German operations followed suit this year, and the closure of the company’s Danish trading subsidiary is ...
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Orinoco of Ireland has become sole distributor for Ireland as...
Orinoco of Ireland has become sole distributor for Ireland as well as the UK of Waldies, the American brand of clogs.
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Adidas Cleans Up Reebok’S Distribution In The Uk And The Usa
Managers of Reebok faced tough questions at an investors’ day last week, after it emerged that they were not expecting any sales increases until 2009 either in the USA or in the UK. Company executives justified the expected downturn with ongoing efforts to clean up the distribution in these two ...
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Bergans And Norrona Take Over The Distribution In Germany
Bergans Fritid is going even further than that by setting up an office in Hamburg, Germany that will steer the fast-growing distribution operations of the Norwegian sports apparel brand throughout most of Europe. They will be led by Peter Carati, former export manager at Hilleberg, the Swedish tent company, who ...
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X-Freedom is the new distributor of Trespass in Spain....
X-Freedom is the new distributor of Trespass in Spain.
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Garmin has acquired its Spanish distributor, Electronica Trepat, retaining its...
Garmin has acquired its Spanish distributor, Electronica Trepat, retaining its management and staff. The American supplier of GPS equipment previously took over its distributors in France and Germany. In the 2nd quarter, Garmin reached total sales of $742 million, up 72 percent from the level of one year ago, but ...
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Sportmarket AB has become the exclusive distributor of Kombi’s sports...
Sportmarket AB has become the exclusive distributor of Kombi’s sports gloves in Europe. The large Swedish distributor has secured sub-distributorships and other types of partnership in Sweden, Norway, Finland, Denmark, the UK, France and the Czech Republic. Other contracts are under negotiation. Kombi is an American brand of ski gloves ...
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R.G. Barry Corp. has been appointed as sole distributor and...
R.G. Barry Corp. has been appointed as sole distributor and licensee of Superga footwear in the USA under a contract that will be extended to Canada from 2008. The present contract, which runs from this month to December 2010, calls for minimum royalties of $1.6 million on revenues of $17.6 ...
