All Legal & Institutional articles – Page 42
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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, ...
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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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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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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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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 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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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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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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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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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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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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Lillsport and Halti have joined the Scandinavian Outdoor Group...
Lillsport and Halti have joined the Scandinavian Outdoor Group
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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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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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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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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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A new European norm for avalanche airbags is tentatively planned...
A new European norm for avalanche airbags is tentatively planned for release in the autumn
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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.
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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 ...
