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    Short Stops Week 12, 2024

    17 March 2024

    RETAIL & DISTRIBUTION +++ US outdoor retailer REI Co-op will open a 2140 square meter store in Loveland, Colorado, in summer 2024, offering full ski and bike service, buy online-pickup in store and curbside pick up +++ UDOG, the Italian brand of cycling shoes and shoe accessories founded in 2021 ...

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    Short Stops Week 11, 2024

    10 March 2024

    CSR & SUSTAINABILITY +++ On the occasion of International Women’s Day, Vibram is partnering with the Italian League for the Fight Against Cancer (LILT) to offer its employees in Italy a free breast cancer screening service +++ The North Face is creating a stir with a new promotion that offers ...

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    Short Stops Week 10, 2024

    3 March 2024

    PRODUCT & MARKETING +++ The Italian brand Bianchi extends its partnership with RCS Sport as the official sponsor of the Granfondo Strade Bianche, which will bring more than 7,000 participants to Siena, Italy, on Sunday, March 3 +++ In February, RECCO and CamelBak launched the Apex Pro running vest, the ...

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    Short Stops Week 09, 2024

    25 February 2024

    RETAIL & DISTRIBUTION +++ Storck Bikes are now available in South America via the exclusive distribution partner Storck Uruguay, managed by cycling enthusiast Willy Bercetche +++ Rock Gear Distribution, the exclusive Canadian distributor for Primus-Silva Sweden AB, has entered into new agreements with the existing Silva distribution agencies Carrell Agencies, ...

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    Short Stops Week 08, 2024

    18 February 2024

    PRODUCT & MARKETING +++ Garmin has renewed its contract as the official transition sponsor of the Professional Triathletes Organisation (PTO) +++ Mammut welcomes Lindsey Hamm, an American Mountain Guide Association (AMGA) certified guide who has traveled the world establishing routes in Zanskar, India and Pakistan, to its roster of elite ...

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    Short Stops Week 07, 2024

    11 February 2024

    RETAIL & DISTRIBUTION +++ French online fishing retailer Pecheur.com has opened its first brick-and-mortar store, located in Aubière, near Clermont-Ferrand +++ UK-based Angling Direct has acquired independent fishing tackle retailer HF Angling, and has opened a store in Cannock, Staffordshire +++ PRODUCT & MARKETING +++ Baffin has announced ...

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    Short Stops Week 06, 2024

    3 February 2024

    RETAIL & DISTRIBUTION +++ Grundéns has agreed to a new deal with Lauttasaari-based Bonge Oy for the distribution, sales and marketing of Grundéns’ clothing and gear in Finland, Angling International has reported +++ PRODUCT & MARKETING +++ Igloo released its second cooler collaboration with punk-rock band Green Day, ...

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    Short Stops Week 05, 2024

    27 January 2024

    TRADE SHOWS & EVENTS +++ The cycling trade show Festibike is moving to a venue in Villanueva del Pardillo, in Greater Madrid, and has rescheduled to June 15–16 EXECUTIVE CHANGES +++ The Swiss speed pedelec specialist myStromer has appointed Christoph Lindlein as Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) for global ...

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    Short Stops Week 04, 2024

    20 January 2024

    EXECUTIVE CHANGES +++ Canyon Bicycles has appointed Trek veteran Chad Manuell as Chief Technology Officer +++ Jan Lenfert takes over as Athletes & Community Manager Trail Running at Salomon from Theresa Streck, who is taking her maternity leave from Feb. 1, 2024 +++ PRODUCT & MARKETING +++ With ...

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    Short Stops Week 03, 2024

    12 January 2024

    PRODUCT & MARKETING +++ Merrell has announced ultrarunner Coree Woltering as a new team member +++ Melbourne-based brand MAAP has become the apparel sponsor of British women’s Continental Team Lifeplus-Wahoo and will outfit them with race kit, training wear and off-bike apparel +++ After Todd Snyder took over the ...

