All Italian Outdoor Group articles

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    Italy’s Accademia Outdoor Pro evolves into 'Outdoor Scenario'

    14 March 2025

    Italian Outdoor Group has unveiled the new format for its annual training opportunity.

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    Prowinter 2025 unveils enhanced offerings for winter and outdoor markets

    11 December 2024

    The upcoming 25th edition of the trade show in Bolzano, Italy, highlights expanded outdoor focus, industry awards and retail innovation.

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    Prowinter introduces program to support aspiring retailers

    20 November 2024

    The Italian trade show introduces NextGen RetailPro, a new initiative to inspire and educate the next generation of winter sports retail professionals.

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    2024 ORBDays a success

    5 June 2024

    The 10th edition of the Outdoor & Running Business Days (ORBDays) was held in Italy’s Riva del Garda on May 26-27 this year, earlier than its usual summer dates, and was a success, according to the organizers. The B2B event attracted 4,000 people overall, including exhibitors, retailers, media and other ...

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    Prowinter in Bolzano with ski hardware, Test Days in January

    8 December 2023

    All the new features of the twenty-fourth edition of Prowinter, which will take place in Bolzano, Italy, from Jan. 10 to 12, 2024, were presented at a digital press conference this week. “At the request of the companies, the 2024 edition has been extended for an additional day,” said Geraldine ...

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    Italian Outdoor Village at ISPO Munich 2023

    4 November 2023

    The Italian Outdoor Group (IOG), part of Italy’s sporting goods industry body Assosport, has announced the names of the 14 companies that will showcase their products at the Italian Outdoor Village in Munich on Nov. 28-30, on the occasion of the upcoming edition of ISPO Munich. The Italian companies at ...

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    14 September 2023 Sponsored by

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    Italy’s Accademia Outdoor Pro held two sessions this year

    3 April 2023

    Accademia Outdoor Pro 2023, the annual training opportunity for salespeople from specialist outdoor stores in Italy, held two sessions this year, including the usual one in Villafranca di Verona on March 20, in northern Italy, and an additional session at the Hotel Valentino in Terni on March 27, to attract ...

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    Italy's brands and retailers defy early season sales

    29 December 2022

    GVO (Outdoor Value Group) is the name of a group of companies and outdoor retailers that have decided to take action to protect the value of their brands. The project is supported by the working table of the IOG (Italian Outdoor Group). It aims to postpone the end of the ...

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    IOG launches project to postpone end-of-season sales

    24 May 2022

    Gruppo Valore Outdoor (GVO) is the name of a spontaneous group of companies and specialized outdoor retailers that have decided to protect the value of their brands by rethinking the end-of-season sales calendar in Italy. The initiative, launched by the Italian Outdoor Group’s (IOG) Working Table, aims to make the ...

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    Italian Outdoor Group to further reinforce presence at Outdoor&Running Business Days

    9 August 2021

    The Italian Outdoor Group (IOG) is further reinforcing its presence at the Outdoor&Running Business Days, the Italian trade show on outdoor and running, of which IOG is a partner. At the 2021 event, the IOG will have a dedicated 100-square-meter networking area located at the heart of the exhibition village ...

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    A round table on the future of Italy’s outdoor industry

    2 May 2021

    The Italian Outdoor Group (IOG) hosted an online round table for the actors of the Italian outdoor industry on April 29, titled “Outdoor: domani è adesso” (tomorrow is now). The IOG is part of Assosport, the Italian association of sporting goods manufacturers. The event was moderated by Benedetto Sironi, chief ...

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    ​Oberalp Group postpones winter clearance sales

    24 December 2020

    As many retailers had to close their doors for a long time in 2020 due to the pandemic, the South Tyrolean Oberalp Group has decided to postpone the winter clearance sales in its own brand shops to Jan. 30. The management-led family business already approached Anna Ferrino, president of Assosport, ...

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    The Italian Outdoor Group has a new chairman

    3 December 2020

    Source: IOG Günther Acherer Günther Acherer, the owner of Panorama Diffusion, has been elected as the new chairman of the Italian Outdoor Group (IOG), which is part of Assosport, Italy’s association of the sporting goods industry. Acherer, who takes over from Luca Pedrotti, was elected unanimously during ...

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    The Outdoor Italia campaign has been a success

    1 November 2020

    #outdooritalia, the digital campaign launched by the Italian Outdoor Group (IOG) in June to support tourism and outdoor activities during the 2020 summer season, has generated more than one million impressions on the dedicated campaign website and 40,000 interactions on social media – Facebook, Instagram and YouTube. The IOG is ...

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    Italy’s outdoor industry promotes nature and tourism

    9 May 2020

    The Italian Outdoor Group (IOG) has launched Outdoor Italia, a social media campaign to promote the country’s natural areas through the images and voices from these places and with regular news from the outdoor brands that are participating in the initiative. The campaign features brand ambassadors, alpine guides and tourist ...