All Distribution articles – Page 20
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ArticleVaude launches local delivery service platform
To support the specialized retail trade in times of the Covid-19 crisis, Vaude has set up a package of measures that should help the its retail partners to generate sales despite shop closures. This includes several options: local delivery service, support for online business and an accommodating approach to delivery ...
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Tecnica Group extends closure of its head offices
The Tecnica Group has decided to extend the closure of its headquarters in Giavera del Montello, near Treviso, in connection with the coronavirus pandemic, until April 20. Its head offices in Austria, Germany, France, Switzerland and the U.S. are also closed, whereas its facilities in Hungary and Ukraine are up ...
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News briefsLa Sportiva postpones SS21 collection by one year
After the Italian outdoor brand La Sportiva closed its production plant in Ziano di Fiemme due to the Covid-19 epidemic and switched production to protective masks and clothing for the Trento civil defense, it now has announced that it will postpone the presentation of most of its new products for ...
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News briefsEquip Germany strengthens retail marketing
Equip Deutschland, the German subsidiary of Equip Outdoor Technologies (owner of Rab and Lowe Alpine), is strengthening its retail marketing. Jakob Schimeck will be responsible for the appearance of Rab and Lowe Alpine at specialist trade partners in the DACH (Germany, Austria and Switzerland) region. Schimeck will mainly be cultivating ...
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News briefsUSWE starts foundation to support U.S. sports events
USWE – a Swedish company that manufactures bounce-free backpacks and has action sports events in its corporate DNA – has established the Ride It Out Foundation to support U.S. event organizers suffering under the Covid-19 crisis. The company noticed that once the virus started spreading many events in USWE’s segments, ...
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Vaude is reorganizing Swiss distribution
As of July 1, Vaude will end its 15-year cooperation with Völkl Switzerland (distribution of mountain sports and Pack’n’Bags) and Uvex Switzerland (bike products) and take over direct distribution of its three business units. The Swiss business will be handled by a new Swiss subsidiary, centrally managed from the company’s ...
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ArticleThe North Face is exploring new territories
The North Face is reserving some interesting new surprises in its footwear range for the spring/summer 2021 season, to be presented at the OutDoor by Ispo show in Munich later this year. At the last Ispo show in Munich, the brand created a sensation with its highly technical “Advanced Mountain ...
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Marmot takes over own distribution in Sweden and Denmark
After 19 years, the Swedish distributor Granitbiten from Stockholm and the outdoor brand Marmot have decided to go different ways, Sportfack has reported. Granitbiten was responsible for Marmot’s Swedish and Danish markets until mid-March. Marmot will take over all sales and customer service for the brand in Sweden and Denmark ...
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Le Chameau enters joint venture with Bradshaw Taylor
Le Chameau, a French boot brand, has entered into a joint venture with Bradshaw Taylor Ltd., an outdoor distribution specialist in Oakham, U.K. Le Chameau’s owner, Marwyn Investment LLP, and Bradshaw Taylor have signed a corresponding agreement. Bradshaw Taylor, a fourth-generation family business, is a successful distribution company of outdoor ...
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Denmark’s Nordisk settles with American Yeti
As reported previously, the German down specialist Yeti will be completely integrated into the Danish Nordisk brand as of the 2020/21 season, with all Yeti shell products being assigned to the Nordisk brand and its down products selling under the new Red Y label. The Danish and German brands have ...
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Klättermusen moves warehouse and logistics to The Netherlands
Klättermusen, the Swedish outdoor brand dedicated to creating apparel with a minimum impact on nature, has moved its warehouse from Borås in Sweden to ’s-Heerenberg, The Netherlands. According to the brand, the new site is ideally situated to serve global customers and allows the company to expand the current capacity ...
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ArticleCorona infecting the sports and outdoor industries
On Dec. 31, 2019, the World Health Organization (WHO) country office in China was informed of a cluster of patients with pneumonia of unknown cause in Wuhan, a city of 19 million people in the Hubei Province of China. Since then, we have been witnessing the spread of the coronavirus, ...
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Grangers partners with Sea to Summit for the North American market
Grangers, a British company founded in 1937 and specializing in aftercare products for technical clothing and footwear, has made Sea to Summit its exclusive American distributor. The partnership comes as Grangers is experiencing significant growth thanks to previous work with some of the largest retailers in the U.S., such as ...
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Danish distributor sells Shu more widely
Vernon, the Danish sports distribution company, is expanding into new markets with the help of a Russian brand of rainproof and windproof apparel, Shu. Founded in 2012 in Saint Petersburg, Russia, Shu operates three stores (in its hometown, in Moscow and in Yekaterinburg), maintains its head office in Moscow and ...
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News briefsSnowlife strengthens international sales
Snowlife, the Swiss family business specializing in ski gloves, wants to further strengthen its international distribution, which is now largely limited to agents in Italy, Austria and France, plus distributors in Spain, Russia and Eastern Europe. For this purpose, the company has appointed an industry veteran, Robert Demetz, to the ...
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Ternua establishes twin sales departments
There are three pillars to Ternua’s growth strategy: the digitalization of its B2B business, the expansion of its complementary product lines (such as backpacks) and business development abroad. To build on the last of these, the Catalonian outdoor group has split it sales department into two divisions.
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Darn Tough returns to Ispo Munich
The American sock manufacturer Darn Tough returned to Ispo Munich for the second time this year seeking, in the words of its owner, Ric Cabot, to conquer the European market “one sock at a time.” Cabot is a third-generation hosiery manufacturer and founded Darn Tough with his father in 2003, ...
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ArticleUvex partners with fall sensor startup, increases turnover in 2018/19
(SGI+) The German helmet and eyewear specialist Uvex is starting to distribute the eponymous sensor system of Tocsen, a start-up in Freiburg, Germany. Tocsen consists of a fall sensor and app to detect when a helmet wearer crashes. It checks the state of the fallen skier, snowboarder or cyclist, routes ...
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Montura makes North American debut
Montura, the Italian outdoor apparel brand, will make its debut in the North American market via the Outdoor Retailer trade show in Denver, on June 23-25. Montura will be introduced in the U.S. and Canada by M.T. Imports. The initial focus will be on the outdoor winter snowsports line for ...
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Movement of Switzerland has become the distributor for the Progression Brands Group
The freeski company Movement of Switzerland has become the distributor for the American management company Progression Brands Group and will be relaunching the brand in North America at the Outdoor Retailer Snow Show at the end of January in Denver. Movement is offering a diverse range of skis, mainly for ...
