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Scantrade, which already has the distribution of Nordica and Rollerblade...
Scantrade, which already has the distribution of Nordica and Rollerblade in Sweden, is also going to take on board Tecnica and Blizzard after the end of this year. Tecnica ski boots have been distributed until now by Sportmanship, which is taking on those of Dalbello. It will continue to distribute ...
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Amer Sports has sold off the manufacturing site of Salomon...
Amer Sports has sold off the manufacturing site of Salomon that it wasn’t using in Rumilly, France, to the French company Ecologgia. The €8 million transaction means a capital gain of €7.4 million, and includes 15 hectares of land and 35,000 square meters of buildings. Amer used the campus to ...
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Sportalm, the Austrian sports and fashion brand, has hired Andreas...
Sportalm, the Austrian sports and fashion brand, has hired Andreas Gotschke as the member of its executive board in charge of international sales. He replaces Michael Bax, who did the job as a consultant for the last two years. The new sales director will be in charge of all countries ...
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In another high-profile departure, Unlimited Sports Group, the leading sports...
In another high-profile departure, Unlimited Sports Group, the leading sports wholesale and retail group in the Netherlands, confirmed that Monique Koopman, the chief commercial officer of Perry Sport, its sports performance retail format, was leaving the company this week. She has effectively been leading Perry Sport’s expansion for several years. ...
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Golfino, the leading specialty golf apparel brand in Europe, is...
Golfino, the leading specialty golf apparel brand in Europe, is introduces a new store concept in its brand new shop in Frankfurt. The new venue replaces an older one in the heart of that city and the selling surface has increased from 90 to 130 square meters. The store follows ...
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Mammut is presenting its new premium line of apparel, footwear...
Mammut is presenting its new premium line of apparel, footwear and backpacks to Europe’s leading outdoor retailers. The line is called Eiger Extreme, referencing the famous Swiss mountain, and will hit the stores in winter 2011-12. It is a complete relaunch of the Extreme collection, which came out in 1995 ...
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Koflach, the outdoor footwear company, has appointed Beat Müller as...
Koflach, the outdoor footwear company, has appointed Beat Müller as its general manager reporting to the chief executive, Bernhard Welten. The 36-year-old has held various sales positions in Switzerland, including for Hilti, the maker of high-end products for the construction industry, and for Biketec, the manufacturer of electric bicycles (more ...
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Tanja Kulkies has started her assignment as the new European...
Tanja Kulkies has started her assignment as the new European marketing coordinator for Arc’teryx Equipment. This is a new position. The 34-year-old comes from Black Diamond, where she held a similar position.
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Bart Muurling, who had been heading Intersport Nederland for nearly...
Bart Muurling, who had been heading Intersport Nederland for nearly two years, has left the company. He had been formally appointed on an interim basis, but still, he departed rather abruptly. Muurling introduced reforms to make the Dutch buying group profitable again and to improve and harmonize the management of ...
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Macron, the fast-growing Italian brand of teamwear based in Bologna,...
Macron, the fast-growing Italian brand of teamwear based in Bologna, has decided to associate its image with that of one of the city’s most important theatres, Teatro Manzoni. The idea is based on a notion that sports and stage acting share the concepts of passion, involvement, creativity, and physical and ...
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Ken Brauckmiller became country manager for Nike Netherlands from the...
Ken Brauckmiller became country manager for Nike Netherlands from the start of this month. He has been with Nike for 17 years, the last two of them as strategic account manager for Intersport. In his new function, Brauckmiller reports to Margaret Versteden, general manager of Northern Europe. He succeeds Harm ...
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CLARIFICATION: In belated response to our query, we have found...
CLARIFICATION: In belated response to our query, we have found out that the Great Outfitter tool on Burton’s website can be used to actually order the outfits created by customers in the U.S., but not in Europe.
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Sport-Fachhandel, the German trade publication, reports that Hervis, the big...
Sport-Fachhandel, the German trade publication, reports that Hervis, the big Austrian chain, has added a new store to its realm of 155 sports stores. The new outlet (1,100 square meters) is located in a new shopping mall in Innsbruck, where Hervis now counts four doors. In 2009, the group had ...
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Saucony has launched a big multi-lingual European website under www.saucony.eu,...
Saucony has launched a big multi-lingual European website under www.saucony.eu, with various features including store locators for various countries. It is part of an effort aimed at pushing the brand’s sales outside the U.S. from 30 percent of the total turnover to 32 percent by 2013. Officials of Saucony’s parent ...
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The new sales director of Brooks for Central Europe is...
The new sales director of Brooks for Central Europe is Heiner Böhle, a former manager of Asics in the region who worked most recently for Falke, the socks specialty brand. His predecessor, Markus Kredtke, will concentrate on Italy, France, Spain and Scandinavia.
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Intersport Germany has launched an internet platform called ilovefitness.de. The...
Intersport Germany has launched an internet platform called ilovefitness.de. The new site gives loads of information to promote fitness sports including a fitness calculator and tips on how to exercise at home and on products.
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Nike has named Carl Grebert to be the new vice...
Nike has named Carl Grebert to be the new vice president and general manager of Nike Japan. He will be in charge of leading the company’s strategy for growth there, including product alignment, sales, marketing and consumer connections. He is succeeding Jim Godbout, who will return to Nike’s corporate headquarters ...
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Consule, the licensee of Ellesse in Central Europe, has opened...
Consule, the licensee of Ellesse in Central Europe, has opened the first European Ellesse store in Berlin on 100 square meters. More openings are planned for Munich, Hamburg and other places for next year.
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Chiemsee has created two new top positions in its management,...
Chiemsee has created two new top positions in its management, one for head of sales in Central Europe and the other for key accounting. The former is filled by Markus Woike, who used to work for companies such as Völkl, Odlo, Benetton Sportsystem and most recently X-Technology. The new key ...
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Performance Days, the specialty road show for fibers and fabrics,...
Performance Days, the specialty road show for fibers and fabrics, has announced the dates for the upcoming events. They will take place in Munich (Nov. 18-19, 2010) and in Annecy (Nov. 23-24, 2010). New exhibitors include among others Invista, Carol Textile and Miti. Other dates to save are: summer 2012 ...
