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    The winners of the French Outdoor Awards 2024

    2024-02-27T12:53:00Z

    On Jan. 30, the 22 candidates for the French Outdoor Awards 2023-2024 had the opportunity to present their product or service to a jury of experts, media representatives, representatives of outdoor brands and potential future customers at the Sport Achat 2024 trade show in Grenoble. Four products stood out and ...

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    Campsider raises €2.5 million

    2024-01-20T08:22:00Z

    Campsider, a French e-marketplace that sells second-hand outdoor and sporting goods, has secured €2.1 million in seed funding. The round was led by Founders Future, with Inovexus, Machame, Fair Equity and several business angel investors, including Christian George, the founder of Vestiaire Collective, and Xavier Le Guen, VP of Winter ...

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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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    More candidates for the French Outdoor Awards 2024

    2023-11-13T16:47:00Z

    The French Outdoor Awards (FOA) have unveiled the ten product innovations that have been selected in the second phase of the final selection process for the awards ceremony in January 2024. In total, the jury can now choose between 22 outdoor products that have been designed or developed in France ...

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    Outdoor Sports Valley unveils the start-ups it will support for 2023/24

    2023-07-16T06:19:00Z

    Outdoor Sports Valley (OSV), the French outdoor industry incubator platform and trade association based in Annecy, has announced the names of the start-ups that it will help bring new ideas and products to market in 2023/24. These include: climbing apparel brand Nival; ski-boot brand zUFO; safety alert technology developer Lynkx; ...

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    First 11 candidates for the French Outdoor Awards 2024 announced

    2023-06-02T12:54:00Z

    The first entrants who stand a chance of winning the French Outdoor Awards 2024, organized by the french trade association, the Outdoor Sports Valley (OSV), have been selected. Eleven products have been chosen, in this the first of three rounds. Two more test sessions will follow in the course of ...

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    Seventh French Outdoor Awards: winners 2023 announced

    2023-02-09T14:48:00Z

    Now in its seventh year, the French outdoor manufacturers’ trade association Outdoor Sports Valley (OSV) has picked the most innovative four products from four categories, to be awarded the French Outdoor Award: Source: OSV Relief from Cyclik The competition is open to start-ups as well as multinationals, ...

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    Globetrotter joins jury of the French Outdoor Awards

    2022-11-17T16:00:00Z

    German company Globetrotter is making its debut on the jury for the next French Outdoor Awards. Globetrotter’s business-development manager, Matti Heilmann, will be helping to judge start-ups, one of the four award categories. The award itself will be presented on Feb. 1, 2023, during the Sport Achat trade show by ...

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    Outdoor Sports Valley appoints interim director

    2022-11-17T07:16:00Z

    Outdoor Sports Valley (OSV), the French trade association dedicated to outdoor sports, has appointed Céline Brunel as interim executive director. The decision follows the departure of Benjamin Thaller, the association’s executive director since 2019, in October of this year. A new executive director is expected to be appointed in early ...

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    All 14 candidates for French Outdoor Awards are on display at OutDoor by ISPO

    2022-06-03T08:11:00Z

    The French Outdoor Awards for the 22/23 seasons, organized by Outdoor Sports Valley (OSV), kick off with a product exhibition at the upcoming OutDoor by ISPO. All 14 candidates for the following awards round, which will be ending with an award ceremony in January 2023, are on display at the ...

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    Registration for EOS 2022 now open

    2022-05-20T13:31:00Z

    Delegate registration is now open for the European Outdoor Summit (EOS), held Oct. 6-7 at the Impérial Palace in Annecy, France. The early bird discount is still available until June 30, and booking is available through this link. Members of the European Outdoor Group (EOG) and Outdoor Sports Valley (OSV) ...

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    Campsider raises €2 million in funding round

    2022-04-11T10:59:00Z

    Campsider, a France-based e-marketplace that sells second-hand outdoor sporting goods, has announced that it has carried out a funding round worth €2 million, led by Founders Future and around 20 additional investors. The funds will be used to expand its staff in Annecy and Paris, redesign the website, launch an ...

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    Date for European Outdoor Summit 2022 in Annecy confirmed

    2022-03-16T09:40:00Z

    The European Outdoor Group (EOG) has confirmed that the 8th European Outdoor Summit (EOS) will be held at the Imperial Palace in Annecy, France, on October 6-7, 2022. The event will be the first in-person EOS since Interlaken 2019. The 2020 event was canceled due to Covid-19, and so was ...

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    ​The winners of the French Outdoor Awards 2022

    2022-01-19T11:39:00Z

    Source: OSV Gignoux Mountain, winner of the FOA Innovation Award 2022 The jury of experts appointed by the French trade association Outdoor Sports Valley (OSV) announced the four winners of the French Outdoor Awards (FOA) 2022 on Jan. 15 in Chamonix. While the competition is open to ...

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    French Outdoor Awards 2022 enter last judging round

    2021-12-14T15:05:00Z

    The French Outdoor Awards 2022, organized by the Outdoor Sports Valley (OSV) trade association, have entered their final stage: After the judgment of 18 products in June and September, twelve more aspirants are now undergoing the scrutiny of the testers. The candidates are: The smart glasses AR-1 by Altitude Eyewear, ...

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    EOG supports ISPO’s new trade show calendar - Interview with Arne Strate

    2021-11-18T15:22:00Z

    Source: Arne Strate Arne Strate Following Messe München’s announcement that it will permanently relocate the dates of ISPO Munich and OutDoor by ISPO from 2022, which also includes moving ISPO Munich 2022 from January to November, the European Outdoor Group (EOG) has officially welcomed the announcement. Arne ...

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    Surfrider Foundation hosts OSV Activ’ of May event near Annecy

    2021-04-26T09:03:00Z

    On May 20, the Surfrider Foundation will offer an educational evening for the employees of Outdoor Sports Valley ( OSV ) member companies with a focus on environmental protection. The Surfrider Foundation, which works internationally to protect rivers and waterways, will meet with attendees at the water’s edge ...

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    Annecy Days Summer to take place this June

    2021-04-21T06:34:00Z

    Annecy Days Summer , the French trade event for outdoor and snow sports products, will take place on June 21 and 22, according to Union Sport Cycle and Outdoor Sports Valley ( OSV ). Brands will open the doors of their showrooms in the market village ...

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    European Outdoor Summit and
    OutDoor by ISPO merge in 2021

    2021-03-25T13:17:00Z

    The European Outdoor Group (EOG) has confirmed that this year’s European Outdoor Summit (EOS) will be combined with the OutDoor by ISPO Global Summit Edition from Oct. 5-7 to create one major European outdoor industry event. This year’s EOS was originally to be hosted by Outdoor Sports ...

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    Annecy Days will have a summer 2021 edition

    2021-03-18T13:14:00Z

    Outdoor Sports Valley ( OSV ) announced that the Annecy Days , the French event on outdoor and snow sports products, would have a summer edition this year. The young trade show, whose first edition was held as a winter event in January, will run a summer show this ...