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Two new members have joined the Scandinavian Outdoor Group this...
Two new members have joined the Scandinavian Outdoor Group this past summer. They are Nordisk from Denmark and Øyo from Norway. Founded in 1901, Nordisk has diversified in the past 40 years from the production of sleeping bags into tents, tent mats and other accessories. Founded in 1882, Øyo is ...
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Margo de Lange, who joined the Great Out There Coalition...
Margo de Lange, who joined the Great Out There Coalition earlier this month as policy officer, launched the first issue of her newsletter, writing about, among other things, the European Week of Sport, scheduled for Sept. 23-30, where she will be involved in official events. She mentions in the newsletter ...
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ATTA members are working with outdoor suppliers more intensely
About 20 suppliers of outdoor equipment, footwear and apparel participated in the Adventure Travel World Summit (ATWS) organized by the Adventure Travel Trade Association (ATTA) in the Swedish city of Gothenburg on Sept. 16-19. With the cooperation of Ispo, ten of them exhibited their products for the first time during ...
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The Outdoor Industries Association (OIA), the trade body of the...
The Outdoor Industries Association (OIA), the trade body of the U.K. outdoor industry, has announced a members' forum on counterfeiting, which will take place in London on Oct. 24. The OIA has teamed up with SnapDragon Monitoring, one of its members, and UDL, an intellectual property law firm, to deliver ...
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Yeti, the big American brand of coolers and drinkware that...
Yeti, the big American brand of coolers and drinkware that wants to make its mark in Europe and other foreign markets, is suing Chilly Moose and Schombert Sheet Metal in the West Texas District Court for selling counterfeits of many of its own products, including the Rambler tumbler and mug, ...
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Contigo is recalling about 5.9 million 13-, 14- and 20-ounce...
Contigo is recalling about 5.9 million 13-, 14- and 20-ounce Cleanable Water Bottles in the U.S. because their clear silicone sprout can detach and pose a choking hazard. The affected bottles have a black spout base. They were sold – for $9 to $24 – at Costco, Walmart, Target and ...
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Bestard Mountain Boots is warning consumers of a fraudulent website...
Bestard Mountain Boots is warning consumers of a fraudulent website that pretends to be the official website of the brand. It is not the first time that the Spanish company has suffered from an identity theft. The false domains typically plagiarize Bestard's logo and images, and offer products at “ridiculously ...
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Ortlieb won a lawsuit in a German Federal Court against Amazon...
Ortlieb won a lawsuit in a German Federal Court against Amazon on July 25. The German company wants to prevent the appearance of ads with the Ortlieb brand name on Google, which are linked to offers on the Amazon homepage. The issue is that, when searching a term with Ortlieb in ...
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After a brief truce in the dispute between the U.S....
After a brief truce in the dispute between the U.S. and Chinese government, President Donald Trump announced today that the U.S. will impose extra duties of 10 percent on $300 billion worth of annual imports from China as of Sept. 1. The list of the affected products has not yet ...
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Nigeria has joined the International Cotton Advisory Committee (ICAC), thereby...
Nigeria has joined the International Cotton Advisory Committee (ICAC), thereby becoming the 29th member of the organization, and the 11th from Africa
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The session of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) that was...
The session of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) that was held in Lausanne on June 25 unanimously approved the Paris 2024 proposal to include sport climbing, surfing, skateboarding and break dancing in the 2024 Summer Olympic Games in the French capital city. A final decision on their inclusion is now to be ...
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The It's Great Out There Coalition has appointed Margo de...
The It's Great Out There Coalition has appointed Margo de Lange as its first policy officer. De Lange has extensive knowledge of European public affairs, having worked for the last five years at the European Network of Academic Sports Services (ENAS), where she served as policy and project officer and ...
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Outdoor Sports Valley (OSV), the French-based association based in Annecy,...
Outdoor Sports Valley (OSV), the French-based association based in Annecy, has appointed Benjamin Thaller as its new managing director. He replaces Anne Schott, who has left the organization to pursue other professional opportunities after 30 months in the role. Thaller was previously marketing director at Julbo and, prior to that, ...
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The Conservation Alliance has appointed Conor McElyea, previously at Cairn,...
The Conservation Alliance has appointed Conor McElyea, previously at Cairn, to replace Serena Bishop Gordon as the new membership and development program manager of the organization
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A new program of courses has been launched in the...
A new program of courses has been launched in the Italian city of Montebelluna to help find and train new employees for the numerous outdoor shoe companies in the region, which are facing a labor shortage. The new program, called Sportsystem Training School (STS), started on May 11 at the ...
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Apparently, the trade war between in the U.S. and China...
Apparently, the trade war between in the U.S. and China is unlikely to end soon, with dire consequences for many outdoor companies, including non-U.S. companies that deliver China-made products to the U.S. President Xi of China warned his citizens that they may be facing another Long March on the issue. ...
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Tecnica and Fjallraven are joining the Grassroots Outdoor Alliance as...
Tecnica and Fjallraven are joining the Grassroots Outdoor Alliance as new national vendor partners. The Grassroots Outdoor Alliance is an organization dedicated to the promotion of the specialty outdoor retail industry in the U.S. Tecnica USA is headquartered in West Lebanon, New Hampshire, with parent company in Giavera del Montello, ...
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Brooks Running has settled a long-standing dispute with Anta Sports...
Brooks Running has settled a long-standing dispute with Anta Sports Products over the Chinese company’s use of a chevron logo. The terms of settlement have not been disclosed. Brooks had opposed the registration by Anta of its logo in the U.S. in May 2014. For its part, Anta noted in ...
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The European Outdoor Group (EOG) has announced Quiksilver as a...
The European Outdoor Group (EOG) has announced Quiksilver as a new member of the organization. The addition of Quiksilver brings the total number of full EOG members to 104, plus 10 associate members. The EOG was founded in 2003 by 19 of the world's biggest outdoor brands, which recognized the ...
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VF Corp. has named Luis Benitez vice president of governmental...
VF Corp. has named Luis Benitez vice president of governmental affairs and global impact, overseeing the VF Foundation and relations with the public sector and outdoor recreation interests. As former head of Colorado's Outdoor Recreation Industry Office, Benitez was instrumental in recruiting outdoor companies to set up offices in the ...
