All Outdoor Industry Compass articles in Volume 11, Issue 11-12 – Page 2
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Fischer buys One Way Sport, Asics expands in the Nordics
Fischer Sports has acquired the trademarks, patents and other intellectual property rights of One Way Sport, a major Finnish-based producer of cross-country ski poles that diversified into many other sectors during the 14 years of its existence. Using its know-how in the use of composite materials and its international sales ...
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Haglöfs has reinforced its global marketing department with the appointment...
Haglöfs has reinforced its global marketing department with the appointment of Amanda Kähler as Nordic marketing manager, and Spencer Shander as global public relations and social media specialist. Both are new positions at the Swedish outdoor company. Kähler previously worked as business manager at Valio, after other leading functions at ...
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Christian Fischer has been appointed as the new product manager...
Christian Fischer has been appointed as the new product manager for Central Europe at Ecco. From July, the 41-year-old replaces Annette Wächtler, who will continue to work as senior category manager for Ecco's shoe collection for women at the company's headquarters in Denmark. Before joining Ecco, Fischer worked for the ...
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Christina Völlinger has been appointed as head of marketing at...
Christina Völlinger has been appointed as head of marketing at Deuter, after about ten years at the Adidas Group. She spent nearly five years as senior global communication manager in the group's outdoor division, and briefly worked as brand communication strategy consultant for Adidas Terrex. Völlinger joined the German backpack ...
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Dam, a brand of Svendsen Sport, has appointed Michael Unger...
Dam, a brand of Svendsen Sport, has appointed Michael Unger as its new managing director. Unger is a well-known name within the European fishing tackle industry. He has previously served as general manager of Pure Fishing Deutschland for the Germany, Austria and Switzerland (DACH) region.
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TNF launches “refurbished” apparel
The North Face has launched a pilot program to sell “refurbished” apparel, as part of its efforts to prolong the use of its products and to support the circular economy.The North Face Renewed is a range of garments sourced from returned, defective or damaged apparel, which has been inspected, cleaned ...
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Eoca announces funding for nine projects
The European Outdoor Conservation Association (Eoca) has unveiled the next nine projects it will be funding.“10,000 native trees for Froxán community, Spain” was nominated by Snugpak and chosen by public vote. This project will remove acacia and eucalyptus trees from 20 hectares and plant 10,000 native trees to restore natural ...
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Pentland Brands has announced the launch of an in-house brand...
Pentland Brands has announced the launch of an in-house brand building academy for its new marketing and creative staff. Pentland, a British family-owned business, is the mother company of well-known sporting brands like Speedo, Berghaus and Canterbury. The decision follows a major recruitment drive across its marketing, digital and creative ...
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Magnus Welander, Thule's chief executive, has been announced by the...
Magnus Welander, Thule's chief executive, has been announced by the European Outdoor Group as one of the keynote speakers at this year's European Outdoor Summit (EOS), which will take place in Malmö on Sept. 19-20. Thule has become an integral part of the outdoor industry in the last years as ...
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Ternua has announced the launch of the NutCycle project. The...
Ternua has announced the launch of the NutCycle project. The company has been collecting nut shells from cider houses in Gipuzkoa, a province of Spain and a territory of the Basque Country, and is using them to make dye. The natural dye is being used by Ternua to manufacture eco-sustainable ...
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The European Outdoor Group (EOG) has announced that two more...
The European Outdoor Group (EOG) has announced that two more national associations have adopted its Sustainability Charter. These include the Outdoor Industries Association (OIA) and Outdoor Sports Valley (OSV). By pledging their support to the charter, the two organizations are committing to pursue best practice in corporate citizenship, responsibility and ...
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The European Outdoor Group (EOG) had announced earlier that The...
The European Outdoor Group (EOG) had announced earlier that The Scandinavian Outdoor Group (SOG) had also signed up to support its sustainability charter. The move was unanimously agreed at the SOG's recent annual meeting, so that pursuing the aspirations set out in the charter has become part of the membership ...
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The European Commission has announced a proposal to tackle the...
The European Commission has announced a proposal to tackle the issue of abandoned fishing gear (nets, pots, lines, traps, etc.). In a wide-ranging statement about how to reduce marine litter on May 28, the Commission said it will require producers of fishing gear containing plastics to cover the costs of ...
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Columbia Sportswear has announced the appointment of Andrew Burns to...
Columbia Sportswear has announced the appointment of Andrew Burns to the new role of “director of investor relations and competitive intelligence.” He takes on some of the responsibilities of Christian Buss, who was named director of investor relations at the beginning of this year and recently left the group to ...
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Eddie Bauer and Pacific Sunwear, two struggling American retail chains...
Eddie Bauer and Pacific Sunwear, two struggling American retail chains that together have a total of 700 stores, are being merged into a single operation for all their back-office functions. They were both taken over by Golden Gate Capital through bankruptcy auctions.
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IDC Capital, a New York-based investment fund that has already...
IDC Capital, a New York-based investment fund that has already made many important investments in Chinese companies, has acquired a stake of nearly 20 percent in the Rossignol Group. One of the goals is to help the French company to optimize its penetration of the growing Chinese market for winter ...
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Keen Footwear is planning to adopt a new manufacturing process...
Keen Footwear is planning to adopt a new manufacturing process for its shoes that requires no stitching, no lasting and no assembly, called 3D bonding. Using an injection machine, a 3D mold and a countermold, the process takes only a few seconds and can be applied to all kinds of ...
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VF Corporation has announced the completion of its acquisition of...
VF Corporation has announced the completion of its acquisition of Altra from Icon Health & Fitness
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Eoca celebrates recent achievements at OutDoor
The European Outdoor Conservation Association (Eoca) has announced that its members have planted two million trees in two years. This milestone will be celebrated at the OutDoor trade show in Friedrichshafen, Germany, on June 17-20. Eoca said that the target was in fact surpassed, with the planting of 2,081,276 trees. ...
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Sport Achat will not have an edition in the city...
Sport Achat will not have an edition in the city of Nantes this coming September. The B2B event in France's West, organized by Sportair, was originally launched in 2016. At its inaugural edition, it saw the participation of 243 brands and 576 visitors, but the 2017 Nantes show registered a ...
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