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PrimaLoft has announced a new “Retailer Coat Swap” initiative at...
PrimaLoft has announced a new “Retailer Coat Swap” initiative at Ispo Munich, on Feb. 5-8. The brand is inviting retailers to its stand, hall A6-304, to trade-in gently-used coats for a new PrimaLoft Gold Insulation Down Blend jacket. PrimaLoft will donate the used coats to the Obdachlosenhilfe St. Bonifaz in ...
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Nautilus, the U.S. fitness equipment company, announced in a preview...
Nautilus, the U.S. fitness equipment company, announced in a preview of its annual results that its sales should reach about $274 million in 2014, amounting to an increase of about 25 percent. This comes after a robust fourth quarter, in which sales expanded by about 23 percent to around $95 ...
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Applications for this year's Fibo Innovative Award, which recognizes innovative...
Applications for this year's Fibo Innovative Award, which recognizes innovative products in the fitness sector, will be accepted until Feb. 19. All exhibitors at Fibo in Cologne are eligible to enter their product innovations. The nominated products will then be presented during the trade show, which will be held on ...
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Karstadt has appointed a new marketing manager, Manfred Mandel, who...
Karstadt has appointed a new marketing manager, Manfred Mandel, who previously worked for Real and Rewe. Meanwhile, Terry von Bibra has resigned as the company's chief omni-channel retail officer, responsible also for Karstadt Sport's online and omni-channel activities.
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Stadium, the big Swedish sporting goods retailer, has appointed Stefan...
Stadium, the big Swedish sporting goods retailer, has appointed Stefan Högkvist as its new sales director, starting on March 1. He comes from KappAhl, the Swedish fashion retailer, where he held a similar position. Högkvist has extensive experience in senior positions in the retail and service sector. He previously worked ...
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Joe Prebich has been appointed by Fjällräven to the new...
Joe Prebich has been appointed by Fjällräven to the new position of director of marketing for North America. He is going to report to Nathan Dopp, vice president of marketing and sales for Fjällräven North America, one of the fastest-growing operation of the Fenix Outdoor group worldwide. Prebich has been ...
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Under Armour has hired Peter Ruppe as senior vice president...
Under Armour has hired Peter Ruppe as senior vice president of footwear, effective immediately. He will be responsible for the strategy, merchandising and development of all footwear ranges and work from the company's headquarters in Baltimore, Maryland. Ruppe has worked for Nike for nearly 25 years, serving as vice president ...
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Spectaris, the German optical industry association, feels that there is...
Spectaris, the German optical industry association, feels that there is ample room for market development in sports eyewear. According to its estimates, 15.6 million German residents who need vision correction and practice sports don't use sports eyewear or sport-specific contact lenses. ZVA, the German opticians association, recently pointed out that ...
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Lululemon Athletica opened its store on London's King's Road on...
Lululemon Athletica opened its store on London's King's Road on Jan. 23. Meanwhile, members of the Wilson family that controls Lululemon are planning to open two or three Kit & Ace stores in London as well later this year, according to Drapers magazine. Kit & Ace is a new chain ...
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Keen has opened an enlarged mono-brand store in Atrium Flora,...
Keen has opened an enlarged mono-brand store in Atrium Flora, a premium shopping center in Prague, through its successful Czech distributor, Outdoor Concept. Replacing a smaller outlet that was opened on the same site three years ago, it's the third Keen store in the city.
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Attendance at the PGA Merchandise Show in Orlando, Florida increased...
Attendance at the PGA Merchandise Show in Orlando, Florida increased by one percent to more than 41,000 visitors, with a 6 percent increase in the number of PGA of America professionals checking out the new offerings of around 1,000 companies. More than 200 exhibitors were new to the show. Visitors ...
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Werner Ziener, who founded the Austrian sports glove company that...
Werner Ziener, who founded the Austrian sports glove company that carries his name in 1969, has decided to retire, having reached the age of 70. His 34-year-old son Markus Ziener, who has been acting as general manager since 2005, will take over the reins fully.
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B. Robinson Optical, the global eyewear licensee of Revo, is...
B. Robinson Optical, the global eyewear licensee of Revo, is launching the brand's first snow goggle for the coming autumn/winter season. There will be eight unisex styles with three mirror lens coatings and a dual photochromic/polarized lens combination.
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Liberty Interactive Corporation, parent company for Backcountry.com and Bodybuilding.com, has...
Liberty Interactive Corporation, parent company for Backcountry.com and Bodybuilding.com, has announced the extension of the employment contract of its president and chief executive, Gregory B. Maffei, through 2019. Last November, Liberty Interactive indicated that it was planning to expand further the European operations of Backcountry.com in 2015, entering two or ...
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New Balance is reportedly planning to open its first flagship...
New Balance is reportedly planning to open its first flagship store in the U.K. at a prime location on Oxford Street in London, but not before 2017, although the lease has been signed apparently. The brand has many stores in the U.S., but in the U.K. it only has concessions ...
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Thierry Guibert has become the new chief executive of Lacoste,...
Thierry Guibert has become the new chief executive of Lacoste, replacing José-Louis Duran, who is leaving the group owned by Maus Frères since the end of 2012. Guibert, 44, has been working since 1999 within the former PPR group, now called Kering. He became the CEO of its former furniture ...
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Schuyler Horton, who has been with the Thule Group in...
Schuyler Horton, who has been with the Thule Group in the U.S. as director of national accounts since 2006, has been promoted to the position of vice president of sales and service for its outdoor and bags business in the Americas. He replaces Tripp Wycoff, who is leaving the Swedish ...
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Literally at the end of the Ispo Beijing show, Knut...
Literally at the end of the Ispo Beijing show, Knut Jaeger passed away. This pioneer of the Chinese outdoor industry died in Hong Kong, where he was based, at the age of 72, right after coming back from Ispo. Jaeger had a focus on China since in the late 1980s, ...
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Taking over some of Christian Benedikt's functions (see the previous...
Taking over some of Christian Benedikt's functions (see the previous article), Maxime Guillaumond, who comes from Raidlight, is joining Bridgedale as business development manager, based in Eurasburg, Germany. One key focus of his role will be to support OSC, the group's distributor for Germany, Austria and Italy. He will also ...
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Bergans, the Norwegian outdoor company, is searching for a chief...
Bergans, the Norwegian outdoor company, is searching for a chief executive as Ragnar Jensen is preparing to retire. This was confirmed by ads placed in Scandinavian trade publications. The 71-year-old Jensen has been in charge since 1981 but he previously worked for Ally, a brand of canoes and kayaks taken over by ...
