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ArticleAustrian retail associations join forces to prevent bankruptcies
For some of the approximately 950 members represented by the seven specialized trade associations in Austria across different sectors of consumer goods (EK Servicegroup Austria, Interspiel, ModeRing, ANWR Garant Austria, Sport 2000 Österreich, Vedes and Spielzeug-Ring), the current business shutdowns due to the Covid-19 crisis could easily end in bancruptcy. ...
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ArticleRecap of the OIA Annual General Meeting 2020: Climate, Covid-19 and Brexit
by Charles Ross The Outdoor Industries Association (OIA) Annual General Meeting (AGM) started on Monday, March 16, at a time when everything was changing with speed in the UK. Developments with Covid-19 meant that only half the registered delegates turned up to the annual conference. The audience ...
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ArticleIt’s Great Out There Coalition announces first 2020 grants
The It’s Great Out There Coalition, an international non-profit association launched in 2017 by the European Outdoor Group (EOG) and supported by some of the biggest outdoor companies and associations in Europe, has announced details of the first projects that will benefit from its grants program in 2020. Two #itsgreatoutthere ...
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Assosport releases a statement on coronavirus
(Updated March 15) Assosport, the association of the Italian sporting goods industry, has published an open letter to its members from its president, Federico De Ponti, in relation to the coronavirus crisis. In the letter, De Ponti explains that Assosport has taken action through Confindustria, the Italian employers’ federation and ...
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ArticleEOG: New team members and ambitious goals
The European Outdoor Group (EOG), which currently federates 110 of the world’s leading industrial and retail companies from the outdoor sector, has announced its priorities for the coming years. The focus will be on three pillars: Doing business right with the help of business intelligence; preserving the outdoors; and getting ...
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European Outdoor Group invites more retailers to join its ranks
Currently, there are 11 organizations among the 100-plus members of the European Outdoor Group (EOG), which between them represent 24 retail companies with around 2,000 doors (and online sales) in nine European countries.
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Boundaries were redefined at the EOS in Interlaken
One of our senior editors, Wolfgang Greiner, introduced an interesting roster of speakers at the European Outdoor Summit (EOS) that took place in the Swiss city of Interlaken last month. As the only European business publication in the sector, we have decided to deliver a special issue of the Compass ...
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Adventure travel is replacing old-style mass tourism
The era of mass tourism in its present form is coming to an end, stated Chris Doyle, who runs the European unit of the Adventure Travel Trade Association (ATTA), at the European Outdoor Summit (EOS) in Interlaken. Instead, growth in adventure tourism is accelerating worldwide, responding to a growing need ...
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The European Outdoor Forum is now the European Outdoor Summit
Going back to its roots in the French Alps, the next European Outdoor Summit will by hosted in Annecy by Outdoor Sports Valley (OSV) on Oct. 15 and 16, 2020.It was back in 2010 that OSV launched the European Outdoor Forum, in partnership with the European Outdoor Group (EOG). The ...
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The EOS goes full circle as boundaries are redefined
The outdoor market as a whole is growing more slowly than before, as the latest statistics by NPD and the European Outdoor Group (EOG) have shown. For the players in the market, external growth in other categories is one way of coping with the situation, as indicated by Kathmandu's acquisition ...
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ATTA members are working with outdoor suppliers more intensely
About 20 suppliers of outdoor equipment, footwear and apparel participated in the Adventure Travel World Summit (ATWS) organized by the Adventure Travel Trade Association (ATTA) in the Swedish city of Gothenburg on Sept. 16-19. With the cooperation of Ispo, ten of them exhibited their products for the first time during ...
