Latest Retail News & Analysis – Page 241
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After a successful licensing deal with its Norwegian distributor, Skigutane,...
After a successful licensing deal with its Norwegian distributor, Skigutane, Bula, the Canadian producer of winter hats, is launching a whole new collection of outerwear at Ispo through a completely overhauled network of distributors. Many of these distributors have been recruited by John Walbrecht, who left Spyder in 2005 and ...
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Swedish Distributor Markets Canadian Gloves All Over Europe
Besides taking on the distribution of Bula hats for the German-speaking countries (see previous story), Chris Sports Europe will be introducing a Canadian brand of ski gloves, Kombi, in the same territory. To support this and other new distributors and to help find others in other markets, Kombi will have ...
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New Distribution Partners For Freddy
The Italian brand of dance and fitness clothing and footwear has signed up new agents and distributors in several markets since the appointment of a new international director, Mike Thompson. Based at Freddy's sales office in London, he joined the company in April 2008 from Timberland, where he acted as ...
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Musto has taken over the distribution not only in Italy,...
Musto has taken over the distribution not only in Italy, as we reported last Dec. 8, but also in Spain. A 28-year-old sailing fan, Aitor Barranechea, has been hired to take care of sales on the Spanish market. The British brand of nautical apparel was previously sold in Spain by ...
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K-Swiss has decided to handle its distribution of tennis products...
K-Swiss has decided to handle its distribution of tennis products in Germany and Austria by itself. It no longer works with its long-time distributor in the region, Van Megen Deutschland, effective Jan. 1. For this purpose, K-Swiss hired the whole sales force headed by Frank Weißmann from Van Megen.
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Reusch has taken on the distribution of Medima brand of...
Reusch has taken on the distribution of Medima brand of functional sports underwear and intends to market a special collection called Elements. Medima, an old German brand of underwear whose products are mainly based on angora yarn, walked away from the sports business seven years ago when it had to ...
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K2's Swiss subsidiary has taken on the distribution of Atlas...
K2's Swiss subsidiary has taken on the distribution of Atlas snowshoes in the country.
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Uhlsport Iberica is taking over the distribution of Spalding balls...
Uhlsport Iberica is taking over the distribution of Spalding balls and basketball boards in Spain and Portugal, replacing a long-time Spanish distributor, Eje Deportes, which recently took the Mitre brand on board. Set up four years ago, the Spanish subsidiary of Uhlsport was already marketing Spalding apparel as part of ...
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RCG Corporation, the Australian distributor for Merrell, has opened the...
RCG Corporation, the Australian distributor for Merrell, has opened the brand’s first flagship store in that country. The Sydney store sells hiking footwear and outdoor performance apparel. RCG took up distribution of the brand in January, operating a wholesale division for it as well. It has said that sales for ...
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Coalision has made a number of changes in the distribution...
Coalision has made a number of changes in the distribution of its Orage brand in various European countries. Chris Sports Europe, which already represents this brand of free-style clothing in Austria, replaces Edgar Tremmel as the master agent for Orage in Germany. ABC Distribution is new exclusive importer of the ...
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Schöffel has reorganized its distribution in Italy, where Simone and...
Schöffel has reorganized its distribution in Italy, where Simone and Hartwig Königsrainer are now in charge. They will be overseen by the German company’s recently established Austrian subsidiary, which is headed by Jürgen Nairz as managing director. He has picked Monika Horan and Klaus Maroiser as sales managers for Austria.
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Berghaus has signed a distribution contract with Montana Sport for...
Berghaus has signed a distribution contract with Montana Sport for Switzerland and set up a joint venture for the Norwegian market with Bertel O Steen (more in The Outdoor Industry Compass).
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Robijns, a Dutch distributor handling brands from Julbo to Katadyn,...
Robijns, a Dutch distributor handling brands from Julbo to Katadyn, Primus, Wenger and more, has ended its four-year partnership with Sugoi, the sports apparel brand, because it did not offer sufficient synergies with other products sold by Robijns. It mostly offered Sugoi to running and bicycle stores, but this yielded ...
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Torau Sport, the distributor of Speedo in Switzerland, is opening...
Torau Sport, the distributor of Speedo in Switzerland, is opening a Speedo General Store near its head office in Brittnau as the brand’s previous general store in a swimming pool complex in Zurich had to be closed due to renovation.
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Nidecker has taken on the distribution of Rusty in Switzerland....
Nidecker has taken on the distribution of Rusty in Switzerland.
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One Way Sport Takes Over Its Swedish Distributor
After very good cooperation in the last years, One Way Sport has acquired Nordic Trade Development, the Swedish distributor that has been selling its own products in Sweden since the leading Finnish brand of ski and Nordic walking poles was launched in 2004. Fredrik Heikki will continue as managing director ...
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Extremehorizon Surf Distribution is going to distribute Raptor surfboard fins...
Extremehorizon Surf Distribution is going to distribute Raptor surfboard fins from Queensland in the U.K.
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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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MTS, the German manufacturer and distributor of various racquet, indoor...
MTS, the German manufacturer and distributor of various racquet, indoor and table-tennis brands (including Schildkröt, Tecnifibre, Hi-Tec, Speedminton and others) has hired a new sales manager for France, where the company has had a distributor only for table-tennis products. The new official, Patrick Bonhomme, worked most recently for a cosmetic ...
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Volcom has bought the strategic assets from its distributor in...
Volcom has bought the strategic assets from its distributor in Spain, and so will start directly distributing its products there. Spain joins the U.K., France and Switzerland as countries where Volcom has direct operations. The financial terms of this latest deal were not disclosed.
