All Legal & Institutional articles – Page 39
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Anne Schott will replace Remi Forsans as executive director of...
Anne Schott will replace Remi Forsans as executive director of Outdoor Sports Valley (OSV), the French trade association based in Annecy, after the end of this year. Schott has accompanied Forsans as the association's general manager for the past six years. Forsans is said to be planning to start a ...
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Enertor, the Arizona-based orthotics brand, has signed a new agreement...
Enertor, the Arizona-based orthotics brand, has signed a new agreement with Human Race to become the official insole partner of Human Race Events for the 2017 season. The deal covers 12 running and triathlon events including the Cancer Research UK Winter Run Series and Windsor Triathlon, which attracted a total ...
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After similar research conducted in Austria and the U.K., the...
After similar research conducted in Austria and the U.K., the U.S. should be able to measure the contribution of outdoor recreation to the U.S. economy, which would be made part of the country's GDP. The House of the U.S. Congress has unanimously passed a vote for the Outdoor Recreation Act, ...
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Lowa invited 170 sales professio nals from the German shoe...
Lowa invited 170 sales professio nals from the German shoe and sporting goods retail sector to some very special events in Nuremberg, Hinterzarten and Rettenberg in Bavaria. Professional actors integrated participants in a crime comedy act that was written exclusively for Lowa. The act combines the crime story with elements ...
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The Italian Prime Minister, Matteo Renzi, paid a visit to...
The Italian Prime Minister, Matteo Renzi, paid a visit to the headquarters of the Tecnica Group at Giavera del Montello, near Treviso, on Oct. 5, as part of a series of visits to factories in Italy's Northeast. Tecnica Group's portfolio of brands includes Nordica, Blizzard, Tecnica and Moon Boot. During ...
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Lillsport and Halti have joined the Scandinavian Outdoor Group...
Lillsport and Halti have joined the Scandinavian Outdoor Group
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Wolverine Worldwide says it expects a visit this week from...
Wolverine Worldwide says it expects a visit this week from U.S. Senator Gary Peters, who is expected to make an announcement regarding new legal provisions that would require the Pentagon to source athletic shoes for U.S. military forces from domestic sources. The bill, which may be approved in September, would ...
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Columbia Sportswear has won a summary judgement in Portland federal...
Columbia Sportswear has won a summary judgement in Portland federal court regarding one of the patents covering its Omni-Heat reflective insulation technology. The Oregon judge found that the “overall visual effect” of the dot pattern used by Columbia was “nearly identical” to that of Seirus Innovative Products' range of Heatwave ...
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Sport climbing is one of the five new sports that...
Sport climbing is one of the five new sports that were approved by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) on Aug. 3 for the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. The 2020 Games will also include skateboarding, surfing, karate and baseball/softball. Like climbing, which has been growing in popularity in recent years, ...
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A long-standing legal dispute between Crocs and USA Dawgs is...
A long-standing legal dispute between Crocs and USA Dawgs is taking a new turn with an anti-trust lawsuit launched by the latter company against 18 founders, former and current directors of Crocs. It accuses them of conspiring to fraudulently obtain Crocs' clog patents, using them afterwards to attack competitors. It ...
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Birkenstock, which is enjoying a boom in the American shoe...
Birkenstock, which is enjoying a boom in the American shoe market, has notified Amazon that it will stop supplying it from next January. It has also asked its authorized dealers not to offer Birkenstock shoes on its marketplace. According to CNBC, Birkenstock has found it impossible to supervise the distribution ...
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The United States Trade Representative (USTR) has granted duty-free status...
The United States Trade Representative (USTR) has granted duty-free status to sports bags and backpacks produced in least developed and AGOA countries. The decision arrived on June 30, on the eve of the July 1 deadline. Under the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA), a legislation that was approved by ...
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Patrick Giraudon, owner and chief executive of Arva/Nic Impex, a...
Patrick Giraudon, owner and chief executive of Arva/Nic Impex, a leading player in the French ski touring market, has taken over from Jean-Luc Diard as president of Outdoor Sports Valley (OSV), a French-based organization representing about 370 members in the outdoor industry. Giraudon, who was already on OSV's board in ...
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SnowSports Industries America (SIA) has announced that it will relocate...
SnowSports Industries America (SIA) has announced that it will relocate its headquarters office from McLean, Virginia, in the Washington, DC area, to Park City, Utah. The new location will bring the organization near Salt Lake City, into one of North America's snow sports hubs and close to like-minded organizations and ...
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Prana, the outdoor and yoga apparel brand that was acquired...
Prana, the outdoor and yoga apparel brand that was acquired by the Columbia Sportswear group two years ago, has become a member of the European Outdoor Group (EOG). Prana embarked on an international expansion drive last year, which was one of the strategies advocated by Columbia to capitalize on the ...
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Garmin International Inc., a subsidiary of Garmin Ltd., has prevailed...
Garmin International Inc., a subsidiary of Garmin Ltd., has prevailed in a proposed class action lawsuit over the battery life of some Garmin navigation units filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas in Meyers v. Garmin International. The plaintiff, Brian Meyers, claimed that Garmin's Nuvis navigators ...
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JV International, the global marketer of Michelin branded technical soles,...
JV International, the global marketer of Michelin branded technical soles, has become a member of the U.S. Outdoor Industry Association (OIA)
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The Outdoor Industry Association (OIA) and Hanson Dodge Creative (HDC),...
The Outdoor Industry Association (OIA) and Hanson Dodge Creative (HDC), a Milwaukee-based marketing firm with long experience with outdoor brands, have announced a partnership to build a deeper understanding of the evolution of the outdoor industry's needs and to engage more brands and retailers in OIA. HDC will conduct research ...
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Two more suppliers to the industry, W.L. Gore & Associates...
Two more suppliers to the industry, W.L. Gore & Associates and Pertex, have joined the European Outdoor Group. They join Primaloft, the first ingredient brand to have become a member of the EOG last month. The EOG voted at its annual assembly last month to admit such technology brands into ...
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Cascade Designs and Garmont are among the new members of...
Cascade Designs and Garmont are among the new members of the Conservation Alliance in the U.S. Other new entrants are Hicamp, Nunne, Seaview Outfitters, Shift Advantage and Ursack.
