All Legal & Institutional articles – Page 42
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The Outdoor Industries Association (OIA), the British trade organization, has...
The Outdoor Industries Association (OIA), the British trade organization, has won a lottery award from Sport England that will enable it to fund a new market research project. The aim is to provide a better understanding of the outdoor physical activity market. The initial phase of the project will be ...
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Alfa Sko, the Norwegian footwear supplier, has returned to the...
Alfa Sko, the Norwegian footwear supplier, has returned to the Scandinavian Outdoor Group (SOG) as a development member. The application was approved by the group's board during a meeting at the OutDoor fair in Friedrichshafen. Alfa is a major market player in Norway and it wants to deploy more efforts ...
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The Grassroots Outdoor Alliance of the U.S. has lost its...
The Grassroots Outdoor Alliance of the U.S. has lost its leader, Roanne Miller, who has resigned. The number of participating retailers has nearly doubled to 50 in the five years that she has run the organization. With her, the organization has raised more than $800,000 for local environmental and social ...
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BSI, the German federation of sporting goods manufacturers, has abruptly...
BSI, the German federation of sporting goods manufacturers, has abruptly ousted its managing director, Adalbert von der Osten who has served for eight years in the job, with effect from June 30. The official explanation for the decision by the board was differing positions on the development of the federation. ...
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Polartec reported on July 4 that it filed a patent...
Polartec reported on July 4 that it filed a patent infringement complaint with the German District Court in Düsseldorf against Pontetorto and its German sales agency, Christian Weichert Internationale Textilvertretungen. In the suit, Polartec is demanding compensatory damages and an injunction to prevent the sale of the infringing products. At ...
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Insect Shield Repellent Technology, ExOfficio and Sunshell Manufacturing have formed...
Insect Shield Repellent Technology, ExOfficio and Sunshell Manufacturing have formed a partnership to provide insect protective uniforms to the staff of World Concern and Medical Teams International working in malaria-risk areas across the globe. According to the World Health Organization (WHO) and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ...
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Vibram USA, the producer of FiveFingers running shoes, has moved...
Vibram USA, the producer of FiveFingers running shoes, has moved to settle a class-action lawsuit alleging that it overstated the shoes' health benefits. The company has offered to pay a total of $3.75 million to people who bought the shoes and said it would stop making claims in its commercials ...
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An American court of appeals has ruled that Teva sandals...
An American court of appeals has ruled that Teva sandals are slip-on shoes that cannot be classified as sports footwear under the Harmonized Tariff Schedule. Confirming a ruling already given in 2008, the finding means that its sandals are subject to an import duty of 37.5 percent in the U.S. ...
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In the U.S., Coleman is recalling some 100 Northstar Liquid...
In the U.S., Coleman is recalling some 100 Northstar Liquid Fuel Lanterns due to a faulty gas feed tube that can release too much fuel, creating fire and burn hazards when it leaks from the bottom. The product recall concerns model number 2000B750 with date codes 10 13 or 11 ...
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The Outdoor Industry Association of the U.S. (OIA) is teaming...
The Outdoor Industry Association of the U.S. (OIA) is teaming up with Egg Strategy, which has been chosen among more than 20 candidates to develop a new segmentation of consumer types for the outdoor industry. The research will be both quantitative and qualitative. It is intended to identify and quantify ...
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The European Parliament has approved a new set of...
The European Parliament has approved a new set of proposals on consumer safety and protection that include the obligation to put a label of origin on shoes and on all other kinds of products sold within the European Union except foods and drugs. The Federation of the European Sporting ...
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The new All-Party Commission on Physical Activity of the British...
The new All-Party Commission on Physical Activity of the British government has released a report which estimates at £20 billion (€24.27bn-$33.61bn) the annual cost to the country of the lack physical exercise by its population. It calculates that about 37,000 deaths could be avoided each year if people were physically more ...
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European importers may be able to recover some of...
European importers may be able to recover some of the anti-dumping duties that they had to pay for shoes sourced in China and Vietnam. Responding to a complaint filed by Puma, the financial court of Munich has formally asked the European Court of Justice to issue a verdict on ...
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Peak Performance, founding member of the Scandinavian Outdoor Group, SOG,...
Peak Performance, founding member of the Scandinavian Outdoor Group, SOG, is back as a new member from this year together with Cintamani, a brand of outdoor apparel from Iceland; Exel from Finland; Ulvang, a wool brand from Norway and Röjk from Sweden. The SOG now has a total of 39 ...
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Primaloft, which is growing faster than when it was part...
Primaloft, which is growing faster than when it was part of Albany International, has various new projects in the pipeline for fibers that will retain body heat and harness the heat from the sun. The company has also taken over its agents in Russia and Scandinavia, and it is launching ...
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As we have previously reported, the European Federation of the...
As we have previously reported, the European Federation of the Sporting Goods Industry, Fesi, has become very active in its lobbying efforts in Brussels. A few days ago, it held a couple of important meetings with key personalities of the European Commission and the European Parliament that should lead to ...
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Frank Dassler, general counsel and chief compliance officer at the...
Frank Dassler, general counsel and chief compliance officer at the Adidas Group, was unanimously elected for a three-year term as president of the World Federation of the Sporting Goods Industry (WFSGI) during the organization's annual assembly just before the recent Ispo Munich fair, as expected. Dassler was most recently the ...
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Two lifestyle brands, Napapijri and Calamar, are adopting Gore-Tex membranes...
Two lifestyle brands, Napapijri and Calamar, are adopting Gore-Tex membranes for their autumn/winter 2014/15 collections
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Freewaters, the California-based maker of beach style shoes and sandals,...
Freewaters, the California-based maker of beach style shoes and sandals, will partner with Therm-a-Rest and Cascade Designs to provide real-world lessons on water science and purification for high school students in Ventura County, California, starting in May. Sales of Freewaters shoes featuring Therm-a-Rest insoles will support the project. Volunteers will ...
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The Outdoor Industries Women's Coalition (OIWC) has announced the winners...
The Outdoor Industries Women's Coalition (OIWC) has announced the winners of its 2014 Pioneering Woman and First Ascent awards. Sally Jewell, 51st U.S. Secretary of the Interior and former chief executive of REI, has won the Pioneering Women Award and Elizabeth Averbeck, director of sales and marketing at Active Interest ...
