All Outdoor Industry Compass articles in Volume 10, Issue 6-7 – Page 2
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Kristine Tompkins, the former chief executive of Patagonia, has donated...
Kristine Tompkins, the former chief executive of Patagonia, has donated to the government of Chile 1 million acres of land she and her late husband, Doug Tompkins, owned in the country. The donation, which is being labelled as the world's largest donation of privately-held land, is part of a larger ...
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Schöffel has a new person in charge of the product...
Schöffel has a new person in charge of the product management division, Stefan Späth, succeeding German Käsmeier who is leaving the company after 12 years by mutual agreement. He will report directly to the chief executive, Peter Schöffel. Späth worked for 11 years in purchasing and sales for Sport Förg, ...
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Canada Goose goes through the roof
Investors rushed to buy shares in the Canadian company, although some observers have expressed doubts about its ability to internationalize its business and to diversify its product range in the longer term. First offered at a price of 17 Canadian dollars on March 16 on the stock exchanges of Toronto ...
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Jack Wolfskin launched its first social media campaign under the...
Jack Wolfskin launched its first social media campaign under the slogan “Go Backpack” on April 3 in Germany, Austria, Switzerland and the U.K. Customers who have purchased a Jack Wolfskin product accompanied by a special flag can get a refund of €200 if they upload a video of their journey ...
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Sports Direct International, the British parent company of the eponymous...
Sports Direct International, the British parent company of the eponymous sports retail chain and other properties including Karrimor, has agreed in principle with creditors that it will purchase Eastern Outfitters, the American company that owns 86 stores operating as Eastern Mountain Sports (EMS) and Bob's Stores, instead of going through ...
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Grifone, a Spanish brand of outerwear that is regarded as...
Grifone, a Spanish brand of outerwear that is regarded as a local version of Moncler, is reportedly looking again for new investors. Its sales were last reported at €2.1 million in 2011, down from a peak of €6 million around 2010, and they have probably gone down further lately following ...
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Hej International, owner of the Kozi Kidz brand of children's...
Hej International, owner of the Kozi Kidz brand of children's rainwear and distributor of the Wigwam brand in the U.K. aims to set up a logistic warehouse in Rotterdam next year for sales on the European continent. In the next three months, Hej International will start to sell the Wigwam ...
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Zhejiang Haers Vacuum Containers, the Chinese company that bought Sigg...
Zhejiang Haers Vacuum Containers, the Chinese company that bought Sigg Switzerland Bottles a year ago, appointed a new chief executive for the Swiss-based supplier of drink bottles, Antonio Villacampa, last December. Reports indicate that the previous CEO, Stefan Ludewig, left Sigg over differences about its strategic orientation. Villacampa is a ...
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Bernat Clarella is leaving as Spanish country manager for Millet...
Bernat Clarella is leaving as Spanish country manager for Millet after 23 years to start some new, unspecified projects
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Stefan Bernard, who was the German country manager for Garmin...
Stefan Bernard, who was the German country manager for Garmin between the end of 2011 and the end of 2015, will be in charge of strategy and sales and marketing operations for Hoka One One and Teva across Europe, the Middle East and Africa. He will be based in London. ...
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Christian Triquet, who has been most recently president of Merrell...
Christian Triquet, who has been most recently president of Merrell in Canada, will act as interim executive in charge of the Canadian market for Inov-8, the British footwear brand taken over by Descente two years ago. Triquet has been in the sporting goods industry for 30 years, working also for ...
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Christy Raedeke has been promoted from vice president of global...
Christy Raedeke has been promoted from vice president of global brand to executive vice president of global marketing and sales at Cocona, the company behind the 37.5 and Eco-Dri textile technologies
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Management reshuffling at BD
Black Diamond Equipment (BDE) has promoted Stephan Hagenbusch to be responsible for Europe, following a successful move of the company's European operations from Basel to Innsbruck last June. He replaces Tim Bantle, who left the group at the end of February, going back to the U.S.Besides taking full responsibility for ...
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Artcrafts International is taking over the distribution of Hoka One...
Artcrafts International is taking over the distribution of Hoka One One in Italy from ABC Distribution. Artcrafts is already the Italian distributor for Teva, which belongs to Deckers Brands as does Hoka. It also distributes Crocs and Toms in the market, and it has several brands of lifestyle footwear (more ...
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Smith replaces Arens to lead The North Face in Europe
Kath Smith has been appointed vice president and general manager for The North Face in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) from the end of March, at the company's European head office in Switzerland. After assignments with international consumer goods companies such as Mars, Diageo and the Adidas Group, ...
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Hilary Hartley has been appointed by Victorinox as president of...
Hilary Hartley has been appointed by Victorinox as president of North America. He will report to Patrick Hardy, who held the position before on an interim basis and who is now chief executive of the company in charge of global retail and e-commerce. Hartley worked for the last ten years ...
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Jamie Marchbank has been appointed vice president of product at...
Jamie Marchbank has been appointed vice president of product at Eagle Creek. He served most recently as vice president of merchandising and design for Randa's accessories and luggage division, managing product development in the same sector for brands such as Columbia Sportswear, Nautica and Timberland. Prior to that, he led ...
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Polygiene has appointed Haymo Strubel, who previously worked for YKK...
Polygiene has appointed Haymo Strubel, who previously worked for YKK and Sympatex Technologies, as director of commercial operations for Europe. The company has also appointed a new technical director for textile applications, Paul Middleton, who comes from Courtaulds. Polygiene has announced a collaboration with 2XU for use of its odor-control ...
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Buff has appointed Kristin Moynihan Greenbaum as director of sales...
Buff has appointed Kristin Moynihan Greenbaum as director of sales for its U.S. subsidiary. Moynihan has previously worked at Eddie Bauer, Starbucks, Unionbay and Coal Headwear. She has also served as vice-president of sales at Pow.
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Another minority shareholder of Deckers Brands has called for a...
Another minority shareholder of Deckers Brands has called for a sale of the company, charging that it has underperformed in the past three to five years. Mountain Capital Partners, which owns 3.3 percent of the equity, complained in particular about poor capital allocation decisions by Deckers' management, adding that there ...
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