News briefs - Distribution – Page 14
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SportScheck is going for new partnerships in different ways, based...
SportScheck is going for new partnerships in different ways, based on a declared mission to bring together sports-minded people, particularly online. After its acquisition of Fitfox, the fitness community platform, the big German sports retailer has partnered with Fanatics to be its exclusive supplier of licensed products in its domestic ...
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The Giorgio Armani group recently launched its EA7 Emporio Armani brand...
The Giorgio Armani group recently launched its EA7 Emporio Armani brand in Russia. The Italian-based company recently opened its first EA7 store in Moscow's Mega Teply Stan shopping center, which belongs to the Russian-based Ingka group, a successor company of the Ikea group. The Ingka group has 14 shopping centers in ...
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Munich, the Barcelona-based footwear brand, has settled on a single...
Munich, the Barcelona-based footwear brand, has settled on a single distributor in Portugal for both its fashion and the sports collections. Bedivar, as the company is called, has its headquarters and an extensive logistical network in the country, distributing important brands like Crocs, Fila, Merrell and New Era, in addition ...
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Martini, the Austrian-based sportswear brand, has signed distribution agreements for...
Martini, the Austrian-based sportswear brand, has signed distribution agreements for the Czech Republic and Slovakia. From the autumn/winter 2020/21 season, Martini will be distributed by Galfy in Slovakia and by Freelife in the Czech Republic. The family-owned company develops apparel for running, hiking, climbing, biking and cross-country and alpine skiing ...
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Compressport has signed a distribution agreement for Italy with Artcrafts...
Compressport has signed a distribution agreement for Italy with Artcrafts International, based in Florence. Artcrafts, founded in 1958 by Carla and Maurizio Ponziani, and run by Simone Ponziani, is the exclusive distributor for Italy of Teva, Crocs and Toms, as well as the exclusive distributor worldwide of Mou. It also ...
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Pierre Cote is stepping down as general manager of Tecnica...
Pierre Cote is stepping down as general manager of Tecnica Group Canada after 26 years with the company. Antonio Dus, chief executive of Tecnica Group SpA, the parent of Tecnica Group Canada, has decided that the time is therefore right to restructure the Canadian leadership. The overall group has already ...
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Chris Sports has appointed a new manager in charge of...
Chris Sports has appointed a new manager in charge of trade marketing and sales support for three of the brands it distributes in Switzerland: Bell, Giro and Evoc. He will take care of clinics, events and other forms of support for the retail clients. He has worked most recently for ...
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Lululemon is entering the French market in a more serious...
Lululemon is entering the French market in a more serious way by launching its own country-specific website this month, followed by the opening of a physical store of 194 square meters in Paris, at 47 rue Bonaparte. The brand already has a shop-in-shop in the Bon Marché department store and ...
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Marquee Brands has announced a partnership with Global Brands Group...
Marquee Brands has announced a partnership with Global Brands Group (GBG) as the official apparel partner and distributor for the Dakine brand, overseeing all apparel categories including sport performance, lifestyle, outerwear and swim. The Sports & Lifestyle division of GBG will focus specifically on the design, development and distribution of ...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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 ...
