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    Forward Outdoor Apparel adds McWilliam and Ducruet to management team

    2024-01-03T08:34:00Z

    Forward Outdoor Apparel, a Verbier-based outerwear brand for skiers, snowboarders, bikers and hikers that is part of Global Development Co., has appointed a new management team to lead the launch of its next apparel line for FW24/25. Tony McWilliam was appointed Global Brand Director. As the founder of Faction ...

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    Thule’s SVP Corporate Communications is leaving the company

    2024-01-03T07:56:00Z

    Fredrik Erlandsson has informed the Swedish Thule Group that he will be leaving his position as Senior Vice President Corporate Communications and Investor Relations to take over responsibility for corporate communications and investor relations at the Swedish energy technology company NIBE Industrier and become part of the Group’s Executive Board. ...

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    Sport Achat Hiver to be held end of January, FOA 2024

    2024-01-02T12:03:00Z

    The French trade show Sport Achat Hiver will take place this year from January 29 to 31 at the Alpexpo in Grenoble. The event will welcome over 4,000 professionals from the outdoor industry to the 20,000 sqm exhibition center. If you would like to attend Sport Achat ...

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    USWE enters liquidity guarantee agreement with Pareto Securities

    2024-01-02T11:39:00Z

    USWE Sports AB, the Swedish parent company of USWE, Void Cycling and Giant Loop, has entered into a liquidity guarantee agreement with Oslo-based Pareto Securities AB. Pareto Securities will assume the function of liquidity provider on Jan. 2, 2024. The obligation takes place within the framework of Nasdaq First North ...

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    Infinited Fiber starts cooperation negotiations with employees

    2024-01-02T10:33:00Z

    Finland-based textile technology specialist Infinited Fiber said it started cooperation negotiations at the end of December concerning the personnel of the parent company Infinited Fiber Company Oy and its subsidiary Infinited Fiber Kemi Oy. The aim of the talks is to find solutions to adapt the company’s cost structure and ...

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    Rapala divests injection molding business

    2024-01-02T10:22:00Z

    Finnish fishing tackle manufacturer Rapala VMC Corporation has sold its entire injection molding business to Muottituote Group Oy, a Finnish manufacturer of molds and injection molded parts, in an agreement signed on Dec. 22, 2023. With the transaction, Muottituote acquired the real estate of Rapala VMC’s subsidiary KL-Teho Oy in ...

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    Lawton takes over as CFO of Thule Group

    2024-01-02T08:36:00Z

    Source: Thule Toby Lawton As already announced in July 2023, Toby Lawton took over the role of CFO of the Swedish Thule Group with the start of 2024. He succeeds Jonas Lindqvist. Lawton was most recently CFO at the Swedish textile recycling company Renewcell. At Renewcell, former ...

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    Bleed enters insolvency

    2023-12-28T08:39:00Z

    Despite intensive efforts, Bleed has not been able to find a solution for its continuation to date, the company announced in a newsletter issued shortly after Christmas. As a result, the sustainable outdoor brand from southern Germany will be insolvent from January 2024. Since the team around owner Michael Spitzbarth ...

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    Green Week: Deuter donates €7,000 to Patron Plasticfree Peaks

    2023-12-22T13:09:00Z

    Instead of promoting consumption through discounts, Deuter has once again made a sustainability statement this year during Green Week. The German company has donated 10 percent of its online sales from Nov. 20-26, 2023, to the non-profit organization Patron Plasticfree Peaks, which campaigns for a clean environment, raising a total ...

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    Millet opens new concept store in the heart of Paris

    2023-12-22T10:43:00Z

    French brand Millet has inaugurated a new store in Paris. The “Millet Camp De Base” (French for base camp), a new retail concept dedicated to the greatest names in mountaineering, is located at 10 rue du Vieux Colombier in the elegant 6th arrondissement. The 260-sqm store celebrates Reinhold Messner, Walter ...

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    Management transition at Dale of Norway and Woolland

    2023-12-22T10:24:00Z

    After a record year for Dale of Norway, Anette Juel Knudtzon is leaving the company after 6 years as CEO of Woolland AS as well as 4 years as CEO of Dale. On Feb. 1, she will take over as CEO of IsaNor Invest. According to Norsk Sportsbransjeforening, Dale of ...

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    66°North opens US headquarters, announces executive appointments

    2023-12-22T09:51:00Z

    66°North, an Iceland-based sustainable outerwear brand, is opening a US headquarters in New York City as part of its global expansion plans. Justin Warren has been named Sales Director for North America, where he will also establish the New York office and oversee the launch of wholesale in the US ...

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    Renewcell secures €9m capital injection for short-term liquidity

    2023-12-22T09:30:00Z

    Swedish textile-to-textile recycling company Renewcell has entered into two short-term loans with its main shareholders, H&M Fashion AB and Girincubator AB, and – through waivers and amendments to the company’s existing financial agreements – with its existing lenders BNP Paribas, European Investment Bank (EIB), Nordea Bank Abp and AB Svensk ...

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    Rapala buys remaining shares in DQC International, takes over 13 Fishing

    2023-12-22T09:29:00Z

    Rapala VMC has acquired James Coble’s remaining 40 percent stake in DQC International, the owner of the 13 Fishing rod and reel brand. The Finnish company, which has been distributing 13 Fishing rods and reels outside the US for almost four years, had increased its stake in DQC to 60 ...

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    Hanwag appoints Senior Sales Manager for Germany

    2023-12-22T07:31:00Z

    The hiking and mountaineering boot manufacturer Hanwag, part of Fenix Outdoor AB, is expanding its sales team in Germany.

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    CoDi receives $75.2m equity investment

    2023-12-22T07:05:00Z

    Compass Diversified (CoDi), the Connecticut-based owner PrimaLoft, Boa Technology, 5.11 and Velocity Outdoor, completed a $75.2 million private placement offering of approximately 3.6 million of its common shares to an Allspring Global Investments mutual fund for $21.18 per share. “We are thrilled to receive this substantial investment from Allspring,” commented ...

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    ​Hövding files for bankruptcy

    2023-12-21T16:21:00Z

    The Board of Directors of Hövding Sverige AB has decided to file for bankruptcy. The bankruptcy application has been submitted to Malmö District Court on December 21, 2023. As reported before, the reason for the bankruptcy application is that the Swedish Consumer Protection Agency on Nov. 1, 2023, imposed a ...

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    Wolverine Worldwide appoints Chief Supply Chain Officer, Zwiers to leave company

    2023-12-21T16:21:00Z

    Wolverine World Wide, Inc. has announced the appointment of Bishu Jayaram to the newly created position of Chief Supply Chain Officer. In this position, he will be responsible for global sourcing, distribution, logistics and integrated planning – a critical role in the company’s ongoing transformation into a consumer-centric growth company. ...

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    TCA names 2023 Confluence Grantees

    2023-12-21T14:51:00Z

    The Conservation Alliance (TCA), a US coalition of like-minded member organizations working to protect wilderness and natural areas, announced the recipients of its 2023 Confluence Grant Program: Alabama River Diversity Network, Battery Island Drive Neighborhood Association, People of Red Mountain and Northern Chumash Tribal Council. The Confluence Grant Program, which ...

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    UNIDO and Fair Trade International team up for sustainable supply chains

    2023-12-21T06:59:00Z

    Gunther Beger, managing director of United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), and Sandra Uwera Murasa, global CEO of Fair Trade International, have inked a new joint declaration at COP28 in Dubai on Dec. 10. In the declaration, UNIDO and Fairtrade reiterate their shared commitment to promoting sustainable supply chains and ...