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After more than 20 years serv-

ing as “Rep Turtle” in their respective

ter

ritories, Donalda Day (25

years

ser

ving Southern California, Ar

izona

and Southern Nevada) and

Sharon

Marxen

(23 years repping Northern

California and Northern Nevada) an-

nounced their retirements from Turtle

Fur. Marxen, however, has agreed to

stay on through the 2015/16 season

and continue to act as a brand ambas-

sador in the territory. Turtle Fur will be

celebrating Day’s and Marxen’s retire-

ments at the SIA show in January.

Elsewhere, Turtle Fur has made a

number of moves within its rep base.

First off, the role of

Randy

and

Cindi

Downs

has been expanded to include

the entire territory for the Eastern

Great Lakes for the states of Michi-

gan, Ohio and Indiana. The Downs

came on board in the fall of 2014 to

handle outdoor and hunting accounts

in the territory, as well as all ac-

counts for spring-summer. Also,

Dana

Davol-Muxen

has been signed on to

cover Northern California, Northern

Nevada and Hawaii territory. Davol-

Muxen comes to Turtle Fur with more

than 25 years in the industry.

To support its growing number of

retailers in Canada,

Selk’bag USA

has

partnered with

NRI Distribution

to

handle all of Selk’bag USA’s wholesale

shipping in Canada. Working with NRI

allows Selk’bag USA to shorten its sup-

ply chain and provide a faster, more

efficient process for its Canadian retail

partners, says the company. Selk’bag

USA will be distributed out of NRI’s

Kamloops, British Columbia center.

Ibex Outdoor Clothing

announced

that

Troy Kattreh

and

Pam Schwar-

zbach

of

The Ascentials

will be

covering the Midwest region, while

independent rep

Tom Lawrence

will

represent the brand on the East side

of the Great Lakes. Headquartered in

Madison, Wis., The Ascentials is an

independent rep team with two de-

cades of outdoor industry experience.

Its territory covers the states of Illinois,

Iowa, Missouri, Wisconsin, Minnesota,

the Dakotas, Nebraska and the Upper

Peninsula of Michigan, where it also

represents Implus, Toad & Co. and

Nau. Based in Grosse Pointe, Mich.,

Lawrence will be covering Michigan

(Lower Peninsula), Ohio, Indiana and

Kentucky. A former Ibex rep in the

Pacific Northwest from 2004-2012,

Lawrence returned to his home state in

Michigan in 2012 and set up his own

independent rep agency.

White Sierra

has added

K&L

Sports

and

Fifth Row Center

to its

U.S. roster or reps.

Kirby Laughlin

,

agency principal at K&L Sports, has

30-plus years in the outdoor industry,

including representing brands such as

Nike, Timberland, Puma, Simple and

Canada Goose. K&L Sports will support

White Sierra in Illinois, Indiana, Michi-

gan, Ohio, Kentucky and West Virginia.

Laughlin’s current key accounts include

Flylow, Injinji, Cudas, IllumiNITE and

NorthernLights. Fifth Row Center is an

independent sales rep group founded

in 2003 by

Paul Jones

and his

partner

Travis Bryenton

. Jones and

Bryenton will represent White Sierra in

Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North

Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia. Fifth

Row Center Group has more than 50

years of combined experience in the

outdoor industry, working with compa-

nies including LCI Brands, Ojai Cloth-

ing, Wolverine Apparel, Wooly Bully/

Icelandic and now White Sierra.

NEMO Equipment

has hired

Pete

Cahill

of

Exodus Reps LLC

to repre-

sent the brand in the Mid-Atlantic. Ca-

hill started Exodus Reps, “A Lifestyle

Consultancy,” to represent brands that

are integral to healthy, active and fulfill-

ing lifestyles, he says. Brand in his sta-

ble include Arbor Collective - Apparel,

Dynafit, Nectar Sunglasses, Pomoca,

Salewa, Vermont Peanut Butter Co. and

WildCountry. Based in Stowe, Vt., Cahill

can be reached at 603.303.1863 or

exodusreps@gmail.com.

Outside sales rep

Travis Mcmaster

has reunited with

Injinji

to oversee the

running brand’s California, Arizona,

New Mexico, Nevada and Hawaii mar-

kets. Mcmaster returns to San Diego-

based Injinji after serving briefly as an

outside sales representative for fellow

performance sock brand Balega. Prior

to Balega, he worked with Injinji for six

years covering the Arizona and New

Mexico markets.

Royal Robbins

has hired

Kevin

Hobday

as southeast territory repre-

sentative, and

Greg Fugate

as Great

Lakes representative. Hobday was

previously with White Sierra for 25

years, the last 10 of which as the vice

president of sales. As Royal Robbins’

new Southeastern representative, he

will be selling into Georgia, Florida,

Alabama and the Caribbean and

can be reached at 813.205.2031 or

khobday@verizon.net.

Fugate, mean-

while, has been in the outdoor gear

business for 15 years as a footwear,

apparel and snowboard representa-

tive. As Royal Robbins’ new Great

Lakes representative, he will serve

Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky, Western

Pennsylvania and Michigan. Fugate

can be reached at 248.705.0396 or

gregfugate@mac.com.

Hydrapak

is growing its pres-

ence in Canada and has established

a warehousing and distribution rela-

tionship with

A52 Warehousing

of

Langley, British Columbia. The facil-

ity will handle direct deliveries from

suppliers in Asia and distribute to

retailers in Canada. Working in con-

cert with Hydrapak and A52 are two

Canadian sales agencies. In eastern

Canada Hydrapak will be represented

by

Stephan Morin Sports

, while

Sasso Vertical Sales

is responsible

with developing and servicing ac-

counts in western Canada. Both agen-

cies are charged with opening new

doors and providing service to exist-

ing accounts such as Canada’s largest

volume Hydrapak dealer Mountain

Equipment Co-op (MEC).

Sales veteran

Bobby Lockhart

has been appointed to oversee

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