Wigwam, the U.S. specialty socks brand, has appointed a distributor for the Polish market, Portal Gorski, which also distributes the British brands Rab and Kozi Kidz, the marketer of specialty outdoor and snow apparel for children. Wigwam has been distributed in Europe, since last year, by Hej International, a U.K.-based wholesale company. The firm is controlled by Linda and Tomas Torstensson who also founded and run the Kozi Kidz brand. Wigwam is now actively looking into new markets and searching for distributors across Europe, notably for the German-speaking countries.
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