All Outdoor Industry Compass articles in Volume 12, Issue 17-18
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Maloja opens up shop in Vermont
Catering to the local community of outdoor enthusiasts, Maloja, the German brand of functional apparel with cool designs, is opening its first American flagship store in Stowe, Vermont, on Sept. 28. In the U.S., where the company has a subsidiary that handles sales to more than 170 retail stores in ...
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Kastel opens an inter-active store in Oslo
Another former manager of Viking Outdoor Footwear, Andreas Malo Dyb, wanted to do something different, so he launched his own brand of sneakers, called Kastel, eight years ago, working for a while with a temporary showroom in a container. It was more of a relaunch: Kastel was actually born in ...
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Sympatex will start serial production of its thermo-formed waterproof inner...
Sympatex will start serial production of its thermo-formed waterproof inner shoe Utmospheric in early 2020. The company has completed prototyping with its clients but still has manufacturing slots available for partners looking to enter retail sales with Utmospheric in the winter of 2020/2021. The new facility's production capacity is capped ...
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Two new members have joined the Scandinavian Outdoor Group this...
Two new members have joined the Scandinavian Outdoor Group this past summer. They are Nordisk from Denmark and Øyo from Norway. Founded in 1901, Nordisk has diversified in the past 40 years from the production of sleeping bags into tents, tent mats and other accessories. Founded in 1882, Øyo is ...
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The North Face (TNF) is launching an outerwear jacket that...
The North Face (TNF) is launching an outerwear jacket that utilizes microbially-produced protein materials, as opposed to petrochemical resources. The Moon Parka is made with Brewed Protein, the protein fibers manufactured using Spiber's proprietary fermentation (brewing) process. Spiber is a Japanese biotech start-up. The jacket is set for a limited ...
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Young Europeans are ready to pay more for products that...
Young Europeans are ready to pay more for products that are made in a sustainable manner. According to a survey by Spinnova, a Finnish bio-yarn producer, 61 percent of respondents among Europeans aged 18-30 said that they would pay more for a sustainable piece of clothing, while 41 percent would ...
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Montane has renewed its partnership with Ultra Endurance Series to...
Montane has renewed its partnership with Ultra Endurance Series to sponsor the Spine Race for another three years. The Spine Race is a non-stop 268-mile winter ultra-marathon along the entire length of the Pennine Way, a national trail in England with a small section in Scotland. It is considered one ...
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Scarpa is organizing the first edition of a Women's Trail...
Scarpa is organizing the first edition of a Women's Trail in Cortina D'Ampezzo on Sept. 21, alongside the Delicious Festival Dolomiti. The seven-kilometer non-competitive trail running event, with 100/150 meters of positive gradient, will be open to women who want to run in the beautiful setting of the Dolomite Mountains, ...
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France's mountain resorts recorded an uptick in visitors during the...
France's mountain resorts recorded an uptick in visitors during the summer of 2019, Jean-Pierre Rougeaux, secretary general of France's National Association of Mayors of Mountain Resorts, said at the recent Sport Achat trade show in Lyon. Mountain resorts recorded an average occupancy rate of more than 60 percent overall during ...
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Moncler has for the first time entered the Dow Jones...
Moncler has for the first time entered the Dow Jones Sustainability Index as an industry leader in textiles, apparel and luxury goods. Adidas has been included in the index for the 20th time in a row, ranking best in brand management, information security, availability, environmental policy, social reporting, talent attraction ...
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Hestra, the Swedish maker of sports gloves, has doubled its...
Hestra, the Swedish maker of sports gloves, has doubled its headquarters in the U.S. by relocating to a new building in Arvada, Colorado. The premises measure 32,000 square feet and host the company's corporate offices, warehouse and U.S. showroom, which can display more than 400 models of gloves. The building ...
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Moncler has entered the Dow Jones Sustainability Indices (DJSI) World...
Moncler has entered the Dow Jones Sustainability Indices (DJSI) World and Europe for the first time and has been recognized as the Industry Leader in the “Textiles, Apparel Luxury Goods” sector. The DJSI, created jointly by S P Dow Jones Indices and RobecoSAM in 1999, are a family ...
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Vista Outdoor plans more disposals
REI has just placed its first order for Camelbak products, after excluding the brand from its assortment since March 2018 in reaction to the tragic mass shooting a high school in Parkland, Florida. The big American outdoor retailer said it would resume doing business with Camelbak's parent company, Vista Outdoor, ...
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Directa Plus has developed a new waterproof textile membrane featuring...
Directa Plus has developed a new waterproof textile membrane featuring the company's G+ graphene nanoplatelets, contained in a polyurethane film. The new membrane will be marketed under the names Grafytherm and Grafyshield. The company has already secured an Italian patent, and is in the process of extending it internationally. According ...
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Exxel gets extra elbow room by moving to Denver
Exxel Outdoors is expanding its headquarters in the outdoor-friendly state of Colorado. The company has spent $6 million to purchase a building of 39,000 square feet in the Interlocken area of Broomfield, just north of the Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport and about halfway between Denver and Boulder along their connecting ...
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Osprey Europe has signed a sponsorship deal with Nirmal “Nims”...
Osprey Europe has signed a sponsorship deal with Nirmal “Nims” Purja, a mountain guide and former member of the British Special Forces who is now trying to break a record in mountaineering. Purja's “Project Possible” is an attempt to scale in seven months all 14 of the world's peaks that ...
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Teijin Group will be taking over from CrossOver, a Dutch...
Teijin Group will be taking over from CrossOver, a Dutch venture, to investigate the feasibility of further developing and commercializing the SmartShoulder, a wearable tool for service engineers who work alone or in dangerous conditions. The tool features wearable sensors that can connect to a smartphone, detect if the wearer ...
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Researchers in Japan have created a new water-repelling material inspired...
Researchers in Japan have created a new water-repelling material inspired by porcupinefish skin. Yoshihiro Yamauchi, Masanobu Naito and colleagues from the National Institute for Materials Science have created microscale pufferfish-inspired scales made of zinc oxide, to which they have added a silicone polymer for elasticity. Unlike other superhydrophobic materials, the ...
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Gregory continued to grow strongly in the first six months...
Gregory continued to grow strongly in the first six months of Samsonite's financial year, ended on June 30. The technical backpack company's sales rose by 22.1 percent on a constant-currency basis, and they were up in dollars by 19.7 percent to $34.9 million. By contrast, High Sierra, a more lifestyle-oriented ...
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A second edition of the conference “Innovations in Sports Materials”...
A second edition of the conference “Innovations in Sports Materials” will take place in Ghent, Belgium, on Nov. 19-20. The event is organized by Centexbel, the Belgian textile research and design center. The speakers will focus on the latest developments in sports materials, sports clothing, performance-enhancing materials and smart materials. ...
