News briefs - Distribution – Page 39
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New Balance has signed an 11-year distribution and licensing deal...
New Balance has signed an 11-year distribution and licensing deal for the Korean market with E-Land, a large local group that is already the Korean licensee of Berghaus and Ellesse and that was previously distributing Puma. New Balance was previously distributed in Korea by Global Sports, a company that was ...
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Freddy announces a licensing and distribution contract for the Korean...
Freddy announces a licensing and distribution contract for the Korean market with an important sportswear company, In The F, which has several in-house brands. This 39-year-old operation generates annual sales of about €130 million. The deal with Freddy is for an initial period of five years and calls for retail ...
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Adams Golf has signed a deal with UK Golf Distribution...
Adams Golf has signed a deal with UK Golf Distribution to distribute the brand in the U.K. UK Golf Distribution also has the rights to Hotblade and Jaxx Junior in the U.K. It is headed up by Phil Aitken. Adams Golf had third-quarter sales of $17.4 million, about flat compared ...
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Speedo’s new Italian distributor, OberAlp, quotes consumer research conducted by...
Speedo’s new Italian distributor, OberAlp, quotes consumer research conducted by IFM Sports Marketing Surveys according to which the brand is still associated in Italy with the fastest swimsuit in the world, beating the runner-up by 10 percentage points. Speedo is still the second-best-known swimwear brand in Italy, obviously after Arena, ...
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Snow Factory, distributor of K2 in Spain, is taking on...
Snow Factory, distributor of K2 in Spain, is taking on also its Ride Snowboards and Line Ski brands.
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Lafuma will begin distribution of its recently acquired skiwear brand...
Lafuma will begin distribution of its recently acquired skiwear brand Killy in the U.S.
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Afydad, the Spanish Association of Manufacturers and Distributors of Sporting...
Afydad, the Spanish Association of Manufacturers and Distributors of Sporting Goods, is once again a partner for Sports Unlimited Valencia, a trade show being held May 18-20, 2010; discounts will be available for Afydad members who wish to exhibit at the show.
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Karhu is widening its distribution across Europe for spring 2010...
Karhu is widening its distribution across Europe for spring 2010 after launching its Fulcrum footwear in North America this year. The company intends to extend the brand across the Central European running market with new distribution partner in Germany and Italy. Rono, Run & Style, the German company that owns ...
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Reusch has taken greater control over the distribution in France,...
Reusch has taken greater control over the distribution in France, ensuring quicker deliveries and a wider choice of products as it did recently in Austria. The brand, whose head office moved to Bolzano in Italy a few months ago, previously had a French distributor for its ski gloves, Sidas, and ...
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Sole Technology is taking over the distribution of its Etnies...
Sole Technology is taking over the distribution of its Etnies and ThirtyTwo brands in Germany, starting Jan. 1. The two brands have been distributed there until now by Holy Sports and Beatnuts, respectively. The company previously made similar moves in the U.K., Spain, the Netherlands and Denmark. It has denied ...
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Beniamino Bozano has set up a new Italian distribution company,...
Beniamino Bozano has set up a new Italian distribution company, Action to Sport, that will take over the distribution or the agency of most of the brands represented by Tomasoni Topsail, where he has served as a top manager for many years. The brands are Naish Hawaii, Flojos, Kaenon Polarized ...
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Maxgear is the new exclusive U.K. distributor for Champion System,...
Maxgear is the new exclusive U.K. distributor for Champion System, an American teamwear brand. Maxgear, based in Cheshire, is an online retailer of cycle accessories and compression clothing, selling under the brand name MAX. It was started last January by Ciaran Dunne, 37, formerly head of international finance at Umbro; ...
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Chervò has started a new distribution contract for the Benelux...
Chervò has started a new distribution contract for the Benelux countries with Buva Sport, a Belgian company that has some 20 years of experience in the golf apparel and hardgoods sectors, selling brands such as Bridgestone, Duca del Cosma and Powakaddy. It takes the place of General Textiles after the ...
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In an unusual move, Fila has assigned the distribution of...
In an unusual move, Fila has assigned the distribution of its two sports fashion lines, Fila Vintage and Fila Gold, to a large Italian wholesaler, 3A dei Fratelli Antonini, starting with the spring/summer 2010 collections. This interesting company, profiled in our Italian market research report, owns five large Sportland stores ...
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Sportzun, the Spanish distributor of O’Neill, has further extended the...
Sportzun, the Spanish distributor of O’Neill, has further extended the territory of its contract to Portugal. The Spanish company got the distribution of O’Neill in Italy one year ago, replacing a former distributor, Sport Factory, which is now in liquidation. This followed the death one year earlier of Sport Factory’s ...
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Swix Sport USA will be the new exclusive distributor of...
Swix Sport USA will be the new exclusive distributor of Uvex winter sports products in the U.S., starting Aug. 1. Uvex snow sport helmets, goggles and sunglasses will ship out of Swix’ warehouse in Massachusetts. Swix Sports USA is a subsidiary of Swix Sport of Norway.
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Champion Products Europe has signed a 10-year exclusive distribution and...
Champion Products Europe has signed a 10-year exclusive distribution and licensing deal with Unlimited Sports Group (USG) for the Champion brand in the Benelux countries. The deal with this large Dutch-based company starts next Jan. 1 and runs through December 2020. The contract has some similarities with the one that ...
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Rocky Brands recently appointed Garlands as its new distributor for...
Rocky Brands recently appointed Garlands as its new distributor for the U.K. and Ireland. Targeting mainly the hunting boot market, the American company previously signed a multi-year distribution agreement with Normark, Diamant and Tigar for other parts of Europe. Normark, the Finnish company behind Rapala, has extended its territory to ...
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Bonvita, the Danish-based distributor of K-Swiss, Vans, Merrell, Wolverine boots,...
Bonvita, the Danish-based distributor of K-Swiss, Vans, Merrell, Wolverine boots, Patagonia footwear and other lines, has added the distribution of various brands of Stride Rite Corporation for all the Nordic countries. It will sell Keds, Pro-Keds and Sperry Topsider footwear in Denmark, Sweden, Norway and Finland. The company has a ...
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Descente, the Japanese maker of sportswear and distributor of other...
Descente, the Japanese maker of sportswear and distributor of other sports brands, reported net income up by 8 percent to ¥2.2 billion (€16.6m-$23.2m) for the fiscal year ended Mar. 31 despite a 5 percent decline in annual sales to ¥77.1 billion (€582.4m-$813.1m). The company is forecasting a 9 percent decline ...
