All Outdoor Industry Compass articles in Volume 10, Issue 22-23 – Page 3
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Snow Factory, a Barcelona-based distribution firm selling brands such as...
Snow Factory, a Barcelona-based distribution firm selling brands such as La Sportiva, Icebreaker and Zoggs, has sealed a partnership with Ferrino to sell the Italian brand of backpacks in Spain, Portugal and Andorra from September 2018. Ferrino is currently sold in Spain by Vertical, another Spanish distribution company that deals ...
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Tobias Baier has been appointed as country manager for Osprey...
Tobias Baier has been appointed as country manager for Osprey in Germany, a new position. Baier has been in the outdoor and sports industry for several years, working for brands from Zimtstern to Five Ten, Arc'teryx, Columbia and the Oberalp Group. He joined Osprey last year to become distributor brand ...
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Merrell has appointed a new chief marketing officer, Strick Walker,...
Merrell has appointed a new chief marketing officer, Strick Walker, and a new senior product director for active lifestyle, Johanna Koeberle. Walker comes from Spindrift Beverage company, where he had a similar job. He worked previously for Patagonia and Converse. Koeberle is an Adidas veteran who has also worked for ...
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Eoca announces five conservation projects it will support
The European Outdoor Conservation Association (Eoca) received applications from 131 conservation organizations for its autumn funding round. For the third consecutive year, the association held two rounds for the allocation of a total of €300,000 this year, which will support conservation projects with a link to outdoor enthusiasts worldwide.From the ...
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Polartec has announced this year's winners of its Apex Awards,...
Polartec has announced this year's winners of its Apex Awards, showing their products on its website. The winners are Adidas Terrex, Arc'teryx, Blackyak, Burton, Citera, Fox Racing, Mountain Hardwear, Norrøna, Oiselle. P1G-Tac and Taylor Stitch.
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Andre Bachmann will be taking over the leadership of the...
Andre Bachmann will be taking over the leadership of the New Wave Group's subsidiary in Germany from the start of next year, while Karin Ganster is taking up the same function in Austria. They will both replace Holger Hoffmann, who supervised New Wave in both countries until it was decided ...
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Salomon has opened its first single-brand store in Andorra, located...
Salomon has opened its first single-brand store in Andorra, located in the Carlemany shopping center, through the biggest local sports retailer, Viladomat
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Ibex, an American producer of woollen outdoor apparel, is planning...
Ibex, an American producer of woollen outdoor apparel, is planning to shut down, according to SNews. It has already laid off more than half of its 40 employees. Its assets have been taken over to place them in liquidation. After its takeover in 2010 by a private equity firm, North ...
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Fjällräven has appointed Steve Golaszewski as director of Latin America...
Fjällräven has appointed Steve Golaszewski as director of Latin America
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Bruno Sälzer, supervisory board chairman at Amer Sports, has told...
Bruno Sälzer, supervisory board chairman at Amer Sports, has told Handelsblatt that the Finnish group wants to grow through organic expansion as well as acquisitions, for which it has “a few hundred million” euros at its disposal. The company owns 12 brands, and its latest acquisition was Armada, the U.S. ...
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Albrecht Volz has become German sales manager for Hanwag, the...
Albrecht Volz has become German sales manager for Hanwag, the German outdoor footwear company that belongs to the Fenix Outdoor International group, the owner of several other outdoor brands and retailers in Scandinavia and Germany. This comes after the departure of Jürgen Siegwarth, who has been general manager at Hanwag ...
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Aku Italia has been awarded the Environmental Product Declaration (EPD)...
Aku Italia has been awarded the Environmental Product Declaration (EPD) certification for one its products, the Bellamont Plus shoe. The EPD is a registered document that communicates comparable information about the life-cycle environmental impact of products, based on the guidelines on environmental impact of the International EPD System. The Bellamont ...
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The Munich airport has introduced WeChatPay, the Chinese cashless payment...
The Munich airport has introduced WeChatPay, the Chinese cashless payment system, for the benefit of Chinese passengers at its 70 stores. It had already successfully introduced its competitor from Alibaba, Alipay, in July 2016.
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The U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) has agreed to review...
The U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) has agreed to review a complaint by Yeti that Alibaba and certain other online retailers and manufacturers are selling insulated beverage containers that infringe on nine trademarks or design patents that protect its coolers. Besides Alibaba, other companies named in the complaint are several ...
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Munich, Hamburg, Stuttgart and Milan are racing against Friedrichshafen
Five organizers of trade shows have been officially selected by the European Outdoor Group (EOG) as potential candidates to hold the European OutDoor show from 2019 on. Confirming an earlier report, aside from the Milan fair, the four others are all German. In addition to the trade show organizations in ...
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Woolrich is again associating its name with Supreme, the disruptive...
Woolrich is again associating its name with Supreme, the disruptive American brand of skate-inspired streetwear, for a co-branded wool throw blanket with the image of a rather cheeky smiley. Made at the Woolrich Woolen Mill, the oldest facility of the kind in the U.S., the limited edition of about 1,000 ...
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Wolverine raises guidance after better-than-expected results
Wolverine Worldwide reported a drop in revenues of 3.7 percent to $581.3 million for the 13 weeks to Sept. 30. Adjusted revenues, which take into account an extra week added through a change in the financial calendar, were down by 8.0 percent. The year-ago quarter had 12 weeks and ended ...
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Casey Sheahan, who had announced his retirement last month after...
Casey Sheahan, who had announced his retirement last month after one year as president of Keen Footwear, is going back into active duty as chief executive of Simms Fishing Products, while that company's president and majority owner, K.C. Walsh, will become executive board chairman. Sheahan served as president of Patagonia ...
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Garmin has signed up an adventurer and survival expert, Ant...
Garmin has signed up an adventurer and survival expert, Ant Middleton, to endorse its Fénix line of multisport watches
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Sherpa Adventure Gear opened its first flagship store in the...
Sherpa Adventure Gear opened its first flagship store in the U.S. on Nov. 11 in Seattle, where the company is based. Besides its product range, which is largely developed and produced in Nepal, it features Nepalese furniture and decoration, plus pictures of sherpas, one of whom died in an avalanche ...
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