+++ Community focused cycling app Link My Ryde has launched in Spain +++

 

PRODUCT & MARKETING

+++ Moncler has dropped a limited-edition collection with football club Inter Milan, the brand’s second with Inter, to celebrate Moncler’s 70th anniversary

+++ HeiQ Materials group CEO, Carlo Centonze, has been named the winner of the CEO of The Year 2022 Award in the textile industry by the print and online publication European CEO

+++ Japanese brand Goldwin has unveiled multiple ultra-trail running champion Dylan Bowman from the U.S. as its new team athlete and brand ambassador, who will not only raise international awareness of the label’s running collection but also bring his expertise to the development of his own line +++

+++ Norda has launched two new winter running shoes in its 001 series, integrating a new graphene membrane and (for one of the styles) permanently embedded carbide spikes +++

+++ Schöffel is partnering with Mike Kluge, former cycling athlete and owner of the bike brand Focus, as brand ambassador and for his input on the product development of the German company’s bike collection +++

+++ Starting this Fall/Winter season, U.S. based belt specialist Arcade Belts has moved its former polyamide yarn to 100 percent certified, recycled Repreve polyester yarn for all its belts +++

 

EXECUTIVE CHANGES

+++ Timberland appointed Ezra Martin, formerly with Nike, Converse, Panera Bread, DVx Ventures and, most recently, global VP of marketing for men’s skincare brand Lab Series at Estee Lauder, as VP of marketing, Americas

+++ Canadian outdoor lifestyle brand Roots announced that Leon Wu, vice president of finance and strategy, will serve as chief financial officer, effective Jan. 13, 2023, following the exit of current CFO Mona Kennedy

+++ Industry veteran André Akkermans is to leave Angling Direct, where he has been serving as European commercial director, to join Sportvisserij Zuidwest Nederland, an organization promoting the accessibility of sport fishing

+++ Canadian company Kamik has hired experienced operations and supply chain manager Steeve Côté as its new chief operating officer +++

 

RETAIL & DISTRIBUTION

+++ Swedish outdoor company Lundhags will open its first physical flagship at Östra Hamngatan 33 in central Gothenburg in early December +++

+++ Re-naming Black Friday: Scandinavian chain Naturkompaniet offers free care for hiking shoes care and waxing in all stores in Sweden and Norway on “Green Friday”, November 25 +++

 

TRADE SHOWS & EVENTS

+++ The Golf Course Association Europe (GCAE) has announced that the 2023 edition of the European Golf Business Conference, the annual gathering of golf course owners, operators and industry professionals, will take place on Feb. 14-16 at the Palacio Hotel in Cascais, Portugal +++

 

LEGAL & INSTITUTIONAL

+++ The International Cotton Association (ICA) has elected Tim North as its new president, as well as Kim Hanna as first vice-president and Mohomed Bashir as second vice-president +++

 

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