All Outdoor Industry Compass articles in Volume 12, Issue 17-18 – Page 2
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Patagonia lodges new complaints in the U.S.
Patagonia has filed a lawsuit against Kimberly McHugh, a third-party seller, for selling Patagonia-branded products on Amazon and other platforms without authorization, according to thefashionlaw.com. McHugh, the outdoor clothing maker alleges, falsely claims to be an authorized dealer of Patagonia products on her site, My Little Corner, potentially misleading consumers.Patagonia ...
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Nordiska Kompaniet (NK), the Swedish company with department stores in...
Nordiska Kompaniet (NK), the Swedish company with department stores in Gothenburg and Stockholm founded in 1902, has opened an NK Sport department on the third floor of its main store in Stockholm. The multi-brand department covers more than 1,500 square meters on the men's fashion floor on the third floor. ...
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The Lycra Company is introducing the new Lycra EcoMade elastane,...
The Lycra Company is introducing the new Lycra EcoMade elastane, its first branded elastane made with recycled content. The new fiber will be officially launched at Intertextile Shanghai on Sept. 25–27. Furthermore, the company has announced that it plans to convert the majority of Coolmax and Thermolite fiber products to ...
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Vaude is one of the first German companies to receive...
Vaude is one of the first German companies to receive the new Grüner Knopf textile certification seal for a majority of its product range. The “Green Button” (Grüner Knopf) for sustainable textiles was officially launched in Berlin on Sept. 9 by the German Minister of Economic Cooperation and Development, Gerd ...
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Lenzing has named Filip Miermans head of corporate communications and...
Lenzing has named Filip Miermans head of corporate communications and investor relations, to replace Waltraud Kaserer, who is moving to the public affairs department
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Columbia Sportswear is one of the companies that participated in...
Columbia Sportswear is one of the companies that participated in relief efforts in the wake of Hurricane Dorian, which ravaged the Bahamas early this month and went on to damage parts of the U.S. and Canada. It organized a Retail Charity Checkout Program, pledging to match every donation made by ...
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Salomon has launched a new collection of winter sneakers for...
Salomon has launched a new collection of winter sneakers for commuters, designed for urban residents who commute to work on foot or by bike in wet weather. The shoes in the new collection are the T-Muter WR and the T-Max WR. The shoes feature water-resistant uppers, to make them suitable ...
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Merrell has released in a limited-edition trail-running shoe in collaboration...
Merrell has released in a limited-edition trail-running shoe in collaboration with an American craft brewery called Dogfish Head. The Agility Synthesis x Dogfish is available now at select retail stores and merrell.com. It will also be sold at Dogfish Head's annual foot race, the Dogfish Dash, on Sept. 29 in ...
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Uniqlo and Torey Industries, long-time strategic partners, are now collaborating...
Uniqlo and Torey Industries, long-time strategic partners, are now collaborating on a new project to turn used down jackets and plastic bottles into new clothes. The collection of Ultra Light Down products will appear later this month, initially in Uniqlo's Japanese stores only. The down will be cleansed for use ...
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Maria Frykman Forsberg, co-founder of Sweden's outdoor kids fashion company...
Maria Frykman Forsberg, co-founder of Sweden's outdoor kids fashion company Isbjörn, will receive the International Woman's Entrepreneurial Challenge (IWEC) Foundation Award later this year. Forsberg will receive the honor on Nov. 12 at IWEC's annual gathering to be held in New Dehli, India. Isbjörn's co-founder will speak at the foundation's ...
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Margo de Lange, who joined the Great Out There Coalition...
Margo de Lange, who joined the Great Out There Coalition earlier this month as policy officer, launched the first issue of her newsletter, writing about, among other things, the European Week of Sport, scheduled for Sept. 23-30, where she will be involved in official events. She mentions in the newsletter ...
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CMP and Garmont go a little lifestyle
Both of these Italian brands had a stand in the Players District, a new section of Micam, the world's largest footwear trade show, held in Milan last week, in a bid to enlarge their distribution in the growing lifestyle segment of the outdoor footwear market. A similar trend has been ...
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Companies close their stores on global Climate Strike Day
Haglöfs decided to shut down its stores on the occasion of a global climate strike on Sept. 20 to allow its staff to take part in the movement. The decision affected the four European stores of the Swedish outdoor company, located in Stockholm, Gothenburg, Åre and Oslo. The company has ...
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North Sails has collaborated with film director Victor Claramunt on...
North Sails has collaborated with film director Victor Claramunt on a short film, entitled La Mer, aimed at raising awareness of ocean plastic pollution. The film was first presented at the 10th edition of the La Jolla International Fashion Film Festival on July 26-27. It is also among the 50 ...
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Wolverine Worldwide has elevated Chris Hufnagel to the role of...
Wolverine Worldwide has elevated Chris Hufnagel to the role of global brand manager of Merrell, the largest brand in its portfolio. He replaces Sue Rechner, who is leaving the company after two years in the post. Hufnagel is a 10-year veteran of the American group. Among other roles, he served ...
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Timo Perschke, the founder and chief executive of Pyua, left...
Timo Perschke, the founder and chief executive of Pyua, left the German company on Sept. 1. His departure took place a few weeks after some of the company's retail partners expressed concerns about the planned sale of its products on the web store of Tchibo, a Hamburg-based retail chain known ...
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Globetrotter changes logo but is not out of the woods
As of this month, Globetrotter is sporting a new corporate design to better reflect its connection with the three Scandinavian outdoor retail chains that belong to the Fenix Outdoor group – Naturkompaniet in Sweden, Partioaitta in Finland and Friluftsland in Denmark. A previous earthy red has been replaced by green, ...
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Craft will launch a “plogging” challenge with selected retailers in...
Craft will launch a “plogging” challenge with selected retailers in Germany throughout October and November to celebrate the release of its new collection of jogging shoes. Plogging, a term which comes from Sweden and translates as collecting trash while jogging, will give consumers gathering at seven retail stores throughout Germany ...
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JD’s Go Outdoors chain suffers from logistic problems, too
Sales declined slightly to £204.1 million (€229.7m-$254.3m) in the outdoor stores of JD Sports Fashion during the first half of the group's financial year, ended on Aug. 3, leading to a pre-tax loss of £45.2 million (€50.9m-$56.3m) in the segment, which includes Blacks Outdoor, Millets, Go Outdoors, Tiso and other ...
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McTrek, the German outdoor retail chain, honored the so-called “Frankfurter...
McTrek, the German outdoor retail chain, honored the so-called “Frankfurter GrünGürtel” circular hiking trail with its 2019 McTrek innovation award. The trail is 64.5 kilometers long, circling around the city of Frankfurt. The award ceremony was held on Sept. 9 during the TourNatur trade show in Düsseldorf. The award winner ...
