RETAIL & DISTRIBUTION
+++ Italian cycling apparel firm Castelli has opened a new 275-square-meter store in Girona, Spain, located at Carrer Nou 25
+++ Icebreaker will be distributed in Italy by Outback ’97 in a new agreement
+++ Italian mountain clothing specialist Crazy has opened a new 80-square-meter store in Cles, in Italy’s Trentino-Alto Adige, which brings the total number of Crazy mono-brand stores to 14
+++ According to a LinkedIn post of Tom Vangeneugden, the company’s retail director EMEA, Patagonia is planning to open its first store in Scandinavia in Stockholm, Sweden, next year and started looking for a store manager
+++ Eddie Bauer’s new LATAM partner, Grupo Sport, has opened the first Latin American store for the U.S. outdoor brand in Panama +++
LEGAL & INSTITUTIONAL
+++ Benjamin Thaller, the executive director of Outdoor Sports Valley (OSV) since 2019, will reportedly leave this role just four months after the election of OSV’s new chairman, Cédric Georges, on June 23
+++ The International Ski Mountaineering Federation (ISMF) has announced the election of Regula Meier as the new president of the governing body +++
PRODUCT & MARKETING
+++ UYN – Unleash Your Nature has extended its partnership with the Italian Winter Sports Federation (FISI) until 2026, to include the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Games
+++ Lowa has expanded its ambassador team with the addition of U.S. climber, author and environmentalist John Roskelley
+++ Rumpl, the outdoor technical blanket brand, and workwear brand Carhartt have created a limited-edition collection featuring Carhartt’s classic duck brown and camouflage designs, available in the U.S.
+++ Baffin has expanded its Made in Canada collection with a new boot for women, the Jasper, made for the most diverse weather conditions and environments and Tundra Rated in Baffin’s “Real-World Testing”
+++ Casio Computer Co. announced the release of the latest addition to the Pro Trek line of outdoor watches, the new PRW-61MA, which is a collaboration model designed with the Swiss outdoor brand Mammut
+++ Canadian running brand Norda is teaming up with fellow Montréal-based brand Ciele Athletics for their second collaboration, the Gravel collection, featuring an exclusive colorway of the norda 001 trail shoe as well as a specia-edition Ciele GOCap +++
EXECUTIVE CHANGES
+++ The U.S. subsidiary of Finnish children’s activewear brand Reima has appointed Nicola McLeod, who previously held various leadership positions for Adidas, Filld, Geox, Reebok and Zipcar, as head of sales
+++ U.S. nonprofit Camber Outdoors appointed Mindy Silva, who has dedicated the last 18 years of her career to supporting grantmakers and leading nonprofits, as chief of staff, a newly created position in which she will serve as a strategic thought partner and advisor to Camber’s CEO Tiffany Smith +++
CORPORATE AND M&A
+++ Cake opened the doors of its first North American retail and service center in Los Angeles, California, which is also the first “CAKE :site” outside of Europe and will also serve as the brand’s North American sales and marketing headquarters +++
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