News briefs - Distribution – Page 40
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Craft of Scandinavia is reorganizing international distribution. The company, owned...
Craft of Scandinavia is reorganizing international distribution. The company, owned by the Swedish New Wave group, has taken on two distributors for the Bulgarian and Slovenian market: SportsAware in Bulgaria, and ProMontana in Slovenia. It is considering closing down New Wave International Trading, its subsidiary on the Chinese market, after ...
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Burton has acquired DNA Distribution, which includes the skateboarding brands...
Burton has acquired DNA Distribution, which includes the skateboarding brands Alien Workshop, Habitat and Reflex, for an undisclosed amount following discussions between the two companies that began more than a year ago. DNA Distribution will continue to operate in Dayton, Ohio, in the USA, and Chris Carter, its chief executive ...
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Tecnica Group has given the distribution of Blizzard skis in...
Tecnica Group has given the distribution of Blizzard skis in France to JCP, the agency of Jean-Claude Petzl that distributes its Dolomite line of boots. JCP previously distributed Elan’s skis in France, but that contract is going to be taken over by Sunset, French distributor of Dalbello. Petzl is also ...
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Shimano Europe moved to acquire its Polish distributor R&P Pawlak...
Shimano Europe moved to acquire its Polish distributor R&P Pawlak last month as the country noticeably becomes an important location for manufacturing bicycles. The group said that the decision came after a few years of steady growth in the country’s consumption of bicycles and their components. It was also strongly ...
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Umbro has been rejigging its distribution in southeastern Europe, with...
Umbro has been rejigging its distribution in southeastern Europe, with the appointment of new licensees in Greece and Croatia. Mikis Papakyriakou, the Greek distributor for Speedo and formerly Reebok, obtained a license to sell Umbro in Greece as well as Cyprus and Albania from July 2008. His company, SPD Hellas, ...
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Wipeout Distribution, a retailer and distributor in Göteborg, Sweden, has...
Wipeout Distribution, a retailer and distributor in Göteborg, Sweden, has taken over the distribution of Liquid Force wakeboards in the country.
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Puma will take over the distribution in Croatia and Romania...
Puma will take over the distribution in Croatia and Romania from next Jan. 1, installing new management in the two new subsidiaries. of the brand in both countries. In Croatia, Tomislav Coga, a Nike veteran, will run the operation along with a sales manager, Mladen Strangjar, who already holds that ...
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Hi-Tec has signed a distribution and licensing agreement for the...
Hi-Tec has signed a distribution and licensing agreement for the North American market with Bordan Shoe Company, based in Los Angeles, which describes itself as the major reseller of branded athletic footwear in the USA. The company specializes in selling excess or discontinued inventory from premium brands such as ASICS, ...
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Berghaus has signed a license and distribution agreement with E-Land,...
Berghaus has signed a license and distribution agreement with E-Land, a top Korean retailer with more than 4,000 stores. E-Land will be the exclusive distributor of the Berghaus brand in Korea, where the British brand has 30 stand-alone stores and sells to multi-brand retailers. The 5-year agreement, with a possible ...
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Sportmarket AB has become the exclusive distributor of Kombi’s sports...
Sportmarket AB has become the exclusive distributor of Kombi’s sports gloves in Europe. The large Swedish distributor has secured sub-distributorships and other types of partnership in Sweden, Norway, Finland, Denmark, the UK, France and the Czech Republic. Other contracts are under negotiation. Kombi is an American brand of ski gloves ...
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Garmin has acquired its Spanish distributor, Electronica Trepat, retaining its...
Garmin has acquired its Spanish distributor, Electronica Trepat, retaining its management and staff. The American supplier of GPS equipment previously took over its distributors in France and Germany. In the 2nd quarter, Garmin reached total sales of $742 million, up 72 percent from the level of one year ago, but ...
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R.G. Barry Corp. has been appointed as sole distributor and...
R.G. Barry Corp. has been appointed as sole distributor and licensee of Superga footwear in the USA under a contract that will be extended to Canada from 2008. The present contract, which runs from this month to December 2010, calls for minimum royalties of $1.6 million on revenues of $17.6 ...
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Anta Sports Products, a Chinese manufacturer and distributor of apparel...
Anta Sports Products, a Chinese manufacturer and distributor of apparel for Adidas, Reebok and Kappa, plans to go public on the Hong Kong Exchange, selling 600 million shares offered at HK$4.28-5.28 and raising a maximum of $460 million. The company plans to use proceeds of the initial public offering (IPO) ...
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Under Armour has signed a distribution agreement with Unlimited Sports...
Under Armour has signed a distribution agreement with Unlimited Sports Group (USG) for the Benelux countries. USG owns and operates the Perry Sport and Atkiesport retail chains and is a licensee for Le Coq Sportif, Maui and Sons, Pantofola d’Oro and Cars Jeans.
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Eurolight, a Dutch-based distribution company with a wide portfolio of...
Eurolight, a Dutch-based distribution company with a wide portfolio of tennis and winter sports brands, will distribute Mistral apparel in the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany, on the back of a deal with X-Wear, another Dutch-based company that obtained earlier this year a license for Mistral apparel in most other European ...
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R.A. Company, a Dutch distribution company that already sells CamelBak,...
R.A. Company, a Dutch distribution company that already sells CamelBak, Trezeta, Buff, Gabel, and OneWay Sport, has been appointed as Benelux agent for Bergans, the big Norwegian outdoor brand.
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Two large companies with production and distribution in China are...
Two large companies with production and distribution in China are trying to go public soon. Anta, a large Chinese producer and distributor of branded sportswear, is looking to raise $200-300 million of an initial public offering this month. Stella International of Taiwan, which manufactures shoes in China for Timberland, Clarks ...
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Columbia Sportswear will end amicably its 9-year-old Swedish distribution contract...
Columbia Sportswear will end amicably its 9-year-old Swedish distribution contract with Sportmarket AB, which represents many other brands in the country, after the delivery of the next Fall/Winter collection. The brand’s distributor in Norway, Patric Holmer, is opening an agency for the brand in Sweden, called Portland Sverige, which will ...
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The Adidas group is consolidating its distribution in the USA...
The Adidas group is consolidating its distribution in the USA for Adidas and Reebok footwear and apparel into a single site for the two brands in Spartanburg, South Carolina, which is currently hosting the American distribution center for Adidas’ footwear lines. By the Fall of 2009, two new buildings will ...
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A German distributor, WB Compagnie, is taking charge of sales...
A German distributor, WB Compagnie, is taking charge of sales of most of Hi-Tec Sports’ products on the German market as the British company is closing down its local sales subsidiary. WB Compagnie is led by Werner Berzl, who also markets the sportswear brand Homeboy. It has hired many of ...