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    Short Stops Week 02, 2024

    8 January 2024

    CORPORATE AND M&A +++ Paris-based Lectra, a specialist in digital design solutions and cutting equipment, has acquired a majority stake in Launchmetrics, an American firm and cloud-based marketing solutions platform +++ Italian biotech firm Mogu Srl (Sqim), which specializes in materials produced from mycelium (mushroom roots), has raised a total ...

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    Short Stops Week 01, 2024

    2 January 2024

    LEGAL & INSTITUTIONAL +++ Cake, the Swedish maker of premium lightweight electric motorcycles, announced its new membership in the Motorcycle Industry Council, a California-based not-for-profit trade association representing motorcycle manufacturers, distributors, aftermarket companies, dealers, retailers and a variety of related organizations +++ TRADE SHOWS AND EVENTS +++ ...

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    Short Stops Week 51, 2023

    17 December 2023

    RETAIL & DISTRIBUTION +++ Panasport, with headquarters in Madrid and Patagonia and Scarpa among its clients, will on Jan. 1 be taking charge of Iberian distribution for the Italian outdoor apparel brand Montura, according to TradeSport +++ Arnold Sports has taken over the distribution of US regeneration shoes brand ...

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    Short Stops Week 50, 2023

    11 December 2023

    EXECUTIVE CHANGES +++ US outdoor footwear brand Vasque has expanded its product division by hiring Austyn Dunham, a 13-year product designer who started at Target Corp. and most recently led a design consulting team at Gravity Sketch, as head of footwear development +++ Oberalp Group hired Loren Morshead, a ...

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    Short Stops Week 49, 2023

    2 December 2023

    EXECUTIVE CHANGES +++ Newell Brands announced that effective Jan. 1, 2024, Anthony “Tony” Terry, recently retired Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Marriott Vacations Worldwide Corporation, has been elected to the company’s Board of Directors where he will serve as a member of the Audit Committee +++ Marketing ...

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    Short Stops Week 48, 2023

    25 November 2023

    EXECUTIVE CHANGES +++ Canadian lifestyle brand Roots has announced the appointment of Leslie Golts, previously GM and Head of Marketing of Unilever Canada’s Beauty and Wellness Business Unit, as its new Chief Marketing Officer +++ The US Outdoor Industry Association (OIA) hired Julie M.H. Brown, previously Head of Sustainability for ...

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    Short Stops Week 47, 2023

    19 November 2023

    EXECUTIVE CHANGES +++ QuietKat, a Vista Outdoor brand, has hired a defense industry veteran, Ross Botha, as its new Sales Manager for Military, Law Enforcement and Government +++ TRADE SHOWS & EVENTS +++ LaMunt, part of Oberalp Group, will exhibit for the very first time at ISPO Munich ...

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    Short Stops Week 46, 2023

    12 November 2023

    RETAIL & DISTRIBUTION +++ Giant, according to Palco23, has opened its third, and largest, store in Spain (some 550 sqm) in Palma – the two other being in Málaga and Saint Sebastián +++ OBITUARY +++ Joan Créximas, an outdoorsman who led, among other things, a scientific expedition to ...

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    Short Stops Week 45, 2023

    6 November 2023

    PRODUCT & MARKETING +++ Decathlon has signed on to become an official sponsor, through 2024, of the Spanish Federation of Mountain Sports, according to Diffusion Sport +++ Exped USA, a subsidiary of Exped AG, located in Zurich, Switzerland, announced today the addition of US climber Beth Rodden to its team ...

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    Short Stops Week 44, 2023

    29 October 2023

    RETAIL & DISTRIBUTION +++ U.S.-based lure maker Z-Man will soon expand into five new markets across the globe, including Germany, France, Sweden, Mexico and South Africa, Angling International has revealed +++ Authentic Brands Group’s Japanese partner, Itochu, is working with Mizujin, a fashion wholesale and retail company, to reportedly open ...