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    The Maier Sports and Gonso brands will be run from...

    2011-12-05T00:00:00Z

    The Maier Sports and Gonso brands will be run from the start of next year by a new managing director: Sascha Kautschitsch, an executive from the fashion business, will take over the helm of Maier Sports, the German snow, outdoor and bicycle apparel company that owns both brands. Kautschitsch is ...

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    Brunton Europe, like Fjällräven a part of the Swedish Fenix...

    2011-12-05T00:00:00Z

    Brunton Europe, like Fjällräven a part of the Swedish Fenix Outdoor group, has picked Erik Wiren to run the accessories brand's purchasing, sales and customer service. The 33-year-old has worked for the last two years on the retail arm of Fenix, running Fjällräven's factory outlet and one of the Naturkompaniet ...

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    The German subsidiary of Garmin has a new chief: Stefan...

    2011-12-05T00:00:00Z

    The German subsidiary of Garmin has a new chief: Stefan Bernard. The 42-year-old has been with the company for five years, most recently as director of sales and marketing for Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Before, Bernard worked for other high-tech companies like Hewlett-Packard and Apple.

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    Jochen Lagemann, European sales and marketing director for Primaloft, has...

    2011-12-05T00:00:00Z

    Jochen Lagemann, European sales and marketing director for Primaloft, has appointed Birgitte Norenberg European trade marketing manager. Born in Norway, Norenberg will operate from the company's European office Munich. During the past six years she served as export coordinator at Norrøna. Additionally, the company has hired Giulia Franceschini to take ...

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    Viking Fottøy, the Norwegian footwear group, has recruited a high-profile...

    2011-12-05T00:00:00Z

    Viking Fottøy, the Norwegian footwear group, has recruited a high-profile marketing director to accompany its latest bout of expansion. Romain Jourdan, a Frenchman who spent the last 13 years in Norway, comes from Maxxium/The Edrington Group, which is mostly known for distributing brands of spirits such as Famous Grouse, Cointreau ...

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    Karl-Heinz Maurer, the managing director of Salewa Germany for 19...

    2011-11-08T00:00:00Z

    Karl-Heinz Maurer, the managing director of Salewa Germany for 19 years who created his own consultancy firm in 2009, no longer cooperates with his partner HFT-Consulting, a similar company that puts its focus on the apparel and shoe business. Maurer says that synergies were not sufficient, but he emphasizes that ...

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    Maxime Guillaumond, a former K2 executive, has been promoted to...

    2011-11-08T00:00:00Z

    Maxime Guillaumond, a former K2 executive, has been promoted to sales director of the Raidlight and Vertical brands in the German-speaking countries. The French-born Guillaumond joined the combination of the two brands in April as sales & marketing coordinator and has assumed the additional function after Raidlight decided to take ...

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    Lorpen, the Spanish maker of technical socks, has added 7,500...

    2011-11-08T00:00:00Z

    Lorpen, the Spanish maker of technical socks, has added 7,500 square feet at its factory in Mexico and is working on expanding both its Mexican and Spanish production facilities by 17 percent with new higher-tech knitting machines. In addition, Lorpen has made some staffing changes to help the company expand. ...

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    Icebreaker, the kiwi Merino apparel brand, has promoted Maximilian Hofbauer...

    2011-11-08T00:00:00Z

    Icebreaker, the kiwi Merino apparel brand, has promoted Maximilian Hofbauer to chief of European operations. He has been with the company since 2009, serving as managing director of Icebreaker's distribution company based outside Munich and in charge of Germany, Sweden and Norway. He will continue to direct the business in ...

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    Magellan has appointed Pascal Darré as country manager for France....

    2011-11-08T00:00:00Z

    Magellan has appointed Pascal Darré as country manager for France. He has worked for Philips Semiconductors and other firms. Notably, he became in 2006 marketing director of a GPS company, CompeGPS, before acting as a freelance consultant and journalist in the sector. FFRP, the French hiking and trekking association, has ...

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    The board of the Outdoor Industries Association has seen some...

    2011-11-08T00:00:00Z

    The board of the Outdoor Industries Association has seen some changes in the last weeks. Matthew Eastlake, the communications director for the Camping and Caravanning Club, is stepping down after two years, as is Martin Binnendijk, the former chief executive of Hi-Tec. Stephen Newlands, the managing director of AMG, will ...

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    Olivier Gouby, a Frenchman who has been taking care of...

    2011-11-08T00:00:00Z

    Olivier Gouby, a Frenchman who has been taking care of sales and marketing for Norrøna in France and Italy, has been reassigned to the post of European sales director for the Norwegian brand of outdoor apparel. Some of his former responsibilities will be taken over by Ludovic Daouze, a former ...

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    The board of VF Corporation welcomes a new director, Laura...

    2011-11-08T00:00:00Z

    The board of VF Corporation welcomes a new director, Laura W. Lang, an expert in digital media who runs a billion-dollar enterprise in the sector called Digitas

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    Iain Bradley is the new European business manager for performance...

    2011-11-08T00:00:00Z

    Iain Bradley is the new European business manager for performance and protective fabrics of Invista's Cordura activities. His responsibilities comprise sales, marketing and business development in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) for apparel in the outdoor, military and performance segment – a sector that Cordura entered just recently, ...

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    Coleman is reportedly planned to set up a “leadership center”...

    2011-11-08T00:00:00Z

    Coleman is reportedly planned to set up a “leadership center” in Denver, Colorado, with 25 key executives based there

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    Daniel Humbel has replaced Philipp Schnell as chief executive of...

    2011-11-08T00:00:00Z

    Daniel Humbel has replaced Philipp Schnell as chief executive of Transa, Switzerland's leading specialty retailer, effective Nov. 1. The company says that differing views on the future strategy between Schnell and the supervisory board led to Schnell's departure.

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    The European Outdoor Group is set to focus more on...

    2011-11-08T00:00:00Z

    The European Outdoor Group is set to focus more on communication of its activities. EOG, therefore, has hired Mathias Basedow as marketing and communications associate as a fully employed staff member assisting Mark Held, the federation's secretary general, in meeting the increased the workload of the association, especially when it ...

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    The Spanish subsidiary of Lafuma Group is taking over...

    2011-11-08T00:00:00Z

    The Spanish subsidiary of Lafuma Group is taking over the distribution of the Eider and Killy brands from Snow Factory

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    7Blåner has signed a deal to become the new distributor...

    2011-10-10T00:00:00Z

    7Blåner has signed a deal to become the new distributor for Grivel in Norway, a partnership previously held by Atello. The Norwegian importer expects to carry Grivel's entire product range, with availability starting in November. 7Blåner is a Norwegian importer, distributor and retailer with a focus on hard and softgoods ...

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    Jack Wolfskin has extended its agreement with its Chinese distributor,...

    2011-10-10T00:00:00Z

    Jack Wolfskin has extended its agreement with its Chinese distributor, Tristate, for another five years. The German brand has been working with this Chinese partner since 2008 and has seen its wholesale turnover doubled every year since then. Currently, “The Paw's” business in the country is carried by 220 single-branded ...