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UK tent maker Olpro enters partnership with French company Cabanon
Olpro, a manufacturer of tents, awnings and camping equipment founded in 2011 and based in Worcester, U.K., has launched an international partnership with the French company Cabanon, which will enable Olpro to supply Cabanon tents in the UK. Cabanon has been manufacturing high-quality frame, tunnel and pyramid tents in France ...
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News briefsJulbo relaunches B2B platform
The French sports eyewear brand Julbo has launched a new B2B platform julbo-pro.com. According to the brand, the new interface sustainably strengthens customer relations by providing customers with a simple, modern, more powerful and efficient tool. In addition to a new look, its use has been made significantly easier and ...
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ACE with two new brands and new showroom in Zurich
The Swiss distribution company ACE (Alpine & Climbing Equipment AG), founded in 1998, has moved into a new showroom in House 9 at Thurgauerstrasse 109 in Zurich and also welcomes two new brands to its portfolio: the Swedish brand Silva, known primarily for compasses and headlamps, and the Maltese touring ...
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Vasque Footwear enters Scandinavian market
Vasque, a family-owned outdoor footwear brand from the U.S. founded in 1964, announced its partnership with Norwegian distributor TRACX for the Scandinavian market. Founded in 2018, TRACX is based in Oslo and currently works with Darn Tough, Mountain Works, Goggle Soc, Takeya, Gorilla Glue, O’Keefe’s and others.
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Crocs is building new European distribution center in Holland
Crocs has started building a 35,000 square meter distribution center in Dordrecht, in the province of South Holland in the Netherlands, which will become its main logistics hub in Europe. The new center is expected to open in April 2021 and create 200 to 350 jobs. The Amercian company known ...
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News briefsTJ Sporting Goods distributes Le Chameau in Germany and Austria
Following the takeover of Le Chameau by the British family-owned company Bradshaw Taylor Ltd. in March, the German distribution of the premium footwear label is now also being reorganized. With immediate effect, the Bradshaw Taylor sales subsidiary TJ Sporting Goods GmbH in Sindelfingen will be responsible for supporting Le Chameau’s ...
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ArticleApex’s revenues drop by 20%
Lower global licensee sales due to the coronavirus crisis weighed on the results of California-based Apex Global Brands, previously called Cherokee Global Brands. It saw revenues for its first fiscal quarter ended on May 2, 2020 fall by 20 percent to $4.0 million, as royalty revenues from brands such as ...
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ArticleWGSN sees three major consumer groups emerging from the crisis
The coronavirus pandemic has accelerated societal changes and is forcing industries worldwide to adapt to the resulting changes in consumption. Thus, WGSN has set out to predict what consumers will be looking for in the next couple of years. In its annual Future Consumer white paper, the trend forecasting company ...
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Rebranded Thule Tepui rooftop tents available in the U.S.
Thule has begun selling its Tepui rooftop tents in the USA. In late 2018, Thule acquired the Tepui brand and integrated the products into its own portfolio under the ”Thule Tepui” brand name. The tents previously offered by Tepui were now re-introduced under the new brand, along with the all-new ...
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News briefsNew distributor for Rab and Lowe Alpine in Sweden
After Marmot Europe and its Swedish agency Granitbiten parted ways in March, Andy Schimeck, director European sales at Equip Outdoor Technologies, has now brought the agency on board to manage sales and marketing for Equip’s Rab and Lowe Alpine brands in Sweden. The cooperation starts with the spring/summer 2021 product ...
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New distributor for Silva in Switzerland
Silva, the Swedish compass, headlamp, and outdoor gear brand, is changing its distribution partner in Switzerland. The new distributor, Ace Alpine & Climbing Equipment AG, will take over all distribution rights in Switzerland from Office Factory AG from June 10. Ace, founded in 1998 by mountain guide Richi Bolt, is ...
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News briefsLa Sportiva to resume production
The Italian mountain and climbing footwear specialist La Sportiva resumed production of climbing and mountaineering footwear at the Ziano di Fiemme production plant on May 18. In the initial phase, the 200-plus production staff (out of over 360 in the entire plant) will work in two shifts of four hours ...
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News briefsJack Wolfskin North America launches online store
Jack Wolfskin North America finally launched their highly-anticipated U.S. online store at us.jackwolfskin.com. In addition to the brand’s clothing, the website will feature every-day and technical packs and equipment. Jack Wolfskin was founded in 1981 in Germany and acquired by Callaway Golf Company in early 2019. The brand’s North American ...
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News briefsMore outdoor companies produce masks and gowns
As the Covid-19 pandemic continues to paralyze large parts of the outdoor industry, the Compass receives several press releases each week from brands that have converted their productions or source capacities for production of the highly sought-after face masks and medical gowns. Here is the latest news of outdoor companies ...
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News briefsEquip supports trade with online B2C sales and reduced 2021 collection
Equip Outdoor Technologies, owner of the outdoor brands Rab and Lowe Alpine, supports the brick-and-mortar trade in view of the massive consequences of the Covid-19 crisis with a sales campaign on their own websites. With immediate effect, 25 percent of the value of a purchase made via the Rab website ...
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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, ...
