All Legal & Institutional articles – Page 49
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Bruno Alves, senior director of government and public affairs at...
Bruno Alves, senior director of government and public affairs at Nike Europe, has been unanimously elected as the new president of Fesi, the European sporting goods industry federation of which the European Outdoor Group is a member. He will succeed Frank Dassler, general counsel of Adidas, who is a candidate ...
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Sporaltec, the sports innovation cluster in the Rhône-Alpes region of...
Sporaltec, the sports innovation cluster in the Rhône-Alpes region of France, is asking for financial aid from the government to finance a €400,000 program for the industrialization of two ranges of technical apparel and footwear outdoor products that would be manufactured in France and marketed in the summer of 2015. ...
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Go Outdoors and Design Go have settled their trademark dispute...
Go Outdoors and Design Go have settled their trademark dispute with an agreement that allows both parties to co-exist in the U.K. and elsewhere without the risk of confusion in the branding of their respective products and retail services. The terms of the settlement have not been revealed. Go Outdoors, ...
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Alexey Grebtzov has been elected as the new chairman of...
Alexey Grebtzov has been elected as the new chairman of the Russian Outdoor Group, replacing Alexander Glushkovskiy. Grebtzov is the managing director of Start 1, a company that distributes the products of La Sportiva and Tatonka in Russia. It also has its own brand of outdoor products, Alexika, which produces ...
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At a party celebrating the 20th anniversary of the OutDoor...
At a party celebrating the 20th anniversary of the OutDoor show in Friedrichshafen last month, John Jansen, managing director of Keen Europe and president of the European Outdoor Conservation Association (EOCA), publicly expressed a wish that the European Outdoor Group (EOG) should open itself up to outdoor retailers. He has been ...
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Jennifer Mull has been elected as the new chair of...
Jennifer Mull has been elected as the new chair of the Outdoor Industry Association (OIA) of the U.S., taking the place of Will Manzer, chief executive of Eastern Mountain Sports, following the end of his two-year term. Mull is chief executive and president of Backwoods Inc., a manufacturer and retailer ...
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The Outdoor Industry Association (OIA) of the U.S. is urging...
The Outdoor Industry Association (OIA) of the U.S. is urging members of the U.S. House of Representatives to use “common sense” as they finalize the 2014 budget of the U.S. Department of the Interior. The budget proposal released by the House in March zeroes out funding for the Land and ...
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The European Outdoor Group (EOG) decided at its annual summer...
The European Outdoor Group (EOG) decided at its annual summer meeting earlier this week to appoint a sustainability officer, who is meant to bridge the gap between the outdoor industry and the scientific community. The EOG stressed that alternatives to chemicals such as PFC would have to be developed by ...
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The Italian Outdoor Group (IOG) has become more open and...
The Italian Outdoor Group (IOG) has become more open and more active in the last few months. One of its newest projects is the organization of a contest for the ‘Historical Outdoor Retailer.' The 21 member companies of the group have been invited to submit the names of the store ...
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It seems that NKD's decision to drop Wild Roses, pushing...
It seems that NKD's decision to drop Wild Roses, pushing the Swiss women's apparel company into insolvency (Compass issue 6-10+11 of July 10), was largely due to its own financial problems. Reports from Germany indicate that a German court has launched an investigation into NKD' financial situation because of suspicions ...
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Turkish government agencies secured 2,500 faked Jack Wolfskin products in...
Turkish government agencies secured 2,500 faked Jack Wolfskin products in Istanbul, Antalya and Mugla during a large-scale search. After the suspect was prosecuted, Jack Wolfskin enforced civil claims at a local court in Istanbul. Next to Jack Wolfskin, some other trademark owners reacted with civil claims, as copies of other ...
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FGO, the outdoor section within the German sporting goods industry...
FGO, the outdoor section within the German sporting goods industry federation, BSI, welcomed three new members at the beginning of July. They are Icebreaker, the merino wool brand from New Zealand, Jack Wolfskin, market leader in Germany, and the German subsidiary of Keen, the U.S. brand for sport and outdoor shoes. ...
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The Outdoor Industry Association (OIA) of the U.S. has launched...
The Outdoor Industry Association (OIA) of the U.S. has launched a pilot program to test the equipment module of the Higg Index, the tool developed to give outdoor companies an insight into the supply chain to make their products more sustainable. Some initial feedback is expected by July 15.
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Mark Held, secretary general of the European Outdoor Group (EOG),...
Mark Held, secretary general of the European Outdoor Group (EOG), is a new member of the board of directors of the Fair Wear Foundation (FWF). According to Held, this Dutch-based lobbying group devoted to social fairness in the supply chain for textile and apparel products, wanted to achieve a more ...
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Columbia Sportswear announced on April 16 the final disposition of...
Columbia Sportswear announced on April 16 the final disposition of a lawsuit filed by Innovative Sports of Eugene, Oregon, saying that Innovative Sports had voluntarily dismissed all claims against Columbia and provided written assurances that no future claims would be made against the company. Columbia also said that it made ...
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The International Federation of Sport Climbing (IFSC) and seven other...
The International Federation of Sport Climbing (IFSC) and seven other international sports federations will present their respective candidate sports to the executive board of the International Olympic Committee on May 29 in St. Petersburg, Russia. The body will decide on the same day which of these sports will remain on ...
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The American edition of Sporting Goods Intelligence reports that a...
The American edition of Sporting Goods Intelligence reports that a Californian individual is suing Columbia Sportswear because of the alleged recording of all incoming phone calls to its free service line without informing the caller. The plaintiff is seeking class-action status for his complaint. The man argues that this procedure ...
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Two major U.S. footwear companies, Skechers and Deckers Outdoor Corporation,...
Two major U.S. footwear companies, Skechers and Deckers Outdoor Corporation, the owner of Ugg, Teva and other brands, are subject to a series of cases of alleged misconduct by a staff member of their auditing company, KPMG. Skechers has already announced that it no longer works with KPMG. The separation followed the ...
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W.L. Gore & Associates and Geox, the Italian footwear...
W.L. Gore & Associates and Geox, the Italian footwear brand, have put an end to their disputes regarding Gore's Surround technology and have agreed on a settlement in the case. After Gore's introduction of Surround to the market, there have been legal quarrels in several European countries. The conflict has ...
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The British Outdoor Industries Association has announced major changes on...
The British Outdoor Industries Association has announced major changes on its board of directors. At OIA's annual meeting last week, Corry Taylor of Bradshaw Taylor stepped down from his post as chairman of the U.K. industry's federation, effective March 31, after a full term of service. Simultaneously, Stephen Newlands was ...
