All Distribution articles – Page 21
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Devold of Norway has expanded the territory covered by its...
Devold of Norway has expanded the territory covered by its German sales subsidiary to distribute its merino wool products not only in Germany, Austria, Slovenia and Croatia, but also in Italy and France. Devold will use agents in both new markets. In Italy, it will work with Panorama Diffusion, which ...
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Raoul Ferenschild, a former Benelux country manager for Bergans, has...
Raoul Ferenschild, a former Benelux country manager for Bergans, has started his own agency for the same region, called Rafertrading, with a showroom in Leusden. One of his first clients will be Alchemy Equipment, the New Zealand-based company, which was previously working the market through another agent, Yves Sarto, ...
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Like Polygiene of Sweden (see the article in this issue),...
Like Polygiene of Sweden (see the article in this issue), HeiQ of Switzerland is expanding its international operations. It has just announced the establishment of subsidiaries in Shanghai and Taiwan to serve clients in the region. The two operations will be led by officials who have had close to 20 ...
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Action Sports Sportartikel of Germany will take on the distribution...
Action Sports Sportartikel of Germany will take on the distribution of the Teva brand of shoes in Germany and Austria from the spring/summer 2020 season. Yendis Engelbertz, sales manager at Action Sports Sportartikel, will take care of the distribution of the brand, which belongs to Deckers Brands, working with a ...
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Callaway Golf has agreed to pay 2 billion yen (€16.4m-$18.5m)...
Callaway Golf has agreed to pay 2 billion yen (€16.4m-$18.5m) for the 48 percent stake it does not already own in its Japanese joint venture with TSI Groove & Sports Co. The price gives a valuation of nine times projected Ebitda for 2019 for the operation, which includes a subsidiary ...
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The Authentic Brands Group has concluded a multi-year deal with...
The Authentic Brands Group has concluded a multi-year deal with Eleven After Eleven, a Chinese manufacturer of skateboarding apparel, for one of its 50-odd brands, Airwalk. The Chinese company will be designing, manufacturing and distributing Airwalk apparel, footwear and accessories in Greater China. There are also plans to establish some ...
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Odex, the European distributor of Aclima headquartered in Denmark, has...
Odex, the European distributor of Aclima headquartered in Denmark, has hired an industry expert, Günter Almberger, for the distribution of this Norwegian brand of wool clothing in Austria. Almberger, an Austrian native living in Southern Germany, is an industry veteran who has worked for Skylotec, Gecko Bergsport, Sport Scheck and ...
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Germany's Sourceplan has taken over the exclusive distribution of the...
Germany's Sourceplan has taken over the exclusive distribution of the Californian brand Body Glide for Germany and Austria
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X-Bionic has signed a landmark deal in China, naming Beijing...
X-Bionic has signed a landmark deal in China, naming Beijing Sanfo Outdoor Products as its exclusive strategic partner for the launch of a new X-Bionic 4.0 collection in the country's market. The two partners have also agreed to set up their own research and development center, the Nature Mimicry Research ...
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PLAE, the Georgia-based athletic flooring manufacturer, has established PLAE Europe,...
PLAE, the Georgia-based athletic flooring manufacturer, has established PLAE Europe, a new division in the U.K., and to celebrate the move, it is hosting a one-day lab for strength and conditioning coaches on April 13 at Loughborough University in Loughborough, U.K.
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On April 1, New Balance acquired the distribution of the...
On April 1, New Balance acquired the distribution of the brand in Poland from Tarmax, which had been handling it for more than 20 years. In a press release, New Balance said the deal will enable it to “connect more closely with its target consumer by continuing to build on ...
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Thule Germany, the German subsidiary of the Swedish specialist for...
Thule Germany, the German subsidiary of the Swedish specialist for bags and transport solutions, took charge of distributing its own “travel luggage and bags” segment this February. It is also managing sales in Austria from its headquarters in Neumarkt. Aqipa, the Austrian distributor, had been handling sales in Germany and ...
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Iconix Brand Group has signed an exclusive licensing agreement with...
Iconix Brand Group has signed an exclusive licensing agreement with One Step Up for Pony, one of 30 brands in Iconix' portfolio of consumer brands. Under the three-year agreement, One Step Up and its subsidiaries – Fashion Footwear, Aggressive Apparel and Kidz Concepts – will design and manufacture Pony footwear ...
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Made for Sport (MFS), a recently formed distributor, has reached...
Made for Sport (MFS), a recently formed distributor, has reached a licensing agreement with the undisclosed investment group that purchased Sport Enebe, the defunct Spanish sporting goods brand from Alicante, according to CMDsport. MFS, which is also headquartered in Alicante, will be producing and marketing Sport Enebe's line of table ...
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Distributors wanted for a back-pain relief system
Percko, a French company that makes an unique line of apparel designed to reduce back pain, is about to launch a new connected device called Wavii. It consists of a sensor placed on the upper back, linked to a proprietary smartphone app, that is intended to analyze the person's posture ...
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Puma and Zalando are intensifying their cooperation. The sportswear company's...
Puma and Zalando are intensifying their cooperation. The sportswear company's new women's training collection will be exclusively available at Zalando in the coming two weeks. From the beginning of March, Puma will then also be selling the line in its own stores and its online shop. The collection includes tops, ...
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Aicad, the owner of the Lizard brand of sports sandals,...
Aicad, the owner of the Lizard brand of sports sandals, has signed up the Scott Sports Group as its exclusive distributor outside Italy. After taking on the European license for Outdoor Research, and then acquiring Dolomite and re-launching the Powderhorn brand, the Swiss-based group has further expanded its presence in ...
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Action Sports Sportartikel will be the new German and Austrian...
Action Sports Sportartikel will be the new German and Austrian distributor for Teva after next May. It's a major loss for the brand's current distributor, Tatonka, which has found a new distributor in the U.S. for one of its own brands, Tasmanian Tiger. More on this in The Outdoor Industry ...
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At Ispo 2019 in Munich, Fischer Sports presented the new...
At Ispo 2019 in Munich, Fischer Sports presented the new collection of poles from One Way, a Finnish manufacturer of ski poles that Fischer acquired in summer 2018. Fischer has recently announced its ambition to make One Way the biggest supplier of ski poles worldwide. According to Fischer, the brand ...
