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    Helen of Troy sees Q1 boost from Hydro Flask, Osprey

    28 April 2022

    Outdoor drinkware brand Hydro Flask led sales gains in the Home & Outdoor sales segment of El Paso, Texas-based consumer goods company Helen of Troy in the fourth quarter ended Feb. 28, with recently acquired backpack manufacturer Osprey Packs also boosting the segment’s topline. Sales in the Home & Outdoor ...

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    Management team changes at Exped

    26 April 2022

    With Hubi Rutishauser, international sales manager and board member, leaving the Zurich-based company Exped after 28 years, Eicke Thiele succeeds him on the company’s three-member executive board and was appointed director of marketing and sales, effective April 1. Thiele has already been with the company for the past six years ...

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    Andy Styan steps down as CFO of Equip, Rob Maynard to take over

    26 April 2022

    After seven years of service as chief financial officer of Equip Outdoor (the owner of Rab and Lowe Alpine), Andy Styan is leaving the company to focus on personal projects. Styan started with Equip in 2015 and has supported the company’s revenue growth from £40m to £100m and seen the ...

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    Haglöfs' growth challenges its CSR goals

    25 April 2022

    Swedish company Haglöfs faces a growth-related gap between its sustainability targets and reality. Last year, the company has set a climate goal to cut its carbon emissions by half within ten years. Thanks to the booming interest in outdoor activities in 2021, Haglöfs reports record sales and the most successful ...

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    Women’s Gear Award revises product submission criteria for 2022, excludes PFAS chemicals

    21 April 2022

    As the Netherlands and Germany, with support from Norway, Denmark and Sweden are preparing a restriction proposal to cover a wide range of PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances) uses starting this summer, the Women’s Gear Award #sheisoutdoors will only accept submissions for its next round of awards (with entries closing ...

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    EOCA launches three-part Earth Day fundraising campaign

    20 April 2022

    On this year’s Earth Day (April 22, 2022), the European Outdoor Conservation Association (EOCA) is once again hosting an online fundraiser, accompanied by activities initialized by its members and the non-profit Outdoor Gear For Good (OGFG). With the money raised through these three initiatives, EOCA supports a number of conservation ...

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    ​Vango launches new U.K. campaign

    19 April 2022

    British outdoor brand Vango has launched a major advertising campaign across the U.K., running until May 12 on various platforms including Sky Adsmart, ITV and several digital media, to showcase the brand’s camping heritage and inspire new and existing Vango customers to embrace the world of camping. The brand has ...

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    Nemo turns 20 and becomes Climate Neutral certified

    19 April 2022

    U.S. brand Nemo is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year, still being majority family-owned. The brand that started as a start-up in college by Cam Brensinger also announced its partnership with Climate Neutral. Nemo has successfully undergone the necessary process to be Climate Neutral certified, including the purchase of eligible ...

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    Bergzeit relaunches website with focus on international business

    8 April 2022

    With a relaunch of its regional webshops (end of February in Benelux, U.K. and Italy, and mid-March in Germany, Austria and Switzerland), German retailer Bergzeit is pushing its internationalization. In addition to a cleaner look and feel, a more intuitive user experience was one of the main goals of the ...

  • Piero Marigo, new president of international business at Pelican Products
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    Pelican with new head of international business

    7 April 2022

    Source: Pelican Products Piero Marigo Pelican Products, a U.S.-based manufacturer of protective cases, has promoted Piero Marigo to president of international business, effective March 30. In his new role, he reports directly to CEO Phil Gyori. Marigo joined Pelican Products in 2010 as managing director for the ...

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    Equip Outdoor opens new Rab and Lowe Alpine service center in Canada

    4 April 2022

    Equip Outdoor Technologies has opened a new service center in Québec, Canada, for its Lowe Alpine and Rab brands. The service center will be open to retailers and end consumers in Canada, offering both repair and maintenance services for waterproof shells and Gore-Tex apparel, insulated gear, sleeping bags and equipment ...

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    Solo Brands with very profitable 2021

    30 March 2022

    Solo Brands Inc., the U.S. company that began trading on the New York Stock Exchange in October 2021 and owns several DTC-focused brands, announced its financial results for the three and twelve-month periods ended Dec. 31, 2021. The operating results in 2021 include the activity of Oru Kayak, Isle Paddleboard ...

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    Igloo ups its use of recycled materials

    29 March 2022

    Igloo has “set a cumulative goal” to recycle 30 million recovered plastic bottles by 2025. The brand says it set out in 2019 to become, in the words of chief marketing officer Brian Garofalow, “the most environmentally friendly cooler company on Earth.” Since then, it has released a number of ...

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    Rumpl with new executive hires

    22 March 2022

    U.S.-based technical outdoor blanket brand Rumpl has named Ellyn Craven vice president of finance and David Visnack vice president of product and marketing. These new additions round out Rumpl’s leadership team as the brand enters an important phase of growth, the brand said in a press release. Craven brings more ...

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    Zorali reaches its crowdfunding goal in a few hours

    22 March 2022

    Australian outdoor brand Zorali reached 91 percent of its minimum A$300,000 target in just three hours on March 16, the opening day of its crowdfunding campaign on Birchal, thanks to 204 investors. By March 21, the brand had raised a total of more than A$641,200 with nearly 500 people investing. ...

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    1% for the Planet launches new Planet Impact Fund in its 20th anniversary year

    21 March 2022

    In the year of its 20th anniversary, 1% for the Planet draws a positive balance of both the number of members and the donations collected. Initiated in 2002 by Patagonia’s Yvon Chouinard together with Craig Mathews, founder of Blue Ribbon Flies, the organization’s global network now consists of more than ...

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    New CEO for Oase Outdoors

    16 March 2022

    Source: Oase Outdoors Henrik Bernth After many years at the helm of Oase Outdoors ApS and establishing the Danish company as a leading manufacturer of camping equipment in the European market, co-founder Henrik Arens will be handing over his role to a new CEO, Henrik Bernth. Bernth ...

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    Grassroots Outdoor Alliance president Rich Hill to leave in April

    16 March 2022

    Rich Hill, president of the U.S. Grassroots Outdoor Alliance (GOA) for the last five years, is apparently planning to quit his role in a few week’s time. According to SGB Media, Hill gave the news to GOA staff ahead of the group’s annual board of directors retreat earlier this month, ...

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    Downlite Outdoor partners with Debrand for product disassembly and recycling

    14 March 2022

    Ohio-based Downlite Outdoor, a U.S. specialist in down processing and supplier for outdoor brands like Patagonia, The North Face, Haglöfs, Cascade Designs, Canada Goose and others, has officially named its long-term cooperation partner Debrand as the company of choice for the “Reverse Logistics” of product at the end of their ...

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    American Outdoor Brands shifting focus

    11 March 2022

    American Outdoor Brands is adjusting its long-term focus to increase its revenues and product presence in the outdoor lifestyle category while maintaining a foothold in shooting sports. The Columbia, Missouri company, which intends to generate 50 percent or more of its topline in the outdoor lifestyle segment, has agreed to ...