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ArticleGore-Tex unveils new ePE membrane
W. L. Gore & Associates has announced that the consumer business of its Gore Fabrics Division will introduce the use of expanded polyethylene (ePE) as a new complementary material platform that will serve as the basis for its membrane technologies. The new ePE laminates (membrane and DWR treatments) are PFC-free ...
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ArticleEOCA partners with Business for Nature global coalition
By joining Business for Nature, a global coalition bringing together forward-thinking companies and conservation organizations, the European Outdoor Conservation Association (EOCA) wants to encourage businesses to act now to reverse nature loss and advocate for greater policy ambition. The coalition is aiming to amplify business voices calling for governments during ...
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ArticleBreaking News: OutDoor by ISPO Global Summit Edition 2021 canceled
European Outdoor Group and ISPO Group have announced this evening (Sept. 27) that the OutDoor by ISPO: Global Summit Edition will not take place as planned on Oct. 5-7. A letter from the president of EOG, Mark Held, was just received minutes before our daily Outdoor Industry Compass newsletter was ...
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ArticleHigg starts traceability program for supply chain sustainability
Technology platform Higg has launched a new traceability program developed in collaboration with software, cloud and data processing specialists atma.io, FibreTrace and TrusTrace. The new technical solution aims to offer comprehensive transparency across the global supply chain – enabling brands to highlight and disclose sustainability information on their own and ...
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ArticleOutdoor specialists climbing up the ranking of ISPO Consumer Insights Report
In its quarterly Consumer Insights Report, conducted among members of the ISPO Collaborators Club since Q2/2021, Messe München finds that outdoor companies are rapidly expanding their relevance within the sports brand landscape. The highly engaged consumers from Germany, Austria, Italy, and Switzerland voted on both their general favorite brands and ...
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ArticleFor one-time bonus payment: Bike24 starts share buyback
German e-commerce cycling, running and swimming sports retailer Bike24 Holding AG has been trading on the stock exchange floor since the end of June 2021. The company’s shares, which once launched with a purchase price of just €15 and then often moved up, but also sometimes down, were well up ...
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ArticleKathmandu’s sales rise 15% on surfing, hiking boom, but outlook uncertain
Kathmandu Holdings said in a preliminary annual report that its sales increased by 15.1 percent to 922.8 million New Zealand dollars (€551.4m-$646.6m) in the full year ended July 31, 2021, as its Rip Curl and Oboz brands benefitted from a boom in surfing and higher participation in hiking, respectively. Instead, ...
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ArticleBollé Brands Group with executive changes for e-com, CSR, marketing and sales
Bollé Brands Group has hired new staff for its marketing, business, e-commerce and corporate social responsibility departments to support the plan to strengthen both its digital and local presence, raise awareness of all the group’s brands - Bollé, Cébé, Spy+ and Serengeti - and strengthen its socially responsible investment policy. ...
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ArticleOutDoor by ISPO Global Summit Edition: First “real” industry meeting in a year and a half - Interview
The Outdoor Industry Compass spoke with Dr. Jeanette Friedrich, head of ISPO Group, three weeks before the event to find out more details about the program of the OutDoor by ISPO Global Summit Edition in October and the group’s plans for future ISPO events.
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ArticleJD Sports Fashion’s outdoor segment turns around
JD Sports Fashion reported a record profit before exceptional items and taxes of 439.5 million pounds (€515.1m-$608.8m) for the first half ended July 31, up sharply from £61.9 million in the same period a year ago, as acquisitions, the U.S. government’s stimulus package and pent-up demand allowed it to rebound ...
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ArticleTravis Campbell acquires Eagle Creek from VF, European organization stays on board
Effective Sept. 3, the newly formed Eagle Creek Holdings LLC owns Eagle Creek after acquiring the brand from VF Corp. The new entity based in Steamboat Springs, Colorado, is owned by Travis Campbell, an outdoor industry veteran and former president of emerging brands at VF, who left the group end ...
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ArticlePierer Mobility on track for 11th record year in a row
The current two-wheeler boom has led to record sales of 215,646 PTWs (= “Powered Two-Wheelers” = motorcycles and pedelecs) at Austrian Pierer Mobility AG in the first half of 2021. Compared to the first six months of the previous year, this is an increase of 73 percent. The group sold ...
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ArticleHoudini drives expansion of circular economy movement with new shareholder
Swedish outdoor brand Houdini Sportswear announced that Italian investment firm GDTRE will join the brand’s co-founders, Hanna Lindblad and Eva Karlsson, who both hold a minority stake in the company and together own 77 percent of the company, as well as Stefan Ytterborn, founder of POC and CEO and founder ...
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ArticleJAAF strongly refutes claims made by CCC, calls them “blatantly wrong and unfair”
The Joint Apparel Associations Forum (JAAF) has asked The Outdoor Industry Compass to make the following comment live as part of their Right of Reply in response to the article published on our website on Sept. 1. Colombo, September 8, 2021: In a sharply-worded reply to the Clean Clothes ...
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ArticlePrivate sales clubs find new ways to command customer loyalty
Private Sport Shop has experienced impressive growth to become the number one private sales club in the sports sector. It has done so by focussing on customer loyalty, recruiting wisely and spotting trends early.
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ArticleGerman bike and mobility industry calls for sustainable mobility summit
On the occasion of the IAA Mobility show in Munich, a broad business alliance, including the German Bicycle Industry Association (ZIV), has called for a sustainable mobility summit to enable a significant shift from cars and trucks to climate-friendly modes of transport in Germany. “Germany needs a transport turnaround” is ...
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ArticleKantar Media Reactions study 2021 sees local advertising strong besides digital channels
Research and consulting agency Kantar has just released its Media Reactions 2021 study, informed by the opinions of over 14,500 consumers covering over 290 brands in 23 markets and 900 senior marketers worldwide. The report gives some interesting insight into the changes in the media landscape reflected by the popularity ...
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ArticleEurobike Awards 2021 show the industry’s creative energy
With 246 products sent in, the jury of six bike industry insiders that was responsible for this year’s Eurobike Awards was challenged to pick those with the most economic potential, everyday usability and creative design. In total, 36 awards were given out over the four categories “Gold”, “Winner”, Start-up” and ...
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ArticleDalbello teams up with Life Reskiboot to develop circular economy system
Italian ski boot manufacturer Dalbello, since 2015 part of the Marker Völkl group of companies (MDV), has been a partner of the Life Reskiboot project, co-funded by the European Commission, since September 2020 to target the problem of plastic waste management with a new paradigm applied to ski boot construction ...
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Article50 NGOs urge governments and companies to protect workers in Sri Lanka and Bangladesh
In a joint statement to the government and employers’ organizations of Sri Lanka and Bangladesh and apparel brands sourcing from those countries, over 50 organizations from around the world are urging to take immediate action to keep workers safe during the current new Covid-19 wave. In August, Bangladesh saw a ...
