All Outdoor Industry Compass articles in Volume 12, Issue 1-2
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Ortlieb has returned to Ispo Munich as an Ispo Gold...
Ortlieb has returned to Ispo Munich as an Ispo Gold Award winner for its Atrack series of backpacks
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Sierra wins a patent issue in Germany
Sierra Designs, the U.S. producer of camping gear, has announced victory in a dispute in Germany over the intellectual property of its Backcountry Bed, a zipperless sleeping bag that allows campers to sleep on their back, their side or their stomach. The legal victory should help the company to win ...
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Sympatex, the Munich-based maker of high-tech functional materials, will present...
Sympatex, the Munich-based maker of high-tech functional materials, will present the Idea Shoe 4.0 at Ispo Munich on Feb. 3-6. At its exhibition stand, the company will be setting up an actual production line – consisting of a plastic shredder, an extruder and a 3D printer – to demonstrate the ...
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For the next four years, Smartwool, the maker of woolen...
For the next four years, Smartwool, the maker of woolen sports apparel, will supply the official Merino wool base layer, underwear and socks for all 14 of the Alterra Mountain Company's ski lodges in North America: namely, Steamboat, Winter Park, Squaw Valley Alpine Meadows, Mammoth Mountain, June Mountain, Big Bear ...
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Kathmandu, the New Zealand outdoor retailer, is launching its first...
Kathmandu, the New Zealand outdoor retailer, is launching its first global brand campaign, “World Ready.” The aim is to reach European and U.S. consumers as well as people in the brand's domestic markets, New Zealand and Australia. In Europe, Kathmandu plans to focus principally on the German and U.K. market. ...
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In a move that resembles the pull-out of Sport Eybl...
In a move that resembles the pull-out of Sport Eybl from Intersport Austria a few years ago, before its sale to Sports Direct International, Bründl Sports, one of the major Austrian sports retailers, has decided to stop working with Intersport Austria, as of next Sept. 1 (more in the Jan. ...
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New managers for Royal Robbins in Europe and the U.S.
Many new executives have started working for Royal Robbins since the American brand of travel and adventure gear was taken over last March by Fenix Outdoor International, the Swedish group, formally based in Switzerland, that owns Fjällräven, Tierra and other outdoor brands as well as Globetrotter and other outdoor specialty ...
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Marmot Mountain Europe has moved into new headquarters in Frankfurt....
Marmot Mountain Europe has moved into new headquarters in Frankfurt. The U.S. outdoor brand has concluded an internal restructuring that began with its acquisition by Newell Brands in 2016. The parent company has sought to anchor the brand more firmly in its outdoor and recreation division. Jan Schapmann remains Marmot's ...
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New owners, new team for flash-sale e-tailer
Born in 2010 and based in the Southern French city of Montpellier, Private Sport Shop (PSS) claims to have become the only leading destination in Europe for flash sales of discounted performance-oriented sports products, contributing the bulk of an online turnover that grew by about 20 percent to around €100 ...
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A private equity fund, Equinox Partners, has reportedly signed an...
A private equity fund, Equinox Partners, has reportedly signed an agreement in principle to acquire a 40 percent stake in Manifattura Valcismon, the Italian family-owned company that owns three important brands of sports apparel: Castelli for cycling, Karpos for hiking and trekking, and Sportful for cycling and Nordic skiing. The ...
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Edge Technologies Engineering (ETE), the maker of knives, knife sharpeners...
Edge Technologies Engineering (ETE), the maker of knives, knife sharpeners and lights, has acquired Al Mar Knives. Gary Fadden, formerly the company's president, has been made chairman emeritus of Al Mar. He will be attending Shot, the shooting and hunting trade show, and other such events to promote the brand ...
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Duckworth, which makes source-verified, single-origin Merino wool and woolen products...
Duckworth, which makes source-verified, single-origin Merino wool and woolen products entirely in the U.S., has hired Andy Wunsch to be its chief executive. Last November, Wunsch ended a seven-year stint, most recently as business execution leader, at Sitka Gear, maker of hunting apparel and accessories. Before that, he worked for ...
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Leki will be holding events and donating five percent of...
Leki will be holding events and donating five percent of its monthly e-tail revenues to the High Fives Foundation, an American non-profit that champions outdoor activities while drawing attention to life-altering injuries and supporting the injured
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Geo-blocking, selective distribution and other issues related to e-commerce have...
Geo-blocking, selective distribution and other issues related to e-commerce have already been tackled by organizations like the German Cartel Office and the European Federation of the Sporting Goods Industry (Fesi), which has a working group together with the World Federation of the Sporting Goods Industry (WFSGI) on such topics. These ...
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Mammut opens new office in Denver
Mammut has announced that it is opening a new regional sales and marketing office in Denver, Colorado. The management said the move is intended to more closely connect with many key accounts as well as consumers utilizing life-saving avalanche gear. The office, located in the RiNo neighborhood of Denver, will ...
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David Orr, an industry veteran who has worked for Keen,...
David Orr, an industry veteran who has worked for Keen, Timberland and Adidas, has been hired as general manager of Dakine, overseeing all aspects of sales, product creation and operations. He will report to Jonathan Hirshberg, the head of JR286, the company that has been contracted to operate Dakine by ...
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HeiQ has upgraded its family of odor control technologies with...
HeiQ has upgraded its family of odor control technologies with some more sustainable options, including silver-free and recycled silver salt options. The HeiQ Fresh FFL is a bio-based amino sugar polymer that is said to be silver-free and not an anti-microbial. According to the company, the HeiQ Fresh FFL removes ...
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Mixed results for Hydro Flask’s parent company
Sales went up by 11.4 percent in Helen of Troy's Housewares segment, led by Hydro Flask and OXO, in the third quarter ended on Nov. 30. The operating margin of the segment fell by 2.3 percentage points to 23.2 percent due to several factors including higher advertising expenses, higher incentive ...
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Odlo is one of the numerous companies that have received...
Odlo is one of the numerous companies that have received this year's Ispo Gold Award. Its new intelligent thermal regulation technology, I-Thermic, had already received an innovation award in the wearable technologies category at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas in January along with Clim8, a French software ...
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For its urban outdoor collection, Keen has developed a new shoe...
For its urban outdoor collection, Keen has developed a new shoe model, called Innate x Sherpa, together with Sherpa Adventure Gear, the U.S. outdoor brand of garments and accessories from Nepal. The model will be presented for the first time at the Ispo 2019 show in Munich. For each pair ...
