Value Chain - Distribution – Page 14
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Having taken over the distribution of its Gregory line of...
Having taken over the distribution of its Gregory line of backpacks in Japan, Black Diamond has appointed an industry veteran, Mori Hikari, to run the operation. After working for Patagonia and REI in Japan, he acted as general manager of The North Face for Goldwin over the last eight years. ...
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Sports-Contacts, the agency of Michael Plank, has found distributors and...
Sports-Contacts, the agency of Michael Plank, has found distributors and agents for several brands in Germany and Switzerland over the past few months, including Green Grass in Germany for Röhnisch, as well as Wesano and Sport & Import for West Scout and Skylotec in Switzerland, respectively. After establishing a solid ...
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The Swedish golf distributor Pro Backup has merged with the...
The Swedish golf distributor Pro Backup has merged with the Danish golf distributor Lars Kjær & Co. The new company, called Sports Backup, will be one of the largest golf distributors in Scandinavia. For the 2013 golf season, Sports Backup will be responsible for the sale of products from Bridgestone ...
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Reydon Sports has been appointed European distributor for the Albion...
Reydon Sports has been appointed European distributor for the Albion cricket brand. Based in Melbourne and Sydney, Albion is a global supplier of cricket helmets, hats, caps and bags, targeting cricketers from the world's elite through to the grassroots of the game. The partnership between the British sports wholesaler and ...
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Proged has taken on the distribution of O'Neill in Spain...
Proged has taken on the distribution of O'Neill in Spain and Portugal from Sportzun, a Spanish company that has also been distributing the brand in Italy. Like its recent Iberian licensing and distribution agreement for Umbro, the new contract should help Proged to make up for the loss of its ...
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After a long partnership, Swix Sports and its Swedish distribution...
After a long partnership, Swix Sports and its Swedish distribution partner, Sportmarket, will part ways. For the past 23 years, Sportmarket has been the exclusive Swedish distributor for Swix, the Norwegian brand of wax and cross-country skiing products, as well as Ulvang, a Norwegian apparel brand owned by the Swix ...
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Oberalp will replace Project 2010 as the distributor of Fischer...
Oberalp will replace Project 2010 as the distributor of Fischer Sports in Italy, starting in March 2013. The deal is described as a strategic partnership that will involve cooperation in product development, branding and marketing. The two family-owned companies already collaborate through the studio of Antonio Dus in Montebelluna, which ...
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New Era recently signed new distribution contracts with Sportmaster for...
New Era recently signed new distribution contracts with Sportmaster for Russia and with MIG for Poland. The company also hired a new country manager for Italy, Cristiana Zaccarelli, who started managing New Era's Italian office in Rome last month. Previously, she worked in different positions at Nike Italy. New Era ...
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Peak Performance reaorganizes its distribution
Peak Performance, the Swedish sports and lifestyle brand, has inked a deal with Basic Group to sell its products in Italy from the start of next year. Peak Performance currently runs its own business in the country. Part of Basic's assignment is to open Peak Performance stores, which are taking ...
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The Spanish group Jim Sports, based in Melida and distributor...
The Spanish group Jim Sports, based in Melida and distributor of such brands as Slazenger and Carlton, has acquired for an undisclosed amount the Catalan brand Squba, specializing in high-performance swimwear and previously owned by Barcelona-based Mildosport. With the incorporation of Squba, Jim Sports enters for the first time the ...
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Chris Sports, a Swiss distribution company, has teamed up with...
Chris Sports, a Swiss distribution company, has teamed up with Qloom Sports, an offbeat bicycle apparel brand launched five years ago. The deal is that the distribution of Qloom for Germany, Switzerland and Austria will be handled by Chris Sports, after the integration of Qloom's sales team into the joint ...
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A Swedish company, JO Sport, will take over the distribution...
A Swedish company, JO Sport, will take over the distribution of Bula products in Sweden from Skigutane, the Norwegian company. JO Sport, which started in 1986, is well established in Sweden with the distribution of a gaggle of sports brands, from Rossignol to Dynastar, Look, Primus, Trangia and more, albeit ...
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Saucony elected its Spanish distributor, Deerfoot Sport, as its best...
Saucony elected its Spanish distributor, Deerfoot Sport, as its best in the world at the company's recent international sales meeting in Boston. Deerfoot's sales of the brand in Spain have been growing by 20 percent a year lately. Raidlight and Zoggs are among the other brands represented by Deerfoot in ...
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Vans has taken over the distribution of its products in...
Vans has taken over the distribution of its products in Sweden and Denmark, starting with the autumn/winter 2012 collections. Vans' parent company, VF Corporation, is opening subsidiaries in both countries, with their own showrooms and their own sales and marketing staffs, independently of other operations of the group in the region. ...
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Patagonia has signed up a new distributor in Poland,...
Patagonia has signed up a new distributor in Poland, Raven Outdoor, in a deal arranged by Michael Plank's Sports-Contacts agency. Based in Krakow and founded seven years ago, Raven Outdoor has launched international brands such as Smartwool and Black Diamond on the Polish market. Andrea Tomasini, who has been heading ...
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Carving Sport has picked up the distribution in Spain of...
Carving Sport has picked up the distribution in Spain of Roces, starting on June 1. It has stopped distributing Rollerblade and its sister brand of inline skates, Bladerunner. These brands are now handled by BM Sportech, which is the distributor of other brands of Tecnica Group including Blizzard, Dolomite, Nordica ...
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Arena France is launching a new distribution channel: pop-up stores...
Arena France is launching a new distribution channel: pop-up stores set up in partnership with retailers at swimming events. Complete with changing cabins and a range of branded product displays, these stores are easy to build and a test has shown that they could generate twice as much turnover as ordinary booths. Arena ...
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Dobotex, the producer, developer and distributor of Puma lifestyle products,...
Dobotex, the producer, developer and distributor of Puma lifestyle products, plans to launch a trade competition at the Moda spring fair in Birmingham next August. The winners could get tickets to Premiership football games and a week's supply of Puma socks and underwear. The competition is available to all retailers/traders ...
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Dunlop is the new distributor of Diadora footwear in Germany....
Dunlop is the new distributor of Diadora footwear in Germany. For now, the new partnership is limited to tennis shoes, but other categories of footwear by Italian company, such as running and football, as well as apparel may follow. Before a break of about two years, Dunlop's German operations had ...
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New Spanish distributor for Li Ning!: Jorcani
Li Ning, the Chinese sports brand, has changed its distributor in Spain, switching from LN Plus in Madrid to Jorcani in Barcelona. Spain is one of the European markets where Li Ning has invested most prominently in the last years, obtaining endorsement deals from the country's national basketball team as ...
