All Outdoor Industry Compass articles in Volume 11, Issue 1-2 – Page 4

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    Gregory Mountain has a new agent for the Spanish outdoor...

    2018-01-22T00:00:00Z

    Gregory Mountain has a new agent for the Spanish outdoor retail channel, starting with the autumn/winter 2018/19 season, taking the place of Climb Tools. It's Fermun Sports, the agency of Josep Muntal, which already took on recently the representation of Dachstein in the country. Its brand portfolio already includes Guidetti's ...

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    Multi-party alliance against microplastic pollution

    2018-01-22T00:00:00Z

    The European Outdoor Group (EOG) has teamed up with several other European organizations in the value chain of apparel production and maintenance, to work together on effective and economically feasible measures to tackle microplastic pollution.The other parties in the agreement are the European Textile and Apparel Confederation (Euratex), the European ...

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    JD Sports Fashion outperforms again

    2018-01-22T00:00:00Z

    JD Sports Fashion has continued to perform strongly in recent weeks, allowing the owner of Blacks, Millets, Go Outdoors and other sports and outdoor stores to report increased comparable sales and guidance above market expectations for the full fiscal year to Feb. 3.The group said last week that comparable store ...

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    Eagle Creek has strengthened its European team with the addition...

    2018-01-22T00:00:00Z

    Eagle Creek has strengthened its European team with the addition of three new managers in key positions at its headquarters in Midleton, Ireland. The producer of travel bags and backpacks from southern California has appointed Parvati Sauer to the newly created position of eCom specialist, Benjamin Rex as its new ...

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    Blackyak has reorganized its sales in Germany, adding three agencies...

    2018-01-22T00:00:00Z

    Blackyak has reorganized its sales in Germany, adding three agencies to cover the country. This comes just a few weeks after the appointment of Harald Siebold as European sales director. The German market was previously covered by the Blackyak team in Munich, with Marcus Ehlig as sales manager for Germany ...

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    Wayne Edy, the founder of Inov 8, has acquired a...

    2018-01-22T00:00:00Z

    Wayne Edy, the founder of Inov 8, has acquired a 25 percent stake in Garmont International from Veneto Sviluppo, the regional investment fund that joined Prisma 2 in its takeover in 2014. Edy has been successfully distributing Garmont's military boots in the U.S. for many years through a firm in ...

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    Clim8, an ingredient brand offering a self-regulating thermal function, reached...

    2018-01-22T00:00:00Z

    Clim8, an ingredient brand offering a self-regulating thermal function, reached consumers for the first time in November in a range launched by K2, the South Korean outdoor brand. Clim8 is the ingredient brand that was launched last year by partners including Florian Miguet, formerly in charge of the Salewa and ...

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    Tradeinn’s sales reach €120 million

    2018-01-22T00:00:00Z

    Tradeinn, the leading online sports retailer in Spain, has raised its sales by about 50 percent to €120 million last year, as it improved its retail platform and continued to expand the number of sports categories covered.The turnover figure was reported to EFE, the Spanish news agency, by David Martín, ...

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    Nine members of the 12 members of the advisory board...

    2018-01-22T00:00:00Z

    Nine members of the 12 members of the advisory board of the U.S. National Park System have resigned because they feel they have been ignored by Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke. They criticize in particular the role he played in downsizing the Bears Ears National Monument and other protected lands, as ...

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    Sanitized is introducing Odoractiv 10, an odor-management antimicrobial product for...

    2018-01-22T00:00:00Z

    Sanitized is introducing Odoractiv 10, an odor-management antimicrobial product for functional polyester textiles. According to the Swiss specialist in antimicrobial hygiene function, Odoractiv 10 has a dual-action effect. It prevents the bacteria from attaching to the textile and at the same time, it absorbs odors whilst the garment is being ...