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Bergans opens flagship store in Stavanger

23 February 2022

Bergans is opening its first dedicated store in Stavanger, Norway, on Feb. 24 at Nygata 9. According to Anett Kolstad, retail director at Bergans, it is time to open a store in Rogaland’s capital. Due to its location near the Lysefjord, Preikestolen or Kerag, Stavanger is considered a popular tourist ...

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Blue Tomato expands to Norway

14 December 2021

Source: blue-tomato.com The new Blue Tomato store at Grensen 13 in downtown Oslo. Blue Tomato has opened its first store in Norway. The Austrian company, which is part of the U.S. action sports retailer Zumiez, moved into a 425-square-meter store at Grensen 13 in the heart of ...

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Bergans wants you to get your gear repaired on Black Friday

22 November 2021

Instead of buying something new on Black Friday, Bergans is encouraging consumers in its home market of Norway to take care of the things they already own. To do so, it is lowering its repair service prices by the 25 percent Norwegian sales tax to provide an extra incentive. Bergans ...

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Norrøna launches ski collection

22 October 2021

For the first time in the company’s history, Norrøna is launching a limited-edition collection of handmade skis in November, with each model individually made in Norway. This first-ever hardware collection includes three models for ski touring, big mountain and powder (96, 104 and 112 mm underfoot) with very minimalist designs ...

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Norspo canceled, may take place in November

8 October 2021

The Norwegian sporting goods show, Norspo, which was going to take place in Oslo on Jan. 9 and 10, has been canceled like the one that was going to be held last January. Trond Evald Hansen, general manager of Norspomessen, is now betting that the new winter show will take ...

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New GM for the Norwegian branch of Fenix Outdoor

24 August 2021

Kyrre Ufert Lømo is the new general manager of Fenix Outdoor Norway AS. Lømo has more than 10 years of experience in sports marketing, multichannel business development and communications, and most recently spent 2.5 years at Columbia Sportswear as regional director for the Nordic and Baltic countries. The Norwegian subsidiary ...

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Bergans and WWF call for protection of the seasons

23 August 2021

Bergans of Norway and the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) presented the outcome of their “Save The Seasons” petition to the Norwegian minister of climate and environment, Sveinung Rotevatn. The petition, signed by 10,554 people and 35 companies, calls for permanent protection of the seasons in the form of real climate ...

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Naturkompaniet to enter Norway

4 June 2021

Swedish outdoor retail chain Naturkompaniet – with German Globetrotter and Finnish Partioaitta part of the holding company Frilufts Retail Europe AB, which again is part of Fenix Outdoor International AG – has announced that it will enter the Norwegian market. To do so, it has recruited Simon Larsen from Carlings, ...

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Norspomessen is canceled

20 October 2020

The Norwegian trade show Norspomessen Vinter 2021, which was originally scheduled to take place Jan. 10-11 at X Meeting Point on Hellerudsletta, was canceled due to uncertainties about the developments of the Covid-19 pandemic. Norspomessen hopes that this early announcement will give suppliers and retailers time to find alternative solutions ...

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Norway's Beach Mountain and Response Nordic join forces

1 October 2020

Spex Holding is acquiring all the shares of two Norwegian wholesale distribution companies, Beach Mountain and Response Nordic. As reported by the Norwegian Sports Industry Association, Invest42, until now the sole owner of Beach Mountain, is becoming a co-owner of Spex. Both Beach Mountain and Response Nordic, which is already ...

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Norspomesse in Oslo canceled

21 April 2020

The board of Norspo AS and the Norwegian Sports Industry Association have formally decided to cancel the Norspomesse summer 2020, scheduled for June 21-22, because of the Covid-19 pandemic. The next show will be opening its doors in January 2021. The Norspomesse is held twice a year, in summer and ...