All Outdoor Industry Compass articles in Volume 10, Issue 19 – Page 2

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    Fenix Outdoor buys Friluftsland 

    2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

    The concentration of European outdoor retailing is continuing apace with the acquisition of Friluftsland, one of the leading Danish outdoor retailers, by the owner of Globetrotter in Germany, Naturkompaniet in Sweden and Partioaitta in Finland. Just a few weeks after the A.S. Adventure Group bought McTrek in Germany, the Fenix Outdoor ...

  • News briefs

    Erik Burbank has joined Keen in the position of general...

    2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

    Erik Burbank has joined Keen in the position of general manager in charge of the Outdoor, Lifestyle and Kids categories, based at its head office in Portland, Oregon. He had spent the last seven years in Oslo, working for Helly Hansen as senior vice president of brand and marketing, and ...

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    Outdoor and sports brands join forces to tackle micro-particles

    2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

    The German sporting goods industry association (BSI), the Adidas Group, Polartec and Vaude are taking part in a three-year research project funded by the German federal ministry of education and research, to try and reduce micro-particles shed when textiles made with synthetic fibers are washed.Along with micro-particles from many other ...

  • News briefs

    Walltopia, the big Bulgarian supplier of holds and other equipment...

    2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

    Walltopia, the big Bulgarian supplier of holds and other equipment for indoor climbing walls, announced a 15 percent price increase on all its products and services as of Sept. 19. It said the reasons for this were that its labor costs more than doubled in the last five years, coupled ...

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    Mammut was rated as one of the best brands in...

    2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

    Mammut was rated as one of the best brands in the clothing and textile industry in terms of environmental performance, according to the environmental rating and innovation report for 2017 recently published by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF). The study is entitled “Changing fashion – The clothing and ...

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    CMD Sport reports that Berg Outdoor has developed a range...

    2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

    CMD Sport reports that Berg Outdoor has developed a range of technical mountain sports products to increase sales to specialist retailers around Europe. Berg Outdoor is a brand from Porto that belongs to Sonae Group, owner of the Sport Zone chain of sporting goods stores. Until a few years ago, ...

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    Wolverine sells some military assets

    2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

    Wolverine Worldwide has sold its factory in Big Rapids, Michigan and some other assets related to its business with the U.S. Department of Defense to a smaller firm, the Original Footwear Company. Wolverine says the divestiture will improve the future viability of the Big Rapids facility because small businesses like ...

  • News briefs

    Tor Jenssen has been appointed as chief marketing officer at...

    2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

    Tor Jenssen has been appointed as chief marketing officer at Helly Hansen following the departure of Erik Burbank, who held the job for less than two years but previously covered much the same functions as Helly Hansen's senior vice president of brand and marketing. Jenssen has been with the Norwegian ...

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    Oriol Mercadal has been appointed country sales manager of Helly...

    2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

    Oriol Mercadal has been appointed country sales manager of Helly Hansen for Spain and Portugal

  • News briefs

    Roots, the Canadian-based chain of lifestyle apparel stores, is planning...

    2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

    Roots, the Canadian-based chain of lifestyle apparel stores, is planning to go public on the Toronto Stock Exchange. The public offering comes two years after a private equity firm, Searchlight Capital, acquired a majority stake in the company and appointed a few months later a new chief executive, Jim Gabel, ...

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    Reda Rewoolution, the Italian company specializing in technical apparel made...

    2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

    Reda Rewoolution, the Italian company specializing in technical apparel made of merino wool, has a dedicated chief executive, Luca Martines. The company was previously run by Ercole Botto Poala, the chief executive of its parent company, Reda, which makes merino wool fabrics. With 12 years spent at Yoox-Net-a-Porter in Italy ...

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    Craghoppers, the British producer of travel apparel and equipment, has...

    2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

    Craghoppers, the British producer of travel apparel and equipment, has appointed Patrick Laquer for the recently created position of sales manager for Germany and Austria. He will run a team of four sales representatives in Germany and one in Austria. For the past four years, Laquer worked as key account ...

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    Garmont has announced a new partnership with France's Ensa (Ecole...

    2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

    Garmont has announced a new partnership with France's Ensa (Ecole Nationale de Ski et d'Alpinisme). As part of this collaboration, Ensa guides will field-test Garmont products and provide feedback to enable improvements and future product developments. Among the boots that the Ensa mountain professionals will be using are the Dragontail, ...

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    In a letter to the German chancellor, Angela Merkel, Vaude...

    2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

    In a letter to the German chancellor, Angela Merkel, Vaude said it wants to prevent the deportation of refugees who are working at the company. Nine refugees from Syria, Nigeria, Gambia, Iraq and Afghanistan are currently working at Vaude. Five of them are facing deportation from Germany. In her letter ...

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    W.L. Gore & Associates has been imposed a fine of...

    2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

    W.L. Gore & Associates has been imposed a fine of 3.67 billion South Korean Won (€2.7m-$3.2m) by the Korea Fair Trade Commission for engaging in unfair trade practices in the country, in violation of Article 23 of the Monopoly Regulation and Fair Trade Act. According to the trade regulator, between March ...

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    Conzzeta, the Swiss conglomerate that owns Mammut and FoamPartner, among...

    2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

    Conzzeta, the Swiss conglomerate that owns Mammut and FoamPartner, among other properties has completed the acquisition of Otto Bock Kunststoff, becoming a more important supplier of polyurethane-based foam materials for modern mobility solutions

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    Brian Davidson, director of sales for Nikwax North America, has...

    2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

    Brian Davidson, director of sales for Nikwax North America, has been promoted to be its president, taking the place of Rick Meade after three years in the post

  • News briefs

    Snow + Rock is on the expansion trail again with...

    2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

    Snow + Rock is on the expansion trail again with the reported opening of a store covering about 1,200 square meters at the Bluewater shopping center in Kent in November. The outlet was described by the company as a “statement store,” which will be one of its largest in the ...

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    Craghoppers will showcase its new range of Discovery Adventures graphic...

    2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

    Craghoppers will showcase its new range of Discovery Adventures graphic tees and hoodies at Debenhams' in London. A new Craghoppers and Discovery Adventures space was inaugurated at Debenhams' flagship department store on Oxford Street on Sept. 29, where customers were able to get an exclusive first look at the range. ...

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    Hoka One One is adding a Swedish triathlon champion, Patrik...

    2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

    Hoka One One is adding a Swedish triathlon champion, Patrik Nilsson, to its elite team, joining Cyril Viennot, Charlotte Morel, Boris Stein and Alessandro Degasperi. The 25-year-old has won four Ironman Triathlon races. Hoka is an exclusive sponsor of the Ironman Series.