All Outdoor Industry Compass articles in Volume 12, Issue 1-2 – Page 2
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Isbjörn of Sweden, which offers outdoor and ski clothes for...
Isbjörn of Sweden, which offers outdoor and ski clothes for children and teenagers, is launching a new brand profile. The Swedish flag is gone, the font has been modernized and the symbolic polar bear has been replaced with a figure symbolizing energy and joy. The new profile will be launched ...
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Chiruca, the Spanish maker of footwear and other outdoor gear,...
Chiruca, the Spanish maker of footwear and other outdoor gear, is introducing a line of shoe-care products for its current sell-in campaign. In addition to its first-ever shoe deodorant, the company has produced a cleaning brush – effective on both split leather and nubuck – that has a synthetic face ...
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Fritschi Swiss recently took over distribution for Chillaz International, a...
Fritschi Swiss recently took over distribution for Chillaz International, a specialist in climbing apparel, in Switzerland. Fritschi Swiss will start selling Chillaz International to retailers for the 2019/20 winter collections. Adrian Lehmann and Thierry Clerc will be the new contacts for the trade. The climbing-apparel brand was previously distributed by Ibex ...
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Nemo now has a European chief
Tom Ceulemans has been hired by Nemo Equipment to serve as its first European sales manager, reporting to a newly appointed vice president of global sales, Mike Welch. Both have already been connected with the rather original American brand of camping equipment, which has been growing rapidly in recent years, ...
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Microban, which develops chemical treatments for textiles to control odor...
Microban, which develops chemical treatments for textiles to control odor and prevent the spread of microbes, has appointed Maté Dzakula to the post of business development manager for Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA). Dzakula was born in Croatia and raised in Sydney. He will be working out of ...
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Ecco has teamed up with Dow Chemical and Dassault for...
Ecco has teamed up with Dow Chemical and Dassault for a project called Quant-U. With Dow supplying elastomer and Dassault supplying software, the three companies have come up with a midsole that is made of liquid silicone rubber. It can be produced with a 3D printer, fitting the shape and ...
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Salewa is going to sponsor François Cazzanelli, an Italian mountain...
Salewa is going to sponsor François Cazzanelli, an Italian mountain guide whose family has been involved in mountaineering for five generations
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New managers at Camelbak
Vista Outdoor, the parent company of Camelbak, has confirmed the appointment of Dirk Ostertag as its new senior sales director for Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA). The German executive is taking over the responsibility for the region from a British executive, Andy Shand, who was based in London, ...
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Driven by Vans and TNF, VF will not buy Skechers
Skechers' stock market capitalization went up by 6.3 percent after a Tweet message according to which VF Corporation, the parent of Timberland, Vans and other brands, was in advanced negotiations to buy the company at a high premium, giving it an enterprise value of about $6.5 billion.On the next day, ...
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Vibram, inventor of the glove-like FiveFingers shoe, has made Burten...
Vibram, inventor of the glove-like FiveFingers shoe, has made Burten Distribution the exclusive U.S. distributor for its Furoshiki line of footwear. The Furoshiki shoe, also known as the Wrapping Sole, takes inspiration from the Japanese art of furoshiki, in which a given object is wrapped with a single length of ...
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Cotswold Outdoor, the British outdoor retail chain owned by AS...
Cotswold Outdoor, the British outdoor retail chain owned by AS Adventure, has joined the list of partner retailers at Julia Bradbury's The Outdoor Guide. A walking enthusiast, Bradbury co-hosts Countryfile, a television show on BBC1, along with Matt Baker. She has also hosted “Britain's Best Walks” and “Britain's Favourite Walks: ...
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The North Face unveils a breathable waterproof fabric
At this year's Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas earlier this month, The North Face unveiled a new innovative waterproof material – dubbed Futurelight – designed for use in outdoor apparel and equipment. It described this as a revolutionary fabric that is the most waterproof and breathable fabric ever created, ...
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Ispo Munich breaks a new record
Klaus Dittrich, chairman and chief executive of Messe München, delivered the traditional press conference a few days before the start of its Ispo Munich trade show. He began with some bad news, reporting that a worker had fallen from a ladder during the setting-up process and succumbed to his injuries.Fortunately, ...
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Mammut is collaborating with Braun Hamburg, a German retailer of...
Mammut is collaborating with Braun Hamburg, a German retailer of luxury brands like Bottega Veneta, Moncler, Maison Margiela and Santoni. Braun is now managed by a third generation of the Braun family in the person of Lars Braun. It runs two stores in Hamburg, which opened in 1933 and 1976, ...
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Primus and Brunton, two of the outdoor brands owned by...
Primus and Brunton, two of the outdoor brands owned by Fenix Outdoor International, have hired Rebecca Day to be their marketing manager. She will be reporting to Per Wååg, general manager of both Primus North America and Brunton Outdoor. Day was most recently marketing manager at Topo Designs, the Denver-based ...
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The Oberalp Group has streamlined the distribution of its brands...
The Oberalp Group has streamlined the distribution of its brands in the U.K. by appointing Angus McKendrick as U.K. sales manager. He will take care of all its brands except for Wild Country, which has been taken up by a territorial distributor, Beta Climbing Designs. McKendrick, who had previously worked ...
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Scott Sports re-launched the Powderhorn brand of jackets, vests and...
Scott Sports re-launched the Powderhorn brand of jackets, vests and other outerwear at the Pitti Uomo fair in Florence a few weeks ago, followed by presentation at the Premium fashion fair in Berlin and at Ispo Munich. Scott is also presenting the line along with those of Dolomite and Poivre ...
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Garsport is resurrecting the San Marco brand of hiking boots,...
Garsport is resurrecting the San Marco brand of hiking boots, starting with its relaunch for the autumn/winter 2019/20 season, under a licensing agreement with Head. The Italian brand was very popular in the 1980s and 1990s, before it was acquired by the Austrian company, which is now considering a move ...
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JD Sports Fashion, whose holdings including Go Outdoors, Black, Millets...
JD Sports Fashion, whose holdings including Go Outdoors, Black, Millets and other outdoor retail chains in the U.K., is making significant progress in its international development. The British retailer is increasingly optimistic about the international potential of its JD banner, which is already operating in 14 countries outside of the ...
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Crocs is still outperforming, wants to do better
With its financial turnaround virtually completed, Crocs is considering new initiatives in terms of product development and retailing, including the further development of e-commerce, to help reach a double-digit operating margin going forward, while keep gross margins slightly above 50 percent of sales and operating expenses below 40 percent.The company ...
