All Outdoor Industry Compass articles in Volume 11, Issue 1-2 – Page 2
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For the third consecutive year, La Sportiva has won an...
For the third consecutive year, La Sportiva has won an FFF – Save The Brand award. This year, the Italian outdoor company has been honored with an award in the category Best Practice Lifestyle Brand for its digital customer experience. The FFF – Save The Brand awards, delivered by ICM ...
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Vaude's Green Shape Core Collection, a selection of sustainable gear,...
Vaude's Green Shape Core Collection, a selection of sustainable gear, is the heart of Vaude's broader Green Shape Collection for winter 2018/19. The Green Shape Core Collection comprises 19 multi-use sustainable products designed for outdoor activities, including apparel, shoes and backpacks. About 90 percent of the materials used to make ...
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Cold snap heats up festive sales at Mountain Warehouse
Reporting on a buoyant holiday season, Mountain Warehouse confirmed that it was preparing to open stores in two new markets in the Netherlands and the Czech Republic in the first quarter.The cold snap in December pushed up sales for the British outdoor retailer, which focuses on its private label products, ...
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Robert Cohen, former vice president of global retail at Patagonia,...
Robert Cohen, former vice president of global retail at Patagonia, is now the chief executive of Earth Treks Climbing & Fitness and Planet Granite Climbing, which merged in November 2017 to form what they claim to be the largest network of climbing gyms in the U.S.
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Vibram is one of the sponsors of Milano Climbing Expo,...
Vibram is one of the sponsors of Milano Climbing Expo, a brand new international climbing event in Milan. The first edition of the show will take place at Rockspot Nordovest in Pero, one of the largest climbing gyms in Europe, on Jan. 19-21. The event will host renowned climbers such ...
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Woolrich International is presenting a capsule collection in collaboration with...
Woolrich International is presenting a capsule collection in collaboration with Aimé Leon Dore, a New York-based men's lifestyle clothing brand, at the current Paris Fashion Week
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The finance director of the Calida Group, Thomas Stöcklin, will...
The finance director of the Calida Group, Thomas Stöcklin, will leave the Swiss company at the end of June 2018. Calida has started the search for a successor to the 47-year-old manager, who joined as a controller in 2005. The Calida Group owns the Calida, Aubade, Millet, Oxbow, Eider and ...
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Rossignol buys Dale of Norway
The Rossignol Group is reinforcing its apparel business through the acquisition of Dale of Norway, the Norwegian brand of sports and outdoor knitwear. The deal was finalized on Dec. 28. The terms were not disclosed.Dale has been most recently the property of Hilde Midthjell, a Norwegian businesswoman who became its ...
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Lyon Equipment, one of the leading distributors in the British...
Lyon Equipment, one of the leading distributors in the British outdoor industry, is expanding its own product range with the Anchora, a single-piece top anchor. The company distributes a range of outdoor brands, from Petzl to Gregory Packs, La Sportiva, Exped, Julbo, Light My Fire and many others, but it ...
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Vibram is bringing out Oslo, a more functional version of...
Vibram is bringing out Oslo, a more functional version of the Vibram Euroshiki, also known as The Wrapping Sole, for the next winter season. The upper is waterproof and the sole incorporates Vibram's Arctic Grip technology for it to be used even on wet ice. Developed for travel and other ...
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Jason Boling has resigned from Cherokee Global Brands, the new...
Jason Boling has resigned from Cherokee Global Brands, the new owner of Hi-Tec, after five years in the position of financial director. Steven Brink has been appointed as his replacement. Brink previously worked as head of finance for an assortment of public and private apparel companies including seven years at ...
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Cotter heads Jack Wolfskin’s board
Jack Wolfskin has adjusted its corporate structure, which has led to the appointment of Richard Cotter as chairman of an advisory board for the German outdoor company's controlling shareholders.The changes come after a financial restructuring package that saw a group of lenders acquire control of Jack Wolfskin in a debt ...
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Bergzeit targets new markets
Bergzeit is set to reach sales of more than €50 million for the fiscal year until the end of February, and large-scale investments in infrastructure and marketing should support plans to expand sales at an annual rate of at least 20 percent in the next few years.The German online outdoor ...
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Dan Green has been promoted to the new position of...
Dan Green has been promoted to the new position of vice president of design at Arc'teryx Equipment after 17 years with the brand. He started at the Canadian company by designing packs, then gloves and then equipment for law enforcement and the Armed Forces before taking the leadership of the ...
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Icebreaker, which has been in the French market for ten...
Icebreaker, which has been in the French market for ten years, has re-opened a store of about 100 square meters in Snell, a famous sports store in Chamonix, using the New Zealand merino wool specialist's latest retail concept and displaying a full range of adventure, training and lifestyle products
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Elias J. Sabo is going to become the new chief...
Elias J. Sabo is going to become the new chief executive of Compass Diversified (Codi) on May 3, replacing Alan B. Offenberg who is retiring after 20 years in the post. Sabo is a founding partner of Codi's management company, Compass Group Management. He was instrumental in the takeover and ...
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Based on multiple criteria, Trangoworld was the best brand of...
Based on multiple criteria, Trangoworld was the best brand of outdoor clothing during the past spring/summer season, according to a survey of retailers conducted by CMD Sport. It was followed by The North Face, Salomon, Mammut and Ternua.
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An Austrian fashion designer, Lena Hoschek, and Dachstein will launch...
An Austrian fashion designer, Lena Hoschek, and Dachstein will launch their first joint shoe collection this August. For Dachstein, it is an opportunity to enter the lifestyle segment of the market. The line includes five different retro models with modern details and functions. Dachstein will handle sales of the line ...
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The Thule Group has opened a new assembly facility of...
The Thule Group has opened a new assembly facility of 13,500 square meters at Pila, in the western part of Poland, to expand its own production capacities in the Sport & Cargo Carriers category and to handle the manufacture of products that were previously subcontracted in the Active with Kids ...
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Lee Young, the long-time project leader of the Asia Outdoor...
Lee Young, the long-time project leader of the Asia Outdoor fair in Nanjing, is taking responsibility also for the Asia Bike, which will take place simultaneously from June 28 to July 1, 2018 in the Chinese city. The two fairs had been scheduled at different dates recently. In 2017, Asia ...
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