All Distribution articles – Page 25
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Cotopaxi, the American outdoor apparel brand based in Salt Lake...
Cotopaxi, the American outdoor apparel brand based in Salt Lake City, Utah, has appointed Unify Brand Partnerships as its first European distributor. The partnership begins with the launch of the autumn/winter 2020 season and will focus on the U.K. and Ireland. Unify Brand Partnerships, based in Wales, has partnered with ...
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Ternua has begun to use a system developed by Photoslurp...
Ternua has begun to use a system developed by Photoslurp to harvest user-generated content (UGC) from its customers' social-media accounts and incorporate it into its e-commerce site, according to CMDsport. In the words of Eulogi Bordas, Photoslurp's chief executive, “online selling has become more complex, and brands need to go ...
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DPS Skis of Salt Lake City, Utah, has continued to...
DPS Skis of Salt Lake City, Utah, has continued to grow its presence globally by adding a distributor for Norway, Roxee Sport; an agent for Austria, Heimo Baer; and a regional sales representative for Western Canada, Sasso Vertical. Baer is a sales representative for Sail & Surf, an Austrian wholesaler ...
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Silva – the venerable maker of compasses, including the original...
Silva – the venerable maker of compasses, including the original liquid-filled model – is expanding its headlamp business to the U.S. To this end, the Swedish company has engaged both a distributor, Liberty Mountain, and a public-relations agency, Press Forward. According to Harald Molander, export sales manager, Silva can now ...
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Helly Hansen is reorganizing its distribution in Switzerland. The Norwegian...
Helly Hansen is reorganizing its distribution in Switzerland. The Norwegian ski and outdoor brand opened a new showroom in Zurich in October and appointed Yves Vaucher to the newly created position of field account manager. Together with Daniel Ley, key account manager, he will manage the new, 280-square-meter showroom. Vaucher ...
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Redefining a faster supply chain
The supply chain has been getting faster and faster. The process that goes from the design and development to the distribution of a product for a particular season has been shortened in the last few years, taking only about 11 months instead of 18 months.Many fashion companies have reacted to ...
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The store as a medium
The physical store has a future, according to one of the speakers at the conference, Magnus Ohlsson. It can stand up against the “apocalypse” created by the internet and e-commerce as just another type of media, creating a halo effect around its banner and becoming a brand.Furthermore, he indicated, “bricks ...
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As an indication of its penetration of the European market,...
As an indication of its penetration of the European market, Tentree has to date planted nearly 30 million trees as part of its goal to plant one billion trees by 2030 through the sale of its products. The Canadian producer of sustainable outdoor apparel has been planting ten trees for ...
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After taking over the distribution for Deuter in China, the...
After taking over the distribution for Deuter in China, the Schwan-Stabilo Group has set up a subsidiary for its Ortovox brand in France, called Schwan Stabilo Outdoor. As of Sept. 1, Alizés Montagne is no longer Ortovox' distributor in the country. Deuter will continue to work in the French market ...
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Goldwin is opening its second brand store
Goldwin, which has mainly been offering highly technical skiwear outside Japan, is starting to offer a wider collection – with some functional lifestyle clothing and outdoor and athletic apparel for running, hiking and climbing – through retailers in the U.S., Europe and Asia during the current autumn season. Compression garments ...
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Maloja opens up shop in Vermont
Catering to the local community of outdoor enthusiasts, Maloja, the German brand of functional apparel with cool designs, is opening its first American flagship store in Stowe, Vermont, on Sept. 28. In the U.S., where the company has a subsidiary that handles sales to more than 170 retail stores in ...
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Grayl, a young Portland-based company, is entering the Austrian and...
Grayl, a young Portland-based company, is entering the Austrian and German markets. It recently signed a distribution contract with E-Tremmel Marketing. Grayl supplies cleaning and filtration systems that provide protection against pathogens. According to Grayl, its systems remove 99.9 percent of the viruses, bacteria and protozoa from polluted water, while ...
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Mountain Hardwear, one of the brands of Columbia Sportswear, has...
Mountain Hardwear, one of the brands of Columbia Sportswear, has recruited The Group Distribution as its general agent for Italy. Based in Faenza, the company represents K2 and its sister brands, including Madshus, Atlas, Tubbs, Ride, etc.
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Man O Leisure, the British distributor of Ticket to the...
Man O Leisure, the British distributor of Ticket to the Moon and other brands founded in 1979, is changing its name to Four Corners
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Mystery Ranch of Montana is partnering with new international distributors...
Mystery Ranch of Montana is partnering with new international distributors including Sanfo in China; XXL in France; 2Pure in the U.K.; Granitbiten in Sweden, Denmark and Finland; Raven in the Baltic countries; and Shaldag in Israel and other parts of the Middle East.
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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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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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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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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 ...
