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    eVent Fabrics expands global team amid growing demand

    1 October 2024

    The US laminate specialist has hired new senior talent to support global growth, including a key expansion into the South Korean market, enhancing its product development.

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    Haglöfs expands into South Korea

    30 September 2024

    The Swedish outdoor brand partners with Hayl to enter the South Korean market.

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    Mammut enters South Korean market

    13 November 2023

    Following its success in Japan and China, the Swiss mountain sports apparel and equipment brand Mammut is continuing its expansion in Asia and is launching in Korea with the fall/winter 2024 season. Mammut will be represented in Korea by the local distributor Creas F&C Co. Ltd. “Creas F&C has an ...

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    Eddie Bauer Korea collabs with sneaker brand for outdoor-inspired collection

    4 November 2022

    Eddie Bauer’s Korean partner CJ ENM is collaborating with local sneaker brand Mother Ground for its latest collection, which is released this November. The collection includes outerwear, sneakers and accessories inspired by Mother Ground’s chief designer’s journey to Karakoram Pass, the highest point on the ancient Silk Road. Eddie ...

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    Cake seals three-year partnership with Kolon Automotive for South Korea

    25 August 2022

    Cake, SOG member and Swedish manufacturer of premium light electric motorcycles, announced the closing of a major partnership in South Korea with premium dealer Kolon Automotive, having just signed a three-year contract worth $20 million. The partnership builds on Kolon Automotive’s well-established network covering distribution, sales and branding, working with ...

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    South Korean outerwear manufacturer Kido expands to Bangladesh

    18 January 2022

    South Korea-based technical outerwear manufacturer Kido Industrial announced a total investment of more than $36 million in new factories in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Of this amount, the company will invest $31.17 million to establish a new company, Kido Dhaka Company Co, Ltd. In addition, Kido recently acquired an existing garment factory ...

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    Keen to sell in South Korea via LF

    25 February 2021

    Keen Footwear has signed a distribution contract with LF for the importation and sale of Keen footwear in South Korea, effective in mid-March. Keen footwear will be sold online and offline via LF Mall and LF’s Raum Edition department stores. LF, which stands for Life in Future, is headquartered in ...

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    The South Korean market is down by 5%

    22 November 2019

    The takeover of Eider by K2, one of the major local brands of outdoor clothing, is seen as a sign of consolidation in a major market for outdoor products – estimated to be the second-biggest in the world a few years ago – that has continued to decline this year. ...