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    Poler Stuff continues to expand in North America and Europe

    2021-02-25T10:37:00Z

    U.S. outdoor and lifestyle brand Poler Stuff has not only re-established relationships with U.S. retailers Zumiez, REI, Urban Outfitters, Nordstrom, Tilly’s, Tactics, Evo and Jack’s Surfboards but also signed distribution agencies for multiple U.S. states as well as Out of Step Ltd, a distributor of skate and streetwear brands with ...

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    Arva appoints Canadian distributor

    2021-02-19T09:49:00Z

    Arva , the French family-owned manufacturer of backcountry gear, announced that starting winter 2021-22, Lanctôt , a Montréal, Québec-based family-owned distributor of sports equipment for more than 65 years, will handle distribution in Canada. For next-day shipping of all Arva products for retailers in the Rocky Mountains, Lanctôt operates a ...

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    New President Americas at Thule Group

    2021-02-09T10:26:00Z

    Hilary Hartley has been named Thule Group’ s Americas business area president and will join the global corporate leadership team, reporting to CEO and president Magnus Welander in Sweden. Fred Clark , who currently holds the role of Americas region president and announced his decision to retire last ...

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    Shopify co-founder ranked second most powerful Canadian after Trudeau

    2021-01-19T08:56:00Z

    Tobias Lütke , co-founder and CEO of Shopify , currently the highest-valued company in Canada, has made it to second place on Maclean ’s magazine’s annual “ Power List ,” which lists the “50 Canadians who are breaking ground, leading the debate and shaping how we think and live.” ...

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    Tecnica Group North America with new VP, COO

    2020-12-02T09:29:00Z

    Source: Tecnica Sam Cook Tecnica Group North America has promoted Sam Cook to vice president and chief commercial officer for its alpine and footwear business units. Cook, previously the president of Blizzard Tecnica and responsible for continued growth of the two brands ...

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    Are we going to ski this winter?
    Europe is divided

    2020-11-29T21:52:00Z

    With the ski season approaching, a discussion about winter sports during the Corona crisis has flared up. Italy’s Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte wants to keep ski resorts closed at least until Jan. 10, 2021. The German Chancellor Angela Merkel is calling for a joint decision by the member ...

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    Canada Goose and actor Ryan Reynolds donate parkas and footwear to Inuit students

    2020-10-06T15:56:00Z

    Canada Goose and actor Ryan Reynolds have announced the donation of more than 300 Canada Goose parkas as well as Baffin footwear to the students of Inuujaq School in Arctic Bay, an Inuit hamlet located in the northern part of the Borden Peninsula on Baffin Island in ...

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    ​Canada’s MEC to be taken over by U.S. investor; co-op owners feel betrayed

    2020-09-17T12:37:00Z

    The announced sale of Canada’s best-known outdoor equipment retailer, Mountain Equipment Co-op ( MEC ), to Kingswood Capital Management , a Los Angeles-based private equity firm, has sparked widespread discussion across Canada. MEC was founded in 1971 in Vancouver, British Columbia. To be able to shop in the store, ...