All Outdoor Industry Compass articles in Volume 10, Issue 12 – Page 2

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    Jonathan Petty has been appointed to the position of head...

    2017-06-16T00:00:00Z

    Jonathan Petty has been appointed to the position of head of marketing at Osprey, starting on June 26 and replacing François Esmenjaud, who left the company after one year. Petty has worked previously as brand manager at Montane since March 2015, responsible for product management and strategic planning. Petty spent ...

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    Confluence Outdoor has appointed Greg Cattrano as vice president of...

    2017-06-16T00:00:00Z

    Confluence Outdoor has appointed Greg Cattrano as vice president of sales, replacing Shelly Moore. He worked for 15 years for Warrior Sports and for Brine Lacrosse, which are owned by New Balance, rising from the position of sales rep to that of general manager.

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    Shawn Neville has been appointed chief executive of Boa Technology,...

    2017-06-16T00:00:00Z

    Shawn Neville has been appointed chief executive of Boa Technology, a company that works with more than 300 firms with its own closure system. The seasoned executive was most recently chief executive and chairman of an American shoe company, Aerosoles. Among other stations, he previously ran Reebok International's operations in ...

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    Garmin International has announced that it has won its patent...

    2017-06-16T00:00:00Z

    Garmin International has announced that it has won its patent dispute with Navico as the previous rulings in the dispute have been reversed by a Federal Court in the U.S. In December 2015, the International Trade Commission (ITC) found that Garmin had infringed patents related to Navico's sonars. The U.S. ...

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    American Outdoor Brands, the company previously called Smith & Wesson,...

    2017-06-16T00:00:00Z

    American Outdoor Brands, the company previously called Smith & Wesson, has decided to set up a new logistics and customer service center, located at a new distribution center in the Columbia area of Boone County, Missouri, as it gets ready to implement a plan to acquire some outdoor brands. The ...

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    Blaise Agresti, who has been global sales director at Petzl...

    2017-06-16T00:00:00Z

    Blaise Agresti, who has been global sales director at Petzl for the last two years, is leaving the company at the end of August. The decision was taken in agreement with the company, as Agresti decided to focus on a promising start-up project. A French mountain guide and former commander ...

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    Sports Direct International has completed the acquisition of Bob's Stores...

    2017-06-16T00:00:00Z

    Sports Direct International has completed the acquisition of Bob's Stores and Eastern Mountain Sports (EMS) in the U.S. The British sporting goods retailer is expected to enter U.S. retailing with 51 stores, of which 21 are EMS and 30 are Bob's. Sports Direct paid $101 million in cash for the ...

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    Woolrich International posts 9% sales growth

    2017-06-16T00:00:00Z

    Woolrich International posted sales of around €169 million for 2016, which represent an increase of 9 percent compared with 2015. The positive performance was driven by sales growth in all distribution channels and main markets. Woolrich International is the holding company created last year from the merger of Woolrich and ...

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    ABC Distribution will again be the Italian distributor of Inov-8,...

    2017-06-16T00:00:00Z

    ABC Distribution will again be the Italian distributor of Inov-8, the British brand of trail running shoes owned by Descente, starting with the spring/summer 2018 season. ABC, which now also sells the backpacks of Ultimate Direction, had taken on the Italian distribution for Hoka One One at the start of ...

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    Hosting more than 500 brands, including many newcomers who were...

    2017-06-16T00:00:00Z

    Hosting more than 500 brands, including many newcomers who were not showing there when it was held at the beginning of September, the Outdoor Trade Show (OTS) is going to feature a new layout for its July 11-13 session at Stoneleigh Park, in Warwickshire. Meanwhile, the Outdoor Industries Association (OIA) of ...

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    Merrell will accompany the launch of its spring/summer 2018 outdoor...

    2017-06-16T00:00:00Z

    Merrell will accompany the launch of its spring/summer 2018 outdoor shoe collections with a campaign around the theme of “Create your Trail.” The collection will include a new version of the Chamaleon shoe with a lighter construction, and a flexible MQM (Moving Quickly in the Mountains) shoe with the Gore-Tex ...