All Distribution articles – Page 29

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    Marc Tanis has been appointed as the sales agent for...

    2017-07-05T00:00:00Z

    Marc Tanis has been appointed as the sales agent for Garmont in the Benelux countries, starting in May. Tanis is familiar with the outdoor footwear market since he previously worked for several years as a Dutch agent for the Hi-Tec brand in the Netherlands, until May 2016. He started selling ...

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    After joining forces, as we reported in May, Edelrid and Red Chili...

    2017-07-05T00:00:00Z

    After joining forces, as we reported in May, Edelrid and Red Chili have taken their first decisions on how to optimize their international distribution. In Germany, one of the three sales representatives of Red Chili will take care of both brands in the future, and he will become an employee of Edelrid, ...

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    Bernat Clarella, the former Spanish country manager for Millet and...

    2017-06-16T00:00:00Z

    Bernat Clarella, the former Spanish country manager for Millet and the new country manager for Edelrid and Red Chili in Spain and Andorra (see our previous issue), will have a second job as sales coordinator of Garmont in the same territory and in Portugal. He will work in conjunction with ...

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    ABC Distribution will again be the Italian distributor of Inov-8,...

    2017-06-16T00:00:00Z

    ABC Distribution will again be the Italian distributor of Inov-8, the British brand of trail running shoes owned by Descente, starting with the spring/summer 2018 season. ABC, which now also sells the backpacks of Ultimate Direction, had taken on the Italian distribution for Hoka One One at the start of ...

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    Panorama Sports Diffusion has taken on the distribution of Hydro...

    2017-06-07T00:00:00Z

    Panorama Sports Diffusion has taken on the distribution of Hydro Flask in Italy. Panorama has been involved in the Italian outdoor market as an agent or as a distributor for 30 years. Its first major brands were Meindl and Vaude, and they still are. Other brands in its portfolio are ...

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    Ibex Sport has begun to sell Montane's products in Switzerland....

    2017-06-07T00:00:00Z

    Ibex Sport has begun to sell Montane's products in Switzerland. Ibex already represents many other outdoor companies including Chillaz, Climbing Technology, Garmont, Hagan, Nemo and Tenaya.

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    Norway's Alfa Shoes has made the decision to increase its...

    2017-06-07T00:00:00Z

    Norway's Alfa Shoes has made the decision to increase its presence in Sweden, establishing a sales subsidiary in the country. It will be run by Jonas Karlsson and Ola Henningsson, who have previously worked for Haglöfs. According to Sportfack, the brand has a limited presence in Sweden, where its products ...

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    The North Face is putting an end to a relationship...

    2017-04-07T00:00:00Z

    The North Face is putting an end to a relationship of more than three decades with CJ Agencies in the Netherlands to set up its own sales and marketing team in the country at an unspecified date. Sport Partner reports that TNF is growing steadily in the Netherlands and the ...

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    Hej International, owner of the Kozi Kidz brand of children's...

    2017-04-07T00:00:00Z

    Hej International, owner of the Kozi Kidz brand of children's rainwear and distributor of the Wigwam brand in the U.K. aims to set up a logistic warehouse in Rotterdam next year for sales on the European continent. In the next three months, Hej International will start to sell the Wigwam ...

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    Artcrafts International is taking over the distribution of Hoka One...

    2017-04-07T00:00:00Z

    Artcrafts International is taking over the distribution of Hoka One One in Italy from ABC Distribution. Artcrafts is already the Italian distributor for Teva, which belongs to Deckers Brands as does Hoka. It also distributes Crocs and Toms in the market, and it has several brands of lifestyle footwear (more ...

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    Kammok, an American producer of hammocks and other outdoor gear,...

    2017-04-07T00:00:00Z

    Kammok, an American producer of hammocks and other outdoor gear, has selected the Good Karma Company to be its distributor for Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Iceland and Greenland

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    Rab and Lowe Alpine, which has just celebrated its 50th...

    2017-04-07T00:00:00Z

    Rab and Lowe Alpine, which has just celebrated its 50th anniversary, have a new distributor for the Italian market, 7to7. Based in Lombardy, 7to7 is the new name of Fashion Victims, the company that brought out its own brand of outdoor apparel, Rock Experience, in 2012. In France, meanwhile, ...

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    The North Face is putting an end to a relationship...

    2017-03-02T00:00:00Z

    The North Face is putting an end to a relationship of more than three decades with CJ Agencies in the Netherlands to set up its own sales and marketing team in the country. Sport Partner reports that TNF is growing steadily in the Netherlands and the change is part of ...

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    Artcrafts International is taking over the distribution of Hoka One...

    2017-03-02T00:00:00Z

    Artcrafts International is taking over the distribution of Hoka One One in Italy from ABC Distribution. Based on Florence, Artcrafts is already the Italian distributor for Teva, which belongs to Deckers Brands as does Hoka. It also distributes Crocs and Toms in the market, and it has several brands of ...

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    After an absence of about four years from the Canadian...

    2017-03-02T00:00:00Z

    After an absence of about four years from the Canadian market, Garmont is re-entering it with the current spring-summer season through a general agent, Stephen Bergeron, who is setting up a nationwide network of sub-agents, while handling key accounts directly. Bergeron, who previously worked for Trangoworld, La Sportiva, Kayland and ...

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    Rab and Lowe Alpine, which has just celebrated its 50th...

    2017-03-02T00:00:00Z

    Rab and Lowe Alpine, which has just celebrated its 50th anniversary, have a new distributor for the Italian market, 7to7. Based in Lombardy, 7to7 is the new name of Fashion Victims, the company that brought out its own brand of outdoor apparel, Rock Experience, in 2012. After moving a Lowe ...

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    Singing Rock has enlisted a new distributor for the Italian...

    2017-02-02T00:00:00Z

    Singing Rock has enlisted a new distributor for the Italian market, Amorini, starting from the beginning of this year. It will cover the country with three regional agents for the Czech brand of climbing equipment, cooperating intensively in marketing activities. Sport Alliance, the Italian voluntary group of retailers that counts ...

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    Scandic Outdoor, a German distribution company specializing in sales of...

    2017-02-02T00:00:00Z

    Scandic Outdoor, a German distribution company specializing in sales of Nordic outdoor products, is complementing its offering with an agreement for the distribution in its country of Röjk, a Swedish outdoor apparel brand, starting with deliveries in September. Röjk is a relatively young company with a range of outdoor garments ...

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    Bergans of Norway has sealed an agreement with the GAEA...

    2017-02-02T00:00:00Z

    Bergans of Norway has sealed an agreement with the GAEA Group in Canada to distribute the Norwegian brand in North America. The deal comes after Bergans decided last year to shut down its sales organizations in the U.K., France, the U.S. and Canada, to focus its product and marketing investments ...

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    Garmont International, which recently moved its head office from Volpago...

    2017-01-13T00:00:00Z

    Garmont International, which recently moved its head office from Volpago del Montello to Vedelago in the same area of Italy, is setting up a dedicated distribution network in Europe and the Middle East for its tactical and wildlife lines of boots, which already represent about 20 percent of the volume ...