All General Outdoor articles – Page 16
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News briefsGlobetrotter launches second-hand buying campaign on Black Friday
For Black Friday on Nov. 24, the German outdoor retailer Globetrotter is turning the tables from 11 am until 6 pm and is planning a major purchase campaign for used outdoor equipment instead of a spending spree and discount battles. The big goal is to buy the 20,000th second-hand item ...
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News briefsRenewcell initiates strategic review
The Board of Directors of Swedish textile recycler Renewcell has initiated a strategic review regarding its capital structure and the evaluation of potential strategic alternatives to secure additional funding. The announcement comes less than a month after the appointment of Magnus Håkansson as acting CEO. The reason for the strategic ...
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News briefsMatt Gowar steps down as Equip CEO, successor not named yet
Source: Equip Outdoor Technologies UK Ltd Matt Gowar Equip Outdoor Technologies UK Ltd, the parent company of Rab and Lowe Alpine, has announced that it has launched a plan to recruit a successor to Matt Gowar, the current CEO. Gowar is also the owner of Equip ...
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News briefsVoting for UK Outdoor Industry Awards 2023 now open
Online voting for the UK Outdoor Industry Awards 2023 is now open. Participating voters will also be in with a chance of winning either a £500 (€572) Ellis Brigham Gift Card, or a pair of £100 tickets for the 2024 Kendal Mountain Festival. The public vote is the final ...
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News briefsTwo new product directors at Xero Shoes
Colorado-based barefoot footwear specialist Xero Shoes has hired Kristina Funck as Design Director and Megan Elias as Director of Product Merchandising. As Design Director, Funck will lead Xero Shoes’ design strategy, innovation and seasonal storytelling. She has contributed to the design development and success of several global footwear brands, including ...
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News briefsNew CEO for The Lycra Company
Source: The Lycra Company Gary Smith The Lycra Company announces that it has appointed Gary Smith as Chief Executive Officer, effective Nov. 27, 2023. Smith will succeed Dean Williams, who has served as acting CEO since August. Williams will retain his role as Chief Financial Officer and ...
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News briefsAku inaugurates new line of production
Italian-based outdoor footwear maker Aku has inaugurated a new line of production at its factory in Montebelluna. The new state-of-the-art machine for outdoor and professional footwear reportedly represents an investment of €1.3 million. The project has been developed in partnership with Stemma, also an Italian company which specializes in the ...
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News briefsNaturkompaniet continues to say no to Black Friday
Swedish retailer Naturkompaniet keeps distancing itself from Black Friday campaigns and instead encourages customers to take care of the clothes and equipment they already have. From Nov. 20-25, customers can therefore have their leather hiking boots and G-1000 products from Fjällräven waxed for free in all stores in Norway. During ...
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News briefsAluula announces management changes
Canada-based Aluula Composites Inc.’s Chief Operating Officer John Zimmerman will expand his responsibilities to oversee the Windsports Division as the division now drives near-term revenue growth, qualifying it for dedicated, dedicated management. Zimmerman has been instrumental in shaping the brand’s history and is uniquely positioned to drive growth in this ...
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News briefsNew CEO and CFO at Freudenberg Performance Materials
Freudenberg Performance Materials has named a new CEO and CFO, who will take on the roles from Jan. 1, 2024. Dr. Andreas Raps will succeed Dr. Frank Heislitz as Chief Executive Officer, and Marco Altherr will take over from Thomas Herr as Chief Financial Officer. Source: Freudenberg ...
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News briefsSamsonite posts double-digit sales gains across all brands in Q3
Samsonite, attributing its gains to normalized growth in European and North American travel and the early stages of recovery in China, reported double-digit sales growth across all its brands in Q3 ended Sep. 30. The Other segment, which includes Gregory Mountain Products, High Sierra and other brands, generated 10.3 percent ...
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ArticleSchöffel Country comes to continental Europe
With Schöffel Country, a “new” brand that stands for classic British country style with a passion for country life, the traditional form of hunting in the UK and a fascination for fly fishing, is entering the European mainland. Schöffel Country is authentically British, even though the name appears familiar. It ...
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ArticleMore candidates for the French Outdoor Awards 2024
The French Outdoor Awards (FOA) have unveiled the ten product innovations that have been selected in the second phase of the final selection process for the awards ceremony in January 2024. In total, the jury can now choose between 22 outdoor products that have been designed or developed in France ...
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ArticleView from the European Outdoor Group - ISPO incoming
This is always a really important time of year for the European Outdoor Group (EOG) and our members. At a day-to-day business level, the winter season is underway, and how that proceeds has great significance for businesses in our sector. Meanwhile, brands and retailers are also putting a big focus ...
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ArticleIndigenous footwear company Manitobah restructures management team
Manitobah, an Indigenous-rooted footwear brand known for its Manitobah mukluks and founded in Winnipeg, Canada, in 1997 by Sean McCormick, has appointed a new senior management. Carolyn MacNaughton will assume the CEO role, Tom Hildrum will step into the position of CFO, and Mike Wodtke has transitioned from Chief Digital ...
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News briefsRevelyst hires digital content consultant for Foresight Sports
Source: Revelyst Andrew Stalbow Revelyst, a Vista Outdoor company, announced that Andrew Stalbow will initially join San Diego-based golf brand Foresight Sports as a digital content and gaming consultant. Stalbow’s consulting role went into effect Nov. 3. Stalbow was previously CEO of Seriously, a company he co-founded ...
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ArticleBleed enters provisional insolvency
In a letter to his loyal customers and in a German-language video (below), Michael Spitzbarth, owner of the sustainable outdoor brand Bleed, explains that his company, which he founded 15 years ago, has had to file for provisional insolvency despite all attempts to avoid this situation. “The sum of many ...
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News briefsThis Black Friday, Naturkompaniet opens second-hand departments in four stores
Swedish outdoor retail chain Naturkompaniet is starting to open second-hand departments for a wide range of used products from different brands. Naturkompaniet has 36 stores throughout Sweden, and four of them will offer high-quality second-hand outdoor clothing and equipment from Nov. 24, 2023. The first stores to introduce the concept ...
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ArticleNorrøna opens new headquarters in Lysaker
Norrøna, the Norwegian family-owned outdoor apparel and adventure travel company, unveiled its brand new global headquarters in Lysaker, Norway, on Nov. 8. The brand welcomed a host of international guests to the opening of the 3,000-sqm building, which includes Norrøna’s largest and most immersive store to date, a flexible, modern ...
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ArticleFootwear brands launch collective to drive the transition to a circular economy
Athletic and outdoor footwear brands Brooks Running, New Balance, On, Vibram, Crocs and Ecco, along with US lifestyle brand Reformation and US retailer Target, have partnered with EarthDNA to launch The Footwear Collective (TFC), a non-profit initiative dedicated to uniting the global footwear industry to accelerate the ...
