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Lasse Kjus, the Swiss company named after the famous Norwegian...
Lasse Kjus, the Swiss company named after the famous Norwegian ski champion, plans to introduce its first collection of outdoor clothing for the spring/summer 2011 season, banking on the notoriety of its successful high-end skiwear line, whose pre-bookings for next winter are up by 12 percent. Didi Serena, who took ...
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Michael Phelps has signed up for the World Swim Against...
Michael Phelps has signed up for the World Swim Against Malaria, the first member of Speedo’s team of athletes to do so. The swim, taking place on June 25, is organized by the Against Malaria Foundation to raise money to buy and distribute protective nets that help stop the spread ...
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Andreas Jauslin is the new international sales director for Halti,...
Andreas Jauslin is the new international sales director for Halti, the Finnish outdoor clothing company. Jauslin, 37, comes from Helly Hansen, where has been for five years. He steps in for the chief executive, Martti Uusitalo, who handled exportation. Jauslin will continue to live in Switzerland.
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Angelo Caccia is stepping down as group sales director for...
Angelo Caccia is stepping down as group sales director for Campagnolo, though he will still help Valentino Campagnolo, the president and managing director, to work on future projects. Caccia has been with the company for more than 20 years.
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Globetrotter Ausrüstung, the Hamburg-based retail giant, managed another impressive increase...
Globetrotter Ausrüstung, the Hamburg-based retail giant, managed another impressive increase in turnover 9.8 percent. Sales after VAT jumped from €205 million to €225 million during the fiscal year 2009-10, which ended on Feb. 28. The increase was lower in comparison with the year 2008-09 when sales soared by roughly 15 ...
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Päivi Antola is the new director for investor relations and...
Päivi Antola is the new director for investor relations and financial communications at Amer Sports, effective June 7. She was previously with Kemira, where she was senior manager for investor relations and financial communications. She was communications manager for Amer from 2002-04.
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Aristotelis Baroutsis is the new sales director for Nike Northern...
Aristotelis Baroutsis is the new sales director for Nike Northern Europe, which comprises the Nordic and Benelux countries. He has been with Nike since 2006 when he came onboard as country sale manager for Sweden, and in 2008 added the duties of area sales manager for the Nordics. He succeeds ...
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Last week, Arques Industries, a private equity firm specializing in...
Last week, Arques Industries, a private equity firm specializing in medium-sized companies, sold Fritz Berger, the big German camping and outdoor retailer, to a strategic investor whose name has not been disclosed. A spokesman for Arques declined to say who was the buyer of the chain. According to Financial Times ...
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EuroSIMA, the European association of boardsports manufacturers, is putting together...
EuroSIMA, the European association of boardsports manufacturers, is putting together its 2010 edition of International Surfing Day. With help from the European Surfing Federation and the Surfrider Foundation, people all over the world will hit the beaches together on June 20. Last year saw more than 300 events in 34 ...
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Hi-Tec is boasting that European sales of its athletic footwear...
Hi-Tec is boasting that European sales of its athletic footwear climbed by 63 percent and outdoor footwear by 48 percent for the first quarter of 2010. It had a 35 percent increase in business with Stag buying group members compared with the same period in 2009.
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Susan Herbert has been named manager of marketing and communications...
Susan Herbert has been named manager of marketing and communications for Intersport U.K. She comes from Love Hearts Jewellery, where she was in charge of brand direction and strategy. The joint position marks a centralization of Intersport’s in-house marketing.
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Bike Expo, the trade fair for cycling trends taking place...
Bike Expo, the trade fair for cycling trends taking place in Munich in July, is exploring the bike-related tourist business, as an independent study revealed growing German interest in cycling holidays. The Trendscope market study found that, in 2008, about 19 percent of Germans went on a cycling holiday with ...
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Johnson Health Tech, which makes fitness equipment under brands such...
Johnson Health Tech, which makes fitness equipment under brands such as Matrix Fitness, Vision Fitness, Horizon Fitness and Livestrong, had a 32 percent jump in sales in the first quarter, reporting increases across all channels in the sporting goods and mass markets, and in the specialty and commercial divisions. Sales ...
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Herkules Capital, a Norwegian private equity company, has replaced TowerBrooks...
Herkules Capital, a Norwegian private equity company, has replaced TowerBrooks as the major shareholder in Odlo Sports Group. The son of Odlos’s Norwegian founder, Odd Roar Lofterød, has announced that he will reinvest a substantial amount in the Swiss company. He and members of the executive management keep a minority ...
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This year’s Outdoors Show closed down its run at the...
This year’s Outdoors Show closed down its run at the NEC in Birmingham with a tally of 31,000 visitors, about the same as last year. Starting next year, the consumer-oriented event will be held at the ExCel exhibition center in London, at the same time as the London Boat Show ...
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The freezing weather in Sweden last month strongly contributed to...
The freezing weather in Sweden last month strongly contributed to a jump of 12 percent in the sales of the Fenix Outdoor group in the first quarter, owing to an outstanding retail performance in Sweden. The company’s turnover reached 333.6 million Swedish kronor (€34.8m-$45.2m) for the quarter, an increase of ...
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Cratoni, the German helmet specialist, has started work on a...
Cratoni, the German helmet specialist, has started work on a new headquarters in Rudersberg as it continues its expansion. It will have 5,000 square meters of space and house research and development and marketing, as well as a test center, showroom and logistics center.
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Ogio International has named Dan Jelinek to be its new...
Ogio International has named Dan Jelinek to be its new global vice president for strategic development, a new position. He has been with the company since last year, when he joined as strategic accounts manager; before that he was president of team sports at Easton-Bell Sports.
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The North Face has decided not to shut down its...
The North Face has decided not to shut down its EMEA office near Montebelluna after it had announced that its operations would be transferred to VF Corporation’s European office in Lugano, Switzerland. The brand held negotiations with the Italian trade unions and decided to keep not only the existing Italian ...
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Jean-Philippe Torgue is the new director of sales and marketing...
Jean-Philippe Torgue is the new director of sales and marketing at Switcher. He has been with VF Corporation since 1997, most recently working in the international branch of the surfwear brand Reef. Torgue is taking the place of Jean Laporte at the Swiss company, known for its sustainable and fully ...
