All Distribution articles – Page 18
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Kupilka, the Finnish producer that won the SOG award at...
Kupilka, the Finnish producer that won the SOG award at the Ispo 2019 show in Munich in the hardware category for its Firesteel 8 fire starter, which is made of natural fibers, signed a distribution agreement with New Heights for the U.K. two weeks ago. All of Kupilka's products are ...
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Chris Sports has appointed a new manager in charge of...
Chris Sports has appointed a new manager in charge of trade marketing and sales support for three of the brands it distributes in Switzerland: Bell, Giro and Evoc. He will take care of clinics, events and other forms of support for the retail clients. He has worked most recently for ...
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Klean Kanteen, the American producer of drinking bottles, has changed...
Klean Kanteen, the American producer of drinking bottles, has changed its distribution in France. The company's current distributor for the Benelux countries, Elements, took over the distribution in France at the beginning of this year. For the Korean market, Klean Kanteen signed a distribution contract with SNG in autumn 2018. ...
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Contigo, the American brand of stainless-steel mugs, has beendistributed since...
Contigo, the American brand of stainless-steel mugs, has beendistributed since June 1 in the German-speaking countries by Action Sportsartikel
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Goitasport, which is already a strong partner of the Scott...
Goitasport, which is already a strong partner of the Scott Sports Group in Spain, is taking over the distribution of Dolomite, Lizard and Bach in the country. Scott recently acquired Dolomite and Bach, and took over the international distribution of Lizard. The Barcelona-based company is already handling the distribution in ...
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Adidas Outdoor harnesses the internet for sales and relevance
Like its big parent company, Adidas Outdoor is taking many initiatives in the area of digitalization and sustainability, both of which were a focus at the recent OutDoor by Ispo show and the subsequent Ispo Digitize fair in Munich. The recent introduction by this business unit of the Adidas Group ...
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Like Polygiene of Sweden (see our previous issue), HeiQ of...
Like Polygiene of Sweden (see our previous 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 years of ...
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Lorpen has made a number of strides recently to extend...
Lorpen has made a number of strides recently to extend the reach of its technical socks. In the U.S., the Spanish brand has signed a marketing deal with Recreational Equipment Inc. (REI), the outdoor cooperative website based in Sumner, Washington, and has been working with the retailer Dunham's Sports. In ...
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VF Corp. has entered into a partnership with Tmall, the...
VF Corp. has entered into a partnership with Tmall, the Chinese B2C e-commerce platform and marketplace owned by Alibaba Group. VF is hoping to glean insights into the Chinese market in terms of buyers, growth opportunities, product design and assortment. This is not the American company's first collaboration with the ...
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Hydro Flask is expanding further internationally. Komax will represent the...
Hydro Flask is expanding further internationally. Komax will represent the brand in Chile and Peru, and Distcol will sell it in Colombia. In Asia-Pacific, the Primer Group is widening its territory to include Hong Kong.
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Epika Sports has taken on the distribution of Gipron poles...
Epika Sports has taken on the distribution of Gipron poles in Spain and Andorra
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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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Montura has signed an agreement with Jan Erik Narvestad to...
Montura has signed an agreement with Jan Erik Narvestad to represent the Italian brand in Norway and Sweden. Narvestad, who comes from Ultimate Nordic, has 38 years of experience in the sporting goods industry. He has been responsible for greatly developing the brands Alpina and Crispi in the Norwegian market.
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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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The Fenix Outdoor Group has gone one step further in...
The Fenix Outdoor Group has gone one step further in its internationalization process by acquiring a 70 percent controlling stake in its Taiwanese distributor through an equity increase. The distributor, called Outdoor Gear Co., mainly sells the group's Fjällräven brand in the market.
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Klättermusen, the Swedish producer of robust and sustainable mountaineering equipment,...
Klättermusen, the Swedish producer of robust and sustainable mountaineering equipment, announced the strengthening of its global operations with the opening of a German office and the appointment of Patrick Kaulen as head of sales for the DACH region, covering Germany as well as Austria and Switzerland. With more than ten ...
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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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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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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 ...
