All Outdoor Industry Compass articles in Volume 12, Issue 1-2 – Page 3
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Haglöfs, the Swedish outdoor company, began supplying the SportScheck ski...
Haglöfs, the Swedish outdoor company, began supplying the SportScheck ski school, Vivalpin, with products from its apparel collections at the beginning of this year. Haglöfs and Vivalpin made their initial contacts in May 2018, when Vivalpin provided mountain guides for SportScheck's “Consumer Activation” event. Haglöfs is trying to build brand awareness in ...
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David Parker has been made chief financial and operating officer...
David Parker has been made chief financial and operating officer at Pacific Market International (PMI), the manufacturer of food and beverage containers. Parker will be in charge of the company's finances, supply chain, IT, legal department and business transformation. He will report to Bob Keller, PMI's chief executive. Parker has ...
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Oboz Footwear has signed a one-year sponsorship deal to become...
Oboz Footwear has signed a one-year sponsorship deal to become the exclusive footwear supplier for the Mount Washington Observatory (MWO). The MWO's staff will be testing Oboz' footwear as they track the weather on and around New England's highest mountain. In exchange, Oboz will have access to the MWO's summit ...
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Black Diamond Equipment and its sister brand Pieps have become...
Black Diamond Equipment and its sister brand Pieps have become the official suppliers and safety partners for the Freeride World Tour for the next three years. They will be providing the athletes with tools, such as airbags, beacons, shovels and probes, and organizing safety workshops during events, such as the ...
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Black Diamond Equipment has become the exclusive brand partner of...
Black Diamond Equipment has become the exclusive brand partner of Whisper Ridge, an expansive ski resort in Utah, about an hour north of Salt Lake City. Whisper Ridge specializes in heli- and cat-skiing, using its two helicopters and a fleet of snowcats. Black Diamond, which is based in Utah, will ...
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Helly Hansen, Houdine, LL Bean, Norrøna and Vaude are the...
Helly Hansen, Houdine, LL Bean, Norrøna and Vaude are the first companies set to adopt Primaloft's new recycled, biodegradable, synthetic insulation, Pimaloft Bio
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Treksta, the big manufacturer of outdoor shoes based in South...
Treksta, the big manufacturer of outdoor shoes based in South Korea, has developed the first shoes that incorporate retractable crampons in the soles, using a specially engineered mechanism that works with a small dial. The grip spikes are controlled in and out by simply turning a dial at the side. ...
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Paul Golbert, the founder of Pajar Canada, passed away on...
Paul Golbert, the founder of Pajar Canada, passed away on Dec. 25, at the age of 92. Pajar Canada, founded in 1963, is a five-generation family-owned footwear and outerwear company based in Montreal. Golbert was born in France in a shoemaking family, and emigrated to Canada in the 1950s, starting ...
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Craft has won two Ispo Gold Awards this season for...
Craft has won two Ispo Gold Awards this season for an innovative hood and a running sweater
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Laurent Vanat, the authoritative consultant based in Switzerland, has put...
Laurent Vanat, the authoritative consultant based in Switzerland, has put out a call for crowdfunding of the forthcoming 2019 issue of his International Report on Snow & Mountain Tourism, which is due to be released in April. Contributors of any amount over the technical minimum will be listed in the ...
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The European Outdoor Conservation Association (Eoca) is planning to launch...
The European Outdoor Conservation Association (Eoca) is planning to launch a new project to reduce everyday single-use plastics, called Plastic Free – Mountain to Sea. It has convened its members to an extraordinary meeting during the Ispo trade show in Munich to vote about the proposed addition of two new ...
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Fjällräven assigned Dean Polic to the position of country manager...
Fjällräven assigned Dean Polic to the position of country manager for Germany at the beginning of this year. He succeeds Lars Ryslev, who is taking the newly created position of head of global sales for Central Europe at Fenix Outdoor, parent company of Fjällräven. Polic, 47, will be leading Fjällräven's German ...
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Arc’teryx starts gear-lending program
Arc'teryx, the fast-growing Canadian outdoor brand of the Amer Sports group, is launching an initiative across its North American stores and one in London that gives customers the opportunity to borrow apparel and gear for field testing.The program is meant to allay fears that the product and its materials might ...
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Dachstein has expanded its marketing department with the appointment of...
Dachstein has expanded its marketing department with the appointment of a new manager, the 29-year-old Romana Georg, in charge of online and social media
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Schöffel has appointed Peter Sontheimer to lead product development. Before...
Schöffel has appointed Peter Sontheimer to lead product development. Before joining Schöffel, Sontheimer worked for Ziener, where he was chief executive and head of product management, design and purchasing. Sontheimer also worked for over two decades at Vaude. At Schöffel, he will both lead the product management, design, technical development ...
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Timberland appointed Marc Martin to the newly created position of...
Timberland appointed Marc Martin to the newly created position of field sales manager for Germany, Austria and Switzerland on Jan. 1. In addition to overseeing all product categories sold in specialist stores in those countries, Martin will lead Timberland's entire specialist trade team for German-speaking countries. He will report directly ...
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Ternua, the producer of mountaineering apparel headquartered in Spain's Basque...
Ternua, the producer of mountaineering apparel headquartered in Spain's Basque Country, is sponsoring Chus Lago, Verónica Romero and Rocío García as they cross the 630 kilometers of ice on Lake Baikal, the earth's oldest, deepest and most voluminous body of freshwater. They will be the first women ever to do ...
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Mammut has joined the Sustainable Apparel Coalition (SAC), the clothing,...
Mammut has joined the Sustainable Apparel Coalition (SAC), the clothing, footwear and textile industry alliance for sustainable production. The Swiss outdoor brand will now begin the progressive implementation of the SAC's Higg Index, a set of standardized tools with which industry stakeholders can measure the sustainability performance of suppliers, brands ...
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Suunto is opening its doors to app makers
To expand its “digital ecosystem,” Suunto, the maker of sports watches, dive computers and precision instruments owned by Amer Sports, has announced what it calls the Suunto Partner Program. The company has opened its cloud-based application programming interface (API) to encourage companies and other individuals to design apps to work ...
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Columbia Sportswear has announced the opening of its European flagship...
Columbia Sportswear has announced the opening of its European flagship store in London in early 2019. The 230-square-meter store, on two levels, will be located on the iconic Carnaby Street. The company, which celebrated its 80th anniversary last year, said it will provide further details on the store prior to ...
