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North Face, Evo and Patagonia. In his
new role at Klean Kanteen he will focus
on expanding the brand’s outdoor sales
channel. As an independent sales rep,
Felix will be covering Texas, Oklahoma,
Louisiana, Arkansas and Mississippi for
Klean Kanteen. His agency, Midcoast
Outdoor Sales, represents a portfolio of
leading outdoor brands including Royal
Robbins, Ruffwear and Point6.
Toad&Co has promoted Nina
Brito to the role of new dealer sales
manager. Brito brings 15 years of
sales experience to the job, having
moved from the retail floor to retail
management to buying. In her new
position, Brito will manage Toad&Co’s
specialty retail program with East and
West dealer sales representatives re-
porting directly to her. Toad&Co also
announced the addition of Eventum
to its sales force for the Southern
territory. Based in Charleston, S.C.,
Eventum represents brands across
the outdoor, sporting goods and life-
style markets. Founded in 2013 by
Chip Parker, Eventum’s six-member
team includes Todd Combs, Sara
Green, Karen Harper, Matt Gin-
ley and Jody Hale.
Luke Olson of Midwest Out-
door Sales has been added to the
Chaos Headwear sales rep team,
for which he will cover Wisconsin,
Illinois, Missouri, Iowa and Upper
Michigan. Olson comes to Chaos with
more than four years of sales rep ex-
perience and relationships with target
retailers, said the brand.
U.K.-based technical apparel brand
Montane announced that Neskowin
Outdoor of Portland, Ore., will direct
sales and distribution management for
Montane branded products in the U.S.,
commencing Spring/Summer 2017.
The move represents a “next phase in
our development,” says Jake Doxat,
founder and CEO of Montane. “Work-
ing with Sport Hansa over the past
five years has provided us with a great
transition from a small group of pure
specialty retailers into a wider outdoor
platform across the U.S., and we look
forward to building on that strong mo-
mentum in the months to come.”
Royal Robbins has added new sales
leadership and additional sales sup-
port for the Rocky Mountain, the Great
Lakes and Southeast territories. Joe
Stintzi, owner of The Stintzi Group ,
is now covering the Great L
tory, including Indiana, Ohi
West Virginia and Michigan. Stintzi has
more than 25 years of experience sell-
ing top brands, including 10 years with
The North Face. The heritage apparel
brand also appointed Colorado-based
Green River Sales to strengthen the
brand’s presence in the Rocky Mountain
region. Principals Pat Davis and John
McDonnell and their team have more
than 40 years of combined sales and
leadership experience in the outdoor
and action sports industry. The pair has
worked with a number of leading brands,
including 12 years with The North Face.
In the Southeast, Royal Robbins’ partner
C&J Sales, led by Cynthia Kelly, has
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