News briefs - Distribution – Page 26

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    Arnold Sports is taking over the distribution of Skins compression...

    2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

    Arnold Sports is taking over the distribution of Skins compression garments in Germany and Austria, starting this month. The Swiss-Australian brand was previously handling these territories directly, but apparently with a concentration on the southern part of Germany. Thomas Hieble, European export manager of Skins, will continue to coordinate distributors ...

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    Tifosi Optics, the American producer of sports eyewear, has hired...

    2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

    Tifosi Optics, the American producer of sports eyewear, has hired a Dutch company, Kruitbosch, to be its exclusive distributor for the Benelux countries, Kruitbosch has been a major supplier and distributor of bicycles, parts and accessories to bike specialty shops in the Benelux countries. Specializing in cycling, running and other ...

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    Nike is reportedly planning to open its first European women's...

    2015-02-25T00:00:00Z

    Nike is reportedly planning to open its first European women's store on King's Road, in the Chelsea district of London, by May. A Nike spokesman would not comment on the report. The Swoosh already opened two women's stand-alone stores late last year, one in Newport Beach, California, and the other ...

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    Courir, the athletic footwear chain of the Go Sport Group,...

    2015-02-25T00:00:00Z

    Courir, the athletic footwear chain of the Go Sport Group, plans to open its first women-only store on Feb. 28. Called CLa Boutique and located at 110, rue de Rennes in Paris, it will the biggest store in France for women's sneakers and sports shoes, offering 300 different models, says ...

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    Courir will boost its network of 160 stores with the...

    2015-02-25T00:00:00Z

    Courir will boost its network of 160 stores with the acquisition of 18 of the 136 French Bata stores that have been auctioned by a French court following the insolvency of Bata France. The court accepted the offer made by François Le Ménahèze, who acted as chief executive of Bata ...

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    Asics started sales of its products in India from the...

    2015-02-25T00:00:00Z

    Asics started sales of its products in India from the beginning of this year, through a subsidiary it opened in April 2012 to provide marketing support to its distributor, the Reliance Retail, which sold Asics through its Footprint stores and at wholesale. Rajat Khurana, director of Asics India, told Indian ...

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    Erima, the German brand of team sports, tennis and running...

    2015-02-25T00:00:00Z

    Erima, the German brand of team sports, tennis and running gear, has revamped its German website entirely. A new feature is the company's corporate online store. In an effort to appease its retail customers, Erima said that the existing team sports retailers remain the most important distribution channel, but the ...

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    Röjk, a small Swedish outdoor and lifestyle brand, plans to...

    2015-02-25T00:00:00Z

    Röjk, a small Swedish outdoor and lifestyle brand, plans to open a pop-up store in the French ski resort town of Val d'Isère. The company, founded only four years ago, managed to find a small retail space in a popular location, right on the town square. It will open for ...

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    Sport Partner reports that Regatta is closing its subsidiary in...

    2015-02-25T00:00:00Z

    Sport Partner reports that Regatta is closing its subsidiary in the Netherlands and that distribution of the Regatta and Dare2B brands is to be handled from the start of May by Corvus Sports. This is a new agency formed by Erik Kray, who has been the Dutch country manager for ...

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    Wigwam, the U.S. specialty socks brand, has appointed a distributor...

    2015-02-25T00:00:00Z

    Wigwam, the U.S. specialty socks brand, has appointed a distributor for the Polish market, Portal Gorski, which also distributes the British brands Rab and Kozi Kidz, the marketer of specialty outdoor and snow apparel for children. Wigwam has been distributed in Europe, since last year, by Hej International, a U.K.-based ...

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    Millet will inaugurate a new store concept in the French...

    2015-02-25T00:00:00Z

    Millet will inaugurate a new store concept in the French resort of Chamonix on Feb. 27. It will be deployed in the course of this year at shop-in-shops all over Europe, notably at Alpisport in Namur, Belgium; at El Corte Inglés in Barcelona; at Alpi Trail in Puidoux, Switzerland; and ...

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    Thule Group has inaugurated a big new distribution center in...

    2015-02-03T00:00:00Z

    Thule Group has inaugurated a big new distribution center in Poland to service customers in Central and Eastern Europe as well as Russia and Scandinavia. The new center, which has involved investments of 65 million Swedish kronor (€6.9m-$7.8m) is located at Huta, in western Poland, where the group has operated ...

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    Tittallon, a highly technical and colorful Chinese brand of ski...

    2015-02-03T00:00:00Z

    Tittallon, a highly technical and colorful Chinese brand of ski and outdoor clothing, has started to be sold in about 40 stores in Germany and other parts of Europe, according to the European distributor of the brand, Conel. It has recruited agents in Germany and distributors for the Czech Republic ...

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    Several media reports indicate that 361 Degrees, the Chinese sports...

    2015-01-16T00:00:00Z

    Several media reports indicate that 361 Degrees, the Chinese sports brand, is preparing to move into European markets this year. The company already made hefty investments last year to start distribution in Brazil and the U.S., where it even opened a subsidiary run by seasoned executives. 361 Degrees, the fourth-largest ...

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    Eleven Outdoor has become the exclusive importer for Houdini Sportswear...

    2015-01-16T00:00:00Z

    Eleven Outdoor has become the exclusive importer for Houdini Sportswear in France, where the Swedish company didn't have a distributor before. Run by Jean-Marc Declroitre, who took it over at the beginning of this year, Eleven Outdoor was previously called JCP. It is still the distributor of Ferrino and Camelbak in ...

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    Speedo has extended its distribution agreement with Oberalp to cover...

    2014-12-26T00:00:00Z

    Speedo has extended its distribution agreement with Oberalp to cover the markets of Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary, starting next July 1. The Italian company, which has sales subsidiaries in Poland and the Czeck Republic, started distributing Speedo in Italy in 2007 and extended the deal to Germany ...

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    Xavier and David Berneda, the two Spanish brothers who own...

    2014-12-26T00:00:00Z

    Xavier and David Berneda, the two Spanish brothers who own the Munich brand of sneakers, have set up a new distribution company, Bernher, to distribute Jaked, the Italian brand of high-tech swimwear, on the Spanish market. Eduardo Loriente, who ran Jaked's former distributor, Aquatic Global Sports, has joined Bernher.

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    Snow Factory is taking on the distribution of Stöckli in...

    2014-12-26T00:00:00Z

    Snow Factory is taking on the distribution of Stöckli in Spain and Andorra, starting on Jan. 1. At the same time, it is stopping the distribution of the various product lines of K2 Sports, except for Zoot, reportedly because the American group wanted to see an increase in the volumes ...

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    Asics is revising its system of selective distribution in the...

    2014-12-26T00:00:00Z

    Asics is revising its system of selective distribution in the European Zone and Switzerland in the course of next year, in response to criticism from the German Cartel Office. It has developed a new set of criteria for authorizing online and offline retailers, defining the type of merchandise that they ...

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    Décathlon has also turned a one-year-old French distribution center at...

    2014-12-05T00:00:00Z

    Décathlon has also turned a one-year-old French distribution center at Rouvignies, near Valenciennes and the Belgian border, into its sixth continental distribution platform, joining three others in France and two in Spain. Covering 56,000 square meters, it will process the merchandise received from the suppliers and dispatch it to any ...