All Distribution articles – Page 26

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    Kupilka, the Finnish producer that won the SOG award at...

    2019-07-19T00:00:00Z

    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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    Pierre Cote is stepping down as general manager of Tecnica...

    2019-07-19T00:00:00Z

    Pierre Cote is stepping down as general manager of Tecnica Group Canada after 26 years with the company. Antonio Dus, chief executive of Tecnica Group SpA, the parent of Tecnica Group Canada, has decided that the time is therefore right to restructure the Canadian leadership. The overall group has already ...

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    Ortlieb starts selective online distribution

    2019-07-19T00:00:00Z

    Ortlieb, the German company specializing in bicycle panniers and backpacks, started selling online via distribution agreements with pure online retailers in Germany at the beginning of this year.In Austria and Switzerland, the new selective online distribution model will start this autumn. In the U.S., Ortlieb is currently signing contracts with ...

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    La Sportiva is strengthening its presence in the Scandinavian market...

    2019-07-19T00:00:00Z

    La Sportiva is strengthening its presence in the Scandinavian market through a new distribution agreement with Odex, which will represent the brand in Denmark and Greenland. The Italian brand of climbing shoes was previously represented by Ditlev Sport Aps in Denmark. Odex' portfolio of brands includes Aclima, Exped and Outdoor ...

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    VF Corp. has entered into a partnership with Tmall, the...

    2019-06-28T00:00:00Z

    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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    Lorpen has made a number of strides recently to extend...

    2019-06-28T00:00:00Z

    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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    Like Polygiene of Sweden (see our previous issue), HeiQ of...

    2019-06-28T00:00:00Z

    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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    Action Sports Sportartikel of Germany will take on the distribution...

    2019-05-29T00:00:00Z

    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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    Montura has signed an agreement with Jan Erik Narvestad to...

    2019-05-29T00:00:00Z

    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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    Raoul Ferenschild, a former Benelux country manager for Bergans, has...

    2019-05-29T00:00:00Z

    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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    Devold of Norway has expanded the territory covered by its...

    2019-05-29T00:00:00Z

    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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    Epika Sports has taken on the distribution of Gipron poles...

    2019-05-29T00:00:00Z

    Epika Sports has taken on the distribution of Gipron poles in Spain and Andorra

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    Hydro Flask is expanding further internationally. Komax will represent the...

    2019-05-29T00:00:00Z

    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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    Odex, the European distributor of Aclima headquartered in Denmark, has...

    2019-04-30T00:00:00Z

    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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    X-Bionic has signed a landmark deal in China, naming Beijing...

    2019-04-30T00:00:00Z

    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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    Klättermusen, the Swedish producer of robust and sustainable mountaineering equipment,...

    2019-04-30T00:00:00Z

    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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    The Fenix Outdoor Group has gone one step further in...

    2019-04-30T00:00:00Z

    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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    Thule Germany, the German subsidiary of the Swedish specialist for...

    2019-03-31T00:00:00Z

    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 ...

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    On Sept. 25, 2018, Spin Capital took a controlling interest...

    2019-02-28T00:00:00Z

    On Sept. 25, 2018, Spin Capital took a controlling interest of 90 percent in Pyua, the Germany brand of sustainable outdoor and ski apparel. The move comes about a year after Spin took over ABS Protection, a major supplier of anti-avalanche airbags. Pyua and ABS have recently bundled their sales ...

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    Action Sports Sportartikel will be the new German and Austrian...

    2019-02-28T00:00:00Z

    Action Sports Sportartikel will be the new German and Austrian distributor for Teva after next May. It's a major loss for the brand's current distributor, Tatonka, which has found a new distributor in the U.S. for one of its own brands, Tasmanian Tiger. More on this in The Outdoor Industry ...