PRODUCT & MARKETING
+++ Timberland has introduced new eco-innovative styles with the GreenStride™ Solar Wave ST collection, offering progressive style and lightweight comfort for the summer season
+++ As part of the Partner Program Award 2021 awards ceremony, the MyToys Group, leading online retailer for family shopping in Germany, honored particularly outstanding partners for the second time in a row, with Reima, Finnish outdoor brand for children, winning in the Brand Hero category +++
EXECUTIVE CHANGES
+++ Dion Raven, the owner of Dutch tackle retailer Raven Fishing and the son of the chain’s founder, has left the company, Angling International has reported
+++ Arnaud Benoist has been appointed as head of mountain and outdoor at Sport 2000 France effective July 1st, taking over from Bruno Lenglart, who is retiring
+++ Women’s Wear Daily (WWD) reports it has learned exclusively that Eddie Bauer chief executive officer Damien Huang is leaving the American outdoor brand on May 13
+++ KMD Brands announced that John Harvey – a director of the company since KMD’s initial public offering in 2009 – will retire from the board of directors effective May 31 and will be succeeded by Abby Foote, who joined the board in October 2021
+++ Wes Higgins is GSM Outdoors’ new brand manager for GSM Fishing +++
CSR & SUSTAINABILITY
+++ At the Wings for Life World Run on May 8, 2022, 161,892 participants from 192 nations ran more than 1.2 million kilometers worldwide, raising €4.7 million for spinal cord research +++
LEGAL & INSTITUTIONAL
+++ Hydro Flask, the manufacturer of insulated stainless steel bottles and a brand of Helen of Troy, announces a landmark U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) order protecting Hydro Flask’s intellectual property rights to be enforced by U.S. Customs and Border Protection +++
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