All Legal & Institutional articles – Page 41

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    In a letter to the German chancellor, Angela Merkel, Vaude...

    2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

    In a letter to the German chancellor, Angela Merkel, Vaude said it wants to prevent the deportation of refugees who are working at the company. Nine refugees from Syria, Nigeria, Gambia, Iraq and Afghanistan are currently working at Vaude. Five of them are facing deportation from Germany. In her letter ...

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    Garmont has announced a new partnership with France's Ensa (Ecole...

    2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

    Garmont has announced a new partnership with France's Ensa (Ecole Nationale de Ski et d'Alpinisme). As part of this collaboration, Ensa guides will field-test Garmont products and provide feedback to enable improvements and future product developments. Among the boots that the Ensa mountain professionals will be using are the Dragontail, ...

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    Lorenzo Delladio, chief executive of La Sportiva, and other local...

    2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

    Lorenzo Delladio, chief executive of La Sportiva, and other local entrepreneurs are lobbying to turn the Rolle pass in the Italian Dolomites into an area for green tourism, favoring outdoor activities instead of snow sports. They are trying to prevent the planned rehabilitation of the local ski facilities, which are ...

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    La Sportiva has entered a collaboration with Jonathan Wyatt, a...

    2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

    La Sportiva has entered a collaboration with Jonathan Wyatt, a professional runner from New Zealand, as part of its program to further develop its range of mountain running footwear, particularly in the trail running segment. He will participate in trade marketing activities, organizing product clinics and providing sales support. Wyatt ...

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    Lowa has received a prize for its reliability and the...

    2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

    Lowa has received a prize for its reliability and the saleable quality of its shoes from a German footwear trade magazine, Schuhkurier, following a survey of its readers

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    Heiner Oberrauch, president of the Oberalp Group, has been awarded...

    2017-09-08T00:00:00Z

    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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    Travis Campbell, president of Smartwool and first vice chairman of...

    2017-08-08T00:00:00Z

    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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    Sport Partner reports that the outdoor section of the FGHS,...

    2017-08-08T00:00:00Z

    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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    Garmin International has announced that it has won its patent...

    2017-06-16T00:00:00Z

    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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    The Outdoor Industry Association (OIA) has condemned President Donald Trump's...

    2017-06-07T00:00:00Z

    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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    Outdoor Sports Valley (OSV) is launching a call for projects...

    2017-06-07T00:00:00Z

    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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    Gregory, the backpack specialist owned by Samsonite, has joined the...

    2017-02-02T00:00:00Z

    Gregory, the backpack specialist owned by Samsonite, has joined the European Outdoor Group

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    The North Face and other outdoor brands have formed a...

    2017-02-02T00:00:00Z

    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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    President Barack Obama has signed the Outdoor REC Act into...

    2016-12-13T00:00:00Z

    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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    The Outdoor Industry Association (OIA) of the U.S. has promoted...

    2016-12-13T00:00:00Z

    The Outdoor Industry Association (OIA) of the U.S. has promoted Alex Bolan to vice president of government affairs

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    The U.S. Defense Department is proposing legislation to the U.S....

    2016-12-13T00:00:00Z

    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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    Lowa invited 170 sales professio nals from the German shoe...

    2016-11-23T00:00:00Z

    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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    After similar research conducted in Austria and the U.K., the...

    2016-11-23T00:00:00Z

    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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    Enertor, the Arizona-based orthotics brand, has signed a new agreement...

    2016-11-23T00:00:00Z

    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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    Anne Schott will replace Remi Forsans as executive director of...

    2016-11-23T00:00:00Z

    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 ...