Swiss Ski Brands Capranea and Dahu to Open Six Colorado, Utah Stores

Go big or go home.

That’s the way Ian Widmer feels about the planned retail expansion of his two high-end ski brands: Capranea and Dahu. This fall he will open six stores across Colorado and Utah for the Swiss luxury skiwear and ski boot companies.

Widmer, the chief executive officer of Progression Brands Group, has a history in the apparel industry, spending nearly 10 years at Canada Goose where he was the company’s first U.S. employee and managed its international markets from Zug, Switzerland. After Canada Goose went public in 2017, Widmer branched out on his own, creating PBG, which is now stacked with winter sports veterans from Burton , Rossignol and other well-known brands in the ski industry.

Although Widmer is based in Colorado, his father was Swiss and he’s spent a lot