News briefs - Distribution – Page 32
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Authentic Brands Group, the new owner of Prince, has struck...
Authentic Brands Group, the new owner of Prince, has struck a distribution agreement with Globeride for the Japanese market. In China, Taiwan, South Korea, Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia, the brand's products will be distributed by Wellpower Sports.
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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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The Russian market has been identified by Michael Rupp, the...
The Russian market has been identified by Michael Rupp, the new chief executive of Jack Wolfskin, as one of the most promising targets for investment by the German outdoor brand in the coming years. The former Adidas Group executive, who started at Jack Wolfskin a few weeks ago, wants to ...
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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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Torspo, the Finnish brand of hockey equipment, is moving back...
Torspo, the Finnish brand of hockey equipment, is moving back into the U.S. market under the management of Dave Soderqvist, former head of First Team Sports, who will also market the Christian brand of hockey sticks there. With the backing of Jussi Salonoja, the Finnish investor who bought the brand ...
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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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Myrco Sport will distribute the helmets and accessories of the...
Myrco Sport will distribute the helmets and accessories of the German brand Cratoni in the Spanish market, after Vitalnutritech said that it would quit representing the brand in Spain due to “misunderstandings with the current management.”
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Brander Sports has expanded its product portfolio by becoming the...
Brander Sports has expanded its product portfolio by becoming the distributor of Uvex products in Sweden. The Gothenburg-based company currently has a number of similar brands in its portfolio including Spyder, Dainese and Ziener.
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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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Burton Snowboards has sold DNA Distribution, a company that supplies...
Burton Snowboards has sold DNA Distribution, a company that supplies skateboards and accessories under the Alien Workshop, Habitat and Reflex brand names, to Rob Dyrdek, an American television star and entrepreneur. Now a wealthy individual, he has been skateboarding for 20 years and had been originally sponsored by that company. ...
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Infiniti Golf has picked Golfsmith Europe to be the distributor...
Infiniti Golf has picked Golfsmith Europe to be the distributor of its irons, drivers and wedges throughout the U.K. and the rest of Europe. Golfsmith will have the exclusive rights to sell Infiniti's clubs online and through its retailers.
