All Legal & Institutional articles – Page 38
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W.L. Gore & Associates has been imposed a fine of...
W.L. Gore & Associates has been imposed a fine of 3.67 billion South Korean Won (€2.7m-$3.2m) by the Korea Fair Trade Commission for engaging in unfair trade practices in the country, in violation of Article 23 of the Monopoly Regulation and Fair Trade Act. According to the trade regulator, between March ...
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Craghoppers will showcase its new range of Discovery Adventures graphic...
Craghoppers will showcase its new range of Discovery Adventures graphic tees and hoodies at Debenhams' in London. A new Craghoppers and Discovery Adventures space was inaugurated at Debenhams' flagship department store on Oxford Street on Sept. 29, where customers were able to get an exclusive first look at the range. ...
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Hoka One One is adding a Swedish triathlon champion, Patrik...
Hoka One One is adding a Swedish triathlon champion, Patrik Nilsson, to its elite team, joining Cyril Viennot, Charlotte Morel, Boris Stein and Alessandro Degasperi. The 25-year-old has won four Ironman Triathlon races. Hoka is an exclusive sponsor of the Ironman Series.
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Heiner Oberrauch, president of the Oberalp Group, has been awarded...
Heiner Oberrauch, president of the Oberalp Group, has been awarded one of the highest honors by the Austrian government. Wolfgang Spadinger, consul general of Austria in Bolzano, pinned the Great Order of Merit to Oberrauch's jacket at the end of August in a ceremony held in the city, where the ...
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Sport Partner reports that the outdoor section of the FGHS,...
Sport Partner reports that the outdoor section of the FGHS, the Dutch organization for sporting goods suppliers, has opened an Outdoor Opportunity Concept Store at the Sports Business Center in Leusden. Set up a few months ago, the outdoor section aims to raise the share of outdoor products in the ...
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Travis Campbell, president of Smartwool and first vice chairman of...
Travis Campbell, president of Smartwool and first vice chairman of the Outdoor Industry Association (OIA), has been elected chairman of the American lobbying group. He is taking the place of Gordon Seabury, who stepped down after the expiration of his two-year mandate in the post.
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Garmin International has announced that it has won its patent...
Garmin International has announced that it has won its patent dispute with Navico as the previous rulings in the dispute have been reversed by a Federal Court in the U.S. In December 2015, the International Trade Commission (ITC) found that Garmin had infringed patents related to Navico's sonars. The U.S. ...
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Outdoor Sports Valley (OSV) is launching a call for projects...
Outdoor Sports Valley (OSV) is launching a call for projects to support the creation of jobs related to nautical sports in France's Upper Savoy region, in partnership with Pôle Métropolitain du Genevois Français and Chablais Léman Développement. Project proposals can be submitted by entrepreneurs, companies and associations. The initiative will ...
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The Outdoor Industry Association (OIA) has condemned President Donald Trump's...
The Outdoor Industry Association (OIA) has condemned President Donald Trump's decision to withdraw the U.S. from the Paris Climate Agreement, joining numerous companies and heads of state around the world. Noting that the outdoor industry is directly affected by climate change, Amy Roberts, executive director of the OIA, said President ...
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The North Face and other outdoor brands have formed a...
The North Face and other outdoor brands have formed a new non-profit, membership-based association to help promote participation in outdoor activities across Europe. The names of the founding members and the association's program will be unveiled at the Ispo show in Munich on Sunday. The association, which has already secured ...
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Gregory, the backpack specialist owned by Samsonite, has joined the...
Gregory, the backpack specialist owned by Samsonite, has joined the European Outdoor Group
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The U.S. Defense Department is proposing legislation to the U.S....
The U.S. Defense Department is proposing legislation to the U.S. Congress that would make it mandatory to provide athletic footwear that is 100 percent made in the U.S. to recruits for their initial training, in compliance with the Berry Amendment. New Balance can already do that. Wolverine Worldwide is adding ...
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The Outdoor Industry Association (OIA) of the U.S. has promoted...
The Outdoor Industry Association (OIA) of the U.S. has promoted Alex Bolan to vice president of government affairs
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President Barack Obama has signed the Outdoor REC Act into...
President Barack Obama has signed the Outdoor REC Act into law, following its unanimous passage in both chambers of the U.S. Congress. It provides for the outdoor recreation economy to be appraised and counted as part of the national GDP. The Outdoor Industry Association (OIA), which lobbied strongly for the ...
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Helly Hansen is an official supplier of Vendée Globe, the...
Helly Hansen is an official supplier of Vendée Globe, the round-the-world solo yacht race that started in France on Nov. 6. It is providing the outerwear, tested by professionals, for 130 skippers and more than 200 organizers. Four Helly Hansen ambassadors will also personally participate in the race. They are: ...
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The European Outdoor Group has hired a new sustainability project...
The European Outdoor Group has hired a new sustainability project manager, Katy Stevens. Based in Germany, she will work with Pamela Ravasio, who is also in charge of corporate social responsibility, to help the EOG and its members to develop sustainability programs. Stevens is a textile chemist with many years ...
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Pertex has received the Outdoor Writers Guild's Derryck Draper Award...
Pertex has received the Outdoor Writers Guild's Derryck Draper Award 2016 for its CS10 Technology, which uses unique diamond-shaped filaments to provide fabrics with abrasion resistance and improved water beading properties. The textile brand was already the recipient of the first Derryck Draper Crystal Award back in 1999 for Pertex ...
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Helly Hansen has been chosen as the new ski apparel...
Helly Hansen has been chosen as the new ski apparel partner for the Swedish alpine ski team. This means that the members of Ski Team Sweden Alpine will now also be taking advantage of Recco reflectors, which have been integrated into Helly Hansen's ski apparel for many years. The reflectors ...
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Bearpaw has announced its first television campaign, which comes on...
Bearpaw has announced its first television campaign, which comes on the heels of the brand's recent venture into the apparel market. The national campaign, which will debut this month, is set to increase brand awareness through commercial spots broadcast on popular U.S. networks for women and families such as Bravo, ...
