All Outdoor Industry Compass articles in Volume 11, Issue 3-4 – Page 3
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Axel Brosch has been appointed general manager for Central Europe...
Axel Brosch has been appointed general manager for Central Europe at Oberalp, starting on March 1. He succeeds Christoph Mannel, who resigned unexpectedly from his position in May last year. Benedikt Böhm, general brand manager at Oberalp, assumed Mannel's responsibilities on an interim basis. From Alpbach, a village in the Tirol ...
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Care Plus has appointed Elements as the main distributor of...
Care Plus has appointed Elements as the main distributor of its travel and healthcare products for the outdoor retail sector in the Benelux countries, Germany, Austria and the U.K. Based in Antwerp, Belgium, Elements has been involved with Care Plus for many years as a distribution partner for the ...
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Kabooki, the licensee of the Lego brand for outdoor apparel...
Kabooki, the licensee of the Lego brand for outdoor apparel for children, has a new majority shareholder. Christopher Silcowitz, chief executive of Kabooki, recently acquired 19.8 percent of the company's shares from the Lego group. Just a couple of days later, he was offered 70.1 percent of the shares, which ...
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Trangoworld, the Spanish brand of outdoor apparel and equipment, has...
Trangoworld, the Spanish brand of outdoor apparel and equipment, has started to work with a new distributor for the Czech Republic, Savio, which has been responsible for the current autumn/winter 2017/18 collection. Previously, the Spanish brand was selling directly to a small number of retailers. Trangoworld will also have a ...
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Vibram has announced the opening of a new office in...
Vibram has announced the opening of a new office in Portland, Oregon, to support its clients in this important area of the U.S. for the outdoor industry. It will be run by Joel Enderle, who joins the Italian sole manufacturer after spending more than three decades in product development and ...
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SOG Specialty Knives and Tools has announced the appointment of...
SOG Specialty Knives and Tools has announced the appointment of Chas Fisher as its new vice-president of sales. Fisher has nearly 30 years of experience in the outdoor industry. Prior to joining SOG, he was chief operating officer of Verde Brand Communications. He has also previously served as vice-president of ...
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Pentland Brands has announced the appointment of Chirag Patel as...
Pentland Brands has announced the appointment of Chirag Patel as chief operating officer. This veteran of the group takes over some of the responsibilities of Andy Long, the company's chief executive, who served as COO between 2012 and 2014 and retained the post after his appointment of CEO in 2014. ...
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Mons Royale has announced the opening of a new European...
Mons Royale has announced the opening of a new European office in Innsbruck, Austria, and the appointment of Holger Blomeier as its new European sales and marketing director. Mons Royale, which specializes in merino base layers and clothing, is based in Lake Wanaka, New Zealand, and the new European headquarters ...
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The Outdoor Industries Association (OIA) has announced a new partnership...
The Outdoor Industries Association (OIA) has announced a new partnership with In Kind Direct, a product donation charity, to tackle waste and enhance the social impact of the industry. The collaboration encourages outdoor sports brands to donate surplus products to In Kind Direct, which will distribute the products to grassroots ...
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Strong quarter for Amer
Amer Sports ended the year with a strong quarter for its winter sports, outdoor and fitness products, which made up for weakness in the ball sports business and enabled the Finnish group to report gains in sales for the full year.The group's turnover for the quarter moved up by 4 ...
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Vario Sport has just purchased all shares of Ullfrotté Original,...
Vario Sport has just purchased all shares of Ullfrotté Original, which is the Norwegian distributor of two Swedish brands, Woolpower and Gränfors Bruk. According to Ullfrotté's chief executive, John Sveen, the acquisition is the result of a long and thorough process, with both companies having had the need for a ...
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It would be too long to list all the companies...
It would be too long to list all the companies that got an Ispo Award this time. The winning items were prominently displayed in Hall B1 during last month's Ispo Munich show. Among the outdoor-related brands that got the prize, we could mention Bergans, Craft, Goldwin, Helly-Hansen, Jack Wolfskin, Leki, ...
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Patagonia is launching a new digital platform that aims to...
Patagonia is launching a new digital platform that aims to connect volunteers with environmental activists. Patagonia Action Works, which has been described by Yvon Chouinard as a sort of dating site, gives customers the opportunity to sign petitions that support their respective causes, offer their skills and time for free ...
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Sherpa Adventure Gear presented its new Yatra collection of backpacks...
Sherpa Adventure Gear presented its new Yatra collection of backpacks and accessories at the Ispo show in Munich. For the new collection, Sherpa cooperates with a non-governmental organization, Room to Read. For each item of the Yatra collection sold, Sherpa will donate one schoolbook for a Nepalese child. The collection ...
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More brands adopt Michelin soles
The turnover of JV International, the company that is marketing Michelin technical outsoles for outdoor, sports and work shoes, enjoyed a sales increase of 40 percent in 2017, and its management is targeting similar growth for this year. It still has a long way to go, as its market share ...
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Polygiene announces that Adidas has adopted its “Stay Fresh” odor...
Polygiene announces that Adidas has adopted its “Stay Fresh” odor control technology into its new Terrex CC Voyager range of footwear
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Garmont International, the Italian performance footwear brand for outdoor activities,...
Garmont International, the Italian performance footwear brand for outdoor activities, has announced the arrival of Luigi Rossi Luciani as a new minority shareholder of the company. Rossi Luciani is the founder and president of Carel, a company specializing in energy-saving control solutions for the air conditioning and refrigeration sector. He ...
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Vaude was honored with the Ispo Eco Achievement Brand Award...
Vaude was honored with the Ispo Eco Achievement Brand Award in Munich, at the trade show that was held at the end of January, for its commitment to sustainability. The company said the jury of the award was particularly impressed with the Green Shape Core Collection, an entire collection of ...
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Vaude's sales up 6.3%
Vaude reported at the Ispo show in Munich that its total sales increased by 6.3 percent in 2017 as compared to the previous year. Sales in Germany, the company's domestic market, went up by 7 percent. Else where they grew by 4 percent, down from the 8.7 percent recorded in ...
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Sierra Blair Coyle, a 23-year-odl athlete from Arizona, has joined...
Sierra Blair Coyle, a 23-year-odl athlete from Arizona, has joined the climbing team of Mammut
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