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Batavus, the Dutch bicycle brand owned by Accell Group, has...
Batavus, the Dutch bicycle brand owned by Accell Group, has bought a Swedish bicycle supplier, Vartex, to strengthen the group's position on the Swedish market. Vartex will distribute Batavus as well as other Accell brands, such as Tunturi, Redline and Lapierre. This purchase also means that Vartex will no longer ...
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Holey Soles and Double Diamond Distribution of Canada, plus a...
Holey Soles and Double Diamond Distribution of Canada, plus a Massachusetts retailer selling Waldies clogs are going to be forbidden from selling foam shoes like those of Crocs in the U.S. if President Obama endorses a decision by the U.S. International Trade Commission. Crocs has thus won a ...
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Freddy has signed new distribution contracts with LiLu for the...
Freddy has signed new distribution contracts with LiLu for the Russian market and with Sport on Top for the Danish market. Both contracts were signed at the beginning of this year. In July this year, Freddy signed a new distribution contract with Snow Force BVBA for the Benelux countries. Zalando, ...
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Alpargatas is going to take over the distribution of Mizuno...
Alpargatas is going to take over the distribution of Mizuno in Argentina, from next February, and it has already started to take orders for the brand in the country. Alpargatas has already been quite successful with the Japanese brand in Brazil, particularly in the running segment. The Brazilian group, which ...
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Crocs is now directly managing the distribution of its shoe...
Crocs is now directly managing the distribution of its shoe collections in Portugal and Slovakia. Before, Crocs had been selling its product line in these countries by means of a distributor. At the moment, Crocs manages the distribution of its products directly in altogether 15 countries. In the future, the ...
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Deckers Corp. has decided to cease distribution of Simple shoes...
Deckers Corp. has decided to cease distribution of Simple shoes after Dec. 31, following its recently announced acquisition of Sanuk, as the two brands may cannibalize each other. While Sanuk is experiencing a solid momentum, Simple and two other recently acquired brands, Ahnu and Tsubo, recorded a 28 percent sales ...
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Puma is buying its distributor and licensee in the Netherlands,...
Puma is buying its distributor and licensee in the Netherlands, Dobotex. It already owns a 50.1 percent stake in the Dutch company, and will buy the rest as of January 2012. The takeover is friendly and has the support of management at Dobotex. It also includes Dobologic, the logistics branch ...
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Amer Sports is taking over the distribution for Mavic in...
Amer Sports is taking over the distribution for Mavic in Italy and Spain, where it has its own offices, starting next September. Until then, the distributors of this brand of cycling products are Vittoria in Italy, and Team Bike and a couple of others in Spain. The Italian market will ...
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Select Distribution of Costa Mesa, California, has secured a three-year...
Select Distribution of Costa Mesa, California, has secured a three-year license to sell skate decks and wheels under the Sims brand throughout the world except in Canada and Argentina. Re-issued models are already available for sale. The company started working with Tom Sims on skateboard products in 1984, eight years ...
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Ski and Sport, a 13-year-old British wholesale distribution company that...
Ski and Sport, a 13-year-old British wholesale distribution company that works closely with Sports Direct, has a design and manufacturing license to re-introduce footwear and apparel under the Vision Street Wear brand throughout the European Union. The first products will become available next month. Vision Street Wear belongs to Collective ...
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Garmont is changing its distribution for outdoor footwear in Australia....
Garmont is changing its distribution for outdoor footwear in Australia. Effective immediately, the new distributor is Lifestyle Industries Group which also takes care of Keen down under. The company replaces Sitro Group Australia.
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One Off International, a Swedish distributor of skate and snowboard...
One Off International, a Swedish distributor of skate and snowboard products that works with Etnies and many other brands, hires Markus Teandersson, previously responsible for IKEA's website and its e-commerce operations, to handle a new e-commerce store to be launched in June and all web activities. Mark Waldemarsson, previously developer ...
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New Era has appointed Captivity Headwear as its official distributor...
New Era has appointed Captivity Headwear as its official distributor for Southern Africa (South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Nigeria, Mauritius, Lesotho and Swaziland). The company has been dealing mainly in the corporate and promotional market, but it entered the retail sector with the distribution of headwear in South Africa ...
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Schanner Eishockey, distributor of Bauer, Sher-Wood and Vaughn ice hockey...
Schanner Eishockey, distributor of Bauer, Sher-Wood and Vaughn ice hockey and roller skating products in Germany, Austria and Slovenia, had an unexpectedly bad start at the last Ispo in Munich. Between Friday and Saturday, some high-end products were stolen from its booth. When the employees came to their stand at ...
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After a successful licensing deal with its Norwegian distributor, Skigutane,...
After a successful licensing deal with its Norwegian distributor, Skigutane, Bula, the Canadian producer of winter hats, is launching a whole new collection of outerwear at Ispo through a completely overhauled network of distributors. Many of these distributors have been recruited by John Walbrecht, who left Spyder in 2005 and ...
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Musto has taken over the distribution not only in Italy,...
Musto has taken over the distribution not only in Italy, as we reported last Dec. 8, but also in Spain. A 28-year-old sailing fan, Aitor Barranechea, has been hired to take care of sales on the Spanish market. The British brand of nautical apparel was previously sold in Spain by ...
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K-Swiss has decided to handle its distribution of tennis products...
K-Swiss has decided to handle its distribution of tennis products in Germany and Austria by itself. It no longer works with its long-time distributor in the region, Van Megen Deutschland, effective Jan. 1. For this purpose, K-Swiss hired the whole sales force headed by Frank Weißmann from Van Megen.
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Reusch has taken on the distribution of Medima brand of...
Reusch has taken on the distribution of Medima brand of functional sports underwear and intends to market a special collection called Elements. Medima, an old German brand of underwear whose products are mainly based on angora yarn, walked away from the sports business seven years ago when it had to ...
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Uhlsport Iberica is taking over the distribution of Spalding balls...
Uhlsport Iberica is taking over the distribution of Spalding balls and basketball boards in Spain and Portugal, replacing a long-time Spanish distributor, Eje Deportes, which recently took the Mitre brand on board. Set up four years ago, the Spanish subsidiary of Uhlsport was already marketing Spalding apparel as part of ...
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RCG Corporation, the Australian distributor for Merrell, has opened the...
RCG Corporation, the Australian distributor for Merrell, has opened the brand’s first flagship store in that country. The Sydney store sells hiking footwear and outdoor performance apparel. RCG took up distribution of the brand in January, operating a wholesale division for it as well. It has said that sales for ...
